Geometrical and topological aspects of electrostatics on Riemannian manifolds (Q2373638)
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Geometrical and topological aspects of electrostatics on Riemannian manifolds (English)
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16 July 2007
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The authors describe geometrical and topological properties of the electric fields created by point charges on Riemannian manifolds from the viewpoint of the theory of dynamical systems; they provide a detailed description of the topological structure of the basin boundary and a complete characterization of spaces in which electric lines are geodesics. Also, symmetries of electric fields and their application to spaces of constant curvature, are considered and exact solutions are obtained.
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Green function
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vector field
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basin boundary
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geodesics
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symmetries
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critical points
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potential
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isometries
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conformal invariance
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