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Sébastien Bertrand

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arXiv2024

The Racah Algebra of Rank 2: Properties, Symmetries and Representation

The goals of this paper are threefold. First, we provide a new ''universal'' definition for the Racah algebra of rank 2 as an extension of the rank-1 Racah algebra where the generators are indexed by subsets and any three disjoint indexing sets define a subalgebra isomorphic to the rank-1 case. With this definition, we explore some of the properties of the algebra including verifying that these natural assumptions are equivalent to other defining relations in the literature. Second, we look at the symmetries of the generators of the rank-2 Racah algebra. Those symmetries allows us to partially make abstraction of the choice of the generators and write relations and properties in a different format. Last, we provide a novel representation of the Racah algebra. This new representation requires only one generator to be diagonal and is based on an expansion of the split basis representation from the rank-1 Racah algebra.

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arXiv2023

Special function models of indecomposable $sl(2)$ representations: The Laguerre Case

In this paper, we point out connections between certain types of indecomposable representations of $sl(2)$ and generalizations of well-known orthogonal polynomials. Those representations take the form of infinite dimensional chains of weight or generalised weight spaces, for which the Cartan generator acts in a diagonal way or via Jordan blocks. The other generators of the Lie algebras $sl(2)$ act as raising and lowering operators but are now allowed to relate the different chains as well. In addition, we construct generating functions, we calculate the action of the Casimir invariant and present relations to systems of non-homogeneous second-order coupled differential equations. We present different properties as higher-order linear differential equations for building blocks taking the form of one variable polynomials. We also present insight into the zeroes and recurrence relations.

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arXiv2020

On superintegrability of 3D axially-symmetric non-subgroup-type systems with magnetic fields

We extend the investigation of three-dimensional (3D) Hamiltonian systems of non-subgroup type admitting non-zero magnetic fields and an axial symmetry, namely the circular parabolic case, the oblate spheroidal case and the prolate spheroidal case. More precisely, we focus on linear and some special cases of quadratic superintegrability. In the linear case, no new superintegrable system arises. In the quadratic case, we found one new minimally superintegrable system that lies at the intersection of the circular parabolic and cylindrical cases and another one at the intersection of the cylindrical, spherical, oblate spheroidal and prolate spheroidal cases. By imposing additional conditions on these systems, we found for each quadratically minimally superintegrable system a new infinite family of higher-order maximally superintegrable systems. These two systems are linked respectively with the caged and harmonic oscillators without magnetic fields through a time-dependent canonical transformation.

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arXiv2020

Algebraic discretization of time-independent Hamiltonian systems using a Lie-group/algebra approach

In this paper, time-independent Hamiltonian systems are investigated via a Lie-group/algebra formalism. The (unknown) solution linked with the Hamiltonian is considered to be a Lie-group transformation of the initial data, where the group parameter acts as the time. The time-evolution generator (i.e. the Lie algebra associated to the group transformation) is constructed at an algebraic level, hence avoiding discretization of the time-derivatives for the discrete case. This formalism makes it possible to investigate the continuous and discrete versions of time for time-independent Hamiltonian systems and no additional information on the system is required (besides the Hamiltonian itself and the initial conditions of the solution). When the time-independent Hamiltonian system is integrable in the sense of Liouville, one can use the action-angle coordinates to straighten the time-evolution generator and construct an exact scheme (i.e. a scheme without errors). In addition, a method to analyse the errors of approximative/numerical schemes is provided. These considerations are applied to well-known examples associated with the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator.

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arXiv2018

Structural equations of supermanifolds immersed in the superspace $\mathcal{M}^{(3\vert2)}(c)$ with a prescribed curvature

The aim of this paper is to construct the structural equations of supermanifolds immersed in Euclidean, hyperbolic and spherical superspaces parametrised with two bosonic and two fermionic variables. To perform this analysis, for each type of immersion, we split the supermanifold into its Grassmannian components and study separately each manifold generated. Even though we consider four variables in the Euclidean case, we obtain that the structural equations of each manifold are linked with the Gauss--Codazzi equations of a surface immersed in a Euclidean or spherical space. In the hyperbolic and spherical superspaces, we find that the body manifolds are linked with the classical Gauss--Codazzi equations for a surface immersed in hyperbolic and spherical spaces, respectively. For some soul manifolds, we show that the immersion of the manifolds must be in a hyperbolic space and that the structural equations split into two cases. In one case, the structural equations reduce to the Liouville equation, which can be completely solved. In the other case, we can express the geometric quantities solely in terms of the metric coefficients, which provide a geometric characterization of the structural equations in terms of functions linked with the Hopf differential, the mean curvature and a new function which does not appear in the characterization of a classical (not super) surface.

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arXiv2018

On geometric aspects of the SUSY Fokas-Gel'fand immersion formula

In this paper, we develop a new geometric characterization for the supersymmetric versions of the Fokas--Gel'fand formula for the immersion of soliton supermanifolds with two bosonic and two fermionic independent variables into Lie superalgebras. In order to do so, from a linear spectral problem of a supersymmetric integrable system using the covariant fermionic derivative, we provide a technique to obtain two additional linear spectral problems for that integrable system, one using the bosonic variable derivatives and the other using the fermionic variable derivatives. This allows us to investigate, through the first and second fundamental forms, the geometry of the ($1+1\vert2$)-supermanifolds immersed in Lie superalgebras. Whenever possible, the mean and Gaussian curvatures of the supermanifolds are calculated. These theoretical considerations are applied to the supersymmetric sine-Gordon equation.

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arXiv2017

On integrability aspects of the supersymmetric sine-Gordon equation

In this paper we study certain integrability properties of the supersymmetric sine-Gordon equation. We construct Lax pairs with their zero-curvature representations which are equivalent to the supersymmetric sine-Gordon equation. From the fermionic linear spectral problem, we derive coupled sets of super Riccati equations and the auto-Bäcklund transformation of the supersymmetric sine-Gordon equation. In addition, a detailed description of the associated Darboux transformation is presented and non-trivial super multisoliton solutions are constructed. These integrability properties allow us to provide new explicit geometric characterizations of the bosonic supersymmetric version of the Sym--Tafel formula for the immersion of surfaces in a Lie superalgebra. These characterizations are expressed only in terms of the independent bosonic and fermionic variables.

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arXiv2015

On the Integrability of Supersymmetric Versions of the Structural Equations for Conformally Parametrized Surfaces

The paper presents the bosonic and fermionic supersymmetric extensions of the structural equations describing conformally parametrized surfaces immersed in a Grasmann superspace, based on the authors' earlier results. A detailed analysis of the symmetry properties of both the classical and supersymmetric versions of the Gauss-Weingarten equations is performed. A supersymmetric generalization of the conjecture establishing the necessary conditions for a system to be integrable in the sense of soliton theory is formulated and illustrated by the examples of supersymmetric versions of the sine-Gordon equation and the Gauss-Codazzi equations.

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arXiv2015

Supersymmetric versions of the equations of conformally parametrized surfaces

The objective of this paper is to formulate two distinct supersymmetric (SUSY) extensions of the Gauss-Weingarten and Gauss-Codazzi (GC) equations for conformally parametrized surfaces immersed in a Grassmann superspace, one in terms of a bosonic superfield and the other in terms of a fermionic superfield. We perform this analysis using a superspace-superfield formalism together with a SUSY version of a moving frame on a surface. In constrast with the classical case, where we have three GC equations, we obtain six such equations in the bosonic SUSY case and four such equations in the fermionic SUSY case. In the fermionic case the GC equations resemble the form of the classical GC equations. We determine the Lie symmetry algebra of the classical GC equations to be infinite-dimensional and perform a subalgebra classification of the one-dimensional subalgebras of its largest finite-dimensional subalgebra. We then compute superalgebras of Lie point symmetries of the bosonic and fermionic SUSY GC equations respectively, and classify the one-dimensional subalgebras of each superalgebra into conjugacy classes. We then use the symmetry reduction method to find invariants, orbits and reduced systems for two one-dimensional subalgebras for the classical case, two one-dimensional subalgebras for the bosonic SUSY case and two one-dimensional subalgebras for the fermionic SUSY case. We find explicit solutions of these reduced SUSY systems, which correspond to different surfaces immersed in a Grassmann superspace. Within this framework for the SUSY versions of the GC equations, a geometrical interpretation of the results is discussed.

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