Homothetic Hodge$-$de Rham Theory and a Geometric Regularization of Elliptic Boundary Value Problems
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| author | Sabetghadam, Fereidoun |
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| contents | We introduce a homothetic extension of classical Weyl integrable geometry by generalizing the usual linear gauge transformations to affine homothetic transformations centered at a distinguished harmonic, scale-invariant form $α_d$. After relinearizing these affine gauge transformations via a suitable shift of variables, we obtain a twisted exterior calculus that is structurally equivalent to the Witten deformation of the de Rham complex. On this basis, we develop a corresponding homothetic Hodge theory: we define a twisted adjoint and homothetic Laplacian, and prove a homothetic Hodge decomposition theorem on compact Riemannian manifolds. In the context of partial differential equations, we show that the scalar homothetic Laplacian provides a rigorous diffuse interface (volume penalization) representation of elliptic boundary value problems. Modeling the Weyl scale field as a fixed distribution localized near a hypersurface, the resulting lower order geometric terms form a penalty layer that enforces Dirichlet, Neumann, or Cauchy data within a single geometric equation. This formulation yields consistent weak solutions even in the presence of classically incompatible Cauchy data. As an application, we construct a nonsingular model for point sources in elliptic field equations, which preserves the correct Coulombian far field while removing the core singularity and yielding finite field energy. |
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| spellingShingle | Homothetic Hodge$-$de Rham Theory and a Geometric Regularization of Elliptic Boundary Value Problems Sabetghadam, Fereidoun Mathematical Physics 53C07, 58A12, 58J05, 35J25 We introduce a homothetic extension of classical Weyl integrable geometry by generalizing the usual linear gauge transformations to affine homothetic transformations centered at a distinguished harmonic, scale-invariant form $α_d$. After relinearizing these affine gauge transformations via a suitable shift of variables, we obtain a twisted exterior calculus that is structurally equivalent to the Witten deformation of the de Rham complex. On this basis, we develop a corresponding homothetic Hodge theory: we define a twisted adjoint and homothetic Laplacian, and prove a homothetic Hodge decomposition theorem on compact Riemannian manifolds. In the context of partial differential equations, we show that the scalar homothetic Laplacian provides a rigorous diffuse interface (volume penalization) representation of elliptic boundary value problems. Modeling the Weyl scale field as a fixed distribution localized near a hypersurface, the resulting lower order geometric terms form a penalty layer that enforces Dirichlet, Neumann, or Cauchy data within a single geometric equation. This formulation yields consistent weak solutions even in the presence of classically incompatible Cauchy data. As an application, we construct a nonsingular model for point sources in elliptic field equations, which preserves the correct Coulombian far field while removing the core singularity and yielding finite field energy. |
| title | Homothetic Hodge$-$de Rham Theory and a Geometric Regularization of Elliptic Boundary Value Problems |
| topic | Mathematical Physics 53C07, 58A12, 58J05, 35J25 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27564 |