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Geodesic distance for right invariant Sobolev metrics of fractional order on the diffeomorphism group
We study Sobolev-type metrics of fractional order on the group
\Diff_c(M) of compactly supported diffeomorphisms of a manifold . We show
that for the important special case the geodesic distance on
\Diff_c(S^1) vanishes if and only if . For other manifolds we
obtain a partial characterization: the geodesic distance on \Diff_c(M)
vanishes for and for ,
with being a compact Riemannian manifold. On the other hand the geodesic
distance on \Diff_c(M) is positive for and
.
For we discuss the geodesic equations for these metrics. For
we obtain some well known PDEs of hydrodynamics: Burgers' equation for ,
the modified Constantin-Lax-Majda equation for and the
Camassa-Holm equation for .Comment: 16 pages. Final versio
Generation and annealing of defects in virgin fused silica (type III) upon ArF laser irradiation: Transmission measurements and kinetic model
Abstract The transmission of ArF laser pulses in virgin fused silica (type III) samples changes during N = 10 6 pulses at an incoming fluence H in = 5 mJ cm À2 pulse À1 . The related absorption is determined by the pulse energy absorption coefficient a(N, H in ) using a modified Beer's law, yielding initial values a ini around 0.005 cm À1 , a maximum a max 6 0.02 cm À1 at N = 10 3 -10 4 and stationary values 0.0045 cm À1 6 a end 6 0.0094 cm À1 after N % 6 · 10 5 pulses. The development a(N, H in = const.) is simulated by a rate equation model assuming a pulse number dependent E 0 center density E 0 (N). E 0 (N) is determined by a dynamic equilibrium between E 0 center generation and annealing. Generation occurs photolytically from the precursors ODC II and unstable SiH structures upon single photon absorption and from strained SiO bonds via two-photon excitation. Annealing in the dark periods between the laser pulses is dominated by the reaction of E 0 with H 2 present in the SiO 2 network. The development a(N, H in = const.) is observed for the very first sample irradiation only (virgin state). The values a end are not accessible by simple spectrophotometer measurements
Polyharmonic approximation on the sphere
The purpose of this article is to provide new error estimates for a popular
type of SBF approximation on the sphere: approximating by linear combinations
of Green's functions of polyharmonic differential operators. We show that the
approximation order for this kind of approximation is for
functions having smoothness (for up to the order of the
underlying differential operator, just as in univariate spline theory). This is
an improvement over previous error estimates, which penalized the approximation
order when measuring error in , p>2 and held only in a restrictive setting
when measuring error in , p<2.Comment: 16 pages; revised version; to appear in Constr. Appro
Existence of global weak solutions to dumbbell models for dilute polymers with microscopic cut-off
Accepted versio
Regularity of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes driven by a L{\'e}vy white noise
The paper is concerned with spatial and time regularity of solutions to
linear stochastic evolution equation perturbed by L\'evy white noise "obtained
by subordination of a Gaussian white noise". Sufficient conditions for spatial
continuity are derived. It is also shown that solutions do not have in general
\cadlag modifications. General results are applied to equations with fractional
Laplacian. Applications to Burgers stochastic equations are considered as well.Comment: This is an updated version of the same paper. In fact, it has already
been publishe
Well-posedness of Hydrodynamics on the Moving Elastic Surface
The dynamics of a membrane is a coupled system comprising a moving elastic
surface and an incompressible membrane fluid. We will consider a reduced
elastic surface model, which involves the evolution equations of the moving
surface, the dynamic equations of the two-dimensional fluid, and the
incompressible equation, all of which operate within a curved geometry. In this
paper, we prove the local existence and uniqueness of the solution to the
reduced elastic surface model by reformulating the model into a new system in
the isothermal coordinates. One major difficulty is that of constructing an
appropriate iterative scheme such that the limit system is consistent with the
original system.Comment: The introduction is rewritte
On the Usefulness of Modulation Spaces in Deformation Quantization
We discuss the relevance to deformation quantization of Feichtinger's
modulation spaces, especially of the weighted Sjoestrand classes. These
function spaces are good classes of symbols of pseudo-differential operators
(observables). They have a widespread use in time-frequency analysis and
related topics, but are not very well-known in physics. It turns out that they
are particularly well adapted to the study of the Moyal star-product and of the
star-exponential.Comment: Submitte
Boundary Asymptotic Analysis for an Incompressible Viscous Flow: Navier Wall Laws
We consider a new way of establishing Navier wall laws. Considering a bounded
domain of R N , N=2,3, surrounded by a thin layer ,
along a part 2 of its boundary , we consider a
Navier-Stokes flow in with
Reynolds' number of order 1/ in . Using
-convergence arguments, we describe the asymptotic behaviour of the
solution of this problem and get a general Navier law involving a matrix of
Borel measures having the same support contained in the interface 2. We
then consider two special cases where we characterize this matrix of measures.
As a further application, we consider an optimal control problem within this
context
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