Fourth-order geodesic midpoint algebra #
This file checks the Dirichlet polynomial normalization and the cancellation
between opposite Christoffel tensors. The coefficients use divided derivatives:
u_j = (1/j!) ∂ε^j γ. No analytic expansion is assumed in these identities.
theorem
PlanarMidpoint.hasDerivAt_fourthDirichlet
(B₀ B₂ : E)
(t : ℝ)
:
HasDerivAt (fourthDirichlet B₀ B₂) ((t - 1 / 2) • B₀ + ((t - 1 / 2) ^ 3 / 3) • B₂) t
noncomputable def
PlanarMidpoint.fourthMidpointCoefficient
(c : Coeff)
(J : E →L[ℝ] Coeff)
(H : Coeff)
(h : E)
:
The quartic midpoint coefficient after solving the Dirichlet jet equations.
H denotes (D_h²K) in coefficient coordinates.
Equations
- One or more equations did not get rendered due to their size.
Instances For
The cubic jet vector n = 2K(h,K(h,h)) - (D_hK)(h,h).
Equations
- PlanarMidpoint.cubicJetVector c J h = 2 • PlanarMidpoint.K c h (PlanarMidpoint.K c h h) - PlanarMidpoint.K (J h) h h
Instances For
Constant term of the fourth jet's acceleration in centered time.
Equations
- PlanarMidpoint.fourthAccelerationZero c J h = (1 / 12) • PlanarMidpoint.K c h (PlanarMidpoint.cubicJetVector c J h) - (1 / 8) • PlanarMidpoint.K (J (PlanarMidpoint.K c h h)) h h
Instances For
theorem
PlanarMidpoint.fourthDirichlet_coefficient
(c : Coeff)
(J : E →L[ℝ] Coeff)
(H : Coeff)
(h : E)
:
fourthDirichlet (fourthAccelerationZero c J h) (fourthAccelerationTwo c J H h) (1 / 2) = fourthMidpointCoefficient c J H h
Solving the quartic Dirichlet equation gives the exact coefficient.
theorem
PlanarMidpoint.fourthMidpointCoefficient_add_opposite
(c : Coeff)
(J : E →L[ℝ] Coeff)
(H : Coeff)
(h : E)
:
fourthMidpointCoefficient c J H h + fourthMidpointCoefficient (-c) (-J) (-H) h = (1 / 192) • obstruction c J h
Opposite connections cancel every quartic contribution except the first-order obstruction.
theorem
PlanarMidpoint.fourth_defect_factor
(c : Coeff)
(J : E →L[ℝ] Coeff)
(H : Coeff)
(h : E)
:
24 • (fourthMidpointCoefficient c J H h + fourthMidpointCoefficient (-c) (-J) (-H) h) = (1 / 8) • obstruction c J h
Multiplication by 4! converts the sum of divided quartic coefficients
into the fourth derivative of the midpoint defect.