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Fractal sets of dual topological quantum numbers

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v4 math.MP Number Theory

Abstract

The universality classes of the quantum Hall transitions are considered in terms of fractal sets of dual topological quantum numbers filling factors, labelled by a fractal or Hausdorff dimension defined into the interval 1<h<21 < h < 2 and associated with fractal curves. We show that our approach to the fractional quantum Hall effect-FQHE is free of any empirical formula and this characteristic appears as a crucial insight for our understanding of the FQHE. According to our formulation, the FQHE gets a fractal structure from the connection between the filling factors and the Hausdoff dimension of the quantum paths of particles termed fractons which obey a fractal distribution function associated with a fractal von Neumann entropy. This way, the quantum Hall transitions satisfy some properties related to the Farey sequences of rational numbers and so our theoretical description of the FQHE establishes a connection between physics, fractal geometry and number theory. The FQHE as a convenient physical system for a possible prove of the Riemann hypothesis is suggested.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0306071,
  title  = {Fractal sets of dual topological quantum numbers},
  author = {Wellington da Cruz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0306071},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Misprints corrected. Latex, 15 pages

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