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In one dimension one can dissect a scattering potential $ v(x) $ into pieces $ v_i(x) $ and use the notion of the transfer matrix to determine the scattering content of $ v(x) $ from that of $ v_i(x) $. This observation has numerous…
The J-matrix method of scattering was developed to handle regular short-range potentials with applications in atomic, nuclear and molecular physics. Its accuracy, stability, and convergence properties compare favorably with other successful…
We extend the notion of the transfer matrix of potential scattering to a large class of long-range potentials $v(x)$ and derive its basic properties. We outline a dynamical formulation of the time-independent scattering theory for this…
We show that in one dimension the transfer matrix M of any scattering potential v coincides with the S-matrix of an associated time-dependent non-Hermitian 2 x 2 matrix Hamiltonian H(\tau). If v is real-valued, H(\tau) is pseudo-Hermitian…
We present a systematic formulation of scattering theory for nonlinear interactions in one dimension and develop a nonlinear generalization of the transfer matrix that has a composition property similar to its linear analog's. We offer…
A permutation $\tau$ in the symmetric group $S_j$ is minimally overlapping if any two consecutive occurrences of $\tau$ in a permutation $\sigma$ can share at most one element. B\'ona \cite{B} showed that the proportion of minimal…
(i) For the matrix Schr\"{o}dinger operator on the half line, it is shown that if the potential exponentially decreases fast enough then only the scattering matrix uniquely determines the self-adjoint potential and the boundary condition.…
We study inverse scattering for $\Delta_g+V$ on $(X,g)$ a conformally compact manifold with metric $g,$ with variable sectional curvature $-\alf^2(y)$ at the boundary and $V\in C^\infty(X)$ not vanishing at the boundary. We prove that the…
We make a relativistic extension of the one-dimensional J-matrix method of scattering. The relativistic potential matrix is a combination of vector, scalar, and pseudo-scalar components. These are non-singular short-range potential…
The J-matrix method of scattering is used to obtain analytic expressions for the phase shift of two classes of relativistic exponential-type separable potentials whose radial component is either of the general form r^(n-1)exp(-r) or…
We give a pedagogical introduction to time-independent scattering theory in one dimension focusing on the basic properties and recent applications of transfer matrices. In particular, we begin surveying some basic notions of potential…
We offer a consistent dynamical formulation of stationary scattering in two and three dimensions that is based on a suitable multidimensional generalization of the transfer matrix. This is a linear operator acting in an infinite-dimensional…
In this work, the transition matrix elements for inelastic electron--electron scattering are investigated. The angular part is given by spherical harmonics. For the weighted radial wave function overlap, analytic expressions are derived in…
It was conjectured by Kotlar and Ziv that for any two bases $B_1$ and $B_2$ in a matroid $M$ and any subset $X \subset B_1$, there is a subset $Y$ and orderings $x_1 \prec x_2 \prec \cdots \prec x_k$ and $y_1 \prec y_2 \prec \cdots \prec…
We review a recently developed transfer matrix formulation of the stationary scattering in two and three dimensions where the transfer matrix is a linear operator acting in an infinite-dimensional function space. We discuss its utility in…
This paper studies a high-dimensional inference problem involving the matrix tensor product of random matrices. This problem generalizes a number of contemporary data science problems including the spiked matrix models used in sparse…
We present a construction for the composition of subsequential transducers (representing conditional probabilistic models) with subsequential failure transducers (representing probabilistic models). Under certain conditions, satisfied by…
Scattering from a compound barrier, one composed of a number of distinct non-overlapping sub-barriers, has a number of interesting and subtle mathematical features. If one is scattering classical particles, where the wave aspects of the…
We consider a cable described by a discrete, space-homogeneous, quasi one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator $H_0$. We study the scattering by a finite disordered piece (the scatterer) inserted inside this cable. For energies $E$ where…
Transport phenomena in parallel coupled scatterers are studied by transfer matrix formulism. We derive a simple recurrence relation for transfer matrix of one-dimensional two-terminal systems consisting of $N$ arbitrary scattering unit…