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Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-08 David Johansson , Janne Nurminen , Mikko Salo

We describe the evolution of a paraxial electromagnetic wave characterizing by a non-uniform polarization distribution with singularities and propagating in a weakly anisotropic medium. Our approach is based on the Stokes vector evolution…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Yu. Bliokh , A. Niv , V. Kleiner , E. Hasman

We consider a nonlocal semi-linear parabolic equation on a connected exterior domain of the form $\mathbb{R}^N\setminus K$, where $K\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ is a compact "obstacle". The model we study is motivated by applications in biology and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Julien Brasseur , Jérôme Coville

Formulas for the solutions of initial value problems for ordinary differential equations with singular $\delta^{(n)}$-like driving terms are derived in the framework of an algebra of generalized functions (of Colombeau type) over a field of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Todor D. Todorov

In this paper, we investigate the geometric propagation and diffraction of singularities of solutions to the wave equation on manifolds with edge singularities.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-10-07 Richard Melrose , András Vasy , Jared Wunsch

We present a differential algebra of generalized functions over a field of generalized scalars by means of several axioms in terms of general algebra and topology. Our differential algebra is of Colombeau type in the sense that it contains…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-29 Todor D. Todorov

Solutions of the wave equation in a space-time containing a thin cosmic string are examined in the context of non-linear generalised functions. Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the wave equation in the Colombeau algebra G is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 J. A. Vickers , J. P. Wilson

We establish propagation of singularities for the semiclassical Schr\"odinger equation, where the potential is conormal to a hypersurface. We show that semiclassical wavefront set propagates along generalized broken bicharacteristics, hence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-08 Oran Gannot , Jared Wunsch

In this paper we describe the propagation of singularities of tempered distributional generalized eigenfunctions of many-body Hamiltonians under the assumption that no subsystem has a bound state and that the two-body interactions are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andras Vasy

Co lombeau's construction of generalized functions (in its special variant) is extended to a theory of generalized sections of vector bundles. As particular cases, generalized tensor analysis and exterior algebra are studied. A point value…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Kunzinger , Roland Steinbauer

We investigate the properties of the set of singularities of semiconcave solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations of the form \begin{equation*} u_t(t,x)+H(\nabla u(t,x))=0, \qquad\text{a.e. }(t,x)\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Piermarco Cannarsa , Marco Mazzola , Carlo Sinestrari

We study the propagation properties of the solutions of the finite-difference space semi-discrete wave equation on an uniform grid of the whole Euclidean space. We provide a construction of high frequency wave packets that propagate along…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-08-03 Aurora-Mihaela Marica , Enrique Zuazua

This paper is concerned with the spatial propagation of nonlocal dispersal equations with bistable or multistable nonlinearity in exterior domains. We obtain the existence and uniqueness of an entire solution which behaves like a planar…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Shao-Xia Qiao , Wan-Tong Li , Jian-Wen Sun

We consider the Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes subject to Neumann or Robin (or Dirichlet) boundary conditions, and prove propagation of singularities along generalized broken bicharacteristics. The result…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Oran Gannot , Michał Wrochna

We offer an axiomatic definition of a differential algebra of generalized functions over an algebraically closed non-Archimedean field. This algebra is of {\em Colombeau type} in the sense that it contains a copy of the space of Schwartz…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2011-09-14 Todor D. Todorov

This work presents the foundations of Singular Semi-Riemannian Geometry and Singular General Relativity, based on the author's research. An extension of differential geometry and of Einstein's equation to singularities is reported.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-27 Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica

We present an extension of J. F. Colombeau's theory of nonlinear generalized functions to spaces of generalized sections of vector bundles. Our construction builds on classical functional analytic notions, which is the key to having a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Eduard A. Nigsch

Based on the theory of Fermat reals we introduce new topologies on spaces of Colombeau generalized points and derive some of their fundamental properties. In particular, we obtain metric topologies on the space of near-standard generalized…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2012-01-19 Paolo Giordano , Michael Kunzinger

This is the first of two papers devoted to the study of the properties of the blow-up surface for the $N$ dimensional semilinear wave equation with subconformal power nonlinearity. In a series of papers, we have clarified the situation in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-10-10 Frank Merle , Hatem Zaag

For the $1+1$ dimensional damped stochastic Klein-Gordon equation, we show that random singularities associated with the law of the iterated logarithm exist and propogate in the same way as the stochastic wave equation. This provides…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Hongyi Chen , Cheuk Yin Lee