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Equations of motion for single particle under two proper time model and three proper time model have been proposed and analyzed. The motions of particle are derived from pure classical method but they exhibit the same properties of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 xiaodong Chen

Let $\s^1$ be a circle in Euclidean plane. We consider the problem of finding the shape of a planar curve which is an extremal of the potential energy that measures the distance to $\s^1$. We describe the shape of these curves…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Rafael López

We construct a class of closed timelike curves (CTCs) using a compactified extra dimension $u$. A nonzero metric element $g_{tu}(u)$ enables particles to travel backwards in global time $t$. The compactified dimension guarantees that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Chiu Man Ho , Thomas J. Weiler

We develop a general theory for the existence, uniqueness, and higher regularity of solutions to wave-type equations on Lorentzian manifolds with timelike curves of cone-type singularities. These singularities may be of geometric type (cone…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-20 Peter Hintz

We have developed a simple method to solve anharmonic oscillators equations. The idea of our method is mainly based on the partitioning of the potential curve into (n+1) small intervals, solving the Schr\"odinger equation in each…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-23 F. Maiz , M. Nasr

We present a new representation of solutions of the Benjamin-Ono equation that are periodic in space and time. Up to an additive constant and a Galilean transformation, each of these solutions is a previously known, multi-periodic solution;…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2008-11-27 Jon Wilkening

We consider positive solutions of a semilinear Dirichlet problem \[ \Delta u+\lambda f(u)=0, \;\; \mbox{for $|x|<1$}, \;\; u=0 , \;\; \mbox{when $|x|=1$} \] on a unit ball in $R^n$. For four classes of self-similar equations it is possible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-18 Philip Korman

In this paper we study the properties of the periodic orbits of \"x + V'_x(t, x) = 0 with x \in S1 and V(t, x) a T0 periodic potential. Called {\rho} \in (1/T0)Q the frequency of windings of an orbit in S1 we show that exists an infinite…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2010-12-30 Jacopo Bellazzini , Vieri Benci , Marco G. Ghimenti

Closed timelike curves are among the most controversial features of modern physics. As legitimate solutions to Einstein's field equations, they allow for time travel, which instinctively seems paradoxical. However, in the quantum regime…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-22 Martin Ringbauer , Matthew A. Broome , Casey R. Myers , Andrew G. White , Timothy C. Ralph

We propose a new variational approach to finding multiple critical points for strongly indefinite problems without assuming the weak upper semicontinuity on the variational functionals. By this approach, we obtain the existence of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Long-Jiang Gu , Huan-Song Zhou

This paper is concerned with the inverse diffraction problems by a periodic curve with Dirichlet boundary condition in two dimensions. It is proved that the periodic curve can be uniquely determined by the near-field measurement data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Xiaoxu Xu , Guanghui Hu , Bo Zhang , Haiwen Zhang

The ancient unsolved problem of congruent numbers has been reduced to one of the major questions of contemporary arithmetic: the finiteness of the number of curves over $\bf Q$ which become isomorphic at every place to a given curve. We…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2010-03-15 Chandan Singh Dalawat

Planar curves with periodically varying curvature arise in the natural sciences as the result of a wide variety of periodic processes. The total curvature of a periodic arc in such curves constrains their symmetry. It is shown how the total…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2016-02-26 Scott Hotton

We analyse the existence of closed timelike curves in spacetimes which possess an isometry. In particular we check which discrete quotients of such spaces lead to closed timelike curves. As a by-product of our analysis, we prove that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-16 Liat Maoz , Joan Simón

As a first step in exploring time-periodic solutions of the Einstein equations with a negative cosmological constant, we study the cubic conformal wave equation on the Einstein cylinder. Using a combination of numerical and perturbative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-28 Ficek Filip , Maciej Maliborski

In this work nonlinear pseudo-differential equations with the infinite number of derivatives are studied. These equations form a new class of equations which initially appeared in p-adic string theory. These equations are of much interest…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. S. Vladimirov , Ya. I. Volovich

In a recent paper, Mallett found a solution of the Einstein equations in which closed timelike curves (CTC's) are present in the empty space outside an infinitely long cylinder of light moving in circular paths around an axis. Here we show…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Ken D. Olum , Allen Everett

We prove the first polynomial bound on the number of monotonic homotopy moves required to tighten a collection of closed curves on any compact orientable surface, where the number of crossings in the curve is not allowed to increase at any…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Hsien-Chih Chang , Arnaud de Mesmay

We consider the radial Schroedinger equation with an attractive potential singular in the origin. The additional continuum of states caused by the singularity, that usually remain nontreatable, are shown to correspond to particles,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. E. Shabad

In this paper, we investigate semilinear elliptic equations with general exponential-type nonlinearities in two dimensions. For such nonlinearities, we establish two main results. The first is the construction of a singular solution.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-13 Hiroaki Kikuchi , Kenta Kumagai