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We discuss a discretisation of the de Rham-Hodge theory in the two-dimensional case based on a discrete exterior calculus framework. We present discrete analogues of the Hodge-Dirac and Laplace operators in which key geometric aspects of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-05-27 Volodymyr Sushch

In this paper higher order mimetic discretizations are introduced which are firmly rooted in the geometry in which the variables are defined. The paper shows how basic constructs in differential geometry have a discrete counterpart in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-21 Jasper Kreeft , Artur Palha , Marc Gerritsma

Architected materials possessing physico-chemical properties adaptable to disparate environmental conditions embody a disruptive new domain of materials science. Fueled by advances in digital design and fabrication, materials shaped into…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-09-25 Dominik Dold , Derek Aranguren van Egmond

We discuss the local differential geometry of convex affine spheres in $\re^3$ and of minimal Lagrangian surfaces in Hermitian symmetric spaces. In each case, there is a natural metric and cubic differential holomorphic with respect to the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-12-12 John Loftin , Ian McIntosh

We prove that many aspects of the differential geometry of embedded Riemannian manifolds can be formulated in terms of multi linear algebraic structures on the space of smooth functions. In particular, we find algebraic expressions for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-09-27 Joakim Arnlind , Jens Hoppe , Gerhard Huisken

In this work, we investigate the discrete Calder\'{o}n problem on grid graphs of dimension three or higher, formed by hypercubic structures. The discrete Calder\'{o}n problem is concerned with determining whether the discrete…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Maolin Deng , Bangti Jin

We present a theory and applications of discrete exterior calculus on simplicial complexes of arbitrary finite dimension. This can be thought of as calculus on a discrete space. Our theory includes not only discrete differential forms but…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mathieu Desbrun , Anil N. Hirani , Melvin Leok , Jerrold E. Marsden

We develope a difference calculus analogous to the differential geometry by translating the forms and exterior derivatives to similar expressions with difference operators, and apply the results to fields theory on the lattice [Ref. 1]. Our…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Lorente

This article introduces a new and general construction of discrete Hodge operator in the context of Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC). This discrete Hodge operator enables to circumvent the well-centeredness limitation on the mesh with the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Rama Ayoub , Aziz Hamdouni , Dina Razafindralandy

Based on a local approximation of the Riemannian distance on a manifold by a computationally cheap dissimilarity measure, a time discrete geodesic calculus is developed, and applications to shape space are explored. The dissimilarity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-03 Martin Rumpf , Benedikt Wirth

Discrete tomography is concerned with the reconstruction of images that are defined on a discrete set of lattice points from their projections in several directions. The range of values that can be assigned to each lattice point is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-07-30 Arjen Stolk , K. Joost Batenburg

The chiral anomaly in lattice abelian gauge theory is investigated by applying the geometric and topological method in noncommutative differential geometry(NCDG). A new kind of double complex and descent equation are proposed on infinite…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-09-01 Takanori Fujiwara , Hiroshi Suzuki , Ke Wu

We investigate (pseudo)differential forms in the framework of supergeometry. Definitions, basic properties and Cartan calculus (DeRham differential, Lie derivative, inner product, Hodge operator) are presented; the symplectic supermechanics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-01-23 Denis Kochan

There is a deformation of the ordinary differential calculus which leads from the continuum to a lattice (and induces a corresponding deformation of physical theories). We recall some of its features and relate it to a general framework of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Dimakis , F. M"uller-Hoissen

A differential calculus on an associative algebra A is an algebraic analogue of the calculus of differential forms on a smooth manifold. It supplies A with a structure on which dynamics and field theory can be formulated to some extent in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 H. C. Baehr , A. Dimakis , F. Müller-Hoissen

We extend discrete calculus for arbitrary ($p$-form) fields on embedded lattices to abstract discrete geometries based on combinatorial complexes. We then provide a general definition of discrete Laplacian using both the primal cellular…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-20 Gianluca Calcagni , Daniele Oriti , Johannes Thürigen

We develop a geometric framework for Weyl quantization on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, in which pseudodifferential operators act on sections of vector bundles equipped with arbitrary connections. We construct the associated star product and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-17 Lars Andersson , Benjamin Moser , Marius A. Oancea , Claudio F. Paganini , Gabriel Schmid

The central structure in various versions of noncommutative geometry is a differential calculus on an associative algebra. This is an analogue of the calculus of differential forms on a manifold. In this short review we collect examples of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 F. M"uller-Hoissen

The discretization of Cartan's exterior calculus of differential forms has been fruitful in a variety of theoretical and practical endeavors: from computational electromagnetics to the development of Finite-Element Exterior Calculus, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Theo Braune , Yiying Tong , François Gay-Balmaz , Mathieu Desbrun

Latent manifolds of autoencoders provide low-dimensional representations of data, which can be studied from a geometric perspective. We propose to describe these latent manifolds as implicit submanifolds of some ambient latent space. Based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Florine Hartwig , Josua Sassen , Juliane Braunsmann , Martin Rumpf , Benedikt Wirth