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An implicit Euler finite-volume scheme for an $n$-species population cross-diffusion system of Shigesada--Kawasaki--Teramoto-type in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions is proposed and analyzed. The scheme preserves the formal…
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The time evolution of driven two-level systems in the far off-resonance regime is studied analytically. We obtain a general first-order perturbative expression for the time-dependent density operator which is applicable regardless of the…
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