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By formally comparing the geodesic equation with the Schr\"{o}dinger equation on Riemannian manifold, we come up with the geometric Hamiltonian matrix on Riemannian manifold based on the geospin matrix, and we discuss its eigenvalue…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-07-16 Jack Whongius

In the context of general relativity, the geodesic deviation equation (GDE) relates the Riemann curvature tensor to the relative acceleration of two neighboring geodesics. In this paper, we consider the GDE for the generalized hybrid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-21 S. Golsanamlou , K. Atazadeh , M. Mousavi

We compute the length of geodesics on a Riemannian manifold by regular polynomial interpolation of the global solution of the eikonal equation related to the line element $ds^2=g_{ij}dx^idx^j$ of the manifold. Our algorithm approximates the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-11-12 Joerg Kampen

We provide an easy approach to the geodesic distance on the general linear group GL(n) for left-invariant Riemannian metrics which are also right-O(n)-invariant. The parametrization of geodesic curves and the global existence of length…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-18 Robert Martin , Patrizio Neff

Geodesics deviation equation (GDE) is itroduced. In "adiabatic" approximation exact solution of the GDE if found. Perturbation theory in general case is formulated. Geometrical criterion of local instability which may lead to chaos is…

chao-dyn · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomasz Dobrowolski , Jerzy Szczesny

The paper is a study of geodesic in two-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian metrics. Firstly, the local properties of geodesics in a neighborhood of generic parabolic points are investigated. The equation of the geodesic flow has singularities at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Alexey Remizov

In recent years, interest in extra dimensions has experienced a dramatic increase. A common practice has been to look for higher-dimensional generalizations of four-dimensional solutions to the Einstein equations. In this vein, we have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Steven Millward

Geodesics escape is widely used to study the scattering of hyperbolic equations. However, there are few progresses except in a simply connected complete Riemannian manifold with nonpositive curvature. We propose a kind of complete…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-03 Zhen-Hu Ning , Fengyan Yang , Xiaopeng Zhao

We study the geodesics on an invariant surface of a three dimensional Riemannian manifold. The main results are: the characterization of geodesic orbits; a Clairaut's relation and its geometric interpretation in some remarkable three…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-12-03 Stefano Montaldo , Irene I. Onnis

New perspective form of equations for geodesic lines in Riemann Geometry was found. This method is based on the use of differential forms in differential equations as arguments of differentiation. At that, these forms do not have a…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-08-12 Victor I. Pogorelov

In this survey article we gather classical as well as recent results on minimal geodesics of Riemannian or Finsler metrics, giving special attention to the two-dimensional case. Moreover, we present open problems together with some first…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-01-26 Jan Philipp Schröder

Algorithms for the computation of geodesics on an ellipsoid of revolution are given. These provide accurate, robust, and fast solutions to the direct and inverse geodesic problems and they allow differential and integral properties of…

Geophysics · Physics 2013-01-08 Charles F. F. Karney

Deviation equation: Second order differential equation for the 4-vector which measures the distance between reference points on neighboring world lines in spacetime manifolds. Relativistic geodesy: Science representing the Earth (or any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-21 Dirk Puetzfeld , Yuri N. Obukhov

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

Analysis of the geodesics in the space of signature $(1,3)$ that splits in two-dimensional distributions resulting from the Weyl tensor eignespaces - hyperbolic and elliptic ones - described in [V. Lychagin, V. Yumaguzhin,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-05-28 Radosław A. Kycia , Maria Ułan

We derive a general system of ODEs and associated explicit solutions in a special case for geodesics between full rank matrices in the deep linear network geometry. In the process, we find horizontal straight lines in the invariant balanced…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Alan Chen

We provide global gradient estimates for solutions to a general type of nonlinear parabolic equations, possibly in a Riemannian geometry setting. Our result is new in comparison with the existing ones in the literature, in light of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-29 Cecilia Cavaterra , Serena Dipierro , Zu Gao , Enrico Valdinoci

Starting with an exact and simple geodesic, we generate approximate geodesics by summing up higher-order geodesic deviations within a General Relativistic setting, without using Newtonian and post-Newtonian approximations. We apply this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Colistete , C. Leygnac , R. Kerner

We consider construction of ansatzes for nonlinear Schrodinger equations in three space dimensions and arbitrary nonlinearity, and conditions of their reduction to ordinary differential equations. Complete description of ansatzes of certain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-12-08 Irina Yehorchenko

A universal method to solve the differential equations of light-like geodesics is developed. The validity of this method depends on a new theorem, which is introduced for light-like geodesics in analogy to Beltrami's "geometrical" method…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-08 Ren-Qi Pan , Xi He