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In this paper we classify the solutions to the geometric Neumann problem for the Liouville equation in the upper half-plane or an upper half-disk, with the energy condition given by finite area. As a result, we classify the conformal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Jose A. Galvez , Asun Jimenez , Pablo Mira

On a given closed connected manifold of dimension two, or greater, we consider the squared $L^2$-norm of the scalar curvature functional over the space of constant volume Riemannian metrics. We prove that its critical points have constant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-26 Santiago R Simanca

We study the equal-mass classical three rotor problem, a variant of the three body problem of celestial mechanics. The quantum $N$-rotor problem has been used to model chains of coupled Josephson junctions and also arises via a partial…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-09-25 Govind S. Krishnaswami , Himalaya Senapati

In this investigation we revisit the question of the linear stability analysis of 2D steady Euler flows characterized by the presence of compact regions with constant vorticity embedded in a potential flow. We give a complete derivation of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-06-03 Alan Elcrat , Bartosz Protas

It is an open question whether solutions of the Einstein-Euler equations are smooth enough to admit locally inertial coordinates at points of shock wave interaction, or whether "regularity singularities" can exist at such points. The term…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-08 Moritz Reintjes , Blake Temple

This paper investigates a general class of viscous regularizations of the compressible Euler equations. A unique regularization is identified that is compatible with all the generalized entropies a la Harten and satisfies the minimum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-24 Jean-Luc Guermond , Bojan Popov

We consider the isentropic compressible Euler equations in the half-line which govern the motion of gaseous fluids in contact with stationary vacuum boundary. We construct a large class of solutions that are initially smooth and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Juhi Jang , Jiaqi Liu , Nader Masmoudi

Euler-Lagrange (EL) point-particle simulations rely on hydrodynamic force closure models to accurately predict particle dynamics in flows. The closure models currently employed for dilute particle-laden flows require the undisturbed fluid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-06 Akshay Chandran , Fabien Evrard , Berend van Wachem

We define a functional for Hermitian metrics using the curvature of the Chern connection. The Euler-Lagrange equation for this functional is an elliptic equation for Hermitian metrics. Solutions to this equation are related to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-01-26 Jeffrey Streets , Gang Tian

We derive a new formulation of the compressible Euler equations exhibiting remarkable structures, including surprisingly good null structures. The new formulation comprises covariant wave equations for the Cartesian components of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-05 Jonathan Luk , Jared Speck

We prove that curves of constant torsion satisfy the $C^1$-dense h-principle in the space of immersed curves in Euclidean space. In particular, there exists a knot of constant torsion in each isotopy class. Our methods, which involve convex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Mohammad Ghomi , Matteo Raffaelli

We prove by an explicit construction that solutions to incompressible 3D Euler equations defined in the periodic cube can be mapped bijectively to a new system of equations whose solutions are globally regular. We establish that the usual…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-08 Miguel D. Bustamante

We consider in R^2 the generalized elastica functional defined, for smooth functions, as the p-elastica energies of the level lines integrated over all levels. Extending the functional to L1, we study its L1-lower semicontinuous envelope…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-12 Simon Masnou , Giacomo Nardi

We investigate the universal property of curvatures in surface models which display a flat phase and a rough phase whose criticality is described by the Gaussian model. Earlier we derived a relation between the Hessian of the free energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jae Dong Noh , Doochul Kim

For any positive integer $k$, we prove the existence of nontrivial $C^k$-smooth uniformly rotating solutions to the 2D incompressible Euler equations with compact spatial support. These solutions, which can be chosen to be small…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Alberto Enciso , Antonio J. Fernández , David Ruiz

A rotating continuum of particles attracted to each other by gravity may be modeled by the Euler-Poisson system. The existence of solutions is a very classical problem. Here it is proven that a curve of solutions exists, parametrized by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-14 Walter Strauss , Yilun Wu

We study the stabilities and classical solutions of Euler-Poisson equations of describing the evolution of the gaseous star in astrophysics. In fact, we extend the study the stabilities of Euler-Poisson equations with or without frictional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-07-07 Manwai Yuen

Strongly nonlinear dynamics, from fluid turbulence to quantum chromodynamics, have long constituted some of the most challenging problems in theoretical physics. This review describes a unified theoretical framework, the loop space…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-27 Alexander Migdal

In this paper we relate some classical normal forms for complex elliptic curves in terms of 4-point sets in the Riemann sphere. Our main result is an alternative proof that every elliptic curve is isomorphic as a Riemann surface to one in…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-10-23 José Juan-Zacarías

In this paper are studied the nets of principal curvature lines on surfaces embedded in Euclidean $3-$space near their end points, at which the surfaces tend to infinity. This is a natural complement and extension to smooth surfaces of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Jorge Sotomayor , Ronaldo Garcia