Bifurcation of Gap Solitons in Coupled Mode Equations in d Dimensions

We consider a system of first order coupled mode equations in $${\mathbb {R}}^d$$ R d describing the envelopes of wavepackets in nonlinear periodic media. Under the assumptions of a spectral gap and a generic assumption on the dispersion relation at the spectral edge, we prove the bifurcation of standing gap solitons of the coupled mode equations from the zero solution. The proof is based on a Lyapunov–Schmidt decomposition in Fourier variables and a nested Banach fixed point argument. The reduced bifurcation equation is a perturbed stationary nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The existence of solitary waves follows in a symmetric subspace thanks to a spectral stability result. A numerical example of gap solitons in $${\mathbb {R}}^2$$ R 2 is provided.

ON RANDOM WEIGHTED SUM OF POSITIVE SEMI-DEFINITE MATRICES

Let $A_1, \dots, A_n$ be fixed positive semi-definite matrices, i.e. $A_i \in \mathbb{S}_p^{+}(\mathbf{R})$ $\forall i \in \{1, \dots, n\}$ and $u_1, \dots, u_n$ are i.i.d. with $u_i \sim \mathcal{N}(1, 1)$. Then, the object of our interest is the following probability $$\mathbb{P}\bigg(\sum_{i=1}^n u_i A_i \in \mathbb{S}_p^{+}(\mathbf{R})\bigg).$$ In this paper we examine this quantity for pairwise commutative matrices. Under some generic assumption about the matrices we prove that the weighted sum is also positive semi-definite with an overwhelming probability. This probability tends to $1$ exponentially fast by the growth of number of matrices $n$ and is a linear function with respect to the matrix dimension $p.$

SIMPLE GROUPS, PRODUCT ACTIONS, AND GENERALIZED QUADRANGLES

The classification of flag-transitive generalized quadrangles is a long-standing open problem at the interface of finite geometry and permutation group theory. Given that all known flag-transitive generalized quadrangles are also point-primitive (up to point–line duality), it is likewise natural to seek a classification of the point-primitive examples. Working toward this aim, we are led to investigate generalized quadrangles that admit a collineation group$G$preserving a Cartesian product decomposition of the set of points. It is shown that, under a generic assumption on$G$, the number of factors of such a Cartesian product can be at most four. This result is then used to treat various types of primitive and quasiprimitive point actions. In particular, it is shown that$G$cannot haveholomorph compoundO’Nan–Scott type. Our arguments also pose purely group-theoretic questions about conjugacy classes in nonabelian finite simple groups and fixities of primitive permutation groups.