Bounds on variable-length compound jumps

DOI10.1063/1.4820146zbMATH Open1284.81275arXiv1301.7524OpenAlexW2062392309WikidataQ59619447 ScholiaQ59619447MaRDI QIDQ5409655FDOQ5409655

Authors: Petarpa Boonserm, Matt Visser 

Publication date: 14 April 2014

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In Euclidean space there is a trivial upper bound on the maximum length of a compound "walk" built up of variable-length jumps, and a considerably less trivial lower bound on its minimum length. The existence of this non-trivial lower bound is intimately connected to the triangle inequalities, and the more general "polygon inequalities". Moving beyond Euclidean space, when a modified version of these bounds is applied in "rapidity space" they provide upper and lower bounds on the relativistic composition of velocities. Similarly, when applied to "transfer matrices" these bounds place constraints either (in a scattering context) on transmission and reflection coefficients, or (in a parametric excitation context) on particle production. Physically these are very different contexts, but mathematically there are intimate relations between these superficially very distinct systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.7524

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Special relativity (83A05)

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