{ "id": "1411.7117", "version": "v1", "published": "2014-11-26T06:32:11.000Z", "updated": "2014-11-26T06:32:11.000Z", "title": "Continuous versus discrete structures I -- Discrete embeddings and ordinary differential equations", "authors": [ "Jacky Cresson", "Frédéric Pierret" ], "categories": [ "math.NA", "math.CT" ], "abstract": "We define an abstract framework called {\\it discrete finite differences embedding} which can be used to obtain discrete analogue of formal functional relations in the spirit of category theory. For ordinary differential equations we exhibit three main discrete associate : the differential, integral or variational discrete embeddings which corresponds to classical numerical scheme including variational integrators.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2014-11-26T06:32:11.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "ordinary differential equations", "discrete structures", "variational discrete embeddings", "formal functional relations", "main discrete associate" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2014arXiv1411.7117C" } } }