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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 4 35A b ii Solution by
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At ,with eigenvalues and . Diagonalizing givesSubstitution in part (i), together with , givesSince , the required One-dimensional Ising correlation function is
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Insert into the spin-basis expansion of the trace. Summing the spins along the first path from site to site produces , while summing along the complementary path around the periodic chain produces . Therefore the two-point correlation function is
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Assuming is -invariant, is an ergodic transformation when every measurable set invariant modulo null sets is trivial:Equivalently, the invariant sigma-algebra is trivial modulo null sets.
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A probability measure is -invariant whenEquivalently, the pushforward measure satisfies , so is a measure-preserving transformation.
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For an example satisfying , consider the incomplete surface z equals r to three halvesA meridian of a surface of revolution reaches the missing origin in the finite lengthso is geodesically incomplete. The curvatures of a parametrized surface of revolution giveBy constant speed of an affinely parametrized geodesic, a geodesic with a finite endpoint has finite length and converges in . The finite-dimensional continuation criterion rules out an endpoint in a compact subset of , and infinity is infinitely far away. It must approach the origin, so holds.
The answer to the second question is no. The punctured circular coneis incomplete because a generator reaches the missing vertex in finite time. It is inextendible: a proper connected smooth extension would have to add the origin, but the tangent planes approaching the origin depend on and therefore cannot be the continuous tangent planes of a smooth surface. Yetby the Gaussian curvature of a cone away from its vertex. Thus this incomplete inextendible surface does not satisfy .
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Suppose that a connected smooth surface properly contains . Since and have the same dimension, is open in . Choose a point of its relative boundary. Inside a sufficiently small compact normal neighbourhood in , choose and a closest point . A minimizing -geodesic from to stays in before its endpoint, since encountering the complement earlier would contradict the choice of .
The restriction of this curve is consequently a geodesic of with a finite maximal endpoint at . On the other hand, the Gaussian curvature of is the restriction of the smooth Gaussian curvature of , so it remains bounded near . This contradicts condition . Henceso is an inextendible embedded surface. This is the curvature-blowup criterion for inextendibility of a surface.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 4 19I a iii Solution by
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The weights of are . Degree-three monomials in these weights show that the character of the symmetric power has weightsCharacters determine finite-dimensional representations, hence
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Repeatedly using shows that the multiplicity of in the nth tensor power satisfies Pascal's recursion. Consequentlywhere . The multiplicity is the difference between the numbers of weight vectors of weights and .
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Applying the Clebsch-Gordan decomposition for SU2 givesandOn the summand , interchange of the two tensor factors acts by ; this is the flip parity in the SU2 tensor square. The even- summands make the symmetric square, so
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 36A b v Solution by
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Above , essentially all particles occupy the excited levels, soBelow , the ground-state condensate carries no energy and , henceDifferentiating gives the heat capacityThe displayed formula in the examination paper omits the factor . Its stated expression follows after the additional high-temperature approximation , for which .
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 36A b iii Solution by
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At the critical temperature , the excited states are just saturated and the condensate is about to form, soTherefore
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 36A b ii Solution by
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At fixed temperature, the excited population is largest as , henceIf , the excited levels cannot accommodate all particles. The excess occupies the zero-energy level macroscopically: this is Bose-Einstein condensation.
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The Bose-Einstein distribution gives one occupation for the nondegenerate ground level and identical contributions from the excited levels:
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 29K c iii Solution by
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Assume (iii). Fix , a coordinate , and an event . Choose the bounded predictable risky strategyand choose the numéraire holding to make the strategy self-financing with . Its terminal discounted value isCondition (iii) yieldsfor every . The defining property of conditional expectation impliesEvery coordinate is therefore a -martingale, so (iii) (i). This proves the martingale characterization by bounded self-financing strategies.
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If is a -martingale, thenbecause is -trivial and equivalence makes it -trivial as well. Thus (ii) (iii).
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Condition (i) says that each discounted risky price is an integrable -martingale. For a bounded predictable risky holding process , self-financing gives the discounted wealth equation in discrete timeEach increment is integrable andHence is a -martingale, proving (i) (ii).
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 22F c ii Solution by
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Regard the set-theoretic inclusionas a linear map between Banach spaces. Its graph is closed. Indeed, if in and in , part (i) gives an almost-everywhere convergent subsequence for the first convergence and then a further subsequence converging almost everywhere for the second; hence almost everywhere. The closed graph theorem therefore gives
Let . It has finite measure, and . Applying the bound to gives, for finite ,so . For , it gives . In either case the measures are uniformly bounded. Continuity from below now yieldsThis proves the converse summarized by Lq inclusion implies finite measure on a Euclidean Borel subset.
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First suppose . Choose a subsequence so thatBy Tonelli theorem,Hence the sum inside the integral is finite almost everywhere, which forces almost everywhere.
If , choose representatives and remove the countable union of the null sets on whichOutside that null set, norm convergence bounds the pointwise difference and the entire sequence converges to . Thus in every case an almost-everywhere convergent subsequence exists, as stated in Almost-everywhere convergent subsequence from Lp convergence.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 18I b ii Solution by
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They need not generate the whole fixed field. Assume , choose with independent nonsquare classes, and putLet , whereThenso all their coefficients generate only . However is fixed by , and the degree count in part (a) showsThus separate orbit polynomials can miss mixed invariants.
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