Jacobi equations using a variational principle

A variational principle is proposed for obtaining the Jacobi equations in systems admitting a Lagrangian description. The variational principle gives simultaneously the Lagrange equations of motion and the Jacobi variational equations for the system. The approach can be of help in finding constants of motion in the Jacobi equations as well as in analysing the stability of the systems and can be related to the vertical extension of the Lagrangian formalism. To exemplify two of such aspects, we uncover a constant of motion in the Jacobi equations of autonomous systems and we recover the well-known sufficient conditions of stability of two dimensional orbits in classical mechanics.Comment: 7 pages, no figure

Lagrangian Description of the Variational Equations

A variant of the usual Lagrangian scheme is developed which describes both the equations of motion and the variational equations of a system. The required (prolonged) Lagrangian is defined in an extended configuration space comprising both the original configurations of the system and all the virtual displacements joining any two integral curves. Our main result establishes that both the Euler-Lagrange equations and the corresponding variational equations of the original system can be viewed as the Lagrangian vector field associated with the first prolongation of the original LagrangianAfter discussing certain features of the formulation, we introduce the so-called inherited constants of the motion and relate them to the Noether constants of the extended system

Chaotic differential operators

We give sufficient conditions for chaos of (differential) operators on Hilbert spaces of entire functions. To this aim we establish conditions on the coefficients of a polynomial P(z) such that P(B) is chaotic on the space lp, where B is the backward shift operator. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.This work was partially supported by the MEC and FEDER Projects MTM2007-64222, MTM2010-14909, and by GVA Project GV/2010/091, and by UPV Project PAID-06-09-2932. The authors would like to thank A. Peris for helpful comments and ideas that produced a great improvement of the paper's presentation. We also thank the referees for their helpful comments and for reporting to us a gap in Theorem 1.Conejero Casares, JA.; Martínez Jiménez, F. (2011). Chaotic differential operators. Revista- Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas Y Naturales Serie a Matematicas. 105(2):423-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-011-0026-6S4234311052Bayart, F., Matheron, É.: Dynamics of Linear Operators, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, vol. 179. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2009)Bermúdez T., Miller V.G.: On operators T such that f(T) is hypercyclic. Integr. Equ. Oper. Theory 37(3), 332–340 (2000)Bonet J., Martínez-Giménez F., Peris A.: Linear chaos on Fréchet spaces. Int. J. Bifur. Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng. 13(7), 1649–1655 (2003)Chan K.C., Shapiro J.H.: The cyclic behavior of translation operators on Hilbert spaces of entire functions. Indiana Univ. Math. J. 40(4), 1421–1449 (1991)Conejero J.A., Müller V.: On the universality of multipliers on $${\mathcal{H}({\mathbb {C}})}$$ . J. Approx. Theory. 162(5), 1025–1032 (2010)deLaubenfels R., Emamirad H.: Chaos for functions of discrete and continuous weighted shift operators. Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 21(5), 1411–1427 (2001)Devaney, R.L.: An introduction to chaotic dynamical systems, 2nd edn. In: Addison-Wesley Studies in Nonlinearity. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Advanced Book Program, Redwood City (1989)Godefroy G., Shapiro J.H.: Operators with dense, invariant, cyclic vector manifolds. J. Funct. Anal. 98(2), 229–269 (1991)Grosse-Erdmann K.-G.: Hypercyclic and chaotic weighted shifts. Stud. Math. 139(1), 47–68 (2000)Grosse-Erdmann, K.-G., Peris, A.,: Linear chaos. Universitext, Springer, New York (to appear, 2011)Herzog G., Schmoeger C.: On operators T such that f(T) is hypercyclic. Stud. Math. 108(3), 209–216 (1994)Kahane, J.-P.: Some random series of functions, 2nd edn. In: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1985)Martínez-Giménez F., Peris A.: Chaos for backward shift operators. Int. J. Bifur. Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng. 12(8), 1703–1715 (2002)Martínez-Giménez F.: Chaos for power series of backward shift operators. Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 135, 1741–1752 (2007)Müller V.: On the Salas theorem and hypercyclicity of f(T). Integr. Equ. Oper. Theory 67(3), 439–448 (2010)Protopopescu V., Azmy Y.Y.: Topological chaos for a class of linear models. Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci. 2(1), 79–90 (1992)Rolewicz S.: On orbits of elements. Stud. Math. 32, 17–22 (1969)Salas H.N.: Hypercyclic weighted shifts. Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 347(3), 93–1004 (1995)Shapiro, J.H.: Simple connectivity and linear chaos. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo. (2) Suppl. 56, 27–48 (1998

An algebraic SU(1,1) solution for the relativistic hydrogen atom

The bound eigenfunctions and spectrum of a Dirac hydrogen atom are found taking advantage of the $SU(1, 1)$ Lie algebra in which the radial part of the problem can be expressed. For defining the algebra we need to add to the description an additional angular variable playing essentially the role of a phase. The operators spanning the algebra are used for defining ladder operators for the radial eigenfunctions of the relativistic hydrogen atom and for evaluating its energy spectrum. The status of the Johnson-Lippman operator in this algebra is also investigated.Comment: to appear in Physics Letters A (2005). We corrected a misprint in page 7, in the paragraph baggining with "With the value of ..." the ground state should be |\lambda, \lambda>, not |\lambda, \lambda+1

Impacto da adubação orgânica sobre a incidência de tripes em cebola.

Analisou-se a relação entre adubação orgânica e a incidência de Thrips tabaci Lind. em cebola (Allium cepa L), na EE de Ituporanga,entre agosto e dezembro de 1998. Os tratamentos foram determinados de acordo com a necessidade de N para a cultura pela análise de solo. Empregou-se como fonte orgânica diversos adubos fornecendo 75 Kg/ha de N (esterco suíno; adubo Barriga Verde proveniente de esterco de aves; composto orgânico; esterco de peru; húmus); 37,5 Kg/ha de N (metade da dose normal com esterco de suíno); as testemunhas foram adubação mineral fornecendo 30-120-60 kg/ha de N-P2O5-K2O e o dobro da dose (60-240-120 kg/ha de N-P2O5-K2O); e testemunha sem adubação. Nenhum tratamento apresentou incidência de T. tabaci superior à testemunha sem adubo. A adubação mineral em relação à orgânica não favoreceu significativamente a incidência de T. tabaci . O processo de conversão do manejo do solo da área experimental de convencional para orgânico pode ter favorecido a infestação similar do inseto entre tratamentos. No período de maior incidência de T. tabaci, a relação com nutrientes foi descrita por um modelo envolvendo K/Zn, B e N de maneira positiva. A correlação entre nutrientes e T. tabaci não foi linear na maioria das avaliações. A adubação orgânica pode substituir a adubação mineral na cultura da cebola, pois foi possível atingir níveis de produtividade similares para ambos tratamentos

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level

Importance: Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma, the most common intraocular cancer, can save both a child's life and vision. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that many children across the world are diagnosed late. To our knowledge, the clinical presentation of retinoblastoma has never been assessed on a global scale. Objectives: To report the retinoblastoma stage at diagnosis in patients across the world during a single year, to investigate associations between clinical variables and national income level, and to investigate risk factors for advanced disease at diagnosis. Design, Setting, and Participants: A total of 278 retinoblastoma treatment centers were recruited from June 2017 through December 2018 to participate in a cross-sectional analysis of treatment-naive patients with retinoblastoma who were diagnosed in 2017. Main Outcomes and Measures: Age at presentation, proportion of familial history of retinoblastoma, and tumor stage and metastasis. Results: The cohort included 4351 new patients from 153 countries; the median age at diagnosis was 30.5 (interquartile range, 18.3-45.9) months, and 1976 patients (45.4) were female. Most patients (n = 3685 84.7%) were from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Globally, the most common indication for referral was leukocoria (n = 2638 62.8%), followed by strabismus (n = 429 10.2%) and proptosis (n = 309 7.4%). Patients from high-income countries (HICs) were diagnosed at a median age of 14.1 months, with 656 of 666 (98.5%) patients having intraocular retinoblastoma and 2 (0.3%) having metastasis. Patients from low-income countries were diagnosed at a median age of 30.5 months, with 256 of 521 (49.1%) having extraocular retinoblastoma and 94 of 498 (18.9%) having metastasis. Lower national income level was associated with older presentation age, higher proportion of locally advanced disease and distant metastasis, and smaller proportion of familial history of retinoblastoma. Advanced disease at diagnosis was more common in LMICs even after adjusting for age (odds ratio for low-income countries vs upper-middle-income countries and HICs, 17.92 95% CI, 12.94-24.80, and for lower-middle-income countries vs upper-middle-income countries and HICs, 5.74 95% CI, 4.30-7.68). Conclusions and Relevance: This study is estimated to have included more than half of all new retinoblastoma cases worldwide in 2017. Children from LMICs, where the main global retinoblastoma burden lies, presented at an older age with more advanced disease and demonstrated a smaller proportion of familial history of retinoblastoma, likely because many do not reach a childbearing age. Given that retinoblastoma is curable, these data are concerning and mandate intervention at national and international levels. Further studies are needed to investigate factors, other than age at presentation, that may be associated with advanced disease in LMICs. © 2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved