Involutive Symmetries Research Articles

Involution symmetry quantification using recurrences.

Symmetries are ubiquitous in science, aiding theoretical comprehension by discerning patterns in mathematical models and natural phenomena. This work introduces a method for assessing the extent of symmetry within a time series. We explore both microscopic and macroscopic features extracted from a recurrence plot. By analyzing the statistics of small recurrence matrices, our approach delves into microscale dynamics, facilitating the identification of symmetric time series segments through diagonal macroscale structures on a recurrence plot. We validate our approach by successfully quantifying involution symmetries for three-dimensional dynamical models, specifically, order-2 rotational symmetry in the Lorenz '63 model, and inversion symmetry in the Chua circuit. Our quantifier also detects symmetry breaking in the modified Lorenz model for El Niño phenomenon. The method can be applied in a versatile manner, not only to three-dimensional trajectories but also to univariate time series. Symmetry quantification in time series is promising for enhancing dynamical system modeling and profiling.

On the topology of real Lagrangians in toric symplectic manifolds

We explore the topology of real Lagrangian submanifolds in a toric symplectic manifold which come from involutive symmetries on its moment polytope. We establish a real analog of the Delzant construction for those real Lagrangians, which says that their diffeomorphism type is determined by combinatorial data. As an application, we realize all possible diffeomorphism types of connected real Lagrangians in toric symplectic del Pezzo surfaces.

Point-like bounding chains in open Gromov–Witten theory

We present a solution to the problem of defining genus zero open Gromov–Witten invariants with boundary constraints for a Lagrangian submanifold of arbitrary dimension. Previously, such invariants were known only in dimensions 2 and 3 from the work of Welschinger. Our approach does not require the Lagrangian to be fixed by an anti-symplectic involution, but can use such an involution, if present, to obtain stronger results. Also, non-trivial invariants are defined for broader classes of interior constraints and Lagrangian submanifolds than previously possible even in the presence of an anti-symplectic involution. The invariants of the present work specialize to invariants of Welschinger, Fukaya, and Georgieva in many instances. The main obstacle to defining open Gromov–Witten invariants with boundary constraints in arbitrary dimension is the bubbling of J-holomorphic disks. Unlike in low dimensions or for interior constraints, disk bubbles do not cancel in pairs by anti-symplectic involution symmetry. Rather, we use the technique of bounding chains introduced in Fukaya–Oh–Ohta–Ono’s work on Lagrangian Floer theory to cancel disk bubbling. At the same time and independently, gauge equivalence classes of bounding chains play the role of boundary constraints, in place of the cohomology classes that usually serve as constraints in Gromov–Witten theory. A crucial step in our construction is to identify a canonical up to gauge equivalence family of “point-like” bounding chains, which specialize in dimensions 2 and 3 to the point constraints considered by Welschinger.

Singular Brascamp–Lieb inequalities with cubical structure

We prove a singular Brascamp-Lieb inequality, stated in Theorem 1, with a large group of involutive symmetries.

$q$ -Racah Ensemble and Discrete Painlevé Equation

Abstract The goal of this paper is to investigate the missing part of the story about the relationship between the orthogonal polynomial ensembles and Painlevé equations. Namely, we consider the $q$-Racah polynomial ensemble and show that the one-interval gap probabilities in this case can be expressed through a solution of the discrete $q$-P$\left (E_7^{(1)}/A_{1}^{(1)}\right )$ equation. Our approach also gives a new Lax pair for this equation. This Lax pair has an interesting additional involutive symmetry structure.

Generalized involutive symmetry and its application in integrability of differential systems

In this paper, we study the generalized involution and its properties together with those of generalized reversible differential systems induced by the generalized involution. As an application of our theory we discuss integrability of the generalized reversible differential systems and their related integrability varieties. We propose also a computational approach to find subfamilies of partially integrable systems inside some families of polynomial differential systems.

Nonlinear mode interactions in a counter-rotating split-cylinder flow

The flow in a split cylinder with each half in exact counter rotation is studied numerically. The exact counter rotation, quantified by a Reynolds number $\mathit{Re}$ based on the rotation rate and radius, imparts the system with an $O(2)$ symmetry (invariance to azimuthal rotations as well as to an involution consisting of a reflection about the mid-plane composed with a reflection about any meridional plane). The $O(2)$ symmetric basic state is dominated by a shear layer at the mid-plane separating the two counter-rotating bodies of fluid, created by the opposite-signed vortex lines emanating from the two endwalls being bent to meet at the split in the sidewall. With the exact counter rotation, the additional involution symmetry allows for steady non-axisymmetric states, that exist as a group orbit. Different members of the group simply correspond to different azimuthal orientations of the same flow structure. Steady states with azimuthal wavenumber $m$ (the value of $m$ depending on the cylinder aspect ratio $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$) are the primary modes of instability as $\mathit{Re}$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$ are varied. Mode competition between different steady states ensues, and further bifurcations lead to a variety of different time-dependent states, including rotating waves, direction-reversing waves, as well as a number of slow–fast pulse waves with a variety of spatio-temporal symmetries. Further from the primary instabilities, the competition between the vortex lines from each half-cylinder settles on either a $m=2$ steady state or a limit cycle state with a half-period-flip spatio-temporal symmetry. By computing in symmetric subspaces as well as in the full space, we are able to unravel many details of the dynamics involved.

Moduli spaces of vortex knots for an exact fluid flow

The moduli spaces S(D) of non-isotopic vortex knots are introduced for the ideal fluid flows in invariant domains D. The analogous moduli spaces of the magnetic fields B knots are defined. We derive and investigate new exact fluid flows (and analogous plasma equilibria) satisfying the Beltrami equation which have nested invariant balls Bk3 with radii Rk ≈ (k + 1) π, k⟶∞. The first flow is z-axisymmetric; the other ones do not possess any rotational symmetries. The axisymmetric flow has an invariant plane z = 0. Due to an involutive symmetry of the flow, its vortex knots in the invariant half-spaces z > 0 and z < 0 are equivalent. It is demonstrated that the moduli space 𝒮(ℝ3) for the derived fluid flow in ℝ3 is naturally isomorphic to the set of all rational numbers p/q in the interval J1:0.25<q<M̃1≈0.5847, where q is the safety factor. For the fluid flow in the first invariant ball B13, it is shown that all values of the safety factor q belong to a small interval of length ℓ ≈ 0.1261. It is established that only torus knots Kp,q with 0.25 < p/q < 0.5847 are realized as vortex knots for the constructed flow in ℝ3. Each torus knot Kp,q with 0.25 < p/q < 0.5 is realized on countably many invariant tori Tk2 located between the invariant spheres Sk2 and Sk+12, while torus knots with 0.5<p/q<M̃1 are realized only on finitely many invariant tori. The moduli spaces Sm(Ba3)(m=1,2,…) of vortex knots are constructed for some axisymmetric steady fluid flows that are solutions to the boundary eigenvalue problem for the curl operator on a ball Ba3.

On characteristic classes of singular hypersurfaces and involutive symmetries of the Chow group

For any algebraic scheme $X$ and every $(n,\mathscr{L})\in \mathbb{Z}\times \text{Pic}(X)$ we define an associated involution of its Chow group $A_*X$, and show that certain characteristic classes of (possibly singular) hypersurfaces in a smooth variety are interchanged via these involutions. For $X=\mathbb{P}^N$ we show that such involutions are induced by involutive correspondences.

Pseudo-Hermitian Systems, Involutive Symmetries and Pseudofermions

We have briefly analyzed the existence of the pseudofermionic structure of multilevel pseudo-Hermitian systems with odd time-reversal and higher order involutive symmetries. We have shown that 2N-level Hamiltonians with N-order eigenvalue degeneracy can be represented in the oscillator-like form in terms of pseudofermionic creation and annihilation operators for both real and complex eigenvalues. The example of most general four-level traceless Hamiltonian with odd time-reversal symmetry, which is an extension of the SO(5) Hermitian Hamiltonian, is considered in greater and explicit detail.

String theory in polar coordinates and the vanishing of the one-loop Rindler entropy

We analyze the string spectrum of flat space in polar coordinates, following the small curvature limit of the $SL(2,\mathbb{R})/U(1)$ cigar CFT. We first analyze the partition function of the cigar itself, making some clarifications of the structure of the spectrum that have escaped attention up to this point. The superstring spectrum (type 0 and type II) is shown to exhibit an involution symmetry, that survives the small curvature limit. We classify all marginal states in polar coordinates for type II superstrings, with emphasis on their links and their superconformal structure. This classification is confirmed by an explicit large $\tau_2$ analysis of the partition function. Next we compare three approaches towards the type II genus one entropy in Rindler space: using a sum-over-fields strategy, using a Melvin model approach and finally using a saddle point method on the cigar partition function. In each case we highlight possible obstructions and motivate that the correct procedures yield a vanishing result: $S=0$. We finally discuss how the QFT UV divergences of the fields in the spectrum disappear when computing the free energy and entropy using Euclidean techniques.

Braided algebras and their applications to Noncommutative Geometry

We introduce the notion of a braided algebra and study some examples of these. In particular, R-symmetric and R-skew-symmetric algebras of a linear space V equipped with a skew-invertible Hecke symmetry R are braided algebras. We prove the “mountain property” for the numerators and denominators of their Poincaré–Hilbert series (which are always rational functions).Also, we further develop a differential calculus on modified Reflection Equation algebras. Thus, we exhibit a new form of the Leibniz rule for partial derivatives on such algebras related to involutive symmetries R. In particular, we present this rule for the algebra U(gl(m)). The case of the algebra U(gl(2)) and its compact form U(u(2)) (which can be treated as a deformation of the Minkowski space algebra) is considered in detail. On the algebra U(u(2)) we introduce the notion of the quantum radius, which is a deformation of the usual radius, and compute the action of rotationally invariant operators and in particular of the Laplace operator. This enables us to define analogs of the Laplace–Beltrami operators corresponding to certain Schwarzschild-type metrics and to compute their actions on the algebra U(u(2)) and its central extension. Some “physical” consequences of our considerations are presented.

General construction of symmetric parabolic structures

First we introduce a generalization of symmetric spaces to parabolic geometries. We provide construction of such parabolic geometries starting with classical symmetric spaces and we show that all regular parabolic geometries with smooth systems of involutive symmetries can be obtained in this way. Further, we investigate the case of parabolic contact geometries in great detail and we provide the full classification of those with semisimple groups of symmetries without complex factors. Finally, we explicitly construct all non-trivial contact geometries with non-complex simple groups of symmetries. We also indicate geometric interpretations of some of them.

Polynomial modular Frobenius manifolds

The moduli space of Frobenius manifolds carries a natural involutive symmetry, and a distinguished class–so-called modular Frobenius manifolds–lie at the fixed points of this symmetry. In this paper a classification of semi-simple modular Frobenius manifolds which are polynomial in all but one of the variables is begun, and completed for three and four dimensional manifolds. The resulting examples may also be obtained from higher dimensional manifolds by a process of folding. The relationship of these results with orbifold quantum cohomology is also discussed.

Modular Frobenius Manifolds and their Invariant Flows

The space of Frobenius manifolds has a natural involutive symmetry on it: there exists a map $I$ which send a Frobenius manifold to another Frobenius manifold. Also, from a Frobenius manifold one may construct a so-called almost dual Frobenius manifold which satisfies almost all of the axioms of a Frobenius manifold. The action of $I$ on the almost dual manifolds is studied, and the action of $I$ on objects such as periods, twisted periods and flows is studied. A distinguished class of Frobenius manifolds sit at the fixed point of this involutive symmetry, and this is made manifest in certain modular properties of the various structures. In particular, up to a simple reciprocal transformation, for this class of modular Frobenius manifolds, the flows are invariant under the action of $I\,.$

Classification of K3-surfaces with involution and maximal symplectic symmetry

K3-surfaces with antisymplectic involution and compatible symplectic actions of finite groups are considered. In this situation actions of large finite groups of symplectic transformations are shown to arise via double covers of Del Pezzo surfaces, and a complete classification of K3-surfaces with maximal symplectic symmetry is obtained.

Permutation orientifolds of Gepner models

In tensor products of a left-right symmetric CFT, one can define permutation orientifolds by combining orientation reversal with involutive permutation symmetries. We construct the corresponding crosscap states in general rational CFTs and their orbifolds, and study in detail those in products of affine U(1)2 models or N = 2 minimal models. The results are used to construct permutation orientifolds of Gepner models. We list the permutation orientifolds in a few simple Gepner models, and study some of their physical properties — supersymmetry, tension and RR charges. We also study the action of corresponding parity on D-branes, and determine the gauge group on a stack of parity-invariant D-branes. Tadpole cancellation condition and some of its solutions are also presented.

The theta-transfer technique: On Noetherian involution rings and symmetry of primitivity

The theta-transfer technique: On Noetherian involution rings and symmetry of primitivity

Involutive Distributions, Invariant Manifolds, and Defining Equations

We introduce the notion of an invariant solution relative to an involutive distribution. We give sufficient conditions for existence of such a solution to a system of differential equations. In the case of an evolution system of partial differential equations we describe how to construct auxiliary equations for functions determining differential constraints compatible with the original system. Using this theorem, we introduce linear and quasilinear defining equations which enable us to find some classes of involutive distributions, nonclassical symmetries, and differential constraints. We present examples of reductions and exact solutions to some partial differential equations stemming from applications.

On the Stability of Double Homoclinic Loops

We consider 2-degrees of freedom Hamiltonian systems with an involutive symmetry and a pair of orbits bi-asymptotic (homoclinic) to a saddle-center equilibrium (related to pairs of pure real, ±ν, and pure imaginary eigenvalues, ±ω i). We show that the stability of this double homoclinic loop is determined by the reflection coefficient of a one-dimensional scattering problem and ω/ν. We also show that the mechanism for losing stability is the creation of an infinite heteroclinic chain connecting a sequence of periodic orbits that accumulates at the double loop.