Domain and Range of the Modified Wave Operator for Schrödinger Equations with a Critical Nonlinearity

We study the final problem for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

$i{\partial }_{t}u+\frac{1}{2}\Delta u=\lambda|u|^{\frac{2}{n}}u,\quad (t,x)\in {\mathbf{R}}\times \mathbf{R}^{n},$

where\(\lambda \in{\bf R},n=1,2,3\). If the final data\(u_{+}\in {\bf H}^{0,\alpha }=\left\{ \phi \in {\bf L}^{2}:\left( 1+\left\vert x\right\vert \right) ^{\alpha }\phi \in {\bf L}^{2}\right\} \) with\(\frac{ n}{2} < \alpha < \min \left( n,2,1+\frac{2}{n}\right) \) and the norm\(\Vert \widehat{u_{+}}\Vert _{{\bf L}^{\infty }}\) is sufficiently small, then we prove the existence of the wave operator in L ². We also construct the modified scattering operator from H ^0,α to H ^0,δ with\(\frac{n}{2} < \delta < \alpha\).

     

A Centre-Stable Manifold for the Focussing Cubic NLS in $${\mathbb{R}}^{1+3}$$

Consider the focussing cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation in \({\mathbb{R}}^3\) :

$i\psi_t+\Delta\psi = -|\psi|^2 \psi. \quad (0.1) $

It admits special solutions of the form e ^itα ?, where \(\phi \in {\mathcal{S}}({\mathbb{R}}^3)\) is a positive (? > 0) solution of

$-\Delta \phi + \alpha\phi = \phi^3. \quad (0.2)$

The space of all such solutions, together with those obtained from them by rescaling and applying phase and Galilean coordinate changes, called standing waves, is the 8-dimensional manifold that consists of functions of the form \(e^{i(v \cdot + \Gamma)} \phi(\cdot - y, \alpha)\) . We prove that any solution starting sufficiently close to a standing wave in the \(\Sigma = W^{1, 2}({\mathbb{R}}^3) \cap |x|^{-1}L^2({\mathbb{R}}^3)\) norm and situated on a certain codimension-one local Lipschitz manifold exists globally in time and converges to a point on the manifold of standing waves. Furthermore, we show that \({\mathcal{N}}\) is invariant under the Hamiltonian flow, locally in time, and is a centre-stable manifold in the sense of Bates, Jones [BatJon]. The proof is based on the modulation method introduced by Soffer and Weinstein for the L ²-subcritical case and adapted by Schlag to the L ²-supercritical case. An important part of the proof is the Keel-Tao endpoint Strichartz estimate in \({\mathbb{R}}^3\) for the nonselfadjoint Schrödinger operator obtained by linearizing (0.1) around a standing wave solution. All results in this paper depend on the standard spectral assumption that the Hamiltonian

$\mathcal H = \left ( \begin{array}{cc}\Delta + 2\phi(\cdot, \alpha)^2 - \alpha &;\quad \phi(\cdot, \alpha)^2 \\ -\phi(\cdot, \alpha)^2 &;\quad -\Delta - 2 \phi(\cdot, \alpha)^2 + \alpha \end{array}\right ) \quad (0.3)$

has no embedded eigenvalues in the interior of its essential spectrum \((-\infty, -\alpha) \cup (\alpha, \infty)\) .

     

Free Energy of the Cauchy Directed Polymer Model at High Temperature

We study the Cauchy directed polymer model on \(\mathbb {Z}^{1+1}\), where the underlying random walk is in the domain of attraction to the 1-stable law. We show that, if the random walk satisfies certain regularity assumptions and its symmetrized version is recurrent, then the free energy is strictly negative at any inverse temperature \(\beta >0\). Moreover, under additional regularity assumptions on the random walk, we can identify the sharp asymptotics of the free energy in the high temperature limit, namely,

$$\begin{aligned} \lim \limits _{\beta \rightarrow 0}\beta ^{2}\log (-p(\beta ))=-c. \end{aligned}$$

     

Normal Forms for Semilinear Quantum Harmonic Oscillators

We consider the semilinear harmonic oscillator

$i\psi_t=(-\Delta +{|x|}^{2} +M)\psi +\partial_2 g(\psi,\bar \psi), \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^{d},\, t\in \mathbb{R},$

where M is a Hermite multiplier and g a smooth function globally of order 3 at least. We prove that such a Hamiltonian equation admits, in a neighborhood of the origin, a Birkhoff normal form at any order and that, under generic conditions on M related to the non resonance of the linear part, this normal form is integrable when d = 1 and gives rise to simple (in particular bounded) dynamics when d ≥ 2. As a consequence we prove the almost global existence for solutions of the above equation with small Cauchy data. Furthermore we control the high Sobolev norms of these solutions.

     

Krein formula with compensated singularities for the ND-mapping and the generalized Kirchhoff condition at the Neumann Schrödinger junction

The Neumann Schrödinger operator \(\mathcal{L}\) is considered on a thin 2D star-shaped junction, composed of a vertex domain Ω_int and a few semi-infinite straight leads ω _m , m = 1, 2, ..., M, of width δ, δ ? diam Ω_int, attached to Ω_int at Γ ? ?Ω_int. The potential of the Schrödinger operator l ^ω on the leads vanishes, hence there are only a finite number of eigenvalues of the Neumann Schrödinger operator L _int on Ω_int embedded into the open spectral branches of l ^ω with oscillating solutions χ _±(x, p) = \(e^{ \pm iK_ + x} e_m \) of l ^ω χ _± = p ² χ _±. The exponent of the open channels in the wires is

$K_ + (\lambda ) = p\sum\limits_{m = 1}^M {e^m } \rangle \langle e^m = \sqrt \lambda P_ + $

, with constant e _m , on a relatively small essential spectral interval Δ ? [0, π ² δ ^?2). The scattering matrix of the junction is represented on Δ in terms of the ND mapping

$\mathcal{N} = \frac{{\partial P_ + \Psi }}{{\partial x}}(0,\lambda )\left| {_\Gamma \to P_ + \Psi _ + (0,\lambda )} \right|_\Gamma $

as

$S(\lambda ) = (ip\mathcal{N} + I_ + )^{ - 1} (ip\mathcal{N} - I_ + ), I_ + = \sum\limits_{m = 1}^M {e^m } \rangle \langle e^m = P_ + $

. We derive an approximate formula for \(\mathcal{N}\) in terms of the Neumann-to-Dirichlet mapping \(\mathcal{N}_{\operatorname{int} } \) of L _int and the exponent K _? of the closed channels of l ^ω . If there is only one simple eigenvalue λ ₀ ∈ Δ, L _intφ0 = λ _0φ0 then, for a thin junction, \(\mathcal{N} \approx |\vec \phi _0 |^2 P_0 (\lambda _0 - \lambda )^{ - 1} \) with

$\vec \phi _0 = P_ + \phi _0 = (\delta ^{ - 1} \int_{\Gamma _1 } {\phi _0 (\gamma )} d\gamma ,\delta ^{ - 1} \int_{\Gamma _2 } {\phi _0 (\gamma )} d\gamma , \ldots \delta ^{ - 1} \int_{\Gamma _M } {\phi _0 (\gamma )} d\gamma )$

and \(P_0 = \vec \phi _0 \rangle |\vec \phi _0 |^{ - 2} \langle \vec \phi _0 \),

$S(\lambda ) \approx \frac{{ip|\vec \phi _0 |^2 P_0 (\lambda _0 - \lambda )^{ - 1} - I_ + }}{{ip|\vec \phi _0 |^2 P_0 (\lambda _0 - \lambda )^{ - 1} + I_ + }} = :S_{appr} (\lambda )$

. The related boundary condition for the components P ₊Ψ(0) and P ₊Ψ′(0) of the scattering Ansatz in the open channel \(P_ + \Psi (0) = (\bar \Psi _1 ,\bar \Psi _2 , \ldots ,\bar \Psi _M ), P_ + \Psi '(0) = (\bar \Psi '_1 , \bar \Psi '_2 , \ldots , \bar \Psi '_M )\) includes the weighted continuity (1) of the scattering Ansatz Ψ at the vertex and the weighted balance of the currents (2), where

$\frac{{\bar \Psi _m }}{{\bar \phi _0^m }} = \frac{{\delta \sum\nolimits_{t = 1}^M { \bar \Psi _t \bar \phi _0^t } }}{{|\vec \phi _0 |^2 }} = \frac{{\bar \Psi _r }}{{\bar \phi _0^r }} = :\bar \Psi (0)/\bar \phi (0), 1 \leqslant m,r \leqslant M$

(1)

,

$\sum\limits_{m = 1}^M {\bar \Psi '_m } \bar \phi _0^m + \delta ^{ - 1} (\lambda - \lambda _0 )\bar \Psi /\bar \phi (0) = 0$

(1)

. Conditions (1) and (2) constitute the generalized Kirchhoff boundary condition at the vertex for the Schrödinger operator on a thin junction and remain valid for the corresponding 1D model. We compare this with the previous result by Kuchment and Zeng obtained by the variational technique for the Neumann Laplacian on a shrinking quantum network.

     

Entanglement Involved in Time Evolution of Two-Mode Squeezed State in Single-Mode Diffusion Channel

We derive the evolution law of an initial two-mode squeezed vacuum state \( \text {sech}^{2}\lambda e^{a^{\dag }b^{\dagger }\tanh \lambda }\left \vert 00\right \rangle \left \langle 00\right \vert e^{ab\tanh \lambda }\) (a pure state) passing through an a-mode diffusion channel described by the master equation

$$\frac{d\rho \left( t\right) }{dt}=-\kappa \left[ a^{\dagger}a\rho \left( t\right) -a^{\dagger}\rho \left( t\right) a-a\rho \left( t\right) a^{\dagger}+\rho \left( t\right) aa^{\dagger}\right] , $$

since the two-mode squeezed state is simultaneously an entangled state, the final state which emerges from this channel is a two-mode mixed state. Performing partial trace over the b-mode of ρ(t) yields a new chaotic field, \(\rho _{a}\left (t\right ) =\frac {\text {sech}^{2}\lambda }{1+\kappa t \text {sech}^{2}\lambda }:\exp \left [ \frac {- \text {sech}^{2}\lambda }{1+\kappa t\text {sech}^{2}\lambda }a^{\dagger }a \right ] :,\) which exhibits higher temperature and more photon numbers, showing the diffusion effect. Besides, measuring a-mode of ρ(t) to find n photons will result in the collapse of the two-mode system to a new Laguerre polynomial-weighted chaotic state in b-mode, which also exhibits entanglement.

     

The NLS Equation in Dimension One with Spatially Concentrated Nonlinearities: the Pointlike Limit

In the present paper, we study the following scaled nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) in one space dimension: $$ i\frac{\rm d}{{\rm d}t}\psi^{\varepsilon}(t)=-\Delta\psi^{\varepsilon}(t) +\frac{1}{\varepsilon}V\left(\frac{x}{\varepsilon} \right)|\psi^{\varepsilon}(t)|^{2\mu}\psi^{\varepsilon}(t)\quad \varepsilon > 0\,\quad V\in L^1(\mathbb{R},(1+|x|){\rm d}x) \cap L^\infty(\mathbb{R}).$$ This equation represents a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a spatially concentrated nonlinearity. We show that in the limit \({\varepsilon\to 0}\) the weak (integral) dynamics converges in \({H^1(\mathbb{R})}\) to the weak dynamics of the NLS with point-concentrated nonlinearity: $$ i\frac{{\rm d}}{{\rm d}t} \psi(t) =H_{\alpha} \psi(t) .$$ where H _α is the Laplacian with the nonlinear boundary condition at the origin \({\psi'(t,0+)-\psi'(t,0-)=\alpha|\psi(t,0)|^{2\mu}\psi(t,0)}\) and \({\alpha=\int_{\mathbb{R}}V{\rm d}x}\) . The convergence occurs for every \({\mu\in \mathbb{R}^+}\) if V ≥  0 and for every  \({\mu\in (0,1)}\) otherwise. The same result holds true for a nonlinearity with an arbitrary number N of concentration points.     

One-range Addition Theorems for Noninteger n Slater Functions using Complete Orthonormal Sets of Exponential Type Orbitals in Standard Convention

By the use of complete orthonormal sets of ${\psi ^{(\alpha^{\ast})}}$ -exponential type orbitals ( ${\psi ^{(\alpha^{\ast})}}$ -ETOs) with integer (for α ^* = α) and noninteger self-frictional quantum number α ^*(for α ^* ≠ α) in standard convention introduced by the author, the one-range addition theorems for ${\chi }$ -noninteger n Slater type orbitals ${(\chi}$ -NISTOs) are established. These orbitals are defined as follows $$\begin{array}{ll}\psi _{nlm}^{(\alpha^*)} (\zeta ,\vec {r}) = \frac{(2\zeta )^{3/2}}{\Gamma (p_l ^* + 1)} \left[{\frac{\Gamma (q_l ^* + )}{(2n)^{\alpha ^*}(n - l - 1)!}} \right]^{1/2}e^{-\frac{x}{2}}x^{l}_1 F_1 ({-[ {n - l - 1}]; p_l ^* + 1; x})S_{lm} (\theta ,\varphi )\\ \chi _{n^*lm} (\zeta ,\vec {r}) = (2\zeta )^{3/2}\left[ {\Gamma(2n^* + 1)}\right]^{{-1}/2}x^{n^*-1}e^{-\frac{x}{2}}S_{lm}(\theta ,\varphi ),\end{array}$$ where ${x=2\zeta r, 0<\zeta <\infty , p_l ^{\ast}=2l+2-\alpha ^{\ast}, q_l ^{\ast}=n+l+1-\alpha ^{\ast}, -\infty <\alpha ^{\ast} <3 , -\infty <\alpha \leq 2,_1 F_1 }$ is the confluent hypergeometric function and ${S_{lm} (\theta ,\varphi )}$ are the complex or real spherical harmonics. The origin of the ${\psi ^{(\alpha ^{\ast})} }$ -ETOs, therefore, of the one-range addition theorems obtained in this work for ${\chi}$ -NISTOs is the self-frictional potential of the field produced by the particle itself. The obtained formulas can be useful especially in the electronic structure calculations of atoms, molecules and solids when Hartree–Fock–Roothan approximation is employed.     

Scaling Limit of Symmetric Random Walk in High-Contrast Periodic Environment

It is shown that the deterministic infinite trigonometric products

$$\begin{aligned} \prod _{n\in \mathbb {N}}\left[ 1- p +p\cos \left( \textstyle n^{-s}_{_{}}t\right) \right] =: {\text{ Cl }_{p;s}^{}}(t) \end{aligned}$$

with parameters \( p\in (0,1]\ \& \ s>\frac{1}{2}\), and variable \(t\in \mathbb {R}\), are inverse Fourier transforms of the probability distributions for certain random series \(\Omega _{p}^\zeta (s)\) taking values in the real \(\omega \) line; i.e. the \({\text{ Cl }_{p;s}^{}}(t)\) are characteristic functions of the \(\Omega _{p}^\zeta (s)\). The special case \(p=1=s\) yields the familiar random harmonic series, while in general \(\Omega _{p}^\zeta (s)\) is a “random Riemann-\(\zeta \) function,” a notion which will be explained and illustrated—and connected to the Riemann hypothesis. It will be shown that \(\Omega _{p}^\zeta (s)\) is a very regular random variable, having a probability density function (PDF) on the \(\omega \) line which is a Schwartz function. More precisely, an elementary proof is given that there exists some \(K_{p;s}^{}>0\), and a function \(F_{p;s}^{}(|t|)\) bounded by \(|F_{p;s}^{}(|t|)|\!\le \! \exp \big (K_{p;s}^{} |t|^{1/(s+1)})\), and \(C_{p;s}^{}\!:=\!-\frac{1}{s}\int _0^\infty \ln |{1-p+p\cos \xi }|\frac{1}{\xi ^{1+1/s}}\mathrm{{d}}\xi \), such that

$$\begin{aligned} \forall \,t\in \mathbb {R}:\quad {\text{ Cl }_{p;s}^{}}(t) = \exp \bigl ({- C_{p;s}^{} \,|t|^{1/s}\bigr )F_{p;s}^{}(|t|)}; \end{aligned}$$

the regularity of \(\Omega _{p}^\zeta (s)\) follows. Incidentally, this theorem confirms a surmise by Benoit Cloitre, that \(\ln {\text{ Cl }_{{{1}/{3}};2}^{}}(t) \sim -C\sqrt{t}\; \left( t\rightarrow \infty \right) \) for some \(C>0\). Graphical evidence suggests that \({\text{ Cl }_{{{1}/{3}};2}^{}}(t)\) is an empirically unpredictable (chaotic) function of t. This is reflected in the rich structure of the pertinent PDF (the Fourier transform of \({\text{ Cl }_{{{1}/{3}};2}^{}}\)), and illustrated by random sampling of the Riemann-\(\zeta \) walks, whose branching rules allow the build-up of fractal-like structures.

     

Low-regularity Schrödinger maps,II: global well-posedness in dimensions <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis> ≥ 3

In dimensions d ≥ 3, we prove that the Schrödinger map initial-value problem

$ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} \partial_ts=s\times\Delta_x s\hbox{ on }\mathbb{R}^d\times\mathbb{R};\\ s(0)=s_0 \end{array} \right. $

is globally well-posed for small data s ₀ in the critical Besov spaces \({\dot{B}_Q^{d/2}(\mathbb{R}^d;\mathbb{S}^2)}\), \({Q\in\mathbb{S}^2}\).

     

Boson Stars as Solitary Waves

We study the nonlinear equation

On the classification of multidimensionally consistent 3D maps

We classify multidimensionally consistent maps given by (formal or convergent) series of the following kind:

$$\begin{aligned} T_k x_{ij}=x_{ij} + \sum _{m=2}^\infty A_{ij ; \, k}^{(m)}(x_{ij},x_{ik},x_{jk}), \end{aligned}$$

where \(A_{ij;\, k}^{(m)}\) are homogeneous polynomials of degree m of their respective arguments. The result of our classification is that the only non-trivial multidimensionally consistent map in this class is given by the well-known symmetric discrete Darboux system

$$\begin{aligned} T_k x_{ij}=\frac{x_{ij}+x_{ik}x_{jk}}{\sqrt{1-x_{ik}^2}\sqrt{1-x_{jk}^2}}. \end{aligned}$$

     

A Note on Quantum Coherence

In this paper, we discuss the coherence of the reduced state in system H _A ?H _B under taking different quantum operations acting on subsystem H _B . Firstly, we show that for a pure bipartite state, the coherence of the final subsystem H _A under the sum of two orthonormal rank 1 projections acting on H _B is less than or equal to the sum of the coherence of the state after two orthonormal projections acting on H _B , respectively. Secondly, we obtain that the coherence of reduced state in subsystem H _A under random unitary channel \({\Phi }(\rho )={\sum }_{s}\lambda _{s}U_{s}\rho U_{s}^{\ast }\) acting on H _B , is equal to the coherence of the state after each operation \({\Phi }_{s}(\rho )=\lambda _{s}U_{s}\rho U_{s}^{\ast }\) acting on H _B for every s. In addition, for general quantum operation \({\Phi }(\rho )={\sum }_{s}F_{s}\rho F_{s}^{\ast }\) on H _B , we get the relation

$$ C\left (\left ((I\otimes {\Phi })\rho ^{AB}\right )^{A}\right )\leq \sum \limits _{s}C\left (\left ((I\otimes {\Phi }_{s})\rho ^{AB}\right )^{A}\right ). $$

     

Multipoint Series of Gromov–Witten Invariants of CP1

We derive explicit formulas for the multipoint series of in degree 0 from the Toda hierarchy, using the recursions of the Toda hierarchy. The Toda equation then yields inductive formulas for the higher degree multipoint series of . We also obtain explicit formulas for the Hodge integrals , in the cases i=0 and 1.     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to certain nonlinear Schrödinger-Hartree equations

The asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the equation $$i\psi _\imath = \frac{1}{2}\Delta \psi - \upsilon (\psi )\psi , \upsilon = r^{ - 1} *|\psi |^2 ,$$ and for systems of similar form, is studied. It is shown that the norms $$\parallel \psi (t)\parallel _{L_2 (|x| \leqq R)}^2 + \parallel \nabla \psi (t)\parallel _{L_2 (|x| \leqq R)}^2 $$ are integrable in time for any fixedR>0, from which it follows that $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to \infty } \parallel \psi (t)\parallel _{L_2 (|x| \leqq R)} = 0.$$ \] Nevertheless, it is established that anL ₂-scattering theory is impossible.     

Time decay of solutions to the cauchy problem for time-dependent Schrödinger-Hartree equations

We consider the time-dependent Schrödinger-Hartree equation (1) $$iu_t + \Delta u = \left( {\frac{1}{r}*|u|^2 } \right)u + \lambda \frac{u}{r},(t, x) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^3 ,$$ (2) $$u(0,x) = \phi (x) \in \Sigma ^{2,2} ,x \in \mathbb{R}^3 ,$$ where λ≧0 and \(\Sigma ^{2,2} = \{ g \in L^2 ;\parallel g\parallel _{\Sigma ^{2,2} }^2 = \sum\limits_{|a| \leqq 2} {\parallel D^a g\parallel _2^2 + \sum\limits_{|\beta | \leqq 2} {\parallel x^\beta g\parallel _2^2< \infty } } \} \) . We show that there exists a unique global solutionu of (1) and (2) such that $$u \in C(\mathbb{R};H^{1,2} ) \cap L^\infty (\mathbb{R};H^{2,2} ) \cap L_{loc}^\infty (\mathbb{R};\Sigma ^{2,2} )$$ with $$u \in L^\infty (\mathbb{R};L^2 ).$$ Furthermore, we show thatu has the following estimates: $$\parallel u(t)\parallel _{2,2} \leqq C,a.c. t \in \mathbb{R},$$ and $$\parallel u(t)\parallel _\infty \leqq C(1 + |t|)^{ - 1/2} ,a.e. t \in \mathbb{R}.$$      

Heuristic Relative Entropy Principles with Complex Measures: Large-Degree Asymptotics of a Family of Multi-variate Normal Random Polynomials

Let \(z\in \mathbb {C}\), let \(\sigma ^2>0\) be a variance, and for \(N\in \mathbb {N}\) define the integrals

$$\begin{aligned} E_N^{}(z;\sigma ) := \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {\frac{1}{\sigma }} \!\!\!\displaystyle \int _{\mathbb {R}}\! (x^2+z^2) \frac{e^{-\frac{1}{2\sigma ^2} x^2}}{\sqrt{2\pi }}dx&{}\quad \text{ if }\, N=1,\\ {\frac{1}{\sigma }} \!\!\!\displaystyle \int _{\mathbb {R}^N}\! \prod \prod \limits _{1\le k<l\le N}\!\! e^{-\frac{1}{2N}(1-\sigma ^{-2}) (x_k-x_l)^2} \prod _{1\le n\le N}\!\!\!\!(x_n^2+z^2) \frac{e^{-\frac{1}{2\sigma ^2} x_n^2}}{\sqrt{2\pi }}dx_n &{}\quad \text{ if }\, N>1. \end{array}\right. \!\!\! \end{aligned}$$

These are expected values of the polynomials \(P_N^{}(z)=\prod _{1\le n\le N}(X_n^2+z^2)\) whose 2N zeros \(\{\pm i X_k\}^{}_{k=1,\ldots ,N}\) are generated by N identically distributed multi-variate mean-zero normal random variables \(\{X_k\}^{N}_{k=1}\) with co-variance \(\mathrm{{Cov}}_N^{}(X_k,X_l)=(1+\frac{\sigma ^2-1}{N})\delta _{k,l}+\frac{\sigma ^2-1}{N}(1-\delta _{k,l})\). The \(E_N^{}(z;\sigma )\) are polynomials in \(z^2\), explicitly computable for arbitrary N, yet a list of the first three \(E_N^{}(z;\sigma )\) shows that the expressions become unwieldy already for moderate N—unless \(\sigma = 1\), in which case \(E_N^{}(z;1) = (1+z^2)^N\) for all \(z\in \mathbb {C}\) and \(N\in \mathbb {N}\). (Incidentally, commonly available computer algebra evaluates the integrals \(E_N^{}(z;\sigma )\) only for N up to a dozen, due to memory constraints). Asymptotic evaluations are needed for the large-N regime. For general complex z these have traditionally been limited to analytic expansion techniques; several rigorous results are proved for complex z near 0. Yet if \(z\in \mathbb {R}\) one can also compute this “infinite-degree” limit with the help of the familiar relative entropy principle for probability measures; a rigorous proof of this fact is supplied. Computer algebra-generated evidence is presented in support of a conjecture that a generalization of the relative entropy principle to signed or complex measures governs the \(N\rightarrow \infty \) asymptotics of the regime \(iz\in \mathbb {R}\). Potential generalizations, in particular to point vortex ensembles and the prescribed Gauss curvature problem, and to random matrix ensembles, are emphasized.

     

Time Delay for the Dirac Equation

We consider time delay for the Dirac equation. A new method to calculate the asymptotics of the expectation values of the operator \({\int\limits_{0} ^{\infty}{\rm e}^{iH_{0}t}\zeta(\frac{\vert x\vert }{R}) {\rm e}^{-iH_{0}t}{\rm d}t}\), as \({R \rightarrow \infty}\), is presented. Here, H₀ is the free Dirac operator and \({\zeta\left(t\right)}\) is such that \({\zeta\left(t\right) = 1}\) for \({0 \leq t \leq 1}\) and \({\zeta\left(t\right) = 0}\) for \({t > 1}\). This approach allows us to obtain the time delay operator \({\delta \mathcal{T}\left(f\right)}\) for initial states f in \({\mathcal{H} _{2}^{3/2+\varepsilon}(\mathbb{R}^{3};\mathbb{C}^{4})}\), \({\varepsilon > 0}\), the Sobolev space of order \({3/2+\varepsilon}\) and weight 2. The relation between the time delay operator \({\delta\mathcal{T}\left(f\right)}\) and the Eisenbud–Wigner time delay operator is given. In addition, the relation between the averaged time delay and the spectral shift function is presented.     

Systems of conservation laws with third-order Hamiltonian structures

We investigate n-component systems of conservation laws that possess third-order Hamiltonian structures of differential-geometric type. The classification of such systems is reduced to the projective classification of linear congruences of lines in \(\mathbb {P}^{n+2}\) satisfying additional geometric constraints. Algebraically, the problem can be reformulated as follows: for a vector space W of dimension \(n+2\), classify n-tuples of skew-symmetric 2-forms \(A^{\alpha } \in \varLambda ^2(W)\) such that

$$\begin{aligned} \phi _{\beta \gamma }A^{\beta }\wedge A^{\gamma }=0, \end{aligned}$$

for some non-degenerate symmetric \(\phi \).

     

The Scaling Limit of the KPZ Equation in Space Dimension 3 and Higher

We study in the present article the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) equation

$$\begin{aligned} \partial _t h(t,x)=\nu \Delta h(t,x)+\lambda |\nabla h(t,x)|^2 +\sqrt{D}\, \eta (t,x), \qquad (t,x)\in \mathbb {R}_+\times \mathbb {R}^d \end{aligned}$$

in \(d\ge 3\) dimensions in the perturbative regime, i.e. for \(\lambda >0\) small enough and a smooth, bounded, integrable initial condition \(h_0=h(t=0,\cdot )\). The forcing term \(\eta \) in the right-hand side is a regularized space-time white noise. The exponential of h—its so-called Cole-Hopf transform—is known to satisfy a linear PDE with multiplicative noise. We prove a large-scale diffusive limit for the solution, in particular a time-integrated heat-kernel behavior for the covariance in a parabolic scaling. The proof is based on a rigorous implementation of K. Wilson’s renormalization group scheme. A double cluster/momentum-decoupling expansion allows for perturbative estimates of the bare resolvent of the Cole-Hopf linear PDE in the small-field region where the noise is not too large, following the broad lines of Iagolnitzer and Magnen (Commun Math Phys 162(1):85–121, 1994). Standard large deviation estimates for \(\eta \) make it possible to extend the above estimates to the large-field region. Finally, we show, by resumming all the by-products of the expansion, that the solution h may be written in the large-scale limit (after a suitable Galilei transformation) as a small perturbation of the solution of the underlying linear Edwards–Wilkinson model (\(\lambda =0\)) with renormalized coefficients \(\nu _{eff}=\nu +O(\lambda ^2),D_{eff}=D+O(\lambda ^2)\).