scholarly journals The special-linear update: An application of differential manifold theory to the update of isochoric plasticity flow rules

2013 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-312
Author(s):  
D.E. Hurtado ◽  
L. Stainier ◽  
M. Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Special Linear ◽  
Differential Manifold ◽  
Manifold Theory

Dynamic Envelope Determination Based on Differential Manifold Theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 2005-2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
WuJi Zheng ◽  
Ying Hui Li ◽  
Liang Qu ◽  
Guoqiang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Differential Manifold ◽  
Manifold Theory

Nonlinear Stability Region Determination of Pilot-Aircraft Closed-Loop Based on Differential Manifold Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Zehong Dong ◽  
Yinghui Li ◽  
Wuji Zheng ◽  
Chi Zhou ◽  
Haojun Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Stability ◽  
Stability Region ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Differential Manifold ◽  
Manifold Theory

The Nielsen-Thurston Classification

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benson Farb ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Hyperbolic Geometry ◽  
Mapping Class Groups ◽  
Classification Theorem ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Fundamental Result ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Mapping Torus ◽  
Higher Genus ◽  
Manifold Theory

This chapter explains and proves the Nielsen–Thurston classification of elements of Mod(S), one of the central theorems in the study of mapping class groups. It first considers the classification of elements for the torus of Mod(T² before discussing higher-genus analogues for each of the three types of elements of Mod(T². It then states the Nielsen–Thurston classification theorem in various forms, as well as a connection to 3-manifold theory, along with Thurston's geometric classification of mapping torus. The rest of the chapter is devoted to Bers' proof of the Nielsen–Thurston classification. The collar lemma is highlighted as a new ingredient, as it is also a fundamental result in the hyperbolic geometry of surfaces.

The Shape of Time

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Time Travel ◽  
Arrow Of Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Time Traveler ◽  
Dimensional Shape ◽  
Manifold Theory ◽  
The Universe

This chapter is about the arrow or direction of time against the backdrop of the pure manifold theory. It is accepted that the fact that time has a direction ought to be explained. It is proposed that the arrow of time is grounded in deeper facts about the four-dimensional nature of each object in the manifold and in facts about the overall four-dimensional shape of the universe. Towards the end of the chapter the possibility of time travel is discussed. It is argued that time travel is metaphysically possible and that there is a reasonable and intelligible sense in which a time traveler can and cannot change the past, according to the pure manifold theory.

The Nature of Time

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Time Travel ◽  
Dimensional Manifold ◽  
Nature Of Time ◽  
Manifold Theory ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Theoretical Cost ◽  
Do So

This chapter provides a fuller treatment of the pure manifold theory with an expanded discussion of competing doctrines. It is argued that competing doctrines fail to account for the extensive and/or transitory aspect(s) of time, or they do so at great theoretical cost. The pure manifold theory accounts for the extensive aspect of time because it admits a four-dimensional manifold and it accounts for the transitory aspect of time because it hypothesizes that the increase of entropy is the thing that is ‘felt’ in veridical cases of felt passage. A four-dimensionalist theory of time travel is outlined, along with a sketch of large-scale cosmological traits of the universe.

The Sea Fight Tomorrow

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Metaphysics Of Time ◽  
Manifold Theory ◽  
Dimensions Of Space

This chapter is the first of this book to deal specifically with the metaphysics of time. This chapter defends the pure manifold theory of time. On this view, time is just another dimension of extent like the three dimensions of space, the past, present, and future are equally real, and the world is at bottom tenseless. What is true is eternally true. For example, it is now true that there will be a sea fight tomorrow or that there will not be a sea fight tomorrow. It is argued that the pure manifold theory does not entail fatalism and that contingent statements about the future do not imply that only the past and present exist.

scholarly journals Irreducible modules with highest weight vectors over modular Witt and special Lie superalgebras

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1381-1391
Author(s):  
Keli Zheng ◽  
Yongzheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Lie Superalgebras ◽  
Arbitrary Field ◽  
Special Linear ◽  
Highest Weight ◽  
Irreducible Modules

Abstract Let 𝔽 be an arbitrary field of characteristic p > 2. In this paper we study irreducible modules with highest weight vectors over Witt and special Lie superalgebras of 𝔽. The same irreducible modules of general and special linear Lie superalgebras, which are the 0-th part of Witt and special Lie superalgebras in certain ℤ-grading, are also considered. Then we establish a certain connection called a P-expansion between these modules.

(ANTI)COMMUTATIVITY OF THE HARMONIC CREATION AND ANNIHILATION OPERATORS

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (11n13) ◽  
pp. 1808-1818
Author(s):  
S. KUWATA ◽  
A. MARUMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Irreducible Representation ◽  
Harmonic Oscillator ◽  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Commutation Relation ◽  
Complex Number ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Equation Of Motion ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Special Linear ◽  
Creation And Annihilation Operators

It is known that para-particles, together with fermions and bosons, of a single mode can be described as an irreducible representation of the Lie (super) algebra 𝔰𝔩2(ℂ) (2-dimensional special linear algebra over the complex number ℂ), that is, they satisfy the equation of motion of a harmonic oscillator. Under the equation of motion of a harmonic oscillator, we obtain the set of the commutation relations which is isomorphic to the irreducible representation, to find that the equation of motion, conversely, can be derived from the commutation relation only for the case of either fermion or boson. If Nature admits of the existence of such a sufficient condition for the equation of motion of a harmonic oscillator, no para-particle can be allowed.

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