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The kinematical setting of spherically symmetric quantum geometry, derived from the full theory of loop quantum gravity, is developed. This extends previous studies of homogeneous models to inhomogeneous ones where interesting field theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Bojowald

The concept of an $i$-symmetrization is introduced, which provides a convenient framework for most of the familiar symmetrization processes on convex sets. Various properties of $i$-symmetrizations are introduced and the relations between…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-11 G. Bianchi , R. J. Gardner , P. Gronchi

Few, if any, applications of quantum technology are as widely known as the quantum simulation of quantum matter. Consequently, many interesting questions have been sparked at the intersection of condensed matter, quantum chemistry, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 James Daniel Whitfield

In this short note we collect together known results on the use of Random Matrix Theory in lattice statistical mechanics. The purpose here is two fold. Firstly the RMT analysis provides an intrinsic characterization of integrability, and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. -Ch. Angles d'Auriac , J. -M. Maillard

Isaak Moiseevich Yaglom deduced complete classification of geometric spaces. In this work, supposed to your attention, author formalizes Yaglom's approach and constructs uniform theory of geometric spaces on analytic level. Among its…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Alexander Popa

This is an elementary introduction to basic tools of supersymmetry: the spacetime symmetries, gauge theory and its application in gravity, spinors and superalgebras. Special attention is devoted to conformal and anti-de Sitter algebras.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-15 Antoine Van Proeyen

The Subspace Theorem is a powerful tool in number theory. It has appeared in various forms and been adapted and improved over time. It's applications include diophantine approximation, results about integral points on algebraic curves and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-18 Ryan Schwartz , Jozsef Solymosi

Physical systems exhibiting stochastic or chaotic behavior are often amenable to treatment by random matrix models. In deciding on a good choice of model, random matrix physics is constrained and guided by symmetry considerations. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-01-06 Martin R. Zirnbauer

Discrete translational symmetry plays a fundamental role in condensed matter physics and lattice gauge theories, enabling the analysis of systems that would otherwise be intractable. Despite this, many open problems remain. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Joris Kattemölle , Guido Burkard

The structure of supersymmetry is analyzed systematically in ${\cal PT}$ symmetric quantum mechanical theories. We give a detailed description of supersymmetric systems associated with one dimensional ${\cal PT}$ symmetric quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-03-24 D. Bazeia , Ashok Das , L. Greenwood , L. Losano

In several of the class A Bianchi models, minisuperspaces admit symmetries. It is pointed out that they can be used effectively to complete the Dirac quantization program. The resulting quantum theory provides a useful platform to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Abhay Ashtekar , Ranjeet S. Tate , Claes Uggla

This is a survey paper about a selection of results in complex algebraic geometry that appeared in the recent and less recent litterature, and in which rational homogeneous spaces play a prominent r{\^o}le. This selection is largely…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-03 Laurent Manivel

The concept of C-symmetry originally appeared in PT-symmetric quantum mechanics is studied within the Krein spaces framework.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-30 S. Kuzhel , V. Sudilovskaya

We characterize symmetric spaces of non-positive curvature by the equality case of general inequalities between geometric quantities

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-10-04 Francois Ledrappier

In the event symmetric approach to quantum gravity it is assumed that the fundamental laws of physics must be invariant under exchange of any two space-time events. The fact that this symmetry if obviously not observed is attributed to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. E. Gibbs

Quantum operators of coordinates and momentum components of a particle in Minkowski space-time belong to a noncommutative algebra and give rise to a quantum phase space. Under some constraints, in particular, the Lorentz invariance…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-20 V. V. Khruschov

WWe define the notion of a random metric space and prove that with probability one such a space is isometricto the Urysohn universal metric space. The main technique is the study of universal and random distance matrices; we relate the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-26 A. M. Vershik

The paper examines machines of the type of the $\Gamma$-spaces of Segal which describe homotopy structures on topological spaces. The main result of the paper shows that for any such machine one can find an algebraic theory characterizing…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bernard Badzioch

This article provides an overview of various notions of shape spaces, including the space of parametrized and unparametrized curves, the space of immersions, the diffeomorphism group and the space of Riemannian metrics. We discuss the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-07 Martin Bauer , Martins Bruveris , Peter W. Michor

In this paper we introduce the concept of the rectangular metric like spaces, along with its topology and we prove some fixed point theorems under different contraction principles. We introduce the concept of modified metric-like space as…

General Topology · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Nabil Mlaiki , Kamal Abudayeh , Thabet Abdeljawad , Muhib Abuloha