Some aspects of phase transitions can be more conveniently studied in the orbit space of the action of the symmetry group. After a brief review of the fundamental ideas of this approach, I shall concentrate on the mathematical aspect and more exactly on the determination of the equations dening the orbit space and its strata. I shall deal only with compact coregular linear groups. The method exposed has been worked out together with prof. G. Sartori and it is based on the solution of a matrix dierential equation. Such equation is easily solved if an integrity basis of the group is known. If the integrity basis is unknown one may determine anyway for which degrees of the basic invariants there are solutions to the equation, and in all these cases also nd out the explicit form of the solutions. The solutions determine completely the stratication of the orbit spaces. Such calculations have been carried out for 2, 3 and 4-dimensonal orbit spaces. The method is of general validity but the complexity of the calculations rises tremendously with the dimension q of the orbit space. Some induction rules have been found as well. They allow to determine easily most of the solutions for the (q + 1)- dimensional case once the solutions for the q-dimensional case are known. The method exposed is interesting because it allows to determine the orbit spaces without using any specic knowledge of group structure and integrity basis and evidences a certain hidden and yet unknown link with group theory and invariant theory.

The determination of the orbit spaces of compact coregular linear groups

TALAMINI, Vittorino
1995-01-01

Abstract

Some aspects of phase transitions can be more conveniently studied in the orbit space of the action of the symmetry group. After a brief review of the fundamental ideas of this approach, I shall concentrate on the mathematical aspect and more exactly on the determination of the equations dening the orbit space and its strata. I shall deal only with compact coregular linear groups. The method exposed has been worked out together with prof. G. Sartori and it is based on the solution of a matrix dierential equation. Such equation is easily solved if an integrity basis of the group is known. If the integrity basis is unknown one may determine anyway for which degrees of the basic invariants there are solutions to the equation, and in all these cases also nd out the explicit form of the solutions. The solutions determine completely the stratication of the orbit spaces. Such calculations have been carried out for 2, 3 and 4-dimensonal orbit spaces. The method is of general validity but the complexity of the calculations rises tremendously with the dimension q of the orbit space. Some induction rules have been found as well. They allow to determine easily most of the solutions for the (q + 1)- dimensional case once the solutions for the q-dimensional case are known. The method exposed is interesting because it allows to determine the orbit spaces without using any specic knowledge of group structure and integrity basis and evidences a certain hidden and yet unknown link with group theory and invariant theory.
1995
9810220596
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