This is a brief overview of our work on the theory of group invariant solutions to differential equations. The motivations and applications of this work stem from problems in differential geometry and relativistic field theory. The key feature in our theory is that we allow for non-transverse symmetry group actions, which are very common in applications.
A short introduction to the mathematical methods and technics of differential algebras and modules adapted to the problems of mathematical and theoretical physics is presented.
The paper is an investigation of the analytic properties of a new class of special functions that appear in the kernels of a class of integral operators underlying the dynamics of matter relaxation processes in attractive fields. These functions, recently introduced by the second author, generate the kernels of the principal parts of these operators and play an important role in understanding their spectral characteristics. We reveal the representations of these functions in terms of the Gauss and Clausen hypergeometric functions and present differential-difference and differential equations t…
In this text, we explore the tools that Projective Differential Geometry can provide for the asymptotic analysis of classical fields on projectively compact manifolds. We emphasise on the case of order 2-compactifications and develop, in this case, a projective exterior differential tractor calculus that is analogous to that existing for conformally compact manifolds.
We define certain extensions of Jacobi groups of $A_1$, prove an analogue of Chevalley theorem for their invariants, and construct a Dubrovin-Frobenius structure on its orbit space.
This paper describes the foundations of a differential geometry of a quaternionic curves. The Frenet-Serret equations and the evolutes and evolvents of a particular quaternionic curve are accordingly determined. This new formulation takes benefit of the quaternionic structure and the results are much simpler than the present formulations of quaternionic curves.
Many equations of mathematical physics are described by differential polynomials, that is by polynomials in the derivatives of a certain number of functions. However, up to the knowledge of the author, differential algebra in a modern setting has never been applied to study the specific algebraic feature of such equations. The purpose of this short but difficult paper is to revisit a few domains like general relativity, conformal geometry and contact geometry in the light of a modern approach to nonlinear systems of partial differential equations, using new methods from Differential Geometry (…
We present a novel approach to the classification of conformally equivariant differential operators on spinors in the case of homogeneous conformal geometry. It is based on the classification of solutions for a vector-valued system of partial differential equations, associated to $\mathcal{D}$-modules for the homogeneous conformal structure and controlled by the spin Howe duality for the orthogonal Lie algebras.
Potential functions can be used as generating potentials of relevant geometric structures for a Riemannian manifold such as the Riemannian metric and affine connections. We study wether this procedure can also be applied to tensors of rank four and find a negative answer. We study this from the perspective of solving the inverse problem and also from an intrinsic point of view.
We present some new discoveries on the mathematical foundation of linear hydrodynamic stability theory. The new discoveries are: 1. Linearized Euler equations fail to provide a linear approximation on inviscid hydrodynamic stability. 2. Eigenvalue instability predicted by high Reynolds number linearized Navier-Stokes equations cannot capture the dominant instability of super fast growth. 3. As equations for directional differentials, Rayleigh equation and Orr-Sommerfeld equation cannot capture the nature of the full differentials.
