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The geometric approach to optimal transport and information theory has triggered the interpretation of probability densities as an infinite-dimensional Riemannian manifold. The most studied Riemannian structures are Otto's metric, yielding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-20 Martin Bauer , Sarang Joshi , Klas Modin

We study the nonexpansivity of reflection mappings in geodesic spaces and apply our findings to the averaged alternating reflection algorithm employed in solving the convex feasibility problem for two sets in a nonlinear context. We show…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-03 Aurora Fernandez-Leon , Adriana Nicolae

In the recent articles \cite{PSU1,PSU3}, a number of tensor tomography results were proved on two-dimensional manifolds. The purpose of this paper is to extend some of these methods to manifolds of any dimension. A central concept is the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-16 Gabriel P. Paternain , Mikko Salo , Gunther Uhlmann

Given a geodesic line $\gamma$ the hyperbolic space $\mathbb H^n$ we formulate a necessary and sufficient condition for a function along this geodesic which measure the mean curvature of totally umbilical leaves of a foliation orthogonal to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Maciej Czarnecki

In the present paper we develop an algorithm for all spherically symmetric anisotropic charged fluid distribution. Considering a new source function $\nu(r)$ we find out a set of solutions which is physically well behaved and represent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-12 S. K. Maurya , Y. K. Gupta , Saibal Ray

Modern geodesy is subject to a dramatic change from the Newtonian paradigm to Einstein's theory of general relativity. This is motivated by the ongoing advance in development of quantum sensors for applications in geodesy including quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-07 Sergei M. Kopeikin , Igor Yu. Vlasov , Wen-Biao Han

For a Riemannian manifold $M^{n+1}$ and a compact domain $\Omega \subset M^{n+1}$ bounded by a hypersurface $\partial \Omega$ with normal curvature bounded below, estimates are obtained in terms of the distance from $O$ to $\partial \Omega$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Alexander Borisenko , Kostiantyn Drach

We use spherical coordinates to devise a new exact solution to the governing equations of geophysical fluid dynamics for an inviscid and incompressible fluid with a general density distribution and subjected to forcing terms. The latter are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-10-20 Calin Iulian Martin , Ronald Quirchmayr

Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold with a distinguished point $O$ and assume that the geodesic distance $d$ from $O$ is an isoparametric function. Let $\Omega\subset M$ be a bounded domain, with $O \in \Omega$, and consider the problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-25 Giulio Ciraolo , Luigi Vezzoni

We analyze the isothermal property in static fluid spheres within the framework of the modified $f(R, T)$ theory of gravitation. The equation of pressure isotropy of the standard Einstein theory is preserved however, the energy density and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-26 Sudan Hansraj

In this paper we investigate possible extensions of the idea of geodesic completeness in complex manifolds, following two directions: metrics are somewhere allowed not to be of maximum rank, or to have 'poles' somewhere else. Geodesics are…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Claudio Meneghini

Galactic nuclei, the densest stellar environments in the Universe, exhibit a complex geometrical structure. The stars orbiting the central supermassive black hole follow a mass segregated distribution both in the radial distance from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-24 Hanxi Wang , Bence Kocsis

Recent direct measurements of Galactic cosmic ray spectra by balloon/space-borne detectors reveal spectral hardenings of all major nucleus species at rigidities of a few hundred GV. The all-sky diffuse gamma-ray emissions measured by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Yi-Qing Guo , Qiang Yuan

This paper extends a recently introduced theory describing particle transport for random statistically homogeneous systems in which the distribution function p(s) for chord lengths between scattering centers is non-exponential. Here, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Richard Vasques , Edward W. Larsen

In this paper we discuss the stability of geodesic spheres in $\mathbb{S}^{n+1}$ under constrained curvature flows. We prove that under some standard assumptions on the speed and weight functions, the spheres are stable under perturbations…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-20 David Hartley

Gaussian random fields have been one of the most popular tools for analyzing spatial data. However, many geophysical and environmental processes often display non-Gaussian characteristics. In this paper, we propose a new class of spatial…

Applications · Statistics 2017-10-03 Minjie Fan , Debashis Paul , Thomas C. M. Lee , Tomoko Matsuo

We introduce a location statistic for distributions on non-linear geometric spaces, the diffusion mean, serving as an extension and an alternative to the Fr\'echet mean. The diffusion mean arises as the generalization of Gaussian maximum…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-06 Benjamin Eltzner , Pernille Hansen , Stephan F. Huckemann , Stefan Sommer

The standard model of cosmology is based on the hypothesis that the Universe is spatially homogeneous and isotropic. When interpreting most observations, this cosmological principle is applied stricto sensu: the light emitted by distant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-15 Pierre Fleury

It is well known that the orbit of a lattice in hyperbolic $n$-space is uniformly distributed when projected radially onto the unit sphere. In the present work, we consider the fine-scale statistics of the projected lattice points, and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-09-03 Jens Marklof , Ilya Vinogradov

The algorithms given in Karney, J. Geodesy 87, 43-55 (2013), to compute geodesics on terrestrial ellipsoids are extended to apply to ellipsoids of revolution with arbitrary eccentricity. For the direct and inverse geodesic problems, this…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-10-28 Charles F. F. Karney