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In a recent preprint, we showed that for the Dirichlet Laplacian $\Delta$ on the unit disk, the wave trace ${Tr}(e^{it\sqrt{\Delta}})$, which has complicated singularities on $2\pi - \epsilon < t < 2\pi$, is, on the interval $2\pi < t <…
We consider generalized linear transient convection-diffusion problems for differential forms on bounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. These involve Lie derivatives with respect to a prescribed smooth vector field. We construct both new…
Wave scattering from two-dimensional self-affine Dirichlet and Neumann surfaces is studied for the purpose of using the intensity scattered from them to obtain the Hurst exponent and topothesy that characterize the self-affine roughness. By…
We investigate thin-slit diffraction problems for two-dimensional lattice waves. The peculiar structure allows us to consider the problems on the semi-infinite triangular lattice, consequently, we study Dirichlet problems for the…
This paper investigates solitary water waves propagating along the surface of a two-dimensional dielectric fluid with constant vorticity in the presence of an external electric field. We formulate the system as a nonlinear free boundary…
Conventional X-ray methods use incoming plane waves and result in discrete diffraction patterns when scattered at crystals. Here we find, by a systematic method, incoming waveforms which exhibit discrete diffraction patterns when scattered…
The general method to obtain solutions of the Maxwellian equations from scalar representatives is developed and applied to the diffraction of electromagnetic waves. Kirchhoff's integral is modified to provide explicit expressions for these…
Electromagnetic waves are described by not only polarization ellipses but also cyclically rotating vectors tracing out them. The corresponding fields are respectively directionless steady line fields and directional instantaneous vector…
In the previous paper (arXiv:0804.0701), the authors gave criteria for A_{k+1}-type singularities on wave fronts. Using them, we show in this paper that there is a duality between singular points and inflection points on wave fronts in the…
In classical differential geometry, a central question has been whether abstract surfaces with given geometric features can be realized as surfaces in Euclidean space. Inspired by the rich theory of embedded triply periodic minimal…
A method is proposed for the analysis of the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a homogeneous slab of a medium with Drude-Lorentz dispersion behavior, and excited by a causal sinusoidal source. An expression of the time dependent…
Analytically, without magnetostatic approximation, the problem of electromagnetic wave propagation along arbitrary direction in a tangentially magnetized bihyrotropic layer has been solved. It is found that one can bring the Maxwell…
We study surfaces of constant positive Gauss curvature in Euclidean 3-space via the harmonicity of the Gauss map. Using the loop group representation, we solve the regular and the singular geometric Cauchy problems for these surfaces, and…
We study propagation of phase space singularities for the initial value Cauchy problem for a class of Schr\"odinger equations. The Hamiltonian is the Weyl quantization of a quadratic form whose real part is non-negative. The equations are…
Wave propagation in nonlinear theories of the electromagnetism described by Lagrangian densities dependent upon its two local invariants L(F, G) is revisited. On the light of the recent findings in metamaterials, it is here shown that…
We offer a mathematical toolkit for the study of waves propagating on a background manifold with nonvanishing torsion. Examples include electromagnetic and gravitational waves on a spacetime with torsion. The toolkit comprises generalized…
We discuss here the direct and inverse problems for wave propagation in a waveguide with rough internal surface and arbitrary mean shape. The high degree of multiple scattering inside the waveguide poses significant challenges both for the…
We prove well-posedness for very general linear wave- and diffusion equations on compact or non-compact metric graphs allowing various different conditions in the vertices. More precisely, using the theory of strongly continuous operator…
At singular points of a wave field, where the amplitude vanishes, the phase may become singular and wavefront dislocation may occur. In this Letter, we investigate for wave fields in one spatial dimension the appearance of these essentially…