In this paper we deal with equitable partitions of association schemes. We try to generalize a result in group theory and show examples that a generalization of a certain property conjectured for permutation groups does not hold for association schemes.

We consider the equivariant Yamabe problem, i.e., the Yamabe problem on the space of G-invariant metrics for a compact Lie group G. The G-Yamabe invariant is analogously defined as the supremum of the constant scalar curvatures of unit volume G-invariant metrics minimizing the total scalar curvature functional in their G-invariant conformal subclasses. We prove a formula about how the G-Yamabe invariant changes under the surgery of codimension 3 or more, and compute some G-Yamabe invariants.

Exact quantum states of the time-dependent quadratic Hamiltonian system are investigated using SU(1,1) Lie algebra. We realized SU(1,1) Lie algebra by defining appropriate SU(1,1) generators and derived exact wave functions using this algebra for the system. Raising and lowering operators of SU(1,1) Lie algebra expressed by multiplying a time-constant magnitude and a time-dependent phase factor. Two kinds of the SU(1,1) coherent states, i.e., even and odd coherent states and Perelomov coherent states are studied. We applied our result to the Caldirola–Kanai oscillator. The probability density of these coherent states for the Caldirola–Kanai oscillator converged to the center as time goes by, due to the damping constant γ. All the coherent state probability densities for the driven system are somewhat deformed.

The classical equations of motion for the dissipative RLC coupled two-dimensional circuit with a power source are solved using two-step canonical transformation. We applied our investigation to the system whose power source is the form of sinusoidally oscillating with time.

By means of a two-step unitary transformation, the exact quantum mechanical solution of two-dimensional mesoscopic circuit coupled via inductance is derived. The wavefunction, propagator and expectation value of Hamiltonian are evaluated. The fluctuations of charges and currents are calculated and uncertainty products between charges and their conjugate currents are obtained. We apply our results to the system with special cases of the power source such as the sinusoidal and the sawtooth power source and show that the probability densities oscillate with time due to the power source.

Uncertainty relations for the time-dependent singular oscillator in the number state and in the coherent state are investigated. We applied our developement to the Caldirola–Kanai oscillator perturbed by a singularity. For this system, the variation (Δx) decreased exponentially while (Δp) increased exponentially with time both in the number and in the coherent states. As k → 0 and χ → 0, the number state uncertainty relation in the ground state becomes 0.583216？ which is somewhat larger than that of the standard harmonic oscillator, ？/2. On the other hand, the uncertainty relation in all excited states become smaller than that of the standard harmonic oscillator with the same quantum number n. However, as k → ∞ and χ → 0, the uncertainty relations of the system approach the uncertainty relations of the standard harmonic oscillator, (n+1/2)？.

We investigated coherent and squeezed states of light in linear media whose parameters are explicitly dependent on time by making use of the Lewis–Riesenfeld invariant operator method. Not only the field strengths but also the fluctuations of the fields both in coherent and in squeezed states are decayed with time. The relative noise of the field strengths are calculated in coherent state. Quantum statistical properties of the chaotic field are investigated. We applied our theory to a phenomenological model of the biophoton system and compared the corresponding result of the uncertainty product with that obtained from a previous report.

We showed that the idea of Schleich and Wheeler (1987, Nature 326, 574) for the semiclassical approach of the interference in phase space of harmonic oscillator squeezed states can be extended to that of general time-dependent Hamiltonian system. The quantum phase properties of squeezed states for the general time-dependent Hamiltonian system are investigated by using the quantum distribution function. The weighted overlaps A _n and phases θ _n for the system are evaluated in the semiclassical limit.