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Peter Olver

Publications and source records attributed to Peter Olver.

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arXiv2017

Dispersive Lamb Systems

Under periodic boundary conditions, a one-dimensional dispersive medium driven by a Lamb oscillator exhibits a smooth response when the dispersion relation is asymptotically linear or superlinear at large wave numbers, but unusual fractal solution profile emerge when the dispersion relation is asymptotically sublinear. Strikingly, this is precisely the opposite to the superlinear asymptotic regime required for fractalization and dispersive quantization, also known as the Talbot effect, of the unforced medium produced by discontinuous initial conditions.

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arXiv2009

Persistence of Freeness for Lie Pseudogroup Actions

The action of a Lie pseudogroup $G$ on a smooth manifold $M$ induces a prolonged pseudogroup action on the jet spaces $J^n$ of submanifolds of $M$. We prove in this paper that both the local and global freeness of the action of $G$ on $J^n$ persist under prolongation in the jet order $n$. Our results underlie the construction of complete moving frames and, indirectly, their applications in the identification and analysis of the various invariant objects for the pseudogroup action on $J^\infty$.

math.DG↗

arXiv2003

Connections for general group actions

Partial connections are (singular) differential systems generalizing classical connections on principal bundles, yielding analogous decompositions for manifolds with nonfree group actions. Connection forms are interpreted as maps determining projections of the tangent bundle onto the partial connection; this approach eliminates many of the complications arising from the presence of isotropy. A connection form taking values in the dual of the Lie algebra is smooth even at singular points of the action, while analogs of the classical algebra-valued connection form are necessarily discontinuous at such points. The curvature of a partial connection form can be defined under mild technical hypotheses; the interpretation of curvature as a measure of the lack of involutivity of the (partial) connection carries over to this general setting.

math.DG↗

arXiv1999

Invariant Modules and the Reduction of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations to Dynamical Systems

We completely characterize all nonlinear partial differential equations leaving a given finite-dimensional vector space of analytic functions invariant. Existence of an invariant subspace leads to a re duction of the associated dynamical partial differential equations to a system of ordinary differential equations, and provide a nonlinear counterpart to quasi-exactly solvable quantum Hamiltonians. These results rely on a useful extension of the classical Wronskian determinant condition for linear independence of functions. In addition, new approaches to the characterization o f the annihilating differential operators for spaces of analytic functions are presented.

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