Duality in supersymmetric SU(N) gauge theory with a symmetric tensor is studied using the technique of deconfining and Seiberg’s duality. By construction the gauge group of the dual theory necessarily becomes a product group. In order to check the duality, several nontrivial consistency conditions are examined. In particular we find that by deforming along a flat direction, the duality flows to...

We consider the conformal gauging of non-abelian groups. In such cases there are inequivalent ways of gauging (generalizing the axial and vector cases for abelian groups) corresponding to external automorphisms of the group. Different σ-models obtained this way correspond to the same conformal field theory. We use the method of quotients to formulate this equivalence as a new duality symmetry. ...

Periodic piezoelectric beams have been used for broadband vibration energy harvesting in recent years. In this paper, a periodic folded piezoelectric beam (PFPB) is introduced. The PFPB has special features that distinguish it from other periodic piezoelectric beams. The Adomian decomposition method (ADM) is used to calculate the first two band gaps andtwelve natural frequencies of the PF...

Duality symmetries are discussed for non-linear gauge theories of (n − 1)-th rank antisymmetric tensor fields in general even dimensions d = 2n. When there are M field strengths and no scalar fields, the duality symmetry groups should be compact. We find conditions on the Lagrangian required by compact duality symmetries and show an example of duality invariant non-linear theories. We also disc...

Based on our work [1], we discuss how U-duality arises as an exact symmetry of M-theory from T-duality and 11D diffeomorphism invariance. A set of Weyl generators are shown to realize the Weyl group of SO(d, d,Z) and Ed(d)(Z), while Borel generators extend these finite groups into the full Tand U-duality groups. We discuss how the BPS states fall into various representations, and obtain duality...

Based on our work [1], we discuss how U-duality arises as an exact symmetry of M-theory from T-duality and 11D diffeomorphism invariance. A set of Weyl generators are shown to realize the Weyl group of SO(d, d,Z) and Ed(d)(Z), while Borel generators extend these finite groups into the full Tand U-duality groups. We discuss how the BPS states fall into various representations, and obtain duality...

We discuss two approaches to duality for multiple objective linear problems. The first approach is based on a duality relation between a set and its complement in the outcome space. It allows us to obtain a number of known duality constructions. The second approach utilizes polarity between a polyhedral set and the epigraph of its support function. It leads to a parametric dual problem which is...