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5_45 | (Note: this equation is not equivalent to the classical one given in the French version of the |
5_46 | article.) |
5_47 | This is just Newton's second law for the j-th particle. The first factor is just the usual Hooke's |
5_48 | law form for the force. The factor with is the nonlinear force. We can rewrite this in terms of |
5_49 | continuum quantities by defining to be the wave speed, where is the Young's modulus for the |
5_50 | string, and is the density: |
5_51 | Connection to the KdV equation |
5_52 | The continuum limit of the governing equations for the string (with the quadratic force term) is |
5_53 | the Korteweg–de Vries equation (KdV equation.) The discovery of this relationship and of the |
5_54 | soliton solutions of the KdV equation by Martin David Kruskal and Norman Zabusky in 1965 was an |
5_55 | important step forward in nonlinear system research. We reproduce below a derivation of this limit, |
5_56 | which is rather tricky, as found in Palais's article. Beginning from the "continuum form" of the |
5_57 | lattice equations above, we first define u(x, t) to be the displacement of the string at position x |
5_58 | and time t. We'll then want a correspondence so that is . |
5_59 | We can use Taylor's theorem to rewrite the second factor for small (subscripts of u denote partial |
5_60 | derivatives): |
5_61 | Similarly, the second term in the third factor is
Thus, the FPUT system is |
5_62 | If one were to keep terms up to O(h) only and assume that approaches a limit, the resulting |
5_63 | equation is one which develops shocks, which is not observed. Thus one keeps the O(h2) term as |
5_64 | well: |
5_65 | We now make the following substitutions, motivated by the decomposition of traveling-wave solutions |
5_66 | (of the ordinary wave equation, to which this reduces when vanish) into left- and right-moving |
5_67 | waves, so that we only consider a right-moving wave. Let . Under this change of coordinates, the |
5_68 | equation becomes |
5_69 | To take the continuum limit, assume that tends to a constant, and tend to zero. If we take , then |
5_70 | Taking results in the KdV equation: |
5_71 | Zabusky and Kruskal argued that it was the fact that soliton solutions of the KdV equation can pass |
5_72 | through one another without affecting the asymptotic shapes that explained the quasi-periodicity of |
5_73 | the waves in the FPUT experiment. In short, thermalization could not occur because of a certain |
5_74 | "soliton symmetry" in the system, which broke ergodicity. |
5_75 | A similar set of manipulations (and approximations) lead to the Toda lattice, which is also famous |
5_76 | for being a completely integrable system. It, too, has soliton solutions, the Lax pairs, and so |
5_77 | also can be used to argue for the lack of ergodicity in the FPUT model. |
5_78 | Routes to thermalization |
5_79 | In 1966, Izrailev and Chirikov proposed that the system will thermalize, if a sufficient amount of |
5_80 | initial energy is provided. The idea here is that the non-linearity changes the dispersion |
5_81 | relation, allowing resonant interactions to take place that will bleed energy from one mode to |
5_82 | another. A review of such models can be found in Livi et al. Yet, in 1970, Ford and Lunsford insist |
5_83 | that mixing can be observed even with arbitrarily small initial energies. There is a long and |
5_84 | complex history of approaches to the problem, see Dauxois (2008) for a (partial) survey. |
5_85 | Recent work by Onorato et al. demonstrates a very interesting route to thermalization. Rewriting |
5_86 | the FPUT model in terms of normal modes, the non-linear term expresses itself as a three-mode |
5_87 | interaction (using the language of statistical mechanics, this could be called a "three-phonon |
5_88 | interaction".) It is, however, not a resonant interaction, and is thus not able to spread energy |
5_89 | from one mode to another; it can only generate the FPUT recurrence. The three-phonon interaction |
5_90 | cannot thermalize the system. |
5_91 | A key insight, however, is that these modes are combinations of "free" and "bound" modes. That is, |
5_92 | higher harmonics are "bound" to the fundamental, much in the same way that the higher harmonics in |
5_93 | solutions to the KdV equation are bound to the fundamental. They do not have any dynamics of their |
5_94 | own, and are instead phase-locked to the fundamental. Thermalization, if present, can only be among |
5_95 | the free modes. |
5_96 | To obtain the free modes, a canonical transformation can be applied that removes all modes that are |
5_97 | not free (that do not engage in resonant interactions). Doing so for the FPUT system results in |
5_98 | oscillator modes that have a four-wave interaction (the three-wave interaction has been removed). |
5_99 | These quartets do interact resonantly, i.e. do mix together four modes at a time. Oddly, though, |
5_100 | when the FPUT chain has only 16, 32 or 64 nodes in it, these quartets are isolated from |
5_101 | one-another. Any given mode belongs to only one quartet, and energy cannot bleed from one quartet |
5_102 | to another. Continuing on to higher orders of interaction, there is a six-wave interaction that is |
5_103 | resonant; furthermore, every mode participates in at least two different six-wave interactions. In |
5_104 | other words, all of the modes become interconnected, and energy will transfer between all of the |
5_105 | different modes. |
5_106 | The three-wave interaction is of strength (the same as in prior sections, above). The four-wave |
5_107 | interaction is of strength and the six-wave interaction is of strength . Based on general |
5_108 | principles from correlation of interactions (stemming from the BBGKY hierarchy) one expects the |
5_109 | thermalization time to run as the square of the interaction. Thus, the original FPUT lattice (of |
5_110 | size 16, 32 or 64) will eventually thermalize, on a time scale of order : clearly, this becomes a |
5_111 | very long time for weak interactions ; meanwhile, the FPUT recurrence will appear to run unabated. |
5_112 | This particular result holds for these particular lattice sizes; the resonant four-wave or six-wave |
5_113 | interactions for different lattice sizes may or may not mix together modes (because the Brillouin |
5_114 | zones are of a different size, and so the combinatorics of which wave-vectors can sum to zero is |
5_115 | altered.) Generic procedures for obtaining canonical transformations that linearize away the bound |
5_116 | modes remain a topic of active research. |
5_117 | References |
5_118 | Further reading |
5_119 | Grant, Virginia (2020). "We thank Miss Mary Tsingou". National Security Science. Winter 2020: |
5_120 | 36-43. |
5_121 | External links
Nonlinear systems
Ergodic theory
History of physics
Computational physics |
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6_1 | population was 17,264. The county seat is Ash Flat. The county was formed on July 18, 1868, and |
6_2 | named for Ephraim Sharp, a state legislator from the area. |
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6_6 | Geography |
6_7 | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%) |
6_8 | is water. |
6_9 | Major highways
U.S. Highway 62
U.S. Highway 63
U.S. Highway 167
U.S. Highway 412
Highway 56 |
6_10 | Highway 58
Highway 175 |
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Oregon County, Missouri (north)
Randolph County (northeast) |
6_12 | Lawrence County (southeast)
Independence County (south)
Izard County (southwest) |
6_13 | Fulton County (northwest) |
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2020 census |
6_15 | As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,271 people, 7,447 households, and 4,420 families |
6_16 | residing in the county. |
6_17 | 2000 census |
6_18 | As of the 2000 census, there were 17,119 people, 7,211 households, and 5,141 families residing in |
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6_21 | was 97.14% White, 0.49% Black or African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.02% |
6_22 | Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. 0.98% of the |
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