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We consider a class of overdetermined problems in rotationally symmetric spaces, which reduce to the classical Serrin's overdetermined problem in the case of the Euclidean space. We prove some general integral identities for rotationally…

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We consider a range of geometric stability problems for hypersurfaces of spaceforms. One of the key results is an estimate relating the distance to a geodesic sphere of an embedded hypersurface with integral norms of the traceless Hessian…

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In this paper, we discuss general relativistic, self-gravitating and uniformly rotating perfect fluid bodies with a toroidal topology (without central object). For the equations of state describing the fluid matter we consider polytropic as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-23 Thomas Fischer , Stefan Horatschek , Marcus Ansorg

We investigate the motion, near the equilibrium configurations, of an initially spinless rigid body subject to an external tidal field. Two cases are considered: when the center of mass of the body is at rest at the equilibrium point of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 L. Ciotti , G. Giampieri

We derive a F\"{o}ppl-von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n-type constitutive model for solid liquid crystalline plates where the nematic director may or may not rotate freely relative to the elastic network. To obtain the reduced two-dimensional model, we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-07-30 L. Angela Mihai , Alain Goriely

Liquid migration in active soft solids is a very common phenomenon in Nature at different scales: from cells to leaves. It can be caused by mechanical as well as chemical actions. The work focuses on the migration of liquid provoked by…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-06-29 Michele Curatolo , Paola Nardinocchi , Luciano Teresi

Flexibility and rigidity properties of steady (time-independent) solutions of the Euler, Boussinesq and Magnetohydrostatic equations are investigated. Specifically, certain Liouville-type theorems are established which show that suitable…

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Consider a deformable body immersed in an incompressible liquid that is randomly stirred. Sticking to physical situations in which the body departs only slightly from its spherical shape, we investigate the motion of the body, calculate its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Moshe Schwartz , Gady Frenkel

A cylindrically symmetric perfect fluid spacetime with no curvature singularity is shown. The equation of state for the perfect fluid is that of a stiff fluid. The metric is diagonal and non-separable in comoving coordinates for the fluid.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Fernandez-Jambrina

The hydrostatic equilibrium of a $2+1$ dimensional perfect fluid star in asymptotically anti-de Sitter space is discussed. The interior geometry matches the exterior $2+1$ black-hole solution. An upper mass limit is found, analogous to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Norman Cruz , Jorge Zanelli

In this paper, we derive analytical expressions for the leading-order hydrodynamic mobility of a small solid particle undergoing motion tangential to a nearby large spherical capsule whose membrane possesses resistance towards shearing and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-06-07 Abdallah Daddi-Moussa-Ider , Maciej Lisicki , Stephan Gekle

We construct flat metrics in a given conformal class with prescribed singularities of real orders at marked points of a closed real surface. The singularities can be small conical, cylindrical, and large conical with possible translation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-01-13 Sergiu Moroianu

The motion of compressible, inviscid fluid under the constant pressure on a rotating sphere is studied. The hodograph equations for the corresponding Euler equation are presented. They provide us with the class of solutions of the Euler…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 B. G. Konopelchenko , G. Ortenzi

We consider several rigid bodies immersed in a viscous Newtonian fluid contained in a bounded domain in $R^3$. We introduce a new concept of dissipative weak solution of the problem based on a combination of the approach proposed by Judakov…

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The 2-body problem on the sphere and hyperbolic space are both real forms of holomorphic Hamiltonian systems defined on the complex sphere. This admits a natural description in terms of biquaternions and allows us to address questions…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-23 Philip Arathoon

We consider a two-dimensional, incompressible fluid body, together with self-induced interactions. The body is perturbed by an external particle with small mass. The whole configuration rotates uniformly around the common center of mass. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Diego Alonso-Orán , Bernhard Kepka , Juan J. L. Velázquez

The fluid models mentioned in the title are studied in a modified approach, based on two formulas for the mass function. All characteristics of the fluid are expressed through a master potential, satisfying an ordinary second order…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-21 B. V. Ivanov

We show that unconstrained asymmetric dissolving solids floating in a fluid can move rectilinearly as a result of attached density currents which occur along their inclined surfaces. Solids in the form of boats composed of centimeter-scale…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-08-08 Martin Chaigne , Michael Berhanu , Arshad Kudrolli

A new method for rheologically homogenizing a dilute suspension composed of freely-suspended spherical particles dispersed in a Newtonian fluid is presented: The ensemble-averaged velocity and stress fields obtained for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Yaniv Almog , Howard Brenner