The structure of semiclassical asymptotic expansions of antisymmetric solutions of the stationary Schrödinger equation

We consider the semiclassical asymptotics of eigenfunctions for the Hamiltonian of a quantum-mechanical system ofN identical fermions withd degrees of freedom without spin interaction. In the one-dimensional case (d=1), examples are known in which the ground antisymmetric state in the semiclassical limit is the product ofN(N−1)/2 two-particle wave functions. We construct a nontrivial generalization of this property ford>1. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 257–269, February, 2000.     

A Periodic Problem for the Landau--Ginzburg Equation

In this paper, we consider a periodic problem for the n-dimensional complex Landau--Ginzburg equation. It is shown that in the case of small initial data there exists a unique classical solution of this problem, and an asymptotics of this solution uniform in the space variable is given. The leading term of the asymptotics is exponentially decreasing in time.     

Generalized Kac problem for Bose gas in polygonal region

The paper considers interacting Bose gas in a polygonal domain and studies the asymptotics of the log-partition function in its Feynman-Kac representation as the domain is delated to infinity. It is proved that for repulsive interaction with power decay at infinity the asymptotics of the log-partition function determines the area of the domain, the length of its boundary and the constant term defined by the angles of the polygon. This is a natural generalization of the Kac’s famous problem on computing the asymptotics of the partition function Tre ^βδ, where δ is the Dirichlet Laplacian for a polygonal domain.     

Asymptotics of the solutions to theN-particle Kolmogorov-Feller equations and the asymptotics of the solution to the Boltzmann equation in the region of large deviations

We construct a representation in which the asymptotics of the solution to the Kolmogorov-Feller equation in the Fock space Γ(L ₁(ℝ ⁿ )) is of a form similar to the WKB asymptotic expansion; namely, the Boltzmann equation inL ₁(ℝ ⁿ ) plays the role of the Hamilton equations, the linearized Boltzmann equation extended to Γ(L ₁(ℝ ⁿ )) plays the role of the transport equation, and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation follows from the conservation of the total probability for the solutions of the Boltzmann equation. We also construct the asymptotics of the solution to the Boltzmann equation with small transfer of momentum; this asymptotics is given by the tunnel canonical operator corresponding to the self-consistent characteristic equation. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 694–709, November, 1995. The author is deeply grateful to Prof. A. M. Chebotarev, whose assistance has made the writing of this paper possible. This work was financially supported by the International Science Foundation under grants Nos. MFO000 and MFO300.     

O(dlog?N)-Quantics Approximation of N-d Tensors in High-Dimensional Numerical Modeling

In the present paper, we discuss the novel concept of super-compressed tensor-structured data formats in high-dimensional applications. We describe the multifolding or quantics-based tensor approximation method of O(dlog N)-complexity (logarithmic scaling in the volume size), applied to the discrete functions over the product index set {1,…,N}^⊗d , or briefly N-d tensors of size N ^d , and to the respective discretized differential-integral operators in ℝ ^d . As the basic approximation result, we prove that a complex exponential sampled on an equispaced grid has quantics rank 1. Moreover, a Chebyshev polynomial, sampled over a Chebyshev Gauss–Lobatto grid, has separation rank 2 in the quantics tensor format, while for the polynomial of degree m over a Chebyshev grid the respective quantics rank is at most 2m+1. For N-d tensors generated by certain analytic functions, we give a constructive proof of the O(dlog Nlog ε ⁻¹)-complexity bound for their approximation by low-rank 2-(dlog N) quantics tensors up to the accuracy ε>0. In the case ε=O(N ^−α ), α>0, our approach leads to the quantics tensor numerical method in dimension d, with the nearly optimal asymptotic complexity O(d/αlog ² ε ⁻¹). From numerical examples presented here, we observe that the quantics tensor method has proved its value in application to various function related tensors/matrices arising in computational quantum chemistry and in the traditional finite element method/boundary element method (FEM/BEM). The tool apparently works.     

Large deviations of theL p-norm of a wiener process with drift

In this paper we calculate the exact asymptotics of the probability P{‖w(t)+uct‖ _p >u},u→∞, wherew(t) is the standard Wiener process and ‖x‖ _p is the ordinary norm in the spaceL ^p[0,1],p≥2. The result is obtained on the basis of a general theorem due to the author on the asymptotics of the Gaussian measureP(uD),u→∞, for a Borel setD belonging to a separable Banach space. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 429–436, March, 1999.     

Mean-Field Limit and Semiclassical Expansion of a Quantum Particle System

We consider a quantum system constituted by N identical particles interacting by means of a mean-field Hamiltonian. It is well known that, in the limit N → ∞, the one-particle state obeys to the Hartree equation. Moreover, propagation of chaos holds. In this paper, we take care of the dependence by considering the semiclassical expansion of the N-particle system. We prove that each term of the expansion agrees, in the limit N → ∞, with the corresponding one associated with the Hartree equation. We work in the classical phase space by using the Wigner formalism, which seems to be the most appropriate for the present problem. Submitted: October 2, 2008., Accepted: December 4, 2008.     

Uniform rates of convergence in the CLT for quadratic forms in multidimensional spaces

Summary.   Let X,X ₁,X ₂,… be a sequence of i.i.d. random vectors taking values in a d-dimensional real linear space ℝ ^d . Assume that E X=0 and that X is not concentrated in a proper subspace of ℝ ^d . Let G denote a mean zero Gaussian random vector with the same covariance operator as that of X. We investigate the distributions of non-degenerate quadratic forms ℚ[S _N ] of the normalized sums S _N =N ^−1/2(X ₁+⋯+X _N ) and show that

Solutions of the three-dimensional sine-Gordon equation

We obtain exact solutions U(x, y, z, t) of the three-dimensional sine-Gordon equation in a form that Lamb previously proposed for integrating the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation. The three-dimensional solutions depend on arbitrary functions F(α) and ϕ(α,β), whose arguments are some functions α(x, y, z, t) and β(x, y, z, t). The ansatzes must satisfy certain equations. These are an algebraic system of equations in the case of one ansatz. In the case of two ansatzes, the system of algebraic equations is supplemented by first-order ordinary differential equations. The resulting solutions U(x, y, z, t) have an important property, namely, the superposition principle holds for the function tan(U/4). The suggested approach can be used to solve the generalized sine-Gordon equation, which, in contrast to the classical equation, additionally involves first-order partial derivatives with respect to the variables x, y, z, and t, and also to integrate the sinh-Gordon equation. This approach admits a natural generalization to the case of integration of the abovementioned types of equations in a space with any number of dimensions. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 158, No. 3, pp. 370–377, March, 2009.     

On a multi-channel change-point problem

A continuous change-point problem is studied in which N independent diffusion processes X _j are observed. Each process X _j is associated with a “channel”, each has an unknown piecewise constant drift and the unit diffusion coefficient. All the channels are connected only by a common change-point of drift. As the result, a change-point problem is defined in which the unknown and unidentifiable drift forms a 2N-dimensional nuisance parameter. The asymptotics of the minimax rate in estimating the change-point is studied as N → ∞. This rate is compared with the case of the known drift. This problem is a special case of an open change-point detection problem in the high-dimensional diffusion with nonparametric drift.      

The Titchmarsh problem with integers having a given number of prime divisors

The asymptotics for the number of representations ofN asN→∞ is expressed as the sum of a number havingk prime divisors and a product of two natural numbers. The asymptotics is found fork≤(2−ε) ln lnN and (2+ε) ln lnN≤k≤b ln lnN, whereε>0. The results obtained are uniform with respect tok. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 585–602, April, 1996. This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00260.     

Enhanced interface repulsion from quenched hard–wall randomness

 We consider the harmonic crystal, or massless free field, , , that is the centered Gaussian field with covariance given by the Green function of the simple random walk on ℤ ^d . Our main aim is to obtain quantitative information on the repulsion phenomenon that arises when we condition to be larger than , is an IID field (which is also independent of ϕ), for every x in a large region , with N a positive integer and D a bounded subset of ℝ ^d . We are mostly motivated by results for given typical realizations of σ (quenched set–up), since the conditioned harmonic crystal may be seen as a model for an equilibrium interface, living in a (d+1)–dimensional space, constrained not to go below an inhomogeneous substrate that acts as a hard wall. We consider various types of substrate and we observe that the interface is pushed away from the wall much more than in the case of a flat wall as soon as the upward tail of σ ₀ is heavier than Gaussian, while essentially no effect is observed if the tail is sub–Gaussian. In the critical case, that is the one of approximately Gaussian tail, the interplay of the two sources of randomness, ϕ and σ, leads to an enhanced repulsion effect of additive type. This generalizes work done in the case of a flat wall and also in our case the crucial estimates are optimal Large Deviation type asymptotics as of the probability that ϕ lies above σ in D _N . Received: 6 February 2002 / Revised version: 23 May 2002 / Published online: 30 September 2002 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 82B24, 60K35, 60G15 Keywords or phrases: Harmonic Crystal – Rough Substrate – Quenched and Annealed Models – Entropic Repulsion – Gaussian fields – Extrema of Random Fields – Large Deviations – Random Walks     

Asymptotics of variance of the lattice point count

The variance of the number of lattice points inside the dilated bounded set rD with random position in ℝ ^d has asymptotics ∼ r ^d−1 if the rotational average of the squared modulus of the Fourier transform of the set is O(ϰ ^−d−1). The asymptotics follow from Wiener’s Tauberian theorem.     

Regularity of solutions of Poisson’s equation in multiplier spaces

The most important result stated in this paper is to show that the solutions of the Poisson equation −Δu = f, where f ∈ (Ḣ¹(ℝ ^d ) → (Ḣ⁻¹(ℝ ^d )) is a complex-valued distribution on ℝ ^d , satisfy the regularity property D ^k u ∈ (Ḣ¹ → Ḣ⁻¹) for all k, |k| = 2. The regularity of this equation is well studied by Maz’ya and Verbitsky [12] in the case where f belongs to the class of positive Borel measures.      

On the distribution of the longest run in number partitions

We consider the distribution of the longest run of equal elements in number partitions (equivalently, the distribution of the largest gap between subsequent elements); in a recent paper, Mutafchiev proved that the distribution of this random variable (appropriately rescaled) converges weakly. The corresponding distribution function is closely related to the generating function for number partitions. In this paper, this problem is considered in more detail—we study the behavior at the tails (especially the case that the longest run is comparatively small) and extend the asymptotics for the distribution function to the entire interval of possible values. Additionally, we prove a local limit theorem within a suitable region, i.e. when the longest run attains its typical order n ^1/2, and we observe another phase transition that occurs when the largest gap is of order n ^1/4: there, the conditional probability that the longest run has length d, given that it is ≤d, jumps from 1 to 0. Asymptotics for the mean and variance follow immediately from our considerations.     

Error estimates in S P for cubature formulas exact for haar polynomials in the two-dimensional case

On the spaces S _p , an upper estimate is found for the norm of the error functional δ _N (f) of cubature formulas possessing the Haar d-property in the two-dimensional case. An asymptotic relation is proved for $ \left\| {\delta _N (f)} \right\|_{S_p^* } On the spaces S _p , an upper estimate is found for the norm of the error functional δ _N (f) of cubature formulas possessing the Haar d-property in the two-dimensional case. An asymptotic relation is proved for with the number of nodes N ∼ 2 ^d , where d → ∞. For N ∼ 2 ^d with d → ∞, it is shown that the norm of δ _N for the formulas under study has the best convergence rate, which is equal to N ^−1/p . Original Russian Text ? K.A. Kirillov, M.V. Noskov, 2009, published in Zhurnal Vychislitel’noi Matematiki i Matematicheskoi Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 3–13.     

Stationary critical points of the heat flow in the plane

In previous papers [MS 1, 2], we considered stationary critical points of solutions of the initial-boundary value problems for the heat equation on bounded domains in ℝ^N,N ≧ 2. In [MS 1], we showed that a solutionu has a stationary critical pointO if and only ifu satisfies a certain balance law with respect toO for any time. Furthermore, we proved necessary and sufficient conditions relating the symmetry of the domain to the initial datau ₀; in this way, we gave a characterization of the ball in ℝ^N([MS 1]) and of centrosymmetric domains ([MS 2]). In the present paper, we consider a rotationA _dby an angle 2π/d,d ≧ 2 for planar domains and give some necessary and some sufficient conditions onu ₀ which relate to domains invariant underA _d. We also establish some conjectures. This research was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (# 10640175) and (B) (# 12440042) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The first author was supported also by the Italian MURST.     

Phase space,wavelet transform and Toeplitz-Hankel type operators

Domain constants are numbers attached to regions in the complex plane ℂ. For a region Ω in ℂ, letd(Ω) denote a generic domain constant. If there is an absolute constantM such thatM ⁻¹≤d(Ω)/d(Δ)≤M whenever Ω and Δ are conformally equivalent, then the domain constant is called quasiinvariant under conformal mappings. IfM=1, the domain constant is conformally invariant. There are several standard problems to consider for domain constants. One is to obtain relationships among different domain constants. Another is to determine whether a given domain constant is conformally invariant or quasi-invariant. In the latter case one would like to determine the best bound for quasi-invariance. We also consider a third type of result. For certain domain constants we show there is an absolute constantN such that |d(Ω)−d(Δ)|≤N whenever Ω and Δ and conformally equivalent, sometimes determing the best possible constantN. This distortion inequality is often stronger than quasi-invariance. We establish results of this type for six domain constants. Research partially supported by a National Science Foundation Grant.     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to Schrödinger equations with a subcritical dissipative nonlinearity

We study the asymptotic behavior in time of solutions to the initial value problem of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a subcritical dissipative nonlinearity λ|u|^p−1u, where 1<p<1+2/n, n is the space dimension and λ is a complex constant satisfying Imλ<0. We show the time decay estimates and the large-time asymptotics of the solution, when the space dimension n?3, p is sufficiently close to 1+2/n and the initial data is sufficiently small.     

Three counterexamples in the theory of inertial manifolds

An example of a dissipative semilinear parabolic equation in a Hilbert space without smooth inertial manifolds is constructed. Moreover, the attractor of this equation can be embedded in no finite-dimensionalC ¹ invariant submanifold of the phase space. The class of scalar reaction-diffusion equations in bounded domains Ω ⊂ ℝ^m without inertial manifolds with the property of absolute normal hyperbolicity on the setE of stationary points of the phase semiflow is described. Such equations may have inertial manifolds with the weaker property of normal hyperbolicity onE. Three-dimensional reaction-diffusion systems without inertial manifolds normally hyperbolic at stationary points are found. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 439–447, September, 2000.