This paper studies the 1-loop approximation for a massless spin-1/2 field on a flat four-dimensional Euclidean background bounded by two concentric 3-spheres, when non-local boundary conditions of the spectral type are imposed. The use of ζ-function regularization shows that the conformal anomaly vanishes, as in the case when the same field is subject to local boundary conditions involving proj...

In this paper, the theoretical perfectly absorbing boundary condition on the boundary of a half{space domain is developed for the Maxwell system by considering the system in whole instead of considering each component of the electromagnetic elds individually. This boundary condition allows any wave motion generated within the domain to pass through the boundary of the domain without generating ...

We study zero-temperature Ising Glauber Dynamics, on 2D slabs of thickness k ≥ 2. In this model, ±1-valued spins at integer sites update according to majority vote dynamics with two opinions. We show that all spins reaches a final state (that is, the system fixates) for k = 2 under free boundary conditions and for k = 2 or 3 under periodic boundary conditions. For thicker slabs there are sites ...

We investigate the condition number of the matrices that appear in the boundary element method. In particular we consider the Laplace equation with mixed boundary conditions. For Dirichlet boundary conditions, the condition number of the system matrix increases linearly with the number of boundary elements. We extend the research and search for a relation between the condition number and the nu...

We revisit the classification problem and focus on nonlinear methods for classification on manifolds. For multivariate datasets lying on an embedded nonlinear Riemannian manifold within the higher-dimensional space, our aim is to acquire a classification boundary between the classes with labels. Motivated by the principal flow [14], a curve that moves along a path of the maximum variation of th...

This paper studies the 1-loop approximation for a massless spin-1/2 field on a flat four-dimensional Euclidean background bounded by two concentric 3-spheres, when non-local boundary conditions of the spectral type are imposed. The use of ζ-function regularization shows that the conformal anomaly vanishes, as in the case when the same field is subject to local boundary conditions involving proj...

A review is presented of some recent progress in spectral geometry on manifolds with boundary: local boundary-value problems where the boundary operator includes the effect of tangential derivatives; application of conformal variations and other functorial methods to the evaluation of heat-kernel coefficients; conditions for strong ellipticity of the boundary-value problem; fourth-order operato...

Available constraints on metamorphic reaction rates derived from the study of natural systems are similar to, or slightly lower than, the bulk strain rates measured in the same rocks. Here, we explore whether this apparent relationship is merely coincidence or due to a more fundamental mechanistic link between reaction and strain. Grain boundary migration accommodated dislocation creep (GBMDC) ...

The three–dimensional incompressible viscous Boussinesq equations, under the assumption of hydrostatic balance, govern the large scale dynamics of atmospheric and oceanic motion, and are commonly called the primitive equations. To overcome the turbulence mixing a partial vertical diffusion is usually added to the temperature advection (or density stratification) equation. In this paper we prove...

We propose a novel unified particle representation for fluids and solid boundaries in Implicit Incompressible SPH (IISPH). In contrast to existing particle representations, the proposed concept does not require a separate processing of fluid and boundary particles. On one hand, this results in a simplified solver implementation with improved efficiency. On the other hand, the unified fluid and ...