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S. R. Holcombe

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A Regularised Wallis Hierarchy

A hierarchy of regularised Wallis products is introduced by raising the reciprocal Wallis factor \[ 1-\frac1{n^2} \] to the polynomial weight $n^m$, $m=0,1,2,\ldots$. For each $m$, a minimal exponential counterterm is chosen by cancelling precisely the non-summable terms in the logarithmic expansion. This gives a convergent product $P_m$ the logarithm of which is an explicit zeta-function tail. The first non-trivial examples are \[ \prod_{n=2}^{\infty} e^{1/n} \left(1-\frac1{n^2}\right)^n = \frac{e^γ}{2}, \qquad \prod_{n=2}^{\infty} e\left(1-\frac1{n^2}\right)^{n^2} = \fracπ{e^{3/2}}. \] The even branch has a finite closed form involving $π$, harmonic numbers, and odd zeta values. The odd branch reduces to finite logarithmic gamma moments, and hence to constants involving $γ$, logarithms, odd zeta values, and derivatives of the zeta function at positive even integers. The same subtraction rule also gives a two-factor extension involving the companion factor $1+1/n^2$. Finally, the associated $x$-dependent products factor into one-sided canonical products, giving a direct connection with Kurokawa's multiple sine functions: the even Wallis branch is obtained from odd multiple sine functions, while the odd branch appears as a symmetric companion to the even multiple sine case.

math.NT

Falling Coupled Oscillators & Trigonometric Sums

A method for evaluating finite trigonometric summations is applied to a system of N coupled oscillators under acceleration. Initial motion of the nth particle is shown to be of the order ${{T}^{2n+2}}$ for small time T and the end particle in the continuum limit is shown to initially remain stationary for the time it takes a wavefront to reach it. The average velocities of particles at the ends of the system are shown to take discrete values in a step-like manner.

physics.class-ph

Charge Transport in one Dimension:Dissipative and Non-Dissipative Space-Charge Limited Currents

We consider charge transport in nanopores where the dielectric constant inside the nanopore is much greater than in the surrounding material, so that the flux of the electric fields due to the charges is almost entirely confined to the nanopore. That means that we may model the electric fields due to charge densities in the nanopore in terms of average properties across the nanopore as solutions of one dimensional Poisson equations. We develop basic equations for an M component system using equations of continuity to relate concentrations to currents, and flux equations relating currents to concentration gradients and conductivities. We then derive simplified scaled versions of the equations. We develop exact solutions for the one component case in a variety of boundary conditions using a Hopf-Cole transformation, Fourier series, and periodic solutions of the Burgers equation. These are compared with a simpler model in which the scaled diffusivity is zero so that all charge motion is driven by the electric field. In this non-dissipative case, recourse to an admissibility condition is utilised to obtain the physically relevant weak solution of a Riemann problem concerning the electric field. It is shown that the admissibility condition is Poynting's theorem.

math-ph