Invariants for smooth conjugacy of hyperbolic dynamical systems. IV

We show that if twoC transitive Anosov flows in a three-dimensional manifold are topologically conjugate and the Lyapunov exponents on corresponding periodic orbits agree, then the conjugating homeomorphism isC .Partially supported by NSF grant # DMS 85-04984     

On a regularity problem occurring in connection with Anosov diffeomorphisms

Let be aC -manifold and _s and _u be two Hölder foliations, transverse, and with uniformlyC leaves. If a functionf is uniformlyC along the leaves of the two foliations, then it isC on . The proof is elementary.     

Characteristic Properties of the Scattering Data for the mKdV Equation on the Half-Line

In this paper we describe characteristic properties of the scattering data of the compatible eigenvalue problem for the pair of differential equations related to the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation whose solution is defined in some half-strip or in the quarter plane (0<x<)×[0,T), T. We suppose that this solution has a C initial function vanishing as x, and C boundary values, vanishing as t when T=. We study the corresponding scattering problem for the compatible Zakharov-Shabat system of differential equations associated with the mKdV equation and obtain a representation of the solution of the mKdV equation through Marchenko integral equations of the inverse scattering method. The kernel of these equations is valid only for x0 and it takes into account all specific properties of the pair of compatible differential equations in the chosen half-strip or in the quarter plane. The main result of the paper is the collection A–B–C of characteristic properties of the scattering functions given below.     

Anomalies in the one-dimensional Anderson model at weak disorder

We show that at the special energiesE=2cosp/q, the invariant measure, the Lyapunov exponent, and the density of states can be extended to zero disorder as C functions in the disorder parameter. In particular, we obtain asymptotic series in the disorder parameter. This gives a rigorous proof of the existence of the anomalies originally discovered by Kappus and Wegner and studied by Derrida and Gardner and by Bovier and Klein.Partially supported by NSF grant DMS 87-02301     

Dispersive Estimates for Schrödinger Operators in Dimensions One and Three

We consider L¹L estimates for the time evolution of Hamiltonians H=–+V in dimensions d=1 and d=3 with bound We require decay of the potentials but no regularity. In d=1 the decay assumption is (1+|x|)|V(x)|dx<, whereas in d=3 it is |V(x)|C(1+|x|)^–3–.Supported by the NSF grant DMS-0070538 and a Sloan fellowship.     

Stability of geodesic incompleteness for Robertson-Walker space-times

Let (M, g) be a Lorentzian warped product space-timeM=(a, b)×H, g = –dt ² fh, where –a<b+, (H, h) is a Riemannian manifold andf: (a, b)(0, ) is a smooth function. We show that ifa>– and (H, h) is homogeneous, then the past incompleteness of every timelike geodesic of (M,g) is stable under smallC ⁰ perturbations in the space Lor(M) of Lorentzian metrics forM. Also we show that if (H,h) is isotropic and (M,g) contains a past-inextendible, past-incomplete null geodesic, then the past incompleteness of all null geodesics is stable under smallC ¹ perturbations in Lor(M). Given either the isotropy or homogeneity of the Riemannian factor, the background space-time (M,g) is globally hyperbolic. The results of this paper, in particular, answer a question raised by D. Lerner for big bang Robertson-Walker cosmological models affirmatively.Partially supported by a grant from the Research Council of the Graduate School of the University of Missouri-Columbia.Partially supported by a grant from the Research Council of the Graduate School of the University of Missouri-Columbia and NSF grant No. MCS77-18723(02).     

On the bundle of connections and the gauge orbit manifold in Yang-Mills theory

In an appropriate mathematical framework we supply a simple proof that the quotienting of the space of connections by the group of gauge transformations (in Yang-Mills theory) is aC principal fibration. The underlying quotient space, the gauge orbit space, is seen explicitly to be aC manifold modelled on a Hilbert space.     

A nonequilibrium entropy for dynamical systems

It is proposed to define entropy for nonequilibrium ensembles using a method of coarse graining which partitions phase space into sets which typically have zero measure. These are chosen by considering the totality of future possibilities for observation on the system. It is shown that this entropy is necessarily a nondecreasing function of the timet. There is no contradiction with the reversibility of the laws of motion because this method of coarse graining is asymmetric under time reversal. Under suitable conditions (which are stated explicitly) this entropy approaches the equilibrium entropy ast+ and the fine-grained entropy ast–. In particular, the conditions can always be satisfied if the system is aK-system, as in the Sinai billiard models. Some theorems are given which give information about whether it is possible to generate the partition used here for coarse graining from time translates of a finite partition, and at the same time elucidate the connection between our concept of entropy and the entropy invariant of Kolmogorov and Sinai.Research supported in part by NSF grants PHY78-03816 and PHY78-15920.     

Moyal Deformations of Gravity via SU(∞) Gauge Theories, Branes and Topological Chern-Simons Matrix Models

Moyal noncommutative star-product deformations of higher-dimensional gravitational Einstein-Hilbert actions via lower-dimensional SU(), W gauge theories are constructed explicitly based on the holographic reduction principle. New reparametrization invariant p-brane actions and their Moyal star product deformations follows. It is conjectured that topological Chern-Simons brane actions associated with higher-dimensional knots have a one-to-one correspondence with topological Chern-Simons Matrix models in the large N limit. The corresponding large N limit of Topological BF Matrix models leads to Kalb-Ramond couplings of antisymmetric-tensor fields to p-branes. The former Chern-Simons branes display higher-spin W symmetries which are very relevant in the study of W Gravity, the Quantum Hall effect and its higher-dimensional generalizations. We conclude by arguing why this interplay between condensed matter models, higher-dimensional extensions of the Quantum Hall effect, Chern-Simons Matrix models and Gravity needs to be investigated further within the framework of W Gauge theories.     

A note on the Ising model in high dimensions

We consider thed-dimensional Ising model with a nearest neighbor ferromagnetic interactionJ(d)=1/4d. We show that asd the+phase (and the — phase) approaches a product measure with density given by the mean field approximation. In particular the spontaneous magnetization converges to its mean field value. A similar result holds for the unique Gibbs measure of the system subject to an external fieldh0.Part of this work was done while this author was visiting Rutgers University, supported by NSF grant DMR-86-12369 and Princeton University, support by NSF grant PHY-85-15288-A01Partially supported by a NSF grant to Cornell UniversityPartially supported by NSF grant DMR 86-12369Supported by the U.S. Army Research Office through the Mathematical Sciences Institute of Cornell and by a NSF grant to Cornell University. This author was supported by the NSF grant DMR-86-12369 while visiting Rutgers University (when this work was started). On leave from São Paulo University     

A remark on papers by pixton and oliveira: Genericity of symplectic diffeomorphisms ofS 2 with positive topological entropy

We prove the existence of an open and dense subset of mapsfDiff (S²) which have positive topological entropy. It follows that these maps have infinitely many hyperbolic periodic points and an exponential growth rate of hyperbolic periodic points. The proof is an application of Pixton's theorem     

Anomalies and curvature ofW manifolds

We study the holomorphic structure of certain complex manifolds associated withW algebras, namely, the flag manifoldsW /T andW ₁₊/T ₁₊, and the spacesW /SL(),R) andW ₁₊/GL(,R), whereT andT ₁₊ are the maximal tori inW andW ₁₊. We compute their Ricci curvature and show how the results are related to the anomaly-freedom conditions forW andW ₁₊. We discuss the relation of these manifolds with extensions of universal Teichmüller space.Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, under grant DE-AS05-81ER40039Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, under grant DE-FG03-84ER40168     

The number of bound states of singular oscillating potentials

For a spherically symmetric potential such that rVL ¹(a, ), a>0, and is such that, if we define W=– _r V(t) d(t), W belongs to L ¹ (0, ) and rW0 as r0, we show that the number of bound states in any partial-wave satisfies the bound n2 ₀ r W ² dr. It was shown in a previous paper [1] that this class of potentials is regular from the point of view of abstract scattering theory as well as from the time-independent theory and the Jost function approach. We show also that, for large values of the coupling constant, n(gV) has the asymptotic behaviour C _±g ₀ W(r) dr as g±.     

The chiral determinant and the eta invariant

For { _y },y, a one parameter family of invertible Weyl operators of possibly non-zero index acting on spinors over an even dimensional compact manifoldX, we express the phase of the chiral determinant det _– in terms of the invariant of a Dirac operator acting on spinors over ×X.Supported in part by NSF Grant No. PHY-82-15249Supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 8605978 and the Robert A. Welch Foundation     

Discontinuity of the percolation density in one dimensional 1/|x−y|2 percolation models

We consider one dimensional percolation models for which the occupation probability of a bond –K _x,y , has a slow power decay as a function of the bond's length. For independent models — and with suitable reformulations also for more general classes of models, it is shown that: i) no percolation is possible if for short bondsK _x,y p<1 and if for long bondsK _x,y /|x–y|² with 1, regardless of how closep is to 1, ii) in models for which the above asymptotic bound holds with some <, there is a discontinuity in the percolation densityM (P ) at the percolation threshold, iii) assuming also translation invariance, in the nonpercolative regime, the mean cluster size is finite and the two-point connectivity function decays there as fast asC(,p)/|x–y|². The first two statements are consequences of a criterion which states that if the percolation densityM does not vanish then M ²>=1. This dichotomy resembles one for the magnetization in 1/|x–y|² Ising models which was first proposed by Thouless and further supported by the renormalization group flow equations of Anderson, Yuval, and Hamann. The proofs of the above percolation phenomena involve (rigorous) renormalization type arguments of a different sort.Some of the work was done at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, F-91440 Buressur-Yvette, FranceResearch supported in part by NSF grant PHY-8301493 A02, and by a John S. Guggenheim Foundation FellowshipResearch supported in part by NSF Grant MCS-8019384, and by a John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship     

Multichannel nonlinear scattering for nonintegrable equations

We consider a class of nonlinear Schrödinger equations (conservative and dispersive systems) with localized and dispersive solutions. We obtain a class of initial conditions, for which the asymptotic behavior (t±) of solutions is given by a linear combination of nonlinear bound state (time periodic and spatially localized solution) of the equation and a purely dispersive part (decaying to zero with time at the free dispersion rate). We also obtain a result ofasymptotic stability type: given data near a nonlinear bound state of the system, there is a nonlinear bound state of nearby energy and phase, such that the difference between the solution (adjusted by a phase) and the latter disperses to zero. It turns out that in general, the time-period (and energy) of the localized part is different fort+ from that fort–. Moreover the solution acquires an extra constant asymptotic phasee ^{iy ±}.This research was supported in part by grants from the National Science FoundationThe results of this paper were announced in a lecture (June, 1988) on which the Proceedings article [Sof-We] is based     

Quasi-classical limit of BKP hierarchy andW-infinity symmetries

Previous results on quasi-classical limit of the KP and Toda hierarchies are now extended to the BKP hierarchy. Basic tools such as the Lax representation, the Baker-Akhiezer function and the tau function are reformulated so as to fit into the analysis of quasi-classical limit. Two subalgebrasW ₁ ^B ₊ andw ₁ ^B ₊ of theW-infinity algebrasW _{1 +} andw _{1 +} are introduced as fundamental Lie algebras of the BKP hierarchy and its quasi-classical limit, the dispersionless BKP hierarchy. The quantumW-infinity algebraW ₁ ^B ₊ emerges in symmetries of the BKP hierarchy. In quasi-classical limit, theseW ₁ ^B ₊ symmetries are shown to be contracted intow ₁ ^B ₊ symmetries of the dispersionless BKP hierarchy.     

Electroweak interactions at an infinite sublayer quark level. IV. Composite model of electron,neutrino, and gauge bosons

We assume that the electron (e ^–), neutrino (v _e), and gauge bosons (W ^±,Z ⁰) are composed of only two kinds of particles, an ultimate particleu at an infinite sublayer quark level and a chargeless fermiont, such thate ^–=(u ^cp u ^cp l),V _e =(u u ^cp l,W ⁺=(u u ),W ^–=(u ^cp u ^cp andZ ⁰=(u u ^cp . It is then shown thatCP is violated in weak interactions associated with these electron, neutrino, and gauge bosons.     

The distribution of Lyapunov exponents: Exact results for random matrices

Simple exact expressions are derived for all the Lyapunov exponents of certainN-dimensional stochastic linear dynamical systems. In the case of the product of independent random matrices, each of which has independent Gaussian entries with mean zero and variance 1/N, the exponents have an exponential distribution asN. In the case of the time-ordered product integral of exp[N ^–1/2 dW], where the entries of theN×N matrixW(t) are independent standard Wiener processes, the exponents are equally spaced for fixedN and thus have a uniform distribution as N.John S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellow. Research supported in part by NSF Grant MCS 80-19384     

Rate of escape of some chaotic Julia sets

We give a formula for the rates of escape for Julia sets with preperiodic critical points and forC endomorphisms of the interval with non-flat pre-periodic critical points outside the basin of attracting periodic points.Research supported by CNPq, Brasil