Kinks in two-phase lipid bilayer membranes

Common models for two-phase lipid bilayer membranes are based on an energy that consists of an elastic term for each lipid phase and a line energy at interfaces. Although such an energy controls only the length of interfaces, the membrane surface is usually assumed to be at least C ¹ across phase boundaries. We consider the spontaneous curvature model for closed rotationally symmetric two-phase membranes without excluding tangent discontinuities at interfaces a priorily. We introduce a family of energies for smooth surfaces and phase fields for the lipid phases and derive a sharp interface limit that coincides with the Γ-limit on all reasonable membranes and extends the classical model by assigning a bending energy also to tangent discontinuities. The theoretical result is illustrated by numerical examples.     

The ground state energy of the three-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model in the mixed phase

We consider the Ginzburg-Landau functional defined over a bounded and smooth three-dimensional domain. Supposing that the strength of the applied magnetic field varies between the first and second critical fields, in such a way that HC₁?H?HC₂, we estimate the ground state energy to leading order as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter tends to infinity.     

Topological differential fields

We consider first-order theories of topological fields admitting a model-completion and their expansion to differential fields (requiring no interaction between the derivation and the other primitives of the language). We give a criterion under which the expansion still admits a model-completion which we axiomatize. It generalizes previous results due to M. Singer for ordered differential fields and of C. Michaux for valued differential fields. As a corollary, we show a transfer result for the NIP property. We also give a geometrical axiomatization of that model-completion. Then, for certain differential valued fields, we extend the positive answer of Hilbert’s seventeenth problem and we prove an Ax-Kochen-Ershov theorem. Similarly, we consider first-order theories of topological fields admitting a model-companion and their expansion to differential fields, and under a similar criterion as before, we show that the expansion still admits a model-companion. This last result can be compared with those of M. Tressl: on one hand we are only dealing with a single derivation whereas he is dealing with several, on the other hand we are not restricting ourselves to definable expansions of the ring language, taking advantage of our topological context. We apply our results to fields endowed with several valuations (respectively several orders).     

The dimension of fields and algebraic K-theory

In this paper, we consider certain K-theoretic modifications of the condition C_i of Lang. We propose a conjecture which relates these conditions to the cohomological dimension of fields. Partial solutions are given for local and global fields.     

K-Theory of curves over number fields

We consider the algebraic K-groups with coefficients of smooth curves over number fields. We give a proof of the Quillen-Lichtenbaum conjecture at the prime 2 and prove explicit corank formulas for the algebraic K-groups with divisible coefficients. At odd primes these formulas assume the Bloch-Kato conjecture, at the prime 2 the formulas hold nonconjecturally.     

Approximation numérique d'un problème de membrane non linéaire

We study numerically the deformations of a nonlinearly elastic membrane. We consider the nonlinear membrane model obtained by Le Dret and Raoult using Γ-convergence. In this model, membrane deformations minimize a highly nonquadratic energy. We consider a conforming finite element approximation of the problem and use a nonlinear conjugate gradient algorithm to minimize the discrete energy. To cite this article: N. Kerdid et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 340 (2005).     

Henselianity in the language of rings

We consider four properties of a field K related to the existence of (definable) henselian valuations on K and on elementarily equivalent fields and study the implications between them. Surprisingly, the full pictures look very different in equicharacteristic and mixed characteristic.     

Computable dimension for ordered fields

The computable dimension of a structure counts the number of computable copies up to computable isomorphism. In this paper, we consider the possible computable dimensions for various classes of computable ordered fields. We show that computable ordered fields with finite transcendence degree are computably stable, and thus have computable dimension 1. We then build computable ordered fields of infinite transcendence degree which have infinite computable dimension, but also such fields which are computably categorical. Finally, we show that 1 is the only possible finite computable dimension for any computable archimedean field.     

Some multiplicative equations in finite fields

In this paper we consider estimating the number of solutions to multiplicative equations in finite fields when the variables run through certain sets with high additive structure. In particular, we consider estimating the multiplicative energy of generalized arithmetic progressions in prime fields and of boxes in arbitrary finite fields. We obtain sharp bounds in more general scenarios than previously known. Our arguments extend some ideas of Konyagin and Bourgain and Chang into new settings.     

Blow-up of positive-energy solutions of a dissipative system in classical field theory

We study a nonlinear system describing the interaction of two scalar fields. We consider the case of an arbitrarily large initial energy and show that blow-up in finite time occurs for a sufficiently large positive energy. To prove the blow-up, we use a modified method due to H.A. Levine.     

Lieb–Robinson Bounds,Arveson Spectrum and Haag–Ruelle Scattering Theory for Gapped Quantum Spin Systems

We consider translation invariant gapped quantum spin systems satisfying the Lieb–Robinson bound and containing single-particle states in a ground state representation. Following the Haag–Ruelle approach from relativistic quantum field theory, we construct states describing collisions of several particles, and define the corresponding S-matrix. We also obtain some general restrictions on the shape of the energy–momentum spectrum. For the purpose of our analysis, we adapt the concepts of almost local observables and energy–momentum transfer (or Arveson spectrum) from relativistic QFT to the lattice setting. The Lieb–Robinson bound, which is the crucial substitute of strict locality from relativistic QFT, underlies all our constructions. Our results hold, in particular, in the Ising model in strong transverse magnetic fields.     

Boundary observability for the space-discretizations of the 1 — d wave equation

We consider the finite-difference and finite-element space discretization of the 1 — d wave equation with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions in a bounded interval. We analyze the problem of estimating the total energy of solutions in terms of the energy concentrated on the boundary, uniformly as the net-spacing h → 0. We prove that there is no such a uniform bound due to spurious high frequencies. We prove however an uniform bound in suitable subspaces of solutions that eventually cover the whole energy space.     

On reduction maps and support problem in K-theory and abelian varieties

In this paper we consider orders of images of nontorsion points by reduction maps for abelian varieties defined over number fields and for odd dimensional K-groups of number fields. As an application we obtain the generalization of the support problem for abelian varieties and K-groups.     

Measures of pseudorandomness for binary sequences constructed using finite fields

We extend the results of Goubin, Mauduit and Sárközy on the well-distribution measure and the correlation measure of order k of the sequence of Legendre sequences with polynomial argument in several ways. We analyze sequences of quadratic characters of finite fields of prime power order and consider in each case two, in general, different definitions of well-distribution measure and correlation measure of order k, respectively.     

Automatic β-expansions of formal Laurent series over finite fields

We consider β-expansions of formal Laurent series over finite fields. If the base β is a Pisot or Salem series, we prove that the β-expansion of a Laurent series α is automatic if and only if α is algebraic.     

Recent developments in the qualitative approach to inverse electromagnetic scattering theory

We consider the inverse scattering problem of determining both the shape and some of the physical properties of the scattering object from a knowledge of the (measured) electric and magnetic fields due to the scattering of an incident time-harmonic electromagnetic wave at fixed frequency. We shall discuss the linear sampling method for solving the inverse scattering problem which does not require any a priori knowledge of the geometry and the physical properties of the scatterer. Included in our discussion is the case of partially coated objects and inhomogeneous background. We give references for numerical examples for each problem discussed in this paper.     

Instanton approximation, periodic ASD connections, and mean dimension

We study a moduli space of ASD connections over S³×R. We consider not only finite energy ASD connections but also infinite energy ones. So the moduli space is infinite dimensional in general. We study the (local) mean dimension of this infinite dimensional moduli space. We show the upper bound on the mean dimension by using a “Runge-approximation” for ASD connections, and we prove its lower bound by constructing an infinite dimensional deformation theory of periodic ASD connections.     

The gradient flow motion of boundary vortices

We consider the gradient flow of a family of energy functionals describing the formation of boundary vortices in thin magnetic films. We obtain motion laws for the singularities in all time scalings by using the method of Γ-convergence of gradient flows.     

Approximate solutions and micro-regularity in the Denjoy-Carleman classes

We begin with a sequence M of positive real numbers and we consider the Denjoy-Carleman class CM. We show how to construct M-approximate solutions for complex vector fields with CM coefficients. We then use our construction to study micro-local properties of boundary values of approximate solutions in general M-involutive structures of codimension one, where the approximate solution is defined in a wedge whose edge (where the boundary value exists) is a maximally real submanifold. We also obtain a CM version of the Edge-of-the-Wedge Theorem.