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Godel-type metrics are introduced and used in producing charged dust solutions in various dimensions. The key ingredient is a (D-1)-dimensional Riemannian geometry which is then employed in constructing solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Gurses , A. Karasu , O. Sarioglu

Computing the Fr\'{e}chet distance for surfaces is a surprisingly hard problem and the only known algorithm is limited to computing it between flat surfaces. We adapt this algorithm to create one for computing the Fr\'{e}chet distance for a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-03-16 Atlas F. Cook , Anne Driemel , Sariel Har-Peled , Jessica Sherette , Carola Wenk

We present a complete study of the geodesics around naked singularities in AdS$_3$, the three-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime. These stationary spacetimes, characterized by two conserved charges --mass and angular momentum--, are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-24 Cristián Martínez , Nicolás Parra , Nicolás Valdés , Jorge Zanelli

A common approach to compute distances on continuous surfaces is by considering a discretized polygonal mesh approximating the surface and estimating distances on the polygon. We show that exact geodesic distances restricted to the polygon…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-27 Saar Huberman , Amit Bracha , Ron Kimmel

This talk is about solving cosmological equations analytically without approximations, and discovering new phenomena that could not be noticed with approximate solutions. We found all the solutions of the Friedmann equations for a specific…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-30 Itzhak Bars

In the standard Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime, we consider a local cosmic test mass that is boosted in some direction relative to the standard comoving observers. The geodesic (Fermi) normal coordinate system…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 Bahram Mashhoon

Geodesic distance serves as a reliable means of measuring distance in nonlinear spaces, and such nonlinear manifolds are prevalent in the current multimodal learning. In these scenarios, some samples may exhibit high similarity, yet they…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Shibin Mei , Hang Wang , Bingbing Ni

We consider higher-dimensional generalizations of the $\alpha$-Grushin plane, focusing on the problem of classification of geodesics that minimize length, also known as optimal synthesis. Solving Hamilton's equations on these spaces using…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Michael Albert , Samuël Borza , Maria Gordina

Metrics in Grassmannians, or distances between subspaces of same dimension, have many uses, and extending them to the Total Grassmannian of subspaces of different dimensions is an important problem, as usual extensions lack good properties…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-07 André L. G. Mandolesi

In the present paper we study the Geodesic Deviation Equation (GDE) in the modified $f(Q)$-gravity theories. The formulation of GDE in General Relativity in the case of the homogeneous and isotropic Friedman-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-27 Jing-Theng Beh , Tee-how Loo , Avik De

In (Phys. Rev. D 62, 081501, 2000) we proposed a unified approach to description of continuous and discrete spacetime based on nonassociative geometry and described nonassociative smooth and discrete de Sitter models. In our paper we give…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-01-15 Alexander I. Nesterov , Lev V. Sabinin

An effective Lagrangian approach, partly inspired by Quantum Loop Cosmology (QLC), is presented and formulated in a non flat FLRW space-times, making use of modified gravitational models. The models considered are non generic, and their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-15 Alessandro Casalino , Lorenzo Sebastiani , Luciano Vanzo , Sergio Zerbini

In this paper, we develop a novel method for fast geodesic distance queries. The key idea is to embed the mesh into a high-dimensional space, such that the Euclidean distance in the high-dimensional space can induce the geodesic distance in…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Qianwei Xia , Juyong Zhang , Zheng Fang , Jin Li , Mingyue Zhang , Bailin Deng , Ying He

Geodesic distance, commonly called shortest path length, has proved useful in a great variety of disciplines. It has been playing a significant role in search engine at present and so attracted considerable attention at the last few…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Xudong Luo , Fei Ma , Wentao Xu

Circular and radial geodesics are studied in the spacetime described by the $\gamma$ metric. Their behaviour is compared with the spherically symmetric situation, bringing out the sensitivity of the trajectories to deviations from spherical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Herrera , Filipe M. Paiva , N. O. Santos

In the present article we find a new class of solutions of Einstein's field equations. It describes stationary, cylindrically symmetric spacetimes with closed timelike geodesics everywhere outside the symmetry axis. These spacetimes contain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-20 Oyvind Gron , Steinar Johannesen

We investigate the dynamics of test particles undergoing friction forces in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) spacetime. The interaction with the background fluid is modeled by introducing a Poynting-Robertson-like friction force in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico , Daniele Gregoris , Sauro Succi

Metrics on Grassmannians have a wide array of applications: machine learning, wireless communication, computer vision, etc. But the available distances between subspaces of distinct dimensions present problems, and the dimensional asymmetry…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-11 André L. G. Mandolesi

The Grassmann angle improves upon similar angles between subspaces that measure volume contraction in orthogonal projections. It works in real or complex spaces, with important differences, and is asymmetric, what makes it more efficient…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-13 André L. G. Mandolesi

The $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model faces increasingly significant and robust tensions among independent cosmological probes, prompting renewed scrutiny of its foundational assumptions. While General Relativity and the nature of dark energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 S. M. Koksbang , A. Heinesen
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