Defining Relations for W-Algebras from Singular Vectors

It is shown that the commutation relations of W-algebras can be recovered from the singular vectors of their simplest nontrivial, completely degenerate highest weight representation.     

Long vectors for quasi-Newton updates

This work concerns the derivation of formulae for updating quasi-Newton matrices used in algorithms for computing approximate minima of smooth unconstrained functions. The paper concentrates strictly on the techniques used to derive update formulae. It demonstrates a technique in which problems of finding matrices in ℝ ^{n ×n} of minimum Frobenius norm are converted to equivalent problems, using vector representations in ℝ ⁿ² and ℝ ^n(n+1)/2 of these matrices, and then solvingl ₂-minimization problems. These problems are more directly dealt with, and indeed, the paper demonstrates how this technique may be used to handle weighted sparse updates.     

Resonance expansions in quantum mechanics

The goal of this contribution is to discuss various resonance expansions that have been proposed in the literature. Presented at the 3rd International Workshop “Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics”, Istanbul, Turkey, June 20–22, 2005.     

半径位置微扰对形状不同的空气孔结构二维光子晶体波导透射的影响

分析了不同空气孔形状的光子晶体受位置和半径微扰对于透射的影响,包括圆形,方形与椭圆形.仿真结果发现及形状相同微扰程度下,通过比较透射平坦带宽部分的分析得到透射率对位置微扰更加敏感.慢光区域正方形空气孔对于位置微扰表现较好,圆形空气孔对于半径微扰更稳健.由于不同形状的空气孔光子晶体波导结构有各自的优势,因此研究微扰对透射...     

On the completeness of root vectors generated by systems of coupled hyperbolic equations

The paper is the second in a set of two papers, which are devoted to a unified approach to the problem of completeness of the generalized eigenvectors (the root vectors) for a specific class of linear non‐selfadjoint unbounded matrix differential operators. The list of the problems for which such operators are the dynamics generators includes the following: (a) initial boundary‐value problem (IBVP) for a non‐homogeneous string with both distributed and boundary damping; (b) IBVP for small vibrations of an ideal filament with a one‐parameter family of dissipative boundary conditions at one end and with a heavy load at the other end; this filament problem is treated for two cases of the boundary parameter: non‐singular and singular; (c) IBVP for a three‐dimensional damped wave equation with spherically symmetric coefficients and both distributed and boundary damping; (d) IBVP for a system of two coupled hyperbolic equations constituting a Timoshenko beam model with variable coefficients and boundary damping; (e) IBVP for a coupled Euler‐Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam model with boundary energy dissipation (the model known in engineering literature as bending‐torsion vibration model); (f) IBVP for two coupled Timoshenko beams model, which is currently accepted as an appropriate model describing vibrational behavior of a longer double‐walled carbon nanotube. Problems have been discussed in the first paper of the aforementioned set. Problems are discussed in the present paper.     

A combinatorial proof of the Kronecker–Weber Theorem in positive characteristic

In this paper we present a combinatorial proof of the Kronecker–Weber Theorem for global fields of positive characteristic. The main tools are the use of Witt vectors and their arithmetic developed by H.L. Schmid. The key result is to obtain, using counting arguments, how many p-cyclic extensions exist of fixed degree and bounded conductor where only one prime ramifies. We then compare this number with the number of subextensions of cyclotomic function fields of the same type and verify that these two numbers are the same.     

The physical origin of the electron-phonon vertex correction

In the theory of nonadiabatic superconductivity several features are governed by the electron-phonon vertex correction which has a complex structure both in momentum and frequency. We derive a physical interpretation of such nonadiabatic effects that permits to link them to specific material properties. We show how the nonadiabatic vertex correction can be decomposed into two terms with different physical origins. In particular, the first term describes the lattice polarization induced by the electrons and it is essentially a single-electron process whereas the second term is governed by the particle-hole excitations due to the exchange part of the phonon-mediated electron-electron interaction. We show that by weakening the influence of the exchange interaction the vertex takes mostly positive values giving rise to an enhanced effective coupling in the scattering with phonons. This weakening of the exchange interaction can be obtained by lowering the density of the electrons, or by considering only long-ranged (small q) electron-phonon couplings. Received 23 November 1998 and Received in final form 22 January 1999     

Characterization of the smoothness and curvature of a marginal function for a trust-region problem

Received May 28, 1996 / Revised version received May 1, 1998 Published online October 9, 1998     

Optimal expansion and design of competence sets with asymmetric acquiring costs

This paper provides a method of finding the optimal expansion process and discusses the marginal analysis for expansion of the competence set when the cost functions are asymmetric. The concept of tree expansion process is introduced, and a method of finding the optimal tree expansion process is given. The paper also shows a way to identify the optimal competence set when both the expected return and cost are considered.