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20222026
most citedVariational approach to nonholonomic and inequality-constrained mechanics

2 citations · 4 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

hep-th2026

Systematic Analytic Regularization in and Yukawa Theories

Jarryd Bath, W. A. Horowitz

We introduce a novel regularization scheme: Systematic Analytic Regularization (SAR). SAR regularizes a theory at the level of the action by analytically continuing the power of th…

math.NA2026

From Exact Space-Time Symmetry Conservation to Automatic Mesh Refinement in Discrete Initial Boundary Value Problems

Alexander Rothkopf, W. A. Horowitz, Jan Nordström

In this contribution we present recent developments in the formulation and solution of Initial Boundary Value Problems (IBVPs). Building upon a modern variational action formulatio…

physics.class-ph2026

Hamilton Revised: The Action Principle for Initial Value Problems

W. A. Horowitz, A. Rothkopf

We present the variational action principle for initial value problems in classical, conservative-force point particle mechanics. We rigorously derive this formulation by taking th…

hep-th2025

Coherent State Path Integral Reveals Unexpected Vacuum Structure in Thermal Field Theory

Rens Roosenstein, Maximilian Attems, W. A. Horowitz

We construct the path integral formulation of the partition function for a free scalar thermal field theory using coherent states, first in the ladder operator basis and then in th…

hep-lat2025

The Non-Abelian Casimir Effect for Plates, Symmetrical Tube and Box on the Lattice

B. A. Ngwenya, A. K. Rothkopf, W. A. Horowitz

We present non-perturbative results of the Casimir potential in non-abelian SU(3) gauge theory in (2+1)D and (3+1)D in the confined and deconfined phase. For the first time, geomet…

hep-th2025

Integrable Non-Holonomic Constraints and Gauge Fixing in Classical Field Theory

Ben Bert, William A. Horowitz

We re-examine the derivation of the equations of motion from an action principle for classical field theories with non-holonomic constraints, \textit{i.e.}, constraints involving d…

hep-lat2024

Exact space-time symmetry conservation and automatic mesh refinement for classical lattice field theory

A. Rothkopf, W. A. Horowitz, J. Nordström

The breaking of space-time symmetries and the non-conservation of the associated Noether charges constitutes a central artifact in lattice field theory. In prior work we have shown…

physics.class-ph2024★ 2 cited

Variational approach to nonholonomic and inequality-constrained mechanics

A. Rothkopf, W. A. Horowitz

Variational principles play a central role in classical mechanics, providing compact formulations of dynamics and direct access to conserved quantities. While holonomic systems adm…

math-ph2024

Even More Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics

W. A. Horowitz, A. Rothkopf

We establish the procedure to derive from an action-based variational principle the classical equations of motion in Hamiltonian phase space of a particle subject to general positi…

math.NA2024★ 2 cited

Exact symmetry conservation and automatic mesh refinement in discrete initial boundary value problems

Alexander Rothkopf, W. A. Horowitz, Jan Nordström

We present a novel solution procedure for initial boundary value problems. The procedure is based on an action principle, in which coordinate maps are included as dynamical degrees…

hep-th2022

NLO finite system size corrections to scattering in theory using newly derived sum of sinc functions

J. F. Du Plessis, W. A. Horowitz

Previously an equation of state for the relativistic hydrodynamics encountered in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC and RHIC has been calculated using lattice gauge theory methods. T…