Universal sextic effective interaction at criticality

The renormalization group approach in three dimensions is used to estimate the universal critical value g_6^* of the dimensionless sextic effective coupling constant for the Ising model. The four-loop RG expansion for g_6 is calculated and resummed by means of the Pade-Borel and Pade-Borel-Leroy procedures resulting in g_6^* = 1.596, while the most accurate estimate for g_6^* is argued to be equal to 1.61.Comment: 6 pages, TeX, no figure

Clifford algebra and the projective model of homogeneous metric spaces: Foundations

This paper is to serve as a key to the projective (homogeneous) model developed by Charles Gunn (arXiv:1101.4542 [math.MG]). The goal is to explain the underlying concepts in a simple language and give plenty of examples. It is targeted to physicists and engineers and the emphasis is on explanation rather than rigorous proof. The projective model is based on projective geometry and Clifford algebra. It supplements and enhances vector and matrix algebras. It also subsumes complex numbers and quaternions. Projective geometry augmented with Clifford algebra provides a unified algebraic framework for describing points, lines, planes, etc, and their transformations, such as rotations, reflections, projections, and translations. The model is relevant not only to Euclidean space but to a variety of homogeneous metric spaces.Comment: 89 pages, 140 figures (many include 3D PRC vector graphics

Algebraic quantum Hamiltonians on the plane

We consider second order differential operators $P$ with polynomial coefficients that preserve the vector space $V_k$ of polynomials of degrees not greater then $k$. We assume that the metric associated with the symbol of $P$ is flat and that the operator $P$ is potential. In the case of two independent variables we obtain some classification results and find polynomial forms for the elliptic $A_2$ and $G_2$ Calogero-Moser Hamiltonians and for the elliptic Inosemtsev model.Comment: 14 page