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Homologies of Algebraic Structures via Braidings and Quantum Shuffles
In this paper we construct "structural" pre-braidings characterizing
different algebraic structures: a rack, an associative algebra, a Leibniz
algebra and their representations. Some of these pre-braidings seem original.
On the other hand, we propose a general homology theory for pre-braided vector
spaces and braided modules, based on the quantum co-shuffle comultiplication.
Applied to the structural pre-braidings above, it gives a generalization and a
unification of many known homology theories. All the constructions are
categorified, resulting in particular in their super- and co-versions. Loday's
hyper-boundaries, as well as certain homology operations are efficiently
treated using the "shuffle" tools
Role of Fourier Modes in Finite-Size Scaling above the Upper Critical Dimension
Renormalization-group theory stands, since over 40 years, as one of the
pillars of modern physics. As such, there should be no remaining doubt
regarding its validity. However, finite-size scaling, which derives from it,
has long been poorly understood above the upper critical dimension in
models with free boundary conditions. Besides its fundamental significance for
scaling theories, the issue is important at a practical level because
finite-size, statistical-physics systems, with free boundaries above , are
experimentally accessible with long-range interactions. Here we address the
roles played by Fourier modes for such systems and show that the current
phenomenological picture is not supported for all thermodynamic observables
either with free or periodic boundaries. Instead, the correct picture emerges
from a sector of the renormalization group hitherto considered unphysical.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure
Transnational lives and their boundaries : expatriates in Jakarta, Indonesia
This thesis investigates the lives of Euro-Americans expatriates, who are posted by multinational companies for a period between 1 to 5 years to the city of Jakarta, Indonesia. The main argument of this thesis is that expatriates' transnational lives are marked by boundaries. The prevalence of boundaries contrasts with current discussions on migration and transnationalism, which emphasise notions of fluidity. I suggest that expatriates' construction, maintenance, and transgression of boundaries characterises their relations with Indonesia. This is played out in especially in the domains of race and gender, interconnected with the body, the use of space, and socialising. Gender and race are among the most persistent of categories, which reconfigure especially expatriate women's experience of Indonesia, although they can never quite be transcended. The centrality of these categories, of race and gender, is not reflected in research on transnationalism. I argue that although expatriates lead `transnational' lives, their practices are marked by boundaries more than by flows. The notions of flows and boundaries are not conceptualised as opposites, but as necessarily presupposing each other. I suggest, though, that the role of boundaries in transnational lives has so far been disregarded. The study of expatriates thus adds a crucial dimension to theories of transnationalism. It also carries political relevance, asexpatriates represent `transnationalism from above', counterbalancing the existing research on unskilled labour migration movements. As expatriates have hardly been investigated at all, this study then fills a significant gap in terms of ethnography
The Image of Contemporary Society in Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel Neverwhere revolves around some problematic aspects prevalent in the contemporary world, such as an iniquitous discrepancy between social classes or a problematic attitude to history. The artistic universes created by Gaiman are instrumental in conveying a complex condition of postmodern society. Although one of the represented worlds, London Above, is realistic and the other, London Below, is fantastic, both are suggestive of the contemporary social situation, citizens’ shared values and aspirations. Only when considered together can they reveal a comprehensive image of what the community accepts and what it rejects as no longer consistent with commonly held beliefs. The disparities in the representations of London Above and London Below refer to the division into the present and the past. The realistically portrayed metropolis is the embodiment of contemporary times. The fantastic London Below epitomises all that is ignored or rejected by London Above. The present study is going to discuss the main ideas encoded in the semiotic spaces created by Neil Gaiman, on the basis of postmodern theories. I am going to focus on how the characteristic features of postmodern fiction, such as the use of fantasy and the application of the ontological dominant, by highlighting the boundaries between London Above and London Below affect the general purport of the work
String Expansion as Large N Expansion of Gauge Theories
We consider string perturbative expansion in the presence of D-branes
imbedded in orbifolded space-time. In the regime where the string coupling is
weak and , the string perturbative expansion coincides with `t
Hooft's large N expansion. We specifically concentrate on theories with d=4 and
, and use world-sheet orbifold techniques to prove vanishing
theorems for the field theory beta functions to all orders in perturbation
theory in the large N limit. This is in accord with recent predictions.Comment: 18 pages, harvmac, minor corrections and additional reference
Explicit Supersymmetry Breaking on Boundaries of Warped Extra Dimensions
Explicit supersymmetry breaking is studied in higher dimensional theories by
having boundaries respect only a subgroup of the bulk symmetry. If the boundary
symmetry is the maximal subgroup allowed by the boundary conditions imposed on
the fields, then the symmetry can be consistently gauged; otherwise gauging
leads to an inconsistent theory. In a warped fifth dimension, an explicit
breaking of all bulk supersymmetries by the boundaries is found to be
inconsistent with gauging; unlike the case of flat 5D, complete supersymmetry
breaking by boundary conditions is not consistent with supergravity. Despite
this result, the low energy effective theory resulting from boundary
supersymmetry breaking becomes consistent in the limit where gravity decouples,
and such models are explored in the hope that some way of successfully
incorporating gravity can be found. A warped constrained standard model leads
to a theory with one Higgs boson with mass expected close to the experimental
limit. A unified theory in a warped fifth dimension is studied with boundary
breaking of both SU(5) gauge symmetry and supersymmetry. The usual
supersymmetric prediction for gauge coupling unification holds even though the
TeV spectrum is quite unlike the MSSM. Such a theory may unify matter and Higgs
in the same SU(5) hypermultiplet.Comment: 30 pages, version to appear in Nucl. Phys.
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