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A phase space formulation of the filtering process upon an incident quantum state is developed. This formulation can explain the results of both quantum interference and delayed-choice experiments without making use of the controversial…

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A numerical method of solving the one-dimensional Schrodinger equation for the regular and irregular continuum states using the phase-amplitude representation is presented. Our solution acquires the correct Dirac-delta normalization by…

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We describe a broad class of bounded non-periodic potentials in one-dimensional stationary quantum mechanics having the same spectral properties as periodic potentials. The spectrum of the corresponding Schroedinger operator consists of a…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-08-27 Sergey A. Dyachenko , Dmitry Zakharov , Vladimir Zakharov

The nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is widely used as an approximate model for the evolution in time of the water wave envelope. In the context of simulating ocean waves, initial conditions are typically generated from a measured power…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Agissilaos G. Athanassoulis , Irene Kyza

We introduce a notion of strong periodicity of a module over a finite-dimensional algebra over a field. We prove that the existence of such modules over certain idempotent algebras is both a necessary and sufficient condition for the…

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This paper reviews a class of univariate piecewise polynomial functions known as discrete splines, which share properties analogous to the better-known class of spline functions, but where continuity in derivatives is replaced by (a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-26 Ryan J. Tibshirani

Products between phase-type distributed random variables and any independent, positive and continuous random variable are studied. Their asymptotic properties are established, and an expectation-maximization algorithm for their effective…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-11-25 Hansjoerg Albrecher , Martin Bladt , Mogens Bladt , Jorge Yslas

The linear Schr\"odinger equation with piecewise constant potential in one spatial dimension is a well-studied textbook problem. It is one of only a few solvable models in quantum mechanics and shares many qualitative features with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-02 Natalie E Sheils , Bernard Deconinck

We consider the discrete versions of the well known Borg theorem and use simple linear algebraic techniques to obtain new versions of the discrete Borg type theorems. To be precise, we prove that the periodic potential of a discrete…

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The effect of derivative nonlinearity and parity-time- (PT-) symmetric potentials on the wave propagation dynamics is investigated in the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation, where the physically interesting Scarff-II and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-04-19 Yong Chen , Zhenya Yan

Schrodinger eigenproblems on a discrete interval are further investigated with special attention given to test cases such as the linear and Rosen--Morse potentials. In the former case it is shown that the characteristic function determining…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-04 J. S. Dowker

Complex numbers are basic. An inconsistency would question Wigner's unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics. A vehicle to study this question is Kirchoff's scalar diffraction theory. In the paper, an inconsistency in complex phase angle…

General Physics · Physics 2022-08-29 Han Geurdes

We investigate a two-parametric family of one-dimensional non-Hermitian complex potentials with parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. We find that there exist two distinct types of phase transitions, from an unbroken phase (characterized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Jinlin Fan , Feilong Wang , Ruolin Chai Zhibin Zhao , Qiongtao Xie

The variable phase approach to potential scattering with regular spherically symmetric potentials satisfying (\ref{1e}), and studied by Calogero in his book$^{5}$, is revisited, and we show directly that it gives the absolute definition of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 K. Chadan , R. Kobayashi , T. Kobayashi

Exact and quasi-exact solvabilities of the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation are discussed from a unified viewpoint based on the prepotential together with Bethe ansatz equations. This is a constructive approach which gives the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Choon-Lin Ho

In this work we analyze a class of nonlinear fractional elliptic systems involving Hardy--type potentials and coupled by critical Hardy-Sobolev--type nonlinearities in $\mathbb{R}^N$. Due to the lack of compactness at the critical exponent…

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Fractional, anomalous diffusion in space-periodic potentials is investigated. The analytical solution for the effective, fractional diffusion coefficient in an arbitrary periodic potential is obtained in closed form in terms of two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-02-02 E. Heinsalu , M. Patriarca , I. Goychuk , P. Hanggi

The mysterious phenomena of revivals in linear dispersive periodic equations was discovered first experimentally in optics in the 19th century, then rediscovered several times by theoretical and experimental investigations. While the term…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-13 Lyonell Boulton , George Farmakis , Beatrice Pelloni

We present three classes of symmetric broadband composite pulse sequences. The composite phases are given by analytic formulas (rational fractions of $\pi$) valid for any number of constituent pulses. The transition probability is expressed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Boyan T. Torosov , Nikolay V. Vitanov

In the present work we explore features of single and pairs of solitary waves in a fractional variant of the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. Motivated by the recent experimental realization of arbitrary fractional exponents, upon…

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