Feynman checkers: Minkowskian lattice quantum field theory

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Feynman checkers: Minkowskian lattice quantum field theory

Cornell University , 2022.

We present a new completely elementary model which describes creation, annihilation and motion of non-interacting electrons and positrons along a line. It is a modification of the model known under the names Feynman checkers, or one-dimensional quantum walk, or Ising model at imaginary temperature. The discrete model is consistent with the continuum quantum field theory, namely, reproduces the known expected charge density as lattice step tends to zero. It is exactly solvable in terms of hypergeometric functions. We introduce interaction resembling Fermi theory and establish perturbation expansion.

Research target: Mathematics Physics

Priority areas: mathematics

On structural stability of 3-diffeomorphisms with the Smale solenoid attractor–repeller dynamics

Medvedev T. V., Pochinka O., Chaos 2026 Vol. 36 No. 6 Article 063107

We consider 3-diffeomorphisms with source–sink dynamics where Smale solenoids play the role of the source and the sink (NSSS-diffeomorphisms). It is known that such diffeomorphisms exist only on lens spaces. On the 3-sphere, every NSSS-diffeomorphism is associated with an exchangeable braid. An exchangeable braid with the strand number n was constructed for each n 3 in such a way ...

Added: June 4, 2026

Green synthesis of Bi-functional silica nanoparticles towards highly efficient photocatalysis and antibacterial application

Hazarika A. P., Das A., Das S. K. et al., Physica B: Condensed Matter 2026 Vol. 738 Article 418803

Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus, LG-SiO2), horsetail (Equisetum debile, SG-SiO2), and cassava leaves (Manihot esculenta, CL-SiO2) were used to green-synthesize silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (NPs). While LG-SiO2 and SG-SiO2 had strong (101) peaks and a large 22° amorphous peak, XRD of CL-SiO2 verified crystallinity. LG-SiO2 (agglomerated porous), SG-SiO2 (rectangular-cube agglomerates), and CL-SiO2 (flake agglomerates) had different morphologies. The TEM image of LG-SiO2 revealed agglomerated ...

Added: June 4, 2026

Об эквивалентности по надстройке декартовых произведений регулярных гомеоморфизмов с гомеоморфизмами Данжуа

Nozdrinova E., Pochinka O., Shmukler V., Математический сборник 2026 Т. 217 № 6 С. 71–89

Гомеоморфизмы топологических пространств называются эквивалентными по надстройке, если надстройки над ними топологически эквивалентны. В частности, топологически сопряженные гомеоморфизмы эквивалентны по надстройке. Известно, что для гомологически неприводимых гомеоморфизмов их топологическая сопряженность является необходимым и достаточным условием их эквивалентности по надстройке. Тогда как инварианты топологической сопряженности гомологически приводимых гомеоморфизмов во многих случаях являются избыточными для эквивалентности по ...

Added: June 3, 2026

Signatures of Reconnection and a Split Heliospheric Tail in High-energy Energetic Neutral Atoms

Kornbleuth M., Opher M., Drake J. F. et al., Astrophysical Journal 2026 Vol. 1004 No. 1 Article 1

The shape of the heliosphere, regarded as comet-like since the 1960s, has recently been the subject of intense debate in the last decade. There is disagreement as to whether the heliospheric tail extends to ∼10,000 au in a comet-like shape or if it is short (∼400 au) with a split. Energetic neutral atom (ENA) maps from ...

Added: June 3, 2026

Two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride-ferrofluid hybrids enable efficient magnetic cooling

Карцев А. И., Nishant T., Saswata G. et al., Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2026 Article -

Overheating remains a critical limitation in high-performance electronic and computing systems, necessitating the development of efficient thermal management fluids. In this work, a magnetically responsive hybrid ferrofluid was developed by incorporating two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN) nanosheets into a Mn–Zn–ferrite-based ferrofluid. The hybrid system retains magnetic responsiveness while leveraging the high in-plane thermal conductivity and chemical stability of 2D-hBN nanosheets. ...

Added: June 2, 2026

The critical role of shear antiphase boundaries in τ-Mn(Al,Ga) rapidly quenched alloy

Fortuna A. S., A.I. Kartsev, Gorshenkov M. V. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 Vol. 1070 Article 188711

The τ-phase in Mn-Al-Ga alloys is a promising candidate for rare-earth-free permanent magnets. This study re-veals that the τ(γ₂)-phase in rapidly quenched Mn55Al36Ga9 ribbons contains a high density of dislocations, which form antiphase boundaries (APBs). Using transmission electron microscopy and density functional theory, we demonstrate that Mn atoms at these APBs couple antiferromagnetically. This antiferromagnetic interaction is identified ...

Added: June 2, 2026

Случайные блуждания на симметрических пространствах некомпактного типа ранга 1

Gnetov F., Konakov V., Успехи математических наук 2026 Т. 81 № 3 (489) С. 161–162

Пусть M обозначает симметрическое пространство некомпактного типа ранга 1. Опираясь на фундаментальную работу [1], в [2] было показано, что плотность соответствующим образом нормированной суммы независимых Hn-значных случайных величин, определенная через сложение Мёбиуса в модели шара Пуанкаре, сходится к фундаментальному решению соответствующего уравнения теплопроводности. Пределом являлся нормальный закон на Hn, соответствующий ядру теплопроводности, определяемому оператором Лапласа–Бельтрами. ...

Added: June 2, 2026

Combined Experimental and Ab Initio Study of Sc Doping in MgB2: Decoupling Electronic and Microstructural Effects on Superconductivity

Dikhtievskaya K., Argunov E., Карцев А. И. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026 Vol. 17 No. 17 P. 4999–5004

In this study we revealed the effect of scandium doping on the electronic and superconducting properties of the MgB2 compound. Calculations demonstrate that Sc substitutes for Mg atoms, acting as an electron donor. Mg substitution diminishes the density of states in the σ-band and attenuates the electron–phonon coupling, thereby elucidating the reduction in critical temperature. Simultaneously, ...

Added: June 2, 2026

Bridging Superconductors With United Nations Development Goals: Perspectives and Applications

Duran E. ., Pulgar A., Izquierdo R. et al., Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials 2026 Vol. 223 No. 7 Article e202500942

Ceramic superconductors exhibit remarkable properties, including zero electrical resistance and potent magnetic behavior, operating at temperatures as high as the boiling points of liquid nitrogen (77 K) and liquid hydrogen (20 K). These characteristics position them as key enablers for sustainable technologies spanning electric propulsion, lossless energy transmission, advanced medical imaging, and quantum computation. This review presents ...

Added: June 1, 2026

Численное моделирование полевой эмиссии из полупроводникового катода в вакуум

Borisov V., Danilov V., Электросвязь 2025 № 12 С. 73–84

Представлены результаты математического моделирования процесса полевой эмиссии из катода малых размеров – одного из основных физических процессов, обеспечивающих работы многих электронных устройств, в частности FED-дисплеев (устройства, работающие на принципе полевой эмиссии), кантилеверов и т.д. Дается краткий обзор текущих результатов в области исследования, обосновывается актуальность задачи, приводятся примеры наиболее вероятного использования результатов решения задачи. Обсуждаются физические ...

Added: May 29, 2026

Electrical networks and data analysis in phylogenetics

Gorbounov Vassily, Kazakov A., Data Analytics and Topology 2025 Vol. 1 No. 1 P. 33–45

A classic problem in data analysis is studying the systems of subsets defined by either a similarity or a dissimilarity function on X which is either observed directly or derived from a data set. For an electrical network there are two functions on the set of the nodes defined by the resistance matrix and the response ...

Added: May 28, 2026

Generalizing the Brady-Yong Algorithm: Efficient Fast Hough Transform for Arbitrary Image Sizes

Kazimirov D., Rybakova E., Vitalii V. Gulevskii et al., IEEE Access 2025 Vol. 13 P. 20101–20132

The Hough (discrete Radon) transform (HT/DRT) is a digital image processing tool that has become indispensable in many application areas, ranging from general image processing to neural networks and X-ray computed tomography. The utilization of the HT in applied problems demands its computational efficiency and increased accuracy. The de facto standard algorithm for the fast ...

Added: May 28, 2026

Universal Comparison Methodology for Hough Transform Approaches

Kazimirov D., Vitalii Gulevskii, Kroshnin A. et al., Mathematics 2026 Article 1136

The Hough transform (HT) is widely used in computer vision, tomography, and neural networks. Numerous algorithms for HT computation have been proposed, making their systematic comparison essential. However, existing comparative methodologies are either non-universal and limited to certain HT formulations, or task-oriented, relying on application-specific criteria that do not fully capture algorithmic properties. This paper ...

Added: May 28, 2026

Электростатически управляемый контроль диссипации в двумерном наноэлектромеханическом резонаторе через напряжение-амплитудный антагонизм с рекордной 928% подстройкой добротности.

Arutyunov K., JIANG1 Q., FANG J. et al., Science China Information Sciences 2026 Vol. 69 No. 6 P. 1–11

Resonators based on nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) using two-dimensional (2D) materials with high-quality factors and excellent electrical control are critical for tunable coherent phonon dynamics, resonant sensors and wireless communications. However, their performance is fundamentally limited by the lack of a unified framework governing energy dissipation mechanisms and their electrical tunability. Here, we synergistically modulate both ...

Added: May 28, 2026

Enhanced Terahertz Thermoelectricity Via Engineered Van Hove Singularities and Nernst Effect in Moiré Superlattices

Elesin L., Shilov A., Jana S. et al., Advanced Functional Materials 2026 P. 1–10

Thermoelectric materials, long explored for energy harvesting and thermal sensing, convert heat directly into electrical signals. Extending their application to the terahertz (THz) frequency range opens opportunities for low-noise, bias-free THz detection, yet conventional thermoelectrics lack the sensitivity required for practical devices. Thermoelectric coefficients can be strongly enhanced near van Hove singularities (VHS), though these ...

Added: May 28, 2026

Bifurcations and Structural Stability of Generic PC-HC Families

Dorovskiy A., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.

In this paper the structural stability of generic families of vector fields of the PC-HC class on the two-dimensional sphere is proved. A classification of these families up to moderate equivalence in neighborhoods of their large bifurcation supports is presented, based on such invariants as the configuration and the characteristic set. The realization lemma is proved. ...

Added: May 14, 2026

On the minimum number of maximal distance-k independent sets in trees

Taletskii D., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.

A vertex subset of a graph is called a \textit{distance-$k$ independent set} if the distance between any two of its distinct vertices is at least $k + 1$. For all $n,k \geq 1$, we determine the minimum possible number of inclusion-wise maximal distance-$k$ independent sets among all $n$-vertex trees. It equals~$n$ if $n \leq k ...

Added: May 1, 2026

On Arithmetic Mirror Symmetry for smooth Fano fourfolds

Ovcharenko M., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.

We introduce an explicit class of tempered Laurent polynomials in the sense of Villegas and Doran--Kerr in n⩽4 variables including all Landau--Ginzburg models for smooth Fano threefolds with very ample anticanonical class. We check that it contains Landau--Ginzburg models for various Fano fourfolds which are complete intersections in smooth toric varieties and Grassmannians of planes, ...

Added: April 30, 2026

On weak solutions to the 1d compressible Navier-Stokes equations: a Lipschitz continuous dependence on data in weaker norms and an error of their homogenization

Zlotnik Alexander, / Series arXiv "math". 2026. No. 2602.03481v1.

We deal with the global in time weak solutions to the 1D compressible Navier-Stokes system of equations for large discontinuous initial data and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions of three standard types. We prove the Lipschitz-type continuous dependence of the solution $(\eta,u,\theta)$, in a norm slightly stronger than $L^{2,\infty}(Q)\times L^2(Q)\times L^2(Q)$, on the initial data $(\eta^0,u^0,e^0)$ in a ...

Added: April 18, 2026

On the dimension of the space of static potentials on three-manifolds

Medvedev V., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.

We investigate the interplay between the dimension of the space of static potentials and the geometric and topological structure of the underlying static three-manifold. A partial classification of boundaryless static manifolds is obtained in terms of this dimension. We also treat the case of static manifolds with boundary. In particular, we prove that if a ...

Added: April 3, 2026

Using predefined vector systems to speed up neural network multimillion class classification

Gabdullin N., Androsov I., / Series Computer Science "arxiv.org". 2026.

Label prediction in neural networks (NNs) has O(n) complexity proportional to the number of classes. This holds true for classification using fully connected layers and cosine similarity with some set of class prototypes. In this paper we show that if NN latent space (LS) geometry is known and possesses specific properties, label prediction complexity can ...

Added: April 2, 2026

Homogeneous maximizers of the Blaschke-Santalo-type functionals

Kolesnikov A., / Series arXiv "math". 2025.

We study Blaschke--Santal{ó}-type inequalities for N>=2 sets (functions) and a special class of cost functions. In particular, we prove new results about reduction of the maximization problem for the Blaschke--Santal{ó}-type functional to homogeneous case (functional inequalities on the sphere) and extend the symmetrization argument to the case of N>2 sets. We also discuss links to the ...

Added: February 13, 2026

Iterative Ricci-Foster Curvature Flow with GMM-Based Edge Pruning: A Novel Approach to Community Detection

Sorokin K., Beketov M., Онучин А. et al., / arxiv.org. Серия cs.SI "Social and Information Networks ". 2025.

Community detection in complex networks is a fundamental problem, open to new approaches in various scientific settings. We introduce a novel community detection method, based on Ricci flow on graphs. Our technique iteratively updates edge weights (their metric lengths) according to their (combinatorial) Foster version of Ricci curvature computed from effective resistance distance between the ...

Added: January 15, 2026

On finding formal power-logarithmic expansions of solutions to q-difference equations

Gaianov N., Parusnikova A., / Cornell University. Серия math "arxiv.org". 2025.

An algebraic q-difference equation is considered. A sufficient condition for the existence of a formal power-logarithmic expansion of a solution to such an equation in the neighborhood of zero is proposed. An example of applying this sufficient condition for constructing a formal expansion of a solution to a certain q-difference analogue of the fifth Painlevé equation ...

Added: December 25, 2025