Constrained randomization of time series for hypothesis testingWe propose a general scheme to create time sequences that fulfill given constraints but are random otherwise. Significance levels for nonlinearity tests are as usually obtained by Monte Carlo…Thomas Schreiber, Andreas Schmitz·May 13, 1998SaveLearn
Collective ChaosAn algorithm to characterize collective motion is presented, with the introduction of ``collective Lyapunov exponent'', as the orbital instability at a macroscopic level. By applying the…Tatsuo Shibata, Kunihiko Kaneko·May 11, 1998SaveLearn
Cross-spectral analysis of physiological tremor and muscle activity. II. Application to synchronized EMGWe investigate the relationship between synchronized muscle activity and tremor time series in (enhanced) physiological tremor by cross-spectral analysis. Special attention is directed to the phase…J. Timmer, M. Lauk, W. Pfleger et al.·May 8, 1998SaveLearn
Cross-spectral analysis of physiological tremor and muscle activity. I. Theory and application to unsynchronized EMGWe investigate the relationship between the extensor electromyogram (EMG) and tremor time series in physiological hand tremor by cross-spectral analysis. Special attention is directed to the phase…J. Timmer, M. Lauk, W. Pfleger et al.·May 8, 1998SaveLearn
Modeling noisy time series: Physiological tremorEmpirical time series often contain observational noise. We investigate the effect of this noise on the estimated parameters of models fitted to the data. For data of physiological tremor, i.e. a…J. Timmer·May 8, 1998SaveLearn
Multiplier phenomenology in random multiplicative cascade processesWe demonstrate that the correlations observed in conditioned multiplier distributions of the energy dissipation in fully developed turbulence can be understood as an unavoidable artefact of the…Bruno Jouault, Peter Lipa, Martin Greiner·May 8, 1998SaveLearn
A simplified model for red cell dynamics in small blood vesselsA simple mechanism for the confinement of red cells in the middle of narrow blood vessels is proposed. In the presence of a quadratic shear, red cells deform in such a way to loose fore-aft symmetry…Piero Olla·May 7, 1998SaveLearn
Algebraic entropyFor any discrete time dynamical system with a rational evolution, we define an entropy, which is a global index of complexity for the evolution map. We analyze its basic properties and its relations…M. P. Bellon, C. -M. Viallet·May 7, 1998SaveLearn
Mode Fluctuation Distribution for Spectra of Superconducting Microwave BilliardsHigh resolution eigenvalue spectra of several two- and three-dimensional superconducting microwave cavities have been measured in the frequency range below 20 GHz and analyzed using a statistical…H. Alt, C. Dembowski, H. -D. Graef et al.·May 6, 1998SaveLearn
Average Patterns of Spatiotemporal Chaos: A Boundary EffectChaotic pattern dynamics in many experimental systems show structured time averages. We suggest that simple universal boundary effects underly this phenomenon and exemplify them with the…Victor M. Eguiluz, Preben Alstrom, Emilio Hernandez-Garcia et al.·May 5, 1998SaveLearn
Approximating the mapping between systems exhibiting generalized synchronizationWe present methods for approximating the mapping that defines the invariant manifold for two systems exhibiting generalized synchronization. If the equations of motion are known then an analytic…Reggie Brown·May 5, 1998SaveLearn
Scaling and Exotic Regimes in Decaying Burgers TurbulenceWe analyze the stochastic scaling laws arising in the invicid limit of the decaying solutions of the Burgers equation. The linear scaling of the velocity structure functions is shown to reflect the…Denis Bernard, Krzysztof Gawedzki·May 4, 1998SaveLearn
The Use of Generalized Information Dimension in Measuring Fractal Dimension of Time SeriesAn algorithm for calculating generalized fractal dimension of a time series using the general information function is presented. The algorithm is based on a strings sort technique and requires $O(N…Yosef Ashkenazy·May 3, 1998SaveLearn
Macroscopic chaos in globally coupled mapsWe study the coherent dynamics of globally coupled maps showing macroscopic chaos. With this term we indicate the hydrodynamical-like irregular behaviour of some global observables, with typical…M. Cencini, M. Falcioni, D. Vergni et al.·Apr 30, 1998SaveLearn
Reminiscences on science at I.H.E.S. A problem on homoclinic theory and a brief reviewOn the occasion of the 40-th anniversary of IHES I present a few scientific reminiscences: most of my scientific life has been marked by my visits and I run through them concluding with the analysis…Giovanni Gallavotti·Apr 30, 1998SaveLearn
Melnikov's approximation dominance. Some examplesWe continue a previous paper to show that Mel'nikov's first order formula for part of the separatrix splitting of a pendulum under fast quasi periodic forcing holds, in special examples, as…G. Gallavotti, G. Gentile, V. Mastropietro·Apr 30, 1998SaveLearn
Light Squeezing at the Transition to Quantum ChaosWe investigate theoretically the dynamics of squeezed state generation in nonlinear systems possessing a transition from regular to chaotic dynamics in the limit of a large number of photons. As an…Kirill N. Alekseev, Jan Perina·Apr 28, 1998SaveLearn
Testing for nonlinearity in unevenly sampled time seriesWe generalize the method of surrogate data of testing for nonlinearity in time series to the case that the data are sampled with uneven time intervals. The null hypothesis will be that the data have…Andreas Schmitz, Thomas Schreiber·Apr 28, 1998SaveLearn
The Extraction of Anisotropic Contributions in Turbulent FlowsWe analyze turbulent velocity signals measured by two probes in the atmosphere, both at the height of 35 meters but displaced by 40 cm nominally orthogonal to the mean wind. Choosing a suitable…Itai Arad, Brindesh Dhruva, Susan Kurien et al.·Apr 24, 1998SaveLearn
Relevance of Chaos in Numerical Solutions of Quantum BilliardsIn this paper we have tested several general numerical methods in solving the quantum billiards, such as the boundary integral method (BIM) and the plane wave decomposition method (PWDM). We…Baowen Li, Marko Robnik, Bambi Hu·Apr 24, 1998SaveLearn
hbar expansion for the periodic orbit quantization by harmonic inversionSemiclassical spectra beyond the Gutzwiller and Berry-Tabor approximation for chaotic and regular systems, respectively, are obtained by harmonic inversion of the hbar expansion of the periodic orbit…J. Main, K. Weibert, G. Wunner·Apr 23, 1998SaveLearn
Adiabatic geometric phases and response functionsTreating a many-body Fermi system in terms of a single particle in a deforming mean field. We relate adiabatic geometric phase to susceptibility for the noncyclic case, and to its derivative for the…Sudhir R. Jain, Arun K. Pati·Apr 23, 1998SaveLearn
Hamiltonian structure of the Sabra shell model of turbulence: exact calculation of an anomalous scaling exponentWe show that the Sabra shell model of turbulence, which was introduced recently, displays a Hamiltonian structure for given values of the parameters. As a consequence we compute exactly a…Victor S. L'vov, Evgenii Podivilov, Itamar Procaccia·Apr 23, 1998SaveLearn
Multi-time, multi-scale correlation functions in turbulence and in turbulent modelsA multifractal-like representation for multi-time multi-scale velocity correlation in turbulence and dynamical turbulent models is proposed. The importance of subleading contributions to time…L. Biferale, G. Boffetta, A. Celani et al.·Apr 22, 1998SaveLearn
Comment on fractality of quantum mechanical energy spectraThe fractal properties of the energy spectra of quantum systems are discussed in connection with the paper by Sáiz and Martínez [Phys. Rev. E 54, 2431 (1996)]. It is shown that for discrete energy…Andrzej Z. Gorski·Apr 21, 1998SaveLearn