Construction of the Lyapunov Spectrum in a Chaotic System Displaying Phase Synchronization

We consider a three-dimensional chaotic system consisting of the suspension of Arnold’s cat map coupled with a clock via a weak dissipative interaction. We show that the coupled system displays a synchronization phenomenon, in the sense that the relative phase between the suspension flow and the clock locks to a special value, thus making the motion fall onto a lower dimensional attractor. More specifically, we construct the attractive invariant manifold, of dimension smaller than three, using a convergent perturbative expansion. Moreover, we compute via convergent series the Lyapunov exponents, including notably the central one. The result generalizes a previous construction of the attractive invariant manifold in a similar but simpler model. The main novelty of the current construction relies in the computation of the Lyapunov spectrum, which consists of non-trivial analytic exponents. Some conjectures about a possible smoothening transition of the attractor as the coupling is increased are also discussed.     

Localization in the Ground State of an Interacting Quasi-Periodic Fermionic Chain

We consider a one dimensional many body fermionic system with a large incommensurate external potential and a weak short range interaction. We prove, for chemical potentials in a gap of the non interacting spectrum, that the zero temperature thermodynamical correlations are exponentially decaying for large distances, with a decay rate much larger than the gap; this indicates the persistence of localization in the interacting ground state. The analysis is based on the renormalization group, and convergence of the renormalized expansion is achieved using fermionic cancellations and controlling the small divisor problem assuming a Diophantine condition for the frequency.     

Spectral properties of chimera states

Chimera states are particular trajectories in systems of phase oscillators with nonlocal coupling that display a spatiotemporal pattern of coherent and incoherent motion. We present here a detailed analysis of the spectral properties for such trajectories. First, we study numerically their Lyapunov spectrum and its behavior for an increasing number of oscillators. The spectra demonstrate the hyperchaotic nature of the chimera states and show a correspondence of the Lyapunov dimension with the number of incoherent oscillators. Then, we pass to the thermodynamic limit equation and present an analytic approach to the spectrum of a corresponding linearized evolution operator. We show that, in this setting, the chimera state is neutrally stable and that the continuous spectrum coincides with the limit of the hyperchaotic Lyapunov spectrum obtained for the finite size systems.     

Transformation properties of the Lyapunov exponent of dynamical systems under diffeomorphisms

In this paper we present a geometric definition of the Lyapunov exponent on a differential manifold and investigate its transformation properties under changes of coordinates, or, more generally, under diffeomorphisms. The result is that not every diffeomorphism leaves the Lyapunov exponent invariant. A sufficient condition for invariance is the following: the tangent map of the diffeomorphism is bounded exponentially in the curve parameter for any curve in the manifold and any direction in the tangent bundle with basis restricted to this curve. At the end we show that for a free particle there are diffeomorphisms violating this condition, although they are even canonical maps.     

On the dynamical mechanism of cross-over from chaotic to turbulent states

The Portevin-Le Chatelier effect is one of the few examples of organization of defects. Here the spatio-temporal dynamics emerges from the cooperative behavior of the constituent defects, namely dislocations and point defects. Recent dynamical approach to the study of experimental time series reports an intriguing cross-over phenomenon from a low dimensional chaotic to an infinite dimensional scale invariant power-law regime of stress drops in experiments on CuAl single crystals and AlMg polycrystals, as a function of strain rate. We show that an extension of a dynamical model due to Ananthakrishna and coworkers for the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect reproduces this cross-over. At low and medium strain rates, the model shows chaos with the structure of the attractor resembling the reconstructed experimental attractor. At high strain rates, the model exhibits a power-law statistics for the magnitudes and durations of the stress drops as in experiments. Concomitantly, the largest Lyapunov exponent is zero. In this regime, there is a finite density of null exponents which itself follows a power law. This feature is similar to the Lyapunov spectrum of a shell model for turbulence. The marginal nature of this state is visualized through slow manifold approach.     

Invariant Manifolds for Impulsive Equations and Nonuniform Polynomial Dichotomies

For impulsive differential equations in Banach spaces, we construct stable and unstable invariant manifolds for sufficiently small perturbations of a polynomial dichotomy. We also consider the general case of nonuniform polynomial dichotomies. Moreover, we introduce the notions of polynomial Lyapunov exponent and of regularity coefficient for a linear impulsive differential equation, and we show that when the Lyapunov exponent never vanishes the linear equation admits a nonuniform polynomial dichotomy.     

高光谱图像降维的判别流形学习方法

本文提出了一种高光谱图像降维的判别流形学习方法.针对获取的大量遥感对地观测数据存在大量冗余信息的特点,引入改进的流形学习方法对高光谱遥感数据进行降维处理,以提高遥感图像自动分类的总体准确度.该方法充分利用遥感图像自动分类中训练样本的判别信息,将输入样本的类别信息加入到常规流形学习方法的框架中,从本质上提高输出的特征在低维空间中的判别力.同时,引入线性化模型以解决流形学习方法中常见的小样本问题.对高光谱遥感图像自动分类的实验表明,基于判别流形学习的高光谱遥感图像自动分类方法能够显著地提高图像分类准确度.     

Mass hierarchy, mass gap and corrections to Newton’s law on thick branes with Poincaré symmetry

We consider a scalar thick brane configuration arising in a 5D theory of gravity coupled to a self-interacting scalar field in a Riemannian manifold. We start from known classical solutions of the corresponding field equations and elaborate on the physics of the transverse traceless modes of linear fluctuations of the classical background, which obey a Schrödinger-like equation. We further consider two special cases in which this equation can be solved analytically for any massive mode with $m^2\ge 0$ , in contrast with numerical approaches, allowing us to study in closed form the massive spectrum of Kaluza–Klein (KK) excitations and to analytically compute the corrections to Newton’s law in the thin brane limit. In the first case we consider a novel solution with a mass gap in the spectrum of KK fluctuations with two bound states—the massless 4D graviton free of tachyonic instabilities and a massive KK excitation—as well as a tower of continuous massive KK modes which obey a Legendre equation. The mass gap is defined by the inverse of the brane thickness, allowing us to get rid of the potentially dangerous multiplicity of arbitrarily light KK modes. It is shown that due to this lucky circumstance, the solution of the mass hierarchy problem is much simpler and transparent than in the thin Randall–Sundrum (RS) two-brane configuration. In the second case we present a smooth version of the RS model with a single massless bound state, which accounts for the 4D graviton, and a sector of continuous fluctuation modes with no mass gap, which obey a confluent Heun equation in the Ince limit. (The latter seems to have physical applications for the first time within braneworld models). For this solution the mass hierarchy problem is solved with positive branes as in the Lykken–Randall (LR) model and the model is completely free of naked singularities. We also show that the scalar–tensor system is stable under scalar perturbations with no scalar modes localized on the braneworld configuration.     

Second order tangent bundles of infinite dimensional manifolds

The second order tangent bundle T²M of a smooth manifold M consists of the equivalent classes of curves on M that agree up to their acceleration. It is known [Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Al. I. Cuza 28 (1982) 63] that in the case of a finite n-dimensional manifold M, T²M becomes a vector bundle over M if and only if M is endowed with a linear connection. Here we extend this result to M modeled on an arbitrarily chosen Banach space and more generally to those Fréchet manifolds which can be obtained as projective limits of Banach manifolds. The result may have application in the study of infinite dimensional dynamical systems.     

Conversion of a chaotic attractor into a strange nonchaotic attractor in an one dimensional map and BVP oscillator

In this paper we investigate numerically the possibility of conversion of a chaotic attractor into a nonchaotic but strange attractor in both a discrete system (an one dimensional map) and in a continuous dynamical system — Bonhoeffer—van der Pol oscillator. In these systems we show suppression of chaotic property, namely, the sensitive dependence on initial states, by adding appropriate i) chaotic signal and ii) Gaussian white noise. The controlled orbit is found to be strange but nonchaotic with largest Lyapunov exponent negative and noninteger correlation dimension. Return map and power spectrum are also used to characterize the strange nonchaotic attractor.     

一个新的恒Lyapunov指数谱混沌吸引子与电路实现

通过对改进恒Lyapunov指数谱混沌系统进行进一步演变,并引入新的绝对值项,发现了一种新的混沌吸引子.首先,通过相图、Poincar映射、Lyapunov指数以及功率谱,证明该混沌吸引子的存在性.接着,分析研究了这种新型混沌吸引子的基本动力学行为.Lyapunov指数谱、分岔图和状态变量幅值演变的数值仿真说明,该系统存在全局线性调幅参数,在该参数的调整下,系统输出三维信号的幅度皆能得到线性调整,而系统保持相同的混沌吸引子与Lyapunov指数谱.最后,通过构建电路实现了该混沌系统,观察到相应的混沌吸引子,也验证了全局线性调幅参数的调幅作用,数值仿真与电路实现有很好的一致性.     

Continuous Spectrum of Automorphism Groups and the Infraparticle Problem

This paper presents a general framework for a refined spectral analysis of a group of isometries acting on a Banach space, which extends the spectral theory of Arveson. The concept of a continuous Arveson spectrum is introduced and the corresponding spectral subspace is defined. The absolutely continuous and singular-continuous parts of this spectrum are specified. Conditions are given, in terms of the transposed action of the group of isometries, which guarantee that the pure-point and continuous subspaces span the entire Banach space. In the case of a unitarily implemented group of automorphisms, acting on a C*-algebra, relations between the continuous spectrum of the automorphisms and the spectrum of the implementing group of unitaries are found. The group of spacetime translation automorphisms in quantum field theory is analyzed in detail. In particular, it is shown that the structure of its continuous spectrum is relevant to the problem of existence of (infra-)particles in a given theory.     

Physical understanding of complex multiscale biochemical models via algorithmic simplification: Glycolysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Large-scale models of cellular reaction networks are usually highly complex and characterized by a wide spectrum of time scales, making a direct interpretation and understanding of the relevant mechanisms almost impossible. We address this issue by demonstrating the benefits provided by model reduction techniques. We employ the Computational Singular Perturbation (CSP) algorithm to analyze the glycolytic pathway of intact yeast cells in the oscillatory regime. As a primary object of research for many decades, glycolytic oscillations represent a paradigmatic candidate for studying biochemical function and mechanisms. Using a previously published full-scale model of glycolysis, we show that, due to fast dissipative time scales, the solution is asymptotically attracted on a low dimensional manifold. Without any further input from the investigator, CSP clarifies several long-standing questions in the analysis of glycolytic oscillations, such as the origin of the oscillations in the upper part of glycolysis, the importance of energy and redox status, as well as the fact that neither the oscillations nor cell-cell synchronization can be understood in terms of glycolysis as a simple linear chain of sequentially coupled reactions.     

A diagrammatic derivation of (convective) pattern equations

In complicated bifurcation problems where more than one instability can arise at onset, reasonably sound derivations of the equations that govern the amplitudes of the nearly marginal modes have been developed when the spectrum of the modes is discrete. The basis of these derivations lies in the center manifold theorem of dynamical systems theory. But when the spectrum of the modes is continuous and we no longer have that theorem to fall back on, there is nevertheless an equation (the Swift-Hohenberg equation) that well describes the patterns seen in Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Indeed, several ‘derivations’ of the S-H equation have been offered and here we describe how to obtain the S-H equation using Bogoliubov’s method. We suggest that this procedure clarifies and simplifies (though it does not make rigorous) the derivation of the S-H equation.Looking ahead to the derivation of pattern equations for more complicated problems with continuous spectra, we also describe a diagrammatic procedure that, once mastered, is useful in performing the complicated perturbative developments that are needed in such derivations. Here we illustrate the proposed combination of the ideas of Bogoliubov and Feynman for the standard form of the Rayleigh-Bénard convection problem.The resulting pattern equation is nonlocal but it reduces without approximation to the 1-D Swift-Hohenberg equation in the case of 2-D convection. Like the S-H equation, the nonlocal version admits a Lyapunov functional and we briefly indicate its utility in pattern selection both for the Swift-Hohenberg equation and its nonlocal extension. We conclude by describing the kinds of problems for which we intend the combined method but reserve the exhibition of the required calculations for a future festschrift.     

Global stability analysis of fluid flows using sum-of-squares

This paper introduces a new method for proving global stability of fluid flows through the construction of Lyapunov functionals. For finite dimensional approximations of fluid systems, we show how one can exploit recently developed optimization methods based on sum-of-squares decomposition to construct a polynomial Lyapunov function. We then show how these methods can be extended to infinite dimensional Navier-Stokes systems using robust optimization techniques. Crucially, this extension requires only the solution of infinite-dimensional linear eigenvalue problems and finite-dimensional sum-of-squares optimization problems.We further show that subject to minor technical constraints, a general polynomial Lyapunov function is always guaranteed to provide better results than the classical energy methods in determining a lower-bound on the maximum Reynolds number for which a flow is globally stable, if the flow does remain globally stable for Reynolds numbers at least slightly beyond the energy stability limit. Such polynomial functions can be searched for efficiently using the SOS technique we propose.     

On quantum stability for systems under quasiperiodic perturbations

We prove that the spectrum defined in terms of the autocorrelation function of a harmonic subject to a quasiperiodic perturbation, is, at resonance, transient absolutely continuous, covering the whole line. In the nonresonant case, and under some supplementary Diophantine condition, it is pure point, coinciding with the spectrum of a special almost-periodic function.     

Spectral Gap and Transience for Ruelle Operators on Countable Markov Shifts

We find a necessary and sufficient condition for the Ruelle operator of a weakly Hölder continuous potential on a topologically mixing countable Markov shift to act with spectral gap on some rich Banach space. We show that the set of potentials satisfying this condition is open and dense for a variety of topologies. We then analyze the complement of this set (in a finer topology) and show that among the three known obstructions to spectral gap (weak positive recurrence, null recurrence, transience), transience is open and dense, and null recurrence and weak positive recurrence have empty interior.     

Synchronization on coupled dynamical networks

In this paper, partial synchronization (PaS) in networks of coupled chaotic oscillator systems and synchronization in sparsely coupled spatiotemporal systems are explored. For the PaS, we reveal that the existence of PaS patterns depends on the symmetry property of the network topology, while the emergence of the PaS pattern depends crucially on the stability of the corresponding solution. An analytical criterion in judging the stability of PaS state on a given network are proposed in terms of a comparison between the Lyapunov exponent spectrum of the PaS manifold and that of the transversal manifold. The competition and selections of the PaS patterns induced by the presence of multiple topological symmetries of the network are studied in terms of the criterion. The phase diagram in distinguishing the synchronous and the asynchronous states is given. The criterion in judging PaS is further applied to the study of synchronization of two sparsely coupled spatiotemporal chaotic systems. Different synchronization regimes are distinguished. The present study reveals the intrinsic collective bifurcation of coupled dynamical systems prior to the emergence of global synchronization.     

Lyapunov Modes in Hard-Disk Systems

We consider simulations of a two-dimensional gas of hard disks in a rectangular container and study the Lyapunov spectrum near the vanishing Lyapunov exponents. To this spectrum are associated eigen-directions, called Lyapunov modes. We carefully analyze these modes and show how they are naturally associated with vector fields over the container. We also show that the Lyapunov exponents, and the coupled dynamics of the modes (where it exists) follow linear laws, whose coefficients only depend on the density of the gas, but not on aspect ratio and very little on the boundary conditions.     

Cantor and Band Spectra for Periodic Quantum Graphs with Magnetic Fields

We provide an exhaustive spectral analysis of the two-dimensional periodic square graph lattice with a magnetic field. We show that the spectrum consists of the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the edges and of the preimage of the spectrum of a certain discrete operator under the discriminant (Lyapunov function) of a suitable Kronig-Penney Hamiltonian. In particular, between any two Dirichlet eigenvalues the spectrum is a Cantor set for an irrational flux, and is absolutely continuous and has a band structure for a rational flux. The Dirichlet eigenvalues can be isolated or embedded, subject to the choice of parameters. Conditions for both possibilities are given. We show that generically there are infinitely many gaps in the spectrum, and the Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture fails in this case.The work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Sonderforschungsbereich “Raum, Zeit, Materie” (SFB 647), and the International Bureau of BMBF at the German Aerospace Center (IB DLR, cooperation Germany–New Zealand NZL 05/001)