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2014

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The Strauss Conjecture On Kerr Black Hole Backgrounds, Hans Lindblad, Jason Metcalfe, Christopher D. Sogge, Mihai H. Tohaneanu, Chengo Wang Aug 2014

The Strauss Conjecture On Kerr Black Hole Backgrounds, Hans Lindblad, Jason Metcalfe, Christopher D. Sogge, Mihai H. Tohaneanu, Chengo Wang

Mihai H. Tohaneanu

We examine solutions to semilinear wave equations on black hole backgrounds and give a proof of an analog of the Strauss conjecture on the Schwarzschild and Kerr, with small angular momentum, black hole backgrounds. The key estimates are a class of weighted Strichartz estimates, which are used near infinity where the metrics can be viewed as small perturbations of the Minkowski metric, and a localized energy estimate on the black hole background, which handles the behavior in the remaining compact set.


Multiscale Geometric Modeling Of Macromolecules I: Cartesian Representation, Kelin Xia, Xin Feng, Zhan Chen, Yiying Tong, Guo-Wei Wei Jan 2014

Multiscale Geometric Modeling Of Macromolecules I: Cartesian Representation, Kelin Xia, Xin Feng, Zhan Chen, Yiying Tong, Guo-Wei Wei

Zhan Chen

This paper focuses on the geometric modeling and computational algorithm development of biomolecular structures from two data sources: Protein Data Bank (PDB) and Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) in the Eulerian (or Cartesian) representation. Molecular surface (MS) contains non-smooth geometric singularities, such as cusps, tips and self-intersecting facets, which often lead to computational instabilities in molecular simulations, and violate the physical principle of surface free energy minimization. Variational multiscale surface definitions are proposed based on geometric flows and solvation analysis of biomolecular systems. Our approach leads to geometric and potential driven Laplace–Beltrami flows for biomolecular surface evolution and formation. The …