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On lattice hexagonal crystallization for non-monotone potentials

Analysis of PDEs 2023-02-13 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Number Theory

Abstract

Let L=1(z)(ZzZ)L =\sqrt{\frac{1}{\Im(z)}}\Big({\mathbb Z}\oplus z{\mathbb Z}\Big) where zH={z=x+iy  or  (x,y)C:y>0}z \in \mathbb{H}=\{z= x+ i y\;\hbox{or}\;(x,y)\in\mathbb{C}: y>0\} be the two dimensional lattices with unit density. Assuming that α1\alpha\geq1, we prove that \begin{equation}\aligned\nonumber \min_{L}\sum_{\mathbb{P}\in L, |L|=1}|\mathbb{P}|^2 e^{- \pi\alpha|\mathbb{P}|^2} \endaligned\end{equation} is achieved at hexagonal lattice. More generally we prove that for α1\alpha \geq 1 \begin{equation}\aligned\nonumber \min_{L}\sum_{\mathbb{P}\in L, |L|=1}(|\mathbb{P}|^2-\frac{b}{\alpha}) e^{- \pi\alpha|\mathbb{P}|^2} \endaligned\end{equation} is achieved at hexagonal lattice for b12πb\leq\frac{1}{2\pi} and does not exist for b>12πb>\frac{1}{2\pi}. As a consequence, we provide two classes of non-monotone potentials which lead to hexagonal crystallization among lattices. Our results partially answer some questions raised in \cite{Oreport, Bet2016, Bet2018, Bet2019AMP} and extend the main results in \cite{LW2022} on minima of difference of two theta functions.

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@article{arxiv.2302.05042,
  title  = {On lattice hexagonal crystallization for non-monotone potentials},
  author = {Senping Luo and Juncheng Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05042},
  year   = {2023}
}

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