Multi-Pulse Evolution and Space-Time Chaos in Dissipative Systems

Multi-Pulse Evolution and Space-Time Chaos in Dissipative Systems
Author: Sergey Zelik
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-03-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821842641

The authors study semilinear parabolic systems on the full space ${\mathbb R}^n$ that admit a family of exponentially decaying pulse-like steady states obtained via translations. The multi-pulse solutions under consideration look like the sum of infinitely many such pulses which are well separated. They prove a global center-manifold reduction theorem for the temporal evolution of such multi-pulse solutions and show that the dynamics of these solutions can be described by an infinite system of ODEs for the positions of the pulses. As an application of the developed theory, The authors verify the existence of Sinai-Bunimovich space-time chaos in 1D space-time periodically forced Swift-Hohenberg equation.

Multi-pulse Evolution and Space-time Chaos in Dissipative Systems

Multi-pulse Evolution and Space-time Chaos in Dissipative Systems
Author: Sergey Zelik
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821866664

We study semilinear parabolic systems on the full space Rn that admit a family of exponentially decaying pulse-like steady states obtained via translations. The multi-pulse solutions under consideration look like the sum of infinitely many such pulses which are well separated. We prove a global center-manifold reduction theorem for the temporal evolution of such multi-pulse solutions and show that the dynamics of these solutions can be described by an infinite systems of ODEs for the positions of the pulses. As an application of the developed theory, we verify the existence of Sinai-Bunimovich space-time chaos in 1D space-time periodically forced Swift-Hohenberg equation.

The Creation of Strange Non-Chaotic Attractors in Non-Smooth Saddle-Node Bifurcations

The Creation of Strange Non-Chaotic Attractors in Non-Smooth Saddle-Node Bifurcations
Author: Tobias H. JŠger
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2009-08-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 082184427X

The author proposes a general mechanism by which strange non-chaotic attractors (SNA) are created during the collision of invariant curves in quasiperiodically forced systems. This mechanism, and its implementation in different models, is first discussed on an heuristic level and by means of simulations. In the considered examples, a stable and an unstable invariant circle undergo a saddle-node bifurcation, but instead of a neutral invariant curve there exists a strange non-chaotic attractor-repeller pair at the bifurcation point. This process is accompanied by a very characteristic behaviour of the invariant curves prior to their collision, which the author calls `exponential evolution of peaks'.

Scattering Resonances for Several Small Convex Bodies and the Lax-Phillips Conjecture

Scattering Resonances for Several Small Convex Bodies and the Lax-Phillips Conjecture
Author: Luchezar N. Stoyanov
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2009
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821842943

This work deals with scattering by obstacles which are finite disjoint unions of strictly convex bodies with smooth boundaries in an odd dimensional Euclidean space. The class of obstacles of this type which is considered are contained in a given (large) ball and have some additional properties.

Lyapunov Exponents and Invariant Manifolds for Random Dynamical Systems in a Banach Space

Lyapunov Exponents and Invariant Manifolds for Random Dynamical Systems in a Banach Space
Author: Zeng Lian
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821846566

The authors study the Lyapunov exponents and their associated invariant subspaces for infinite dimensional random dynamical systems in a Banach space, which are generated by, for example, stochastic or random partial differential equations. The authors prove a multiplicative ergodic theorem and then use this theorem to establish the stable and unstable manifold theorem for nonuniformly hyperbolic random invariant sets.

Random Sets and Invariants for (Type II) Continuous Tensor Product Systems of Hilbert Spaces

Random Sets and Invariants for (Type II) Continuous Tensor Product Systems of Hilbert Spaces
Author: Volkmar Liebscher
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2009-04-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821843184

In a series of papers Tsirelson constructed from measure types of random sets or (generalised) random processes a new range of examples for continuous tensor product systems of Hilbert spaces introduced by Arveson for classifying $E_0$-semigroups upto cocycle conjugacy. This paper starts from establishing the converse. So the author connects each continuous tensor product system of Hilbert spaces with measure types of distributions of random (closed) sets in $[0,1]$ or $\mathbb R_+$. These measure types are stationary and factorise over disjoint intervals. In a special case of this construction, the corresponding measure type is an invariant of the product system. This shows, completing in a more systematic way the Tsirelson examples, that the classification scheme for product systems into types $\mathrm{I}_n$, $\mathrm{II}_n$ and $\mathrm{III}$ is not complete. Moreover, based on a detailed study of this kind of measure types, the author constructs for each stationary factorising measure type a continuous tensor product system of Hilbert spaces such that this measure type arises as the before mentioned invariant.

Twisted Pseudodifferential Calculus and Application to the Quantum Evolution of Molecules

Twisted Pseudodifferential Calculus and Application to the Quantum Evolution of Molecules
Author: AndrŽ Martinez
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2009-06-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 082184296X

The authors construct an abstract pseudodifferential calculus with operator-valued symbol, suitable for the treatment of Coulomb-type interactions, and they apply it to the study of the quantum evolution of molecules in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, in the case of the electronic Hamiltonian admitting a local gap in its spectrum. In particular, they show that the molecular evolution can be reduced to the one of a system of smooth semiclassical operators, the symbol of which can be computed explicitely. In addition, they study the propagation of certain wave packets up to long time values of Ehrenfest order.

Classification of Radial Solutions Arising in the Study of Thermal Structures with Thermal Equilibrium or No Flux at the Boundary

Classification of Radial Solutions Arising in the Study of Thermal Structures with Thermal Equilibrium or No Flux at the Boundary
Author: Alfonso Castro
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821847260

The authors provide a complete classification of the radial solutions to a class of reaction diffusion equations arising in the study of thermal structures such as plasmas with thermal equilibrium or no flux at the boundary. In particular, their study includes rapidly growing nonlinearities, that is, those where an exponent exceeds the critical exponent. They describe the corresponding bifurcation diagrams and determine existence and uniqueness of ground states, which play a central role in characterizing those diagrams. They also provide information on the stability-unstability of the radial steady states.