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We give a recursive method to compute the classical conformal blocks in Liouville field theory. The values of the expansion coefficients are given by an algebraic scheme which works to all orders. The algebraic expression of the intervening…

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A large class of variational equations for geometric objects is studied. The results imply conformal monotonicity and Liouville theorems for steady, polytropic, ideal flow, and the regularity of weak solutions to generalized Yang-Mills and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas H. Otway

In this paper, we completely classify $3$-dimensional complete self-expanders with constant norm $S$ of the second fundamental form and constant $f_{3}$ in Euclidean space $\mathbb R^{4}$, where $h_{ij}$ are components of the second…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Zhi Li , Guoxin Wei

The Hamiltonian formulation for the mechanical systems with reparametrization-invariant Lagrangians, depending on the worldline external curvatures is given, which is based on the use of moving frame. A complete sets of constraints are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Nersessian

We examine a possibility to introduce a non-trivial classical background metric into the 2-d Liouville gravity theory. The classical background appears as a part of the Weyl factor of the physical metric of 2-d surfaces with some conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Ano , T. Suzuki

We consider the conformal group of a space of dim n=p+q, with SO(p,q) metric. The quotient of this group by its homogeneous Weyl subgroup gives a principal fiber bundle with 2n-dim base manifold and Weyl fibers. The Cartan generalization to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-03 James T Wheeler

Causal rigid particles whose action includes an {\it arbitrary} dependence on the world-line extrinsic curvature are considered. General classes of solutions are constructed, including {\it causal tachyonic} ones. The Hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Jan Govaerts

In a recent paper, we established optimal Liouville-type theorems for conformally invariant second-order elliptic equations in the Euclidean space. In this work, we prove an optimal Liouville-type theorem for these equations in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-15 BaoZhi Chu , YanYan Li , Zongyuan Li

We establish a general Liouville type theorem for conformally invariant fully nonlinear equations.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Aobing Li , YanYan Li

We prove metric rigidity for complete manifolds supporting solutions of certain second order differential systems, thus extending classical works on a characterization of space-forms. In the route, we also discover new characterizations of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-03-06 Stefano Pigola , Michele Rimoldi

We present solutions to the classical Liouville equation for ergodic and completely integrable systems - systems that are known to attain equilibrium. Ergodic systems are known to thermal equilibrate with a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-06-26 Jose A. Magpantay , Cilicia Uzziel M. Perez

A central question in dynamics is whether the topology of a system determines its geometry. This is known as rigidity. Under mild topological conditions rigidity holds for many classical cases, including: Kleinian groups, circle…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-05-04 Marco Martens , Liviana Palmisano , Björn Winckler

An orthogonal complex structure on a domain in R^4 is a complex structure which is integrable and is compatible with the Euclidean metric. This gives rise to a first order system of partial differential equations which is conformally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-08-26 Simon Salamon , Jeff Viaclovsky

In this paper we revisit the classification of the gauge transformations in the Euler top system using the generalized classical Hamiltonian dynamics of Nambu. In this framework the Euler equations of motion are bi-Hamiltonian and $SL(2,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Manuel de la Cruz , Néstor Gaspar , Lidia Jiménez , Román Linares

By estimating the weighted volume, we obtain the optimal volume growth for Legendrian self-shrinkers. This, in turn, yields a rigidity theorem for entire smooth Legendrian self-shrinkers in the standard contact Euclidean (2n+1)-space.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Shu-Cheng Chang , Hongbing Qiu , Liuyang Zhang

M.Gromov extended the concepts of conformal and quasiconformal mapping to the mappings acting between the manifolds of different dimensions. For instance, any entire holomorphic function $ f: \Cn \to {\mathbb C}$ defines a mapping conformal…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-08-03 V. A. Zorich

Euclidean conformal integrals for an arbitrary number of points in any dimension are evaluated. Conformal transformations in the Euclidean space can be formulated as the Moebius group in terms of Clifford algebras. This is used to interpret…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-29 Aritra Pal , Koushik Ray

In this paper, we consider the problem of building a conformal boundary, embedding a pseudo-Riamnnian manifold as an open subset of a bigger one. We get first results about conformal maximality. We also show that in dimension $\geq 3$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-06-06 Charles Frances

We study the gluing theory of Riemann surfaces using formal algebraic geometry, and give computable relations between the associated parameters for different gluing processes. As its application to the Liouville conformal field theory, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-30 Takashi Ichikawa

Liouville type of theorems play a key role in the blow-up approach to study the global regularity of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. In this paper, we will prove Liouville type of theorems to the 3-D axisymmetric…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-18 Quansen Jiu , Zhouping Xin