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A mimetic spectral element discretization, utilizing a novel Galerkin projection Hodge star operator, of the macroscopic Maxwell equations in Hamiltonian form is presented. The idea of splitting purely topological and metric dependent…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-06-23 William Barham , Yaman Güçlü , Philip J. Morrison , Eric Sonnendrücker

In this paper, we present a numerical technique for performing Lie advection of arbitrary differential forms. Leveraging advances in high-resolution finite volume methods for scalar hyperbolic conservation laws, we first discretize the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-08-13 P. Mullen , A. McKenzie , D. Pavlov , L. Durant , Y. Tong , E. Kanso , J. E. Marsden , M. Desbrun

We build and investigate a pure gauge theory on arbitrary discrete groups. A systematic approach to the construction of the differential calculus is presented. We discuss the metric properties of the models and introduce the action…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Andrzej Sitarz

This paper is concerned with the construction of discrete counterparts of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on Riemannian manifolds that can be effectively used in the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Since existing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Mihai Bucataru , Dragoş Manea

Non-solitonic examples of the application of geometrical and topological methods in plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) are given. The first example considers the generalization of magnetic helicity to gravitational torsion loop.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

The Riemann scalar curvature plays a central role in Einstein's geometric theory of gravity. We describe a new geometric construction of this scalar curvature invariant at an event (vertex) in a discrete spacetime geometry. This allows one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-27 Jonathan R. McDonald , Warner A. Miller

In this paper we define and study a notion of discrete homology theory for metric spaces. Instead of working with simplicial homology, our chain complexes are given by Lipschitz maps from an $n$-dimensional cube to a fixed metric space. We…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Helene Barcelo , Valerio Capraro , Jacob A. White

We detail the theory of Discrete Riemann Surfaces. It takes place on a cellular decomposition of a surface, together with its Poincar\'e dual, equipped with a discrete conformal structure. A lot of theorems of the continuous theory follow…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2008-02-13 Christian Mercat

Geometrical objects describing the material geometry of continuously defective graphene sheets are introduced and their compatibility conditions are formulated. Effective edge dislocations embedded in the Riemann-Cartan material space and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-31 Andrzej Trzesowski

A novel basis of discrete analytic polynomials on a rhombic lattice is introduced and the associated convolution product is studied. A class of discrete analytic functions that are rational with respect to this product is also described.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2025-03-03 Daniel Alpay , Zubayir Kazi , Mariana Tecalero , Dan Volok

Discrete vector bundles are important in Physics and recently found remarkable applications in Computer Graphics. This article approaches discrete bundles from the viewpoint of Discrete Differential Geometry, including a complete…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-01-19 Felix Knöppel , Ulrich Pinkall

The Riemannian manifold of curves with a Sobolev metric is an important and frequently studied model in the theory of shape spaces. Various numerical approaches have been proposed to compute geodesics, but so far elude a rigorous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Sascha Beutler , Florine Hartwig , Martin Rumpf , Benedikt Wirth

A symbolic calculus for a pseudo-differential operators acting on sections of a homogeneous vector bundle over a compact homogeneous space $G/H$ with compact $G$ and $H$ is developed. We realize the symbol of a pseudo-differential operator…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Mitsuru Wilson

Following our earlier work, we construct statistical discrete geometry by applying statistical mechanics to discrete (Regge) gravity. We propose a coarse-graining method for discrete geometry under the assumptions of atomism and background…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-01 Seramika Ariwahjoedi , Valerio Astuti , Jusak Sali Kosasih , Carlo Rovelli , Freddy Permana Zen

In this paper we develop the calculus of pseudo-differential operators on the lattice $\mathbb{Z}^n$, which we can call pseudo-difference operators. An interesting feature of this calculus is that the phase space is compact so the symbol…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-24 Linda N. A. Botchway , P. Gaël Kibiti , Michael Ruzhansky

We study kernel functions, and associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces $\mathscr{H}$ over infinite, discrete and countable sets $V$. Numerical analysis builds discrete models (e.g., finite element) for the purpose of finding…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-17 Palle Jorgensen , Feng Tian

In this paper we develop an intrinsic formalism to study the topology, smooth structure, and Riemannian geometry of the Wasserstein space of a closed Riemannian manifold. Our formalism allows for a new characterisation of the Weak topology…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-17 André Magalhães de Sá Gomes , Christian S. Rodrigues , Luiz A. B. San Martin

We define a new theory of discrete Riemann surfaces and present its basic results. The key idea is to consider not only a cellular decomposition of a surface, but the union with its dual. Discrete holomorphy is defined by a straightforward…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-25 Christian Mercat

Deformed gauge transformations on deformed coordinate spaces are considered for any Lie algebra. The representation theory of this gauge group forces us to work in a deformed Lie algebra as well. This deformation rests on a twisted Hopf…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Julius Wess

Let $V$ be a finite set. Let $\mathcal{K}$ be a simplicial complex with its vertices in $V$. In this paper, we discuss some differential calculus on $V$. We construct some constrained homology groups of $\mathcal{K}$ by using the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Shiquan Ren