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In this paper, we investigate the null controllability of nonlinear wave systems. Initially, we employ a combination of the Galerkin method and a fixed point theorem to establish the null controllability for semi-linear wave equations with…

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It is the author's belief that a perfect theory will eventually be formulated, where geometry and physics become indistinguishable, so that the complete understanding of space properties, together with proper assignments between geometric…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jose B. Almeida

The normal form and zero dynamics are powerful tools useful in analysis and control of both linear and nonlinear systems. There are no simple closed form solutions to the general zero dynamics problem for nonlinear systems. A few algorithms…

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We study a linear-quadratic optimal control problem involving a parabolic equation with fractional diffusion and Caputo fractional time derivative of orders $s \in (0,1)$ and $\gamma \in (0,1]$, respectively. The spatial fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-02 Harbir Antil , Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado

The 2D Euler equations are a simple but rich set of non-linear PDEs that describe the evolution of an ideal inviscid fluid, for which one dimension is negligible. Solving numerically these equations can be extremely demanding. Several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Paolo Cifani , Sagy Ephrati , Milo Viviani

We consider the dynamics on a quantum graph as the limit of the dynamics generated by a one-particle Hamiltonian in R^2 with a potential having a deep strict minimum on the graph, when the width of the well shrinks to zero. For a generic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gianfausto Dell'Antonio , Lucattilio Tenuta

We consider linear one-dimensional parabolic equations with space dependent coefficients that are only measurable and that may be degenerate or singular.Considering generalized Robin-Neumann boundary conditions at both extremities, we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-03 Philippe Martin , Lionel Rosier , Pierre Rouchon

We prove that the associativity equations of two-dimensional topological quantum field theories are very natural reductions of the fundamental nonlinear equations of the theory of submanifolds in pseudo-Euclidean spaces and give a natural…

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We introduce and study the notion of null manifold. This is a smooth manifold ${\mathcal N}$ endowed with a degenerate metric $\gamma$ with one-dimensional radical at every point. We also define the notion of ruled null manifold, which is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-13 Marc Mars

This paper describes how to define and work with differential equations in the abstract setting of tangent categories. The key notion is that of a curve object which is, for differential geometry, the structural analogue of a natural number…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-10 J. R. B. Cockett , G. S. H. Cruttwell , J. -S. P. Lemay

If Einstein's equations are to describe a field theory of gravity in Minkowski spacetime, then causality requires that the effective curved metric must respect the flat background metric's null cone. The kinematical problem is solved using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Brian Pitts , W. C. Schieve

In this paper, we study the differential geometry of null Cartan curves under the similarity transformations in the Minkowski space-time. Besides, we extend the fundamental theorem for a null Cartan curve according to a similarity motion.…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Hakan Simsek , Mustafa Özdemir

We study positivity-preserving properties for the elastic flow of non-compact, complete curves in Euclidean space. Despite the fact that the canonical elastic energy is infinite in this context, we extend our recent work based on the…

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We prove that there are no restrictions on the spatial topology of asymptotically flat solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in (n+1)-dimensions. We do this by gluing a solution of the vacuum constraint equations on an arbitrary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 James Isenberg , Rafe Mazzeo , Daniel Pollack

The Null Surface Formulation of General Relativity is developed for 2+1 dimensional gravity. The geometrical meaning of the metricity condition is analyzed and two approaches to the derivation of the field equations are presented. One…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Diego M. Forni , Mirta Iriondo , Carlos N. Kozameh

We discuss the relevance of geometric concepts in the theory of stochastic differential equations for applications to the theory of non-equilibrium thermodynamics of small systems. In particular, we show how the Eells-Elworthy-Malliavin…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi

The problem of identifying the dynamical Lie algebras of finite-level quantum systems subject to external control is considered, with special emphasis on systems that are not completely controllable. In particular, it is shown that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. G. Schirmer , I. C. H. Pullen , A. I. Solomon

This paper addresses questions regarding controllability for `generic parameter' dynamical systems, i.e. the question whether a dynamical system is `structurally controllable'. Unlike conventional methods that deal with structural…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-06-29 Madhu N. Belur , Sivaramakrishnan Sivasubramanian

We introduce variational approximations for curve evolutions in two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds that are conformally flat, i.e.\ conformally equivalent to the Euclidean space. Examples include the hyperbolic plane, the hyperbolic disk,…

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A finite-dimensional pseudo-unitary framework is set up for describing the dynamics of free elementary particles in a purely relativistic quantum mechanical way. States of any individual particles or antiparticles are defined as suitably…

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