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Various generating functions of simple Hurwitz numbers of the projective line are known to satisfy many properties. They include a heat equation, the Eynard-Orantin topological recursion, an infinite-order differential equation called a…

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We derive the semiclassical series for the partition function of a one-dimensional quantum-mechanical system consisting of a particle in a single-well potential. We do this by applying the method of steepest descent to the path-integral…

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A new approach to black hole thermodynamics is proposed in Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG), by defining a new black hole partition function, followed by analytic continuations of Barbero-Immirzi parameter to $\gamma\in i\mathbb{R}$ and…

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The quantum partition function for dissolving Abelian Higgs vortices is calculated explicitly, using spectral data for the Beltrami Laplacian on the $N$-vortex moduli space $\mathbb{CP}^N$ with a scaled Fubini--Study metric. From the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 N. S. Manton , Shiyi Wang

We give a natural definition of open Hurwitz numbers, where the weight of each ramified covering includes an integer parameter $N$ taken to the power that is equal to the number of boundary components of a Riemann surface with boundary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Alexandr Buryak , Ran J. Tessler , Mikhail Troshkin

The asymptotic partition function for quantized Abelian Higgs vortices at high temperature $T$ is found to leading and subleading order, and from this the equation of state of the vortex gas is derived, including the first quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-27 N. S. Manton

Motivated by results for the HCIZ integral in Part I of this paper, we study the structure of monotone Hurwitz numbers, which are a desymmetrized version of classical Hurwitz numbers. We prove a number of results for monotone Hurwitz…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-07 Ian P. Goulden , Mathieu Guay-Paquet , Jonathan Novak

Parametric families in the centre ${\bf Z}({\bf C}[S_n])$ of the group algebra of the symmetric group are obtained by identifying the indeterminates in the generating function for Macdonald polynomials as commuting Jucys-Murphy elements.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-01-30 J. Harnad

Hurwitz numbers count branched covers of the Riemann sphere with specified ramification data, or equivalently, transitive permutation factorizations in the symmetric group with specified cycle types. Monotone Hurwitz numbers count a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-15 I. P. Goulden , Mathieu Guay-Paquet , Jonathan Novak

We derive an explicit expression for an inverse power series over the gaps values of numerical semigroups generated by two integers. It implies a set of new identities for the Hurwitz zeta function.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-11-02 Leonid G. Fel , Takao Komatsu

In this work, we present a compact analytical approximation for the quantum partition function of systems composed of quantum oscillators. The proposed formula is general and applicable to an arbitrary number of oscillators described by a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-08 Michel Caffarel

An approximate partition functional is derived for the infinite-dimensional Hubbard model. This functional naturally includes the exact solution of the Falicov-Kimball model as a special case, and is exact in the uncorrelated and atomic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Y. M. Li , N. d'Ambrumenil

The KP $\tau$-function of hypergeometric type serving as generating function for quantum weighted Hurwitz numbers is used to compute the Baker function and the corresponding adapted basis elements, expressed as absolutely convergent Laurent…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-04 J. Harnad , B. Runov

Estimating quantum partition functions is a critical task in a variety of fields. However, the problem is classically intractable in general due to the exponential scaling of the Hamiltonian dimension $N$ in the number of particles. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Thais de Lima Silva , Lucas Borges , Leandro Aolita

Double Hurwitz numbers enumerate branched covers of $\mathbb{CP}^1$ with prescribed ramification over two points and simple ramification elsewhere. In contrast to the single case, their underlying geometry is not well understood. In…

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We find examples of duality among quantum theories that are related to arithmetic functions by identifying distinct Hamiltonians that have identical partition functions at suitably related coupling constants or temperatures. We are led to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-17 Donald Spector

Recently, the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition was found to be mediated by half-quantum vortices (HQVs) in two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnetic Bose gases [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 120406 (2006)]. We study the thermal activation of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-03-25 Ville Pietilä , Tapio P. Simula , Mikko Möttönen

The construction of hypergeometric $2D$ Toda $\tau$-functions as generating functions for weighted Hurwitz numbers is extended to multispecies families. Both the enumerative geometrical significance of multispecies weighted Hurwitz numbers,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-26 J. Harnad

The non-commutativity of the position and momentum operators is formulated as an effective potential in classical phase space and expanded as a series of successive many-body terms, with the pair term being dominant. A non-linear partial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Phil Attard

We consider a Bose gas on the unit torus at zero temperature in the Gross-Pitaevskii regime, known to perform Bose-Einstein condensation: a macroscopic fraction of the bosons occupy the same quantum state, called condensate. We study the…

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