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A scheme for generating weakly lower semi-continuous action functionals corresponding to the Euler-Lagrange equations of Chern-Simons theory is described. Coercivity is deduced for such a functional in appropriate function spaces to prove the existence of a minimizer, which constitutes a solution to the Euler-Lagrange equations of Chern-Simons theory in a relaxed sense. A geometric analysis is also made, especially for the gauge group SU(2), relating connection forms on the bundle to corresponding forms in the dual scheme.

A method for designing variational principles for the dynamics of a possibly dissipative and non-conservatively forced chain of particles is demonstrated. Some qualitative features of the formulation are discussed.

A methodology for deriving dual variational principles for the classical Newtonian mechanics of mass points in the presence of applied forces, interaction forces, and constraints, all with a general dependence on particle velocities and positions, is presented. Methods for incorporating constraints are critically assessed. General theory, as well as explicitly worked out variational principles for a dissipative system (due to Lorenz) and a system with anholonomic constraints (due to Pars) are demonstrated. Conditions under which a (family of) dual Hamiltonian flow(s), as well as a constant(s) of motion, may be associated with a conservative or dissipative, and possibly constrained, primal system naturally emerge in this work., Comment: to be published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A

We obtain results describing the behavior of the action of rotation generators on polynomials over a commutative ring. We also explore harmonic polynomials in a purely algebraic setting., Comment: 53 pages

We construct and study pushforwards of categorical connections on categorical principal bundles. Applying this construction to the case of decorated path spaces in principal bundles, we obtain a transformation of classical connections that combines the traditional gauge transformation with an affine translation., Comment: 32 pages

We show that a natural class of orthogonal polynomials on large spheres in $N$ dimensions tend to Hermite polynomials in the large-$N$ limit. We determine the behavior of the spherical Laplacian as well as zonal harmonic polynomials in the large-$N$ limit.

We show that for a suitable class of functions of finitely-many variables, the limit of integrals along slices of a high dimensional sphere is a Gaussian integral on a corresponding finite-codimension affine subspace in infinite dimensions.

We show that the limit of integrals along slices of a high dimensional sphere is a Gaussian integral on a corresponding finite-codimension affine subspace in infinite dimensions.

A categorical principal bundle is a structure comprised of categories that is analogous to a classical principal bundle; examples arise from geometric contexts involving bundles over path spaces. We show how a categorical principal bundle can be constructed from local data specified through transition functors and natural transformations., Comment: 27 pages

Categorical bundles provide a natural framework for gauge theories involving multiple gauge groups. Unlike the case of traditional bundles there are distinct notions of triviality, and hence also of local triviality, for categorical bundles. We study categorical principal bundles that are product bundles in the categorical sense, developing the relationship between functorial sections of such bundles and trivializations. We construct functorial cocycles with values in categorical groups using a suitable family of locally defined functions on the object space of the base category. Categorical product bundles being too rigid to give a widely applicable model for local triviality, we introduce the notion of a twisted-product categorical bundle. We relate such bundles to decorated categorical bundles that contain more information, specifically parallel transport data., Comment: v2:36 pages, 4 figures added to clarify statements about functorial cocycles and twisted product bundles

For a principal bundle $P\to M$ equipped with a connection ${\bar A}$, we study an infinite dimensional bundle ${\mathcal P}^{\rm dec}_{\bar A}P$ over the space of paths on $M$, with the points of ${\mathcal P}^{\rm dec}_{\bar A}P$ being horizontal paths on $P$ decorated with elements of a second structure group. We construct parallel transport processes on such bundles and study holonomy bundles in this setting. We explain the relationship with categorical geometry and explore the notion of categorical connections on categorical principal bundles in a concrete differential geometric way., Comment: 53pp, 3 figs

We study the Gaussian Radon transform in the classical Wiener space of Brownian motion. We determine explicit formulas for transforms of Brownian functionals specified by stochastic integrals. A Fock space decomposition is also established for Gaussian measure conditioned to closed affine subspaces in Hilbert spaces.

We develop a theory of twisted actions of categorical groups using a notion of semidirect product of categories. We work through numerous examples to demonstrate the power of these notions. Turning to representations, which are actions that respect vector space structures, we establish an analog of Schur's lemma in this context. Keeping new terminology to a minumum, we concentrate on examples exploring the essential new notions introduced., Comment: 40p

We develop a Radon transform on Banach spaces using Gaussian measure and prove that if a bounded continuous function on a separable Banach space has zero Gaussian integral over all hyperplanes outside a closed bounded convex set in the Hilbert space corresponding to the Gaussian measure then the function is zero outside this set.

We study a type of connection forms, given by Chen integrals, over pathspaces by placing such forms within a category-theoretic framework of principal bundles and connections. We introduce a notion of 'decorated' principal bundles, develop parallel transport on such bundles, and explore specific examples in the context of pathspaces., Comment: 50 pages. Updated and revised on 16th August 2012

A double category is constructed from a `fattened' version of a given category, motivated in part by a context of parallel transport. We also study monoidal structures on the underlying category and on the fattened category.

We construct a free-probability quantum Yang-Mills theory on the two dimensional plane, determine the Wilson loop expectation values, and show that this theory is the $N=\infty$ limit of U(N) quantum Yang-Mills theory on the plane., Comment: 24 pages, tikz figures

We develop parallel transport on path spaces from a differential geometric approach, whose integral version connects with the category theoretic approach. In the framework of 2-connections, our approach leads to further development of higher gauge theory, where end points of the path need not be fixed., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures. Talk delivered by S. Chatterjee at XXVIII WGMP, 28th June-4th July, 2009. Bialowieza, Poland

We develop a differential geometric framework for parallel transport over path spaces and a corresponding discrete theory, an integrated version of the continuum theory, using a category-theoretic framework., Comment: 27pp 3fig pdflatex only; v2: rewritten with several clarifications; v3: minor changes, added references. Version to be published, 30pp

Finite projective geometries, especially the Fano plane, have been observed to arise in the context of certain quantum gate operators. We use Clifford algebras to explain why these geometries, both planar and higher dimensional, appear in the context of multi-qubit composite systems., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures

We present a description of two dimensional Yang-Mills gauge theory on the plane and on compact surfaces, examining the topological, geometric and probabilistic aspects., Comment: 16 pages, presented at a conference titled Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics 2006, organized by Ana Bela Cruzeiro and Jean-Claude Zambrini

We present an account of negative differential forms within a natural algebraic framework of differential graded algebras, and explain their relationship with forms on path spaces., Comment: 12 pp.; the Introduction has been rewritten and mention of cohomology dropped in Proposition 3.2; material slightly reorganized