The periodic Euler-Bernoulli equation

We continue the study of the Floquet (spectral) theory of the beam equation, namely the fourth-order eigenvalue problem

where the functions and are periodic and strictly positive. This equation models the transverse vibrations of a thin straight (periodic) beam whose physical characteristics are described by and . Here we develop a theory analogous to the theory of the Hill operator .

We first review some facts and notions from our previous works, including the concept of the pseudospectrum, or -spectrum.

Our new analysis begins with a detailed study of the zeros of the function , for any given ``quasimomentum' , where is the Floquet-Bloch variety of the beam equation (the Hill quantity corresponding to is , where is the discriminant and the period of ). We show that the multiplicity of any zero of can be one or two and (for some ) if and only if is also a zero of another entire function , independent of . Furthermore, we show that has exactly one zero in each gap of the spectrum and two zeros (counting multiplicities) in each -gap. If is a double zero of , it may happen that there is only one Floquet solution with quasimomentum ; thus, there are exceptional cases where the algebraic and geometric multiplicities do not agree.

Next we show that if is an open -gap of the pseudospectrum (i.e., ), then the Floquet matrix has a specific Jordan anomaly at and .

We then introduce a multipoint (Dirichlet-type) eigenvalue problem which is the analogue of the Dirichlet problem for the Hill equation. We denote by the eigenvalues of this multipoint problem and show that is also characterized as the set of values of for which there is a proper Floquet solution such that .

We also show (Theorem 7) that each gap of the -spectrum contains exactly one and each -gap of the pseudospectrum contains exactly two 's, counting multiplicities. Here when we say ``gap' or ``-gap' we also include the endpoints (so that when two consecutive bands or -bands touch, the in-between collapsed gap, or -gap, is a point). We believe that can be used to formulate the associated inverse spectral problem.

As an application of Theorem 7, we show that if is a collapsed (``closed') -gap, then the Floquet matrix is diagonalizable.

Some of the above results were conjectured in our previous works. However, our conjecture that if all the -gaps are closed, then the beam operator is the square of a second-order (Hill-type) operator, is still open.

     

Symmetric numerical semigroups with arbitrary multiplicity and embedding dimension

We construct symmetric numerical semigroups for every minimal number of generators and multiplicity , . Furthermore we show that the set of their defining congruence is minimally generated by elements.

     

Experimental study of the annihilation of antiprotons at rest in nuclear photoemulsion

The multiplicity and angular distribution for various secondary charged particles produced by antiprotons stopped in photoemulsion have been measured. The experimental data are compared with calculations based on the optical-cascade model. Searches have been carried out of “rare” annihilation channels for antiprotons stopping on nuclei of photoemulsion.     

阶乘累积矩与阶乘矩之比随相空间大小的变化

利用400GeV/cpp碰撞多重产生的实验数据计算了不同赝快度窗口时多重数分布的阶乘累积矩与阶乘矩之比.结果表明,随着阶数q的增加,比值H_q首先迅速下降,然后在零附近振荡.这与PQCD的预言是一致的.不同的是第一极小值的位置在赝快度窗口变小时移向较高的级数.     

第一性原理计算ZrnFe(n=2—13)团簇的基态结构及其磁性

从第一性原理出发，利用密度泛函理论中的广义梯度近似对Zr_nFe(n=2—13)团簇进行了结构优化、能量和频率计算.在充分考虑自旋多重度的前提下，对每一具体尺寸的团簇，得到了多个平衡构型，并根据能量高低确定了团簇的基态结构.综合团簇的结合能、二阶能量差分以及团簇的最高占据轨道和最低未占据轨道间的能隙可知Zr₅Fe，Zr₇Fe和Zr₁₂Fe团簇的稳定性相对较高，Zr₁₂Fe团簇的结构是具有I_h对称性的正二十面体，而且Zr₁₂Fe的稳定性在所有团簇中是最高的.另外，不仅Zr₅Fe，Zr₇Fe和Zr₁₂Fe团簇的稳定性相对较高，而且它们均为磁性团簇(而Zr_n团簇的磁矩在n≥5时已经发生了淬灭)，由此可知通过选择合适的掺杂元素可能得到高稳定的磁性团簇.从Mulliken布居分析结果可知，除了在Zr₁₂Fe团簇中Fe原子失去少量电荷外，其他团簇中Fe原子均从Zr原子那里得到了一定量电荷，即Fe原子在Zr_nFe(n=2—13，n≠12)团簇中是电子受体.     

密度泛函理论计算GenFe(n=1—8)团簇的基态结构及其磁性

基于第一性原理，利用密度泛函理论中的广义梯度近似 (GGA)对Ge_nFe(n=1—8)团簇进行了结构优化、能量及频率的计算，得到了 Ge_nFe(n=1—8)团簇在不同自旋多重度下的平衡构型及其基态结构.结果表明：Ge_nFe混合团簇的平均结合能明显比相应纯锗团簇的平均结合能有所增大，即掺杂Fe原子可以提高锗团簇的稳定性；纯锗团簇的基态除了Ge₂为自旋三重态外其他均为单重态，而混合团簇Ge_nFe(n=1—8)的基态均为自旋三重态；对Ge_nFe(n=1—8)团簇的磁性做了较系统的研究，发现团簇总磁矩随团簇尺寸增大基本稳定在2μ_B (只有Ge₈Fe的总磁矩2.391μ_B较明显地偏离了2μ_B)，另外团簇中Fe原子的磁矩在2.5μ_B左右振荡. 关键词： nFe团簇')" href="#">Ge_nFe团簇 密度泛函理论(DFT) 自旋多重度 磁矩     

On the topology of isoparametric hypersurfaces with four distinct principal curvatures

Let be the pair of multiplicities of an isoparametric hypersurface in the unit sphere with four distinct principal curvatures -w.r.g., we assume that . In the present paper we prove that, in the case 4B2 of U. Abresch (Math. Ann. 264 (1983), 283-302) (i.e., where ), must be either 2 or 4. As a by-product, we prove that the focal manifold of an isoparametric hypersurface is homeomorphic to a bundle over if one of the following conditions holds: (1) and or ; (2) and . This generalizes partial results of Wang (1988) about the topology of Clifford type examples. Consequently, the hypersurface is homeomorphic to an iterated sphere bundle under the above condition.

     

A counterexample to the Fredholm alternative for the -Laplacian

The following nonhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary value problem for the one-dimensional -Laplacian with is considered:

where with small enough. Solvability properties of Problem (*) with respect to the spectral parameter are investigated. We focus our attention on some fundamental differences between the cases and . For we give a counterexample to the classical Fredholm alternative (which is valid for the linear case ).

     

一类拟线性特征值问题定号解的精确个数

This paper concerns the exact multiplicity of one-sign solutions of a class of quasilinear elliptic eigenvalue problems with asymptotical nonlinearity at 0 and ∞.The proofs of our main results are based upon bifurcation techniques and stability analysis.     

MULTIPLICITY OF SOLUTIONS TO ASYMPTOTICALLY LINEAR SECOND-ORDER ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM

In this paper,we consider an asymptotically linear second-order ordinary differential system with Dirchlet boundary value conditions. Under some conditions,we show the multiplicity of solutions to the system by the Morse theory and an index theory.