370 research outputs found
Glimpses of the Octonions and Quaternions History and Todays Applications in Quantum Physics
Before we dive into the accessibility stream of nowadays indicatory
applications of octonions to computer and other sciences and to quantum physics
let us focus for a while on the crucially relevant events for todays revival on
interest to nonassociativity. Our reflections keep wandering back to the
two square identity and then via the four
square identity up to the eight square identity.
These glimpses of history incline and invite us to retell the story on how
about one month after quaternions have been carved on the bridge
octonions were discovered by , jurist and
mathematician, a friend of . As for today we just
mention en passant quaternionic and octonionic quantum mechanics,
generalization of equations for octonions and triality
principle and group in spinor language in a descriptive way in order not
to daunt non specialists. Relation to finite geometries is recalled and the
links to the 7stones of seven sphere, seven imaginary octonions units in out of
the cave reality applications are appointed . This way we are welcomed
back to primary ideas of , and other distinguished
fathers of quantum mechanics and quantum gravity foundations.Comment: 26 pages, 7 figure
From dynamical scaling to local scale-invariance: a tutorial
Dynamical scaling arises naturally in various many-body systems far from
equilibrium. After a short historical overview, the elements of possible
extensions of dynamical scaling to a local scale-invariance will be introduced.
Schr\"odinger-invariance, the most simple example of local scale-invariance,
will be introduced as a dynamical symmetry in the Edwards-Wilkinson
universality class of interface growth. The Lie algebra construction, its
representations and the Bargman superselection rules will be combined with
non-equilibrium Janssen-de Dominicis field-theory to produce explicit
predictions for responses and correlators, which can be compared to the results
of explicit model studies.
At the next level, the study of non-stationary states requires to go over,
from Schr\"odinger-invariance, to ageing-invariance. The ageing algebra admits
new representations, which acts as dynamical symmetries on more general
equations, and imply that each non-equilibrium scaling operator is
characterised by two distinct, independent scaling dimensions. Tests of
ageing-invariance are described, in the Glauber-Ising and spherical models of a
phase-ordering ferromagnet and the Arcetri model of interface growth.Comment: 1+ 23 pages, 2 figures, final for
A Generalized Version of a Low Velocity Impact between a Rigid Sphere and a Transversely Isotropic Strain-Hardening Plate Supported by a Rigid Substrate Using the Concept of Noninteger Derivatives
A low velocity impact between a rigid sphere and transversely isotropic strain-hardening plate supported by a rigid substrate is generalized to the concept of noninteger derivatives order. A brief history of fractional derivatives order is presented. The fractional derivatives order adopted is in Caputo sense. The new equation is solved via the analytical technique, the Homotopy decomposition method (HDM). The technique is described and the numerical simulations are presented. Since it is very important to accurately predict the contact force and its time history, the three stages of the indentation process, including (1) the elastic indentation, (2) the plastic indentation, and (3) the elastic unloading stages, are investigated
Chemical Reaction Systems, Computer Algebra and Systems Biology
International audienceIn this invited paper, we survey some of the results obtained in the computer algebra team of Lille, in the domain of systems biology. So far, we have mostly focused on models (systems of equations) arising from generalized chemical reaction systems. Eight years ago, our team was involved in a joint project, with physicists and biologists, on the modeling problem of the circadian clock of the green algae Ostreococcus tauri. This cooperation led us to different algorithms dedicated to the reduction problem of the deterministic models of chemical reaction systems. More recently, we have been working more tightly with another team of our lab, the BioComputing group, interested by the stochastic dynamics of chemical reaction systems. This cooperation led us to efficient algorithms for building the ODE systems which define the statistical moments associated to these dynamics. Most of these algorithms were implemented in the MAPLE computer algebra software. We have chosen to present them through the corresponding MAPLE packages
Uncertainty Relation on World Crystal and its Applications to Micro Black Holes
We formulate generalized uncertainty relations in a crystal-like universe
whose lattice spacing is of the order of Planck length -- "world crystal". In
the particular case when energies lie near the border of the Brillouin zone,
i.e., for Planckian energies, the uncertainty relation for position and momenta
does not pose any lower bound on involved uncertainties. We apply our results
to micro black holes physics, where we derive a new mass-temperature relation
for Schwarzschild micro black holes. In contrast to standard results based on
Heisenberg and stringy uncertainty relations, our mass-temperature formula
predicts both a finite Hawking's temperature and a zero rest-mass remnant at
the end of the micro black hole evaporation. We also briefly mention some
connections of the world crystal paradigm with 't Hooft's quantization and
double special relativity.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, latex
Noncommutativity and Discrete Physics
The purpose of this paper is to present an introduction to a point of view
for discrete foundations of physics. In taking a discrete stance, we find that
the initial expression of physical theory must occur in a context of
noncommutative algebra and noncommutative vector analysis. In this way the
formalism of quantum mechanics occurs first, but not necessarily with the usual
interpretations. The basis for this work is a non-commutative discrete calculus
and the observation that it takes one tick of the discrete clock to measure
momentum.Comment: LaTeX, 23 pages, no figure
The oriented swap process and last passage percolation
We present new probabilistic and combinatorial identities relating three
random processes: the oriented swap process on particles, the corner growth
process, and the last passage percolation model. We prove one of the
probabilistic identities, relating a random vector of last passage percolation
times to its dual, using the duality between the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth and
Burge correspondences. A second probabilistic identity, relating those two
vectors to a vector of 'last swap times' in the oriented swap process, is
conjectural. We give a computer-assisted proof of this identity for
after first reformulating it as a purely combinatorial identity, and discuss
its relation to the Edelman-Greene correspondence. The conjectural identity
provides precise finite- and asymptotic predictions on the distribution of
the absorbing time of the oriented swap process, thus conditionally solving an
open problem posed by Angel, Holroyd and Romik.Comment: 36 pages, 6 figures. Full version of the FPSAC 2020 extended abstract
arXiv:2003.0333
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