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Let $f$ be a harmonic map from a Riemann surface to a Riemannian $n$-manifold. We prove that if there is a holomorphic diffeomorphism $h$ between open subsets of the surface such that $f\circ h = f$, then $f$ factors through a holomorphic…
Using a residuum approach, we provide a complete description of the space of the rational spatial curves of given tangent directions. The rational Pythagorean hodograph curves are obtained as a special case when the norm of the direction…
A surface embedded in space, in such a way that each point has a neighborhood within which the surface is a terrain, projects to an immersed surface in the plane, the boundary of which is a self-intersecting curve. Under what circumstances…
We present a hierarchical computation approach for solving finite-time optimal control problems using operator splitting methods. The first split is performed over the time index and leads to as many subproblems as the length of the…
Algebraic curve interpolation is described by specifying the location of N points in the plane and constructing an algebraic curve of a function f that should pass through them. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to construct the…
The limit of energies of a sequence of harmonic maps as their annular domains approach the boundary of moduli space depends upon the boundary point approached. The infinite energy case is associated with limits of images containing ruled…
We propose a novel Moebius interpolator that takes as an input a discrete map between the vertices of two planar triangle meshes, and outputs a smooth map on the input domain. The output map interpolates the discrete map, is continuous…
In the realm of computer-aided design (CAD) software, the intersection of B-spline surfaces stands as a fundamental operation. Despite the extensive history of surface intersection algorithms, the challenge of handling complex intersection…
In this paper, we give a causal solution to the problem of spline interpolation using H-infinity optimal approximation. Generally speaking, spline interpolation requires filtering the whole sampled data, the past and the future, to…
In this paper we address the problem of interpolating a spline developable patch bounded by a given spline curve and the first and the last rulings of the developable surface. In order to complete the boundary of the patch a second spline…
We use a conformal mapping method introduced in a companion paper to study the properties of bi-harmonic fields in the vicinity of rough boundaries. We focus our analysis on two different situations where such bi-harmonic problems are…
We prove existence and uniqueness of the solution of the Bj\"orling problem for minimal surfaces in a three-dimensional Lie group.
The purpose of this paper is to propose a new algorithm for obtaining approximate solutions to the Burgers' equation (BE). Integration in time by a quadratic B-spline collocation method is shown. To the best of our knowledge, B-splines have…
We study 4 problems in the area of scattering of time harmonic acoustic or electromagnetic waves by unbounded rough surfaces/inhomogeneous layers. Specifically we study: i) a boundary value problem (BVP) for the Helmholtz equation, in both…
We give a definition of isoclinic parametric surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4_2$ and prove that such an isoclinic conformal immersion comes from two holomorphic functions. A Cauchy problem was proposed and solved, namely: construct an isoclinic…
In this paper we study the harmonic map heat flow problem for a radially symmetric case. The corresponding partial dfferential equation plays a key role in many analyses of harmonic map heat flow problems. We consider a basic discretization…
Explicit harmonic and wave maps are typically available only in highly symmetric or constant-curvature settings, where additional symmetry or integrability structures are present. We develop a reduction framework for pseudo-Riemannian…
We present statistical biharmonic maps, a new class of mappings between statistical manifolds naturally derived from a variation problem. We give the Euler-Lagrange equation of this problem and prove that improper affine hyperspheres induce…
In this paper we will show the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the Bj\"orling problem for minimal surfaces in a 3-dimensional Lorentzian Lie group.
The Harmonic Mapping Problem asks when there exists a harmonic homeomorphism between two given domains. It arises in the theory of minimal surfaces and in calculus of variations, specifically in hyperelasticity theory. We investigate this…