Increasing stability for the inverse problem for the Schr\"odinger equation

In this article, we study the increasing stability property for the determination of the potential in the Schr\"odinger equation from partial data. We shall assume that the inaccessible part of the boundary is flat and homogeneous boundary condition is prescribed on this part. In contrast to earlier works, we are able to deal with the case when potentials have some Sobolev regularity and also need not be compactly supported inside the domain

Towards a quantum-mechanical model for multispecies exclusion statistics

It is shown how to construct many-particle quantum-mechanical spectra of particles obeying multispecies exclusion statistics, both in one and in two dimensions. These spectra are derived from the generalized exclusion principle and yield the same thermodynamic quantities as deduced from Haldane's multiplicity formula.Comment: 12 pages, REVTE

Recovery of time dependent volatility coefficient by linearization

We study the problem of reconstruction of special special time dependent local volatility from market prices of options with different strikes at two expiration times. For a general diffusion process we apply the linearization technique and we conclude that the option price can be obtained as the sum of the Black-Scholes formula and of an operator $W$ which is linear in perturbation of volatility. We further simplify the linearized inverse problem and obtain unique solvability result in basic functional spaces. By using the Laplace transform in time we simplify the kernels of integral operators for $W$ and we obtain uniqueness and stability results for for volatility under natural condition of smallness of the spacial interval where one prescribes the (market) data. We propose a numerical algorithm based on our analysis of the linearized problem

Trustee Fundraising Dialogue

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Quantum liquids of particles with generalized statistics

We propose a phenomenological approach to quantum liquids of particles obeying generalized statistics of a fermionic type, in the spirit of the Landau Fermi liquid theory. The approach is developed for fractional exclusion statistics. We discuss both equilibrium (specific heat, compressibility, and Pauli spin susceptibility) and nonequilibrium (current and thermal conductivities, thermopower) properties. Low temperature quantities have the same temperature dependences as for the Fermi liquid, with the coefficients depending on the statistics parameter. The novel quantum liquids provide explicit realization of systems with a non-Fermi liquid Lorentz ratio in two and more dimensions. Consistency of the theory is verified by deriving the compressibility and $f$-sum rules.Comment: 14 pages, Revtex, no figures; typos correcte