Open Subsystems of Conservative Systems

dc.creatorFigotin, Alexander
dc.creatorShipman, Stephen P.
dc.date2005-11-06
dc.date2006-01-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:50:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:50:28Z
dc.descriptionThe subject under study is an open subsystem of a larger linear and conservative system and the way in which it is coupled to the rest of system. Examples are a model of crystalline solid as a lattice of coupled oscillators with a finite piece constituting the subsystem, and an open system such as the Helmholtz resonator as a subsystem of a larger conservative oscillatory system. Taking the view of an observer accessing only the open subsystem we ask, in particular, what information about the entire system can be reconstructed having such limited access. Based on the unique minimal conservative extension of an open subsystem, we construct a canonical decomposition of the conservative system describing, in particular, its parts coupled to and completely decoupled from the open subsystem. The coupled one together with the open system constitute the unique minimal conservative extension. Combining this with an analysis of the spectral multiplicity, we show, for the lattice model in particular, that only a very small part of all possible oscillatory motion of the entire crystal, described canonically by the minimal extension, is coupled to the finite subsystem.
dc.description8 pages, ENUMath2005 proceedings, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0511023
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0511023
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/104676
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subject37L05; 70G99
dc.titleOpen Subsystems of Conservative Systems
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