We present experimental, numerical, and analytical results for the study of near-field interaction of twisted split-ring resonators, the basic elements of the so-called stereometamaterials. In contrast to previous results, we observe a crossing point in the dispersion curves where the symmetric and antisymmetric modes become degenerate. We introduce a model to describe the interplay between mag...

We present a case study for the semiclassical calculation of the oscillations in the particle and kinetic-energy densities for the two-dimensional circular billiard. For this system, we can give a complete classification of all closed periodic and nonperiodic orbits. We discuss their bifurcations under variation of the starting point r and derive analytical expressions for their properties such...

In this paper we study topology of the variety of closed planar n-gons with given side lengths l1, . . . , ln. The moduli space M` where ` = (l1, . . . , ln), encodes the shapes of all such n-gons. We describe the Betti numbers of the moduli spaces M` as functions of the length vector ` = (l1, . . . , ln). We also find sharp upper bounds on the sum of Betti numbers of M` depending only on the n...

A. In this paper we use Morse theory and the gradient flow of a Morse-Smale function to compute the linking number of a two-component link L in S 3 , by counting the signed number of gradient flow lines passing through each component of L. We will also use three Morse-Smale functions and their gradient flows, to compute Milnor's triple linking number of three-component links by counting ...

Critical points of a scalar function (minima, saddle points and maxima) are important features to characterize large scalar datasets, like topographic data. But the acquisition of such datasets introduces noise in the values. Many critical points are caused by the noise, so there is a need to delete these extra critical points. The Morse-Smale complex is a mathematical object which is studied i...

We discuss generic smooth maps from smooth manifolds to smooth surfaces, which we call "Morse 2-functions," and homotopies between such maps. The two central issues are to keep the fibers connected, in which case the Morse 2-function is "fiber-connected," and to avoid local extrema over one-dimensional submanifolds of the range, in which case the Morse 2-function is "indefinite." This is founda...

Supersymmetric solution of PT-/non-PT-symmetric and non-Hermitian Morse potential is studied to get real and complex-valued energy eigenvalues and corresponding wave functions. Hamiltonian Hierarchy method is used in the calculations. PACS numbers: 03.65.-w; 03.65.Ge