153 research outputs found
Fast Fourier Transforms for Finite Inverse Semigroups
We extend the theory of fast Fourier transforms on finite groups to finite
inverse semigroups. We use a general method for constructing the irreducible
representations of a finite inverse semigroup to reduce the problem of
computing its Fourier transform to the problems of computing Fourier transforms
on its maximal subgroups and a fast zeta transform on its poset structure. We
then exhibit explicit fast algorithms for particular inverse semigroups of
interest--specifically, for the rook monoid and its wreath products by
arbitrary finite groups.Comment: ver 3: Added improved upper and lower bounds for the memory required
by the fast zeta transform on the rook monoid. ver 2: Corrected typos and
(naive) bounds on memory requirements. 30 pages, 0 figure
Fast Fourier Transforms for the Rook Monoid
We define the notion of the Fourier transform for the rook monoid (also
called the symmetric inverse semigroup) and provide two efficient
divide-and-conquer algorithms (fast Fourier transforms, or FFTs) for computing
it. This paper marks the first extension of group FFTs to non-group semigroups
Algebraic and combinatorial aspects of sandpile monoids on directed graphs
The sandpile group of a graph is a well-studied object that combines ideas
from algebraic graph theory, group theory, dynamical systems, and statistical
physics. A graph's sandpile group is part of a larger algebraic structure on
the graph, known as its sandpile monoid. Most of the work on sandpiles so far
has focused on the sandpile group rather than the sandpile monoid of a graph,
and has also assumed the underlying graph to be undirected. A notable exception
is the recent work of Babai and Toumpakari, which builds up the theory of
sandpile monoids on directed graphs from scratch and provides many connections
between the combinatorics of a graph and the algebraic aspects of its sandpile
monoid.
In this paper we primarily consider sandpile monoids on directed graphs, and
we extend the existing theory in four main ways. First, we give a combinatorial
classification of the maximal subgroups of a sandpile monoid on a directed
graph in terms of the sandpile groups of certain easily-identifiable subgraphs.
Second, we point out certain sandpile results for undirected graphs that are
really results for sandpile monoids on directed graphs that contain exactly two
idempotents. Third, we give a new algebraic constraint that sandpile monoids
must satisfy and exhibit two infinite families of monoids that cannot be
realized as sandpile monoids on any graph. Finally, we give an explicit
combinatorial description of the sandpile group identity for every graph in a
family of directed graphs which generalizes the family of (undirected)
distance-regular graphs. This family includes many other graphs of interest,
including iterated wheels, regular trees, and regular tournaments.Comment: v2: Cleaner presentation, new results in final section. Accepted for
publication in J. Combin. Theory Ser. A. 21 pages, 5 figure
Inverse semigroup spectral analysis for partially ranked data
Motivated by the notion of symmetric group spectral analysis developed by
Diaconis, we introduce the notion of spectral analysis on the rook monoid (also
called the symmetric inverse semigroup), characterize its output in terms of
symmetric group spectral analysis, and provide an application to the
statistical analysis of partially ranked (voting) data. We also discuss
generalizations to arbitrary finite inverse semigroups. This paper marks the
first non-group semigroup development of spectral analysis.Comment: v3: Significant changes in terms of organization and presentation.
Accepted for publication in Appl. Comput. Harmon. Anal. 25 pages, 5 tables.
v2: Some reformatting, minor typos correcte
A Potential Energy Landscape Study of the Amorphous-Amorphous Transformation in HO
We study the potential energy landscape explored during a
compression-decompression cycle for the SPC/E (extended simple point charge)
model of water. During the cycle, the system changes from low density amorphous
ice (LDA) to high density amorphous ice (HDA). After the cycle, the system does
not return to the same region of the landscape, supporting the interesting
possibility that more than one significantly different configuration
corresponds to LDA. We find that the regions of the landscape explored during
this transition have properties remarkably different from those explored in
thermal equilibrium in the liquid phase
Mass transport in a strongly sheared binary mixture of Maxwell molecules
Transport coefficients associated with the mass flux of a binary mixture of
Maxwell molecules under uniform shear flow are exactly determined from the
Boltzmann kinetic equation. A normal solution is obtained via a
Chapman--Enskog-like expansion around a local shear flow distribution that
retains all the hydrodynamics orders in the shear rate. In the first order of
the expansion the mass flux is proportional to the gradients of mole fraction,
pressure, and temperature but, due to the anisotropy induced in the system by
the shear flow, mutual diffusion, pressure diffusion and thermal diffusion
tensors are identified instead of the conventional scalar coefficients. These
tensors are obtained in terms of the shear rate and the parameters of the
mixture (particle masses, concentrations, and force constants). The description
is made both in the absence and in the presence of an external thermostat
introduced in computer simulations to compensate for the viscous heating. As
expected, the analysis shows that there is not a simple relationship between
the results with and without the thermostat. The dependence of the three
diffusion tensors on the shear rate is illustrated in the tracer limit case,
the results showing that the deviation of the generalized transport
coefficients from their equilibrium forms is in general quite important.
Finally, the generalized transport coefficients associated with the momentum
and heat transport are evaluated from a model kinetic equation of the Boltzmann
equation.Comment: 6 figure
On the critical nature of plastic flow: one and two dimensional models
Steady state plastic flows have been compared to developed turbulence because
the two phenomena share the inherent complexity of particle trajectories, the
scale free spatial patterns and the power law statistics of fluctuations. The
origin of the apparently chaotic and at the same time highly correlated
microscopic response in plasticity remains hidden behind conventional
engineering models which are based on smooth fitting functions. To regain
access to fluctuations, we study in this paper a minimal mesoscopic model whose
goal is to elucidate the origin of scale free behavior in plasticity. We limit
our description to fcc type crystals and leave out both temperature and rate
effects. We provide simple illustrations of the fact that complexity in rate
independent athermal plastic flows is due to marginal stability of the
underlying elastic system. Our conclusions are based on a reduction of an
over-damped visco-elasticity problem for a system with a rugged elastic energy
landscape to an integer valued automaton. We start with an overdamped one
dimensional model and show that it reproduces the main macroscopic
phenomenology of rate independent plastic behavior but falls short of
generating self similar structure of fluctuations. We then provide evidence
that a two dimensional model is already adequate for describing power law
statistics of avalanches and fractal character of dislocation patterning. In
addition to capturing experimentally measured critical exponents, the proposed
minimal model shows finite size scaling collapse and generates realistic shape
functions in the scaling laws.Comment: 72 pages, 40 Figures, International Journal of Engineering Science
for the special issue in honor of Victor Berdichevsky, 201
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