Two 3 × 3 discrete matrix spectral problems and associated Liouville integrable lattice soliton equations

Two 3 × 3 discrete matrix spectral problems are introduced and the corresponding lattice soliton equations are derived. By means of the discrete trace identity the Hamiltonian structures of the resulting equations are constructed. Liouville integrability of the discrete Hamiltonian systems is proved.     

Solitons via Lie-Bäcklund transformation for 5D low-energy string theory

We apply a non-linear matrix transformation of Lie-Bäcklund type on a seed soliton configuration in order to obtain a new solitonic solution in the framework of the 5D low-energy effective field theory of the bosonic string. The seed solution represents a stationary axisymmetric two-soliton configuration previously constructed through the inverse scattering method and consists of a massless gravitational field coupled to a non-trivial chargeless dilaton and to an axion field endowed with charge. We apply a fully parameterized non-linear matrix transformation of Ehlers type on this massless solution and get a massive rotating axisymmetric gravitational soliton coupled to charged axion and dilaton fields. We discuss on some physical properties of both the initial and the generated solitons and fully clarify the physical effect of the non-linear normalized Ehlers transformation on the seed solution.     

Higher categories,strings, cubes and simplex equations

This survey of categorical structures, occurring naturally in mathematics, physics and computer science, deals with monoidal categories; various structures in monoidal categories; free monoidal structures; Penrose string notation; 2-dimensional categorical structures; the simplex equations of field theory and statistical mechanics; higher-order categories and computads; the (v,d)-cube equations; the simplex equations as cubical cocycle equations; and, cubes, braids and higher braids.     

Integrable Models of (1+1)-Dimensional Dilaton Gravity Coupled to Scalar Matter

We describe a class of explicitly integrable models of (1+1)-dimensional dilaton gravity coupled to scalar fields in sufficient detail. The equations of motion of these models reduce to systems of Liouville equations with energy and momentum constraints. We construct the general solution of the equations and constraints in terms of chiral moduli fields explicitly and briefly discuss some extensions of the basic integrable model. These models can be related to higher-dimensional supergravity theories, but we mostly consider them independently of such interpretations. We also briefly review other integrable models of two-dimensional dilaton gravity. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 115–131, January, 2006.     

Nonsingular systems of generalized Sylvester equations: An algorithmic approach

We consider the uniqueness of solution (i.e., nonsingularity) of systems of r generalized Sylvester and ?‐Sylvester equations with n×n coefficients. After several reductions, we show that it is sufficient to analyze periodic systems having, at most, one generalized ?‐Sylvester equation. We provide characterizations for the nonsingularity in terms of spectral properties of either matrix pencils or formal matrix products, both constructed from the coefficients of the system. The proposed approach uses the periodic Schur decomposition and leads to a backward stable O(n³r) algorithm for computing the (unique) solution.     

Bundle bispectrality for matrix differential equations

We consider the fundamental solutions of a wide class of first order systems with polynomial dependence on the spectral parameter and rational matrix potentials. Such matrix potentials are rational solutions of a large class of integrable nonlinear equations, which play an important role in different mathematical physics problems. The concept of bispectrality, which was originally introduced by Grünbaum, is extended in a natural way for the systems under consideration and their bispectrality is derived via the representation of the fundamental solutions. This bispectrality is preserved under the flows of the corresponding integrable nonlinear equations. For the case of Dirac type (canonical) systems the complete characterization of the bispectral potentials under consideration is obtained in terms of the system's spectral function.     

Dirichlet–Neumann inverse spectral problem for a star graph of Stieltjes strings

We solve two inverse spectral problems for star graphs of Stieltjes strings with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, respectively, at a selected vertex called root. The root is either the central vertex or, in the more challenging problem, a pendant vertex of the star graph. At all other pendant vertices Dirichlet conditions are imposed; at the central vertex, at which a mass may be placed, continuity and Kirchhoff conditions are assumed. We derive conditions on two sets of real numbers to be the spectra of the above Dirichlet and Neumann problems. Our solution for the inverse problems is constructive: we establish algorithms to recover the mass distribution on the star graph (i.e. the point masses and lengths of subintervals between them) from these two spectra and from the lengths of the separate strings. If the root is a pendant vertex, the two spectra uniquely determine the parameters on the main string (i.e. the string incident to the root) if the length of the main string is known. The mass distribution on the other edges need not be unique; the reason for this is the non-uniqueness caused by the non-strict interlacing of the given data in the case when the root is the central vertex. Finally, we relate of our results to tree-patterned matrix inverse problems.     

Confluence of hypergeometric functions and integrable hydrodynamic-type systems

We construct a new class of integrable hydrodynamic-type systems governing the dynamics of the critical points of confluent Lauricella-type functions defined on finite-dimensional Grassmannian Gr(2, n), i.e., on the set of 2×n matrices of rank two. These confluent functions satisfy certain degenerate Euler–Poisson–Darboux equations. We show that in the general case, a hydrodynamic-type system associated with the confluent Lauricella function is an integrable and nondiagonalizable quasilinear system of a Jordan matrix form. We consider the cases of the Grassmannians Gr(2, 5) for two-component systems and Gr(2, 6) for three-component systems in detail.     

Nonlinear equations for p-adic open, closed, and open-closed strings

We investigate the structure of solutions of boundary value problems for a one-dimensional nonlinear system of pseudodifferential equations describing the dynamics (rolling) of p-adic open, closed, and open-closed strings for a scalar tachyon field using the method of successive approximations. For an open-closed string, we prove that the method converges for odd values of p of the form p = 4n+1 under the condition that the solution for the closed string is known. For p = 2, we discuss the questions of the existence and the nonexistence of solutions of boundary value problems and indicate the possibility of discontinuous solutions appearing. To Anatolii Alekseevich Logunov on his 80th birthday __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 149, No. 3, pp. 354–367, December, 2006.     

Semiclassical geometry and integrability of the AdS/CFT correspondence

We discuss the semiclassical geometry and integrable systems related to the gauge—string duality. We analyze semiclassical solutions of the Bethe ansatz equations arising in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, comparing them to stationary phase equations for the matrix integrals. We demonstrate how the underlying geometry is related to the integrable sigma models of the dual string theory and investigate some details of this correspondence.Translated from Teoreticheskaya Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 2, pp. 265–283, February, 2005.     

MW-分形集的分离性质

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Matrix methods for wave equations

In analogy to a characterisation of operator matrices generating C₀-semigroups due to R. Nagel ([13]), we give conditions on its entries in order that a 2×2 operator matrix generates a cosine operator function. We apply this to systems of wave equations, to second order initial-boundary value problems, and to overdamped wave equations.     

Survival of Branching Random Walks in Random Environment

We study survival of nearest-neighbor branching random walks in random environment (BRWRE) on ℤ. A priori there are three different regimes of survival: global survival, local survival, and strong local survival. We show that local and strong local survival regimes coincide for BRWRE and that they can be characterized with the spectral radius of the first moment matrix of the process. These results are generalizations of the classification of BRWRE in recurrent and transient regimes. Our main result is a characterization of global survival that is given in terms of Lyapunov exponents of an infinite product of i.i.d. 2×2 random matrices.     

The eigenvalues of Kac's master equation

In this paper we derive formulae for the eigenvalues and spectral gap of the master equation for general collision kernels. We prove a conjecture of Mark Kac's on the existence of a spectral gap independent of the number of particles. We relate the eigenvalues to the “nonlinear” eigenvalues that occur in the exact solutions of model Boltzmann equations due to M. Ernst. Received: 30 November 2001; in final form: 26 March 2002/Published online: 2 December 2002     

Two families of Liouville integrable lattice equations

By virtue of zero curvature representations, we are successful to generate the Lax representations of two hierarchies of discrete lattice equations respectively, which are derived from two new and interesting 3 × 3 matrix spectral problems. Moreover, by using the trace identity, the bi-Hamiltonian structures of the above systems are given, and it is shown that they are integrable in the Liouville sense. Finally, infinitely many conservation laws for the second hierarchy of lattice equations are given by a direct method.     

A hierarchy of Liouville integrable lattice equations and its integrable coupling systems

A new discrete two-by-two matrix spectral problem with two potentials is introduced, followed by a hierarchy of integrable lattice equations obtained through discrete zero curvature equations. It is shown that the Hamiltonian structures of the resulting integrable lattice equations are established by virtue of the trace identity. Furthermore, based on a discrete four-by-four matrix spectral problem, the discrete integrable coupling systems of the resulting hierarchy are obtained. Then, with the variational identity, the Hamiltonian structures of the obtained integrable coupling systems are established. Finally, the resulting Hamiltonian systems are proved to be all Liouville integrable.     

Monodromy-data parameterization of spaces of local solutions of integrable reductions of Einstein’s field equations

We show that for the fields depending on only two of the four space-time coordinates, the spaces of local solutions of various integrable reductions of Einsteins field equations are the subspaces of the spaces of local solutions of the null-curvature equations selected by universal (i.e., solution-independent conditions imposed on the canonical (Jordan) forms of the desired matrix variables. Each of these spaces of solutions can be parameterized by a finite set of holomorphic functions of the spectral parameter, which can be interpreted as a complete set of the monodromy data on the spectral plane of the fundamental solutions of associated linear systems. We show that both the direct and inverse problems of such a map, i.e., the problem of finding the monodromy data for any local solution of the null-curvature equations for the given Jordan forms and also of proving the existence and uniqueness of such a solution for arbitrary monodromy data, can be solved unambiguously (the monodromy transform). We derive the linear singular integral equations solving the inverse problem and determine the explicit forms of the monodromy data corresponding to the spaces of solutions of Einsteins field equations.__________Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 143, No. 2, pp. 278–304, May, 2005     

On Spectral Synthesis for Dissipative Dirac Type Operators

The paper is concerned with the spectral synthesis for general dissipative boundary value problems for n × n first order systems of ordinary differential equations on a finite interval. We show that the resolvent of any complete dissipative Dirac type operator with summable potential admits the spectral synthesis in \({L^2([0,1]; \mathbb{C}^n)}\) . Moreover, we provide explicit sufficient conditions for Dirac type operator to be complete and dissipative.     

Quasi‐Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Evolution Equations Associated with a 3 × 3 Matrix Spectral Problem

A hierarchy of new nonlinear evolution equations associated with a 3 × 3 matrix spectral problem with three potentials is proposed. With the aid of the characteristic polynomial of Lax matrix for the hierarchy, we introduce an algebraic curve of arithmetic genus m ? 1 , and discuss in detail the properties of the associated Baker–Akhiezer function and meromorphic function. On the basis of the theory of algebraic curves, we obtain the explicit theta function representations of the Baker–Akhiezer function, the meromorphic function, and, in particular, that of solutions for the entire hierarchy of nonlinear evolution equations.