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In this paper, we prove the existence of smooth initial data for the 2D free boundary incompressible Euler equations (also known for some particular scenarios as the water wave problem), for which the smoothness of the interface breaks down…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-02 Angel Castro , Diego Córdoba , Charles Fefferman , Francisco Gancedo , Javier Gómez-Serrano

The time independent spherically symmetric solutions of General Relativity (GR) coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector are studied. We find there is a three-parameter family of solutions with this symmetry. Imposing asymptotic flatness…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-02-05 Christopher Eling , Ted Jacobson

We study the equation for improper (parabolic) affine spheres from the view point of contact geometry and provide the generic classification of singularities appearing in geometric solutions to the equation as well as their duals. We also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Go-o Ishikawa , Yoshinori Machida

A new proof for the embedded resolution of surface singularities in a three-dimensional smooth ambient space over algebraically closed fields of arbitrary characteristic. The proof makes use of an upper semicontinuous resolution invariant…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-01 Stefan Perlega

Light cones of Schwarzschild geometry are studied in connection to the Null Surface Formulation and gravitational lensing. The paper studies the light cone cut function's singularity structure, gives exact gravitational lensing equations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Thomas P. Kling , Ezra T. Newman

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for pressureless gases in two space dimensions with generic smooth initial data (density and velocity). These equations give rise to singular curves, where the mass has positive density…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Alberto Bressan , Geng Chen , Shoujun Huang

The aim of this paper is to verify that the study of generic conformally flat hypersurfaces in 4-dimensional space forms is reduced to a surface theory in the standard 3-sphere. The conformal structure of generic conformally flat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-27 Yoshihiko Suyama

In this semi-expository article, we study Born-Infeld soliton surfaces as zero mean curvature surfaces and derive conformal parameters for them. Then we present two approaches to solve the Bj\"orling problem for such surfaces, one of them…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Arka Das

The Cauchy problem for a quasilinear system of hyperbolic equations describing plane one-dimensional relativistic oscillations of electrons in a cold plasma is considered. For some simplified formulation of the problem, a criterion for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-08 Olga S. Rozanova , Eugeniy V. Chizhonkov

We investigate the Cauchy problem for the Einstein - scalar field equations in asymptotically flat spherically symmetric spacetimes, in the standard 1+3 formulation. We prove the local existence and uniqueness of solutions for initial data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Edward Malec

Equations relating the pressure at a horizontal seabed, the free-surface profile and the surface-pressure are derived for two-dimensional irrotational steady water waves with arbitrary pressure at the free surface. Special cases include…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-01 Didier Clamond , Joris Labarbe

A generic surface in Euclidean 3-space is determined uniquely by its metric and curvature. Classification of all special surfaces where this is not the case, i.e. of surfaces possessing isometries which preserve the mean curvature, is known…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Alexander I. Bobenko

Given an abelian surface, the number of its distinct decompositions into a product of elliptic curves has been described by Ma. Moreover, Ma himself classified the possible decompositions for abelian surfaces of Picard number $1 \leq \rho…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-18 Roberto Laface

Let $B = \Bbbk_q[u,v]^{C_{n+1}}$ be a Type $\mathbb{A}_n$ quantum Kleinian singularity, which is an example of a noncommutative surface singularity. This singularity is known to have a noncommutative quasi-crepant resolution $\Lambda$,…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Simon Crawford , Susan J. Sierra

We extend earlier numerical and analytical considerations of the conformally invariant wave equation on a Schwarzschild background from the case of spherically symmetric solutions, discussed in Class. Quantum Grav. 34, 045005 (2017), to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-23 Jörg Frauendiener , Jörg Hennig

A smooth affine minimal surface with indefinite metric can be obtained from a pair of smooth non-intersecting spatial curves by Lelieuvre's formulas. These surfaces may present singularities, which are generically cuspidal edges and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Marcos Craizer

The geometric Cauchy problem for a class of surfaces in a pseudo-Riemannian manifold of dimension 3 is to find the surface which contains a given curve with a prescribed tangent bundle along the curve. We consider this problem for constant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-15 David Brander , Martin Svensson

In this paper we solve the Plateau problem for spacelike surfaces with constant mean curvature in Lorentz-Minkowski three-space $\l^3$ and spanning two circular (axially symmetric) contours in parallel planes. We prove that rotational…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rafael Lopez

We analyze a class of linear wave equations for odd half spin that have a well posed initial value problem. We demonstrate consistency of the equations in curved space-times. They generalize the Weyl neutrino equation. We show that there…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Jörg Frauendiener , George A. J. Sparling

The classical approach to visualizing a flow, in terms of its streamlines, motivates a topological/soft-analytic argument for constrained variational equations. In its full generality, that argument provides an explicit formula for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Antonella Marini , Thomas H. Otway