Viewing gravitational energy momentum as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energy-momentum requires two different symmetries to account for their independent conservations—spacetime and inn...Viewing gravitational energy momentum as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energy-momentum requires two different symmetries to account for their independent conservations—spacetime and inner translation invariance. Gauging the latter a generalization of non-Abelian gauge theories of compact Lie groups is developed resulting in the gauge theory of the non-compact group of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner Minkowski space M4. As usual the gauging requires the introduction of a covariant derivative, a gauge field and a field strength operator. An invariant and minimal gauge field Lagrangian is derived. The classical field dynamics and the conservation laws for the new gauge theory are developed. Finally, the theory’s Hamiltonian in the axial gauge is expressed by two times six unconstrained independent canonical variables obeying the usual Poisson brackets and the positivity of the Hamiltonian is related to a condition on the support of the gauge fields.展开更多
The different roles and natures of spacetime appearing in a quantum field theory and in classical physics are analyzed implying that a quantum theory of gravitation is not necessarily a quantum theory of curved spacet...The different roles and natures of spacetime appearing in a quantum field theory and in classical physics are analyzed implying that a quantum theory of gravitation is not necessarily a quantum theory of curved spacetime. Developing an alternative approach to quantum gravity starts with the postulate that inertial energy-momentum and gravitational energy-momentum need not be the same for virtual quantum states. Separating their roles naturally leads to the quantum gauge field theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner four-dimensional space. The classical limit of this theory coupled to a quantized scalar field is derived for an on-shell particle where inertial energy-momentum and gravitational energy-momentum coincide. In that process the symmetry under volume-preserving diffeomorphisms disappears and a new symmetry group emerges: the group of coordinate transformations of four-dimensional spacetime and with it General Relativity coupled to a classical relativistic point particle.展开更多
Inertial and gravitational mass or energy momentum need not be the same for virtual quantum states. Separating their roles naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner four-dime...Inertial and gravitational mass or energy momentum need not be the same for virtual quantum states. Separating their roles naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner four-dimensional space. The gauge-fixed action and the path integral measure occurring in the generating functional for the quantum Green functions of the theory are shown to obey a BRST-type symmetry. The related Zinn-Justin-type equation restricting the corresponding quantum effective action is established. This equation limits the infinite parts of the quantum effective action to have the same form as the gauge-fixed Lagrangian of the theory proving its spacetime renormalizability. The inner space integrals occurring in the quantum effective action which are divergent due to the gauge group’s infinite volume are shown to be regularizable in a way consistent with the symmetries of the theory demonstrating as a byproduct that viable quantum gauge field theories are not limited to finite-dimensional compact gauge groups as is commonly assumed.展开更多
We call a group A-simple,if it has no non-trivial normal abelian subgroup.We will present finiteness results in controlled topology via geometry on manifolds whose fundamental groups are A-simple.
In this note,we consider the stability of geodesics on volume-preserving diffeomorphism groups with one-side invariant metric.We showed that for non-Beltrami fields on a three-dimensional compact manifold,there does n...In this note,we consider the stability of geodesics on volume-preserving diffeomorphism groups with one-side invariant metric.We showed that for non-Beltrami fields on a three-dimensional compact manifold,there does not exist Eulerian stable flow which is Lagrangian exponential unstable.We noticed that a stationary flow corresponding to the KdV equation can be Eulerian stable while the corresponding motion of the fluid is at most exponentially unstable.展开更多
Theπ2-diffeomorphism finiteness result of F.Fang-X.Rong and A.Petrunin-W.Tuschmann(independently)asserts that the diffeomorphic types of compact n-manifolds M with vanishing first and second homotopy groups can be bo...Theπ2-diffeomorphism finiteness result of F.Fang-X.Rong and A.Petrunin-W.Tuschmann(independently)asserts that the diffeomorphic types of compact n-manifolds M with vanishing first and second homotopy groups can be bounded above in terms of n,and upper bounds on the absolute value of sectional curvature and diameter of M.In this paper,we will generalize thisπ2-diffeomorphism finiteness by removing the condition thatπ1(M)-0 and asserting the diffeomorphism finiteness on the Riemannian universal cover of M.展开更多
Viewing gravitational energy-momentum as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energymomentum naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner Minkowski space...Viewing gravitational energy-momentum as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energymomentum naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner Minkowski space which can describe gravitation at the classical level. This theory is quantized in the path integral formalism starting with a non-covariant Hamiltonian formulation with unconstrained canonical field variables and a manifestly positive Hamiltonian. The relevant path integral measure and weight are then brought into a Lorentz- and gauge-covariant form allowing to express correlation functions—applying the De Witt-Faddeev-Popov approach—in any meaningful gauge. Next the Feynman rules are developed and the quantum effective action at one loop in a background field approach is renormalized which results in an asymptotically free theory without presence of other fields and in a theory without asymptotic freedom including the Standard Model (SM) fields. Finally the BRST apparatus is developed as preparation for the renormalizability proof to all orders and a sketch of this proof is given.展开更多
Viewing gravitational energy-momentum PG<sup style='margin-left:-7px;'>μ as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energy-momentum PI<sup style='margin-left:-7px;'>μ...Viewing gravitational energy-momentum PG<sup style='margin-left:-7px;'>μ as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energy-momentum PI<sup style='margin-left:-7px;'>μ naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of a four-dimensional inner space. To analyse scattering in this theory, the gauge field is coupled to two Dirac fields with different masses. Based on a generalized LSZ reduction formula the S-matrix element for scattering of two Dirac particles in the gravitational limit and the corresponding scattering cross-section are calculated to leading order in perturbation theory. Taking the non-relativistic limit for one of the initial particles in the rest frame of the other the Rutherford-like cross-section of a non-relativistic particle scattering off an infinitely heavy scatterer calculated quantum mechanically in Newtonian gravity is recovered. This provides a non-trivial test of the gauge field theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms as a quantum theory of gravity.展开更多
Longitudinal image analysis plays an important role in depicting the development of the brain structure,where image regression and interpolation are two commonly used techniques.In this paper,we develop an efficient m...Longitudinal image analysis plays an important role in depicting the development of the brain structure,where image regression and interpolation are two commonly used techniques.In this paper,we develop an efficient model and approach based on a path regression on the image manifold instead of the geodesic regression to avoid the complexity of the geodesic computation.Concretely,first we model the deformation by diffeomorphism;then,a large deformation is represented by a path on the orbit of the diffeomorphism group action.This path is obtained by compositing several small deformations,which can be well approximated by its linearization.Second,we introduce some intermediate images as constraints to the model,which guides to form the best-fitting path.Thirdly,we propose an approximated quadratic model by local linearization method,where a closed form is deduced for the solution.It actually speeds up the algorithm.Finally,we evaluate the proposed model and algorithm on a synthetic data and a real longitudinal MRI data.The results show that our proposed method outperforms several state-of-the-art methods.展开更多
The relation between Diff(S^1)/S^1 and the space of univalent analytic functions on the disk is elucidated and shown to provide upper bounds for the volumes of exhaustive approximations to an analytic submanifold of...The relation between Diff(S^1)/S^1 and the space of univalent analytic functions on the disk is elucidated and shown to provide upper bounds for the volumes of exhaustive approximations to an analytic submanifold of an infinite-dimensional space. The maximum magnitudes of the coefficients in the series expansions of univalent superanalytic functions on the superdisk are inferred.展开更多
We discuss the twistor quantization problem for the classical system (V d ,A d ), represented by the phase space V d , identified with the Sobolev space H 0 1/2 (S 1,? d ) of half-differentiable vector functions on th...We discuss the twistor quantization problem for the classical system (V d ,A d ), represented by the phase space V d , identified with the Sobolev space H 0 1/2 (S 1,? d ) of half-differentiable vector functions on the circle, and the algebra of observables A d , identified with the semi-direct product of the Heisenberg algebra of V d and the algebra Vect(S 1) of tangent vector fields on the circle.展开更多
In this article,we classify 1-connected 8-dimensional Poincarécomplexes,topological manifolds and smooth manifolds whose integral homology groups are isomorphic to those of S^(3)×S^(5).A topic related to a p...In this article,we classify 1-connected 8-dimensional Poincarécomplexes,topological manifolds and smooth manifolds whose integral homology groups are isomorphic to those of S^(3)×S^(5).A topic related to a paper of Escher and Ziller is also discussed.展开更多
In this paper we show that the incompressible Euler equation on the Sobolev space H^S(R^n), s 〉 n/2+1, can be expressed in Lagrangian coordinates as a geodesic equation on an infinite dimensional manifold. Moreove...In this paper we show that the incompressible Euler equation on the Sobolev space H^S(R^n), s 〉 n/2+1, can be expressed in Lagrangian coordinates as a geodesic equation on an infinite dimensional manifold. Moreover the Christoffel map describing the geodesic equation is real analytic. The dynamics in Lagrangian coordinates is described on the group of volume preserving diffeomorphisms, which is an ana- lytic submanifold of the whole diffeomorphism group. Furthermore it is shown that a Sobolev class vector field integrates to a curve on the diffeomorphism group.展开更多
文摘Viewing gravitational energy momentum as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energy-momentum requires two different symmetries to account for their independent conservations—spacetime and inner translation invariance. Gauging the latter a generalization of non-Abelian gauge theories of compact Lie groups is developed resulting in the gauge theory of the non-compact group of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner Minkowski space M4. As usual the gauging requires the introduction of a covariant derivative, a gauge field and a field strength operator. An invariant and minimal gauge field Lagrangian is derived. The classical field dynamics and the conservation laws for the new gauge theory are developed. Finally, the theory’s Hamiltonian in the axial gauge is expressed by two times six unconstrained independent canonical variables obeying the usual Poisson brackets and the positivity of the Hamiltonian is related to a condition on the support of the gauge fields.
文摘The different roles and natures of spacetime appearing in a quantum field theory and in classical physics are analyzed implying that a quantum theory of gravitation is not necessarily a quantum theory of curved spacetime. Developing an alternative approach to quantum gravity starts with the postulate that inertial energy-momentum and gravitational energy-momentum need not be the same for virtual quantum states. Separating their roles naturally leads to the quantum gauge field theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner four-dimensional space. The classical limit of this theory coupled to a quantized scalar field is derived for an on-shell particle where inertial energy-momentum and gravitational energy-momentum coincide. In that process the symmetry under volume-preserving diffeomorphisms disappears and a new symmetry group emerges: the group of coordinate transformations of four-dimensional spacetime and with it General Relativity coupled to a classical relativistic point particle.
文摘Inertial and gravitational mass or energy momentum need not be the same for virtual quantum states. Separating their roles naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner four-dimensional space. The gauge-fixed action and the path integral measure occurring in the generating functional for the quantum Green functions of the theory are shown to obey a BRST-type symmetry. The related Zinn-Justin-type equation restricting the corresponding quantum effective action is established. This equation limits the infinite parts of the quantum effective action to have the same form as the gauge-fixed Lagrangian of the theory proving its spacetime renormalizability. The inner space integrals occurring in the quantum effective action which are divergent due to the gauge group’s infinite volume are shown to be regularizable in a way consistent with the symmetries of the theory demonstrating as a byproduct that viable quantum gauge field theories are not limited to finite-dimensional compact gauge groups as is commonly assumed.
基金the author Rong at Capital Normal University,which was partially supported by NSFC Grant 11821101,Beijing Natural Science Foundation Z19003,and a research fund from Capital Normal University.
文摘We call a group A-simple,if it has no non-trivial normal abelian subgroup.We will present finiteness results in controlled topology via geometry on manifolds whose fundamental groups are A-simple.
基金supported by Education Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(Grant No.NJZY20004)NSFC(Grant No.11671392)。
文摘In this note,we consider the stability of geodesics on volume-preserving diffeomorphism groups with one-side invariant metric.We showed that for non-Beltrami fields on a three-dimensional compact manifold,there does not exist Eulerian stable flow which is Lagrangian exponential unstable.We noticed that a stationary flow corresponding to the KdV equation can be Eulerian stable while the corresponding motion of the fluid is at most exponentially unstable.
文摘Theπ2-diffeomorphism finiteness result of F.Fang-X.Rong and A.Petrunin-W.Tuschmann(independently)asserts that the diffeomorphic types of compact n-manifolds M with vanishing first and second homotopy groups can be bounded above in terms of n,and upper bounds on the absolute value of sectional curvature and diameter of M.In this paper,we will generalize thisπ2-diffeomorphism finiteness by removing the condition thatπ1(M)-0 and asserting the diffeomorphism finiteness on the Riemannian universal cover of M.
文摘Viewing gravitational energy-momentum as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energymomentum naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of an inner Minkowski space which can describe gravitation at the classical level. This theory is quantized in the path integral formalism starting with a non-covariant Hamiltonian formulation with unconstrained canonical field variables and a manifestly positive Hamiltonian. The relevant path integral measure and weight are then brought into a Lorentz- and gauge-covariant form allowing to express correlation functions—applying the De Witt-Faddeev-Popov approach—in any meaningful gauge. Next the Feynman rules are developed and the quantum effective action at one loop in a background field approach is renormalized which results in an asymptotically free theory without presence of other fields and in a theory without asymptotic freedom including the Standard Model (SM) fields. Finally the BRST apparatus is developed as preparation for the renormalizability proof to all orders and a sketch of this proof is given.
文摘Viewing gravitational energy-momentum PG<sup style='margin-left:-7px;'>μ as equal by observation, but different in essence from inertial energy-momentum PI<sup style='margin-left:-7px;'>μ naturally leads to the gauge theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of a four-dimensional inner space. To analyse scattering in this theory, the gauge field is coupled to two Dirac fields with different masses. Based on a generalized LSZ reduction formula the S-matrix element for scattering of two Dirac particles in the gravitational limit and the corresponding scattering cross-section are calculated to leading order in perturbation theory. Taking the non-relativistic limit for one of the initial particles in the rest frame of the other the Rutherford-like cross-section of a non-relativistic particle scattering off an infinitely heavy scatterer calculated quantum mechanically in Newtonian gravity is recovered. This provides a non-trivial test of the gauge field theory of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms as a quantum theory of gravity.
基金The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11771276,11471208)the Capacity Construction Project of Local Universities in Shanghai(No.18010500600).
文摘Longitudinal image analysis plays an important role in depicting the development of the brain structure,where image regression and interpolation are two commonly used techniques.In this paper,we develop an efficient model and approach based on a path regression on the image manifold instead of the geodesic regression to avoid the complexity of the geodesic computation.Concretely,first we model the deformation by diffeomorphism;then,a large deformation is represented by a path on the orbit of the diffeomorphism group action.This path is obtained by compositing several small deformations,which can be well approximated by its linearization.Second,we introduce some intermediate images as constraints to the model,which guides to form the best-fitting path.Thirdly,we propose an approximated quadratic model by local linearization method,where a closed form is deduced for the solution.It actually speeds up the algorithm.Finally,we evaluate the proposed model and algorithm on a synthetic data and a real longitudinal MRI data.The results show that our proposed method outperforms several state-of-the-art methods.
文摘The relation between Diff(S^1)/S^1 and the space of univalent analytic functions on the disk is elucidated and shown to provide upper bounds for the volumes of exhaustive approximations to an analytic submanifold of an infinite-dimensional space. The maximum magnitudes of the coefficients in the series expansions of univalent superanalytic functions on the superdisk are inferred.
基金supported by the RFBR(Grant Nos.06-02-04012,08-01-00014)the program of Support of Scientific Schools(Grant No.NSH-3224.2008.1)Scientific Program of RAS"Nonlinear Dynamics"
文摘We discuss the twistor quantization problem for the classical system (V d ,A d ), represented by the phase space V d , identified with the Sobolev space H 0 1/2 (S 1,? d ) of half-differentiable vector functions on the circle, and the algebra of observables A d , identified with the semi-direct product of the Heisenberg algebra of V d and the algebra Vect(S 1) of tangent vector fields on the circle.
文摘In this article,we classify 1-connected 8-dimensional Poincarécomplexes,topological manifolds and smooth manifolds whose integral homology groups are isomorphic to those of S^(3)×S^(5).A topic related to a paper of Escher and Ziller is also discussed.
文摘In this paper we show that the incompressible Euler equation on the Sobolev space H^S(R^n), s 〉 n/2+1, can be expressed in Lagrangian coordinates as a geodesic equation on an infinite dimensional manifold. Moreover the Christoffel map describing the geodesic equation is real analytic. The dynamics in Lagrangian coordinates is described on the group of volume preserving diffeomorphisms, which is an ana- lytic submanifold of the whole diffeomorphism group. Furthermore it is shown that a Sobolev class vector field integrates to a curve on the diffeomorphism group.