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In this paper we adopt an alternative, analytical approach to Arnol'd problem \cite{A1} about the existence of closed and embedded $K$-magnetic geodesics in the round $2$-sphere $\mathbb S^2$, where $K: \mathbb S^2 \rightarrow \mathbb R$ is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Roberta Musina , Fabio Zuddas

We study magnetic geodesic flows invariant under rotations on the 2-sphere. The dynamical system is given by a generic pair of functions $(f,\Lambda)$ in one variable. Topology of the Liouville fibration of the given integrable system near…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Ivan F. Kobtsev , Elena A. Kudryavtseva

The cone-beam transform consists of integrating a function defined on the three-dimensional space along every ray that starts on a certain scanning set. Based on Grangeat's formula, Louis [2016, Inverse Problems 32 115005] states…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-13 Michael Quellmalz , Ralf Hielscher , Alfred K. Louis

Using the theory of geodesics on surfaces of revolution, we introduce the period function. We use this as our main tool in showing that any two-dimensional orbifold of revolution homeomorphic to S^2 must contain an infinite number of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Joseph E. Borzellino , Christopher R. Jordan-Squire , Gregory C. Petrics , D. Mark Sullivan

For a compact Riemannian surface with boundary we study attenuated geodesic transform of functions and differential forms. We generalize several known results on uniqueness and stability of this transform dropping condition of absence of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-06-05 Victor P. Palamodov

We use the classical Fourier analysis to introduce analytic families of weighted differential operators on the unit sphere. These operators are polynomial functions of the usual Beltrami-Laplace operator. New inversion formulas are obtained…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Boris Rubin

The main aim of the present paper is to establish an integral transform connecting spherical analysis on harmonic NA groups to that of odd dimensional real hyperbolic spaces. Moreover, certain interesting integral identities for the Gauss…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-11-10 A. Intissar , M. V. Ould Moustapha , Z. Mouhcine

Let f(x) belong to L^p(R^n) and R>0. The transform is considered that integrates the function f over (almost) all spheres of radius R in R^n. This operator is known to be non-injective (as one can see by taking Fourier transform). However,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-02-26 Mark Agranovsky , Peter Kuchment

We derive reconstruction formulas for a family of geodesic ray transforms with connection, defined on simple Riemannian surfaces. Such formulas provide injectivity of such all transforms in a neighbourhood of constant curvature metrics and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-22 François Monard , Gabriel P. Paternain

In this paper we show the invertibility of the geodesic X-ray transform on one forms and 2-tensors on asymptotically conic manifolds, up to the natural obstruction, allowing existence of certain kinds of conjugate points. We use the 1-cusp…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-12-06 Qiuye Jia , András Vasy

In this article, we give a unified proof of the end-point estimates of the totally-geodesic $k$-plane transform of radial functions on spaces of constant curvature. The problem of getting end-point estimates is not new and some results are…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Aniruddha Deshmukh , Ashisha Kumar

We study a family of mappings from the powers of the unit tangent sphere at a point to a complete Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature, whose behavior is related to the spherical mean operator and the geodesic random…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Pablo Lessa , Lucas Oliveira

The spherical Fourier transform on a harmonic Hadamard manifold $(X^n, g)$ of positive volume entropy is studied. If $(X^n, g)$ is of hypergeometric type, namely spherical functions of $X$ are represented by the Gauss hypergeometric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-28 Mitsuhito Itoh , Hiroyasu Satoh

In a suitably chosen essentially unique frame tied to a given observer in a general spacetime, the equation of geodesic deviation can be decomposed into a sum of terms describing specific effects: isotropic (background) motions associated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Bicak , J. Podolsky

We consider an inverse problem arising in thermo-/photo- acoustic tomography that amounts to reconstructing a function $f$ from its circular or spherical means with the centers lying on a given measurement surface. (Equivalently, these…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-02 Leonid Kunyansky

At a transition in a wave-guiding structure, part of the incident energy is transmitted and part of the energy is reflected. When the waveguide has non-trivial topological properties, however, the transition may occur with no…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-20 S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , F. Monticone

The purpose of this article is to 1. define M(t,k) the t-fold center of mass arrangement for k points in the plane, 2. give elementary properties of M(t,k) and 3. give consequences concerning the space M(2,k) of k distinct points in the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2009-03-30 F R Cohen , Yasuhiko Kamiyama

A number of new closed-form fundamental solutions for the generalized unsteady Oseen and Stokes flows associated with arbitrary time-dependent translational and rotational motions have been developed. These solutions are decomposed into two…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-03-14 Jian-Jun Shu , Allen T. Chwang

The geometric phase due to the evolution of the Hamiltonian is a central concept in quantum physics, and may become advantageous for quantum technology. In non-cyclic evolutions, a proposition relates the geometric phase to the area bounded…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-08-09 Zhifan Zhou , Yair Margalit , Samuel Moukouri , Yigal Meir , Ron Folman

We consider the problem of finding embedded closed geodesics on the two-sphere with an incomplete metric defined outside a point. Various techniques including curve shortening methods are used.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Paul Norbury , J. Hyam Rubinstein