Search results for "Generalizations of the derivative"
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The Local Fractional Derivative of Fractal Curves
2008
Fractal curves described by iterated function system (IFS) are generally non-integer derivative. For that we use fractional derivative to investigate differentiability of this curves. We propose a method to calculate local fractional derivative of a curve from IFS property. Also we give some examples of IFS representing the slopes of the right and left half-tangent of the fractal curves.
The exterior derivative as a Killing vector field
1996
Among all the homogeneous Riemannian graded metrics on the algebra of differential forms, those for which the exterior derivative is a Killing graded vector field are characterized. It is shown that all of them are odd, and are naturally associated to an underlying smooth Riemannian metric. It is also shown that all of them are Ricci-flat in the graded sense, and have a graded Laplacian operator that annihilates the whole algebra of differential forms.
Shape optimization for monge-ampére equations via domain derivative
2011
In this note we prove that, if $\Omega$ is a smooth, strictly convex, open set in $R^n$ $(n \ge 2)$ with given measure, the $L^1$ norm of the convex solution to the Dirichlet problem $\det D^2 u=1$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, is minimum whenever $\Omega$ is an ellipsoid.