Universal Maslov class of a Bohr-Sommerfeld Lagrangian embedding into a pseudo-Einstein manifold

We show that in the case of a Bohr-Sommerfeld Lagrangian embedding into a pseudo-Einstein symplectic manifold, a certain universal 1-cohomology class, analogous to the Maslov class, can be defined. In contrast to the Maslov index, the presented class is directly related to the minimality problem for Lagrangian submanifolds if the ambient pseudo-Einstein manifold admits a Kähler-Einstein metric. We interpret the presented class geometrically as a certain obstruction to the continuation of one-dimensional supercycles from the Lagrangian submanifold to the ambient symplectic manifold.     

Semiclassical spectrum of the Schrödinger operator on a geometric graph

We study how to construct asymptotic solutions of the spectral problem for the Schrödinger equation on a geometric graph. Differential equations on sets of this type arise in the study of processes in systems that can be represented as a collection of one-dimensional continua interacting only via their endpoints (e.g., vibrations of networks formed by strings or rods, steady states of electrons in molecules, or acoustical systems). The interest in Schrödinger equations on networks has increased, in particular, owing to the fact that nanotechnology objects can be described by thin manifolds that can in the limit shrink to graphs (see [1]). The main result of the present paper is an algorithm for constructing quantization rules (generalizing the well-known Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rules). We illustrate it with a number of examples. We also consider the problem of describing the kernels of the Laplace operator acting on k-forms defined on a network. Finally, we find the asymptotic eigenvalues corresponding to eigenfunctions localized at a vertex of the graph.     

Singular Bohr-Sommerfeld Conditions for 1D Toeplitz Operators: Elliptic Case

In this article, we state the Bohr-Sommerfeld conditions around a global minimum of the principal symbol of a self-adjoint semiclassical Toeplitz operator on a compact connected Kähler surface, using an argument of normal form which is obtained thanks to Fourier integral operators. These conditions give an asymptotic expansion of the eigenvalues of the operator in a neighborhood of fixed size of the singularity. We also recover the usual Bohr-Sommerfeld conditions away from the critical point. We end by investigating an example on the two-dimensional torus.     

WKB method for the Dirac equation with a scalar-vector coupling

We outline a recursive method for obtaining WKB expansions of solutions of the Dirac equation in an external centrally symmetric field with a scalar-vector Lorentz structure of the interaction potentials. We obtain semiclassical formulas for radial functions in the classically allowed and forbidden regions and find conditions for matching them in passing through the turning points. We generalize the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rule to the relativistic case where a spin-1/2 particle interacts simultaneously with a scalar and an electrostatic external field. We obtain a general expression in the semiclassical approximation for the width of quasistationary levels, which was earlier known only for barrier-type electrostatic potentials (the Gamow formula). We show that the obtained quantization rule exactly produces the energy spectrum for Coulomb- and oscillatory-type potentials. We use an example of the funnel potential to demonstrate that the proposed version of the WKB method not only extends the possibilities for studying the spectrum of energies and wave functions analytically but also ensures an appropriate accuracy of calculations even for states with n_r 1.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 143, No. 1, pp. 83–111, April, 2005.     

Quantization as geometry in phase space

The geometrical interpretation of quantum mechanics in relativistic phase space proposed by this writer leads, under the sole assumption of a connection from which commutation rules between covariant derivatives ensue that reproduce Heisenberg’s, to an 8-dimensional metric space which contains and generalizesall of first quantization. Some of the new results (to be tested) are: Existence of a maximal proper acceleration; The reality condition on geodesic lines is identical with Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization; The Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations thus generalized give positive mass spectra lying on Regge trajectories; There exists (only in 8 dimensions) a natural supersymmetry (Cartan’s triality); Pure spinors and octonions appear as natural tools for describing particles, and for deeper analyses.     

Connections on Lagrangian submanifolds and some quasiclassical approximation problems. I

In this paper we construct a flat connection (possibly with torsion) on Lagrangian submanifolds which is connected with formulas for asymptotic wave functions generated by this submanifold. The new formalism naturally includes the Bohr-Sommerfeld condition and Maslov characteristic class and lets us establish new global formulas for asymptotic wave functions in the subtlest cases (motion in the neighborhood of a separatrix).Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Vol. 172, pp. 41–54, 1989.     

The Gelfand-Cetlin system and quantization of the complex flag manifolds

The construction of angle action variables for collective completely integrable systems is described and the associated Bohr-Sommerfeld sets are determined. The quantization method of Sniatycki applied to such systems gives formulas for multiplicities. For the Gelfand-Cetlin system on complex flag manifolds we show that these formulas give the correct answers for the multiplicities of the associated representations.     

Sigma–delta quantization errors and the traveling salesman problem

In transmission, storaging and coding of digital signals we frequently perform A/D conversion using quantization. In this paper we study the maximal and mean square errors as a result of quantization. We focus on the sigma–delta modulation quantization scheme in the finite frame expansion setting. We show that this problem is related to the classical Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) in the Euclidean space. It is known [Benedetto et al., Sigma–delta () quantization and finite frames, IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 52, 1990–2005 (2006)] that the error bounds from the sigma–delta scheme depends on the ordering of the frame elements. By examining a priori bounds for the Euclidean TSP we show that error bounds in the sigma–delta scheme is superior to those from the pulse code modulation (PCM) scheme in general. We also give a recursive algorithm for finding an ordering of the frame elements that will lead to good maximal error and mean square error. Supported in part by the National Science Foundation grant DMS-0139261.     

Noncommutative differential geometry,quantization, and smooth symmetries of the C*-algebras associated to topological dynamics

Noncommutative differential geometric structures are considered for a class of simple C^*-algebras. This structure is defined in terms of smooth Lie group actions on the C^*-algebra in question together with a certain quantization mapping motivated directly by the known cohomological obstructions for the quantum mechanical quantization correspondence. We show that such a quantization mapping may be constructed for the C^*-algebras associated to antisymmetric bi-characters and for the Cuntz/Cuntz-Krieger C^*-algebras associated to topological dynamics. A certain curvature obstruction is defined in terms of the quantization mapping. It is shown that existence of smooth Lie group actions is determined by the curvature obstruction.     

Kostant Prequantization of Symplectic Manifolds with Contact Singularities

Mathematical Notes - The relationship between the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition and the integrality of the symplectic structure in Planck constant units is considered. Constructions of...     

Locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C2

One of the basic facts known in the theory of minimal Lagrangian surfaces is that a minimal Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in C ² must be totally geodesic. In affine geometry the constancy of curvature corresponds to the local symmetry of a connection. In Opozda (Geom. Dedic. 121:155–166, 2006), we proposed an affine version of the theory of minimal Lagrangian submanifolds. In this paper we give a local classification of locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C ². Only very few of surfaces obtained in the classification theorems are Lagrangian in the sense of metric (pseudo-Riemannian) geometry.     

Global saddle points of nonlinear augmented Lagrangian functions

We notice that the results for the existence of global (local) saddle points of augmented Lagrangian functions in the literature were only sufficient conditions of some special types of augmented Lagrangian. In this paper, we introduce a general class of nonlinear augmented Lagrangian functions for constrained optimization problem. In two different cases, we present sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of global saddle points. Moreover, as corollaries of the two results above, we not only obtain sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of global saddle points of some special types of augmented Lagrangian functions mentioned in the literature, but also give some weaker sufficient conditions than the ones in the literature. Compared with our recent work (Wang et al. in Math Oper Res 38:740–760, 2013), the nonlinear augmented Lagrangian functions in this paper are more general and the results in this paper are original. We show that some examples (such as improved barrier augmented Lagrangian) satisfy the assumptions of this paper, but not available in Wang et al. (2013).     

Quantization of model of antisymmetric tensor field in the framework of extended BRST symmetry

The model of an antisymmetric second-rank tensor field is quantized in both the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian forms of extended BRST quantization. It is shown that the Lagrangian quantization leads to a unitaryS matrix.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 104, No. 3, pp. 420–428, September, 1995.     

Locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C<Superscript>2</Superscript>

One of the basic facts known in the theory of minimal Lagrangian surfaces is that a minimal Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in C ² must be totally geodesic. In affine geometry the constancy of curvature corresponds to the local symmetry of a connection. In Opozda (Geom. Dedic. 121:155–166, 2006), we proposed an affine version of the theory of minimal Lagrangian submanifolds. In this paper we give a local classification of locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C ². Only very few of surfaces obtained in the classification theorems are Lagrangian in the sense of metric (pseudo-Riemannian) geometry. The research supported by the KBN grant 1 PO3A 034 26.     

Lipschitzianity of optimal trajectories for the Bolza optimal control problem

In this paper we investigate Lipschitz continuity of optimal solutions for the Bolza optimal control problem under Tonelli’s type growth condition. Such regularity being a consequence of normal necessary conditions for optimality, we propose new sufficient conditions for normality of state-constrained nonsmooth maximum principles for absolutely continuous optimal trajectories. Furthermore we show that for unconstrained problems any minimizing sequence of controls can be slightly modified to get a new minimizing sequence with nice boundedness properties. Finally, we provide a sufficient condition for Lipschitzianity of optimal trajectories for Bolza optimal control problems with end point constraints and extend a result from (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 143, 301–316, 1989) on Lipschitzianity of minimizers for a classical problem of the calculus of variations with discontinuous Lagrangian to the nonautonomous case.     

Lagrangian Rabinowitz Floer homology and twisted cotangent bundles

We study the following rigidity problem in symplectic geometry: can one displace a Lagrangian submanifold from a hypersurface? We relate this to the Arnold Chord Conjecture, and introduce a refined question about the existence of relative leaf-wise intersection points, which are the Lagrangian-theoretic analogue of the notion of leaf-wise intersection points defined by Moser (Acta. Math. 141(1–2):17–34, 1978). Our tool is Lagrangian Rabinowitz Floer homology, which we define first for Liouville domains and exact Lagrangian submanifolds with Legendrian boundary. We then extend this to the ‘virtually contact’ setting. By means of an Abbondandolo–Schwarz short exact sequence we compute the Lagrangian Rabinowitz Floer homology of certain regular level sets of Tonelli Hamiltonians of sufficiently high energy in twisted cotangent bundles, where the Lagrangians are conormal bundles. We deduce that in this situation a generic Hamiltonian diffeomorphism has infinitely many relative leaf-wise intersection points.     

Second order Lagrangian Twist systems: simple closed characteristics

We consider a special class of Lagrangians that play a fundamental role in the theory of second order Lagrangian systems: Twist systems. This subclass of Lagrangian systems is defined via a convenient monotonicity property that such systems share. This monotonicity property (Twist property) allows a finite dimensional reduction of the variational principle for finding closed characteristics in fixed energy levels. This reduction has some similarities with the method of broken geodesics for the geodesic variational problem on Riemannian manifolds. On the other hand, the monotonicity property can be related to the existence of local Twist maps in the associated Hamiltonian flow.

The finite dimensional reduction gives rise to a second order monotone recurrence relation. We study these recurrence relations to find simple closed characteristics for the Lagrangian system. More complicated closed characteristics will be dealt with in future work. Furthermore, we give conditions on the Lagrangian that guarantee the Twist property.