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Global action-angle variables for the periodic Toda lattice
In this paper we construct global action-angle variables for the periodic Toda lattic
Birkhoff normal form for the periodic Toda lattice
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held at the Courant Institute in 2006 to celebrate the 60th birthday of Percy A. Deift. The program reflected the wide-ranging contributions of Professor Deift to analysis with emphasis on recent developments in Random Matrix Theory and integrable systems. The articles in this volume present a broad view on the state of the art in these fields. Topics on random matrices include the distributions and stochastic processes associated with local eigenvalue statistics, as well as their appearance in combinatorial models such as TASEP, last passage percolation and tilings. The contributions in integrable systems mostly deal with focusing NLS, the Camassa-Holm equation and the Toda lattice. A number of papers are devoted to techniques that are used in both fields. These techniques are related to orthogonal polynomials, operator determinants, special functions, Riemann-Hilbert problems, direct and inverse spectral theory. Of special interest is the article of Percy Deift in which he discusses some open problems of Random Matrix Theory and the theory of integrable systems
Global Birkhoff coordinates for the periodic Toda lattice
In this paper we prove that the periodic Toda lattice admits globally defined
Birkhoff coordinates.Comment: 32 page
Variable-delay feedback control of unstable steady states in retarded time-delayed systems
We study the stability of unstable steady states in scalar retarded
time-delayed systems subjected to a variable-delay feedback control. The
important aspect of such a control problem is that time-delayed systems are
already infinite-dimensional before the delayed feedback control is turned on.
When the frequency of the modulation is large compared to the system's
dynamics, the analytic approach consists of relating the stability properties
of the resulting variable-delay system with those of an analogous distributed
delay system. Otherwise, the stability domains are obtained by a numerical
integration of the linearized variable-delay system. The analysis shows that
the control domains are significantly larger than those in the usual
time-delayed feedback control, and that the complexity of the domain structure
depends on the form and the frequency of the delay modulation.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, RevTeX, accepted for publication in Physical
Review
Optimal thickness of rectangular superconducting microtraps for cold atomic gases
We study superconducting microtraps with rectangular shapes for cold atomic
gases. We present a general argument why microtraps open, if brought close to
the surface of the superconductor. We show that for a given width of the strips
there exists an optimal thickness under which the closest distance of the
microtrap from the superconductor can be achieved. The distance can be
significantly improved, if the edge enhancement of the supercurrent near edges
and corners is exploited. We compare numerical calculations with results from
conformal mapping and show that conformal mapping can often give useful
approximate results.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Foundations for Cooperating with Control Noise in the Manipulation of Quantum Dynamics
This paper develops the theoretical foundations for the ability of a control
field to cooperate with noise in the manipulation of quantum dynamics. The
noise enters as run-to-run variations in the control amplitudes, phases and
frequencies with the observation being an ensemble average over many runs as is
commonly done in the laboratory. Weak field perturbation theory is developed to
show that noise in the amplitude and frequency components of the control field
can enhance the process of population transfer in a multilevel ladder system.
The analytical results in this paper support the point that under suitable
conditions an optimal field can cooperate with noise to improve the control
outcome.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev.
Results on normal forms for FPU chains
In this paper we prove, among other results, that near the equilibirum position, any periodic FPU chain with an odd number N of particles admits a Birkhoff normal form up to order 4, whereas any periodic FPU chain with N even admits a resonant normal form up to order 4. This resonant normal form of order 4 turns out to be completely integrable. Further, for N odd, we obtain an explicit formula of the Hessian of its Hamiltonian at the fixed point
Addition theorems and the Drach superintegrable systems
We propose new construction of the polynomial integrals of motion related to
the addition theorems. As an example we reconstruct Drach systems and get some
new two-dimensional superintegrable Stackel systems with third, fifth and
seventh order integrals of motion.Comment: 18 pages, the talk given on the conference "Superintegrable Systems
in Classical and Quantum Mechanics", Prague 200
Vortex Images and q-Elementary Functions
In the present paper problem of vortex images in annular domain between two
coaxial cylinders is solved by the q-elementary functions. We show that all
images are determined completely as poles of the q-logarithmic function, where
dimensionless parameter is given by square ratio of the
cylinder radii. Resulting solution for the complex potential is represented in
terms of the Jackson q-exponential function. By composing pairs of q-exponents
to the first Jacobi theta function and conformal mapping to a rectangular
domain we link our solution with result of Johnson and McDonald. We found that
one vortex cannot remain at rest except at the geometric mean distance, but
must orbit the cylinders with constant angular velocity related to q-harmonic
series. Vortex images in two particular geometries in the limit
are studied.Comment: 17 page
Inverting the Sachs-Wolfe Formula: an Inverse Problem Arising in Early-Universe Cosmology
The (ordinary) Sachs-Wolfe effect relates primordial matter perturbations to
the temperature variations in the cosmic microwave background
radiation; can be observed in all directions around us. A standard
but idealised model of this effect leads to an infinite set of moment-like
equations: the integral of with respect to k ()
is equal to a given constant, , for . Here, P is the
power spectrum of the primordial density variations, is a spherical
Bessel function and y is a positive constant. It is shown how to solve these
equations exactly for ~. The same solution can be recovered, in
principle, if the first ~m equations are discarded. Comparisons with classical
moment problems (where is replaced by ) are made.Comment: In Press Inverse Problems 1999, 15 pages, 0 figures, Late
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