We first derive the relation between the eikonal approximation to the Maxwell wave equations in an inhomogeneous anisotropic medium and geodesic motion in a three dimensional Riemannian manifold using a method which identifies the symplectic structure of the corresponding mechanics. We then apply an analogous method to the five dimensional generalization of Maxwell theory required by the gauge ...

The use of differential equations such as Eikonal, Hamilton-Jacobi and Poisson for the economical calculation of the nearest wall distance d, which is needed by some turbulence models, is explored. Modifications that could palliate some turbulence-modeling anomalies are also discussed. Economy is of especial value for deforming/adaptive grid problems. For these, ideally, d is repeatedly compute...

We consider entropy solutions to the eikonal equation $|\nabla u|=1$ in two-space dimensions. These are motivated by a class of variational problems and fail general have bounded variation. Nevertheless, they share several their fine properties with BV functions: we show particular that set non-Lebesgue points has at least one co-dimension.

We present an approximation method to compute geodesic distances on triangulated domains in the three dimensional space. Our particular approach is based on the Fast Marching Method for solving the Eikonal equation on triangular meshes. As such, the algorithm is a wavefront propagation method, a reminiscent of the Dijkstra algorithm which runs in O(n log n) steps.

This is intended as an introduction to and review of the work of V. I. Arnold and his collaborators on the theory of Lagrangian and Legendrian submanifolds and their associated maps. The theory is illustrated by applications to Hamilton-Jacobi theory and the eikonal equation, with an emphasis on null surfaces and wavefronts and their associated caustics and singularities.

Large amplitude multiphase solutions of the periodic Korteweg-de Vries equation are excited and controlled by a small forcing. The approach uses passage through an ensemble of resonances and subsequent multiphase self-locking of the system with eikonal-type perturbations. The synchronization of each phase in the Korteweg-de Vries wave is robust, provided the corresponding driving amplitude exce...