Deformations of open stein manifolds

We consider the deformation of the complex structure on an open Stein manifold. We show that a tame, compactly supported deformation of a Stein manifold is trivial. The remainder of our results are for deformations of the standard complex structure on Cⁿ. A deformation of Cⁿ which tends to a constant deformation faster that r^-3 is trivial. Harmonic deformation tensors (w.r.t to the standard Euclidean metric) which are regular at infinity are constant.     

Some new integrable systems constructed from the bi-Hamiltonian systems with pure differential Hamiltonian operators

When both Hamiltonian operators of a bi-Hamiltonian system are pure differential operators, we show that the generalized Kupershmidt deformation (GKD) developed from the Kupershmidt deformation in [10] offers an useful way to construct new integrable system starting from the bi-Hamiltonian system. We construct some new integrable systems by means of the generalized Kupershmidt deformation in the cases of Harry Dym hierarchy, classical Boussinesq hierarchy and coupled KdV hierarchy. We show that the GKD of Harry Dym equation, GKD of classical Boussinesq equation and GKD of coupled KdV equation are equivalent to the new integrable Rosochatius deformations of these soliton equations with self-consistent sources. We present the Lax pair for these new systems. Therefore the generalized Kupershmidt deformation provides a new way to construct new integrable systems from bi-Hamiltonian systems and also offers a new approach to obtain the Rosochatius deformation of soliton equation with self-consistent sources.     

Approximation of Martensitic Microstructure with General Homogeneous Boundary Data

We consider the approximation of martensitic microstructure for a class of martensitic transformations. We model such microstructures by multi-well energy minimization problems with general homogeneous boundary data. Under our assumptions on such boundary data, the underlying microstructure can be nonunique. We first show that any energy-minimizing sequence converges strongly to a unique macroscopic deformation that is precisely the homogeneous deformation in the boundary condition. We then prove a series of estimates for the approximation of admissible deformations to the unique macroscopic deformation of the microstructure and for the closeness of the gradients of admissible deformations to the energy wells.     

Universal Deformation Formulas

We give a conceptual explanation of universal deformation formulas for unital associative algebras and prove some results on the structure of their moduli spaces. We then generalize universal deformation formulas to other types of algebras and their diagrams.     

Deformation Quantization of Symplectic Fibrations

A symplectic fibration is a fibre bundle in the symplectic category (a bundle of symplectic fibres over a symplectic base with a symplectic structure group). We find the relation between the deformation quantization of the base and the fibre, and that of the total space. We consider Fedosov's construction of deformation quantization. We generalize the Fedosov construction to the quantization with values in a bundle of algebras. We find that the characteristic class of deformation of a symplectic fibration is the weak coupling form of Guillemin, Lerman, and Sternberg. We also prove that the classical moment map could be quantized if there exists an equivariant connection.     

Local Gromov–Witten invariants of cubic surfaces via nef toric degeneration

We compute local Gromov–Witten invariants of cubic surfaces at all genera. We use a deformation a of cubic surface to a nef toric surface and the deformation invariance of Gromov–Witten invariants.     

The generalized Kupershmidt deformation for constructing new discrete integrable systems

It is known that the KdV6 equation can be represented as the Kupershmidt deformation of the KdV equation. We propose a generalized Kupershmidt deformation for constructing new discrete integrable systems starting from the bi-Hamiltonian structure of a discrete integrable system. We consider the Toda, Kac-van Moerbeke, and Ablowitz-Ladik hierarchies and obtain Lax representations for these new deformed systems. The generalized Kupershmidt deformation provides a new way to construct discrete integrable systems.     

Approximation of a laminated microstructure for a rotationally invariant,double well energy density

Summary. We give error estimates for the approximation of a laminated microstructure which minimizes the energy for a rotationally invariant, double well energy density . We present error estimates for the convergence of the deformation in the convergence of directional derivatives of the deformation in the “twin planes,” the weak convergence of the deformation gradient, the convergence of the microstructure (or Young measure) of the deformation gradients, and the convergence of nonlinear integrals of the deformation gradient. Received July 25, 1995 / Revised version received November 20, 1995     

One Parameter Deformation of Symmetric Toda Lattice Hierarchy

In this paper,we study one parameter deformation of full symmetric Toda hierarchy. This deformation is induced by Hom-Lie algebras,or is the applications of Hom-Lie algebras. We mainly consider three kinds of deformation,and give solutions to deformations respectively under some conditions.     

Bimodule Deformations, Picard Groups and Contravariant Connections

We study deformations of invertible bimodules and the behavior of Picard groups under deformation quantization. While K ₀-groups are known to be stable under formal deformations of algebras, Picard groups may change drastically. We identify the semiclassical limit of bimodule deformations as contravariant connections and study the associated deformation quantization problem. Our main focus is on formal deformation quantization of Poisson manifolds by star products.     

Estimating a Nonstationary Spatial Structure Using Simulated Annealing

During the past decade, a useful model for nonstationary random fields has been developed. This consists of reducing the random field of interest to isotropy via a bijective bi-continuous deformation of the index space. Then the problem consists of estimating this space deformation together with the isotropic correlation in the deformed index space. We propose to estimate both this space deformation and this isotropic correlation using a constrained continuous version of the simulated annealing for a Metropolis-Hastings dynamic. This method provides a nonparametric estimation of the deformation which has the required property to be bijective; so far, the previous nonparametric methods do not guarantee this property. We illustrate our work with two examples, one concerning a precipitation dataset. We also give one idea of how spatial prediction should proceed in the new coordinate space.     

Nonconforming finite element approximation of crystalline microstructure

We consider a class of nonconforming finite element approximations of a simply laminated microstructure which minimizes the nonconvex variational problem for the deformation of martensitic crystals which can undergo either an orthorhombic to monoclinic (double well) or a cubic to tetragonal (triple well) transformation. We first establish a series of error bounds in terms of elastic energies for the approximation of derivatives of the deformation in the direction tangential to parallel layers of the laminate, for the approximation of the deformation, for the weak approximation of the deformation gradient, for the approximation of volume fractions of deformation gradients, and for the approximation of nonlinear integrals of the deformation gradient. We then use these bounds to give corresponding convergence rates for quasi-optimal finite element approximations.

     

Derived brackets and sh Leibniz algebras

We develop a general framework for the construction of various derived brackets. We show that suitably deforming the differential of a graded Leibniz algebra extends the derived bracket construction and leads to the notion of strong homotopy (sh) Leibniz algebra. We discuss the connections among homotopy algebra theory, deformation theory and derived brackets. We prove that the derived bracket construction induces a map from suitably defined deformation theory equivalence classes to the isomorphism classes of sh Leibniz algebras.     

Design and analysis of planar shape deformation

Shape deformation refers to the continuous change of one geometric object to another. We develop a software tool for planning, analyzing and visualizing deformations between two shapes in . The deformation is generated automatically without any user intervention or specification of feature correspondences. A unique property of the tool is the explicit availability of a two-dimensional shape space, which can be used for designing the deformation either automatically by following constraints and objectives or manually by drawing deformation paths.     

A deformation of commutative polynomial algebras in even numbers of variables

We introduce and study a deformation of commutative polynomial algebras in even numbers of variables. We also discuss some connections and applications of this deformation to the generalized Laguerre orthogonal polynomials and the interchanges of right and left total symbols of differential operators of polynomial algebras. Furthermore, a more conceptual re-formulation for the image conjecture [18] is also given in terms of the deformed algebras. Consequently, the well-known Jacobian conjecture [8] is reduced to an open problem on this deformation of polynomial algebras.     

Computer simulation of a twisted nanotube buckling

We develop procedures for solving the problems of dynamic nanostructure deformation and buckling numerically. The procedures are based on discretization with respect to time of the nonlinear equations of molecular mechanics whose matrices and vectors are determined using the Morse potential for the central forces of interaction between atoms and fictitious truss elements accounting for the variations of the angle between atomic bonds. To determine the critical values of deformation parameters and the shapes of buckling nanostructures we use a stability loss criterion for solutions to nonlinear ordinary differential equations on a finite time interval. We implemented our procedures in the PIONER code, using which we solve the problem of a twisted nanotube buckling in the conditions of a quasistatic deformation. To determine the postcritical equilibrium modes we solve the same problem in a dynamic formulation. We show that the modes of equilibrium configurations of the nanotube in the initial postcritical deformation correspond to a buckling mode obtained both at the bifurcation point of quasistatic solutions and at the quasibifurcation point of dynamic solutions.     

Deformations and contractions of algebraic structures

We describe the basic notions of versal deformation theory of algebraic structures and compare it with the analytic theory. As a special case, we consider the notion of versal deformation used by Arnold. With the help of versal deformation we get a stratification of the moduli space into projective orbifolds. We compare this with Arnold’s stratification in the case of similarity of matrices. The other notion we discuss is the opposite notion of contraction.     

Deformed preprojective algebras and symplectic reflection algebras for wreath products

We determine the PBW deformations of the wreath product of a symmetric group with a deformed preprojective algebra of an affine Dynkin quiver. In particular, we show that there is precisely one parameter which does not come from deformation of the preprojective algebra. We prove that the PBW deformation is Morita equivalent to a corresponding symplectic reflection algebra for wreath product.     

Deformations of Loday-type algebras and their morphisms

We study formal deformations of multiplication in an operad. This closely resembles Gerstenhaber's deformation theory for associative algebras. However, this applies to various algebras of Loday-type and their twisted analogs. We explicitly describe the cohomology of these algebras with coefficients in a representation. Finally, deformation of morphisms between algebras of the same Loday-type is also considered.