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Noncommutative pfaffians associated with an orthogonal algebra are some special elements of the universal enveloping algebra. In the paper it is suggested to use some pfaffians as raising operators. The images of these pfaffians in the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-22 D. V. Artamonov , V. A. Goloubeva

We provide a detailed exposition of the connections between Boltzmann machines commonly utilized in machine learning problems and the ideas already well known in quantum statistical mechanics through Feynman's description of the same. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Srinivasan S. Iyengar , Sabre Kais

A well known theorem due to Kasteleyn states that the partition function of an Ising model on an arbitrary planar graph can be represented as the Pfaffian of a skew-symmetric matrix associated to the graph. This results both embodies the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-30 Thierry Gobron

We derive an expression that allows for the unambiguous evaluation of the overlap between two arbitrary quasiparticle vacua, including its sign. Our expression is based on the Pfaffian of a skew-symmetric matrix, extending the formula…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-10-22 Benoît Avez , Michael Bender

A connection between one-loop $N$-point Feynman diagrams and certain geometrical quantities in non-Euclidean geometry is discussed. A geometrical way to calculate the corresponding Feynman integrals is considered. (This paper contains a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-17 A. I. Davydychev , R. Delbourgo

This talk reviews Feynman integrals, which are associated to elliptic curves. The talk will give an introduction into the mathematics behind them, covering the topics of elliptic curves, elliptic integrals, modular forms and the moduli…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-16 Stefan Weinzierl

In this article, we describe the theoretical foundations of the Macaulay2 package ConnectionMatrices and explain how to use it. For a left ideal in the Weyl algebra that is of finite holonomic rank, we implement the computation of the…

Higher-order diagrams required for radiative corrections to mixed electroweak and QCD processes at the LHC and anticipated future colliders will require numerically stable representations of the associated Feynman diagrams. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-10-25 S. A. Yost , V. V. Bytev , M. Yu. Kalmykov , B. A. Kniehl , B. F. L. Ward

Sequences of parametrized Lyapunov equations can be encountered in many application settings. Moreover, solutions of such equations are often intermediate steps of an overall procedure whose main goal is the computation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-30 Davide Palitta , Zoran Tomljanović , Ivica Nakić , Jens Saak

We advertise intersection theory for generalised hypergeometric functions as a means of evaluating Mellin-Barnes representations. As an example, we study two-parameter representations of the off-shell one- and two-loop box graphs in exactly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-17 Burkhard Eden

Feynman diagrams constitute one of the essential ingredients for making precision predictions for collider experiments. Yet, while the simplest Feynman diagrams can be evaluated in terms of multiple polylogarithms -- whose properties as…

I discuss algorithms for the evaluation of Feynman integrals. These algorithms are based on Hopf algebras and evaluate the Feynman integral to (multiple) polylogarithms.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Weinzierl

We present recent computer algebra methods that support the calculations of (multivariate) series solutions for (certain coupled systems of partial) linear differential equations. The summand of the series solutions may be built by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-07-19 Johannes Bluemlein , Marco Saragnese , Carsten Schneider

The generating series of the intersection numbers of the stable cohomology classes on moduli spaces of curves satisfies the string equation and a KdV hierarchy. Kontsevich's original proof of this result uses a matrix model and the matrix…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-09-25 Domenico Fiorenza

We give a closed form for the correlation functions of ensembles of asymmetric real matrices in terms of the Pfaffian of an antisymmetric matrix formed from a $2 \times 2$ matrix kernel associated to the ensemble. We also derive closed…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-09 Alexei Borodin , Christopher D. Sinclair

We study the Pfaff lattice, introduced by us in the context of a Lie algebra splitting of gl(infinity) into sp(infinity) and lower-triangular matrices. We establish a set of bilinear identities, which we show to be equivalent to the Pfaff…

solv-int · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Adler , P. van Moerbeke

Yor's generalized meander is a temporally inhomogeneous modification of the $2(\nu+1)$-dimensional Bessel process with $\nu > -1$, in which the inhomogeneity is indexed by $\kappa \in [0, 2(\nu+1))$. We introduce the non-colliding particle…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Makoto Katori , Hideki Tanemura

We study the stochastic six-vertex model in half-space with generic integrable boundary weights, and define two families of multivariate rational symmetric functions. Using commutation relations between double-row operators, we prove a skew…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Alexandr Garbali , Jan de Gier , William Mead , Michael Wheeler

A combinatorial construction proves an identity for the product of the Pfaffian of a skew-symmetric matrix by the Pfaffian of one of its submatrices. Several applications of this identity are followed by a brief history of Pfaffians.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Donald E. Knuth

Motivated by the Hankel determinant evaluation of moment sequences, we study a kind of Pfaffian analogue evaluation. We prove an LU-decomposition analogue for skew-symmetric matrices, called Pfaffian decomposition. We then apply this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-11-30 Masao Ishikawa , Hiroyuki Tagawa , Jiang Zeng