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We show that discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators on the half-line with ergodic potentials generated by the doubling map on the circle, $V_\theta(n) = f(2^n \theta)$, may be realized as the half-line restrictions of a…
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Let $Z_t^{(0,\infty)}$ be the point process formed by the positions of all particles alive at time $t$ in a branching Brownian motion with drift and killed upon reaching 0. We study the asymptotic expansions of $Z_t^{(0,\infty)}(A)$ for $A=…
Cellular automata can show well known features of quantum mechanics, such as a linear rule according to which they evolve and which resembles a discretized version of the Schroedinger equation. This includes corresponding conservation laws.…
Starting from integrable cellular automata we present a novel form of Painlev\'e equations. These equations are discrete in both the independent variable and the dependent one. We show that they capture the essence of the behavior of the…
Generalizing the motion representation we introduced for number-conserving rules, we give a systematic way to construct a generalized motion representation valid for non-conservative rules using the expression of the current, which appears…
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A framework for understanding the geometry of continuous actions of Z^d was developed by Boyle and Lind using the notion of expansive behavior along lower-dimensional subspaces. For algebraic Z^d-actions of entropy rank one, the expansive…
Within a four dimensional manifestly N = 1 supersymmetric action, we show that Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten (WZNW) terms can be embedded in an extraordinarily simple manner into a purely chiral superaction. In order to achieve this result it…