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We construct a structure preserving non-conforming finite element approximation scheme for the bi-harmonic wave maps into spheres equation. It satisfies a discrete energy law and preserves the non-convex sphere constraint of the continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Ľubomír Baňas , Sebastian Herr

The recent development of spectral method has been praised for its high-order convergence in simulating complex physical problems. The combination of embedded boundary method and spectral method becomes a mainstream way to tackle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-08 Po-Yi Wu , Cheng-Hong Robert Kao , Tony Wen-Hann Sheu

In this paper we study the recurrence relations in the spin-weighted spheroidal harmonics (SWSHs) through super-symmetric quantum mechanics. We use the shape invariance property to solve the spin-weighted spheroidal wave equations. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-26 Guihua Tian , Huihui Wang

This work addresses the regularity of solutions for a nonlocal wave equation over the space of periodic distributions. The spatial operator for the nonlocal wave equation is given by a nonlocal Laplace operator with a compactly supported…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-05 Thinh Dang , Bacim Alali , Nathan Albin

An effective approach for solving the three-dimensional Dirac equation for spherically symmetric local interactions, which we have introduced recently, is reviewed and consolidated. The merit of the approach is in producing Schrodinger-like…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. D. Alhaidari

We consider spherically symmetric configurations in general relativity, supported by nonlinear electromagnetic fields with gauge-invariant Lagrangians depending on the single invariant $f = F_{\mu\nu} F^{\mu\nu}$. Static black hole and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-20 K. A. Bronnikov

This is an investigation into the exact forms of images of point charges in 2D conducting ellipses and 3D prolate spheroids. For an ellipse with exterior point source, we compare two previous expressions for the analytic continuation inside…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-12-02 Matt Majic

In this paper we make an attempt to extend L. Schwartz's classical result on spectral synthesis to several dimensions. Due to counterexamples of D. I. Gurevich this is impossible for translation invariant varieties. Our idea is to replace…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-26 László Székelyhidi

Gravitational features are a fundamental source of information to learn more about the interior structure and composition of planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Gravitational field modeling typically approximates the target body with a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-21 Stefan Reimond , Oliver Baur

The work develops further the theory of the following inversion problem, which plays the central role in the rapidly developing area of thermoacoustic tomography and has intimate connections with PDEs and integral geometry: {\it Reconstruct…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2011-08-04 Yuri A. Antipov , Ricardo Estrada , Boris Rubin

The authors present SHarmonic, a new implementation of the spherical harmonics targeted for electronic-structure calculations. Their approach is to use explicit formulas for the harmonics written in terms of normalized Cartesian…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Xavier Andrade , Jacopo Simoni , Yuan Ping , Tadashi Ogitsu , Alfredo A. Correa

In general relativity with vector and scalar fields given by the Lagrangian ${\cal L}(F,\phi,X)$, where $F$ is a Maxwell term and $X$ is a kinetic term of the scalar field $\phi$, we study the linear stability of static and spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-18 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Tsujikawa

Analytical solutions to the wave equation in spheroidal coordinates in the short wavelength limit are considered. The asymptotic solutions for the radial function are significantly simplified, allowing scalar spheroidal wave functions to be…

Optics · Physics 2009-10-07 Martin Zeppenfeld

In this work we explore the fidelity of numerical approximations to the analytic spectra of hyperbolic partial differential equation systems with variable coefficients. We are particularly interested in the ability of discrete methods to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Brittany A. Erickson

In this article, we examine a stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) driven by a symmetric $\alpha$-stable (S$\alpha$S) L\'evy noise, that is multiplied by a linear function $\sigma(u)=u$ of the solution. The solution is…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-09-20 Raluca M. Balan , Juan J. Jiménez

We present a simple and effective method for evaluating double-and single-layer potentials for Laplace's equation in three dimensions close to the boundary. The close evaluation of these layer potentials is challenging because they are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-26 S. Khatri , A. D. Kim , Ricado Cortez , Camille Carvalho

In this paper, we obtain nonexistence results of positive solutions, and also the existence of an unbounded sequence of solutions that changing sign for some critical problems involving conformally invariant operators on the standard unit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Emerson Abreu , Ezequiel Barbosa , Joel Cruz Ramirez

The second order $N$-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation with pseudoharmonic potential is reduced to a first order differential equation by using the Laplace transform approach and exact bound state solutions are obtained using convolution…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-01-05 Tapas Das , Altug Arda

Spherical harmonics provide a smooth, orthogonal, and symmetry-adapted basis to expand functions on a sphere, and they are used routinely in physical and theoretical chemistry as well as in different fields of science and technology, from…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-05-02 Filippo Bigi , Guillaume Fraux , Nicholas J. Browning , Michele Ceriotti

In this paper, we develop an analytical formulation for the Slepian spatial-spectral concentration problem on the sphere for a limited colatitude-longitude spatial region on the sphere, defined as the Cartesian product of a range of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-01 Alice P. Bates , Zubair Khalid , Rodney A. Kennedy