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Given $(M,g)$, a compact connected Riemannian manifold of dimension $d \geq 2$, with boundary $\partial M$, we consider an initial boundary value problem for a fractional diffusion equation on $(0,T) \times M$, $T>0$, with time-fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-06 Yavar Kian , Lauri Oksanen , Eric Soccorsi , Masahiro Yamamoto

In this paper, we consider the problem of identifying a single moving point source for a three-dimensional wave equation from boundary measurements. Precisely, we show that the knowledge of the field generated by the source at six different…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Hanin Al Jebawy , Abdellatif El Badia , Faouzi Triki

Given a fixed closed manifold M, we exhibit an explicit formula for the distance function of the canonical L^2 Riemannian metric on the manifold of all smooth Riemannian metrics on M. Additionally, we examine the (metric) completion of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-07-28 Brian Clarke

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

We apply boundary integral equations for the first time to the two-dimensional scattering of time-harmonic waves from a smooth obstacle embedded in a continuously-graded unbounded medium. In the case we solve the square of the wavenumber…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Alex. H. Barnett , Bradley J. Nelson , J. Matthew Mahoney

This paper is a review on recently found connection between geodesically equivalent metrics and integrable geodesic flows. Suppose two different metrics on one manifold have the same geodesics. We show that then the geodesic flows of these…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-08-08 Vladimir S. Matveev , Petar J. Topalov

We solve explicitly the geodesic equation for a wide class of (pseudo)-Riemannian homogeneous manifolds (G/H,m), including those with G compact, as well as non-compact semisimple Lie groups, under a simple algebraic condition for the metric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Nikolaos Panagiotis Souris

We consider inverse problems in space-time $(M, g)$, a $4$-dimensional Lorentzian manifold. For semilinear wave equations $\square_g u + H(x, u) = f$, where $\square_g$ denotes the usual Laplace-Beltrami operator, we prove that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-21 Matti Lassas , Gunther Uhlmann , Yiran Wang

The three-body general problem is formulated as a problem of geodesic trajectories flows on the Riemannian manifold. It is proved that a curved space with local coordinate system allows to detect new hidden symmetries of the internal motion…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 A. S. Gevorkyan

In this work we study the general system of geodesic equations for the case of a massive particle moving on an arbitrary curved manifold. The investigation is carried out from the symmetry perspective. By exploiting the parametrization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 N. Dimakis , Petros A. Terzis , T. Christodoulakis

We consider a geodesic flow on a compact manifold endowed with a Riemannian (or Finsler, or Lorentz) metric satisfying some generic, explicit conditions. We couple the geodesic flow with a time-dependent potential, driven by an external…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-07-08 Marian Gidea , Rafael de la Llave

We investigate the geometry of the space of immersed closed curves equipped with reparametrization-invariant Riemannian metrics; the metrics we consider are Sobolev metrics of possible fractional order $q\in [0,\infty)$. We establish the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Martin Bauer , Patrick Heslin , Cy Maor

We investigate the rudiments of Riemannian geometry on orbit spaces $M/G$ for isometric proper actions of Lie groups on Riemannian manifolds. Minimal geodesic arcs are length minimising curves in the metric space $M/G$ and they can hit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dmitry Alekseevsky , Andreas Kriegl , Mark Losik , Peter W. Michor

Methods of Hamiltonian dynamics are applied to study the geodesic flow on the resolved conifolds over Sasaki-Einstein space $T^{1,1}$. We construct explicitly the constants of motion and prove complete integrability of geodesics in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-25 Mihai Visinescu

In this work, we study compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary satisfying V-static-type equations. By combining a generalized Reilly formula with Steklov-type boundary value problems, we derive integral inequalities for geometric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Maria Andrade

Let X be a manifold equipped with a complete Riemannian metric of constant negative curvature and finite volume. We demonstrate the finiteness of the collection of totally geodesic immersed hypersurfaces in X that lie in the zero-level set…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Chris Judge , Sugata Mondal

We reduce boundary determination of an unknown function and its normal derivatives from the (possibly weighted and attenuated) broken ray data to the injectivity of certain geodesic ray transforms on the boundary. For determination of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Joonas Ilmavirta

We prove a uniqueness result for the broken ray transform acting on the sums of functions and $1$-forms on surfaces in the presence of an external force and a reflecting obstacle. We assume that the considered twisted geodesic flows have…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Shubham R. Jathar , Manas Kar , Jesse Railo

We prove that the topology, smooth structure, and metric of a compact Lorentzian manifold with boundary is uniquely determined by data at the boundary. The data consists of the lengths and directions of future-directed once-broken geodesics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-05 Eric Larsson

The purpose of the paper is twofold. First, we show that partial-data transmission eigenfunctions associated with a conductive boundary condition vanish locally around a polyhedral or conic corner in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n=2,3$. Second, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Huaian Diao , Xiaoxu Fei , Hongyu Liu