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Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Charlotte Dietze

In recent years, the proximal gradient method and its variants have been generalized to Riemannian manifolds for solving optimization problems with an additively separable structure, i.e., $f + h$, where $f$ is continuously differentiable,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Wutao Si , P. -A. Absil , Wen Huang , Rujun Jiang , Simon Vary

In this manuscript, we study the positive solutions of the Finslerian Fisher-KPP equation $$ u_t=\Delta^{\nabla u} u+cu(1-u). $$ The Fisher-KPP equation is widely applied and connected to many mathematical branches. We establish the global…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-04 Bin Shen , Dingli Xia

We consider the inverse problem of determining a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary from fixed time observations of the solution, restricted to a small subset in space, for the Navier-Stokes system with a local source on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Yavar Kian , Lauri Oksanen , Ziyao Zhao

Let $M$ be a strongly pseudoconvex complex $G$-manifold with compact quotient $M/G$. We provide a simple condition on forms $\alpha$ sufficient for the regular solvability of the equation $\square u=\alpha$ and other problems related to the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-01-25 Joe J. Perez

In these notes we study the Dirichlet problem for critical points of a convex functional of the form \[ F(u)=\int_{\Omega}\phi\left( \left\vert \nabla u\right\vert \right) , \] where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain of a complete Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-08 Jaime Ripoll , Friedrich Tomi

Given a complete $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$, we study the existence of vertical graphs in $M\times\mathbb{R}$ with prescribed mean curvature $H=H(x,z)$. Precisely, we prove that the Dirichlet problem for the vertical mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-04 Yunelsy N. Alvarez , Ricardo Sa Earp

In this paper we consider rough differential equations on a smooth manifold $\left( M\right) .$ The main result of this paper gives sufficient conditions on the driving vector-fields so that the rough ODE's have global (in time) solutions.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-10 Bruce K. Driver

We consider a second order non-autonomous system which can be interpreted as the Newtonian equation of motion on a Riemannian manifold under the action of time-quasiperiodic force field. The problem is to find conditions which ensures: (a)…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-09-21 Igor Parasyuk

Let (M,g) be a smooth connected compact Riemannian manifold of finite dimension n \geq 2 with a smooth boundary \partial M. We consider the problem -{\epsilon}^2\Delta_gu+u=|u|^{p-2}u, u>0 on M, \partial u/ \partial{\nu}=0 on \partial M…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-12-30 Marco G. Ghimenti , Anna Maria Micheletti

We study a generalized boundary rigidity problem, which investigates whether the areas of embedded minimal surfaces can uniquely determine a Riemannian manifold with boundary. We prove that for a conformal perturbation of an analytic metric…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Leonard Busch , Tony Liimatainen , Mikko Salo , Leo Tzou

A variational formulation for accelerated optimization on normed vector spaces was recently introduced in Wibisono et al., and later generalized to the Riemannian manifold setting in Duruisseaux and Leok. This variational framework was…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-18 Valentin Duruisseaux , Melvin Leok

There is extensive literature on accelerating first-order optimization methods in a Euclidean setting. Under which conditions such acceleration is feasible in Riemannian optimization problems is an active area of research. Motivated by the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Jiyoung Park , Abhishek Roy , Jonathan W. Siegel , Anirban Bhattacharya

We address the question of whether a Riemannian manifold-with-boundary (M,g) in dimension two is uniquely determined from knowledge of the distances between points on its boundary. An affirmative answer is called boundary rigidity for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Spyros Alexakis , Matti Lassas

Global geometric properties of product manifolds ${\cal M}= M \times \R^2$, endowed with a metric type $<\cdot, \cdot > = < \cdot, \cdot >_R + 2 dudv + H(x,u) du^2$ (where $<\cdot, \cdot >_R$ is a Riemannian metric on $M$ and $H:M \times \R…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 José Luis Flores , Miguel Sánchez

We pose the isospectral problem for the $p$-widths: Is a riemannian manifold $(M^n, g)$ uniquely determined by its $p$-widths, $\{\omega_p(M,g)\}_{p=1}^{\infty}$? We construct many counterexamples on $S^2$ using Zoll metrics and the fact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-31 Jared Marx-Kuo

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) problem is most often studied in a framework where Dirichlet type boundary conditions on the velocity field is imposed. In this Note, we study the (MHD) system with pressure boundary condition, together with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-13 J. Poirier , N. Seloula

We approach the problem of finding obstructions to curvature distinguished Riemannian metrics by considering Lorentzian metrics to which they are dual in a suitable sense. Obstructions to the latter then yield obstructions to the former.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Amir Babak Aazami

Riemannian submanifold optimization with momentum is computationally challenging because, to ensure that the iterates remain on the submanifold, we often need to solve difficult differential equations. Here, we simplify such difficulties…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-03-19 Wu Lin , Valentin Duruisseaux , Melvin Leok , Frank Nielsen , Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan , Mark Schmidt

We consider the degenerate parabolic equation $$ \partial_t u +\mathrm{div} {\mathfrak f}_{\bf x}(u)=\mathrm{div}(\mathrm{div} ( A_{\bf x}(u) ) ), \ \ {\bf x} \in M, \ \ t\geq 0 $$ on a smooth, compact, $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Melanie Graf , Michael Kunzinger , Darko Mitrovic