Questions tagged [mp.mathematical-physics]
Mathematical methods in classical mechanics, classical and quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter, nuclear and atomic physics.
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Incompressible Navier-Stokes equation with heat conduction
How does the incompressible Navier-Stokes system read with heat conduction?
Where can I find an existence result for its weak solutions?
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Globalizing Feigin--Frenkel duality
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a semisimple Lie algebra, $\mathfrak{g}^L$ be its Langlands dual. Feigin--Frenkel duality says
$$
W^k(\mathfrak{g})=W^{k_L}(\mathfrak{g}^L)
$$
if $r'(k+h^{'})(k_L+h'_L)=1$, where ...
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Counting “motifs” with the same “energy”
This question is motivated by physics --- trying to understanding the so-called 'accidental' (i.e. non representation-theoretic) degeneracies that occur in the spectrum of the Haldane--Shastry spin ...
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Chern-Simons and framing dependence$.$
I posted this question to physics.SE last week (cf. here), but it got not attention. I hope it is not too trivial to post it here.
According to ref.1, the correlation functions of a Chern-Simons ...
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Yang-Mills theory v.s. Kaluza–Klein theory: Classical actions
In general Yang-Mills theory [1] seems to be different from the dimensional reduced Kaluza–Klein theory.
However, the historical account was that people tried to trace back the origin of non-Abelian ...
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Is this Hermite polynomial identity known?
In some physics related problem, I found out the curious identity
$$\sum\limits_{n_1+n_2+n_3=n}\frac{n!}{n_1!\,n_2!\,n_3!}\,H_{2n_1}(x)\,H_{2n_2}(y)\,H_{2n_3}(z)=\frac{H_{2n+1}(r)}{2r},$$
where $H_n(x)...
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Navier-Stokes fluid dynamics, Einstein gravity and holography
There was some activity a while ago, like 10 years ago, string theoreists try to relate
the fluid dynamics, for example, governed by Navier-Stokes equation,
to
the Einstein gravity, and its ...
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Anderson localization for fractional Laplacians
There is a vast literature on Anderson localization, namely, the study of decay of eigenfunctions of operators on $l^2(\mathbb{Z}^d)$ such as
$$
-\Delta+\lambda V
$$
where $\Delta$ is the discrete ...
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Physical Applications of Locally Symmetric Spaces
Locally Symmetric Spaces are the basis of the Langlands program—a set of ambitious and interconnected conjectures connecting representation theory to number theory, firstly proposed in 1967 by Robert ...
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Yang-Mills theory with non-compact gauge groups G
Physicists are familiar working with Yang-Mills theory with compact and semi-simple gauge groups $G$ (Lie groups).
However, it is not entirely clear the formulation of Yang-Mills theory with non-...
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GSO projection and $H^d(M, \mathbb{Z}_2)$
This follows up the comment which suggests that asking the later 2nd part of subquestion in "GSO (Gliozzi-Scherk-Olive) projection and its Mathematics" as a new different question
GSO (Gliozzi-Scherk-...
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GSO (Gliozzi-Scherk-Olive) projection and its Mathematics?
GSO (Gliozzi-Scherk-Olive) projection is an ingredient used in constructing a consistent model in superstring theory. The projection is a selection of a subset of possible vertex operators in the ...
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Lifting a diffeomorphism into a spinor bundle automorphism
I know several papers that treat this, but it seems that most of these papers do things very differently with quite different conclusions, so I am confused.
Basically, when one tries to do classical ...
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Harmonic oscillator in spherical coordinates
It is probably the most well-known result in quantum mechanics that the harmonic oscillator can be solved by supersymmetry.
More precisely, the operator
$$-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+x^2$$
can be ...
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Holomorphic map, Instantons of Complex Projective Space and Loop Group
It seems that holomorphic (or rational) maps play a crucial role to relate the following data:
Instanton in 1-dimensional complex Projective Space $$\mathbb{P}^1$$
in a 2 dimensional (2d) spacetime.
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Chern-Simons theory with non-compact gauge groups G
This is related to a previous question, where a nonlinear σ model (NLSM) describes a scalar field Σ which takes on values in a nonlinear manifold called the target manifold T. There we ask the general ...
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Minkowski isometries
Consider theorem 1.7 from chapter III of 'Elementary differential geometry' by O'Neill. It says that:
Theorem 1.7: If $\phi$ is an isometry of $E^3 $, then there exists a unique translation $T$ and a ...
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Does current follow the path(s) of least (total) resistance?
Consider Poisson equation $\nabla \cdot (\sigma(x)\nabla u)=0$ in a domain $D$, where $\sigma(x)$ is the spatially dependent conductivity. On the boundary we have $2$ electrodes $E_1$ and $E_2$ (...
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Witten zeta function v.s. Riemann zeta function
From a talk, we learned that
The symplectic volume of the space $M$ of gauge equivalence classes of flat G connections is given by the “Witten zeta function”:
where we sum over irreducible ...
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Nonlinear sigma models with non-compact groups / target spaces
A nonlinear σ model (NLSM) describes a scalar field Σ which takes on values in a nonlinear manifold called the target manifold T.
The target manifold T is equipped with a Riemannian metric g. Σ is ...
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Conserved Positive Charge for a PDE
Let $(x,t) \in \mathbb{R}^2$ and consider the following partial differential equation for the real-valued function $U(x,t)$:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial^2 U}{\partial t^2} = - \frac{\hbar^2}{4m^2} ...
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Moduli space of flat connections over a Riemann surface
If I understand correctly, in the Refs below:
We can see that the moduli space of SU($N$) flat connections over a torus, is equivalent to a complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^{N-1}$
Namely,
$$
M_{\...
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Reference request for quantum Teichmuller space
I would like to ask for some detailed reference for quantum Teichmuller theory, better in a mathematical taste. I read a little bit on Kashaev's or Chekhov and Fock's, but find that I need to fill ...
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The Precise Meaning of the Moduli Space of Flat Connections?
Questions: I would like to have a precise description of the meanings of the Moduli Space of Flat Connections, such that it is understandable by mathematical physicists and physicists.
For 3d Chern-...
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Solution of nonlinear heat equation decreases in time
Let $f\colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth decreasing function which is non-negative and bounded above, and consider the heat equation on a smooth bounded domain
$$u_t - \Delta u = f(u)$$
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Coleman–Mandula theorem and a mathematical proof
Coleman–Mandula theorem (by Sidney Coleman and Jeffrey Mandula) [1] is a no-go theorem in theoretical physics. It states that "space-time and internal symmetries cannot be combined in any but a ...
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stationary measure for linear cocycle(random transformation matrices)
Let $(M,\mathcal B, \mu)$ be a probability space which $M=\{A_{1},A_{2},...,A_{N}\}^{\mathbb{N}}$ ($A_{i} \in GL(d ,\mathbb{R})$) and $\mu=p^{\mathbb{N}}$. Let $F:M\times \mathbb R^d\to M\times \...
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Further Developments of Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem in Mathematics
The Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem [1] and its higher-dimensional generalizations [2] says that a translation-invariant lattice model of spin-1/2's cannot allow a non-degenerate ground state preserving ...
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Complex projective algebraic variety, moduli space of flat connections, and instantons
In Looijenga's work below, if I understand correctly, it shows that
Statement 1: At an algebraic variety, the moduli space of SU($N$) flat
connections on a 2-torus $T^2$ is given by the space of ...
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Dimensions of the instanton moduli space from Atiyah-Hitchin-Singer
Atiyah-Hitchin-Singer Ref 1 states that the number of
virtual dimensions of the instanton moduli space
for SU(N) Yang-Mills theory with topological charge $\mathcal{Q}$ over a manifold $X$ is given ...
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Borel-Ecalle re-summation and resurgence: Criteria and Results
This is about the theory of Borel-$\acute{\textrm{E}}$calle re-summation and resurgence, see Refs below.
This states that the perturbative series (say of the vacuum expectation value of an operator $\...
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The Grassmannian Gr(2,8) and an E7 surprise
Are there any mathematical explanations for the following surprising facts?
$$\int_{Gr(2,8)} c_{\text{top}}(TX(-2)) = 6556 = \frac{1}{2} \deg(E_7/P(\alpha_7)) + 1,$$
and
$$\int_{Gr(2,6)} c_{\text{top}}...
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Casimir operator of a given Lie algebra and relation with its matrix representation
I'm following Gilmore's recipe to compute the abstract Casimir operator of a given algebra (in this example, I refer to algebra su(2)). This recipe bring up a matrix representation of the algebra and ...
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How is Chern-Simons theory related to Floer homology?
Chern-Simons theory (say, with gauge group $G$) is the quantum theory of the Chern-Simons functional
$$CS(A)=\frac{k}{8\pi^2}\int_M \text{Tr}\left(A\wedge dA + \frac{2}{3}A\wedge A \wedge A\right)$$
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Have complex manifolds with dual number structure on the holomorphic tangent bundle been studied?
If $M$ denotes a $2n$-dimensional real smooth manifold, then $M$ together with
$J\in\operatorname{End}(TM)$ with $J^2 =\mathrm{id}$ (also called almost product structure on $M$) have been surveyed in ...
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The embedding of $\mathfrak{g}_2$ into $\mathfrak{b}_3$ ($\mathfrak{so}_7$) on Chevalley generators
Let $\mathfrak{g}_2$ / $\mathfrak{b}_3$ be the simple complex Lie algebra of type $\mathsf{G}_2$ / $\mathsf{B}_3$ (the latter is also known as $\mathfrak{so}_7$).
How is the embedding $\mathfrak{g}...
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Decoupling/Simplifying a long algebraic expression as a function of 5 parameters
I have the following variables defined by 5 parameters $(g_1, g_2, \kappa_1, \kappa_2, \Gamma)$:
$$
u_1=36g_1^{2}(2p-3\kappa_2)+\big(36g_2^{2}+(2p-3\kappa_1)(2p-3\kappa_2)\big)\big(4p-12\kappa_+\big)\...
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Non-Hamiltonian actions in physics
I was reading the following article when I came across the interesting sentence
"non-Hamiltonian [symplectic group] actions also occur in physics"
I took a cursory look at the article cited but ...
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Gauge integral versus path integral
According to this paper, "The gauge integral [a.k.a. Henstock-Kurzweil integral] provides the only formal framework that is close to the original development of the Feynman path integral", and also "...
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Existence of bisolutions for wave operators on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold with Lorentzian volume density $dV$ and $\Sigma$ a Cauchy hypersurface, i.e. each inextendible causal curve hits $\Sigma$ exactly once. ...
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Nonlocal integral
I have a little problem with the next integral,
$$ \int{d^3{\bf r^{\prime}}\left[\frac{exp(-ar^{\prime})}{r^\prime}\right]u({\bf r}-{\bf r^\prime}})=\int{4\pi r^\prime dr^{\prime}exp(-ar^{\...
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Euclidean volumes under the matrix norm of one-parameter subsets of unit balls of $2 \times 2$ matrices
Prove that the Hilbert-Schmidt volume (normalized to equal 1 at $\varepsilon=1$) of the subset of the unit ball in operator norm (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OperatorNorm.html) of the $2\times 2$ ...
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PDE’s whose solutions can be presented using path integrals
It is well known that solutions of the Schroedinger equation and of the heat equation can be presented using path integrals:
$$\psi(x,t)=\int K(x,t;y,0)\psi(y,0)dy,$$
where the kernel $K(x,t;y,0)$ is ...
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What restrictions on the form of an integral equation have a unique solution f=0?
We're stuck on the following question in a problem relevant to a physics paper on AdS/CFT that we are working on. Given a Fredholm equation of second kind with the form $f$+$\int_D K f\,dx = 0$, where ...
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Simple Subalgebras of Simple Lie Algebras
Given a complex simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ of rank $n\in\mathbb{N}$ with $n$ sufficiently large (say $n\ge10$), is there a way to determine whether $\mathfrak{g}$ contains a simple subalgebra ...
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What are some mathematical consequences of the study of 6D $\mathcal N = (2,0)$ SCFT?
Arguments made in physics apparently predict the existence of a family of six-dimensional $\mathcal N = (2,0)$
superconformal field theories (Wikipedia, nLab, PhysicsOverflow) sometimes called Theory $...
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Borromean rings, Condorcet's paradox and Quantum chromodynamics [closed]
In https://plus.google.com/108432079989441783124/posts/LHewqvcj5Xo T. Abderrahman explains what Borromean rings are. As I noticed in a comment, the underlying order structure is the same as in ...
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$P(1)$ strange type classical Lie superalgebras
I am reading the book "Lie superalgebras and enveloping algebras" by Ian M. Musson.
The strange type $P(n)$ series of Lie superalgebras are defined (§2.4.1, p. 17) only for $n \ge 2$ even though for $...
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Mathematical proof of Regge symmetry
In the representation theory of the group $SU_2$ a big role is played by so-called $6j-$symbols. Let me sketch its definition (some other interpretations could be found here).
Denote a ...
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About mod 2 Index of Dirac Operators in 3D on Non-Orientable Manifold
I was reading Witten's paper "Fermion Path Integrals and Topological Phases" (https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.04715). He claimed that
Indeed, on
an orientable 3-manifold, the eigenvalues of the Dirac ...
