The Bohigas-Giannoni-Schmit conjecture stating that the statistical spectral properties of systems which are chaotic in their classical limit coincide with random matrix theory (RMT) is proved. A new semiclassical field theory for individual chaotic systems is constructed in the framework of a nonlinear s model. The low lying modes are shown to be associated with the Perron-Frobenius (PF) spect...

By the use of Perron-Frobenius theory, simple proofs are given of the Fundamental Theorem of Demography and of a theorem of Cushing and Yicang on the net reproductive rate occurring in matrix models of population dynamics. The latter result is further refined with some additional nonnegative matrix theory. When the fertility matrix is scaled by the net reproductive rate, the growth rate of the ...

Turing machines and Gödel numbers are important pillars of the theory of computation. Thus, any computational architecture needs to show how it could relate to Turing machines and how stable implementations of Turing computation are possible. In this chapter, we implement universal Turing computation in a neural field environment. To this end, we employ the canonical symbologram representation ...

Quantum and classical correlations are studied experimentally in model n-disk microwave billiards. The wave vector kappa autocorrelation C(kappa) of the quantum spectrum displays nonuniversal oscillations for large kappa, comparable to the universal random matrix theory behavior observed for small kappa. The nonuniversal behavior is shown to be completely determined by the classical Ruelle-Poll...

A theoretical approach to computing the Hausdorff dimension of the topological boundary of attractors of iterated function systems is developed. The curve known as the Lévy Dragon is then studied in detail and the Hausdorff dimension of its boundary is computed using the theory developed. The actual computation is a complicated procedure. It involves a great deal of combinatorial topology as we...

Populations of uncoupled limit-cycle oscillators receiving common random impulses show various types of phase-coherent states, which are characterized by the distribution of phase differences between pairs of oscillators. We develop a theory to predict the stationary distribution of pairwise phase differences from the phase response curve, which quantitatively encapsulates the oscillator dynami...

We study the single–site approximation of the Perron–Frobenius equation for a coupled map lattice exhibiting a phase transition at a critical value gc of the coupling constant. We found that the critical exponents are the same as in the usual mean–field theory of equilibrium statistical mechanics. Remarkably, the value of gc is within six percent of the one previously obtained by numerical simu...