Convergence of iterates of a nonlinear operator arising in statistical mechanics
Convergence of iterates of a nonlinear operator arising in statistical mechanics
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统计力学中非线性算子的迭代收敛
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2002
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Nussbaumt
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Nussbaumt
A b d. In studies of an infinite chain of atoms, each atom connected by a 'spring' to its nearest neighbours and the whole chain lying in a periodic potential field, several authors have been led to study the nonlinear operator (F.x)(s) = minlo(s, I) + x (r) ] and a finite dimensional version TA : E?" + W" of a given by (Here D(S, I) is a given function and A is a given n x n matrix). The operator TA also arises in questions from operations research. If T = TA has a fired point in R", it is of interest to ask about convergence properties of iterates T* of T. We shall prove that t h e r e i s a s e t S z { j ! l G j 4 n) such that C:,,!~nandsuchthatifp=Icm(S!. theleast common multiple of the integers in S, then Iimk-Tkn(x) = &) exists for everyx E R". Furthermore, for each x E W" there exists k, such that T*(x) = E(x) for all k 3 k,. If T(0) = 0, we shall provide explicit formulas forp in terms of simple properties of A. Our results are best possible and prove a sharpened version of a conjecture which was made by R B Griffiths in response to a question by this author.