scholarly journals GEOMETRICAL APPROACH TO LIGHT IN INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 1543-1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. PIWNICKI
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Dielectric Medium ◽  
Index Of Refraction ◽  
Geometrical Approach ◽  
Complex Formulation ◽  
Relativistic Approach

Electromagnetism in an inhomogeneous dielectric medium at rest is described using the methods of differential geometry. In contrast to a general relativistic approach the electromagnetic fields are discussed in three-dimensional space only. The introduction of an appropriately chosen three-dimensional metric leads to a significant simplification of the description of light propagation in an inhomogeneous medium: light rays become geodesics of the metric and the field vectors are parallel transported along the rays. The new metric is connected to the usual flat space metric diag[1,1,1] via a conformal transformation leading to new, effective values of the medium parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]. The corresponding index of refraction is thus constant and so is the effective velocity of light. Space becomes effectively empty but curved. All deviations from straight-line propagation are now due to curvature. The approach is finally used for a discussion of the Riemann–Silberstein vector, an alternative, complex formulation of the electromagnetic fields.

Locus of the Axis of Vibration for a Vibrating System With Variable Location of a Mass Center

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Ju Dan ◽  
Yong Je Choi
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Analytical Form ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Storage Device ◽  
Geometrical Approach ◽  
Mass Center

Abstract A typical approach to a linear vibration analysis of an elastically supported single rigid body is to rearrange a dynamic model into a corresponding eigenvalue problem. From the geometrical point of view, the eigenvectors in the planar vibration analysis can be interpreted as pure rotations about the vibration center or pure translations. In a three dimensional space, they represent repetitive twisting motions about the axes of vibrations. By taking a geometrical approach to the vibration analysis, the vibration mode shapes may be better understood. In this paper, the influence of variable location of a mass center on the locations of the axes of vibrations and the natural frequencies are investigated by means of the locus of the axis of vibration expressed in analytical form, which represents the geometrical locus of the eigenvector. A numerical example is used to clearly illustrate the vibration phenomena of an optical pick-up used in an information storage device.

scholarly journals Explicit Solutions of the Wave Equation on Three Dimensional Space-Times: Two Examples with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions on a Disk

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Boykis ◽  
Patrick Moylan
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Dimensional Euclidean Space ◽  
Curved Space

We study solutions of the wave equation with circular Dirichlet boundary conditions on a flat two-dimensional Euclidean space, and we also study the analogous problem on a certain curved space which is a Lorentzian variant of the 3-sphere. The curved space goes over into the usual flat space-time as the radius R of the curved space goes to infinity. We show, at least in some cases, that solutions of certain Dirichlet boundary value problems are obtained much more simply in the curved space than in the flat space. Since the flat space is the limit R → ∞ of the curved space, this gives an alternative method of obtaining solutions of a corresponding problem in Euclidean space.

scholarly journals Thermodynamic Geometry of Normal (Exotic) BTZ Black Hole Regarding to the Fluctuation of Cosmological Constant

2020 ◽  
pp. 2150023
Author(s):  
Hosein Mohammadzadeh ◽  
Maryam Rastkatr ◽  
Morteza Nattagh Najafi
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Critical Surface ◽  
Btz Black Hole ◽  
Thermodynamic Geometry ◽  
Three Dimensional Space ◽  
Thermodynamic Curvature

We construct the thermodynamic geometry of ([Formula: see text])-dimensional normal (exotic) BTZ black hole regarding the fluctuation of cosmological constant. We argue that while the thermodynamic geometry of black hole without fluctuation of cosmological constant is a two dimensional flat space, the three-dimensional space of thermodynamics parameters including the cosmological constant as a fluctuating parameter is curved. Some consequences of the fluctuation of cosmological constant will be investigated. We show that such a fluctuation leads to a thermodynamic curvature which is singular at the critical surface. Also, we consider the validity of first thermodynamics law regarding the fluctuation of the cosmological constant.

Three Dimensional structure and organization of diploid chromosomes by optical section microscopy

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 633-635
Author(s):  
David A. Agard ◽  
Yasushi Hiraoka ◽  
John W. Sedat
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
Mitotic Cell ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Three Dimensional Structure ◽  
Complementary Techniques ◽  
Dynamic Structures

In an effort to understand the complex relationship between structure and biological function within the nucleus, we have embarked on a program to examine the three-dimensional structure and organization of Drosophila melanogaster embryonic chromosomes. Our overall goal is to determine how DNA and proteins are organized into complex and highly dynamic structures (chromosomes) and how these chromosomes are arranged in three dimensional space within the cell nucleus. Futher, we hope to be able to correlate structual data with such fundamental biological properties as stage in the mitotic cell cycle, developmental state and transcription at specific gene loci.Towards this end, we have been developing methodologies for the three-dimensional analysis of non-crystalline biological specimens using optical and electron microscopy. We feel that the combination of these two complementary techniques allows an unprecedented look at the structural organization of cellular components ranging in size from 100A to 100 microns.

Diffraction contrast of dislocations in icosahedral quasicrystals

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
K. Urban ◽  
Z. Zhang ◽  
M. Wollgarten ◽  
D. Gratias
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Complete Characterization ◽  
Extinction Condition ◽  
Burgers Vector ◽  
Diffraction Contrast ◽  
Lattice Geometry ◽  
Reference Space ◽  
Icosahedral Quasicrystals ◽  
The One

Recently dislocations have been observed by electron microscopy in the icosahedral quasicrystalline (IQ) phase of Al65Cu20Fe15. These dislocations exhibit diffraction contrast similar to that known for dislocations in conventional crystals. The contrast becomes extinct for certain diffraction vectors g. In the following the basis of electron diffraction contrast of dislocations in the IQ phase is described. Taking account of the six-dimensional nature of the Burgers vector a “strong” and a “weak” extinction condition are found.Dislocations in quasicrystals canot be described on the basis of simple shear or insertion of a lattice plane only. In order to achieve a complete characterization of these dislocations it is advantageous to make use of the one to one correspondence of the lattice geometry in our three-dimensional space (R3) and that in the six-dimensional reference space (R6) where full periodicity is recovered . Therefore the contrast extinction condition has to be written as gpbp + gobo = 0 (1). The diffraction vector g and the Burgers vector b decompose into two vectors gp, bp and go, bo in, respectively, the physical and the orthogonal three-dimensional sub-spaces of R6.

Flavin radicals, conformational sampling and robust design principles in interprotein electron transfer: the trimethylamine dehydrogenase-electron-transferring flavoprotein complex

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
David Leys ◽  
Jaswir Basran ◽  
François Talfournier ◽  
Kamaldeep K. Chohan ◽  
Andrew W. Munro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Molecular Assembly ◽  
Conformational Sampling ◽  
Trimethylamine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Key Residues ◽  
Electron Transferring Flavoprotein ◽  
Electron Transfer Complex

TMADH (trimethylamine dehydrogenase) is a complex iron-sulphur flavoprotein that forms a soluble electron-transfer complex with ETF (electron-transferring flavoprotein). The mechanism of electron transfer between TMADH and ETF has been studied using stopped-flow kinetic and mutagenesis methods, and more recently by X-ray crystallography. Potentiometric methods have also been used to identify key residues involved in the stabilization of the flavin radical semiquinone species in ETF. These studies have demonstrated a key role for 'conformational sampling' in the electron-transfer complex, facilitated by two-site contact of ETF with TMADH. Exploration of three-dimensional space in the complex allows the FAD of ETF to find conformations compatible with enhanced electronic coupling with the 4Fe-4S centre of TMADH. This mechanism of electron transfer provides for a more robust and accessible design principle for interprotein electron transfer compared with simpler models that invoke the collision of redox partners followed by electron transfer. The structure of the TMADH-ETF complex confirms the role of key residues in electron transfer and molecular assembly, originally suggested from detailed kinetic studies in wild-type and mutant complexes, and from molecular modelling.

Topics in Quaternion Linear Algebra

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leiba Rodman
Keyword(s):  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Number System ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
Unpublished Research ◽  
Reference Tool

Quaternions are a number system that has become increasingly useful for representing the rotations of objects in three-dimensional space and has important applications in theoretical and applied mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering. This is the first book to provide a systematic, accessible, and self-contained exposition of quaternion linear algebra. It features previously unpublished research results with complete proofs and many open problems at various levels, as well as more than 200 exercises to facilitate use by students and instructors. Applications presented in the book include numerical ranges, invariant semidefinite subspaces, differential equations with symmetries, and matrix equations. Designed for researchers and students across a variety of disciplines, the book can be read by anyone with a background in linear algebra, rudimentary complex analysis, and some multivariable calculus. Instructors will find it useful as a complementary text for undergraduate linear algebra courses or as a basis for a graduate course in linear algebra. The open problems can serve as research projects for undergraduates, topics for graduate students, or problems to be tackled by professional research mathematicians. The book is also an invaluable reference tool for researchers in fields where techniques based on quaternion analysis are used.

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