Non-Triviality of a Discrete Bak–Sneppen Evolution Model

Consider the following evolution model, proposed in ref. 1 by Bak and Sneppen. Put N vertices on a circle, spaced evenly. Each vertex represents a certain species. We associate with each vertex a random variable, representing the state or fitness of the species, with values in [0,1]. The dynamics proceeds as follows. Every discrete time step, we choose the vertex with minimal fitness, and assign to this vertex, and to its two neighbours, three new independent fitnesses with a uniform distribution on [0,1]. A conjecture of physicists, based on simulations, is that in the stationary regime, the one-dimensional marginal distributions of the fitnesses converges, when N, to a uniform distribution on (f,1), for some threshold f<1. In this paper we consider a discrete version of this model, proposed in ref. 2. In this discrete version, the fitness of a vertex can be either 0 or 1. The system evolves according to the following rules. Each discrete time step, we choose an arbitrary vertex with fitness 0. If all the vertices have fitness 1, then we choose an arbitrary vertex with fitness 1. Then we update the fitnesses of this vertex and of its two neighbours by three new independent fitnesses, taking value 0 with probability 0<q<1, and 1 with probability p=1–q. We show that if q is close enough to one, then the mean average fitness in the stationary regime is bounded away from 1, uniformly in the number of vertices. This is a small step in the direction of the conjecture mentioned above, and also settles a conjecture mentioned in ref. 2. Our proof is based on a reduction to a continuous time particle system.     

Periodic Waves of a Discrete Higher Order Nonlinear SchrSdinger Equation

The Hirota equation is a higher order extension of the nonlinear Schr6dinger equation by incorporating third order dispersion and one form of self steepening effect, New periodic waves for the discrete Hirota equation are given in terms of elliptic functions. The continuum limit converges to the analogous result for the continuous Hirota equation, while the long wave limit of these discrete periodic patterns reproduces the known resulr of the integrable Ablowitz-Ladik system.     

Impulsive Synchronization of Discrete Chaotic Systems

Impulsive synchronization of two chaotic maps is reformulated as impulsive control of the synchronization error system.We then present a theorem on the asymptotic synchronization of two chaotic maps by using synchronization impulses with varying impulsive intervals,As an example and application of the theroem,we derives some sufficient conditions for the synchronization of two chaotic Lozi maps via impulsive control.The effectivness of this approach has been demonstrated with chaotic Lozi map.     

Performance Improvement of Distributed and Discrete Raman Amplifiers with a Fibre Loop Mirror

We use a fibre loop mirror to reflect the residual pump power (RPP) into the fibre for solving the problems of the RPP in Raman amplifiers. The experimental results show that the novel hi-directional pumping scheme without adding extra pump lasers is effective, and higher gain and lower noise are obtained for both the distributed and the discrete Raman amplifiers.     

Existence and Stability of Compact-Like Discrete Breather in Discrete One-Dimensional Monatomic Chains

Compact-like discrete breathers in discrete one-dimensional monatomic chains are investigated by discussing a generalized discrete one-dimensional monatomic model. It is proven that compact-like discrete breathers exist not only in soft Ф^4 potential but also in hard Ф^4 potential and K4 chains. The measurements of compact-like discrete breathers＇ core in soft and hard Ф^4 potential are determined by coupling parameter K4, while the measurements of compact-like discrete breathers＇ core in K4 chains are not related to coupling parameter K4. The stabilities of compact-like discrete breathers correlate closely to coupling parameter K4 and the boundary condition of lattice.     

Discrete Spectrum of the Deficit Angle and the Differential Structure of a Cosmic String

Differential properties of Klein-Gordon and electromagnetic fields on the space-time of a straight cosmic string are studied with the help of methods of the differential space theory. It is shown that these fields are smooth in the interior of the cosmic string space-time and that they loose this property at the singular boundary except for the cosmic string space-times with the following deficit angles: Δ=2π(1−1/n), n=1,2,… . A connection between smoothness of fields at the conical singularity and the scalar and electromagnetic conical bremsstrahlung is discussed. It is also argued that the smoothness assumption of fields at the singularity is equivalent to the Aliev and Gal’tsov “quantization” condition leading to the above mentioned discrete spectrum of the deficit angle.     

Discrete Integrable Couplings of the Volterra Lattice

A practicable way to construct discrete integrable couplings is proposed by making use of two types of semi-direct sum Lie algebras. As its application, two kinds of discrete integrable couplings of the Volterra lattice are worked out.     

Existence and Stability of Two-Dimensional Compact-Like Discrete Breathers in Discrete Two-Dimensional Monatomic Square Lattices

Two-dimensional compact-like discrete breathers in discrete two-dimensional monatomic square lattices are investigated by discussing a generalized discrete two-dimensional monatomic model. It is proven that the two- dimensional compact-like discrete breathers exist not only in two-dimensional soft Φ4 potentials but also in hard two-dimensional Φ4 potentials and pure two-dimensional K4 lattices. The measurements of the two-dimensional compact-like discrete breather cores in soft and hard two-dimensional Φ4 potential are determined by coupling parameter K4, while those in pure two-dimensional K4 lattices have no coupling with parameter K4. The stabilities of the two-dimensional compact-like discrete breathers correlate closely to the coupling parameter K4 and the boundary condition of lattices.     

Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger breathers in a phonon bath

We study the dynamics of the discrete nonlinear Schr?dinger lattice initialized such that a very long transitory period of time in which standard Boltzmann statistics is insufficient is reached. Our study of the nonlinear system locked in this non-Gibbsian state focuses on the dynamics of discrete breathers (also called intrinsic localized modes). It is found that part of the energy spontaneously condenses into several discrete breathers. Although these discrete breathers are extremely long lived, their total number is found to decrease as the evolution progresses. Even though the total number of discrete breathers decreases we report the surprising observation that the energy content in the discrete breather population increases. We interpret these observations in the perspective of discrete breather creation and annihilation and find that the death of a discrete breather cause effective energy transfer to a spatially nearby discrete breather. It is found that the concepts of a multi-frequency discrete breather and of internal modes is crucial for this process. Finally, we find that the existence of a discrete breather tends to soften the lattice in its immediate neighborhood, resulting in high amplitude thermal fluctuation close to an existing discrete breather. This in turn nucleates discrete breather creation close to a already existing discrete breather. Received 21 January 1999 and Received in final form 20 September 1999     

Impulsive Control for the Stabilization of Discrete Chaotic System

We first give the theoretical result of the stabilization of general discrete chaotic systems by using impulsive control.As an example and an application of the theoretical result,we derive some sufficient conditions for the stabilization of the double rotor map via impulsive control.The computer simulation result is given to demonstrate the method.     

Multi-site Compact-Like Discrete Breather in Discrete One-Dimensional Monatomic Chains

Multi-site compact-like discrete breathers in discrete one-dimensional monatomic chains are investigated by discussing a generalized discrete one-dimensional monatomic model. We obtain that the two-site compact-like discrete breathers with codes σ = （0,..., 0, 1, 1, 0,..., 0）and codes σ= （0,..., 0, 1, -1, 0, ..., 0） can exist in discrete one-dimensional monatomic chain with quartic on-site and inter-site potentials. However, the former can only exist in hard quartic on-site potential and cannot exist in soft quartic on-site potential, whereas the latter is just reversed. A11 of the two-site Compact-like discrete breathers with codes σ = （0,..., 0, 1, 1, 0,..., 0） and σ （0,... ,0, 1, -1,0,... ,0} cannot exist in a pure K4 chain.     

Two-Dimensional Discrete Gap Breathers in a Two-Dimensional Diatomic β Fermi--Pasta--Ulam Lattice

We study the existence of two-dimensional discrete breathers in a two-dimensional face-centred square lattice consisting of alternating light and heavy atoms, with nearest-neighbour coupling containing quartic soft or hardnonlinearity. This study is focused on two-dimensional breathers with frequency in the gap that separates the acoustic and optical bands of the phonon spectrum. We demonstrate the possibility of existence of two-dimensional gap breathers by using the numerical method, the local anharmonicity approximation and the rotating wave approximation. We obtain six types of two-dimensional gap breathers, i.e., symmetric, mirror-symmetric and asymmetric, no matter whether the centre of the breather is on a light or a heavy atom.     

The Application of Discrete Variational Identity on Semi-Direct Sums of Lie Algebras

With non-semisimple Lie algebras, the trace identity was generalized to discrete spectral problems. Then the corresponding discrete variational identity was used to a class of semi-direct sums of Lie algebras in a lattice hierarchy case and obtained Hamiltonian structures for the associated integrable couplings of the lattice hierarchy. It is a powerful tool for exploring Hamiltonian structures of discrete soliton equations.     

Explanation of Discrete Electric Relaxation Peak of CeO2: Gd3☎

Low-temperature loss peaks of Gd^3? doped CeO₂ have been investigated with defect calculation of computer simulation. Two types of possible origin of dielectric loss, low symmetry configuration around dopant and defect clusters with net dipole moment, have been modeled. The simulation has suggested that the dipole poling of defect cluster normally occurring at high temperature is the cause of the observed low-temperature loss peaks of CeO₂: Gd^3?.     

Harnack Inequalities and Discrete—Continuous Error Estimates for a Chain of Atoms with Two—Body Interactions

We consider deformations in ℝ³ of an infinite linear chain of atoms where each atom interacts with all others through a two-body potential. We compute the effect of an external force applied to the chain. At equilibrium, the positions of the particles satisfy an Euler–Lagrange equation. For large classes of potentials, we prove that every solution is well approximated by the solution of a continuous model when applied forces and displacements of the atoms are small. We establish an error estimate between the discrete and the continuous solution based on a Harnack lemma of independent interest. Finally we apply our results to some Lennard-Jones potentials.     

Discrete Dynamical Systems¶Associated with Root Systems of Indefinite Type

A geometric charactrization of the equation found by Hietarinta and Viallet, which satisfies the singularity confinement criterion but which exhibits chaotic behavior, is presented. It is shown that this equation can be lifted to an automorphism of a certain rational surface and can therefore be considered to be a realization of a Cremona isometry on the Picard group of the surface. It is also shown that the group of Cremona isometries is isomorphic to an extended Weyl group of indefinite type. A method to construct the mappings associated with some root systems of indefinite type is also presented. Received: 19 March 2001 / Accepted: 11 July 2001     

Exact Travelling Solutions of Discrete sine-Gordon Equation via Extended Tanh-Function Approach

In this paper, we generalize the extended tanh-function approach, which was used to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations or coupled nonlinear partial differential equations, to nonlinear differential-difference equations. As illustration, two series of exact travelling wave solutions of the discrete sine-Gordon equation are obtained by means of the extended tanh-function approach.     

Families of Quintic Calabi–Yau 3–Folds with Discrete Symmetries

At special loci in their moduli spaces, Calabi–Yau manifolds are endowed with discrete symmetries. Over the years, such spaces have been intensely studied and have found a variety of important applications. As string compactifications they are phenomenologically favored, and considerably simplify many important calculations. Mathematically, they provided the framework for the first construction of mirror manifolds, and the resulting rational curve counts. Thus, it is of significant interest to investigate such manifolds further. In this paper, we consider several unexplored loci within familiar families of Calabi–Yau hypersurfaces that have large but unexpected discrete symmetry groups. By deriving, correcting, and generalizing a technique similar to that of Candelas, de la Ossa and Rodriguez–Villegas, we find a calculationally tractable means of finding the Picard–Fuchs equations satisfied by the periods of all 3–forms in these families. To provide a modest point of comparison, we then briefly investigate the relation between the size of the symmetry group along these loci and the number of nonzero Yukawa couplings. We include an introductory exposition of the mathematics involved, intended to be accessible to physicists, in order to make the discussion self–contained.     

Algebro-geometric Constructions of Quasi Periodic Flows of the Discrete Self-dual Network Hierarchy and Applicationsℰ

In this paper we obtain the discrete integrable self-dual network hierarchy associated with a discrete spectral problem. On the basis of the theory of algebraic curves, the continuous flow and discrete flow related to the discrete self-dual network hierarchy are straightened using the Abel-Jacobi coordinates. The meromorphic function and the Baker-Akhiezer function are introduced on the hyperelliptic curve. Quasi-periodic solutions of the discrete self-dual network hierarchy are constructed with the help of the asymptotic properties and the algebra-geometric characters of the meromorphic function, the Baker-Akhiezer function and the hyperelliptic curve.