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The resulting system of ODEs is then discretized by a symplectic time-marching method. This combination results in high-order accurate, fully discrete methods which can preserve the invariants of the Hamiltonian defining the ODE system. We restrict our attention to linear Hamiltonian systems, as the main results can be obtained easily and directly, and are applicable to many Hamiltonian systems of practical interest including acoustics, elastodynamics, and electromagnetism. After a brief description of the Hamiltonian systems of our interest, we provide a brief introduction to symplectic time-marching methods for linear systems of ODEs which does not require any background on the subject. We describe then the case in which finite-difference space-discretizations are used and focus on the popular Yee scheme (1966) for electromagnetism. Finally, we consider the case of finite-element space discretizations. 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