Tetrad-Gauge Theory of Gravity

We present a tetrad–gauge theory of gravity based on the local Lorentz group in a four-dimensional Riemann–Cartan space–time. Using the tetrad formalism allows avoiding problems connected with the noncompactness of the group and includes the possibility of choosing the local inertial reference frame arbitrarily at any point in the space–time. The initial quantities of the theory are the tetrad and gauge fields in terms of which we express the metric, connection, torsion, and curvature tensor. The gauge fields of the theory are coupled only to the gravitational field described by the tetrad fields. The equations in the theory can be solved both for a many-body system like the Solar System and in the general case of a static centrally symmetric field. The metric thus found coincides with the metric obtained in general relativity using the same approximations, but the interpretation of gravity is quite different. Here, the space–time torsion is responsible for gravity, and there is no curvature because the curvature tensor is a linear combination of the gauge field tensors, which are absent in the case of pure gravity. The gauge fields of the theory, which (together with the tetrad fields) define the structure of space–time, are not directly coupled to ordinary matter and can be interpreted as the fields describing dark energy and dark matter.     

A cosmological model with rotation in the relativistic theory of gravity

In the framework of the relativistic theory of gravity, we construct a stationary cosmological model with rotation for the Gödel-type metric. The gravitational field of the model is created by a combination of sources: an anisotropic liquid, a radiation field, a heat flow, and a scalar field     

Quintessence scalar field in the relativistic theory of gravity

We propose a variant of the quintessence theory in order to obtain an accelerated expansion of the Friedmann universe in the framework of the relativistic theory of gravity. The scalar field of dark energy creates the substance of quintessence. We show that the function V(Φ) that factors the Lagrangian of the scalar field Φ does not influence the evolution of the universe. We find some relations that allow finding the explicit time-dependence of Φ if only the function V(Φ) is chosen. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 152, No. 3, pp. 551–560, September, 2007.     

Relativistic theory of gravity and a Brans-Dicke scalar field

The natural generalization of the relativistic theory of gravity (RTG) by incorporating a Brans-Dicke scalar field is discussed. The equation for a scalar-tensor gravitational field in Minkowski space and the expression for the total energy-momentum metric tensor of a gravitational field and nongravitational matter is derived from the variational principle with a gravitational Lagrangian quadratic in the first derivatives of the scalar and tensor gravitational potentials. The two-parameter spherically symmetrical static solution for vacuum equations with a zero mass tensor graviton was obtained. This solution has a true singular Schwarzschild surface. In the case of a nonzero mass graviton, an approximate nonsingular solution for the beginning of the universe was obtained. It is noted that in the frame of the scalar-tensor generalization of RTG, a nonsingular homogeneous isotropic cosmology can be represented, not only by cyclic models, but also by models with an infinitely expanding universe and a simultaneously decreasing gravitational scalar.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 325–332, February, 1996.     

Relativistic theory of gravity and a torsion field

The fundamentals of gravity theory are stated in a Minkowski space with an effective nonzero-torsion Riemann-Cartan space-time, which is more general than the Riemannian space. The theory presented thus includes a torsion field of the Einstein-Cartan type in the general concept of the relativistic theory of gravity. Expressions for the metric and canonical energy-momentum tensors of the gravitational field and nongravitational matter in the Minkowski space are found. Noncoordinate gauge transformations are introduced under which the variation of the density of the gravitational Lagrangian is a divergence expression. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematischeskaya Fizika, Vol. 118, No. 1, pp. 126–132, January, 1999.     

External Gravitational Field of a Nonstatic Spherically Symmetric Body in the Inertial Frame

We show that the external gravitational field of a nonstatic spherically symmetric source described by a diagonal metric tensor can only be static in the field theory of gravity. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 145, No. 3, pp. 425–432, December, 2005.     

A Unique Theory of Gravity and Matter

The author has previously suggested that the ground state for 4-dimensional quantumgravity can be represented as a condensation of non-linear gravitons connected by Dirac strings.In this note we suggest that the low-lying excitations of this state can be described by a quasi-topological action of the form ∫d ¹³ z F₄∧F₅∧F₄ , corresponding to a trilinear coupling of solitonic 8-branes and 7-branes. It is shownthat when the excitations associated with F₅ are neglected, the effective action can beinterpreted as a theory of conformal gravity in four dimensions. This in turn suggests that ordinarygravity as well supersymmetric matter and phenomenological gauge symmetries arise from thespontaneous breaking of topological invariance. The possibly deep mathematical significance ofthis theory is also noted. 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.     

The Dirac spectrum on manifolds with gradient conformal vector fields

We show that the Dirac operator on a spin manifold does not admit L² eigenspinors provided the metric has a certain asymptotic behaviour and is a warped product near infinity. These conditions on the metric are fulfilled in particular if the manifold is complete and carries a non-complete vector field which outside a compact set is gradient conformal and non-vanishing.     

The Szeg? Metric Associated to Hardy Spaces of Clifford Algebra Valued Functions and Some Geometric Properties

In analogy to complex function theory we introduce a Szeg? metric in the context of hypercomplex function theory dealing with functions that take values in a Clifford algebra. In particular, we are dealing with Clifford algebra valued functions that are annihilated by the Euclidean Dirac operator in \mathbbR^m+1{\mathbb{R}^{m+1}} . These are often called monogenic functions. As a consequence of the isometry between two Hardy spaces of monogenic functions on domains that are related to each other by a conformal map, the generalized Szeg? metric turns out to have a pseudo-invariance under M?bius transformations. This property is crucially applied to show that the curvature of this metric is always negative on bounded domains. Furthermore, it allows us to establish that this metric is complete on bounded domains.     

Continuity of Dirac spectra

It is well known that on a bounded spectral interval the Dirac spectrum can be described locally by a non-decreasing sequence of continuous functions of the Riemannian metric. In the present article, we extend this result to a global version. We view the spectrum of a Dirac operator as a function $\mathbb Z \,\rightarrow \mathbb R \,$ and endow the space of all spectra with an $\mathrm{arsinh }$ -uniform metric. We prove that the spectrum of the Dirac operator depends continuously on the Riemannian metric. As a corollary, we obtain the existence of a non-decreasing family of functions on the space of all Riemannian metrics, which represents the entire Dirac spectrum at any metric. We also show that, due to spectral flow, these functions do not descend to the space of Riemannian metrics modulo spin diffeomorphisms in general.     

An Interpolating Distance Between Optimal Transport and Fisher–Rao Metrics

This paper defines a new transport metric over the space of nonnegative measures. This metric interpolates between the quadratic Wasserstein and the Fisher–Rao metrics and generalizes optimal transport to measures with different masses. It is defined as a generalization of the dynamical formulation of optimal transport of Benamou and Brenier, by introducing a source term in the continuity equation. The influence of this source term is measured using the Fisher–Rao metric and is averaged with the transportation term. This gives rise to a convex variational problem defining the new metric. Our first contribution is a proof of the existence of geodesics (i.e., solutions to this variational problem). We then show that (generalized) optimal transport and Hellinger metrics are obtained as limiting cases of our metric. Our last theoretical contribution is a proof that geodesics between mixtures of sufficiently close Dirac measures are made of translating mixtures of Dirac masses. Lastly, we propose a numerical scheme making use of first-order proximal splitting methods and we show an application of this new distance to image interpolation.     

First Order Approach and Index Theorems for Discrete and Metric Graphs

The aim of the present paper is to introduce a unified notion of Laplacians on discrete and metric graphs. In order to cover all self-adjoint vertex conditions for the associated metric graph Laplacian, we develop systematically a new type of discrete graph operators acting on a decorated graph. The decoration at each vertex of degree d is given by a subspace of , generalising the fact that a function on the standard vertex space has only a scalar value. We illustrate the abstract concept by giving classical examples throughout the article. Our approach includes infinite graphs as well. We develop the notion of exterior derivative, differential forms, Dirac and Laplace operators in the discrete and metric case, using a supersymmetric framework. We calculate the (supersymmetric) index of the discrete Dirac operator generalising the standard index formula involving the Euler characteristic of a graph. Finally, we show that for finite graphs, the corresponding index for the metric Dirac operator agrees with the discrete one.     

Analysis of the properties of solutions of the relativistic theory of gravity in the vicinity of a singular sphere

The properties of the static, spherically symmetric metric tensor of the relativistic theory of gravity are analyzed in the vicinity of a singular sphere. It is shown that a massive particle with a nongeodesic radial motion may reach this sphere and remain there at rest. Based on this property, it is inferred that a sphere formed by massive particles can serve as a source of singular metrics in the relativistic theory of gravity. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika. Vol. 111, No. 1, pp. 144–148, April, 1997.     

Cotangent bundles for “matrix algebras converge to the sphere”

In the high-energy quantum-physics literature one finds statements such as “matrix algebras converge to the sphere”. Earlier I provided a general setting for understanding such statements, in which the matrix algebras are viewed as compact quantum metric spaces, and convergence is with respect to a quantum Gromov–Hausdorff-type distance. More recently I have dealt with corresponding statements in the literature about vector bundles on spheres and matrix algebras. But physicists want, even more, to treat structures on spheres (and other spaces) such as Dirac operators, Yang–Mills functionals, etc., and they want to approximate these by corresponding structures on matrix algebras. In preparation for understanding what the Dirac operators should be, we determine here what the corresponding “cotangent bundles” should be for the matrix algebras, since it is on them that a “Riemannian metric” must be defined, which is then the information needed to determine a Dirac operator. (In the physics literature there are at least 3 inequivalent suggestions for the Dirac operators.)     

Multifield cosmology from string field theory: An exactly solvable approximation

We consider the appearance of multiple scalar fields in string field theory-based nonlocal models with a single scalar field at large times. In this regime, all the scalar fields are free. This system minimally coupled to gravity can be analyzed approximately or numerically. We construct an exactly solvable model that has an exact solution in the cosmological scenario with the Friedmann metric and restores the asymptotic behavior expected from string field theory. We consider different applications of such a potential to multifield cosmological models.     

Optimal deterministic algorithms for some variants of Online Quota Traveling Salesman Problem

This paper is concerned with the Online Quota Traveling Salesman Problem. Depending on the symmetry of the metric and the requirement for the salesman to return to the origin, four variants are analyzed. We present optimal deterministic algorithms for each variant defined on a general space, a real line, or a half-line. As a byproduct, an improved lower bound for a variant of Online TSP on a half-line is also obtained.     

广义数及其应用(Ⅰ)

本文在文献[2]的基础上引进广义数系统,定义了以广义数为基础的广义函数(本质不同于L.Schwartz的分布),研究了勒贝格积分的推广,将这理论应用于分布,便得到对σ函数等的自然理解,对广义数应用于量子场论中,也作了一些尝试性的工作。     

Three-point function in the minimal Liouville gravity

We revisit the problem of the structure constants of the operator product expansions in the minimal models of conformal field theory, rederiving these previously known constants and presenting them in a form particularly useful in Liouville gravity applications. We discuss the analytic relation between our expression and the structure constant in the Liouville field theory and also give the three- and two-point correlation numbers on the sphere in the minimal Liouville gravity in the general form.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 2, pp. 218–234, February, 2005.