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Double forms are sections of the vector bundles $\Lambda^{k}T^*\mathcal{M}\otimes \Lambda^{m}T^*\mathcal{M}$, where in this work $(\mathcal{M},\mathfrak{g})$ is a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. We study graded second-order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Raz Kupferman , Roee Leder

The harmonicity condition of the curvature 2-form of a pseudo- Riemannian manifold is formulated on the basis of annulment of this form by the de Rham-Lichnerowicz Laplacian. The following theorem is proved: The curvature 2-form of any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 O. V. Babourova , B. N. Frolov

We present a method for constructing gauge-invariant cosmological perturbations which are gauge-invariant up to second order. As an example we give the gauge-invariant definition of the second-order curvature perturbation on uniform density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Karim A Malik , David Wands

We study the map from conductances to edge energies for harmonic functions on finite graphs with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove that for any compatible acyclic orientation and choice of energies there is a unique choice of…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-12-06 Aaron Abrams , Richard Kenyon

Furthering the development of Da Lio-Gianocca-Rivi\`ere's Morse stability theory (arXiv:2212.03124) that was first applied to harmonic maps between manifolds and later extended to the case of Willmore immersions (arXiv:2306.04608-04609), we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-13 Alexis Michelat

We present a second-order-in-time finite difference scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard-Hele-Shaw equations. This numerical method is uniquely solvable and unconditionally energy stable. At each time step, this scheme leads to a system of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Wenbin Chen , Wenqiang Feng , Yuan Liu , Cheng Wang , Steven M. Wise

We study dynamics and bifurcations of 2-dimensional reversible maps having a symmetric saddle fixed point with an asymmetric pair of nontransversal homoclinic orbits (a symmetric nontransversal homoclinic figure-8). We consider…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-11-27 A. Delshams , M. S. Gonchenko , S. V. Gonchenko , J. T Lázaro

In this paper, we derive several regularity results for harmonic mappings into Euclidean spheres associated with rather general energies related to fractional Sobolev spaces. These maps generalize families of maps introduced by Da Lio,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Kyeongbae Kim , Simon Nowak , Yannick Sire

Let $\Sigma$ denote a closed surface with constant mean curvature in $\mathbb{G}^3$, a 3-dimensional Lie group equipped with a bi-invariant metric. For such surfaces, there is a harmonic Gauss map which maps values to the unit sphere within…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Alcides de Carvalho , Marcos P. Cavalcante , Wagner Costa-Filho , Darlan de Oliveira

The biharmonic equation arises in areas of continuum mechanics including linear elasticity theory and the Stokes flows, as well as in a radar imaging problem. We discuss the reflection formulas for the biharmonic functions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-08-10 Tatiana Savina

Conformal harmonic maps from a 4-dimensional conformal manifold to a Riemannian manifold are maps satisfying a certain conformally invariant fourth order equation. We prove a general existence result for conformal harmonic maps, analogous…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Olivier Biquard , Farid Madani

This is the second part of a two--part series investigating bifurcation phenomena in autonomous Lagrangian systems and geodesic flows on Finsler and Riemannian manifolds. Building upon the abstract bifurcation theorems established in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Guangcun Lu

Let $\pi:\mc{X}\to \mc{T}$ be Teichm\"uller curve over Teichm\"uller space $\mc{T}$, such that the fiber $\mc{X}_z=\pi^{-1}(z)$ is exactly the Riemann surface given by the complex structure $z\in \mc{T}$. For a fixed Riemannian manifold $M$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-05 Inkang Kim , Xueyuan Wan , Genkai Zhang

We give several construction methods and use them to produce many examples of proper biharmonic maps including biharmonic tori of any dimension in Euclidean spheres (Theorem 2.2, Corollaries 2.3, 2.4, and 2.6), biharmonic maps between…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Ye-Lin Ou

In [5], together with J. C. Wood, the authors gave a completely explicit formula for all harmonic maps from $2$-spheres to the unitary group $U(n)$ in terms of freely chosen meromorphic functions on $S^2$. The simplest harmonic maps are the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-11 Maria João Ferreira , Bruno Ascenso Simões

In the paper, we study variation formulas for transversally harmonic maps and bi-harmonic maps, respectively. We also study the transversal Jacobi field along a map and give several relations with infinitesimal automorphisms.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-17 Seoung Dal jung

Many applications in science call for the numerical simulation of systems on manifolds with spherical topology. Through use of integer spin weighted spherical harmonics we present a method which allows for the implementation of arbitrary…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 Florian Beyer , Boris Daszuta , Jörg Frauendiener , Ben Whale

In this paper, we investigate whether Variational Principles can be associated with the Helmholtz equation subject to impedance (absorbing) boundary conditions. This model has been extensively studied in the literature from both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-18 G. Makrakis , C. Makridakis , D. Mitsoudis , M. Plexousakis , T. Pryer

For any $n$-dimensional compact spin Riemannian manifold $M$ with a given spin structure and a spinor bundle $\Sigma M$, and any compact Riemannian manifold $N$, we show an $\epsilon$-regularity theorem for weakly Dirac-harmonic maps . As a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-02-19 Changyou Wang , Deliang Xu

A bi-Hamiltonian formulation is proposed for triangular systems resulted by perturbations around solutions, from which infinitely many symmetries and conserved functionals of triangular systems can be explicitly constructed, provided that…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-07 Wen-Xiu Ma