4th Granada Seminar on Computational
Physics
Granada, September 9-14, 1996
Proceedings published as:
Fourth Granada Lectures in Computational Physics
P.L. Garrido & J. Marro editors
Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 493, Springer, Berlin 1997
ISBN 3-540-63086-4
This book is out of print.
4th Granada Seminar on
Computational Physics
9-14 September 1996, Granada, Spain
S. Albeverio (Bochum,
Germany): Introduction to the mathematical theory of neural
networks
P. Cordero (Santiago, Chile): Microscopic
computer simulations of fluids
G. Grinstein (Yorktown
Heights, New York): The statistical mechanics of absorbing states
B. A. Huberman (Palo Alto,
California): The power of cooperation
K. Lindenberg (San Diego,
California): Variational approach to the problem of
exciton-phonon coupling
J. Sánchez-Dehesa (Granada,
Spain): Boltzmann-Shannon entropies of many-particle systems
H. Wio (Bariloche,
Argentina): Nonequilibrium potential in reaction-diffusion
systems
+ contibutions from other participants
Organised by Institute Carlos
I for Theoretical and Computational Physics of the University of Granada
Abstracts of invited lectures:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF NEURAL NETWORKS
Prof. Dr. Sergio
Albeverio
Fakultät und Institut
für Mathematik, Rhur-Universität Bochum
We intend to give an introduction
to some mathematical results concerning spin systems of classical statistical mechanics
and neural networks. In particular, we shall discuss equilibrium and dynamical properties
of the Hopfield model. Application to pattern recognition, data compression and speech
recognition will also be mentioned topics.
MICROSCOPIC COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF
FLUIDS
Prof. Dr. Patricio
Cordero
Departamento de
Física, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
The hydrodynamic and kinetic
behavior of a system of N particles is studied by means of Molecular Dynamic techniques
and theoretically. Some of the specific topics will be convective regimes, transport
phenomena, nonlinear constitutive equations and reallistic microscopic boundary
conditions. Efficient algorithms, including real time animations, to simulate such
systemms will be seen as well.
THE STATISTICAL MECHANIS OF
ABSORBING STATES
Prof. Dr. Geoffrey
Grinstein
IBM Watson Research
Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
A large and diverse set of
problems, among them catalysis and other chemical reactions, and the spread of forest
fires and epidemics, are characterized by the presence of one or more absorbing states
-states in which the system becomes trapped indefinitely and in which all nontrivial
activity comes to a halt. In these lectures, we discuss the collective behavior of
different systems with absorbing states. Topics include directed percolation,
multiplicative noise, and systems with infinite numbers of absorbing states.
THE POWER OF COOPERATION
Prof. Dr. Bernardo A.
Huberman
Xerox Research Center,
Palo Alto, California
These lectures will first present a
theory of the performance enhancement that results from cooperating agents working on a
problem and its dynamical consequences for the group as a whole. Second, the results of a
number of computer experiments dealing with the solution of hard constraint satisfaction
problems that support these findings will be shown, and the performance will be compared
with that of non-cooperative algorithms. Third it will be discussed the construction of
cooperative programs for solving hard problems in distributed control using market
mechanisms and the resulting efficiency that it is achieved.
VARIATIONAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM
OF EXCITON-PHONON COUPLING
Prof. Dr. Katja
Lindenberg
Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
The understanding of the nature and
dynamics of excitations in molecular aggregates continues to pose a challenging problem.
In many molecular systems, excitons are strongly and nonlinearly coupled to lattice
vibrations and other deformations of the medium. The Hamiltonian for these systems can in
general not be diagonalized exactly. We discuss the ground states obtained via
multi-variable variational calculations, analyzing assumptions of incremental
sophistication. These approaches simultaneously incorporate correlations associated with
small and with large polarons, and lead to a unified phase diagram for the system. We
discuss the exciton-phonon configurations implicit in the diagram, and are able to provide
some clarifications to the long-standing question of the existence of a self-trapping
transition.
BOLTZMANN-SHANNON ENTROPIES OF
MANY-PARTICLE SYSTEMS
Prof. Dr. Jesús
Sánchez-Dehesa
Instituto Carlos I de
Física Teórica y Computacional, Granada
The spatial delocalization of
particles in complex systems as well as its momentum uncertainty is measured by the
Boltzmann-Shannon entropies in position and momentum spaces, respectively. These
quantities, as well as other density functionals which describe fundamental and/or
experimental measurable physical and chemical properties, will be considered by means of
inequality-based techniques together with novel asymptotic methods. Various applications
to finite multielectronic systems will be done.
NONEQUILIBRIUM POTENTIAL IN
REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS: SOME EXAMPLES
Prof. Dr. Horacio Wio
Centro Atómico
Bariloche E Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche
Notions of stochastic processes and
stability in dynamical systems. Reaction-diffusion systems: pattern formation and
propagation. Turing instability. Examples: pulse propagation in cardiac tissue, neural
signals, spiral structures, chemical reactions, ecological competence, and coexistence in
nonhomogeneous systems. Ballast resistor: electrothermal instability, patterns. Global
stability: nonequilibrium potential. Activator-inhibitor models. Fast inhibition. Long
range inhibition. Spikes, broad strata, oscillating patterns. Some
exercises.
4th Granada Seminar on
Computational Physics
Seminario especializado
sobre aplicaciones científicas del ordenador
Fecha y lugar: del 9 al 14 (incl.) de
septiembre 1996, en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Granada
Formato:
El programa será desarrollado (generalmente en castellano) por profesores invitados bilingües. Las
sesiones teóricas serán complementadas con prácticas. Podrán presentarse, en
castellano o inglés, comunicaciones orales y póster. Está previsto editar las actas,
incluyendo las lecciones invitadas juntamente con una selección de contribuciones de los
asistentes; las actas de ediciones anteriores han aparecido en II Granada Lectures in
Computational Physics, World Scientific 1993 (ISBN 981-02-1163-5), y en Third
Granada Lectures in Computational Physics, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer 1995
(ISBN 3-540-59178-8).
Comité científico:
Julio F. Fernández (Zaragoza); Pedro L. Garrido (Granada), coordinador científico; Hans J.
Herrmann (Jülich), Rafael de la Llave (Texas, Austin); Joaquín Marro (Granada), director
del Seminario.
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