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We study the problem for the optimal charge distribution on the sites of a fixed Bravais lattice. In particular, we prove Born's conjecture about the optimality of the rock-salt alternate distribution of charges on a cubic lattice (and more…
For a conformal vector field $\xi$ on a Riemannian manifold, we say that a point is essential if there is no local metric in the conformal class for which $\xi$ is Killing. We show that the only essential points are isolated zeros of $\xi$.…
We show that for critical site percolation on the triangular lattice two new observables have conformally invariant scaling limits. In particular the expected number of clusters separating two pairs of points converges to an explicit…
We study the heavy charge potential in the Coulomb phase of pure gauge compact U(1) theory on the lattice. We calculate the static potential $V_W(T,{\vec R})$ from Wilson loops on a $16^3 \times 32$ lattice and compare with the predictions…
This is a survey of the electrostatic potentials produced by charged straight-line segments, in various numbers of spatial dimensions, with comparisons between uniformly charged segments and those having non-uniform linear charge…
The large R-charge limit of two-point functions of chiral primary operators in rank-one N=2 superconformal field theories exhibits a universal behavior controlled by the effective field theory on their Coulomb branch. In the case of SU(2)…
The goals of this paper are threefold. First, we show that a counterpart of the Newman bound related to the Chui conjecture is valid in the case where the gradient of Coulomb potential is generated by arbitrary positive charges placed at…
The interplay of topological constraints and Coulomb interactions in static and dynamic properties of charged polymers is investigated by numerical simulations and scaling arguments. In the absence of screening, the long-range interaction…
Given a knot $K$ parametrized by $r: [0,2\pi] \to \mathbb{R}^3$, we can define the electric potential on its complement by $\Phi(x) = \int_0^{2\pi} \frac{|r'(t)|}{|x - r(t)|}dt$. Physicists and knot theorists want to understand the critical…
Given a weighted graph, we introduce a partition of its vertex set such that the distance between any two clusters is bounded from below by a power of the minimum weight of both clusters. This partition is obtained by recursively merging…
We formulate the conformal packing problem and dual packing problem in analogy to similar problems for binary codes and lattices. We obtain explicit numerical upper bounds for the minimal dual conformal weight of a unitary strongly-rational…
We study the percolation critical surface of the kagome lattice in which each triangle is allowed an arbitrary connectivity. Using the method of critical polynomials, we find points along this critical surface to high precision. This kagome…
Equilibrium shapes of two-dimensional charged, perfectly conducting liquid drops are governed by a geometric variational problem that involves a perimeter term modeling line tension and a capacitary term modeling Coulombic repulsion. Here…
We consider the eigenvalue problem $\Delta^{\mathbb{S}^2} \xi + 2 \xi=0 $ in $ \Omega $ and $\xi = 0 $ along $ \partial \Omega $, being $\Omega$ the complement of a disjoint and finite union of smooth and bounded simply connected regions in…
We consider a constrained minimal energy problem with an external field over noncompact classes of infinite dimensional vector measures on a locally compact space. The components are positive measures (charges) that are constrained from…
Two-view triangulation is a problem of minimizing a quadratic polynomial under an equality constraint. We derive a polynomial that encodes the local minimizers of this problem using the theory of Lagrange multipliers. This offers a simpler…
We consider an open connected set $\Omega$ and a smooth potential $U$ which is positive in $\Omega$ and vanishes on $\partial\Omega$. We study the existence of orbits of the mechanical system \[ \ddot{u}=U_x(u), \] that connect different…
A discrete charge transfer in a small tunnel junction where Coulomb interactions are important can excite electron-hole pairs near the Fermi level. We use a simple model to study the associated nonequilibrium properties and found two novel…
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