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We present a new type of matrix regularization, which is based on matrix-valued functions defined on a cylinder. If non-commutative coordinates of a fuzzy space are defined by a regularization of such functions, we show that a classical…
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We study interacting bosons on a lattice in a magnetic field. When the number of flux quanta per plaquette is close to a rational fraction, the low energy physics is mapped to a multi-species continuum model: bosons in the lowest Landau…
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The dynamics of a membrane coupled to an active fluid on top of a substrate is considered theoretically. It is assumed that the director field of the active fluid has rotational symmetry in the membrane plane. This situation is likely to be…
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