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Inverse Spectral Theory for Sturm-Liouville Operators with Distributional Potentials
We discuss inverse spectral theory for singular differential operators on
arbitrary intervals associated with rather general
differential expressions of the type where the coefficients , ,
, are Lebesgue measurable on with , , , and real-valued with and a.e.\ on
. In particular, we explicitly permit certain distributional potential
coefficients.
The inverse spectral theory results derived in this paper include those
implied by the spectral measure, by two-spectra and three-spectra, as well as
local Borg-Marchenko-type inverse spectral results. The special cases of
Schr\"odinger operators with distributional potentials and Sturm--Liouville
operators in impedance form are isolated, in particular.Comment: 29 page
Supersymmetry and Schr\"odinger-type operators with distributional matrix-valued potentials
Building on work on Miura's transformation by Kappeler, Perry, Shubin, and
Topalov, we develop a detailed spectral theoretic treatment of Schr\"odinger
operators with matrix-valued potentials, with special emphasis on
distributional potential coefficients.
Our principal method relies on a supersymmetric (factorization) formalism
underlying Miura's transformation, which intimately connects the triple of
operators of the form [D= (0 & A^*, A & 0) \text{in}
L^2(\mathbb{R})^{2m} \text{and} H_1 = A^* A, H_2 = A A^* \text{in}
L^2(\mathbb{R})^m.] Here in , with a
matrix-valued coefficient , , thus explicitly permitting distributional
potential coefficients in , , where [H_j = - I_m
\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + V_j(x), \quad V_j(x) = \phi(x)^2 + (-1)^{j} \phi'(x),
j=1,2.] Upon developing Weyl--Titchmarsh theory for these generalized
Schr\"odinger operators , with (possibly, distributional) matrix-valued
potentials , we provide some spectral theoretic applications, including a
derivation of the corresponding spectral representations for , .
Finally, we derive a local Borg--Marchenko uniqueness theorem for ,
, by employing the underlying supersymmetric structure and reducing it
to the known local Borg--Marchenko uniqueness theorem for .Comment: 36 page
Ariadne: An interface to support collaborative database browsing:Technical Report CSEG/3/1995
This paper outlines issues in the learning of information searching skills. We report on our observations of the learning of browsing skills and the subsequent iterative development and testing of the Ariadne system – intended to investigate and support the collaborative learning of search skills. A key part of this support is a mechanism for recording an interaction history and providing students with a visualisation of that history that they can reflect and comment upon
Inverse Spectral Problems for Schr\"odinger-Type Operators with Distributional Matrix-Valued Potentials
The principal purpose of this note is to provide a reconstruction procedure
for distributional matrix-valued potential coefficients of Schr\"odinger-type
operators on a half-line from the underlying Weyl-Titchmarsh function.Comment: 14 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1206.496
Normativity and epistemic intuitions
Journal ArticleIn this paper we propose to argue for two claims. The first is that a sizable group of epistemological projects -- a group which includes much of what has been done in epistemology in the analytic tradition -- would be seriously undermined if one or more of a cluster of empirical hypotheses about epistemic intuitions turns out to be true. The basis for this claim will be set out in section 2. The second claim is that while the jury is still out, there is now a substantial body of evidence suggesting that some of those empirical hypotheses are true. Much of this evidence derives from an ongoing series of experimental studies of epistemic intuitions that we have been conducting. A preliminary report on these studies will be presented in section 3. In light of these studies, we think it is incumbent on those who pursue the epistemological projects in question to either explain why the truth of the hypotheses does not undermine their projects, or to say why, in light of the evidence we will present, they nonetheless assume that the hypotheses are false. In section 4, which is devoted to Objections and Replies, we'll consider some of the ways in which defenders of the projects we are criticizing might reply to our challenge. Our goal is not to offer a conclusive argument demonstrating that the epistemological projects we will be criticizing are untenable. Rather, our aim is to shift the burden of argument. For far too long, epistemologists who rely heavily on epistemic intuitions have proceeded as though they could simply ignore the empirical hypotheses we will set out. We will be well satisfied if we succeed in making a plausible case for the claim that this approach is no longer acceptable
Aca-Media Podcast Episode 73: Thinking With Our Ears: Jacob Smith on Audio Scholarship
Bust out your fancy headphones for this episode, folks. In one our best episodes ever from an audiophilic perspective, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick talks with Jacob Smith about his recent experimental audiobooks, ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene and Lightning Birds: An Aeroecology of the Airwaves, both of which are available as open access files on the University of Michigan Press website. Then Chris and Michael chat about the gratification of SCMS volunteering, wish you a happy eclipse, and tout the glories of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament
Aca-Media Podcast Episode 70: Jordan Sjol on Medium Specificity
If you’re feeling sluggish from the holiday season, press play on this rich conversation between Jonathan Nichols-Pethick and Jordan Sjol to get your brain sparked and ready for a new year of smart conversations about media. The two DePauw colleagues talk about Sjol’s JCMS article, “A Diachronic, Scale-Flexible, Relational, Perspectival Operation: In Defense of (Always-Reforming) Medium Specificity” (don’t worry, they break it down word-by-word), as well as the recent feature film that Sjol co-wrote, How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Then Chris and Michael chat about how to name a department and how not to title a podcast
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