Monodromy-free Schrödinger operators with quadratically increasing potentials

We consider one-dimensional monodromy-free Schrödinger operators with quadratically increasing rational potentials. It is shown that all these operators can be obtained from the operator -?² + x² by finitely many rational Darboux transformations. An explicit expression is found for the corresponding potentials in terms of Hermite polynomials.     

Darboux transformation,factorization, and supersymmetry in one-dimensional quantum mechanics

We introduce an N-order Darboux transformation operator as a particular case of general transformation operators. It is shown that this operator can always be represented as a product of N first-order Darboux transformation operators. The relationship between this transformation and the factorization method is investigated. Supercharge operators are introduced. They are differential operators of order N. It is shown that these operators and super-Hamiltonian form a superalgebra of order N. For N=2, we have a quadratic superalgebra analogous to the Sklyanin quadratic algebras. The relationship between the transformation introduced and the inverse scattering problem in quantum mechanics is established. An elementary N-parametric potential that has exactly N predetermined discrete spectrum levels is constructed. The paper concludes with some examples of new exactly soluble potentials.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 104, No. 2, pp. 356–367, August, 1995.     

Vectorial Darboux Transformations for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Hierarchy

Summary. We consider the vectorial approach to the binary Darboux transformations for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchy in its Zakharov-Shabat formulation. We obtain explicit formulae for the Darboux transformed potentials in terms of Grammian type determinants. We also study the n -th Gel'fand-Dickey hierarchy introducing spectral operators and obtaining similar results. We reduce the above-mentioned results to the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili I and II real forms, obtaining corresponding vectorial Darboux transformations. In particular for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili I hierarchy, we get the line soliton, the lump solution, and the Johnson-Thompson lump, and the corresponding determinant formulae for the nonlinear superposition of several of them. For Kadomtsev-Petviashvili II apart from the line solitons, we get singular rational solutions with its singularity set describing the motion of strings in the plane. We also consider the I and II real forms for the Gel'fand-Dickey hierarchies obtaining the vectorial Darboux transformation in both cases. Received June 4, 1997; final revision received March 6, 1998; accepted March 23, 1998     

Necessary Covariance Conditions for a One-Field Lax Pair

We study the covariance with respect to Darboux transformations of polynomial differential and difference operators with coefficients given by functions of one basic field. In the scalar (Abelian) case, the functional dependence is established by equating the Frechet differential (the first term of the Taylor series on the prolonged space) to the Darboux transform; a Lax pair for the Boussinesq equation is considered. For a pair of generalized Zakharov-Shabat problems (with differential and shift operators) with operator coefficients, we construct a set of integrable nonlinear equations together with explicit dressing formulas. Non-Abelian special functions are fixed as the fields of the covariant pairs. We introduce a difference Lax pair, a combined gauge-Darboux transformation, and solutions of the Nahm equations.__________Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 144, No. 1, pp. 122–132, July, 2005.     

Binary Darboux transformations andN-wave systems in rings

The covariance theorems for elementary and binary Darboux transformations in rings are formulated and proved for generalized Zakharov-Shabat problems. The definition of the elementary Darboux transformation is extended to an arbitrary number of orthogonal idempotents. The binary transformation is defined as a sequence of elementary transformations for direct and conjugate problems. The heredity property for the reduction constraints is established for some UV pairs in rings; hence, the transformation generates solutions and infinitesimal symmetries of the corresponding zero-curvature equations. The explicit expressions for the transformations, solitons, and infinitesimals are given in the general case and in physically significant cases of extended non-AbelianN-wave equations (with linear terms added). Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 122, No. 2, pp. 239–250, February, 2000.     

Quadratic estimates and functional calculi of perturbed Dirac operators

We prove quadratic estimates for complex perturbations of Dirac-type operators, and thereby show that such operators have a bounded functional calculus. As an application we show that spectral projections of the Hodge–Dirac operator on compact manifolds depend analytically on L_∞ changes in the metric. We also recover a unified proof of many results in the Calderón program, including the Kato square root problem and the boundedness of the Cauchy operator on Lipschitz curves and surfaces.     

Rank 2 commuting ordinary differential operators and Darboux conjugates of KdV

By considering the factorizations (flags) and associated (simultaneous) second order Darboux transformations of the square and cube of an arbitrary second order Schrödinger operator, we generate commuting ordinary differential operators of orders four and six with a singular elliptic spectrum. This procedure generates true rank 2 commutative algebras. Under the KdV flow, each such factorization (flag) leads to an integrable equation for which the corresponding Darboux transformation generates a Lax-type operator as one of a commuting pair of orders four and six with singular elliptic spectrum. Hence, these integrable equations are Darboux conjugates of KdV.     

Factorization of nonlinear supersymmetry in one-dimensional quantum mechanics. II: Proofs of theorems on reducibility

In this paper, we continue to study factorization of supersymmetric (SUSY) transformations in one-dimensional Quantum Mechanics into chains of elementary Darboux transformations with nonsingular coefficients. We define a class of potentials that are invariant under the Darboux-Crum transformations and prove a number of lemmas and theorems substantiating the formulated conjectures on reducibility of differential operators for spectral equivalence transformations. Analysis of the general case is performed with all the necessary proofs. Bibliography: 27 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 347, 2007, pp. 214–237.     

Factorization of nonlinear supersymmetry in one-dimensional quantum mechanics. I: General classification of reducibility and analysis of the third-order algebra

We study possible factorizations of supersymmetric (SUSY) transformations in the one-dimensional quantum mechanics into chains of elementary Darboux transformations with nonsingular coefficients. A classification of irreducible (almost) isospectral transformations and of related SUSY algebras is presented. A detailed analysis of SUSY algebras and isospectral operators is performed for the third-order case. Bibliography: 29 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 335, 2006, pp. 22–49.     

A Resolution for the Dirac Operator in Four Variables in Dimension 6

The Dirac operator in several operators is an analogue of the - operator in theory of several complex variables. The Hartog’s type phenomena are encoded in a complex of invariant differential operators starting with the Dirac operator, which is an analogue of the Dolbeault complex. In the paper, a construction of the complex is given for the Dirac operator in 4 variables in dimension 6 (i.e. in the non-stable range). A peculiar feature of the complex is that it contains a third order operator. The methods used in the construction are based on the Penrose transform developed by R. Baston and M. Eastwood. The work presented here is a part of the research project MSM 0021620839 and was supported also by the grant GA ČR 201/05/2117.     

Operator representation of gravitational constraints in the case of a closed universe

The Witten identity is used to obtain a representation of gravitational constraints for a closed Universe as an equality of two operators in the space of Dirac bispinors, the Dirac operator squared and the Laplace operator. Degeneracy of the spectra of these operators represents the Lorentz invariance of the Hamiltonian dynamics of the Universe in special gauges connected with the new operator representation.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 105, No. 3, pp. 503–507, December, 1995.     

Dirac Operator in Two Variables from the Viewpoint of Parabolic Geometry

In this paper, we show the existence of a sequence of invariant differential operators on a particular homogeneous model G/P of a Cartan geometry. The first operator in this sequence is locally the Dirac operator in 2 Clifford variables, D = (D ₁, D ₂), where D _i = ∑ _j e _j . ∂ _ij . It follows from the construction that this operator is invariant with respect to the action of the group G. There are 2 other G-invariant differential operators following it so that the sequence of operators is exact. We compute the local expression of these operators and show that it coincides with the operators described in [2, 5, 6] by the tools of Clifford analysis. However, it follows from our approach that the operators are invariant. The work presented here was supported by the grants GAUK 447/2004 and GA ČR 201/05/H005.     

Bismut superconnections and the Chern character for Dirac operators on foliated manifolds

In this paper, we show how to define a Bismut superconnection for generalized Dirac operators defined along the leaves of a compact foliated manifoldM. Using the heat operator of the curvature of the superconnection, we define a (nonnormalized) Chern character for the Dirac operator, which lies in the Haefliger cohomology of the foliation. Rescaling the metric onM by 1/a and lettinga 0, we obtain the analog of the classical cohomological formula for the index of a family of Dirac operators. In certain special cases, we can also compute the limit asa and show that it is the Chern character of the index bundle given by the kernel of the Dirac operator. Finally, we discuss the relation of our results with the Chern character in cyclic cohomology.     

Clifford analysis versus its quaternionic counterparts

For a positive integer n let Cl_0,n be the universal Clifford algebra with the signature (0,n). The name Clifford analysis is usually referred to the function theories for functions in the kernels of the two operators: the (Cliffordian) Cauchy–Riemann operator and the Dirac operator. For n=2, Cl_0,2 becomes the skew‐field of Hamilton's quaternions for which the two operators are widely known: the Moisil–Théodoresco and the Fueter operators. We establish the precise relations between the Moisil–Théodoresco operator and the Dirac operator for Cl_0,3. It turns out that the case of the Cauchy–Riemann operator for Cl_0,3 and the Fueter operator is more sophisticated, and we describe the peculiarities emerging here. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The $${\bar\mu}$$-invariant of Seifert fibered homology spheres and the Dirac operator

We derive a formula for the [`(m)]{\bar\mu}-invariant of a Seifert fibered homology sphere in terms of the η-invariant of its Dirac operator. As a consequence, we obtain a vanishing result for the index of certain Dirac operators on plumbed 4-manifolds bounding such spheres.     

On Fundamental Solutions in Clifford Analysis

Euclidean Clifford analysis is a higher dimensional function theory offering a refinement of classical harmonic analysis. The theory is centred around the concept of monogenic functions, which constitute the kernel of a first order vector valued, rotation invariant, differential operator ?{\underline{\partial}} called the Dirac operator, which factorizes the Laplacian. More recently, Hermitean Clifford analysis has emerged as a new branch of Clifford analysis, offering yet a refinement of the Euclidean case; it focusses on a subclass of monogenic functions, i.e. the simultaneous null solutions, called Hermitean (or h−) monogenic functions, of two Hermitean Dirac operators ?_z{\partial_{\underline{z}}} and ?_z^f{\partial_{\underline{z}^\dagger}} which are invariant under the action of the unitary group, and constitute a splitting of the original Euclidean Dirac operator. In Euclidean Clifford analysis, the Clifford–Cauchy integral formula has proven to be a corner stone of the function theory, as is the case for the traditional Cauchy formula for holomorphic functions in the complex plane. Also a Hermitean Clifford–Cauchy integral formula has been established by means of a matrix approach. Naturally Cauchy integral formulae rely upon the existence of fundamental solutions of the Dirac operators under consideration. The aim of this paper is twofold. We want to reveal the underlying structure of these fundamental solutions and to show the particular results hidden behind a formula such as, e.g. ?E = d{\underline{\partial}E = \delta}. Moreover we will refine these relations by constructing fundamental solutions for the differential operators issuing from the Euclidean and Hermitean Dirac operators by splitting the Clifford algebra product into its dot and wedge parts.