Search results for "Von Neumann architecture"
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Biomolecular computers with multiple restriction enzymes
2017
Abstract The development of conventional, silicon-based computers has several limitations, including some related to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the von Neumann “bottleneck”. Biomolecular computers based on DNA and proteins are largely free of these disadvantages and, along with quantum computers, are reasonable alternatives to their conventional counterparts in some applications. The idea of a DNA computer proposed by Ehud Shapiro’s group at the Weizmann Institute of Science was developed using one restriction enzyme as hardware and DNA fragments (the transition molecules) as software and input/output signals. This computer represented a two-state two-symbol finite automaton t…
Effective hamiltonian approach to the non-Markovian dynamics in a spin-bath
2010
We investigate the dynamics of a central spin that is coupled to a bath of spins through a non-uniform distribution of coupling constants. Simple analytical arguments based on master equation techniques as well as numerical simulations of the full von Neumann equation of the total system show that the short-time damping and decoherence behaviour of the central spin can be modelled accurately through an effective Hamiltonian involving a single effective coupling constant. The reduced short-time dynamics of the central spin is thus reproduced by an analytically solvable effective Hamiltonian model.
ADI schemes for valuing European options under the Bates model
2018
Abstract This paper is concerned with the adaptation of alternating direction implicit (ADI) time discretization schemes for the numerical solution of partial integro-differential equations (PIDEs) with application to the Bates model in finance. Three different adaptations are formulated and their (von Neumann) stability is analyzed. Ample numerical experiments are provided for the Bates PIDE, illustrating the actual stability and convergence behaviour of the three adaptations.
Exactly solvable time-dependent pseudo-Hermitian su(1,1) Hamiltonian models
2018
An exact analytical treatment of the dynamical problem for time-dependent 2x2 pseudo-hermitian su(1,1) Hamiltonians is reported. A class of exactly solvable and physically transparent new scenarios are identified within both classical and quantum contexts. Such a class is spanned by a positive parameter $\nu$ that allows to distinguish two different dynamical regimes. Our results are usefully employed for exactly solving a classical propagation problem in a guided wave optics scenario. The usefulness of our procedure in a quantum context is illustrated by defining and investigating the su(1,1) "Rabi" scenario bringing to light analogies and differences with the standard su(2) Rabi model. Ou…
Optimal control of a three-level quantum system by laser fields plus von Neumann measurements
2008
International audience; We investigate the control of a three-level quantum system by laser fields assisted by von Neumann measurements. We consider a system which is not completely controllable by unitary evolution but which becomes controllable if particular measurements are used. The optimal control is defined from a cost functional which takes into account the measurements. The cost corresponds either to the minimization of the duration of the control or to the minimization of the energy of the laser field. Using the Pontryagin maximum principle, we determine the optimal control which steers the system from a given initial state toward a desired target state. This allows one to determin…
A note on faithful traces on a von Neumann algebra
2009
In this short note we give some techniques for constructing, starting from a {\it sufficient} family $\mc F$ of semifinite or finite traces on a von Neumann algebra $\M$, a new trace which is faithful.
Possible extensions of the noncommutative integral
2011
In this paper we will discuss the problem of extending a trace σ defined on a dense von Neumann subalgebra \(\mathfrak{M}\) of a topological *-algebra \({\mathfrak{A}}\) to some subspaces of \({\mathfrak{A}}\). In particular, we will prove that extensions of the trace σ that go beyond the space L1(σ) really exist and we will explicitly construct one of these extensions. We will continue the analysis undertaken in Bongiorno et al. (Rocky Mt. J. Math. 40(6):1745–1777, 2010) on the general problem of extending positive linear functionals on a *-algebra.
On "Explicandum" versus "Explicatum"
2011
The aim of this paper is twofold. First of all I want to present some old ideas revisited in the light of some of the many interesting new developments occurred in the course of these last ten years in the field of the foundations of fuzziness. Secondly I desire to present a tentative general framework in which it is possible to compare different attitudes and different approaches to the clarification of the conceptual problems arising from fuzziness and soft computing. In the paper, then, I shall use some names as banners to indicate a (crucial) problem (i.e., Carnap’s problem, von Neumann’s problem, Galileian science, Aristotelian science and so on). As it will be clear by reading the pap…
Enseñanza de las ciencias : revista de investigación y experiencias didácticas
2020
Nuestro objetivo en esta investigación es identificar las dificultades de aprendizaje que tienen los niños de 1.º a 3.º grado de educación primaria en la construcción de los números naturales. Tales dificultades no proceden de la enseñanza, sino de las propias matemáticas y para poder observar esas dificultades, es necesario reducir el problema a los elementos primitivos. Con los modelos teóricos locales como marco teórico y metodológico, se ha diseñado un modelo de enseñanza traduciendo el componente formal (modelo de J. Von Neumann) a una secuencia de actividades con el uso de material manipulativo. Se analiza la experiencia de enseñanza y en los resultados se destacan y explican las difi…