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    Distances on a one-dimensional lattice from noncommutative geometry

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    In the following paper we continue the work of Bimonte-Lizzi-Sparano on distances on a one dimensional lattice. We succeed in proving analytically the exact formulae for such distances. We find that the distance to an even point on the lattice is the geometrical average of the ``predecessor'' and ``successor'' distances to the neighbouring odd points.Comment: LaTeX file, few minor typos corrected, 9 page

    Exact Evolution Operator on Non-compact Group Manifolds

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    Free quantal motion on group manifolds is considered. The Hamiltonian is given by the Laplace -- Beltrami operator on the group manifold, and the purpose is to get the (Feynman's) evolution kernel. The spectral expansion, which produced a series of the representation characters for the evolution kernel in the compact case, does not exist for non-compact group, where the spectrum is not bounded. In this work real analytical groups are investigated, some of which are of interest for physics. An integral representation for the evolution operator is obtained in terms of the Green function, i.e. the solution to the Helmholz equation on the group manifold. The alternative series expressions for the evolution operator are reconstructed from the same integral representation, the spectral expansion (when exists) and the sum over classical paths. For non-compact groups, the latter can be interpreted as the (exact) semi-classical approximation, like in the compact case. The explicit form of the evolution operator is obtained for a number of non-compact groups.Comment: 32 pages, 5 postscript figures, LaTe

    Generalized inversion of the Hochschild coboundary operator and deformation quantization

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    Using a derivative decomposition of the Hochschild differential complex we define a generalized inverse of the Hochschild coboundary operator. It can be applied for systematic computations of star products on Poisson manifolds.Comment: 9 pages, misprints correcte

    Distances on a Lattice from Non-commutative Geometry

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    Using the tools of noncommutative geometry we calculate the distances between the points of a lattice on which the usual discretized Dirac operator has been defined. We find that these distances do not have the expected behaviour, revealing that from the metric point of view the lattice does not look at all as a set of points sitting on the continuum manifold. We thus have an additional criterion for the choice of the discretization of the Dirac operator.Comment: 14 page

    Heat operator with pure soliton potential: properties of Jost and dual Jost solutions

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    Properties of Jost and dual Jost solutions of the heat equation, Φ(x,k)\Phi(x,k) and Ψ(x,k)\Psi(x,k), in the case of a pure solitonic potential are studied in detail. We describe their analytical properties on the spectral parameter kk and their asymptotic behavior on the xx-plane and we show that the values of eqxΦ(x,k)e^{-qx}\Phi(x,k) and the residua of eqxΨ(x,k)e^{qx}\Psi(x,k) at special discrete values of kk are bounded functions of xx in a polygonal region of the qq-plane. Correspondingly, we deduce that the extended version L(q)L(q) of the heat operator with a pure solitonic potential has left and right annihilators for qq belonging to these polygonal regions.Comment: 26 pages, 3 figure

    Majorana spinors and extended Lorentz symmetry in four-dimensional theory

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    An extended local Lorentz symmetry in four-dimensional (4D) theory is considered. A source of this symmetry is a group of general linear transformations of four-component Majorana spinors GL(4,M) which is isomorphic to GL(4,R) and is the covering of an extended Lorentz group in a 6D Minkowski space M(3,3) including superluminal and scaling transformations. Physical space-time is assumed to be a 4D pseudo-Riemannian manifold. To connect the extended Lorentz symmetry in the M(3,3) space with the physical space-time, a fiber bundle over the 4D manifold is introduced with M(3,3) as a typical fiber. The action is constructed which is invariant with respect to both general 4D coordinate and local GL(4,M) spinor transformations. The components of the metric on the 6D fiber are expressed in terms of the 4D pseudo-Riemannian metric and two extra complex fields: 4D vector and scalar ones. These extra fields describe in the general case massive particles interacting with an extra U(1) gauge field and weakly interacting with ordinary particles, i.e. possessing properties of invisible (dark) matter.Comment: 24 page

    Spectral theorem for the Lindblad equation for quadratic open fermionic systems

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    The spectral theorem is proven for the quantum dynamics of quadratic open systems of n fermions described by the Lindblad equation. Invariant eigenspaces of the many-body Liouvillean dynamics and their largest Jordan blocks are explicitly constructed for all eigenvalues. For eigenvalue zero we describe an algebraic procedure for constructing (possibly higher dimensional) spaces of (degenerate) non-equilibrium steady states.Comment: 19 pages, no figure

    Absence of epidemic threshold in scale-free networks with connectivity correlations

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    Random scale-free networks have the peculiar property of being prone to the spreading of infections. Here we provide an exact result showing that a scale-free connectivity distribution with diverging second moment is a sufficient condition to have null epidemic threshold in unstructured networks with either assortative or dissortative mixing. Connectivity correlations result therefore ininfluential for the epidemic spreading picture in these scale-free networks. The present result is related to the divergence of the average nearest neighbors connectivity, enforced by the connectivity detailed balance condition

    Looking for a time independent Hamiltonian of a dynamical system

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    In this paper we introduce a method for finding a time independent Hamiltonian of a given dynamical system by canonoid transformation. We also find a condition that the system should satisfy to have an equivalent time independent formulation. We study the example of damped oscillator and give the new time independent Hamiltonian for it, which has the property of tending to the standard Hamiltonian of the harmonic oscillator as damping goes to zero.Comment: Some references added, LATEX fixing

    Soliton solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili II equation

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    We study a general class of line-soliton solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili II (KPII) equation by investigating the Wronskian form of its tau-function. We show that, in addition to previously known line-soliton solutions, this class also contains a large variety of new multi-soliton solutions, many of which exhibit nontrivial spatial interaction patterns. We also show that, in general, such solutions consist of unequal numbers of incoming and outgoing line solitons. From the asymptotic analysis of the tau-function, we explicitly characterize the incoming and outgoing line-solitons of this class of solutions. We illustrate these results by discussing several examples.Comment: 28 pages, 4 figure
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