Icon memory research under different time pressures and icon quantities based on event-related potential

In order to obtain related brain electrical components and neural bases of physiology assessment of icon elements in a digital human-computer interface the modified sample-delay matching task experimental paradigm is used under different time pressures 4 000 and 2 000 ms and different icon quantities three five and ten icons on icon memory based on event-related potential ERP technology.Experimental results demonstrate that P300 has significant volatility changes and the maximum amplitude around the middle line of the parietal area PZ and P200 has obvious volatility changes around the middle line of the frontal and central area FCZ during icon cognition.P300 and P200 amplitudes increase as tasks become more difficult.Thus P300 latency is positively correlated with task difficulty. ERP research on the characteristics of icon memory will be an important reference standard in guiding user neurocognitive behavior and physiology assessment on interface usability.

Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities for the Singular Lagrange System

The invariance of the ordinary differential equations under the infinitesimal transformations was used to study the Lie symmetries and conserved quantities for the singular Lagrange system. The determining equations, the restriction equations of the Lie symmetries and the form of conserved quantities of the system are obtained.

Conserved quantities from Lie symmetries for nonholonomic systems

This paper presents a new method to seek the conserved quantity from a Lie symmetry without using either Lagrangians or Hamiltonians for nonholonomic systems. The differential equations of motion of the systems are established. The definition of the Lie symmetrical transformations of the systems is given, which only depends upon the infinitesimal transformations of groups for the generalized coordinates. The conserved quantity is directly constructed in terms of the Lie symmetry of the systems. The condition under which the Lie symmetry can lead to the conserved quantity and the form of the conserved quantity are obtained. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the result.

Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities of Holonomic Mechanical Systems in Terms of Quasi-Coordinatee

Aim To study the Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of holonomic mechanical systems in terms of qnasi-coordinates. Methods The definition of an infinitesimal generator for the holonomic mechanical systems in terms of quasi-coordinates was given. Lie's method of the invariance of ordinary differential equations under infinitesimal transformations was used. Results and Conclusion The determining equations of the Lie symmetries of holonomic mechanical systems in terms of quassi-coordinates are established. The structure equation and the form of conserved quantities are obtained. An example to illustrate the applicaiton of the result is given.

Symmetries and conserved quantities of generalized Birkhoffian systems

Three kinds of symmetries and their corresponding conserved quantities of a generalized Birkhoffian system are studied. First, by using the invariance of the Pfaffian action under the infinitesimal transformations, the Noether theory of the generalized Birkhoffian system is established. Secondly, on the basis of the invariance of differential equations under infinitesimal transformations, the definition and the criterion of the Lie symmetry of the generalized Birkhoffian system are established, and the Hojman conserved quantity directly derived from the Lie symmetry of the system is given. Finally, by using the invariance that the dynamical functions in the differential equations of the motion of mechanical systems still satisfy the equations after undergoing the infinitesimal transformations, the definition and the criterion of the Mei symmetry of the generalized Birkhoffian system are presented, and the Mei conserved quantity directly derived from the Mei symmetry of the system is obtained. Some examples are given to illustrate the application of the results.

Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities of Holonomic Systems with Remainder Coordinates

Aim To study the Lie symmetries and the consered quantities of the holonomic systems with remainder coordinates. Methods Using the invariance of the ordinary differential equations under the infinitesimal transformations to establish the determining equations and the restriction equations of the Lie symmetries of the systems. Results and Conclusion the structure equation and the form of conserved quantities were obtained. An example was given to illustrate the application of the result.

Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities of Systems of Relative Motion Dynamics

Aim To study the Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of the dynamical equationsof relative motion for holonomic mechanical systems. Methods Lie's method of the invariance of ordinary differential equations under infinitesimal transformations was used. Results and Conclusion The determining equaiton of the Lie symmetries for the dynamical equationS of relative motion is established.The structure quation and the form conserved quantities are obtained. An example iD illustrate the application of the result is given.

Conformal invariance and Hojman conserved quantities of first order Lagrange systems

In this paper the conformal invariance by infinitesimal transformations of first order Lagrange systems is discussed in detail. The necessary and sufficient conditions of conformal invariance and Lie symmetry simultaneously by the action of infinitesimal transformations are given. Then it gets the Hojman conserved quantities of conformal invariance by the infinitesimal transformations. Finally an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.

Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of dynamical system of relative motion

This paper discusses in detail the conformal invariance by infinitesimal transformations of a dynamical system of relative motion. The necessary and sufficient conditions of conformal invariance and Lie symmetry are given simultaneously by the action of infinitesimal transformations. Then it obtains the conserved quantities of conformal invariance by the infinitesimal transformations. Finally an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.

New conserved quantities of Noether-Mei symmetry of mechanical system in phase space

This paper studies two new types of conserved quantities deduced by Noether Mei symmetry of mechanical system in phase space. The definition and criterion of Noether Mei symmetry for the system are given. A coordination function is introduced, and the conditions under which the Noether- Mei symmetry leads to the two types of conserved quantities and the forms of the two types of conserved quantities are obtained. An illustrative example is given. The coordination function can be selected according to the demand for finding the gauge function, and the choice of the coordination function has multiformity, so more conserved quantities deduced from Noether Mei symmetry of mechanical system can be obtained.

A series of non-Noether conservative quantities and Mei symmetries of nonconservative systems

In this paper Mei symmetry is introduced for a nonconservative system. The necessary and sufficient condition for a Mei symmetry to be also a Lie symmetry is derived. It is proved that the Mei symmetry leads to a non-Noether conservative quantity via a Lie symmetry, and deduces a Lutzky conservative quantity via a Lie point symmetry.

Mei symmetries and Mei conserved quantities for higher-order nonholonomic constraint systems

This paper presents the Mei symmetries and new types of non-Noether conserved quantities for a higher-order nonholonomic constraint mechanical system. On the basis of the form invariance of differential equations of motion for dynamical functions under general infinitesimal transformation, the determining equations, the constraint restriction equations and the additional restriction equations of Mei symmetries of the system are constructed. The criterions of Mei symmetries, weak Mei symmetries and strong Mei symmetries of the system are given. New types of conserved quantities, i.e. the Mei symmetrical conserved quantities, the weak Mei symmetrical conserved quantities and the strong Mei symmetrical conserved quantities of a higher-order nonholonomic system, are obtained. Then, a deduction of the first-order nonholonomic system is discussed. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the application of the method and then the results.

Conformal invariance,Noether symmetry,Lie symmetry and conserved quantities of Hamilton systems

In this paper, the relation of the conformal invariance, the Noether symmetry, and the Lie symmetry for the Hamilton system is discussed in detail. The definition of the conformal invariance for Hamilton systems is given. The relation between the conformal invariance and the Noether symmetry is discussed, the conformal factors of the determining expressions are found by using the Noether symmetry, and the Noether conserved quantity resulted from the conformal invariance is obtained. The relation between the conformal invariance and the Lie symmetry is discussed, the conformal factors are found by using the Lie symmetry, and the Hojman conserved quantity resulted from the conformal invariance of the system is obtained. Two examples are given to illustrate the application of the results.

The construction of conserved quantities for linearly coupled oscillators and study of symmetries about the conserved quantities

In this paper, the conserved quantities are constructed using two methods. The first method is by making an ansatz of the conserved quantity and then using the definition of Poisson bracket to obtain the coefficients in the ansatz. The main procedure for the second method is given as follows. Firstly, the coupled terms in Lagrangian are eliminated by changing the coordinate scales and rotating the coordinate axes, secondly, the conserved quantities are obtain in new coordinate directly, and at last, the conserved quantities are expressed in the original coordinates by using the inverse transform of the coordinates. The Noether symmetry and Lie symmetry of the infinitesimal transformations about the conserved quantities are also studied in this paper.

Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of non-conservative Lagrange systems by point transformations

This paper studies the conformal invariance by infinitesimal point transformations of non-conservative Lagrange systems. It gives the necessary and sufficient conditions of conformal invariance by the action of infinitesimal point transformations being Lie symmetric simultaneously. Then the Noether conserved quantities of conformal invariance are obtained. Finally an illustrative example is given to verify the results.

Conformal invariance and Hojman conserved quantities for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates

We propose a new concept of the conformal invariance and the conserved quantities for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates. A one-parameter infinitesimal transformation group and its infinitesimal transformation vector of generators for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates are described in detail. The conformal factor in the determining equations of the Lie symmetry is found. The necessary and sufficient conditions of conformal invariance, which are simultaneously of Lie symmetry, are given. The conformal invariance may lead to corresponding Hojman conserved quantities when the conformal invariance satisfies some conditions. Finally, an illustration example is introduced to demonstrate the application of the result.

Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of Appell systems under second-class Mei symmetry

In this paper we introduce the new concept of the conformal invariance and the conserved quantities for Appell systems under second-class Mei symmetry. The one-parameter infinitesimal transformation group and infinitesimal transformation vector of generator are described in detail. The conformal factor in the determining equations under second-class Mei symmetry is found. The relationship between Appell system＇s conformal invariance and Mei symmetry are discussed. And Appell system＇s conformal invariance under second-class Mei symmetry may lead to corresponding Hojman conserved quantities when the conformal invariance satisfies some conditions. Lastly, an example is provided to illustrate the application of the result.

Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities of Arbitrary Order Nonholonomic Systems

The invariance of the differential equations under the infinitesimal transformations was used to study the Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of arbitrary order nonholonomic systems. The determining equations, the restriction equations, the structure equation and the form of the conserved quantities were obtained.

The Lie symmetries and Noether conserved quantities of discrete non-conservative mechanical systems

This paper investigates the Lie symmetries and Noether conserved quantities of discrete non-conservative mechanical systems. The variational principle of discrete mechanics, from which discrete motion equations of systems are deduced, is generalized to the case of including the time variational. The requirement for an invariant group transformation is defined to be the Lie symmetry and the criterion when the Noether conserved quantities may be obtained from Lie symmetries is also presented. An example is discussed for applications of the results.

Noether conserved quantities and Lie point symmetries of difference Lagrange-Maxwell equations and lattices

This paper presents a method to find Noether-type conserved quantities and Lie point symmetries for discrete mechanico-electrical dynamical systems,which leave invuriant the set of solutions of the corresponding difference scheme. This approach makes it possible to devise techniques for solving the Lagrange Maxwell equations in differences which correspond to mechanico-electrical systems,by adapting existing differential equations.In particular,it obtains a new systematic method to determine both the one-parameter Lie groups and the discrete Noether conserved quantities of Lie point symmetries for mechanico-electrical systems.As an application,it obtains the Lie point symmetries and the conserved quantities for the difference equation of a model that represents a capacitor microphone.