In this survey article,we present two applications of surface curvatures in theoretical physics.The first application arises from biophysics in the study of the shape of cell vesicles involving the minimization of a m...In this survey article,we present two applications of surface curvatures in theoretical physics.The first application arises from biophysics in the study of the shape of cell vesicles involving the minimization of a mean curvature type energy called the Helfrich bending energy.In this formalism,the equilibrium shape of a cell vesicle may present itself in a rich variety of geometric and topological characteristics.We first show that there is an obstruction,arising from the spontaneous curvature,to the existence of a minimizer of the Helfrich energy over the set of embedded ring tori.We then propose a scale-invariant anisotropic bending energy,which extends the Canham energy,and show that it possesses a unique toroidal energy minimizer,up to rescaling,in all parameter regime.Furthermore,we establish some genus-dependent topological lower and upper bounds,which are known to be lacking with the Helfrich energy,for the proposed energy.We also present the shape equation in our context,which extends the Helfrich shape equation.The second application arises from astrophysics in the search for a mechanism for matter accretion in the early universe in the context of cosmic strings.In this formalism,gravitation may simply be stored over a two-surface so that the Einstein tensor is given in terms of the Gauss curvature of the surface which relates itself directly to the Hamiltonian energy density of the matter sector.This setting provides a lucid exhibition of the interplay of the underlying geometry,matter energy,and topological characterization of the system.In both areas of applications,we encounter highly challenging nonlinear partial differential equation problems.We demonstrate that studies on these equations help us to gain understanding of the theoretical physics problems considered.展开更多
We study positive solutions to the fractional semi-linear elliptic equation(−∆)σu=K(x)u n+2σn−2σin B2\{0}with an isolated singularity at the origin,where K is a positive function on B2,the punctured ball B2\{0}⊂Rn ...We study positive solutions to the fractional semi-linear elliptic equation(−∆)σu=K(x)u n+2σn−2σin B2\{0}with an isolated singularity at the origin,where K is a positive function on B2,the punctured ball B2\{0}⊂Rn with n>2,σ∈(0,1),and(−∆)σis the fractional Laplacian.In lower dimensions,we show that for any K∈C1(B2),a positive solution u always satisfies that u(x)6 C|x|−(n−2σ)/2 near the origin.In contrast,we construct positive functions K∈C1(B2)in higher dimensions such that a positive solution u could be arbitrarily large near the origin.In particular,these results also apply to the prescribed boundary mean curvature equations on B n+1.展开更多
In this paper,we derive the interior gradient estimate for solutions to general prescribed curvature equations.The proof is based on a fundamental observation of G°arding’s cone and some delicate inequalities un...In this paper,we derive the interior gradient estimate for solutions to general prescribed curvature equations.The proof is based on a fundamental observation of G°arding’s cone and some delicate inequalities under a suitably chosen coordinate chart.As an application,we obtain a Liouville type theorem.展开更多
In this paper, we give a characterization of tori S^1 （ √ nr＋2-n/nr）×S^n-1（√ n-2/nr） and S^m （ √n/m ） ×S^n-m （√n-m/n）. Our result extends the result due to Li （1996）on the condition that M is ...In this paper, we give a characterization of tori S^1 （ √ nr＋2-n/nr）×S^n-1（√ n-2/nr） and S^m （ √n/m ） ×S^n-m （√n-m/n）. Our result extends the result due to Li （1996）on the condition that M is an n-dimensional complete hypersurface in Sn＋1 with two distinct principal curvatures. Keywords principal curvature, Clifford torus, Gauss equations展开更多
The calculation of speed prediction equations has been the subject of numerous researches in the past. The majority of them present models to predict free-flow speed in terms of the road geometry at the curved road se...The calculation of speed prediction equations has been the subject of numerous researches in the past. The majority of them present models to predict free-flow speed in terms of the road geometry at the curved road sections and more specifically in terms of the radiuses of the curves. Common characteristic is that none of them approaches the speed behavior of motorcycles since they are excluded from the datasets of the various studies. Instead, the models usually predict operating speed for other vehicle types such as passenger cars, vans, pickups and trucks. The present paper aims to cover this gap by developing speed prediction equations for motorcycles. For this purpose a new methodology is proposed while field measurements were carried out in order to obtain an adequate dataset of free-flow speeds along the curved sections of three different two lane rural roads. The aforementioned field measurements were conducted by two participants incorporating various road conditions (e.g. light conditions, experience level, familiarity with the routes). The ultimate target was the development of speed prediction equations by calculating the optimum regression curves between the curve radius’ and the corresponding velocities for the different road conditions. The research revealed that the proposed methodology could be used as a very useful tool to investigate motorcyclists’ behavior at curved road sections. Moreover it was feasible to draw conclusions correlating the speed adjustment with the various driving conditions.展开更多
An important question that arises is which surfaces in three-space admit a mean curvature preserving isometry which is not an isometry of the whole space. This leads to a class of surface known as a Bonnet surface in ...An important question that arises is which surfaces in three-space admit a mean curvature preserving isometry which is not an isometry of the whole space. This leads to a class of surface known as a Bonnet surface in which the number of noncongruent immersions is two or infinity. The intention here is to present a proof of a theorem using an approach which is based on differential forms and moving frames and states that helicoidal surfaces necessarily fall into the class of Bonnet surfaces. Some other results are developed in the same manner.展开更多
In this paper,by using an extension of Mawhin’s continuation theorem and some analysis methods,we study the existence of periodic solutions for the following prescribed mean curvature system d/dtφ(x')+▽W(x)=p(t...In this paper,by using an extension of Mawhin’s continuation theorem and some analysis methods,we study the existence of periodic solutions for the following prescribed mean curvature system d/dtφ(x')+▽W(x)=p(t), where x∈R^n,W∈C^1(R^n,R),p∈C(R,R^n)is T-periodic and φ(x)=x/√1+|x|^2.展开更多
In this paper,we obtain some asy mptotic behav ior results for solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature equation.Moreover,we prove that under a con-formal metric in R^(2),if the total Gaussian curvature is 4π,t...In this paper,we obtain some asy mptotic behav ior results for solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature equation.Moreover,we prove that under a con-formal metric in R^(2),if the total Gaussian curvature is 4π,the conformal area of R^(2)is finite and the Gaussian curvature is bounded,then R^(2)is a compact C^(l,α)surface after completion at∞,for anya∈(0,1).If the Gaussian curvature has a Holder decay at in-finity,then the completed surface is C^(2).For radial solutions,the same regularity holds if the Gaussian curvature has a limit at infinity.展开更多
Two hierarchies of nonlinear integrable positive and negative lattice equations are derived from a discrete spectrak problem. The two lattice hierarchies are proved to have discrete zero curvature representations asso...Two hierarchies of nonlinear integrable positive and negative lattice equations are derived from a discrete spectrak problem. The two lattice hierarchies are proved to have discrete zero curvature representations associated with a discrete spectral problem, which also shows that the positive and negative hierarchies correspond to positive and negative power expansions of Lax operators with respect to the spectral parameter, respectively. Moreover, the integrable lattice models in the positive hierarchy are of polynomial type, and the integrable lattice models in the negative hierarchy are of rational type. Further, we construct infinite conservation laws about the positive hierarchy.展开更多
This paper is devoted to the study of the vortex dynamics of the Cauchy problem for a parabolic Ginzburg Landau system which simulates inhomogeneous type II superconducting materials and three-dimensional superconduct...This paper is devoted to the study of the vortex dynamics of the Cauchy problem for a parabolic Ginzburg Landau system which simulates inhomogeneous type II superconducting materials and three-dimensional superconducting thin films having variable thickness. We will prove that the vortex of the problem is moved by a codimension k mean curvature flow with external force field. Besides, we will show that the mean curvature flow depends strongly on the external force, having completely different phenomena from the usual mean curvature flow.展开更多
We present an eight component integrable Hamiltonian hierarchy, based on a reduced seventh order matrix spectral problem, with the aim of aiding the study and classification of multicomponent integrable models and the...We present an eight component integrable Hamiltonian hierarchy, based on a reduced seventh order matrix spectral problem, with the aim of aiding the study and classification of multicomponent integrable models and their underlying mathematical structures. The zero-curvature formulation is the tool to construct a recursion operator from the spatial matrix problem. The second and third set of integrable equations present integrable nonlinear Schrödinger and modified Korteweg-de Vries type equations, respectively. The trace identity is used to construct Hamiltonian structures, and the first three Hamiltonian functionals so generated are computed.展开更多
In this paper,we develop a new algorithm to find the exact solutions of the Einstein's field equations.Time-periodic solutions are constructed by using the new algorithm.The singularities of the time-periodic solu...In this paper,we develop a new algorithm to find the exact solutions of the Einstein's field equations.Time-periodic solutions are constructed by using the new algorithm.The singularities of the time-periodic solutions are investigated and some new physical phenomena,such as degenerate event horizon and time-periodic event horizon,are found.The applications of these solutions in modern cosmology and general relativity are expected.展开更多
In this paper,we construct several kinds of new time-periodic solutions of the vacuum Einstein's field equations whose Riemann curvature tensors vanish,keep finite or take the infinity at some points in these spac...In this paper,we construct several kinds of new time-periodic solutions of the vacuum Einstein's field equations whose Riemann curvature tensors vanish,keep finite or take the infinity at some points in these space-times,respectively.The singularities of these new time-periodic solutions are investigated and some new physical phenomena are discovered.展开更多
Based on a kind of non-semisimple Lie algebras, we establish a way to construct nonlinear continuous integrable couplings. Variational identities over the associated loop algebras are used to furnish Hamiltonian struc...Based on a kind of non-semisimple Lie algebras, we establish a way to construct nonlinear continuous integrable couplings. Variational identities over the associated loop algebras are used to furnish Hamiltonian structures of the resulting continuous couplings.As an illustrative example of the scheme is given nonlinear continuous integrable couplings of the Yang hierarchy.展开更多
In this work, we examine the geometric character of the field equations of general relativity and propose to formulate relativistic field equations in terms of the Riemann curvature tensor. The resulted relativistic f...In this work, we examine the geometric character of the field equations of general relativity and propose to formulate relativistic field equations in terms of the Riemann curvature tensor. The resulted relativistic field equations are also integrated into the general framework that we have presented in our previous works that all known classical fields can be expressed in the same dynamical form. We also discuss a possibility to reformulate the field equations of general relativity so that the Ricci curvature tensor and the energy-momentum tensor can appear symmetrically in the field equations without violating the conservation law stated by the covariant derivative.展开更多
In this article we define a surface finite element method （SFEM） for the numerical solution of parabolic partial differential equations on hypersurfaces F in R^n＋1. The key idea is based on the approximation of F b...In this article we define a surface finite element method （SFEM） for the numerical solution of parabolic partial differential equations on hypersurfaces F in R^n＋1. The key idea is based on the approximation of F by a polyhedral surface Гh consisting of a union of simplices （triangles for n = 2, intervals for n = 1） with vertices on Г. A finite element space of functions is then defined by taking the continuous functions on Гh which are linear affine on each simplex of the polygonal surface. We use surface gradients to define weak forms of elliptic operators and naturally generate weak formulations of elliptic and parabolic equations on Г. Our finite element method is applied to weak forms of the equations. The computation of the mass and element stiffness matrices are simple and straightforward. We give an example of error bounds in the case of semi-discretization in space for a fourth order linear problem. Numerical experiments are described for several linear and nonlinear partial differential equations. In particular the power of the method is demorrstrated by employing it to solve highly nonlinear second and fourth order problems such as surface Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations and surface level set equations for geodesic mean curvature flow.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11471100)。
文摘In this survey article,we present two applications of surface curvatures in theoretical physics.The first application arises from biophysics in the study of the shape of cell vesicles involving the minimization of a mean curvature type energy called the Helfrich bending energy.In this formalism,the equilibrium shape of a cell vesicle may present itself in a rich variety of geometric and topological characteristics.We first show that there is an obstruction,arising from the spontaneous curvature,to the existence of a minimizer of the Helfrich energy over the set of embedded ring tori.We then propose a scale-invariant anisotropic bending energy,which extends the Canham energy,and show that it possesses a unique toroidal energy minimizer,up to rescaling,in all parameter regime.Furthermore,we establish some genus-dependent topological lower and upper bounds,which are known to be lacking with the Helfrich energy,for the proposed energy.We also present the shape equation in our context,which extends the Helfrich shape equation.The second application arises from astrophysics in the search for a mechanism for matter accretion in the early universe in the context of cosmic strings.In this formalism,gravitation may simply be stored over a two-surface so that the Einstein tensor is given in terms of the Gauss curvature of the surface which relates itself directly to the Hamiltonian energy density of the matter sector.This setting provides a lucid exhibition of the interplay of the underlying geometry,matter energy,and topological characterization of the system.In both areas of applications,we encounter highly challenging nonlinear partial differential equation problems.We demonstrate that studies on these equations help us to gain understanding of the theoretical physics problems considered.
文摘We study positive solutions to the fractional semi-linear elliptic equation(−∆)σu=K(x)u n+2σn−2σin B2\{0}with an isolated singularity at the origin,where K is a positive function on B2,the punctured ball B2\{0}⊂Rn with n>2,σ∈(0,1),and(−∆)σis the fractional Laplacian.In lower dimensions,we show that for any K∈C1(B2),a positive solution u always satisfies that u(x)6 C|x|−(n−2σ)/2 near the origin.In contrast,we construct positive functions K∈C1(B2)in higher dimensions such that a positive solution u could be arbitrarily large near the origin.In particular,these results also apply to the prescribed boundary mean curvature equations on B n+1.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12001138)The second author is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11501119)a start-up grant from ShanghaiTech University.
文摘In this paper,we derive the interior gradient estimate for solutions to general prescribed curvature equations.The proof is based on a fundamental observation of G°arding’s cone and some delicate inequalities under a suitably chosen coordinate chart.As an application,we obtain a Liouville type theorem.
文摘In this paper, we give a characterization of tori S^1 （ √ nr＋2-n/nr）×S^n-1（√ n-2/nr） and S^m （ √n/m ） ×S^n-m （√n-m/n）. Our result extends the result due to Li （1996）on the condition that M is an n-dimensional complete hypersurface in Sn＋1 with two distinct principal curvatures. Keywords principal curvature, Clifford torus, Gauss equations
文摘The calculation of speed prediction equations has been the subject of numerous researches in the past. The majority of them present models to predict free-flow speed in terms of the road geometry at the curved road sections and more specifically in terms of the radiuses of the curves. Common characteristic is that none of them approaches the speed behavior of motorcycles since they are excluded from the datasets of the various studies. Instead, the models usually predict operating speed for other vehicle types such as passenger cars, vans, pickups and trucks. The present paper aims to cover this gap by developing speed prediction equations for motorcycles. For this purpose a new methodology is proposed while field measurements were carried out in order to obtain an adequate dataset of free-flow speeds along the curved sections of three different two lane rural roads. The aforementioned field measurements were conducted by two participants incorporating various road conditions (e.g. light conditions, experience level, familiarity with the routes). The ultimate target was the development of speed prediction equations by calculating the optimum regression curves between the curve radius’ and the corresponding velocities for the different road conditions. The research revealed that the proposed methodology could be used as a very useful tool to investigate motorcyclists’ behavior at curved road sections. Moreover it was feasible to draw conclusions correlating the speed adjustment with the various driving conditions.
文摘An important question that arises is which surfaces in three-space admit a mean curvature preserving isometry which is not an isometry of the whole space. This leads to a class of surface known as a Bonnet surface in which the number of noncongruent immersions is two or infinity. The intention here is to present a proof of a theorem using an approach which is based on differential forms and moving frames and states that helicoidal surfaces necessarily fall into the class of Bonnet surfaces. Some other results are developed in the same manner.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11901004)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province(No.1908085QA02)+1 种基金the Key Program of Scientific Research Fund for Young Teachers of AUST(No.QN2018109)sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11271197)。
文摘In this paper,by using an extension of Mawhin’s continuation theorem and some analysis methods,we study the existence of periodic solutions for the following prescribed mean curvature system d/dtφ(x')+▽W(x)=p(t), where x∈R^n,W∈C^1(R^n,R),p∈C(R,R^n)is T-periodic and φ(x)=x/√1+|x|^2.
基金This research is partially supported by NSF grant DMS-1601885 and DMS-1901914. Theauthors would like to thank Dong Ye for the remark regarding the negative answer ofQuestion 1.2.
文摘In this paper,we obtain some asy mptotic behav ior results for solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature equation.Moreover,we prove that under a con-formal metric in R^(2),if the total Gaussian curvature is 4π,the conformal area of R^(2)is finite and the Gaussian curvature is bounded,then R^(2)is a compact C^(l,α)surface after completion at∞,for anya∈(0,1).If the Gaussian curvature has a Holder decay at in-finity,then the completed surface is C^(2).For radial solutions,the same regularity holds if the Gaussian curvature has a limit at infinity.
基金supported by the "Chunlei" Project of Shandong University of Science and Technology of China under Grant No. 2008BWZ070
文摘Two hierarchies of nonlinear integrable positive and negative lattice equations are derived from a discrete spectrak problem. The two lattice hierarchies are proved to have discrete zero curvature representations associated with a discrete spectral problem, which also shows that the positive and negative hierarchies correspond to positive and negative power expansions of Lax operators with respect to the spectral parameter, respectively. Moreover, the integrable lattice models in the positive hierarchy are of polynomial type, and the integrable lattice models in the negative hierarchy are of rational type. Further, we construct infinite conservation laws about the positive hierarchy.
基金Supported by National 973-Project and Basic Research Grant of Tsinghua University
文摘This paper is devoted to the study of the vortex dynamics of the Cauchy problem for a parabolic Ginzburg Landau system which simulates inhomogeneous type II superconducting materials and three-dimensional superconducting thin films having variable thickness. We will prove that the vortex of the problem is moved by a codimension k mean curvature flow with external force field. Besides, we will show that the mean curvature flow depends strongly on the external force, having completely different phenomena from the usual mean curvature flow.
文摘We present an eight component integrable Hamiltonian hierarchy, based on a reduced seventh order matrix spectral problem, with the aim of aiding the study and classification of multicomponent integrable models and their underlying mathematical structures. The zero-curvature formulation is the tool to construct a recursion operator from the spatial matrix problem. The second and third set of integrable equations present integrable nonlinear Schrödinger and modified Korteweg-de Vries type equations, respectively. The trace identity is used to construct Hamiltonian structures, and the first three Hamiltonian functionals so generated are computed.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10671124)
文摘In this paper,we develop a new algorithm to find the exact solutions of the Einstein's field equations.Time-periodic solutions are constructed by using the new algorithm.The singularities of the time-periodic solutions are investigated and some new physical phenomena,such as degenerate event horizon and time-periodic event horizon,are found.The applications of these solutions in modern cosmology and general relativity are expected.
基金supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10971190)the Qiu-Shi Professor Fellowship from Zhejiang University,China
文摘In this paper,we construct several kinds of new time-periodic solutions of the vacuum Einstein's field equations whose Riemann curvature tensors vanish,keep finite or take the infinity at some points in these space-times,respectively.The singularities of these new time-periodic solutions are investigated and some new physical phenomena are discovered.
基金Foundation item： Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China（11271008, 61072147, 11071159） Supported by the First-class Discipline of Universities in Shanghai Supported by the Shanghai University Leading Academic Discipline Project（A13-0101-12-004）
文摘Based on a kind of non-semisimple Lie algebras, we establish a way to construct nonlinear continuous integrable couplings. Variational identities over the associated loop algebras are used to furnish Hamiltonian structures of the resulting continuous couplings.As an illustrative example of the scheme is given nonlinear continuous integrable couplings of the Yang hierarchy.
文摘In this work, we examine the geometric character of the field equations of general relativity and propose to formulate relativistic field equations in terms of the Riemann curvature tensor. The resulted relativistic field equations are also integrated into the general framework that we have presented in our previous works that all known classical fields can be expressed in the same dynamical form. We also discuss a possibility to reformulate the field equations of general relativity so that the Ricci curvature tensor and the energy-momentum tensor can appear symmetrically in the field equations without violating the conservation law stated by the covariant derivative.
文摘In this article we define a surface finite element method （SFEM） for the numerical solution of parabolic partial differential equations on hypersurfaces F in R^n＋1. The key idea is based on the approximation of F by a polyhedral surface Гh consisting of a union of simplices （triangles for n = 2, intervals for n = 1） with vertices on Г. A finite element space of functions is then defined by taking the continuous functions on Гh which are linear affine on each simplex of the polygonal surface. We use surface gradients to define weak forms of elliptic operators and naturally generate weak formulations of elliptic and parabolic equations on Г. Our finite element method is applied to weak forms of the equations. The computation of the mass and element stiffness matrices are simple and straightforward. We give an example of error bounds in the case of semi-discretization in space for a fourth order linear problem. Numerical experiments are described for several linear and nonlinear partial differential equations. In particular the power of the method is demorrstrated by employing it to solve highly nonlinear second and fourth order problems such as surface Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations and surface level set equations for geodesic mean curvature flow.
