Hamiltonian structure conjecture for antisymmetric L-functions

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Let L\mathcal{L} be an L-function on Z\mathcal{Z}, and let L^Fasym\hat{\mathcal{L}}_{F^{\mathrm{asym}}} be the contracted L-function defined by

L^Fasym(ρ,u):=infjTρW:u=dϕρjLFasym(ρ,j).\hat{\mathcal{L}}_{F^{\mathrm{asym}}}(\rho,u):=\inf_{\substack{j\in T_{\rho}\mathcal{W}:\,u=d\phi_{\rho}j}}\mathcal{L}_{F^{\mathrm{asym}}}(\rho,j).

Hamiltonian structure conjecture. There exist an energy E:ZR\mathcal{E}:\mathcal{Z}\to\mathbb{R} and a skew-symmetric operator J:ρ(TρZTρZ)\mathbb{J}:\rho\mapsto(T^*_{\rho}\mathcal{Z}\to T_{\rho}\mathcal{Z}) such that the zero-cost velocity of L^Fasym\hat{\mathcal{L}}_{F^{\mathrm{asym}}} is

u0(ρ)=J(ρ)DE(ρ).u^0(\rho)=\mathbb{J}(\rho)D\mathcal{E}(\rho).

The conjecture proposes that the antisymmetric component of the L-function generates a Hamiltonian, rather than dissipative, evolution. It has been verified in several examples, including the independent-particle-flow and zero-range-process settings, but is not established in the general abstract framework.

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Robert I. A. Patterson, D. R. Michiel Renger and Upanshu Sharma, “Variational structures beyond gradient flows: a macroscopic fluctuation-theory perspective”, arXiv:2103.14384 (2023).

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