Quantum families of maps and quantum semigroups on finite quantum spaces

Quantum families of maps between quantum spaces are defined and studied. We prove that quantum semigroup (and sometimes quantum group) structures arise naturally on such objects out of more fundamental properties. As particular cases we study quantum semigroups of maps preserving a fixed state and quantum commutants of given quantum families of maps.     

A quantum-group-like structure on noncommutative 2-tori

We show that on noncommutative 2-tori, there are natural structures which have analogous formal properties as Hopf algebra structures, but where the comultiplication has values in a deformation of the tensor product.Supported by Project P 7724 PHY of Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung.     

Playing with fidelities

The notion of partial fidelities as invented by A. Uhlmann for pairs of finite-dimensional density matrices is extended to the νN-algebraic context and is considered and thoroughly discussed in detail from a mathematical point of view. Especially, in the case of semifinite νN-algebras, formulae and estimates for the partial fidelity between the functionals of a dense cone of inner derived normal positive linear forms are obtained. Also, some generalities on the notion of fidelity in quantum physics are collected in Appendix, and another system of mathematical axioms for fidelity over density operators, which is based on the concept of relative majorization and which is intimately related to complete positivity, is proposed.     

Connections on Lie algebroids and on derivation-based noncommutative geometry

In this paper, we show how connections and their generalizations on transitive Lie algebroids are related to the notion of connections in the framework of the derivation-based noncommutative geometry. In order to compare the two constructions, we emphasize the algebraic approach of connections on Lie algebroids, using a suitable differential calculus. Two examples allow this comparison: on the one hand, the Atiyah Lie algebroid of a principal fiber bundle and, on the other hand, the space of derivations of the algebra of endomorphisms of an SL(n,C)-vector bundle. Gauge transformations are also considered in this comparison.     

Geometry from the spectral point of view

In this Letter, we develop geometry from a spectral point of view, the geometric data being encoded by a triple (A. H. D.) of an algebraA represented in a Hilbert spaceH with selfadjoint operatorD. This point of view is dictated by the general framework of noncommutative geometry and allows us to use geometric ideas in many situations beyond Riemannian geometry.

This paper is dedicated to the memory of J. Schwinger     

Explicit integration of the full symmetric Toda hierarchy and the sorting property

We give an explicit formula for the solution to the initial-value problem of the full symmetric Toda hierarchy. The formula is obtained by the orthogonalization procedure of Szegö, and is also interpreted as a consequence of the QR factorization method of Symes. The sorting property of the dynamics is also proved for the case of a generic symmetric matrix in the sense described in the text, and generalizations of tridagonal formulae are given for the case of matrices with 2M+1 nonzero diagonals.     

Poisson Lie groups and pentagonal transformations

Symplectic pentagonal transformations are intimately related to global versions of Poisson Lie groups (Manin groups, S ^*-groups, or symplectic pseudogroups). Symplectic pentagonal transformations of cotangent bundles, preserving the natural polarization, are shown to be in one to one correspondence with pentagonal transformations of the base manifold with a cocycle (if the base is connected and simply connected). By the results of Baaj and Skandalis, this allows to quantize (at the C ^*-algebra level!) those Poisson Lie groups, whose associated symplectic pentagonal transformation admits an invariant polarization. The (2n)²-parameter family of Poisson deformations of the (2n+1)-dimensional Heisenberg group described by Szymczak and Zakrzewski is shown to fall into this case.Supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. On leave from Department of Mathematical methods in Physics, Warsaw University, Poland.     

Coverings,correspondences, and noncommutative geometry

We construct an additive category where objects are embedded graphs in the 3-sphere and morphisms are geometric correspondences given by 3-manifolds realized in different ways as branched covers of the 3-sphere, up to branched cover cobordisms. We consider dynamical systems obtained from associated convolution algebras endowed with time evolutions defined in terms of the underlying geometries. We describe the relevance of our construction to the problem of spectral correspondences in noncommutative geometry.     

The modular group and super-KMS functionals

Every normal, faithful, self-adjoint functional on a von Neumann algebraA canonically determines a one-parameter-weakly continuous *-automorphism group (the analog of the modular group) and a canonical ₂ grading onA, commuting with . We show that the functional satisfies the weak super-KMS property with respect to and Furthermore, we prove that and are the unique pair of a-weakly continuous one-parameter *-automorphism group and a grading of the algebra, commuting with each other, with respect to which is weakly super-KMS. The above results thus provide a complete extension of the theory of Tomita and Takesaki to the nonpositive case.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS-8922002.     

Noncommutative differential geometry with higher-order derivatives

We build a toy model of differential geometry on the real line, which includes derivatives of the second order. Such construction is possible only within the framework of noncommutative geometry. We introduce the metric and briefly discuss two simple physical models of scalar field theory and gauge theory in this geometry.Partially supported by KBN grant 2 P302 168 4.     

Hirota polynomials for the KP and BKP hierarchies

Using symmetric function techniques, we derive closed-form expressions for the Hirota polynomials for thepth modified KP and BKP hierarchies in terms of Schur and SchurQ-polynomials, respectively. The Hirota polynomials for the BKP hierarchy can also be expressed as Pfaffians while those for thepth modified KP hierarchies can, under certain conditions, be expressed as determinants.     

Remarks on bicovariant differential calculi and exterior Hopf algebras

We show that every bicovariant differential calculus over the quantum groupA defines a bialgebra structure on its exterior algebra. Conversely, every exterior bialgebra ofA defines bicovariant bimodule overA. We also study a quasitriangular structure on exterior Hopf algebras in some detail.     

Distinguished Hamiltonian theorem for homogeneous symplectic manifolds

A diffeomorphism of a finite-dimensional flat symplectic manifold which is canonoid with respect to all linear and quadratic Hamiltonians, preserves the symplectic structure up to a factor: so runs the quadratic Hamiltonian theorem. Here we show that the same conclusion holds for much smaller sufficiency subsets of quadratic Hamiltonians, and the theorem may thus be extended to homogeneous infinite-dimensional symplectic manifolds. In this way, we identify the distinguished Hamiltonians for the Kähler manifold of equivalent quantizations of a Hilbertizable symplectic space.     

Homotopy perturbation method for modified Camassa-Holm and Degasperis-Procesi equations

In this Letter, homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is directly applied to modified Camassa-Holm and Degasperis-Procesi equations to obtain their solitary wave solutions. The results show the applicability, accuracy and efficiency of HPM in solving nonlinear differential equations with fully nonlinear dispersion term. It is predicted that HPM can be widely applied in engineering problems.     

A nuclearity condition for charged states

A nuclearity condition for charged superselection sectors is formulated. An analyticity property of nuclear maps is proved in order to show the validity of the split property under this new nuclearity condition.     

A Pseudo-cocycle for the Comultiplication on the Quantum <Emphasis Type="Italic">SU</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">2</Emphasis>) Group

We show that the comultiplication on the quantum group SU _q (2) may be obtained from that on the quantum semigroup SU ₀(2) by twisting with a unitary 2-pseudo-cocycle. Work supported by the ARC Linkage International Fellowship LX0667294, and by the Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2004-041-C00024).     

Orbital stability of peakons with nonvanishing boundary for CH and CH-γ equations

In this Letter, we consider the general expressions of peaked traveling wave solutions for CH and CH-γ equations. The orbital stability of these peakons are directly proved in the H¹ norm. Some previous results are extended.