scholarly journals Modular Gaussian curvature

2019 ◽  
pp. 463-490
Author(s):  
Matthias Lesch ◽  
Henri Moscovici
Keyword(s):  
Gaussian Curvature

scholarly journals Universally bistable shells with nonzero Gaussian curvature for two-way transition waves

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Vasios ◽  
Bolei Deng ◽  
Benjamin Gorissen ◽  
Katia Bertoldi
Keyword(s):  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Propagation Distance ◽  
Energy Landscapes ◽  
Bending Energy ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic Response ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Doubly Curved Shells ◽  
Doubly Curved ◽  
The Waves

AbstractMulti-welled energy landscapes arising in shells with nonzero Gaussian curvature typically fade away as their thickness becomes larger because of the increased bending energy required for inversion. Motivated by this limitation, we propose a strategy to realize doubly curved shells that are bistable for any thickness. We then study the nonlinear dynamic response of one-dimensional (1D) arrays of our universally bistable shells when coupled by compressible fluid cavities. We find that the system supports the propagation of bidirectional transition waves whose characteristics can be tuned by varying both geometric parameters as well as the amount of energy supplied to initiate the waves. However, since our bistable shells have equal energy minima, the distance traveled by such waves is limited by dissipation. To overcome this limitation, we identify a strategy to realize thick bistable shells with tunable energy landscape and show that their strategic placement within the 1D array can extend the propagation distance of the supported bidirectional transition waves.

scholarly journals Comment on ,,On the integrability of 2D Hamiltonian systems with variable Gaussian curvature” by A. A. Elmandouh

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Szumiński ◽  
Andrzej J. Maciejewski
Keyword(s):  
Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Constant Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Local Coordinates ◽  
Hamiltonian Functions

AbstractIn the paper [1], the author formulates in Theorem 2 necessary conditions for integrability of a certain class of Hamiltonian systems with non-constant Gaussian curvature, which depends on local coordinates. We give a counterexample to show that this theorem is not correct in general. This contradiction is explained in some extent. However, the main result of this note is our theorem that gives new simple and easy to check necessary conditions to integrability of the system considered in [1]. We present several examples, which show that the obtained conditions are effective. Moreover, we justify that our criterion can be extended to wider class of systems, which are given by non-meromorphic Hamiltonian functions.

A representation of distributions supported on smooth hypersurfaces of Rn

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
Kanghui Guo
Keyword(s):  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Dual Space ◽  
Smooth Hypersurface ◽  
Zero Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Schwartz Class ◽  
Image Position

Let S(Rn) be the space of Schwartz class functions. The dual space of S′(Rn), S(Rn), is called the temperate distributions. In this article, we call them distributions. For 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞, let FLp(Rn) = {f:∈ Lp(Rn)}, then we know that FLp(Rn) ⊂ S′(Rn), for 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞. Let U be open and bounded in Rn−1 and let M = {(x, ψ(x));x ∈ U} be a smooth hypersurface of Rn with non-zero Gaussian curvature. It is easy to see that any bounded measure σ on Rn−1 supported in U yields a distribution T in Rn, supported in M, given by the formula

An existence theorem for Robin's equation

1972 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Cade
Keyword(s):  
Integral Equation ◽  
Existence Theorem ◽  
Electric Charge ◽  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Closed Surface ◽  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Main Argument

AbstractAn existence theorem is proved for Robin's integral equation for the density of electric charge on a closed surface, under the assumptions that the surface is convex, smooth and twice continuously differentiable. The technique is essentially Neumann's method of the arithmetic mean, used by Robin himself to show that the solution, assumed to exist, can be successively approximated by a sequence. In order to facilitate the main argument of the proof, it is assumed initially that the Gaussian curvature is everywhere positive, but this restriction is subsequently removed.

scholarly journals On the solution of a class of second-order quasi-linear PDEs and the Gauss equation

2001 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-323
Author(s):  
A. R. Selvaratnam ◽  
M. Vlieg-Hulstman ◽  
B. van-Brunt ◽  
W. D. Halford
Keyword(s):  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Gordon Equation ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Bäcklund Transformations ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Gauss Equation ◽  
Sine Gordon Equation ◽  
Partial Differential ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
Backlund Transformations

AbstractGauss' Theorema Egregium produces a partial differential equation which relates the Gaussian curvature K to components of the metric tensor and its derivatives. Well-known partial differential equations (PDEs) such as the Schrödinger equation and the sine-Gordon equation can be derived from Gauss' equation for specific choices of K and coördinate systems. In this paper we consider a class of Bäcklund Transformations which corresponds to coördinate transformations on surfaces with a given Gaussian curvature. These Bäcklund Transformations lead to the construction of solutions to certain classes of non-linear second order PDEs of hyperbolic type by identifying these PDEs as the Gauss equation in some coördinate system. The possibility of solving the Cauchy Problem has also been explored for these classes of equations.

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