Kahan-Hirota-Kimura maps preserving original cubic hamiltonians

Abstract

We study the class of cubic Hamiltonian vector fields whose associated Kahan-Hirota-Kimura (KHK) maps preserve the original Hamiltonian function. Our analysis focuses on these fields in $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $\mathbb{R}^4$, extending to a family of fields in $\mathbb{R}^6$. Additionally, we investigate various properties of these fields, including the existence of additional first integrals of a specific type, their role as Lie symmetries of the corresponding KHK map, and the symplecticity of these maps.