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Nonlocal operators that have appeared in a variety of physical models satisfy identities and enjoy a range of properties similar to their classical counterparts. In this paper we obtain Helmholtz-Hodge type decompositions for two-point…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-26 M. D'Elia , C. Flores , X. Li , P. Radu , Y. Yu

The Lorentz covariant theory of propagation of light in the (weak) gravitational fields of N-body systems consisting of arbitrarily moving point-like bodies with constant masses is constructed. The theory is based on the Lienard-Wiechert…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergei M. Kopeikin , Gerhard Schafer

We consider transverse propagation of electromagnetic waves through a two-dimensional composite material containing a periodic rectangular array of circular cylinders. Propagation of waves is described by the Helmholtz equation with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-05-30 Yuri A. Godin , Boris Vainberg

The fundamental problem of optical wave propagation is the determination of the field at an observation point, given a disturbance specified over some finite aperture. In both vacuum and inhomogeneous media, the solution of this problem is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Peng Li

This paper gives a geometric description of functional spaces related to Domain Decomposition techniques for computing solutions of Laplace and Helmholtz equations. Understanding the geometric structure of these spaces leads to algorithms…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-05-21 Mikhael Balabane

The historical background of the 19th century electromagnetic theory is revisited from the standpoint of the opposition between alternative approaches in respect to the problem of interactions. The 19th century electrodynamics became the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Smirnov-Rueda

We derive the Helmholtz theorem for stochastic Hamiltonian systems. Precisely, we give a theorem characterizing Stratonovich stochastic differential equations, admitting a Hamiltonian formulation. Moreover, in the affirmative case, we give…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-07-23 Frédéric Pierret

The first well founded perturbation theory for classical solid systems is presented. Theoretical approaches to thermodynamic and structural properties of the hard-sphere solid provide us with the reference system. The traditional…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 C. Rascon , L. Mederos , G. Navascues

For a bounded weak Lipschitz domain we show the so called `Maxwell compactness property', that is, the space of square integrable vector fields having square integrable weak rotation and divergence and satisfying mixed tangential and normal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-24 Sebastian Bauer , Dirk Pauly , Michael Schomburg

This article deals with the study of electromagnetic waves equations and the Lorentz condition, as emergent properties of Maxwell's system in the context of systems theory. To do this, the wave equations and the Helmholtz equation are first…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Yudier Peña Pérez , Juan Bory Reyes

Helmholtz theorem states that, in ideal fluid, vortex lines move with the fluid. Another Helmholtz theorem adds that strength of a vortex tube is constant along the tube. The lines may be regarded as integral surfaces of a 1-dimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-01-16 Marian Fecko

In this paper we analyse the Waveholtz method, a time-domain iterative method for solving the Helmholtz iteration, in the constant-coefficient case in all of $\mathbb{R}^d$. We show that the difference between a Waveholtz iterate and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Olof Runborg , Elliot Backman

We analyse parallel overlapping Schwarz domain decomposition methods for the Helmholtz equation, where the subdomain problems satisfy first-order absorbing (impedance) transmission conditions, and exchange of information between subdomains…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Shihua Gong , Martin J. Gander , Ivan G. Graham , David Lafontaine , Euan A. Spence

In 19th century Maxwell derived Maxwell equations from the knowledge of three experimental physical laws: the Coulomb's law, the Ampere's force law and Faraday's law of induction. However, theoretical basis for Ampere's force law and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 Hrvoje Dodig

It is demonstrated how the right hand sides of the Lorentz Transformation equations may be written, in a Lorentz invariant manner, as 4--vector scalar products. This implies the existence of invariant length intervals analogous to invariant…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. H. Field

The shortening of bodies in the direction of motion, Lorentz contraction, follows from the solution of Maxwell's equations. Moving light clocks will tick slower than those at rest because the speed of light does not depend on a source of…

General Physics · Physics 2008-09-24 Valery P. Dmitriyev

Maxwell's equations are modified to incorporate a scalar field to account for the London's superconductivity. Assuming the electromagnetic field is described by the Klein-Gordon equation, London's equations of superconductivity are then…

General Physics · Physics 2020-09-22 A. I. Arbab

Vector fields in the expanding Universe are considered within the multidimensional theory of General Relativity. Vector fields in general relativity form a three-parametric variety. Our consideration includes the fields with a nonzero…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Boris E. Meierovich

We study the electric Helmholtz equation $\Delta u + Vu + \lambda u =f$ and show that, for certain potentials, the solution $u$ given by the limited absorption principle obeys a Sommerfeld radiation condition. We use a non-spherical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Eric Ströher

The electromagnetic induction equation (Helmholtz equation) for the electrically conducting Earth is generalised to the inclusion of a spatially fluctuating internal conductivity spectrum that is superimposed on a one-dimensional…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-01-26 R. A. Treumann , W. Baumjohann