Comment on “Why the `coarse-graining' of Wigner function is always coarse” [Opt. Commun. 178 (2000) 147]

Incorrect statements and assumptions undermining the validity of the results presented in the above paper are pointed out and shortly discussed. It is stressed that a proper `coarse graining' of a Wigner phase-space distribution function cannot be in general performed over finite phase-space cells and that any `smearing' over infinite phase-space areas cannot violate the respective uncertainty relations, which furnishes an answer to the question asked in the title.     

Reply to “Comment on ＇Focusing of high polarization order axially-symmetric polarized beams＇”[Chin.Opt.Lett.8,1110 （2010）]

This is a reply to the recent comment by Lifeng Li on the paper ＂Focusing of high polarization order axially-symmetric polarized beams [Chin.Opt.Lett.7,938 （2009）]＂.We analyze the errors pointed out by the comment,further perfect the mathematical expressions,and present a numerical simulation at last.     

Comment on “Computer Algebra and Solutions to the Karamoto-Sivashinsky Equation“ [Commun. Theor. Phys. (Beijing, China) 43 (2005) 39]

In a recent article [Commun. Theor. Phys. (Beijing, China) 43 (2005) 39], Xie et al. improved the extended tanh function method by introducing a generalized Riccati equation and its new solutions. Then they choose the Karamoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation to illustrate their approach and obtain many exact solutions of the KS equation.So they claim that, by using their method, one not only can successfully recover the previously known formal solutions but also construct new and more general formal solutions for some nonlinear evolution equations. In this comment, we will show that the claim is incorrect.     

Comment on ‘Šilnikov-type orbits of Lorenz-family systems’ [Physica A 375 (2007) 438–446]

In the commented paper, the authors consider a four-parameter family of three-dimensional autonomous systems that includes the widely studied systems of Lorenz, Chen and Lü. Their goal is to rigorously prove the existence of Šilnikov chaos in this Lorenz-family via the Šilnikov criterion. They use an undetermined coefficient method to demonstrate the presence of heteroclinic orbits. In this comment we point out that their analysis is erroneous. The odd function they consider for the first component of the Šilnikov heteroclinic orbit cannot represent such global connection. Thus, the main result of their paper, Theorem 2, is incorrect.     

Comment on: “Exposed-key weakness of αη” [Phys. Lett. A 370 (2007) 131]

We show that the insecurity claim of the αη cryptosystem made by C. Ahn and K. Birnbaum in [C. Ahn, K. Birnbaum, Phys. Lett. A 370 (2007) 131] under heterodyne attack is based on invalid extrapolations of Shannon's random cipher analysis and on an invalid statistical independence assumption. We show, both for standard ciphers and αη, that expressions of the kind given by Ahn and Birnbaum can at best be interpreted as security lower bounds.     

Comment on “A new model of charge transfer during ice–ice collisions”: [C. R. Physique 3 (2002) 1293–1303]

A model which proposes modifications of a theory of collisional charging of ice is criticized. To cite this article: J.G. Dash, J.S. Wettlaufer, C. R. Physique 4 (2003).     

Addendum to: “Geometrical and topological aspects of electrostatics on Riemannian manifolds” [J. Geom. Phys. 57 (8) (2007) 1679–1696]

In this note we discuss and solve several open problems posed in our recent paper “Geometrical and topological aspects of electrostatics on Riemannian manifolds”, also published in this journal. Some minor mistakes therein are corrected as well.     

Reply to: “Comment on: ‘Exposed-key weakness of αη’ [Phys. Lett. A 370 (2007) 131]” [Phys. Lett. A 372 (2008) 7091]

We present simulations countering the claims in [R. Nair, H.P. Yuen, Phys. Lett. A 372 (2008) 7091] that the approximation given in [C. Ahn, K. Birnbaum, Phys. Lett. A 370 (2007) 131, quant-ph/0612058] for the eavesdropper's entropy on the encrypted key cannot be valid, and additionally discuss ways in which our views on security requirements differ from those given in [R. Nair, H.P. Yuen, Phys. Lett. A 372 (2008) 7091].     

Comment on “Computer Algebra and Solutions to the Karamoto-Sivashinsky Equation” [Commun. Theor. Phys. （Beijing, China） 43 （2005） 39]

In a recent article [Commun. Theor. Phys. （Beijing, China） 43 （2005） 39], Xie et al. improved the extended tanh function method by introducing a generalized Riccati equation and its new solutions. Then they choose the Karamoto-Sivashinsky （KS） equation to illustrate their approach and obtain many exact solutions of the KS equation. So they claim that, by using their method, one not only can successfully recover the previously known formal solutions but also construct new and more general formal solutions for some nonlinear evolution equations. In this comment, we will show that the claim is incorrect.     

Comment on “Dirac fermions in Som–Raychaudhuri space-time with scalar and vector potential and the energy momentum distributions [Eur. Phys. J. C (2019) 79:541]”

The European Physical Journal C - In the gravitational sector, we study the CPT violation and birefringence in gravitational waves. In presence of the CPT violation, a relative dephasing is...