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This article deals with the study of electromagnetic waves equations and the Lorentz condition, as emergent properties of Maxwell's system in the context of systems theory. To do this, the wave equations and the Helmholtz equation are first…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Yudier Peña Pérez , Juan Bory Reyes

We consider a semi-infinite spatially dispersive dielectric with unequal transverse and longitudinal susceptibilities. The effect of the boundary is characterized by arbitrary reflection coefficients for polarization waves in the material…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-09 R. J. Churchill , T. G. Philbin

We prove uniqueness of solutions to the wave map equation in the natural class, namely $ (u, \partial_t u) \in C([0,T); \dot{H}^{d/2})\times C^1([0,T); \dot{H}^{d/2-1})$ in dimensions $d\geq 4$. This is achieved through estimating the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-21 Fabrice Planchon , Nader Masmoudi

We prove that the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map of the linear wave equation determines the topological, differentiable and conformal structure of the underlying Lorentzian manifold, under mild technical assumptions. With more stringent geometric…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-30 Alberto Enciso , Michał Wrochna , Gunther Uhlmann

We consider a nonlocal semi-linear parabolic equation on a connected exterior domain of the form $\mathbb{R}^N\setminus K$, where $K\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ is a compact "obstacle". The model we study is motivated by applications in biology and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Julien Brasseur , Jérôme Coville

By careful exploration of separation of variables into the Laplacian in spherical coordinates, we obtain the extra delta-like singularity, elimination of which restricts the radial wave function at the origin. This constraint has the form…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-08-03 Anzor A. Khelashvili , Teimuraz P. Nadareishvili

The goal of this article is to establish general principles for high frequency dispersive estimates for Maxwell's equation in the exterior of a perfectly conducting ball. We construct entirely new generalized eigenfunctions for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Alden Waters , Yan-Long Fang

In this work there is established an optimal existence and regularity theory for second order linear parabolic differential equations on a large class of noncompact Riemannian manifolds. Then it is shown that it provides a general unifying…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Herbert Amann

We consider initial boundary value problems for one-dimensional diffusion equation with time-fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ which are subject to non-zero Neumann boundary conditions. We prove the uniqueness for an inverse…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-25 W. Rundell , M. Yamamoto

We consider an inverse boundary value problem for diffusion equations with multiple fractional time derivatives. We prove the uniqueness in determining a number of fractional time-derivative terms, the orders of the derivatives and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-15 Zhiyuan Li , O. Y. Imanuvilov , Masahiro Yamamoto

We prove existence and uniqueness for semimartingale reflecting diffusions in 2-dimensional piecewise smooth domains with varying, oblique directions of reflection on each "side", under geometric, easily verifiable conditions. Our…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-07-31 Cristina Costantini , Thomas G. Kurtz

The first part of my thesis lays the foundations to generalized Lorentz geometry. The basic algebraic structure of finite-dimensional modules over the ring of generalized numbers is investigated. The motivation for this part of my thesis…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Eberhard Mayerhofer

This paper is concerned with analysis of electromagnetic wave scattering by an obstacle which is embedded in a two-layered lossy medium separated by an unbounded rough surface. Given a dipole point source, the direct problem is to determine…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Peijun Li , Jue Wang , Lei Zhang

When high-frequency sound waves travel through media with anomalous diffusion, such as biological tissues, their motion can be described by nonlinear wave equations of fractional higher order. These can be understood as nonlocal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Vanja Nikolić

We have developed a new family of limited-diffraction electromagnetic X-shaped waves based on the scalar "X waves" discovered previously. These waves are diffraction-free in theory and particle-like (wave packets), in that they maintain…

General Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 Jian-yu Lu , J. F. Greenleaf , Erasmo Recami

In the first part of this paper, we show that the Cauchy problem for wave propagation in some static spacetimes presenting a singular time-like boundary is well posed, if we only demand the waves to have finite energy, although no boundary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Ricardo E. Gamboa Saravi , Marcela Sanmartino , Philippe Tchamitchian

The diffraction of a scalar plane wave from a doubly-periodic surface on which either the Dirichlet or Neumann boundary condition is imposed is studied by means of a rigorous numerical solution of the Rayleigh equation for the amplitudes of…

We consider Maxwell equations on a smooth domain with perfectly conducting boundary conditions in isotropic media in two and three dimensions. In the charge-free case we recover Strichartz estimates due to Blair--Smith--Sogge for wave…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-27 Nicolas Burq , Robert Schippa

We prove global Strichartz estimates without loss for the wave equation outside two strictly convex obstacles, following the roadmap introduced in [Lafontaine, 2017] for the Schr\"odinger equation. Moreover, we show a first step toward the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-11 David Lafontaine

In this paper, we consider the wave equation on an n-dimensional simplex with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Our main result is an asymptotic observability identity from any one face of the simplex. The novel aspects of the result are that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-07 Hans Christianson , Ziqing Lu