A connection between the Einstein and Yang-Mills equations

It is our purpose here to show an unusual relationship between the Einstein equations and the Yang-Mills equations. We give a correspondence between solutions of the self-dual Einstein vacuum equations and the self-dual Yang-Mills equations with a special choice of gauge group. The extension of the argument to the full Yang-Mills equations yields Einstein's unifield equations. We try to incorporate the full Einstein vacuum equations, but the approach is incomplete. We first consider Yang-Mills theory for an arbitrary Lie-algebra with the condition that the connection 1-form and curvature are constant on Minkowski space. This leads to a set of algebraic equations on the connection components. We then specialize the Lie-algebra to be the (infinite dimensional) Lie-algebra of a group of diffeomorphisms of some manifold. The algebraic equations then become differential equations for four vector fields on the manifold on which the diffeomorphisms act. In the self-dual case, if we choose the connection components from the Lie-algebra of the volume preserving 4-dimensional diffeomorphism group, the resulting equations are the same as those obtained by Ashtekar, Jacobsen and Smolin, in their remarkable simplification of the self-dual Einstein vacuum equations. (An alternative derivation of the same equations begins with the self-dual Yang-Mills connection now depending only on the time, then choosing the Lie algebra as that of the volume preserving 3-dimensional diffeomorphisms.) When the reduced full Yang-Mills equations are used in the same context, we get Einstein's equations for his unified theory based on absolute parallelism. To incorporate the full Einsteinvacuum equations we use as the Lie group the semi-direct product of the diffeomorphism group of a 4-dimensional manifold with the group of frame rotations of anSO(1, 3) bundle over the 4-manifold. This last approach, however, yields equations more general than the vacuum equations.Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral fellow and Fulbright ScholarSupported in part by NSF grant no. PHY 80023     

Covariant conservation laws from the palatini formalism

Covariant conservation laws in the Palatini formalism are derived. The result indicates that the gravitational part of conserved charges in general relativity should be calculated from a combination of Komar's strongly conserved current and the Einstein tensor. This implies that the set of complete diffeomorphism charges of a gravitating system consisting of scalar matter is described by Komar's vector density, and that the identification of gravitational energy and momentum reduces to two choices: a choice of relative weights of the contributions resulting from Komar's current and from the Einstein tensor, and a choice of preferred vector fields in space-time. A proposal is made which yields energy and momentum as scalars under diffeomorphisms and as a Lorentz vector in tangent space. Furthermore, the result can be used to identify covariant conservation laws holding separately for the matter contributions to diffeomorphism charges.     

Uniqueness of Diffeomorphism Invariant States on Holonomy–Flux Algebras

Loop quantum gravity is an approach to quantum gravity that starts from the Hamiltonian formulation in terms of a connection and its canonical conjugate. Quantization proceeds in the spirit of Dirac: First one defines an algebra of basic kinematical observables and represents it through operators on a suitable Hilbert space. In a second step, one implements the constraints. The main result of the paper concerns the representation theory of the kinematical algebra: We show that there is only one cyclic representation invariant under spatial diffeomorphisms.While this result is particularly important for loop quantum gravity, we are rather general: The precise definition of the abstract *-algebra of the basic kinematical observables we give could be used for any theory in which the configuration variable is a connection with a compact structure group. The variables are constructed from the holonomy map and from the fluxes of the momentum conjugate to the connection. The uniqueness result is relevant for any such theory invariant under spatial diffeomorphisms or being a part of a diffeomorphism invariant theory.     

切换系统Lyapunov指数的算法及应用

Lyapunov指数是判定系统非线性行为的重要工具,然而目前的大多算法并不适用于切换系统.在传统Jacobi法的基础上,提出了一种新算法,可以直接计算得到n维切换系统的n个Lyapunov指数.首先,根据切换面处相邻轨线的动态变化规律,从相空间几何推导出切换面处轨线变化的Jacobi矩阵;然后,对该矩阵进行QR分解,从而利用R的对角线元素实现Lyapunov指数的切换补偿;最后,将新算法应用到平面双螺旋混沌系统、Glass网络和航天器供电系统三个实例中,并将计算结果与Poincaré映射方法的计算结果进行比较,对新算法的有效性进行验证.     

Gauge Dependence in the Theory of Non-Linear Spacetime Perturbations

Diffeomorphism freedom induces a gauge dependence in the theory of spacetime perturbations. We derive a compact formula for gauge transformations of perturbations of arbitrary order. To this end, we develop the theory of Taylor expansions for one-parameter families (not necessarily groups) of diffeomorphisms. First, we introduce the notion of knight diffeomorphism, that generalises the usual concept of flow, and prove a Taylor's formula for the action of a knight on a general tensor field. Then, we show that any one-parameter family of diffeomorphisms can be approximated by a family of suitable knights. Since in perturbation theory the gauge freedom is given by a one-parameter family of diffeomorphisms, the expansion of knights is used to derive our transformation formula. The problem of gauge dependence is a purely kinematical one, therefore our treatment is valid not only in general relativity, but in any spacetime theory. Received: 21 November 1996 / Accepted: 20 August 1997     

A Volume Preserving Diffeomorphism with Essential Coexistence of Zero and Nonzero Lyapunov Exponents

We show that there exists a C ^∞ volume preserving topologically transitive diffeomorphism of a compact smooth Riemannian manifold which is ergodic (indeed is Bernoulli) on an open and dense subset ${\mathcal{G}}$ of not full volume and has zero Lyapunov exponent on the complement of ${\mathcal{G}}$ .     

Lattice Chern-Simons gravity via the Ponzano-Regge model

We propose a lattice version of Chem-Simons gravity and show that the partition function coincides with the Ponzano-Regge model and the action leads to the Chem-Simons gravity in the continuum limit. The action is explicitly constructed by the lattice dreibein and spin connection and is shown to be invariant under lattice local Lorentz transformations and gauge diffeomorphisms. The action includes the constraint which can be interpreted as a gauge fixing condition of the lattice gauge diffeomorphism.     

Lifting geometric objects to a cotangent bundle, and the geometry of the cotangent bundle of a tangent bundle

We show that the cotangent bundle T^*T of the tangent bundle of any differentiable manifold carries an integrable almost tangent structure which is generated by a natural lifting procedure from the canonical almost tangent structure (vertical endomorphism) of T . Using this almost tangent structure we show that T^*T is diffeomorphic to a tangent bundle, namely TT^* . This provides a new and geometrically instructive proof of a result of Tulczyjew, which has applications in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics and in field theory The requisite general definitions and results concerning liftings of geometric objects from a manifold to its cotangent bundle are given. As an application, we shed new light on the meaning of so-called adjoint symmetries of second-order differential equations.     

Strong and weak chaos in nonlinear networks with time-delayed couplings

We study chaotic synchronization in networks with time-delayed coupling. We introduce the notion of strong and weak chaos, distinguished by the scaling properties of the maximum Lyapunov exponent within the synchronization manifold for large delay times, and relate this to the condition for stable or unstable chaotic synchronization, respectively. In simulations of laser models and experiments with electronic circuits, we identify transitions from weak to strong and back to weak chaos upon monotonically increasing the coupling strength.     

Self-similar random processes and infinite-dimensional configuration spaces

We discuss various infinite-dimensional configuration spaces that carry measures quasi-invariant under compactly supported diffeomorphisms of a manifold M corresponding to a physical space. Such measures allow the construction of unitary representations of the diffeomorphism group, which are important to nonrelativistic quantum statistical physics and to the quantum theory of extended objects in M = ?^d. Special attention is given to measurable structure and topology underlying measures on generalized configuration spaces obtained from self-similar random processes (both for d = 1 and d > 1), which describe infinite point configurations having accumulation points.     

Adaptive registration of diffusion tensor images on lie groups

With diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), more exquisite information on tissue microstructure is provided for medical image processing. In this paper, we present a locally adaptive topology preserving method for DTI registration on Lie groups. The method aims to obtain more plausible diffeomorphisms for spatial transformations via accurate approximation for the local tangent space on the Lie group manifold. In order to capture an exact geometric structure of the Lie group, the local linear approximation is efficiently optimized by using the adaptive selection of the local neighborhood sizes on the given set of data points. Furthermore, numerical comparative experiments are conducted on both synthetic data and real DTI data to demonstrate that the proposed method yields a higher degree of topology preservation on a dense deformation tensor field while improving the registration accuracy.     

Continuity of the Lyapunov Exponents for Quasiperiodic Cocycles

Consider the Banach manifold of real analytic linear cocycles with values in the general linear group of any dimension and base dynamics given by a Diophantine translation on the circle. We prove a precise higher dimensional Avalanche Principle and use it in an inductive scheme to show that the Lyapunov spectrum blocks associated to a gap pattern in the Lyapunov spectrum of such a cocycle are locally Hölder continuous. Moreover, we show that all Lyapunov exponents are continuous everywhere in this Banach manifold, irrespective of any gap pattern in their spectra. These results also hold for Diophantine translations on higher dimensional tori, albeit with a loss in the modulus of continuity of the Lyapunov spectrum blocks.     

Symplectic fixed points and holomorphic spheres

LetP be a symplectic manifold whose symplectic form, integrated over the spheres inP, is proportional to its first Chern class. On the loop space ofP, we consider the variational theory of the symplectic action function perturbed by a Hamiltonian term. In particular, we associate to each isolated invariant set of its gradient flow an Abelian group with a cyclic grading. It is shown to have properties similar to the homology of the Conley index in locally compact spaces. As an application, we show that if the fixed point set of an exact diffeomorphism onP is nondegenerate, then it satisfies the Morse inequalities onP. We also discuss fixed point estimates for general exact diffeomorphisms.     

The Metric Entropy of Endomorphisms

We prove that, for a C ² non-invertible but non-degenerate map on a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, an invariant measure satisfies an equality relating entropy, folding entropy and negative Lyapunov exponents. This generalizes Ledrappier-Young’s entropy formula [5] (for negative Lyapunov exponents of diffeomorphisms) to the case of endomorphisms. This work is supported by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2007 CB 814800).     

Representations of the Weyl Algebra in Quantum Geometry

The Weyl algebra of continuous functions and exponentiated fluxes, introduced by Ashtekar, Lewandowski and others, in quantum geometry is studied. It is shown that, in the piecewise analytic category, every regular representation of having a cyclic and diffeomorphism invariant vector, is already unitarily equivalent to the fundamental representation. Additional assumptions concern the dimension of the underlying analytic manifold (at least three), the finite wide triangulizability of surfaces in it to be used for the fluxes and the naturality of the action of diffeomorphisms – but neither any domain properties of the represented Weyl operators nor the requirement that the diffeomorphisms act by pull-backs. For this, the general behaviour of C*-algebras generated by continuous functions and pull-backs of homeomorphisms, as well as the properties of stratified analytic diffeomorphisms are studied. Additionally, the paper includes also a short and direct proof of the irreducibility of .     

Quantum Mechanics on Manifolds and Topological Effects

A unique classification of the topological effects associated to quantum mechanics on manifolds is obtained on the basis of the invariance under diffeomorphisms and the realization of the Lie–Rinehart relations between the generators of the diffeomorphism group and the algebra of C ^∞ functions on the manifold. This leads to a unique (“Lie–Rinehart”) C ^*-algebra as observable algebra; its regular representations are shown to be locally Schroedinger and in one to one correspondence with the unitary representations of the fundamental group of the manifold. Therefore, in the absence of spin degrees of freedom and external fields, $ \pi_1{(\mathcal M)}$ appears as the only source of topological effects.     

An Improved Calculation Formula of the Extended Entropic Chaos Degree and Its Application to Two-Dimensional Chaotic Maps

The Lyapunov exponent is primarily used to quantify the chaos of a dynamical system. However, it is difficult to compute the Lyapunov exponent of dynamical systems from a time series. The entropic chaos degree is a criterion for quantifying chaos in dynamical systems through information dynamics, which is directly computable for any time series. However, it requires higher values than the Lyapunov exponent for any chaotic map. Therefore, the improved entropic chaos degree for a one-dimensional chaotic map under typical chaotic conditions was introduced to reduce the difference between the Lyapunov exponent and the entropic chaos degree. Moreover, the improved entropic chaos degree was extended for a multidimensional chaotic map. Recently, the author has shown that the extended entropic chaos degree takes the same value as the total sum of the Lyapunov exponents under typical chaotic conditions. However, the author has assumed a value of infinity for some numbers, especially the number of mapping points. Nevertheless, in actual numerical computations, these numbers are treated as finite. This study proposes an improved calculation formula of the extended entropic chaos degree to obtain appropriate numerical computation results for two-dimensional chaotic maps.     

Internal symmetry groups of quantum geons

In canonical quantum gravity asymptotically trivial diffeomorphisms not deformable to the identity can act nontrivially on the quantum state space. We show that for many 3-manifolds, the inequivalent diffeomorphisms comprise coverings in SU(2) of crystallographic groups. When the diffeomorphism R_2π associated with 2π-rotation is nontrivial, state vectors can have half-integral angular momentum; we list all 3-manifolds with R_2π trivial.     

Dimensionality Reduction of SPD Data Based on Riemannian Manifold Tangent Spaces and Isometry

Symmetric positive definite (SPD) data have become a hot topic in machine learning. Instead of a linear Euclidean space, SPD data generally lie on a nonlinear Riemannian manifold. To get over the problems caused by the high data dimensionality, dimensionality reduction (DR) is a key subject for SPD data, where bilinear transformation plays a vital role. Because linear operations are not supported in nonlinear spaces such as Riemannian manifolds, directly performing Euclidean DR methods on SPD matrices is inadequate and difficult in complex models and optimization. An SPD data DR method based on Riemannian manifold tangent spaces and global isometry (RMTSISOM-SPDDR) is proposed in this research. The main contributions are listed: (1) Any Riemannian manifold tangent space is a Hilbert space isomorphic to a Euclidean space. Particularly for SPD manifolds, tangent spaces consist of symmetric matrices, which can greatly preserve the form and attributes of original SPD data. For this reason, RMTSISOM-SPDDR transfers the bilinear transformation from manifolds to tangent spaces. (2) By log transformation, original SPD data are mapped to the tangent space at the identity matrix under the affine invariant Riemannian metric (AIRM). In this way, the geodesic distance between original data and the identity matrix is equal to the Euclidean distance between corresponding tangent vector and the origin. (3) The bilinear transformation is further determined by the isometric criterion guaranteeing the geodesic distance on high-dimensional SPD manifold as close as possible to the Euclidean distance in the tangent space of low-dimensional SPD manifold. Then, we use it for the DR of original SPD data. Experiments on five commonly used datasets show that RMTSISOM-SPDDR is superior to five advanced SPD data DR algorithms.