Oscillation for a second-order neutral differential equation with impulses

EM Bonotto, LP Gimenes, M Federson - Applied Mathematics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
We consider a certain type of second-order neutral delay differential systems and we
establish two results concerning the oscillation of solutions after the system undergoes …

The role of dimensions in gravitating relativistic shear-free fluids

SC Gumede, SD Maharaj, KS Govinder - The European Physical Journal …, 2024 - Springer
We study the dynamics of relativistic shear-free gravitating fluids in higher dimensions for
both neutral and charged matter. We reduce the Einstein–Maxwell equations to a single …

New conservation laws and exact cosmological solutions in Brans–Dicke cosmology with an extra scalar field

A Mitsopoulos, M Tsamparlis, G Leon, A Paliathanasis - Symmetry, 2021 - mdpi.com
The derivation of conservation laws and invariant functions is an essential procedure for the
investigation of nonlinear dynamical systems. In this study, we consider a two-field …

What makes a shear-free spherical perfect fluid be inhomogeneous with tidal effects?

J Hakata, R Goswami, C Hansraj… - General Relativity and …, 2023 - Springer
This is an important and natural question as the spacetime shear, inhomogeneity and tidal
effects are all intertwined via the Einstein field equations. Though many solutions with these …

Integrability analysis of the Emden-Fowler equation

KS Govinder, PGL Leach - Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Emden-Fowler equation of index n is studied utilising the techniques of Lie and
Painlevé analysis. For general n information about the integrability of this equation is …

Noether and Lie symmetries for charged perfect fluids

MC Kweyama, KS Govinder… - Classical and Quantum …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the underlying nonlinear partial differential equation that governs the behaviour of
spherically symmetric charged fluids in general relativity. We investigate the conditions for …

Expanding spherically symmetric models without shear

SD Maharaj, PGL Leach, R Maartens - General Relativity and Gravitation, 1996 - Springer
The integrability properties of the field equation L xx= F (x) L 2 of a spherically symmetric
shear-free fluid are investigated. A first integral, subject to an integrability condition on F (x) …

Associated radius, energy and pressure of McVittie's metric in its astrophysical application

M Ferraris, M Francaviglia, A Spallicci - 1996 - Springer
The McVittie metric is found to suffer inherent limitations. It is shown that the radius of the
metric associated to the sphere has a correct asymptotic behaviour, à la Schwarzschild at …

First integrals of shear-free fluids and complexity

SC Gumede, KS Govinder, SD Maharaj - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
A single master equation governs the behaviour of shear-free neutral perfect fluid
distributions arising in gravity theories. In this paper, we study the integrability of yxx= f (x) y …

Quadratic First Integrals of Time-Dependent Dynamical Systems of the Form q¨ a=− Γ bcaq˙ bq˙ c− ω (t) Q a (q)

A Mitsopoulos, M Tsamparlis - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
We consider the time-dependent dynamical system q¨ a=− Γ bcaq˙ bq˙ c− ω (t) Q a (q) where
ω (t) is a non-zero arbitrary function and the connection coefficients Γ bca are computed from …