Path integrals for quadratic lagrangians on <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-adic and adelic spaces

Feynman’s path integrals in ordinary, p-adic and adelic quantum mechanics are considered. The corresponding probability amplitudes K(x″, t″; x′, t′) for two-dimensional systems with quadratic Lagrangians are evaluated analytically and obtained expressions are generalized to any finite-dimensional spaces. These general formulas are presented in the form which is invariant under interchange of the number fields ℝ ↔ ℚ _p and ℚ ↔ ℚ _p , p ≠ p′. According to this invariance we have that adelic path integral is a fundamental object in mathematical physics of quantum phenomena.     

Prime and composite numbers as integer parts of powers

We study prime and composite numbers in the sequence of integer parts of powers of a fixed real number. We first prove a result which implies that there is a transcendental number ξ>1 for which the numbers [ξ^{n !}], n =2,3, ..., are all prime. Then, following an idea of Huxley who did it for cubics, we construct Pisot numbers of arbitrary degree such that all integer parts of their powers are composite. Finally, we give an example of an explicit transcendental number ζ (obtained as the limit of a certain recurrent sequence) for which the sequence [ζⁿ], n =1,2,..., has infinitely many elements in an arbitrary integer arithmetical progression. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Regularized adelic formulas for string and superstring amplitudes in one-class quadratic fields

We obtain regularized adelic formulas for gamma and beta functions for fields of rational numbers and the one-class quadratic fields and arbitrary quasicharacters (ramified or not). We consider applications to four-tachyon tree string amplitudes, generalized Veneziano amplitudes (open string), perturbed Virasoro amplitudes (closed string), massless four-particle tree open and closed superstring amplitudes, Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz superstring amplitudes, and charged heterotic superstring amplitudes. We establish certain relations between different string and superstring amplitudes.     

A semigroup approach to fractional powers

We say that A has fractional powers {A _t } _t≥0 if there exists a nondegenerate C-regularized semigroup {W(t)} _t≥0 such that A=C ⁻¹ W(1); then A _t ≡C ⁻¹ W(t). We show that this generalizes the usual definition of fractional powers for nonnegative operators, and enables many operators with spectrum containing the entire unit disc to have fractional powers. Our definition gives clear, simple proofs of the basic properties of fractional powers. We show that, for nonnegative operators, the fractional powers with the property that, if A is of type θ, then A _t is of type t θ, whenever t θ<π, are unique. More generally, for injective G∈B(X) commuting with A, we show that an operator A of G-regularized type θ has a unique family of fractional powers with the property that A _t is of G-regularized type t θ whenever t θ<π. This leads to a construction of fractional powers of operators with polynomially bounded resolvent outside of an appropriate sector. We show that an operator is of regularized type if and only if it has exponentially bounded regularized imaginary powers. This work was done while the second author was visiting Ohio University, with funding from Universitat de València. He would like to thank Ohio University and Professor deLaubenfels for their hospitality and support.     

Profinite groups with nonabelian crowns of bounded rank and their probabilistic zeta function

It has been conjectured by Mann that the infinite sum Σ _H μ(H,G)/|G:H| ^s , where H ranges over all open subgroups of a finitely generated profinite group G, converges absolutely in some half right plane if G is positively finitely generated. We prove that the conjecture is true if the nonabelian crowns of G have bounded rank. In particular Mann’s conjecture holds if G has polynomial subgroup growth or is an adelic profinite group.     

Arithmetic gravity: An approach to adelic physics via algebraic spaces

In this paper we present an approach to adelic physics via algebraic spaces. Relative algebraic spaces X → S are considered as fundamental objects which describe space-time. This yields a number field invariant formulation of general relativity which, in the special case S = Spec ℂ, may be translated back into the language of manifolds. With regard to adelic physics the case of an excellent Dedekind scheme S as base scheme is of interest (e.g. S = Spec ℤ). Some solutions of the arithmetic Einstein equations are studied.     

Extrapolation algorithms for solving nonlinear boundary integral equations by mechanical quadrature methods

We study the numerical solution procedure for two-dimensional Laplace’s equation subjecting to non-linear boundary conditions. Based on the potential theory, the problem can be converted into a nonlinear boundary integral equations. Mechanical quadrature methods are presented for solving the equations, which possess high accuracy order O(h ³) and low computing complexities. Moreover, the algorithms of the mechanical quadrature methods are simple without any integration computation. Harnessing the asymptotical compact theory and Stepleman theorem, an asymptotic expansion of the errors with odd powers is shown. Based on the asymptotic expansion, the h ³ −Richardson extrapolation algorithms are used and the accuracy order is improved to O(h ⁵). The efficiency of the algorithms is illustrated by numerical examples.     

Universal bounds on the selfaveraging of random diffraction measures

 We consider diffraction at random point scatterers on general discrete point sets in ℝ^ν, restricted to a finite volume. We allow for random amplitudes and random dislocations of the scatterers. We investigate the speed of convergence of the random scattering measures applied to an observable towards its mean, when the finite volume tends to infinity. We give an explicit universal large deviation upper bound that is exponential in the number of scatterers. The rate is given in terms of a universal function that depends on the point set only through the minimal distance between points, and on the observable only through a suitable Sobolev-norm. Our proof uses a cluster expansion and also provides a central limit theorem. Received: 10 October 2001 / Revised version: 26 January 2003 / Published online: 15 April 2003 Work supported by the DFG Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 78A45, 82B44, 60F10, 82B20 Key words or phrases: Diffraction theory – Random scatterers – Random point sets – Quasicrystals – Large deviations – Cluster expansions     

Solvability of inhomogeneous boundary-value problems for fourth-order differential equations

We consider a Cauchy-type boundary-value problem, a problem with three boundary conditions, and the Dirichlet problem for a general typeless fourth-order differential equation with constant complex coefficients and nonzero right-hand side in a bounded domain Ω ⊂ R ² with smooth boundary. By the method of the Green formula, the theory of extensions of differential operators, and the theory of L-traces (i.e., traces associated with the differential operation L), we establish necessary and sufficient (for elliptic operators) conditions of the solvability of each of these problems in the space H ^m (Ω), m ≥ 4.     

Distribution functions of binary solutions (exact analytic solution)

We show that the general solution of the Ornstein-Zernike system of equations for multicomponent solutions has the form h_αβ=∑A _αβ ^j exp(-λ_jr)/r, where λ_j are the roots of the transcendental equation 1-ρΔ(λ_j)=0 and the amplitudes A_αβ ^j can be calculated if the direct correlation functions are given. We investigate the properties of this solution including the behavior of the roots A _αβ ^j and amplitudes A_αβ ^j in both the low-density limit and the vicinity of the critical point. Several relations on A_αβ ^j and C_αβ are found. In the vicinity of the critical point, we find the state equation for a liquid, which confirms the Van der Waals similarity hypothesis. The expansion under consideration is asymptotic because we expand functions in series in eigenfunctions of the asymptotic Ornstein-Zernike equation valid at r→∞. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp. 500–515, June, 2000.     

Σ-convergence of nonlinear monotone operators in perforated domains with holes of small size

This paper is devoted to the homogenization beyond the periodic setting, of nonlinear monotone operators in a domain in ℝ ^N with isolated holes of size ɛ² (ɛ > 0 a small parameter). The order of the size of the holes is twice that of the oscillations of the coefficients of the operator, so that the problem under consideration is a reiterated homogenization problem in perforated domains. The usual periodic perforation of the domain and the classical periodicity hypothesis on the coefficients of the operator are here replaced by an abstract assumption covering a great variety of behaviors such as the periodicity, the almost periodicity and many more besides. We illustrate this abstract setting by working out a few concrete homogenization problems. Our main tool is the recent theory of homogenization structures.     

Bounds and monotonicity for the generalized Robin problem

We consider the principal eigenvalue λ ₁^Ω(α) corresponding to Δu = λ (α) u in W, \frac?u?v = au \Omega, \frac{\partial u}{\partial v} = \alpha u on ∂Ω, with α a fixed real, and W ì Rⁿ\Omega \subset {\mathcal{R}}^n a C ^0,1 bounded domain. If α > 0 and small, we derive bounds for λ ₁^Ω(α) in terms of a Stekloff-type eigenvalue; while for α > 0 large we study the behavior of its growth in terms of maximum curvature. We analyze how domain monotonicity of the principal eigenvalue depends on the geometry of the domain, and prove that domains which exhibit domain monotonicity for every α are calibrable. We conjecture that a domain has the domain monotonicity property for some α if and only if it is calibrable.     

Gamma convergence of an energy functional related to the fractional Laplacian

We prove a Γ-convergence result for an energy functional related to some fractional powers of the Laplacian operator, (−Δ) ^s for 1/2 < s < 1, with two singular perturbations, that leads to a two-phase problem. The case (−Δ)^1/2 was considered by Alberti–Bouchitté–Seppecher in relation to a model in capillarity with line tension effect. However, the proof in our setting requires some new ingredients such as the Caffarelli–Silvestre extension for the fractional Laplacian and new trace inequalities for weighted Sobolev spaces.     

Some remarks on the <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> estimates for powers of the Ahlfors–Beurling operator

We provide a proof of sharp lower L ^p bounds for powers of the Ahlfors–Beurling operator T and improve the numerical constant in their asymptotic estimates. We also discuss the possibilities of applying de Branges’ theorem in the p − 1 problem.     

Characterizations of K -Functionals Built from Fractional Powers of Infinitesimal Generators of Semigroups

   Abstract. On a Banach space X consider an equibounded (C_0)-semigroup of linear operators { T(t): t ≥ 0} with infinitesimal generator A . We introduce fractional powers (-A) ^α , α >0 , of A with domain D((-A) ^α )) and characterize the K -functionals with respect to (X,D((-A) ^α )) via fractional differences [I-T(t)] ^α , via appropriate truncated hypersingular integrals and via some type of fractional integral over the resolvent of A . Immediate consequences are an abstract Marchaud-type inequality for moduli of smoothness arising from (semi-) groups of operators as well as optimal and nonoptimal approximation results.     

Perturbation theory and goldstone singularities in the ordered phase of theO n-symmetric Φ4 theory in a half-space

The O_n-symmetric ⁴ theory in a half-space is investigated. The propagators of the theory in the ordered phase for zero external field are obtained, and the dependence of these propagators on the boundary conditions is studied. The general form of the Goldstone asymptotics of the various correlation functions, as functions of weak external fields and small momenta and large distances from the boundary of the system, is determined.State University, St. Petersburg. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 102, No. 2, pp. 223–236, February, 1995.     

Exact propagators for some degenerate hyperbolic operators

Exact propagators are obtained for the degenerate second order hyperbolic operators ∂² _t -t ^2l Δ _x , l=1,2,..., by analytic continuation from the degenerate elliptic operators ∂² _t +t ^2l Δ _x . The partial Fourier transforms are also obtained in closed form, leading to integral transform formulas for certain combinations of Bessel functions and modified Bessel functions.     

Semigroups and resolvents of bounded variation,imaginary powers andH ∞ functional calculus

Let −A be a linear, injective operator, on a Banach spaceX. We show that ∃ anH ^∞ functional calculus forA if and only if −A generates a bouned strongly continuous holomorphic semigroup of uniform weak bounded variation, if and only ifA(ζ+A) ⁻¹ is of uniform weak bounded variation. This provides a sufficient condition for the imaginary powers ofA, {A^−is} sεR, to extend to a strongly continuous group of bounded operators; we also give similar necessary conditions.     

Generalized complete intersections with linear resolutions

We determine the simplicial complexes Δ whose Stanley-Reisner ideals I _Δ have the following property: for all n ≥ 1 the powers I _Δ ⁿ have linear resolutions and finite length local cohomologies. Received: 10 July 2007