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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

Practical diffusion sampling is a numerical approximation problem: under a fixed inference budget, one must simulate a reverse-time ODE or SDE using only a limited number of denoising steps, so discretization error is often the dominant…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Samuel Hurault , Thomas Moreau , Gabriel Peyré

In this work we consider a question in the calculus of variations motivated by riemannian geometry, the isoperimetric problem. We show that solutions to the isoperimetric problem, close in the flat norm to a smooth submanifold, are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-16 Stefano Nardulli

We propose a new metric between probability measures on a compact metric space that mirrors the Riemannian manifold-like structure of quadratic optimal transport but includes entropic regularization. Its metric tensor is given by the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Hugo Lavenant , Jonas Luckhardt , Gilles Mordant , Bernhard Schmitzer , Luca Tamanini

Diffraction of a surface wave on a rectangular wedge with impedance faces is studied using the Sommerfeld-Malyuzhinets technique. An analog of Landau's bypass rule in the theory of plasma waves is introduced for selection of a correct…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-25 Igor A. Kotelnikov , Vasily V. Gerasimov , Boris A. Knyazev

The discovery of mirror symmetry in compatible pair Spencer complex theory brings new theoretical tools to the study of constrained geometry. Inspired by classical Spencer theory and modern Hodge theory, this paper establishes…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Dongzhe Zheng

Product manifolds arise when heterogeneous geometric variables are jointly observed. While the Fr\'{e}chet mean on Riemannian manifolds separates cleanly across factors, the canonical geometric median couples them, and its behavior has…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-10-02 Jiewon Park , Kisung You

We revisit the classical problem of diffusion of a scalar (or heat) released in a two-dimensional medium with an embedded periodic array of impermeable obstacles such as perforations. Homogenisation theory provides a coarse-grained…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-11-18 Yahya Farah , Daniel Loghin , Alexandra Tzella , Jacques Vanneste

Analytical methods are fundamental in studying acoustics problems. One of the important tools is the Wiener-Hopf method, which can be used to solve many canonical problems with sharp transitions in boundary conditions on a plane/plate.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Matthew Nethercote , Anastasia Kisil , Raphael Assier

This paper studies the reduction by symmetry of variational problems on Lie groups and Riemannian homogeneous spaces. We derive the reduced equations of motion in the case of Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant metric, and on Lie…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-03 Jacob R. Goodman , Leonardo J. Colombo

Ray optics is an intuitive and computationally efficient model for wave propagation through nonuniform media. However, the underlying geometrical-optics (GO) approximation of ray optics breaks down at caustics, erroneously predicting the…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-10 Nicolas A. Lopez

The isometric embedding problem for Riemannian manifolds, which connects intrinsic and extrinsic geometry, is a central question in differential geometry with deep theoretical significance and wide-ranging applications. Despite extensive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Guangwei Gao , Kaibo Hu , Buyang Li , Ganghui Zhang

Using variations of Riemannian metric that preserve a given Riemannian submersion, keep its fibers totally geodesic and the metric restricted to the fibers fixed, but change the horizontal distribution, we examine changes of sectional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Tomasz Zawadzki

The diffraction of a plane wave by a transversely inhomogeneous isotropic nonmagnetic linearly polarized dielectric layer filled with a Kerr-type nonlinear medium is considered. The analytical and numerical solution techniques are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-13 Yury Shestopalov , Vasil Yatsyk

Let $Y\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a closed definable subset and $X\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth manifold. We construct a version of Morse theory for the restriction to $X$ of the Euclidean distance function from $Y$. This is done using…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Andrea Guidolin , Antonio Lerario , Isaac Ren , Martina Scolamiero

This paper develops a discrete theory of real Riemann surfaces based on quadrilateral cellular decompositions (quad-graphs) and a linear discretization of the Cauchy-Riemann equations. We construct a discrete analogue of an antiholomorphic…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Johanna Düntsch , Felix Günther

Two examples of the use of differential geometry in plasma physics are given: The first is the computation and solution of the constraint equations obtained from the Riemann metric isometry of the twisted flux tube. In this case a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Garcia de Andrade

An effective surface equation, that encapsulates the detail of a microstructure, is developed to model microstructured surfaces. The equations deduced accurately reproduce a key feature of surface wave phenomena, created by periodic…

We study the convergence of the Riemannian steepest descent algorithm on the Grassmann manifold for minimizing the block version of the Rayleigh quotient of a symmetric matrix. Even though this problem is non-convex in the Euclidean sense…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-20 Foivos Alimisis , Bart Vandereycken

Traditionally, the diffraction of a scalar wave satisfying Helmholtz equation through an aperture on an otherwise black screen can be solved approximately by Kirchhoff's integral over the aperture. Rubinowicz, on the other hand, was able to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2011-12-16 Yi-Chuan Lu