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This paper addresses the issue of structure-preserving discretization of open distributed-parameter systems with Hamiltonian dynamics. Employing the formalism of discrete exterior calculus, we introduce a simplicial Dirac structure as a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-28 Marko Seslija , Arjan van der Schaft , Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen

We construct a discrete version of the plane wave solution to a discrete Dirac-K\"{a}hler equation in the Joyce form. A geometric discretisation scheme based on both forward and backward difference operators is used. The conditions under…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 Volodymyr Sushch

We establish unique continuation for various discrete nonlinear wave equations. For example, we show that if two solutions of the Toda lattice coincide for one lattice point in some arbitrarily small time interval, then they coincide…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2012-04-03 Helge Krueger , Gerald Teschl

A simple translation between a standard representation of $\mathfrak{sl}_2\mathbb{C}$ and the complex-quaternions ($\mathbb{H}\otimes_\mathbb{R}\mathbb{C}$) is established and exploited to construct a novel hyper-complex description of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 James Henry Atwater , David Lambert , Yuri Rostovtsev

In the context of the composite boson interpretation, we construct the exact general solution of the Dirac--K\"ahler equation for the case of the spherical Riemann space of constant positive curvature, for which due to the geometry itself…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 A. M. Ishkhanyan , O. Florea , E. M. Ovsiyuk , V. M. Red'kov

In general, the relativistic wave equation considered to mathematically describe the so-called Majorana particle is the Dirac equation with a real Lorentz scalar potential plus the so-called Majorana condition. Certainly, depending on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-27 Salvatore De Vincenzo

In the present article, using a further generalization of the algebraic method of separation of variables, the Dirac equation is separated in a family of space-times where it is not possible to find a complete set of first order commuting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-14 Víctor M. Villalba

High-frequency wave propagation in near-inertial wave shear has been considered fundamental in setting the spectral character of the oceanic internal wave continuum and for transporting energy to wave-breaking. We compare idealized ray…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-10-27 Kurt L Polzin , Yuri V Lvov

We generalize the invariant imbedding theory of the wave propagation and derive new invariant imbedding equations for the propagation of arbitrary number of coupled waves of any kind in arbitrarily-inhomogeneous stratified media, where the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kihong Kim , Dong-Hun Lee , H. Lim

A spatially discrete version of the general kink-bearing nonlinear Klein-Gordon model in (1+1) dimensions is constructed which preserves the topological lower bound on kink energy. It is proved that, provided the lattice spacing h is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. M. Speight

In the present work, we introduce a discrete formulation of the nonlinear Dirac equation in the form of a discretization of the Gross-Neveu model. The motivation for this discrete model proposal is both computational (near the continuum…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-01-21 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Saxena

In the Majorana equation for particles with arbitrary spin, wave packets occur due to not only the uncertainty that affects position and momentum but also due to infinite components with decreasing mass that form the Majorana spinor. In…

General Physics · Physics 2017-01-12 Luca Nanni

This study explores the use of fractional calculus as a possible tool to model wave propagation in complex, heterogeneous media. We illustrate the methodology by focusing on elastic wave propagation in a one-dimensional periodic rod. The…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 John Hollkamp , Mihir Sen , Fabio Semperlotti

By viewing the electron as a wavepacket in the positive energy spectrum of the Dirac equation, we are able to achieve a much clearer understanding of its behavior under weak electromagnetic fields. The intrinsic spin magnetic moment is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-09-11 Chih-Piao Chuu , Ming-Che Chang , Qian Niu

A finite difference scheme is presented for the Dirac equation in (1+1)D. It can handle space- and time-dependent mass and potential terms and utilizes exact discrete transparent boundary conditions (DTBCs). Based on a space- and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 René Hammer , Walter Pötz , Anton Arnold

We gauge the direct product of the Proca with the Dirac equation that describes the coupling to the electromagnetic field of the spin-cascade (1/2,3/2) residing in the four-vector spinor and analyze propagation of its wave fronts in terms…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 L. M. Rico , M. Kirchbach

With a view towards studying the multitemporal wave equation on affine buildings recently introduced by Anker-R\'emy-Trojan [arXiv:2312.06860], we systematically develop the basic properties of the discrete wave equation on $\mathbb{Z}$ and…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Carsten Peterson

We consider the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation set on a flat torus, in the regime which is conjectured to lead to the kinetic wave equation; in particular, the data are random, and spread up to high frequency in a weakly nonlinear regime.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-08 Charles Collot , Pierre Germain

We examine the validity of the kinetic description of wave turbulence for a model quadratic equation. We focus on the space-inhomogeneous case, which had not been treated earlier; the space-homogeneous case is a simple variant. We determine…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-03 Ioakeim Ampatzoglou , Charles Collot , Pierre Germain

It is shown that a Dirac(-type) equation for a rank-two bi-spinor field on Minkowski (configuration) spacetime furnishes a Lorentz-covariant quantum-mechanical wave equation in position-space representation for a single free photon. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-01-04 Michael K. -H. Kiessling , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh