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A Lie-Hamilton system is a nonautonomous system of first-order ordinary differential equations describing the integral curves of a $t$-dependent vector field taking values in a finite-dimensional real Lie algebra of Hamiltonian vector…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-06 A. Blasco , F. J. Herranz , J. de Lucas , C. Sardon

Twisted Lie algebroid cohomologies, i.e. with values in representations, are shown to be Lie algebroid homotopy-invariant. Several important classes of examples are discussed. As an application, a generalized version of the Poincar\'e lemma…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-27 M. Jotz , R. Marchesini

In this note, we use give some algebraic applications of a previous result by the author which compares the deformations parameterized by the Maurer-Cartan elements of a differential graded Lie algebra, and a differential graded Lie…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-27 Karandeep J. Singh

Motivated by string field theory, we explore various algebraic aspects of higher spin theory and Vasiliev equation in terms of homotopy algebras. We present a systematic study of unfolded formulation developed for the higher spin equation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-21 Si Li , Keyou Zeng

We study the Lie point symmetries of Einstein's equations for the Friedmann-Roberstson-Walker Cosmology. They form either a two - dimensional or a three - dimensional solvable group depending on the form of the self interacting potential.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-06 Paschalis G. Paschali , Georgios C. Chrysostomou

We construct algorithms and topological invariants that allow us to distinguish the topological type of a surface, as well as functions and vector fields for their topological equivalence. In the first part (arXiv:2501.15657), we discused…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Alexandr Prishlyak

The article concerns the problem if a~given system of differential equations is identical with the Euler--Lagrange system of an~appropriate variational integral. Elementary approach is applied. The main results involve the determination of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Veronika Chrastinova , Vaclav Tryhuk

In this paper I shall consider field theories in a space of four-dimensions which have field variables consisting of the components of a metric tensor and scalar field. The field equations of these scalar-tensor field theories will be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-11 Gregory W. Horndeski

The continuous point symmetry algebra of the hyperbolic Ernst equation is presented. In a second step the corresponding group transformations are considered. Accordingly, the solutions of the hyperbolic Ernst equation that are invariant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-20 Sebastian Moeckel

The projectability of Poincar\'e-Cartan forms in a third-order jet bundle $J^3\pi$ onto a lower-order jet bundle is a consequence of the degenerate character of the corresponding Lagrangian. This fact is analyzed using the constraint…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-12-29 Jordi Gaset , Narciso Román-Roy

This thesis is devoted to algorithmic aspects of the implementation of Cartan's moving frame method to the problem of the equivalence of submanifolds under a Lie group action. We adopt a general definition of a moving frame as an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-06 Irina Kogan

In this article, we introduce and develop the notion of parametrised Poincar\'{e} duality in the formalism of parametrised higher category theory by Martini-Wolf, in part generalising Cnossen's theory of twisted ambidexterity to the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2024-05-31 Kaif Hilman , Dominik Kirstein , Christian Kremer

Motivated by a model for the perception of textures by the visual cortex in primates, we analyse the bifurcation of periodic patterns for nonlinear equations describing the state of a system defined on the space of structure tensors, when…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Pascal Chossat , Grégory Faye , Olivier Faugeras

Higher-matter is defined by higher-representation of a symmetry algebra, such as the $p$-form symmetries, higher-group symmetries or higher-categorical symmetries. In this paper, we focus on the cases of higher-group symmetries, which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-19 Ruizhi Liu , Ran Luo , Yi-Nan Wang

The process of un-reduction, a sort of reversal of reduction by the Lie group symmetries of a variational problem, is explored in the setting of field theories. This process is applied to the problem of curve matching in the plane, when the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-24 Alexis Arnaudon , Marco Castrillon Lopez , Darryl D. Holm

We review the construction and applications of exactly Poincar\'e invariant quantum mechanical models of few-degree of freedom systems. We discuss the construction of dynamical representations of the Poincar\'e group on few-particle Hilbert…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-07 W. N. Polyzou , Ch. Elster , W. Glöckle , J. Golak , Y. Huang , H. Kamada , R. Skibiński , H. Witała

We study the local equivalence problems of curves and surfaces in three dimensional Heisenberg group via Cartans method of moving frames and Lie groups, and find a complete set of invariants for curves and surfaces. For surfaces, in terms…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-29 Hung-Lin Chiu , Sin-Hua Lai

We establish Ecalle's mould calculus in an abstract Lie-theoretic setting and use it to solve a normalization problem, which covers several formal normal form problems in the theory of dynamical systems. The mould formalism allows us to…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-01-17 Thierry Paul , David Sauzin

We present a rigorous framework for determining equilibrium configurations of uniformly rotating self-gravitating fluid bodies. This work addresses the longstanding challenge of modeling rotational deformation in celestial objects such as…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-10-03 Sergei M. Kopeikin

We prove an equivariant implicit function theorem for variational problems that are invariant under a varying symmetry group (corresponding to a bundle of Lie groups). Motivated by applications to families of geometric variational problems…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-02 Renato G. Bettiol , Paolo Piccione , Gaetano Siciliano