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We present a Parseval tight wavelet frame for the representation and analysis of velocity vector fields of incompressible fluids. Our wavelets have closed form expressions in the frequency and spatial domains, are divergence free in the…
We find an exact nonstatic charged BTZ-like solutions, in ($N$+1)-dimensional Einstein gravity in the presence of negative cosmological constant and a nonlinear Maxwell field defined by a power $s$ of the Maxwell invariant, which describes…
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The aim of this paper is to establish some properties of solutions to the Dirichlet-Neumann problem: $(\partial_z\partial_{\overline{z}})^2 w=g$ in the unit disc $\ID$, $w=\gamma_0$ and…
The Paulsen problem is a basic open problem in operator theory: Given vectors $u_1, \ldots, u_n \in \mathbb R^d$ that are $\epsilon$-nearly satisfying the Parseval's condition and the equal norm condition, is it close to a set of vectors…
In this paper we study the Lane-Emden-Fowler equation $$(P)_\epsilon\ \{\Delta u+|u|^{q-2}u=0 \ \hbox{in}\ \mathcal D_\epsilon, u=0 \ \hbox{on}\ \partial\mathcal D_\epsilon.$$ Here $\mathcal D_\epsilon = \mathcal D \setminus \{x \in…
We propose a generalisation of the Weak Gravity Conjecture in de Sitter space by studying charged black-holes and comparing the gravitational and an abelian gauge forces. Using the same condition as in flat space, namely the absence of…
Charged black holes in a ($2+1$)-dimensional anti-de Sitter space-time suffer from some limitations such as the ambiguity in the definition of the mass and the bad short distance behavior. In this paper we present a way to resolve such…
H. Busemann and C. M. Petty posed the following problem in 1956: If K and L are origin-symmetric convex bodies in R^n and for each hyperplane H through the origin the volumes of their central slices satisfy vol(K cap H) < vol(L cap H), does…
It is easy to check that both algebraic equation Det (hat p - m) =0 and Det (hat p + m) =0 for u- and v- 4-spinors have solutions with p_0= pm E_p = pm sqrt bf p^2 +m^2. The same is true for higher-spin equations. Meanwhile, every book…
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A classical theorem of Landau states that, if an ordinary Dirichlet series has non-negative coefficients, then it has a singularity on the real line at its abscissae of absolute convergence. In this article, we relax the condition on the…
The Schwarzschild-de Sitter solution in the Einstein theory with a positive cosmological constant $\Lambda=m^2/\alpha$ becomes an exact solution to the dRGT non-linear massive gravity theory with the mass parameter $m$ when the theory…
We consider a nonlinear parametric Dirichlet problem driven by the $p$-Laplace differential operator and a reaction which has the competing effects of a parametric singular term and of a Carath\'eodory perturbation which is ($p-1$)-linear…