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Generalized Satisfiability Problems via Operator Assignments
Schaefer introduced a framework for generalized satisfiability problems on
the Boolean domain and characterized the computational complexity of such
problems. We investigate an algebraization of Schaefer's framework in which the
Fourier transform is used to represent constraints by multilinear polynomials
in a unique way. The polynomial representation of constraints gives rise to a
relaxation of the notion of satisfiability in which the values to variables are
linear operators on some Hilbert space. For the case of constraints given by a
system of linear equations over the two-element field, this relaxation has
received considerable attention in the foundations of quantum mechanics, where
such constructions as the Mermin-Peres magic square show that there are systems
that have no solutions in the Boolean domain, but have solutions via operator
assignments on some finite-dimensional Hilbert space. We obtain a complete
characterization of the classes of Boolean relations for which there is a gap
between satisfiability in the Boolean domain and the relaxation of
satisfiability via operator assignments. To establish our main result, we adapt
the notion of primitive-positive definability (pp-definability) to our setting,
a notion that has been used extensively in the study of constraint satisfaction
problems. Here, we show that pp-definability gives rise to gadget reductions
that preserve satisfiability gaps. We also present several additional
applications of this method. In particular and perhaps surprisingly, we show
that the relaxed notion of pp-definability in which the quantified variables
are allowed to range over operator assignments gives no additional expressive
power in defining Boolean relations
Positive mass theorems for asymptotically AdS spacetimes with arbitrary cosmological constant
We formulate and prove the Lorentzian version of the positive mass theorems
with arbitrary negative cosmological constant for asymptotically AdS
spacetimes. This work is the continuation of the second author's recent work on
the positive mass theorem on asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds.Comment: 17 pages, final version, to appear in International Journal of
Mathematic
Uncertainty inequalities on groups and homogeneous spaces via isoperimetric inequalities
We prove a family of uncertainty inequalities on fairly general groups
and homogeneous spaces, both in the smooth and in the discrete setting. The
crucial point is the proof of the endpoint, which is derived from a
general weak isoperimetric inequality.Comment: 17 page
Fidelity for displaced squeezed states and the oscillator semigroup
The fidelity for two displaced squeezed thermal states is computed using the
fact that the corresponding density operators belong to the oscillator
semigroup.Comment: 3 pages, REVTEX, no figures, submitted to Journal of Physics A, May
5, 199
Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices
We study the effects of a hospital merger in a spatial competition framework where semi-altruistic hospitals choose quality and cost-containment effort. Whereas a merger always leads to higher average cost efficiency, the effect on quality provision depends on the strategic nature of quality competition, which in turn depends on the degree of altruism and the effectiveness of cost-containment effort. If qualities are strategic complements, then a merger leads to lower quality for all hospitals. If qualities are strategic substitutes, then a merger leads to higher quality for at least one hospital, and might also yield higher average quality provision and increased patient utility
Modified Partition Functions, Consistent Anomalies and Consistent Schwinger Terms
A gauge invariant partition function is defined for gauge theories which
leads to the standard quantization. It is shown that the descent equations and
consequently the consistent anomalies and Schwinger terms can be extracted from
this modified partition function naturally.Comment: 25 page
Quantum Homodyne Tomography as an Informationally Complete Positive Operator Valued Measure
We define a positive operator valued measure on
describing the measurement of randomly sampled quadratures in quantum homodyne
tomography, and we study its probabilistic properties. Moreover, we give a
mathematical analysis of the relation between the description of a state in
terms of and the description provided by its Wigner transform.Comment: 9 page
Symmetries of the finite Heisenberg group for composite systems
Symmetries of the finite Heisenberg group represent an important tool for the
study of deeper structure of finite-dimensional quantum mechanics. As is well
known, these symmetries are properly expressed in terms of certain normalizer.
This paper extends previous investigations to composite quantum systems
consisting of two subsystems - qudits - with arbitrary dimensions n and m. In
this paper we present detailed descriptions - in the group of inner
automorphisms of GL(nm,C) - of the normalizer of the Abelian subgroup generated
by tensor products of generalized Pauli matrices of orders n and m. The
symmetry group is then given by the quotient group of the normalizer.Comment: Submitted to J. Phys. A: Math. Theo
Seismic modeling using the frozen Gaussian approximation
We adopt the frozen Gaussian approximation (FGA) for modeling seismic waves.
The method belongs to the category of ray-based beam methods. It decomposes
seismic wavefield into a set of Gaussian functions and propagates these
Gaussian functions along appropriate ray paths. As opposed to the classic
Gaussian-beam method, FGA keeps the Gaussians frozen (at a fixed width) during
the propagation process and adjusts their amplitudes to produce an accurate
approximation after summation. We perform the initial decomposition of seismic
data using a fast version of the Fourier-Bros-Iagolnitzer (FBI) transform and
propagate the frozen Gaussian beams numerically using ray tracing. A test using
a smoothed Marmousi model confirms the validity of FGA for accurate modeling of
seismic wavefields.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figure
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