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A directional time-frequency localization measure for functions defined on the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space is introduced. A connection between this measure and its periodic counterpart is established. For a class of functions, an…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-06 A. Krivoshein , E. Lebedeva , E. Neiman , J. Prestin

Hyperuniform point patterns are characterized by vanishing infinite wavelength density fluctuations and encompass all crystal structures, certain quasi-periodic systems, and special disordered point patterns. This article generalizes the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Chase E. Zachary , Salvatore Torquato

Within the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle it is explicitly discussed the impact of these inequalities on the theory of integrated photonics at sub-wavelength regime. More especially, the uncertainty of the effective index values in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-04 Bruno Bêche , E Gaviot

In this paper we construct directionally sensitive functions that can be viewed as directional time-frequency representations. We call such a sequence a rotational uniform covering frame and by studying rotations of the frame, we derive the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Wojciech Czaja , Weilin Li

Quantifying and reducing uncertainty in Earth system model parameterizations is essential to improving their reliability in decision-making. Forward uncertainty propagation is used to derive parameter sensitivity but requires physically…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Ethan YoungIn Shin , Baris Kale , Michael F. Howland

We show how a number of well-known uncertainty principles for the Fourier transform, such as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, the Donoho--Stark uncertainty principle, and Meshulam's non-abelian uncertainty principle, have little to do…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-14 Avi Wigderson , Yuval Wigderson

Quantum electro-mechanical systems offer a unique opportunity to probe quantum noise properties in macroscopic devices, properties which ultimately stem from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. A simple example of this is expected to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 A. J. Weinstein , C. U. Lei , E. E. Wollman , J. Suh , A. Metelmann , A. A. Clerk , K. C. Schwab

We study the random sampling of the short-time Fourier transform of functions that are localized in a compact region in the time-frequency plane. We follow the approach introduced by Bass and Gr\"ochenig for band-limited functions, and show…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-01 Gino Angelo Velasco

The problem of information extraction from discrete stochastic time series, produced with some finite sampling frequency, using flicker-noise spectroscopy, a general framework for information extraction based on the analysis of the…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2008-12-12 Serge F. Timashev , Yuriy S. Polyakov

We study Gaussian random functions on the complex plane whose stochastics are invariant under the Weyl-Heisenberg group (twisted stationarity). The theory is modeled on translation invariant Gaussian entire functions, but allows for…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Antti Haimi , Günther Koliander , José Luis Romero

The present thesis deals with the non-modal linear analysis of 3D perturbations in wall flows. In the first part,a solution to the Orr-Sommerfeld and Squire IVP, in the form of orthogonal functions expansion, is researched. The Galerkin…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-06-28 Federico Fraternale

We study the time evolution of the reduced Wigner function for a class of quantum Brownian motion models. We derive two generalized uncertainty relations. The first consists of a sharp lower bound on the uncertainty function, $U = (\Delta…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-11 C. Anastopoulos , J. J. Halliwell

We study the quantum dynamics of a suddenly released beam of particles using a background independent (polymer) quantization scheme. We show that, in the first order of approximation, the low-energy polymer distribution converges to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. Martín-Ruiz

This paper deals with the phase noise affecting communication systems, where local oscillators are employed to obtain reference signals for carrier and timing synchronizations. The most common discrete-time phase noise channel model is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Amina Piemontese , Giulio Colavolpe , Thomas Eriksson

We consider the inverse problem of determining different type of information about a diffusion process, described by ordinary or fractional diffusion equations stated on a bounded domain, like the density of the medium or the velocity field…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-05 Yavar Kian , Zhiyuan Li , Yikan Liu , Masahiro Yamamoto

The general relationship between an arbitrary frequency distribution and the expectation value of the frequency distributions of its samples is discussed. A wide set of measurable quantities ("invariant moments") whose expectation value…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-06-15 Paolo Rossi

The spatio-temporal dynamics of the deformation of a vibrated plate is measured by a high speed Fourier transform profilometry technique. The space-time Fourier spectrum is analyzed. It displays a behavior consistent with the premises of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-13 Nicolas Mordant

We consider the continuous-time version of our recently proposed quantum theory of optical temporal phase and instantaneous frequency [Tsang, Shapiro, and Lloyd, Phys. Rev. A 78, 053820 (2008)]. Using a state-variable approach to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-21 Mankei Tsang , Jeffrey H. Shapiro , Seth Lloyd

The probability density function of single-point velocity fluctuations in turbulence is studied systematically using Fourier coefficients in the energy-containing range. In ideal turbulence where energy-containing motions are random and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Mouri , M. Takaoka , A. Hori , Y. Kawashima

In this paper, we study the convolution structure in the special affine Fourier transform domain to combine the advantages of the well known special affine Fourier and Stockwell transforms into a novel integral transform coined as special…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-15 Aamir Hamid Dar , Mohammad Younus Bhat