scholarly journals A Remark on the Heat Equation and Minimal Morse Functions on Tori and Spheres

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Carlos Cadavid ◽  
Juan Diego Vélez
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Morse Function ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Morse Functions ◽  
Flat Tori

Let (M, g)be a compact, connected riemannian manifold that is homogeneous, i.e. each pair of pointsp, q∈M have isometric neighborhoods. This paper is a first step towards an understanding of the extent to which it is true that for each “generic” initial condition f0, the solution to∂f /∂t= ∆gf, f (·,0) =f0is such that for sufficiently larget, f(·, t) is a minimal Morse function, i.e., a Morse function whose total number of critical points is the minimal possible on M. In this paper we show that this is true for flat tori and round spheres in all dimensions.

scholarly journals Some examples of minimally degenerate Morse functions

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Kirwan
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Morse Function ◽  
Compact Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Morse Inequalities ◽  
Poincaré Polynomial ◽  
Morse Functions ◽  
Image Position

Let X be a compact Riemannian manifold. If f:X→ℝ is a nondegenerate Morse function in the sense of Bott [2] then one has Morse inequalities which can be expressed in the formwhere Pt(X) is the Poincaré polynomial Σtidim Hi(X;ℚ of X ann {Cβ|β ∈B} are the connected components of the set of critical points for f For any polynomial Q(t)∈ℤ[t] we write Q(t)≧0 if all the coefficients of Q are nonnegative.

scholarly journals Umbilical Submanifolds and Morse Functions

1972 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 197-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsumi Nomizu ◽  
Lucio Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Differentiable Function ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Morse Function ◽  
Differentiable Manifold ◽  
Morse Functions

Let Mn be a differentiable manifold (of class C∞). By a Morse function on Mn we mean a differentiable function whose critical points are all non-degenerate. If f is an immersion of Mn into a Euclidean space Rm, we may obtain Morse functions on Mn in the following way.

scholarly journals Distance functions and umbilic submanifolds of hyperbolic space

1979 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 67-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Cecil ◽  
Patrick J. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Hyperbolic Space ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Morse Function ◽  
Complete Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Distance Functions

In 1972, Nomizu and Rodriguez [5] found the following characterization of the complete umbilic submanifolds of Euclidean space.Theorem A. Let Mn, n ≥ 2, be a connected, complete Riemannian manifold isometrically immersed in a Euclidean space Em. Every Morse function of the form Lp has index 0 or n at all of its critical points if and only if Mnis embedded as a Euclidean n-subspace or a Euclidean n-sphere in Em.

scholarly journals Cusp cobordism group of Morse functions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Dominik J. Wrazidlo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Compact Manifold ◽  
Infinite Order ◽  
Morse Function ◽  
Explicit Description ◽  
Morse Functions ◽  
Cobordism Group ◽  
Manifold With Boundary ◽  
Singular Fibers ◽  
Odd Dimensions

By a Morse function on a compact manifold with boundary we mean a real-valued function without critical points near the boundary such that its critical points as well as the critical points of its restriction to the boundary are all nondegenerate. For such Morse functions, Saeki and Yamamoto have previously defined a certain notion of cusp cobordism, and computed the unoriented cusp cobordism group of Morse functions on surfaces. In this paper, we compute unoriented and oriented cusp cobordism groups of Morse functions on manifolds of any dimension by employing Levine’s cusp elimination technique as well as the complementary process of creating pairs of cusps along fold lines. We show that both groups are cyclic of order two in even dimensions, and cyclic of infinite order in odd dimensions. For Morse functions on surfaces our result yields an explicit description of Saeki–Yamamoto’s cobordism invariant which they constructed by means of the cohomology of the universal complex of singular fibers.

scholarly journals Mixed Weak Galerkin Method for Heat Equation with Random Initial Condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Chenguang Zhou ◽  
Yongkui Zou ◽  
Shimin Chai ◽  
Fengshan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Mixed Finite Element ◽  
Mixed Finite Element Method ◽  
Optimal Order ◽  
Random Initial Condition ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Polynomial Functions ◽  
Weak Galerkin ◽  
Convergence Estimates

This paper is devoted to the numerical analysis of weak Galerkin mixed finite element method (WGMFEM) for solving a heat equation with random initial condition. To set up the finite element spaces, we choose piecewise continuous polynomial functions of degree j+1 with j≥0 for the primary variables and piecewise discontinuous vector-valued polynomial functions of degree j for the flux ones. We further establish the stability analysis of both semidiscrete and fully discrete WGMFE schemes. In addition, we prove the optimal order convergence estimates in L2 norm for scalar solutions and triple-bar norm for vector solutions and statistical variance-type convergence estimates. Ultimately, we provide a few numerical experiments to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed schemes and theoretical analysis.

scholarly journals Integral maximum principle and its applications

1994 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Grigor'yan
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Maximum Principle ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Integral Maximum Principle ◽  
Double Integrals

The integral maximum principle for the heat equation on a Riemannian manifold is improved and applied to obtain estimates of double integrals of the heat kernel.

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR FOR TWO REGULARIZATIONS OF THE CAUCHY PROBLEM FOR THE BACKWARD HEAT EQUATION

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 187-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. AMES ◽  
L. E. PAYNE
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behavior ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Singularly Perturbed ◽  
Infinite Cylinder ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Damped Wave Equation ◽  
Spatial Decay ◽  
Initial Value ◽  
The Cauchy Problem ◽  
Negative Damping

One method of regularizing the initial value problem for the backward heat equation involves replacing the equation by a singularly perturbed hyperbolic equation which is equivalent to a damped wave equation with negative damping. Another regularization of this problem is obtained by perturbing the initial condition rather than the differential equation. For both of these problems, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the solutions as the distance from the finite end of a semi-infinite cylinder tends to infinity and thus establish spatial decay results of the Saint-Venant type.

The Proof of the Feynman–Kac Formula for Heat Equation on a Compact Riemannian Manifold

2003 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg O. Obrezkov
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Compact Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Type Formula ◽  
Chernoff Theorem ◽  
Common Lines ◽  
Full Proof

A full proof of the Feynman–Kac-type formula for heat equation on a compact Riemannian manifold is obtained using some ideas originating from the papers of Smolyanov, Truman, Weizsaecker and Wittich.1-3 In particular, the technique exploited in the paper has some common lines with Chernoff theorem, which is one of the basic points of the approach to the topics undertaken in the above-mentioned papers.

scholarly journals Bayesian Recovery of the Initial Condition for the Heat Equation

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1294-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. Knapik ◽  
A. W. van der Vaart ◽  
J. H. van Zanten
Keyword(s):  
Heat Equation ◽  
Initial Condition
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