Several examples are given illustrating the (presumably rather general) fact that bosonic Hamiltonians that are supersymmetrizable automatically possess Lax-pairs, and square-roots.
We proceed to study Yang-Baxter deformations of 4D Minkowski spacetime based on a conformal embedding. We first revisit a Melvin background and argue a Lax pair by adopting a simple replacement law invented in 1509.00173. This argument enables us to
deduce a general expression of Lax pair. Then the anticipated Lax pair is shown to work for arbitrary classical $r$-matrices with Poincae generators. As other examples, we present Lax pairs for pp-wave backgrounds, the Hashimoto-Sethi background, the Spradlin-Takayanagi-Volovich background.
We explicitly derive Lax pairs for string theories on Yang-Baxter deformed backgrounds, 1) gravity duals for noncommutative gauge theories, 2) $gamma$-deformations of S$^5$, 3) Schrodinger spacetimes and 4) abelian twists of the global AdS$_5$,. Then
we can find out a concise derivation of Lax pairs based on simple replacement rules. Furthermore, each of the above deformations can be reinterpreted as a twisted periodic boundary conditions with the undeformed background by using the rules. As another derivation, the Lax pair for gravity duals for noncommutative gauge theories is reproduced from the one for a $q$-deformed AdS$_5times$S$^5$ by taking a scaling limit.
We study Yang-Baxter sigma models with deformed 4D Minkowski spacetimes arising from classical $r$-matrices associated with $kappa$-deformations of the Poincare algebra. These classical $kappa$-Poincare $r$-matrices describe three kinds of deformatio
ns: 1) the standard deformation, 2) the tachyonic deformation, and 3) the light-cone deformation. For each deformation, the metric and two-form $B$-field are computed from the associated $r$-matrix. The first two deformations, related to the modified classical Yang-Baxter equation, lead to T-duals of dS$_4$ and AdS$_4$,, respectively. The third deformation, associated with the homogeneous classical Yang-Baxter equation, leads to a time-dependent pp-wave background. Finally, we construct a Lax pair for the generalized $kappa$-Poincare $r$-matrix that unifies the three kinds of deformations mentioned above as special cases.
Feynman integral computations in theoretical high energy particle physics frequently involve square roots in the kinematic variables. Physicists often want to solve Feynman integrals in terms of multiple polylogarithms. One way to obtain a solution i
n terms of these functions is to rationalize all occurring square roots by a suitable variable change. In this paper, we give a rigorous definition of rationalizability for square roots of ratios of polynomials. We show that the problem of deciding whether a single square root is rationalizable can be reformulated in geometrical terms. Using this approach, we give easy criteria to decide rationalizability in most cases of square roots in one and two variables. We also give partial results and strategies to prove or disprove rationalizability of sets of square roots. We apply the results to many examples from actual computations in high energy particle physics.
In these notes, we consider the problem of finding the logarithm or the square root of a real matrix. It is known that for every real n x n matrix, A, if no real eigenvalue of A is negative or zero, then A has a real logarithm, that is, there is a re
al matrix, X, such that e^X = A. Furthermore, if the eigenvalues, xi, of X satisfy the property -pi < Im(xi) < pi, then X is unique. It is also known that under the same condition every real n x n matrix, A, has a real square root, that is, there is a real matrix, X, such that X^2 = A. Moreover, if the eigenvalues, rho e^{i theta}, of X satisfy the condition -pi/2 < theta < pi/2, then X is unique. These theorems are the theoretical basis for various numerical methods for exponentiating a matrix or for computing its logarithm using a method known as scaling and squaring (resp. inverse scaling and squaring). Such methods play an important role in the log-Euclidean framework due to Arsigny, Fillard, Pennec and Ayache and its applications to medical imaging. Actually, there is a necessary and sufficient condition for a real matrix to have a real logarithm (or a real square root) but it is fairly subtle as it involves the parity of the number of Jordan blocks associated with negative eigenvalues. As far as I know, with the exception of Highams recent book, proofs of these results are scattered in the literature and it is not easy to locate them. Moreover, Highams excellent book assumes a certain level of background in linear algebra that readers interested in the topics of this paper may not possess so we feel that a more elementary presentation might be a valuable supplement to Higham. In these notes, I present a unified exposition of these results and give more direct proofs of some of them using the Real Jordan Form.