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Understanding how higher-order interactions affect collective behavior is a central problem in nonlinear dynamics and complex systems. Most works have focused on a single higher-order coupling function, neglecting other viable choices. Here…

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We give a survey on higher invariants in noncommutative geometry and their applications to differential geometry and topology.

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2019-05-31 Zhizhang Xie , Guoliang Yu

We survey interactions between the topology and the combinatorics of complex hyperplane arrangements. Without claiming to be exhaustive, we examine in this setting combinatorial aspects of fundamental groups, associated graded Lie algebras,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-04-13 D. A. Macinic

Knots and links are fascinating and intricate topological objects. Their influence spans from DNA and molecular chemistry to vortices in superfluid helium, defects in liquid crystals and cosmic strings in the early universe. Here, we find…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-06 Dong-Ling Deng , Sheng-Tao Wang , Kai Sun , L. -M. Duan

The set of correlations between particles in multipartite quantum systems is larger than those in classical systems. Nevertheless, it is subject to restrictions by the underlying quantum theory. In order to better understand the structure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-10 Nikolai Wyderka , Felix Huber , Otfried Gühne

Entanglement of high-dimensional quantum systems has become increasingly important for quantum communication and experimental tests of nonlocality. However, many effects of high-dimensional entanglement can be simulated by using multiple…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-09 Tristan Kraft , Christina Ritz , Nicolas Brunner , Marcus Huber , Otfried Gühne

The search for new computational machines beyond the traditional von Neumann architecture has given rise to a modern area of nonlinear science -- development of unconventional computing -- requiring the efforts of mathematicians, physicists…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Kirill P. Kalinin , Natalia G. Berloff

Quantum network is a set of nodes connected with channels, through which the nodes communicate photons and classical information. Classical structural complexity of a quantum network may be defined through its physical structure, i.e.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-20 Michael Siomau

The quantum mechanics formalism introduced new revolutionary concepts challenging our everyday perceptions. Arguably, quantum entanglement, which explains correlations that cannot be reproduced classically, is the most notable of them.…

Two distinct structures of aggregates of atoms connected by anisotropic bonds with a network configuration are discussed from the viewpoint of a point set topology. A specific topological space connects the two types of topological…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-10 Shousuke Ohmori , Tomoyuki Yamamoto , Akihiko Kitada

Hallmarks of quantum mechanics include superposition and entanglement. In the context of large complex systems, these features should lead to situations like Schrodinger's cat, which exists in a superposition of alive and dead states…

Achieving quantum correlations between two distant systems is a desirable feature for quantum networking. In this work, we study a system composed of two quantum emitter-cavity subsystems spatially separated. A mechanical resonator couples…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 J. E. Ramírez-Muñoz , J. P. Restrepo Cuartas , H. Vinck-Posada

Knot, link, and tangle theory is crucial in both mathematical theory and practical application, including quantum physics, molecular biology, and structural chemistry. Unlike knots and links, tangles impose more relaxed constraints,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Li Shen , Jian Liu , Guo-Wei Wei

We consider few-body bound state systems and provide precise definitions of Borromean and Brunnian systems. The initial concepts are more than a hundred years old and originated in mathematical knot-theory as purely geometric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-14 Nils A. Baas , D. V. Fedorov , A. S. Jensen , K. Riisager , A. G. Volosniev , N. T. Zinner

This paper introduces a new algebra, the crossing algebra, that is applied to count the number of components for arborescent knots, links, tangles or states (of a state polynomial expansion such as the Kauffman bracket). This algebra is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Louis H Kauffman

Theoretical research into many-body quantum systems has mostly focused on regular structures which have a small, simple unit cell and where a vanishingly small number of pairs of the constituents directly interact. Motivated by advances in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-06 Joseph Tindall , Amy Searle , Abdulla Alhajri , Dieter Jaksch

The author explains local and global model structures on higher orbifolds which are truncated \'{e}tale differentiable higher stacks, and discuss the application of the model structures to quantum cohomology of higher and derived orbifolds.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-24 Jiajun Dai

A proposal of an algebraic model for the relation between a quantum environment and certain classical particle system is given. The quantum environment is described by a category of possible quantum states, the initial particle system is…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wladyslaw Marcinek

The physical reasons in favour of a two dimensional topological model of quantum electrodynamics are discussed. It is shown that in accord with this model there is a new uncertainty relation for photon which is compatible with QED.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Ghaboussi

Knot contact homology studies symplectic and contact geometric properties of conormals of knots in 3-manifolds using holomorphic curve techniques. It has connections to both mathematical and physical theories. On the mathematical side, we…

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