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We investigate the geometric constraints imposed by low Morse index on minimal surfaces with Y-singularities, focusing on the classification of those with Morse index one. Our rigidity result establishes a partial uniqueness theorem,…

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We study Maxwell's equation as a theory for smooth $k$-forms on globally hyperbolic spacetimes with timelike boundary as defined by Ak\'e, Flores and Sanchez. In particular we start by investigating on these backgrounds the D'Alembert - de…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-15 Claudio Dappiaggi , Nicolò Drago , Rubens Longhi

The aim of the present manuscript is to develop an index theory for singular Lagrangian systems, with a particular focus on the important class of singular operators given by Bessel type differential operators. The main motivation is to…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Xijun Hu , Alessandro Portaluri , Li Wu

The geometrical diffraction theory, in the sense of Keller,is here reconsidered as an obstacle problem in the Riemannian geometry. The first result is the proof of the existence and the analysis of the main properties of the diffracted…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Enrico De Micheli , Giacomo Monti Bragadin , Giovanni Alberto Viano

In anisotropic crystals, Maxwell's equations permit only birefringence for the propagation of light. Notwithstanding, multirefringent systems comprising more than two propagating modes exist, such as in electron optics and photonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 József Cserti , Áron Holló , László Oroszlány

In this paper, we prove a similar result to the fundamental theorem of regular surfaces in classical differential geometry, which extends the classical theorem to the entire class of singular surfaces in Euclidean 3-space known as frontals.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Tito Alexandro Medina Tejeda

We develop a general theory for the existence, uniqueness, and higher regularity of solutions to wave-type equations on Lorentzian manifolds with timelike curves of cone-type singularities. These singularities may be of geometric type (cone…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-20 Peter Hintz

We consider an inverse boundary value problem for the Maxwell's equations with a given data assumed to be known only in accessible part $\Gamma$ of the boundary. We aim to prove an uniqueness result using the Dirichlet to Neumann map with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-07-14 Christian Daveau , Abdessatar Khelifi , Houssem Lihiou

We prove Fourier restriction estimates by means of the polynomial partitioning method for compact subsets of any sufficiently smooth hyperbolic hypersurface in threedimensional euclidean space. Our approach exploits in a crucial way the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-10-21 Stefan Buschenhenke , Detlef Müller , Ana Vargas

A rather complete investigation of anisotropic Bessel potential, Besov, and H\"older spaces on cylinders over (possibly) noncompact Riemannian manifolds with boundary is carried out. The geometry of the underlying manifold near its 'ends'…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Herbert Amann

We define singular points of the first kind and singular points of the second kind as singular points of mappings between surfaces. Typical examples of these singular points are fold singular points and cusp singular points, respectively.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-12 Kyoya Hashibori

In this sequence, we first prove an abstract Morse index theorem in a Hilbert space modeling a variational problem with constraints. Then, our abstract formulation is applied to study several optimization setups including closed CMC…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Hung Tran , Detang Zhou

We study random 2-dimensional complexes in the Linial - Meshulam model and find torsion in their fundamental groups at various regimes. We find a simple algorithmically testable criterion for a subcomplex of a random 2-complex to be…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-06-24 A. E. Costa , M. Farber

After formulating the frequency-domain Maxwell equations for a homogeneous, linear, bianisotropic material occupying a bounded region, we found that the axionic piece vanishes from both the differential equations valid in the region and the…

Optics · Physics 2015-08-26 Akhlesh Lakhtakia , Tom G. Mackay

We study the equation for improper (parabolic) affine spheres from the view point of contact geometry and provide the generic classification of singularities appearing in geometric solutions to the equation as well as their duals. We also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Go-o Ishikawa , Yoshinori Machida

A notion of duality of weight systems which corresponds to Batyrev's toric mirror symmetry is given. Explicit duality on the (1,1)-cohomology of K3 surfaces which are minimal models of toric hypersurfaces is constructed using monomial…

alg-geom · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Masanori Kobayashi

We consider the helical reduction of the wave equation with an arbitrary source on $(n+1)$-dimensional Minkowski space, $n\geq2$. The reduced equation is of mixed elliptic-hyperbolic type on ${\bf R}^n$. We obtain a uniqueness theorem for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. G. Torre

Maxwell equations are solved in a layer comprising a finite number of homogeneous isotropic dielectric regions ended by anisotropic perfectly matched layers (PMLs). The boundary-value problem is solved and the dispersion relation inside the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 Diana C. Skigin

We prove that the isoperimetric inequalities in the euclidean and hyperbolic plane hold for all euclidean, respectively hyperbolic, cone-metrics on a disk with singularities of negative curvature. This is a discrete analog of the theorems…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Ivan Izmestiev

We propose a theory of eigenvalues, eigenvectors, singular values, and singular vectors for tensors based on a constrained variational approach much like the Rayleigh quotient for symmetric matrix eigenvalues. These notions are particularly…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lek-Heng Lim