Contemporary Problems in Mathematical Physics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop, Cotonou, Republic of Benin 5 - 11 November 2005

The COPROMAPH Conference series has now evolved into a significant international arena where fundamental concepts in mathematical and theoretical physics and their physics applications can be conceived, developed and disseminated. Basic ideas for addressing a variety of contemporary problems in mathematical and theoretical physics are presented in a nonintimidating atmosphere. Experts provide the reader the fundamentals to predict new possibilities in physics and other fields. The COPROMAPH Conference series has now evolved into a significant international arena where fundamental concepts in mathematical and theoretical physics and their applications can be conceived, developed and disseminated. The contributions in this volume address a variety of contemporary problems in mathematical and theoretical physics. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Representation Theory in Classical and Quantum Physics (1,822 KB). Contents: Plenary Lectures: Representation Theory in Classical and Quantum Physics (J-P Antoine); Lectures on the Gauge Theory/Gravity Correspondence (R de Mello K A New Analytical Approach to the Atmosphere Characterization by a Backscattered LIDAR SignalNonabelian Global Chiral Symmetry Realisation in the Two-Dimensional N Flavour Massless Schwinger Model; Superconductivity and Electric Fields: A Relativistic Extension of BCS Superconductivity; Analytical Solutions of a Generalized Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion Equation; The Algebraic Structure of a Generalized Coupled Dispersionless System; A Density Functional Theory Study of the Adsorption of CH3 on the Pt(100) and Ni(lll) Surfaces; The Magnetic Structure of FeMn Layers Across a Cu Spacer Foreword; Scientific Advisory Committee; Organising Committee; Contents; Plenary Lectures; Representation Theory in Classical and Quantum Physics; Lectures on the Gauge Theory/Gravity Correspondence; Introductory and Fundamental Mathematical Aspects of Supersymmetry; Parallel Sessions; Group I. Theoretical Methods of Modern Classical and Quantum Physics; Bosonization of the Schwinger Model by Noncommutative Chiral Bosons; Bol Loops as a New Approach in Physics; Random Phase Approximation with Exchange for the Inner-Shell Electron Photoionization Generation of Matrices with Specified EigenvaluesThe Potential Group Method for Sturm-Liouville Equations; Group II. Coherent States Wavelets Functional Analysis and Orthogonal Polynomials; The Beta-Geometric Model Applied to Fecundability in a Sample of Married Women; On the Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to the Thermal Filtration Model; Basic Set of Polynomials: A General Overview; Wavelets and Wavelet Frames on the 2-Sphere; On Compact Elements of Banach Algebras Application of the Adomian Decomposition Method to Solve the Duffing Equation and Comparison with the Perturbation MethodHermite Interpolation Polynomial of Several Real Variables; Braid Index with Up to Ten Crossings; Hazard Rate Prediction in Life Time Data Analysis; Laguerre-Freud Equations for the Recurrence Coefficients of Some Discrete Semi-Classical Orthogonal Polynomials of Class Two; A Study of a Viscoelastic Contact Problem; List of Participants Annotation. The COPROMAPH Conference series has now evolved into a significant international arena where fundamental concepts in mathematical and theoretical physics and their applications can be conceived, developed and disseminated. The contributions in this volume address a variety of contemporary problems in mathematical and theoretical physics