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In this paper, we construct and investigate two supersymmetric versions of the Fokas-Gel'fand formula for the immersion of 2D surfaces associated with a supersymmetric integrable system. The first version involves an infinitesimal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 S. Bertrand , A. M. Grundland

We calculate the Seiberg-Witten invariants of branched covers of prime degree, where the branch locus consists of embedded spheres. Aside from the formula itself, our calculations give rise to some new constraints on configurations of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-28 David Baraglia

We extend some of the results proved for scalar equations in [3,4], to the case of systems of integrable conservation laws. In particular, for such systems we prove that the eigenvalues of a matrix obtained from the quasilinear part of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-03 Alessandro Arsie , Paolo Lorenzoni

We consider the problem of existence of certain symmetrical solutions of Stokes equation on a three-dimensional manifold $M$ with a general metric possessing symmetry. These solutions correspond to unidirectional flows. We have been able to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eduardo S. G. Leandro José A. Miranda , Fernando Moraes

Discrete forms of the mean and directed curvature are constructed on piecewise flat manifolds, providing local curvature approximations for smooth manifolds embedded in both Euclidean and non-Euclidean spaces. The resulting expressions take…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Rory Conboye

The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces, first introduced by Chern and Tenenblat [3], is characterized by the property that to each solution of a differential equation, within the class, there corresponds a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-10 Nabil Kahouadji , Niky Kamran , Keti Tenenblat

In this paper, we consider a class of plane curves called log-aesthetic curves and their generalization which are used in computer aided geometric design. We consider these curves in the framework of the similarity geometry and characterize…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2021-07-08 Jun-ichi Inoguchi , Yoshiki Jikumaru , Kenji Kajiwara , Kenjiro T. Miura , Wolfgang K. Schief

The exterior differential system for constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces in a 3-dimensional space form is an elliptic Monge-Ampere system defined on the unit tangent bundle. We determine the infinite sequence of higher-order symmetries…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-26 Daniel Fox , Joe S. Wang

This study introduces a new unified structural framework for orbifold sigma models that incorporates twisted sectors, singularities, and smooth regions into a single algebraic object. Traditional approaches to orbifold theories often treat…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Francesco D'Agostino

We extend the theory of exterior differential systems from manifolds and their tangent bundles to Lie algebroids. In particular, we define the concept of an integral manifold of such an exterior differential system. We support our…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Tom Mestdag , Kenzo Yasaka

Skew-symmetric forms possess unique capabilities. The properties of closed exterior and dual forms, namely, invariance, covariance, conjugacy and duality, either explicitly or implicitly appear in all invariant mathematical formalisms. This…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2010-07-28 L. I. Petrova

Universal bi-Hamiltonian hierarchies of group-invariant (multicomponent) soliton equations are derived from non-stretching geometric curve flows $\map(t,x)$ in Riemannian symmetric spaces $M=G/H$, including compact semisimple Lie groups…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 Stephen C. Anco

Integrable $\sigma$-models, such as the principal chiral model, ${\mathbb{Z}}_T$-coset models for $T \in {\mathbb{Z}}_{\geq 2}$ and their various integrable deformations, are examples of non-ultralocal integrable field theories described by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-18 Sylvain Lacroix , Marc Magro , Benoit Vicedo

In this paper, we study third order nonlinear partial differential equations which describe surfaces of constant curvature. From the flatness of connection 1-forms, we present a classification of equations with the type $u_t - u_{xxt} =…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Mingyue Guo , Jing Kang , Zhenhua Shi , Zhiwei Wu

We study the Dirichlet problem associated to the equation for self-similar surfaces for graphs over the Euclidean plane with a disk removed. We show the existence of a solution provided the boundary conditions on the boundary circle are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-19 Xuan Hien Nguyen

Given an exterior domain $\Omega$ with $C^{2,\alpha}$ boundary in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, $n\geq3$, we obtain a $1$-parameter family $u_{\gamma}\in C^{\infty}\left(\Omega\right) $, $\left\vert \gamma\right\vert \leq\pi/2$, of solutions of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-13 Ari Aiolfi , Daniel Bustos , Jaime Ripoll

In this paper we prove two theorems. The first one is a structure result that describes the extrinsic geometry of an embedded surface with constant mean curvature (possibly zero) in a homogeneously regular Riemannian three-manifold, in any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-10 William H. Meeks , Joaquín Pérez , Antonio Ros

We show how pairs of isothermic surfaces are given by curved flats in a pseudo Riemannian symmetric space and vice versa. Calapso's fourth order partial differential equation is derived and, using a solution of this equation, a M\"obius…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 F. Burstall , U. Hertrich-Jeromin , F. Pedit , U. Pinkall

Let $\Omega$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary and let $u_t$ be the solution of the heat equation on $\Omega$, having constant unit initial data $u_0=1$ and Dirichlet boundary conditions ($u_t=0$ on the boundary, at all…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-20 Alessandro Savo

E. Cartan proved that conformally flat hypersurfaces in S^{n+1} for n>3 have at most two distinct principal curvatures and locally envelop a one-parameter family of (n-1)-spheres. We prove that the Gauss-Codazzi equation for conformally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Neil Donaldson , Chuu-Lian Terng