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Reductions of integrable equations on A.III-type symmetric spaces
We study a class of integrable non-linear differential equations related to
the A.III-type symmetric spaces. These spaces are realized as factor groups of
the form SU(N)/S(U(N-k) x U(k)). We use the Cartan involution corresponding to
this symmetric space as an element of the reduction group and restrict generic
Lax operators to this symmetric space. The symmetries of the Lax operator are
inherited by the fundamental analytic solutions and give a characterization of
the corresponding Riemann-Hilbert data.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX iopart styl
From Development To Evolution: The Re-Establishment Of The Alexander Kowalevsky Medal
The Saint Petersburg Society of Naturalists has reinstated the Alexander O. Kowalevsky Medal. This article announces the winners of the first medals and briefly reviews the achievements of A.O. Kowalevsky,the Russian comparative embryologist whose studies on amphioxus, tunicates and germ layer homologies pioneered evolutionary embryology and confirmed the evolutionary continuity between invertebrates and vertebrates. In re-establishing this international award, the Society is pleased to recognize both the present awardees and the memory of Kowalevsky, whose work pointed to that we now call evolutionary developmental biology
Inter-valley plasmons in graphene
The spectrum of two-dimensional (2D) plasma waves in graphene has been
recently studied in the Dirac fermion model. We take into account the whole
dispersion relation for graphene electrons in the tight binding approximation
and the local field effects in the electrodynamic response. Near the
wavevectors close to the corners of the hexagon-shaped Brillouin zone we found
new low-frequency 2D plasmon modes with a linear spectrum. These "inter-valley"
plasmon modes are related to the transitions between the two nearest Dirac
cones.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; submitted in PR
Design of oscillator networks with enhanced synchronization tolerance against noise
Can synchronization properties of a network of identical oscillators in the
presence of noise be improved through appropriate rewiring of its connections?
What are the optimal network architectures for a given total number of
connections? We address these questions by running the optimization process,
using the stochastic Markov Chain Monte Carlo method with replica exchange, to
design the networks of phase oscillators with the increased tolerance against
noise. As we find, the synchronization of a network, characterized by the
Kuramoto order parameter, can be increased up to 40 %, as compared to that of
the randomly generated networks, when the optimization is applied. Large
ensembles of optimized networks are obtained and their statistical properties
are investigated.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
Microwave-induced magnetotransport phenomena in two-dimensional electron systems: Importance of electrodynamic effects
We discuss possible origins of recently discovered microwave induced
photoresistance oscillations in very-high-electron-mobility two-dimensional
electron systems. We show that electrodynamic effects -- the radiative decay,
plasma oscillations, and retardation effects, -- are important under the
experimental conditions, and that their inclusion in the theory is essential
for understanding the discussed and related microwave induced magnetotransport
phenomena.Comment: 5 pages, including 2 figures and 1 tabl
History-sensitive accumulation rules for life-time prediction under variable loading
This is the post-print version of the article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below - Copyright @ 2011 SpringerA general form of temporal strength conditions under variable creep loading is employed to formulate several new phenomenological accumulation rules based on the constant-loading durability diagram. Unlike the well-known Robinson rule of linear accumulation of partial life-times, the new rules allow to describe the life-time sensibility to the load sequence, observed in experiments. Comparison of the new rules with experimental data shows that they fit the data much more accurately than the Robinson rule
Algebraic entropy for semi-discrete equations
We extend the definition of algebraic entropy to semi-discrete
(difference-differential) equations. Calculating the entropy for a number of
integrable and non integrable systems, we show that its vanishing is a
characteristic feature of integrability for this type of equations
Propagation of small perturbations in synchronized oscillator networks
We study the propagation of a harmonic perturbation of small amplitude on a
network of coupled identical phase oscillators prepared in a state of full
synchronization. The perturbation is externally applied to a single oscillator,
and is transmitted to the other oscillators through coupling. Numerical results
and an approximate analytical treatment, valid for random and ordered networks,
show that the response of each oscillator is a rather well-defined function of
its distance from the oscillator where the external perturbation is applied.
For small distances, the system behaves as a dissipative linear medium: the
perturbation amplitude decreases exponentially with the distance, while
propagating at constant speed. We suggest that the pattern of interactions may
be deduced from measurements of the response of individual oscillators to
perturbations applied at different nodes of the network
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