Replica-symmetric solutions of a dilute Ising ferromagnet in a random field

We use the replica method in order to obtain an expression for the variational free energy of an Ising ferromagnet on a Viana-Bray lattice in the presence of random external fields. Introducing a global order parameter, in the replica-symmetric context, the problem is reduced to the analysis of the solutions of a nonlinear integral equation. At zero temperature, and under some restrictions on the form of the random fields, we are able to perform a detailed analysis of stability of the replica-symmetric solutions. In contrast to the behaviour of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model for a spin glass in a uniform field, the paramagnetic solution is fully stable in a sufficiently large random field.     

Qualitative behavior and effect of truncation on the low order analogue of the Burgers equation with external forcing

The low-order model of the Burgers equation is presented with analysis of the behavior of its solutions with respect to the Reynolds number, forcing parameter and the degree of truncation. Adding new modes makes the solutions more stable to parameter changes and leads to some simplification of the supercritical regimes.     

The Eulerian Limit for 2D Statistical Hydrodynamics

We consider the 2D Navier–Stokes system, perturbed by a white in time random force, proportional to the square root of the viscosity. We prove that under the limit “time to infinity, viscosity to zero” each of its (random) solution converges in distribution to a non-trivial stationary process, formed by solutions of the (free) Euler equation, while the Reynolds number grows to infinity. We study the convergence and the limiting solutions.     

An Invariance for (2+1)-Extension of Burgers Equation and Formulae to Obtain Solutions of KP Equation

In this article, we study the (2+1)-extension of Burgers equation and the KP equation. At first, based on a known Bäcklund transformation and corresponding Lax pair, an invariance which depends on two arbitrary functions for (2+1)-extension of Burgers equation is worked out. Given a known solution and using the invariance, we can find solutions of the (2+1)-extension of Burgers equation repeatedly. Secondly, we put forward an invariance of Burgers equation which cannot be directly obtained by constraining the invariance of the (2+1)-extension of Burgers equation. Furthermore, we reveal that the invariance for finding the solutions of Burgers equation can help us find the solutions of KP equation. At last, based on the invariance of Burgers equation, the corresponding recursion formulae for finding solutions of KP equation are digged out. As the application of our theory, some examples have been put forward in this article and some solutions of the (2+1)-extension of Burgers equation, Burgers equation and KP equation are obtained.     

Boltzmann Limit and Quasifreeness for a Homogenous Fermi Gas in a Weakly Disordered Random Medium

We discuss some basic aspects of the dynamics of a homogenous Fermi gas in a weak random potential, under negligence of the particle pair interactions. We derive the kinetic scaling limit for the momentum distribution function with a translation invariant initial state and prove that it is determined by a linear Boltzmann equation. Moreover, we prove that if the initial state is quasifree, then the time evolved state, averaged over the randomness, has a quasifree kinetic limit. We show that the momentum distributions determined by the Gibbs states of a free fermion field are stationary solutions of the linear Boltzmann equation; this includes the limit of zero temperature.     

Viscous and inviscid regularizations in a class of evolutionary partial differential equations

We investigate solution properties of a class of evolutionary partial differential equations (PDEs) with viscous and inviscid regularization. An equation in this class of PDEs can be written as an evolution equation, involving only first-order spatial derivatives, coupled with the Helmholtz equation. A recently developed two-step iterative method (P.H. Chiu, L. Lee, T.W.H. Sheu, A dispersion-relation-preserving algorithm for a nonlinear shallow-water wave equation, J. Comput. Phys. 228 (2009) 8034–8052) is employed to study this class of PDEs. The method is in principle superior for PDE’s in this class as it preserves their physical dispersive features. In particular, we focus on a Leray-type regularization (H.S. Bhat, R.C. Fetecau, A Hamiltonian regularization of the Burgers equation, J. Nonlinear Sci. 16 (2006) 615–638) of the Hopf equation proposed in alternative to the classical Burgers viscous term. We show that the regularization effects induced by the alternative model can be vastly different from those induced by Burgers viscosity depending on the smoothness of initial data in the limit of zero regularization. We validate our numerical scheme by comparison with a particle method which admits closed form solutions. Further effects of the interplay between the dispersive terms comprising the Leray-regularization are illustrated by solutions of equations in this class resulting from regularized Burgers equation by selective elimination of dispersive terms.     

On Isotropic Distributional Solutions to the Boltzmann Equation for Bose-Einstein Particles

The paper considers the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Bose-Einstein particles (BBE). In order to include the hard sphere model, the equation is studied in a weak form and its solutions (including initial data) are set in the class of isotropic positive Borel measures and therefore called isotropic distributional solutions. Stability of distributional solutions is established in the weak topology, global existence of distributional solutions that conserve the mass and energy is proved by weak convergence of approximate L ¹-solutions, and moment production estimates for the distributional solutions are also obtained. As an application of the weak form of the BBE equation, it is shown that a Bose-Einstein distribution plus a Dirac dt-function is an equilibrium solution to the BBE equation in the weak form if and only if it satisfies a low temperature condition and an exact ratio of the Bose-Einstein condensation.     

THE EXACT SOLUTIONS OF THE BURGERS EQUATION AND HIGHER-ORDER BURGERS EQUATION IN (2+1) DIMENSIONS

Some exact solutions of the Burgers equation and higher-order Burgers equation in (2+1) dimensions are obtained by using the extended homogeneous balance method. In these solutions there are solitary wave solutions, close formal solutions for the initial value problems of the Burgers equation and higher-order Burgers equation, and also infinitely many rational function solutions. All of the solutions contain some arbitrary functions that may be related to the symmetry properties of the Burgers equation and the higher-order Burgers equation in (2+1) dimensions.     

Hydrodynamic Limit of Multiple SLE

Recently del Monaco and Schleißinger addressed an interesting problem whether one can take the limit of multiple Schramm–Loewner evolution (SLE) as the number of slits N goes to infinity. When the N slits grow from points on the real line \(\mathbb {R}\) in a simultaneous way and go to infinity within the upper half plane \(\mathbb {H}\), an ordinary differential equation describing time evolution of the conformal map \(g_t(z)\) was derived in the \(N \rightarrow \infty \) limit, which is coupled with a complex Burgers equation in the inviscid limit. It is well known that the complex Burgers equation governs the hydrodynamic limit of the Dyson model defined on \(\mathbb {R}\) studied in random matrix theory, and when all particles start from the origin, the solution of this Burgers equation is given by the Stieltjes transformation of the measure which follows a time-dependent version of Wigner’s semicircle law. In the present paper, first we study the hydrodynamic limit of the multiple SLE in the case that all slits start from the origin. We show that the time-dependent version of Wigner’s semicircle law determines the time evolution of the SLE hull, \(K_t \subset \mathbb {H}\cup \mathbb {R}\), in this hydrodynamic limit. Next we consider the situation such that a half number of the slits start from \(a>0\) and another half of slits start from \(-a < 0\), and determine the multiple SLE in the hydrodynamic limit. After reporting these exact solutions, we will discuss the universal long-term behavior of the multiple SLE and its hull \(K_t\) in the hydrodynamic limit.     

Burgers Turbulence and Random Lagrangian Systems

 We consider a spatially periodic inviscid random forced Burgers equation in arbitrary dimension and the random time-dependent Lagrangian system related to it. We construct a unique stationary distribution for ``viscosity' solutions of the Burgers equation. We also show that with probability 1 there exists a unique minimizing trajectory for the random Lagrangian system which generates a non-trivial ergodic invariant measure for the non-random skew-product extension of the Lagrangian system. Received: 25 March 2002 / Accepted: 30 July 2002 Published online: 22 November 2002     

On the Approximation of the Stochastic Burgers Equation

 We prove mathematical approximation results for the (hyperviscous) Burgers equation driven by additive Gaussian noise. In particular we show that solutions of ``approximating equations' driven by a discretized noise converge towards the solution of the original equation when the discretization parameter gets small. The convergence takes place in the expected value of arbitrary powers of certain norms; i.e., all moments of the difference of the solutions tend to zero in certain function spaces. For the hyperviscous Burgers equation, these results are applied to justify the approximation of certain correlation functions that play a major role in statistical turbulence theory. Received: 10 October 2001 / Accepted: 21 May 2002 Published online: 6 August 2002     

Universality of velocity gradients in forced Burgers turbulence

We demonstrate that Burgers turbulence subject to large-scale white-noise-in-time random forcing has a universal power-law tail with exponent -7/2 in the probability density function of negative velocity gradients, as predicted by E, Khanin, Mazel, and Sinai [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1904 (1997)]. A particle and shock tracking numerical method gives about five decades of scaling. Using a Lagrangian approach, the -7/2 law is related to the shape of the unstable manifold associated to the global minimizer.     

On the rate of convergence to the normal law for solutions of the Burgers equation with singular initial data

We study the scaling limit of random fields which are the solutions of a nonlinear partial differential equation known as the Burgers equation, under stochastic initial condition. These are assumed to be a Gaussian process with long-range dependence. We present some results on the rate of convergence to the normal law.     

A(2+1)-dimensional nonlinear model for Rossby waves in stratified fluids and its solitary solution

In this paper,we investigate a(2+1)-dimensional nonlinear equation model for Rossby waves in stratified fluids.We derive a forced Zakharov–Kuznetsov(ZK)–Burgers equation from the quasigeostrophic potential vorticity equation with dissipation and topography under the generalized beta effect,and by utilizing temporal and spatial multiple scale transform and the perturbation expansion method.Through the analysis of this model,it is found that the generalized beta effect and basic topography can induce nonlinear waves,and slowly varying topography is an external impact factor for Rossby waves.Additionally,the conservation laws for the mass and energy of solitary waves are analyzed.Eventually,the solitary wave solutions of the forced ZK–Burgers equation are obtained by the simplest equation method as well as the new modified ansatz method.Based on the solitary wave solutions obtained,we discuss the effects of dissipation and slowly varying topography on Rossby solitary waves.     

Almost Sharp Fronts for SQG: The Limit Equations

We consider a construction of a family of almost-sharp fronts for the Surface Quasi-Geostrophic equation. The family is indexed by a parameter indicating the thickness of the almost-sharp front. In this paper we obtain the limit equation when the parameter approaches zero and construct approximate solutions of SQG in the analytic class.     

Scaling of Huygens-front speedup in weakly random media

Front propagation described by Huygens' principle is a fundamental mechanism of spatial spreading of a property or an effect, occurring in optics, acoustics, ecology and combustion. If the local front speed varies randomly due to inhomogeneity or motion of the medium (as in turbulent premixed combustion), then the front wrinkles and its overall passage rate (turbulent burning velocity) increases. The calculation of this speedup is subtle because it involves the minimum-time propagation trajectory. Here we show mathematically that for a medium with weak isotropic random fluctuations, under mild conditions on its spatial structure, the speedup scales with the 4/3 power of the fluctuation amplitude. This result, which verifies a previous conjecture while clarifying its scope, is obtained by reducing the propagation problem to the inviscid Burgers equation with white-in-time forcing. Consequently, field-theoretic analyses of the Burgers equation have significant implications for fronts in random media, even beyond the weak-fluctuation limit.     

The boson gas on a Cayley tree

We analyze the free boson gas on a Cayley tree using two alternative methods. The spectrum of the lattice Laplacian on a finite tree is obtained using a direct iterative method for solving the associated characteristic equation and also using a random walk representation for the corresponding fermion lattice gas. The existence of the thermodynamic limit for the pressure of the boson lattice gas is proven and it is shown that the model exhibits boson condensation into the ground state. The random walk representation is also used to derive an expression for the Bethe approximation to the infinite-volume spectrum. This spectrum turns out to be continuous instead of a dense point spectrum, but there is still boson condensation in this approximation.     

The superposition method in seeking the solitary wave solutions to the KdV-Burgers equation

In this paper, starting from the careful analysis on the characteristics of the Burgers equation and the KdV equation as well as the KdV-Burgers equation, the superposition method is put forward for constructing the solitary wave solutions of the KdV-Burgers equation from those of the Burgers equation and the KdV equation. The solitary wave solutions for the KdV-Burgers equation are presented successfully by means of this method.     

Rigorous Results for Hierarchical Models of Structural Glasses

We consider two non-mean-field models of structural glasses built on a hierarchical lattice. First, we consider a hierarchical version of the random energy model, and we prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit and self-averaging of the free energy. Furthermore, we prove that the infinite-volume entropy is positive in a high-temperature region bounded from below, thus providing an upper bound on the Kauzmann critical temperature. In addition, we show how to improve this bound by leveraging the hierarchical structure of the model. Finally, we introduce a hierarchical version of the \(p\) -spin model of a structural glass, and we prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit and self-averaging of the free energy.