Statistics of the Eigenvalues of a Noisy Multi-Soliton Pulse

For Nonlinear-Frequency Division-Multiplexed (NFDM) systems, the statistics of the received nonlinear spectrum in the presence of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) is an open problem. We present a novel method, based on the Fourier collocation algorithm, to compute these statistics.Comment: Accepted for presentation at European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) 201

A Short Note on the Infinite Decision Puzzle

This work draws on the Supertask literature1 in order to better understand the conceptual and physical possibility of an infinite decision puzzle presented by Barrett and Arntzenius (1999, 2002). The first section presents the puzzle and two possible objections documented in the literature. The next section argues that cardinality and tracking considerations play a key role in understanding the puzzle. The work concludes with a discussion about some implications for the decision theory.supertask infinite decision puzzle

Comment on: 'A simple analytical expression for bound state energies for an attractive Gaussian confining potential'

We discuss a recently proposed analytical formula for the eigenvalues of the Gaussian well and compare it with the analytical expression provided by the variational method with the simplest trial function. The latter yields considerably more accurate results than the former for the energies and critical parameters

Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the anharmonic oscillator V(x,y)=x2y2V(x,y)=x^{2}y^{2}

We obtain sufficiently accurate eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for the anharmonic oscillator with potential $V(x,y)=x^{2}y^{2}$ by means of three different methods. Our results strongly suggest that the spectrum of this oscillator is discrete in agreement with early rigorous mathematical proofs and against a recent statement that cast doubts about it

On two different kinds of resonances in one-dimensional quantum-mechanical models

We apply the Riccati-Pad\'{e} method and the Rayleigh-Ritz method with complex rotation to the study of the resonances of a one-dimensional well with two barriers. The model exhibits two different kinds of resonances and we calculate them by means of both approaches. While the Rayleigh-Ritz method reveals each set at a particular interval of rotation angles the Riccati Pad\'{e} method yields both of them as roots of the same Hankel determinants