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(Note: this equation is not equivalent to the classical one given in the French version of the
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article.)
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This is just Newton's second law for the j-th particle. The first factor is just the usual Hooke's
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law form for the force. The factor with is the nonlinear force. We can rewrite this in terms of
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continuum quantities by defining to be the wave speed, where is the Young's modulus for the
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string, and is the density:
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Connection to the KdV equation
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The continuum limit of the governing equations for the string (with the quadratic force term) is
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the Korteweg–de Vries equation (KdV equation.) The discovery of this relationship and of the
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soliton solutions of the KdV equation by Martin David Kruskal and Norman Zabusky in 1965 was an
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important step forward in nonlinear system research. We reproduce below a derivation of this limit,
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which is rather tricky, as found in Palais's article. Beginning from the "continuum form" of the
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lattice equations above, we first define u(x, t) to be the displacement of the string at position x
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and time t. We'll then want a correspondence so that is .
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We can use Taylor's theorem to rewrite the second factor for small (subscripts of u denote partial
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derivatives):
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Similarly, the second term in the third factor is Thus, the FPUT system is
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If one were to keep terms up to O(h) only and assume that approaches a limit, the resulting
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equation is one which develops shocks, which is not observed. Thus one keeps the O(h2) term as
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well:
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We now make the following substitutions, motivated by the decomposition of traveling-wave solutions
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(of the ordinary wave equation, to which this reduces when vanish) into left- and right-moving
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waves, so that we only consider a right-moving wave. Let . Under this change of coordinates, the
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equation becomes
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To take the continuum limit, assume that tends to a constant, and tend to zero. If we take , then
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Taking results in the KdV equation:
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Zabusky and Kruskal argued that it was the fact that soliton solutions of the KdV equation can pass
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through one another without affecting the asymptotic shapes that explained the quasi-periodicity of
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the waves in the FPUT experiment. In short, thermalization could not occur because of a certain
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"soliton symmetry" in the system, which broke ergodicity.
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A similar set of manipulations (and approximations) lead to the Toda lattice, which is also famous
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for being a completely integrable system. It, too, has soliton solutions, the Lax pairs, and so
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also can be used to argue for the lack of ergodicity in the FPUT model.
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Routes to thermalization
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In 1966, Izrailev and Chirikov proposed that the system will thermalize, if a sufficient amount of
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initial energy is provided. The idea here is that the non-linearity changes the dispersion
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relation, allowing resonant interactions to take place that will bleed energy from one mode to
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another. A review of such models can be found in Livi et al. Yet, in 1970, Ford and Lunsford insist
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that mixing can be observed even with arbitrarily small initial energies. There is a long and
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complex history of approaches to the problem, see Dauxois (2008) for a (partial) survey.
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Recent work by Onorato et al. demonstrates a very interesting route to thermalization. Rewriting
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the FPUT model in terms of normal modes, the non-linear term expresses itself as a three-mode
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interaction (using the language of statistical mechanics, this could be called a "three-phonon
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interaction".) It is, however, not a resonant interaction, and is thus not able to spread energy
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from one mode to another; it can only generate the FPUT recurrence. The three-phonon interaction
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cannot thermalize the system.
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A key insight, however, is that these modes are combinations of "free" and "bound" modes. That is,
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higher harmonics are "bound" to the fundamental, much in the same way that the higher harmonics in
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solutions to the KdV equation are bound to the fundamental. They do not have any dynamics of their
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own, and are instead phase-locked to the fundamental. Thermalization, if present, can only be among
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the free modes.
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To obtain the free modes, a canonical transformation can be applied that removes all modes that are
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not free (that do not engage in resonant interactions). Doing so for the FPUT system results in
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oscillator modes that have a four-wave interaction (the three-wave interaction has been removed).
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These quartets do interact resonantly, i.e. do mix together four modes at a time. Oddly, though,
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when the FPUT chain has only 16, 32 or 64 nodes in it, these quartets are isolated from
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one-another. Any given mode belongs to only one quartet, and energy cannot bleed from one quartet
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to another. Continuing on to higher orders of interaction, there is a six-wave interaction that is
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resonant; furthermore, every mode participates in at least two different six-wave interactions. In
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other words, all of the modes become interconnected, and energy will transfer between all of the
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different modes.
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The three-wave interaction is of strength (the same as in prior sections, above). The four-wave
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interaction is of strength and the six-wave interaction is of strength . Based on general
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principles from correlation of interactions (stemming from the BBGKY hierarchy) one expects the
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thermalization time to run as the square of the interaction. Thus, the original FPUT lattice (of
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size 16, 32 or 64) will eventually thermalize, on a time scale of order : clearly, this becomes a
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very long time for weak interactions ; meanwhile, the FPUT recurrence will appear to run unabated.
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This particular result holds for these particular lattice sizes; the resonant four-wave or six-wave
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interactions for different lattice sizes may or may not mix together modes (because the Brillouin
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zones are of a different size, and so the combinatorics of which wave-vectors can sum to zero is
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altered.) Generic procedures for obtaining canonical transformations that linearize away the bound
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modes remain a topic of active research.
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References
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Further reading
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Grant, Virginia (2020). "We thank Miss Mary Tsingou". National Security Science. Winter 2020:
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36-43.
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External links Nonlinear systems Ergodic theory History of physics Computational physics
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Sharp County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the
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population was 17,264. The county seat is Ash Flat. The county was formed on July 18, 1868, and
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named for Ephraim Sharp, a state legislator from the area.
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Sharp County was featured on the PBS program Independent Lens for its 1906 "banishment" of all of
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its Black residents. A local newspaper at the time was quoted as saying that "The community is
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better off without them."
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Geography
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%)
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is water.
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Major highways U.S. Highway 62 U.S. Highway 63 U.S. Highway 167 U.S. Highway 412 Highway 56
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Highway 58 Highway 175
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Adjacent counties Oregon County, Missouri (north) Randolph County (northeast)
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Lawrence County (southeast) Independence County (south) Izard County (southwest)
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Fulton County (northwest)
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Demographics 2020 census
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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,271 people, 7,447 households, and 4,420 families
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residing in the county.
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2000 census
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As of the 2000 census, there were 17,119 people, 7,211 households, and 5,141 families residing in
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the county. The population density was 28 people per square mile (11/km2). There were 9,342
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housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km2). The racial makeup of the county
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was 97.14% White, 0.49% Black or African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.02%
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Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. 0.98% of the