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Singular normal form for the Painlev\'e equation P1
We show that there exists a rational change of coordinates of Painlev\'e's P1
equation and of the elliptic equation after which these
two equations become analytically equivalent in a region in the complex phase
space where and are unbounded. The region of equivalence comprises all
singularities of solutions of P1 (i.e. outside the region of equivalence,
solutions are analytic). The Painlev\'e property of P1 (that the only movable
singularities are poles) follows as a corollary. Conversely, we argue that the
Painlev\'e property is crucial in reducing P1, in a singular regime, to an
equation integrable by quadratures
Dual D-Brane Actions
Dual super Dp-brane actions are constructed by carrying out a duality
transformation of the world-volume U(1) gauge field. The resulting world-volume
actions, which contain a (p - 2)-form gauge field, are shown to have the
expected properties. Specifically, the D1-brane and D3-brane transform in ways
that can be understood on the basis of the SL(2, Z) duality of type IIB
superstring theory. Also, the D2-brane and the D4-brane transform in ways that
are expected on the basis of the relationship between type IIA superstring
theory and 11d M theory. For example, the dual D4-brane action is shown to
coincide with the double-dimensional reduction of the recently constructed
M5-brane action. The implications for gauge-fixed D-brane actions are discussed
briefly.Comment: 18 pages, latex, no figures; references adde
Effects of boundary conditions on irreversible dynamics
We present a simple one-dimensional Ising-type spin system on which we define
a completely asymmetric Markovian single spin-flip dynamics. We study the
system at a very low, yet non-zero, temperature and we show that for empty
boundary conditions the Gibbs measure is stationary for such dynamics, while
introducing in a single site a condition the stationary measure changes
drastically, with macroscopical effects. We achieve this result defining an
absolutely convergent series expansion of the stationary measure around the
zero temperature system. Interesting combinatorial identities are involved in
the proofs
Gaussian Fluctuation in Random Matrices
Let be the number of eigenvalues, in an interval of length , of a
matrix chosen at random from the Gaussian Orthogonal, Unitary or Symplectic
ensembles of by matrices, in the limit . We prove that has a Gaussian distribution when . This theorem, which
requires control of all the higher moments of the distribution, elucidates
numerical and exact results on chaotic quantum systems and on the statistics of
zeros of the Riemann zeta function. \noindent PACS nos. 05.45.+b, 03.65.-wComment: 13 page
Star Unfolding Convex Polyhedra via Quasigeodesic Loops
We extend the notion of star unfolding to be based on a quasigeodesic loop Q
rather than on a point. This gives a new general method to unfold the surface
of any convex polyhedron P to a simple (non-overlapping), planar polygon: cut
along one shortest path from each vertex of P to Q, and cut all but one segment
of Q.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures. v2 improves the description of cut locus, and
adds references. v3 improves two figures and their captions. New version v4
offers a completely different proof of non-overlap in the quasigeodesic loop
case, and contains several other substantive improvements. This version is 23
pages long, with 15 figure
On the spectral properties of L_{+-} in three dimensions
This paper is part of the radial asymptotic stability analysis of the ground
state soliton for either the cubic nonlinear Schrodinger or Klein-Gordon
equations in three dimensions. We demonstrate by a rigorous method that the
linearized scalar operators which arise in this setting, traditionally denoted
by L_{+-}, satisfy the gap property, at least over the radial functions. This
means that the interval (0,1] does not contain any eigenvalues of L_{+-} and
that the threshold 1 is neither an eigenvalue nor a resonance. The gap property
is required in order to prove scattering to the ground states for solutions
starting on the center-stable manifold associated with these states. This paper
therefore provides the final installment in the proof of this scattering
property for the cubic Klein-Gordon and Schrodinger equations in the radial
case, see the recent theory of Nakanishi and the third author, as well as the
earlier work of the third author and Beceanu on NLS. The method developed here
is quite general, and applicable to other spectral problems which arise in the
theory of nonlinear equations
Cohomological BRST aspects of the massless tensor field with the mixed symmetry (k,k)
The main BRST cohomological properties of a free, massless tensor field that
transforms in an irreducible representation of GL(D,R), corresponding to a
rectangular, two-column Young diagram with k>2 rows are studied in detail. In
particular, it is shown that any non-trivial co-cycle from the local BRST
cohomology group H(s|d) can be taken to stop either at antighost number (k+1)
or k, its last component belonging to the cohomology of the exterior
longitudinal derivative H(gamma) and containing non-trivial elements from the
(invariant) characteristic cohomology H^{inv}(delta|d).Comment: Latex, 50 pages, uses amssym
Gauge-Invariant and Gauge-Fixed D-Brane Actions
The first part of this paper presents actions for Dirichlet p-branes embedded
in a flat 10-dimensional space-time. The fields of the (p+1)-dimensional
world-volume theories are the 10d space-time coordinates , a pair of
Majorana-Weyl spinors and , and a U(1) gauge field
. The N = 2A or 2B super-Poincare group in ten dimensions is realized
as a global symmetry. In addition, the theories have local symmetries
consisting of general coordinate invariance of the world volume, a local
fermionic symmetry (called ``kappa''), and U(1) gauge invariance. A detailed
proof of the kappa symmetry is given that applies to all cases (p = 0,1, . . .,
9). The second part of the paper presents gauge-fixed versions of these
theories. The fields of the 10d (p = 9) gauge-fixed theory are a single
Majorana-Weyl spinor and the U(1) gauge field . This theory,
whose action turns out to be surprisingly simple, is a supersymmetric extension
of 10d Born-Infeld theory. It has two global supersymmetries: one represents an
unbroken symmetry, and the second corresponds to a broken symmetry for which
is the Goldstone fermion. The gauge-fixed supersymmetric D-brane
theories with can be obtained from the 10d one by dimensional reduction.Comment: 33 pages, latex, no figures; revised as requested by refere
Transmission Properties of the oscillating delta-function potential
We derive an exact expression for the transmission amplitude of a particle
moving through a harmonically driven delta-function potential by using the
method of continued-fractions within the framework of Floquet theory. We prove
that the transmission through this potential as a function of the incident
energy presents at most two real zeros, that its poles occur at energies
(), and that the
poles and zeros in the transmission amplitude come in pairs with the distance
between the zeros and the poles (and their residue) decreasing with increasing
energy of the incident particle. We also show the existence of non-resonant
"bands" in the transmission amplitude as a function of the strength of the
potential and the driving frequency.Comment: 21 pages, 12 figures, 1 tabl
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