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Singular solutions to a semilinear biharmonic equation with a general critical nonlinearity
We consider positive solutions of the semilinear biharmonic equation
in with non-removable singularities at the origin. Under natural
assumptions on the nonlinearity , we show that is a
periodic function of and we classify all such solutions.Comment: To V. Maz'ya on the occasion of his 80th birthday; references adde
A multiple scales approach to maximal superintegrability
In this paper we present a simple, algorithmic test to establish if a
Hamiltonian system is maximally superintegrable or not. This test is based on a
very simple corollary of a theorem due to Nekhoroshev and on a perturbative
technique called multiple scales method. If the outcome is positive, this test
can be used to suggest maximal superintegrability, whereas when the outcome is
negative it can be used to disprove it. This method can be regarded as a finite
dimensional analog of the multiple scales method as a way to produce soliton
equations. We use this technique to show that the real counterpart of a
mechanical system found by Jules Drach in 1935 is, in general, not maximally
superintegrable. We give some hints on how this approach could be applied to
classify maximally superintegrable systems by presenting a direct proof of the
well-known Bertrand's theorem.Comment: 30 pages, 4 figur
Causal Structure of Vacuum Solutions to Conformal(Weyl) Gravity
Using Penrose diagrams the causal structure of the static spherically
symmetric vacuum solution to conformal (Weyl) gravity is investigated. A
striking aspect of the solution is an unexpected physical singularity at
caused by a linear term in the metric. We explain how to calculate the
deflection of light in coordinates where the metric is manifestly conformal to
flat i.e. in coordinates where light moves in straight lines.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, title and abstract changed, contents essentially
unaltered accepted for publication in General Relativity and Gravitatio
Spherical gravitational collapse: tangential pressure and related equations of state
We derive an equation for the acceleration of a fluid element in the
spherical gravitational collapse of a bounded compact object made up of an
imperfect fluid. We show that non-singular as well as singular solutions arise
in the collapse of a fluid initially at rest and having only a tangential
pressure. We obtain an exact solution of Einstein equations, in the form of an
infinite series, for collapse under tangential pressure with a linear equation
of state. We show that if a singularity forms in the tangential pressure model,
the conditions for the singularity to be naked are exactly the same as in the
model of dust collapse.Comment: Latex, 26 page
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