Barycentric interpolation on Riemannian and semi-Riemannian spaces
arXiv:1907.09487 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2447
Abstract
Interpolation of data represented in curvilinear coordinates and possibly having some non-trivial, typically Riemannian or semi-Riemannian geometry is an ubiquitous task in all of physics. In this work we present a covariant generalization of the barycentric coordinates and the barycentric interpolation method for Riemannian and semi-Riemannian spaces of arbitrary dimension. We show that our new method preserves the linear accuracy property of barycentric interpolation in a coordinate-invariant sense. In addition, we show how the method can be used to interpolate constrained quantities so that the given constraint is automatically respected. We showcase the method with two astrophysics related examples situated in the curved Kerr spacetime. The first problem is interpolating a locally constant vector field, in which case curvature effects are expected to be maximally important. The second example is a General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics simulation of a turbulent accretion flow around a black hole, wherein high intrinsic variability is expected to be at least as important as curvature effects.
arXiv comment10 pages, 3 figures. Revised version with small additions, accepted to MNRAS
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