Noise induced dissipation in Lebesgue-measure preserving maps on d−d-dimensional torus

We consider dissipative systems resulting from the Gaussian and $alpha$-stable noise perturbations of measure-preserving maps on the $d$ dimensional torus. We study the dissipation time scale and its physical implications as the noise level \vep vanishes. We show that nonergodic maps give rise to an O(1/\vep) dissipation time whereas ergodic toral automorphisms, including cat maps and their $d$-dimensional generalizations, have an O(\ln{(1/\vep)}) dissipation time with a constant related to the minimal, {\em dimensionally averaged entropy} among the automorphism's irreducible blocks. Our approach reduces the calculation of the dissipation time to a nonlinear, arithmetic optimization problem which is solved asymptotically by means of some fundamental theorems in theories of convexity, Diophantine approximation and arithmetic progression. We show that the same asymptotic can be reproduced by degenerate noises as well as mere coarse-graining. We also discuss the implication of the dissipation time in kinematic dynamo.Comment: The research is supported in part by the grant from U.S. National Science Foundation, DMS-9971322 and Lech Wolowsk

Noise Induced Dissipation in Discrete-Time Classical and Quantum Dynamical Systems

We introduce a new characteristics of chaoticity of classical and quantum dynamical systems by defining the notion of the dissipation time which enables us to test how the system responds to the noise and in particular to measure the speed at which an initially closed, conservative system converges to the equilibrium when subjected to noisy (stochastic) perturbations. We prove fast dissipation result for classical Anosov systems and general exponentially mixing maps. Slow dissipation result is proved for regular systems including non-weakly mixing maps. In quantum setting we study simultaneous semiclassical and small noise asymptotics of the dissipation time of quantized toral symplectomorphisms (generalized cat maps) and derive sharp bounds for semiclassical regime in which quantum-classical correspondence of dissipation times holds.Comment: PhD Dissertation, University of California at Davis, June 2004, LaTex, 195 page

Pade approximants of random Stieltjes series

We consider the random continued fraction S(t) := 1/(s_1 + t/(s_2 + t/(s_3 + >...))) where the s_n are independent random variables with the same gamma distribution. For every realisation of the sequence, S(t) defines a Stieltjes function. We study the convergence of the finite truncations of the continued fraction or, equivalently, of the diagonal Pade approximants of the function S(t). By using the Dyson--Schmidt method for an equivalent one-dimensional disordered system, and the results of Marklof et al. (2005), we obtain explicit formulae (in terms of modified Bessel functions) for the almost-sure rate of convergence of these approximants, and for the almost-sure distribution of their poles.Comment: To appear in Proc Roy So

Noise Induced Dissipation in Discrete-Time Classical and Quantum Dynamical Systems

We introduce a new characteristics of chaoticity of classical and quantum dynamical systems by defining the notion of the dissipation time which enables us to test how the system responds to the noise and in particular to measure the speed at which an initially closed, conservative system converges to the equilibrium when subjected to noisy (stochastic) perturbations. We prove fast dissipation result for classical Anosov systems and general exponentially mixing maps. Slow dissipation result is proved for regular systems including non-weakly mixing maps. In quantum setting we study simultaneous semiclassical and small noise asymptotics of the dissipation time of quantized toral symplectomorphisms (generalized cat maps) and derive sharp bounds for semiclassical regime in which quantum-classical correspondence of dissipation times holds