Feedback Integrators Revisited

Abstract: We revisit the notion of Feedback Integrators introduced by D. E. Chang in 2016. Feedback integrators allow for numerically integrating dynamical systems on manifold while preserving the first integrals of the system. However, its performance was stated and proved in an asymptotic manner, which left a gap between its empirical success and theoretical understandings. In response, we prove preservation of first integrals over entire integration region up to arbitrarily small deviation under Feedback Integrator framework. Furthermore, we propose an adaptive gain selection scheme that significantly improves the performance. Numerical demonstrations are conducted on free rigid body motion in SO(3), the Kepler problem, and a perturbed Kepler problem with rotational symmetry. All demonstration codes are available at: https://github.com/johnbae1901/Feedback-Integrator.