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In this work, we examine the whip dynamics in a freely falling chain. We consider an inextensible chain with free ends in the presence of gravity hanging from a fixed pulley. If the configuration is unbalanced, the chain begins to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-07-21 Tianyi Guo , Xiaoyu Zheng , Peter Palffy-Muhoray

The dynamics of the tip of the falling chain is analyzed. Results of laboratory experiments are presented and compared with results of numerical simulations. Time dependences of the velocity and the acceleration of the chain tip for a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. Tomaszewski , P. Pieranski , J. -C. Geminard

In this work a method is presented to derive the generating functional in path integral form for a system with an arbitrary number of degrees of freedom and constrained by general conditions. The method is applied to the case of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-30 Franco Ferrari

We study analytically and numerically the overdamped, deterministic dynamics of a chain of {\it charged}, interacting particles driven by a longitudinal alternating electric field and additionally interacting with a smooth ratchet…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-16 S. I. Denisov , E. S. Denisova , P. Hänggi

We develop a path-based approach to continuous-time random walks on networks with arbitrarily weighted edges. We describe an efficient numerical algorithm for calculating statistical properties of the stochastic path ensemble. After…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2014-08-19 Michael Manhart , Alexandre V. Morozov

The use of random sampling in decision-making and control has become popular with the ease of access to graphic processing units that can generate and calculate multiple random trajectories for real-time robotic applications. In contrast to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-21 Hyung-Jin Yoon , Chuyuan Tao , Hunmin Kim , Naira Hovakimyan , Petros Voulgaris

A kinematic chain in three-dimensional Euclidean space consists of $n$ links that are connected by spherical joints. Such a chain is said to be within a closed configuration when its link lengths form a closed polygonal chain in three…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Gerhard Zangerl , Alexander Steinicke

We introduce and analyze two general dynamical models for unidirectional movement of particles along a circular chain and an open chain of sites. The models include a soft version of the simple exclusion principle, that is, as the density…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2019-03-14 Eyal Bar-Shalom , Alexander Ovseevich , Michael Margaliot

We present a comprehensive study for the statistical properties of random variables that describe the domain structure of a finite Ising chain with nearest-neighbor exchange interactions and free boundary conditions. By use of extensive…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-16 S. I. Denisov , P. Hänggi

We develop an effective continuum description for information scrambling in a chain of randomly interacting Majorana fermions. The approach is based on the semiclassical treatment of the path integral for an effective spin chain that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-30 Tobias Swann , Adam Nahum

The theory of large random matrices has proved an invaluable tool for the study of systems with disordered interactions in many quite disparate research areas. Widely applicable results, such as the celebrated elliptic law for dense random…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-03-27 Joseph W. Baron

The path probability of a particle undergoing stochastic motion is studied by the use of functional technique, and the general formula is derived for the path probability distribution functional. The probability of finding paths inside a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-02-16 Masayuki Hattori , Sumiyoshi Abe

We study Markov chains on a lattice in a codimension-one stratified independent random environment, exploiting results established in [2]. First of all the random walk is transient in dimension at least three. Focusing on dimension two,…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Julien Brémont

This paper presents a method of computing free motions of a planar assembly of rigid bodies connected by loose joints. Joints are modeled using local distance constraints, which are then linearized with respect to configuration space…

A numerical approach to the study of equilibrium statistical properties of spin-1/2 XY chains is suggested. The approach is illustrated by the examining of influence of disorder on transverse dynamical susceptibility of spin-1/2 Ising chain…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-02-03 O. Derzhko , T. Krokhmalskii

The freely rotating chain is one of the classic discrete models of a polymer in dilute solution. It consists of a broken line of N straight segments of fixed length such that the angle between adjacent segments is constant and the N-1…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Philip Kilanowski , Peter March , Marko Samara

A planar kinematic chain consists of $n$ links connected by joints. In this work we investigate the space of configurations, described in terms of joint angles, that guarantee that the kinematic chain is closed. We give explicit formulas…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-12-03 Gerhard Zangerl

This article presents several results establishing connections be- tween Markov chains and dynamical systems, from the point of view of open systems in physics. We show how all Markov chains can be understood as the information on one…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-10-18 Stéphane Attal

Statistical properties of evolving random graphs are analyzed using kinetic theory. Treating the linking process dynamically, structural characteristics such as links, paths, cycles, and components are obtained analytically using the rate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ben-Naim , P. L. Krapivsky

We have numerically studied the trapping problem in a two-dimensional lattice where particles are continuously generated. We have introduced interaction between particles and directionality of their movement. This model presents a critical…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-22 I. Campos , A. Tarancon