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We consider the Cauchy problem with smooth and compactly supported initial data for the wave equation in a general class of spherically symmetric geometries which are globally smooth and asymptotically flat. Under certain mild conditions on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-23 Matthew P. Masarik

We study a model of two-dimensional classical dimers on the square lattice with strong geometric constraints (there is exactly one bond with the nearest point for every point in the lattice). This model corresponds to the quantum dimer…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-21 Hongxu Yao , Jiaze Li , Jintao Hou

We study the finite-temperature deformation of the discrete Bessel point process. We show that its largest particle distribution satisfies a reduction of the 2D Toda equation, as well as a discrete version of the integro-differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-05-01 Mattia Cafasso , Giulio Ruzza

We discuss notions of Gauss curvature and mean curvature for polyhedral surfaces. The discretizations are guided by the principle of preserving integral relations for curvatures, like the Gauss/Bonnet theorem and the mean-curvature force…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-10-25 John M. Sullivan

A discrete conformality for polyhedral metrics on surfaces is introduced in this paper which generalizes earlier work on the subject. It is shown that each polyhedral metric on a surface is discrete conformal to a constant curvature…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-09-18 Xianfeng Gu , Feng Luo , Jian Sun , Tianqi Wu

We use the solution space of a pair of ODEs of at least second order to construct a smooth surface in Euclidean space. We describe when this surface is a proper embedding which is geodesically complete with finite total Gauss curvature. If…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-04 P. Gilkey , C. Y. Kim , J. H. Park

We solve the Bj\"orling problem for zero mean curvature surfaces in the three-dimensional light cone. As an application, we construct and classify all rotational zero mean curvature surfaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Joseph Cho , So Young Kim , Dami Lee , Wonjoo Lee , Seong-Deog Yang

The paper focuses on the conformal Lorentz geometry of quasi-umbilical timelike surfaces in the $(1+2)$-Einstein universe, the conformal compactification of Minkowski 3-space realized as the space of oriented null lines through the origin…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Emilio Musso , Lorenzo Nicolodi , Mason Pember

We show how realization theory can be used to find the solutions of the Carath\'eodory extremal problem on the symmetrized bidisc \[ G \stackrel{\rm{def}}{=} \{(z+w,zw):|z|<1, \, |w|<1\}. \] We show that, generically, solutions are unique…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-05-08 Jim Agler , Zinaida Lykova , N. J. Young

With several concrete examples of zero mean curvature surfaces in $\boldsymbol{R}^3_1$ containing a light-like line recently having been found, here we construct all real analytic germs of zero mean curvature surfaces by applying the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Masaaki Umehara , Kotaro Yamada

We examine the solution of the Benjamin-Ono Cauchy problem for rational initial data in three types of double-scaling limits in which the dispersion tends to zero while simultaneously the independent variables either approach a point on one…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Elliot Blackstone , Peter D. Miller , Matthew D. Mitchell

The isometric immersion of two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds or surfaces with negative Gauss curvature into the three-dimensional Euclidean space is studied in this paper. The global weak solutions to the Gauss-Codazzi equations with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Wentao Cao , Feimin Huang , Dehua Wang

This work is on surfaces with a constant ratio of principal curvatures. These CRPC surfaces generalize minimal surfaces but are much more challenging to construct. We propose a construction of a family of such surfaces containing a given…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Mikhail Skopenkov , Khusrav Yorov

In [arXiv:1806.06668], we have studied the Boltzmann random triangulation of the disk coupled to an Ising model on its faces with Dobrushin boundary condition at its critical temperature. In this paper, we investigate the phase transition…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Linxiao Chen , Joonas Turunen

We study compact polyhedral surfaces as Riemann surfaces and their discrete counterparts obtained through quadrilateral cellular decompositions and a linear discretization of the Cauchy-Riemann equation. By ensuring uniformly bounded…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Felix Günther

We consider a time-dependent coupled Navier--Stokes/generalized poroelastic flow problem and propose a unified and monolithic finite element discretization based on implicit time stepping. To handle the fluid-structure interface we employ a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Aparna Bansal , Nicolas A. Barnafi , Dwijendra Narain Pandey , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

A set of control points can determine a Bezier surface and a triangulated surface simultaneously. We prove that the triangulated surface becomes homeomorphic and ambient isotopic to the Bezier surface via subdivision. We also show that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-22 J. Li

Topology and geometry are deeply intertwined in the study of surfaces, though their interaction manifests differently in smooth and discrete settings. In the smooth category, a classical result asserts that any closed smooth surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Soto Hisakawa , Shizuo Kaji , Ryo Kawai

Using an integrable discrete Dirac operator, we construct a discrete version of the Weierstrass representation of time-like surfaces parametrized along isotropic directions in $R^{2,1}$, $R^{3,1}$ and $R^{2,2}$. The corresponding discrete…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-07-06 Dmitry Zakharov

Harmonic decomposition of surfaces, such as spherical and spheroidal harmonics, is used to analyze morphology, reconstruct, and generate surface inclusions of particulate microstructures. However, obtaining high-quality meshes of…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Mahmoud Shaqfa