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This paper presents high-order numerical methods for solving boundary value problems associated with the Lane-Emden equation, which frequently arises in astrophysics and various nonlinear models. A major challenge in studying this equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Dang Quang A , Nguyen Thanh Huong , Vu Vinh Quang

We present a useful analytic approximation to the solution of the Lane-Emden equation for infinite polytropic index - the isothermal sphere. The optimized expression obtained for the density profile can be accurate to within 0.04% within 5…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Priyamvada Natarajan , Donald Lynden-Bell

The purpose of this paper is to analyze a mixed method for linear elasticity eigenvalue problem, which approximates numerically the stress, displacement, and rotation, by piecewise $(k+1)$, $k$ and $(k+1)$-th degree polynomial functions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Xiang Zhong , Weifeng Qiu

We introduce a new approach to a century old assumption which enhances not only planetary interior calculations but also high pressure material physics. We show that the polytropic index is the derivative of the bulk modulus with respect to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 S. P. Weppner , J. P. McKelvey , K. D. Thielen , A. K. Zielinski

Lane Emden differential equation of the polytropic gas sphere could be used to construct simple models of stellar structures, star clusters and many configurations in astrophysics. This differential equation suffers from the singularity at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 E. A. -B. Abd-Elsalam , Mohamed I. Nouh

Lane-Emden differential equations describe different physical and astrophysical phenomena that include forms of stellar structure, isothermal gas spheres, gas spherical cloud thermal history, and thermionic currents. This paper presents a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 Mohamed I. Nouh , Yosry A. Azzam , Emad A. -B. Abdel-Salam

This paper presents a nonperturbative method for solving eigenproblems. This method applies to almost all potentials and provides nonperturbative approximations for any energy level. The method converts an eigenproblem into a perturbation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-19 Chang Liu , Wen-Du Li , Wu-Sheng Dai

In this paper, linearly structured partial polynomial inverse eigenvalue problem is considered for the $n\times n$ matrix polynomial of arbitrary degree $k$. Given a set of $m$ eigenpairs ($1 \leqslant m \leqslant kn$), this problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Suman Rakshit , S. R. Khare

An elliptic relative equilibrium (ERE) is a special solution of the planar $N$-body problem generated by a central configuration. Its linear stability depends on the eccentricity $e$ and the masses of the bodies. However, for $e>0$, the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Xijun Hu , Yuwei Ou , Jiexin Sun

Solving partial differential equations (PDEs) using an annealing-based approach involves solving generalized eigenvalue problems. Discretizing a PDE yields a system of linear equations (SLE). Solving an SLE can be formulated as a general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Kazue Kudo

Spherically symmetric equilibrium configurations of perfect fluid obeying a polytropic equation of state are studied in spacetimes with a repulsive cosmological constant. The configurations are specified in terms of three parameters---the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-17 Zdeněk Stuchlík , Stanislav Hledík , Jan Novotný

In Density Functional Theory simulations based on the LAPW method, each self-consistent field cycle comprises dozens of large dense generalized eigenproblems. In contrast to real-space methods, eigenpairs solving for problems at distinct…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Edoardo Di Napoli , Mario Berljafa

In this paper, we propose a new trace finite element method for the {Laplace-Beltrami} eigenvalue problem. The method is proposed directly on a smooth manifold which is implicitly given by a level-set function and require high order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-17 Song Lu , Xianmin Xu

The rectangular multiparameter eigenvalue problem (RMEP) involves rectangular coefficient matrices (usually with more rows than columns) and may potentially have no solution in its original form. A minimal perturbation framework is proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Shanheng Han , Lei-Hong Zhang , Ren-Cang Li

In this work we propose a novel approach to integrate the Lane-Emden equations for relativistic anisotropic polytropes. We take advantage of the fact that Gravitational Decoupling allows to decrease the number of degrees of freedom once a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 D. Santana , E. Fuenmayor , E. Contreras

We consider the problem of finding $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$ and a function $u:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the PDE $$ \max\left\{\lambda + F(D^2u) -f(x),H(Du)\right\}=0, \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^n. $$ Here $F$ is elliptic,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-01 Ryan Hynd

This paper is devoted to studying impedance eigenvalues (that is, eigenvalues of a particular Dirichlet-to-Neumann map) for the time harmonic linear elastic wave problem, and their potential use as target-signatures for fluid-solid…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-31 Michael Levitin , Peter Monk , Virginia Selgas

Perturbation theory is applied to one-dimensional scattering systems consisting of a general class of inhomogeneous and isotropic slabs having size $L$ described by the relative permittivity $\varepsilon(z) = 1 + \alpha \chi(z)$, where…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-19 J. A. Rebouças , P. A. Brandão

Maxwell equations are solved in a layer comprising a finite number of homogeneous isotropic dielectric regions ended by anisotropic perfectly matched layers (PMLs). The boundary-value problem is solved and the dispersion relation inside the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 Diana C. Skigin

Rayleigh-Schr\"{o}dinger perturbation theory is a well-known theory in quantum mechanics and it offers useful characterization of eigenvectors of a perturbed matrix. Suppose $A$ and perturbation $E$ are both Hermitian matrices, $A^t = A +…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-02-02 Yiqiao Zhong