Cutting and shuffling a hemisphere: Nonorthogonal axes

Thomas F. Lynn, Lachlan D. Smith, Julio M. Ottino, Paul B. Umbanhowar, Richard M. Lueptow*

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Abstract

We examine the dynamics of cutting-and-shuffling a hemispherical shell driven by alternate rotation about two horizontal axes using the framework of piecewise isometry (PWI) theory. Previous restrictions on how the domain is cut-and-shuffled are relaxed to allow for nonorthogonal rotation axes, adding a new degree of freedom to the PWI. A new computational method for efficiently executing the cutting-and-shuffling using parallel processing allows for extensive parameter sweeps and investigations of mixing protocols that produce a low degree of mixing. Nonorthogonal rotation axes break some of the symmetries that produce poor mixing with orthogonal axes and increase the overall degree of mixing on average. Arnold tongues arising from rational ratios of rotation angles and their intersections, as in the orthogonal axes case, are responsible for many protocols with low degrees of mixing in the nonorthogonal-axes parameter space. Arnold tongue intersections along a fundamental symmetry plane of the system reveal a new and unexpected class of protocols whose dynamics are periodic, with exceptional sets forming polygonal tilings of the hemispherical shell.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number032204
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume99
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 7 2019

Funding

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-1435065. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-1435065.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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