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The boundary-value problem for the perturbation of an electric potential by a homogeneous anisotropic dielectric sphere in vacuum was formulated. The total potential in the exterior region was expanded in series of radial polynomials and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Akhlesh Lakhtakia , Nikolaos L. Tsitsas , Hamad M. Alkhoori

Particles hopping on a two-dimensional hyperbolic lattice feature unconventional energy spectra and wave functions that provide a largely uncharted platform for topological phases of matter beyond the Euclidean paradigm. Using real-space…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 Anffany Chen , Yifei Guan , Patrick M. Lenggenhager , Joseph Maciejko , Igor Boettcher , Tomáš Bzdušek

New examples of harmonic unit vector fields on hyperbolic 3-space are constructed by exploiting the reduction of symmetry arising from the foliation by horospheres. This is compared and contrasted with the analogous construction in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-12-31 C. M. Wood

A nonlinear model representing the quantum harmonic oscillator on the three-dimensional spherical and hyperbolic spaces, $S_\k^3$ ($\kappa>0$) and $H_k^3$ ($\kappa<0$), is studied. The curvature $\k$ is considered as a parameter and then…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 José F. Cariñena , Manuel F. Rañada , Mariano Santander

By considering a spatial curve in a Euclidean space, we use its components, together with attaining a cyclic matrix, to show that this matrix is homothetic too and is in correspondence with a homothetic motion. Furthermore, if the curve…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-03-10 Mehdi Jafari , Yusuf Yayli

The generalization of (super)integrable Euclidean classical Hamiltonian systems to the two-dimensional sphere and the hyperbolic space by preserving their (super)integrability properties is reviewed. The constant Gaussian curvature of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 Angel Ballesteros , Alfonso Blasco , Francisco J. Herranz

We define a new notion of translations in the hyperbolic plane and explicitly solve the equation of the curve shortening flow. Next, we consider the class of ancient convex solutions and solve the equation of the curve shortening flow when…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Ivan Krznarić , Rafael López

We describe the curves of constant (geodesic) curvature and torsion in the three-dimensional round sphere. These curves are the trajectory of a point whose motion is the superposition of two circular motions in orthogonal planes. The global…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Debraj Chakrabarti , Rahul Sahay , Jared Williams

We describe the range of a restricted spherical mean transform, which sends a function supported inside a closed ball in a hyperbolic space to its mean values on the geodesics spheres centered at the boundary of the ball. The description…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-09-28 Linh V. Nguyen

Using gnomonic projection and Poincar\'e model, we first define the spherical projection body and hyperbolic projection body in spherical space $\mathbb{S}^n$ and hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^n$, then define the spherical Steiner…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Y. Lin , Y. Wu

Non-relativistic particles that are effectively confined to two dimensions can in general move on curved surfaces, allowing dynamical phenomena beyond what can be described with scalar potentials or even vector gauge fields. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 James R. Anglin , Etienne Wamba

A random motion on the Poincar\'e half-plane is studied. A particle runs on the geodesic lines changing direction at Poisson-paced times. The hyperbolic distance is analyzed, also in the case where returns to the starting point are…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-05-28 Valentina Cammarota , Enzo Orsingher

The classical and quantum solutions of a nonlinear model describing harmonic oscillators on the sphere and the hyperbolic plane, derived in polar coordinates in a recent paper [Phys.\ Lett.\ A 379 (2015) 1589], are extended by the inclusion…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 C. Quesne

In this paper, we study a dual analogue of the classical catenary within the class of admissible curves in the dual plane $\mathbb{D}^2$. We introduce $\alpha$-catenaries in $\mathbb{D}^2$ as stationary points of a potential energy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Muhittin Evren Aydin , Rafael López

We prove rigidity for hypersurfaces with boundary in the unit $(n+1)$-sphere with scalar curvature bounded below by $n(n-1)$. Under appropriate boundary conditions, the hypersurfaces are shown to be part of the equatorial spheres. The lower…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-12-28 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Damin Wu

A geodesic cycle is a closed curve that connects finitely many points along geodesics. We study geodesic cycles on the sphere in regard to their role in equal-weight quadrature rules and approximation.

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-13 Martin Ehler , Karlheinz Gröchenig , Clemens Karner

Let $M$ be either the 2-sphere $\SS^2 \subset\RR^3$ or the hyperbolic plane $\HH^2 \subset \RR^3$. If $\Delta(abc)$ is a geodesic triangle on $M$ with corners at $a,b,c\in M$, we denote by $\alpha, \beta, \gamma\in M$ the midpoints of their…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-10 Gijs M. Tuynman

In this work we investigate the following isoperimetric problem: to find the regions of prescribed volume with minimal boundary area between two parallel horospheres in hyperbolic 3-space (the area of the part of the boundary contained in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-11-10 Rosa Chaves , Renato Pedrosa , Marcio Silva

We unveil a novel class of traversable wormholes exhibiting exact spherical symmetry, geometrically inspired by the minimal surface structure of a catenoid. Introducing the spacetime metric, we rigorously derive its fundamental curvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-18 Bikramarka S Choudhury , Md Khalid Hossain , Farook Rahaman

We consider a classical problem of a capillary neck between a parabolic body and a plane with a small amount of liquid in between. In the state of thermodynamic equilibrium, the contact area between the bodies and the liquid layer has a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-12-29 Valentin L. Popov