April 2009 arXiv papers — page 37

Jinzhong Niu, Simon Parsons

Auctions are markets with strict regulations governing the information available to traders in the market and the possible actions they can take. Since well designed auctions achieve desirable economic outcomes, they have been widely used in solving real-world optimization problems, and in structuring stock or futures exchanges. Auctions also provide a very

Hooman Shirani-Mehr, Giuseppe Caire, Michael J. Neely

Downlink scheduling schemes are well-known and widely investigated under the assumption that the channel state is perfectly known to the scheduler. In the multiuser MIMO (broadcast) case, downlink scheduling in the presence of non-perfect channel state information (CSI) is only scantly treated. In this paper we provide a general framework that addresses the

Robert Gulliver, Guoyi Xu

This paper gives some examples of hypersurfaces $ϕ_t(M^n)$ evolving in time with speed determined by functions of the normal curvatures in an $(n+1)$-dimensional hyperbolic manifold; we emphasize the case of flow by harmonic mean curvature. The examples converge to a totally geodesic submanifold of any dimension from 1 to $n$, and include cases which exist f

Ciprian Demeter

We prove that the Return Times Theorem holds true for pairs of $L^p-L^q$ functions, whenever $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}<{3/2}$.

Elena Loginova, Shu Nie, Konrad Thurmer, Norman C. Bartelt

We use low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to study different orientations of single-layer graphene sheets on Ir(111). The most-abundant orientation has previously been characterized in the literature. Using selective-area LEED we find three other variants, which are rotated 14

Ya-Peng Hu

In this paper, we reconsider the energy and tension laws of the Ricci flat black hole by taking the contribution of the tension term into account. After this considering and inspired by the interchange symmetry between the Ricci flat black hole and the AdS soliton solution which arises from the double analytic continuation of the time and compact spatial dir

Andrew Berget, Andrew Manion, Molly Maxwell, Aaron Potechin

The critical group of a graph is a finite abelian group whose order is the number of spanning forests of the graph. This paper provides three basic structural results on the critical group of a line graph. The first deals with connected graphs containing no cut-edge. Here the number of independent cycles in the graph, which is known to bound the number of ge

David Ben-Zvi, David Nadler

We apply the ideas of derived algebraic geometry and topological field theory to the representation theory of reductive groups. Our focus is the Hecke category of Borel-equivariant D-modules on the flag variety of a complex reductive group G (equivalently, the category of Harish Chandra bimodules of trivial central character) and its monodromic variant. The

Yaming Yu, Oliver Johnson

Building on the recent work of Johnson (2007) and Yu (2008), we prove that entropy is a concave function with respect to the thinning operation T_a. That is, if X and Y are independent random variables on Z_+ with ultra-log-concave probability mass functions, then H(T_a X+T_{1-a} Y)>= a H(X)+(1-a)H(Y), 0 <= a <= 1, where H denotes the discrete entropy. This

Radha Krishna Ganti, Martin Haenggi

Interference is a main limiting factor of the performance of a wireless ad hoc network. The temporal and the spatial correlation of the interference makes the outages correlated temporally (important for retransmissions) and spatially correlated (important for routing). In this letter we quantify the temporal and spatial correlation of the interference in a

Shiho Akagawa, Naomichi Hatano

We study the heat transfer between two finite quantum systems initially at different temperatures. We find that a recently proposed fluctuation theorem for heat exchange, namely the exchange fluctuation theorem [C. Jarzynski and D. K. Wojcik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230602 (2004)], does not generally hold in the presence of a finite heat transfer as in the orig

Gianfranco Bertone, C. B. Jackson, Gabe Shaughnessy, Tim M. P. Tait

The spectrum of photons arising from WIMP annihilation carries a detailed imprint of the structure of the dark sector. In particular, loop-level annihilations into a photon and another boson can in principle lead to a series of lines (a WIMP forest) at energies up to the WIMP mass. A specific model which illustrates this feature nicely is a theory of two uni

Piotr Jucha

Let D be a Hartogs domain of the form D={(z,w) \in CxC^N : |w| < e^{-u(z)}} where u is a subharmonic function on C. We prove that the Bergman space of holomorphic and square integrable functions on D is either trivial or infinite dimensional.

Paul Lasky, Chris Fluke

Flexion is a non-linear gravitational lensing effect that arises from gradients in the convergence and shear across an image. We derive a formalism that describes non-linear gravitational lensing by a circularly symmetric lens in the thin-lens approximation. This provides us with relatively simple expressions for first- and second-flexion in terms of only th

Chaomei Chen, Yue Chen, Mark Horowitz, Haiyan Hou

We propose an explanatory and computational theory of transformative discoveries in science. The theory is derived from a recurring theme found in a diverse range of scientific change, scientific discovery, and knowledge diffusion theories in philosophy of science, sociology of science, social network analysis, and information science. The theory extends the

Benjamin M. Dobke, Lindsay J. King, Christopher D. Fassnacht, Matthew W. Auger

Upcoming ground and space based observatories such as the DES, the LSST, the JDEM concepts and the SKA, promise to dramatically increase the size of strong gravitational lens samples. A significant fraction of the systems are expected to be time delay lenses. Many of the existing lensing degeneracies become less of an issue with large samples since the distr

Ernst Helmut Brandt

The properties of vortices in superconducting thin films are revisited. The interaction between two Pearl vortices in an infinite film is approximated at all distances by a simple expression. The interaction of a vortex with a regular lattice of real or image vortices is given. The two spring constants are calculated that one vortex in the vortex lattice fee

Shiva Kintali, Laura J. Poplawski, Rajmohan Rajaraman, Ravi Sundaram

In this paper, we resolve the computational complexity of a number of outstanding open problems with practical applications. Here is the list of problems we show to be PPAD-complete, along with the domains of practical significance: Fractional Stable Paths Problem (FSPP) [21] - Internet routing; Core of Balanced Games [41] - Economics and Game theory; Scarf&

T. Senthil, P. A. Lee

The issues of single particle coherence and its interplay with singlet pairing are studied within the slave boson gauge theory of a doped Mott insulator. Prior work by one of us (T. Senthil, arXiv:0804.1555) showed that the coherence scale below which Landau quasiparticles emerge is parametrically lower than that identified in the slave boson mean field theo

Elliott Middleton

Adaptation level and animal spirits (Middleton 1996) presented a psychophysical theory of confidence levels based on the oldest and probably most widely observed law in psychology, the sensitivity to adaptation level. For Americans, whose attachments to employment and livelihood are often tenuous in a country without a European-style social safety net, it is

Jeff Wagg, Nissim Kanekar, Chris Carilli

We present results from a sensitive search for CO J=1-0 line emission in two z> 6.5 Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) with the Green Bank Telescope. CO J=1-0 emission was not detected from either object. For HCM 6A, at z ~ 6.56, the lensing magnification factor of ~4.5 implies that the CO non-detection yields stringent constraints on the CO J=1-0 line luminosity a

F. Gay-Balmaz, D. D. Holm, T. S. Ratiu

We obtain the affine Euler-Poincaré equations by standard Lagrangian reduction and deduce the associated Clebsch-constrained variational principle. These results are illustrated in deriving the equations of motion for continuum spin systems and Kirchhoff&#39;s rod, where they provide a unified geometric interpretation.

Cristiano Nisoli, Douglas Abraham, Turab Lookman, Avadh Saxena

Stranski-Krastanov strained islands undergo a shape anisotropy transition as they grow in size, finally evolving toward nanowires. This effect has been explained until now via simple energetic models that neglect thermodynamics. We investigate theoretically the stability of strained nanowires under thermal fluctuations of the long side. We find phase transit

Tzvetelina Tzvetkova-Chevolleau, Edward Yoxall, David Fuard, Franz Bruckert

In order to get a better understanding of amoeba-substrate interactions in the processes of cellular adhesion and directional movement, we engineered glass surfaces with defined local adhesion characteristics at a micrometric scale. Amoeba (Dictyostelium dicoideum) is capable to adhere to various surfaces independently of the presence of extracellular matrix

Daciberg Goncalves, Elena Kudryavtseva, Heiner Zieschang

For a given quadratic equation with any number of unknowns in any free group F, with right-hand side an arbitrary element of F, an algorithm for solving the problem of the existence of a solution was given by Culler. The problem has been studied by the authors for parametric families of quadratic equations arising from continuous maps between closed surfaces

L. Sbordone, M. Limongi, A. Chieffi, E. Caffau

The light elements Li, O, Na, Al, and Mg are known to show star to star variations in the globular clusters 47 Tuc and NGC 6752. Such variations are interpreted as due to processing in a previous generation of stars. In this paper we investigate the abundances of the alpha-element sulphur, for which no previous measurements exist. In fact this element has no

J. Laurie Snell

In this module, suitable for use in an introductory probability course, we present Engel&#39;s chip-moving algorithm for finding the basic descriptive quantities for an absorbing Markov chain, and prove that it works. The tricky part of the proof involves showing that the initial distribution of chips recurs. At the time of writing (circa 1979) no published

Olga Frolkina

We find conditions on topological spaces X, Y and nonempty subset B of Y which guarantee that for each continuous map f from X to Y there exists a map g homotopic to f such that Nielsen preimage classes of g^{-1}(B) are all topologically essential.

Daryl Cooper, Joan Porti

We describe some properties of noncompact Euclidean cone manifolds with cone angles less than c less than 2pi and singular locus a submanifold. More precisely, we describe its structure outside a compact set. As a corollary we classify those with cone angles less than 3pi/2 and those with all cone angles equal to 3pi/2.

Charles P. Boyer

In this note I study the Sasakian geometry associated to the standard CR structure on the Heisenberg group, and prove that the Sasaki cone coincides with the set of extremal Sasakian structures. Moreover, the scalar curvature of these extremal metrics is constant if and only if the metric has $\Phi$-sectional curvature $-3.$ I also briefly discuss some relat

Javier von Stecher, Chris H. Greene

We develop an innovative numerical technique to describe few-body systems. Correlated Gaussian basis functions are used to expand the channel functions in the hyperspherical representation. The method is proven to be robust and efficient compared to other numerical techniques. The method is applied to few-body systems with short range interactions, including

Lasse Rempe, Philip J. Rippon, Gwyneth M. Stallard

Beginning with Devaney, several authors have studied transcendental entire functions for which every point in the escaping set can be connected to infinity by a curve in the escaping set. Such curves are often called Devaney hairs. We show that, in many cases, every point in such a curve, apart from possibly a finite endpoint of the curve, belongs to the fas

Samuel E. Vazquez, Simone Severini

We develop a formalism to study linearized perturbations around the equilibria of a pure exchange economy. With the use of mean field theory techniques, we derive equations for the flow of products in an economy driven by heterogeneous preferences and probabilistic interaction between agents. We are able to show that if the economic agents have static prefer

Massimo D&#39;Elia, Francesco Sanfilippo

We study QCD thermodynamics in presence of two independent imaginary chemical potentials coupled to two degenerate flavors of staggered quarks. Analytic continuation is used to determine non-linear susceptibilities, to test the Hadron Resonance Gas (HRG) model below the zero density critical temperature, Tc, and to determine the average phase factor of the f

Martina Giovalli

The goal of this work is to to investigate different numerical approaches and to introduce a new, physically-based sub-grid model for the ISM physics, including a treatment of star formation and Type II supernovae energy feedback (MUPPI, MUlti-Phase Particle Integrator). Our model follows the ISM physics using a system of ordinary differential equations, des

J. W. Wagenaar

This thesis contains two parts. The first part deals with pion-nucleon/meson-baryon scattering in the Kadyshevsky formalism. This formalism is introduced and discussed. Problems may arise when derivative couplings and/or higher spin fields are used, especially when compared to the results in the Feynman formalism: unwanted contact terms pop-up. These terms a

Michael Entov, Leonid Polterovich, Pierre Py

We discuss $C^0$-continuous homogeneous quasi-morphisms on the identity component of the group of compactly supported symplectomorphisms of a symplectic manifold. Such quasi-morphisms extend to the $C^0$-closure of this group inside the homeomorphism group. We show that for standard symplectic balls of any dimension, as well as for compact oriented surfaces,

Joachim A. Fuerst, Thomas G. Pedersen, Mads Brandbyge, Antti-Pekka Jauho

Graphene sheets with regular perforations, dubbed as antidot lattices, have theoretically been predicted to have a number of interesting properties. Their recent experimental realization with lattice constants below 100 nanometers stresses the urgency of a thorough understanding of their electronic properties. In this work we perform calculations of the band

T. Budavari, S. Heinis, A. S. Szalay, M. Nieto-Santisteban

We present a detailed study of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer&#39;s photometric catalogs with special focus on the statistical properties of the All-sky and Medium Imaging Surveys. We introduce the concept of primaries to resolve the issue of multiple detections and follow a geometric approach to define clean catalogs with well-understood selection functions.

James A. Klimchuk

It was once thought that all coronal loops are in static equilibrium, but observational and modeling developments over the past decade have shown that this is clearly not the case. It is now established that warm (~1 MK) loops observed in the EUV are explainable as bundles of unresolved strands that are heated impulsively by storms of nanoflares. A raging de

Taras Banakh, Dušan Repovš, Lyubomyr Zdomskyy

Assuming the absence of Q-points (which is consistent with ZFC) we prove that the free topological group $F(X)$ over a Tychonov space $X$ is $o$-bounded if and only if every continuous metrizable image $T$ of $X$ satisfies the selection principle $U_{fin}(O,Ω)$ (the latter means that for every sequence $<u_n>_{n\in w}$ of open covers of $T$ there exists a se

Larry R. Nittler

Presolar grains in meteorites formed in a sample of AGB stars that ended their lives within ~1 Gyr of the origin of the Solar System 4.6 Gyr ago. The O-isotopic compositions of presolar O-rich stardust reflect the masses and metallicities of their parent stars. We present simple Monte Carlo simulations of the parent AGB stars of presolar grains. Comparison o

C. C. Montanari, J. E. Miraglia

We present a theoretical study on the energy loss by protons in solid copper. The ab initio shellwise local plasma approximation (SLPA) is employed for the inner-shells, and the Mermin dielectric function for the valence electrons. The partial contribution of each sub-shell of target electrons is calculated separately, including the screening among the elect

Octavian G. Mustafa, Ravi P. Agarwal

By revisiting an asymptotic integration theory of nonlinear ordinary differential equations due to J.K. Hale and N. Onuchic [Contributions Differential Equations 2 (1963), 61--75], we improve and generalize several recent results in the literature. As an application, we study the existence of bounded positive solutions to a large class of semi-linear ellipti

Martin R Bridson

We describe a simple criterion for showing that a group has Serre&#39;s property FA. By exhibiting a certain pattern of finite subgroups, we show that this criterion is satisfied by Aut(F_n) and SL(n,Z) when n>=3.

Zoltán Haiman, Bence Kocsis, Kristen Menou

Supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) in galactic nuclei are thought to be a common by-product of major galaxy mergers. We use simple disk models for the circumbinary gas and for the binary-disk interaction to follow the orbital decay of SMBHBs with a range of total masses (M) and mass ratios (q), through physically distinct regions of the disk, until gr

D. Mostacci, V. Molinari, M. Premuda

The percolation of a liquid through a porous material is investigated with the help of equations of the Onsager type. An expression is derived for the molecular attraction, starting from Sutherland&#39;s potential approximation to the van der Waals interaction. Then appropriate Onsager equations incorporating this molecular attraction are written from transp

Michel Boileau, Richard Weidmann

We study invertible generating pairs of fundamental groups of graph manifolds, that is, pairs of elements (g,h) for which the map g --> g^{-1}, h --> h^{-1} extends to an automorphism. We show in particular that a graph manifold is of Heegaard genus 2 if and only if its fundamental group has an invertible generating pair.

E. V. Kozik, B. V. Svistunov

We review the theory of relaxational kinetics of superfluid turbulence--a tangle of quantized vortex lines--in the limit of very low temperatures when the motion of vortices is conservative. While certain important aspects of the decay depend on whether the tangle is non-structured, like the one in the Kibble-Zurek picture, or essentially polarized, like the

J. S. Sanders, A. C. Fabian, G. B. Taylor

We examine the core of the X-ray bright galaxy cluster 2A 0335+096 using deep Chandra X-ray imaging and spatially-resolved spectroscopy, and include new radio observations. The set of around eight X-ray bright blobs in the core of the cluster, appearing like eggs in a bird&#39;s nest, contains multiphase gas from ~0.5 to 2 keV. The morphology of the coolest

C. Goddi, L. J. Greenhill, C. J. Chandler, E. M. L. Humphreys

We have used the Very Large Array (VLA) at 7 mm wavelength to image five rotational transitions (J=1-0) from three SiO isotopologues towards Orion BN/KL: 28SiO v=0,1,2; and 29SiO and 30SiO v=0. For the first time, we have mapped the 29SiO and 30SiO J=1-0 emission, established the maser nature of the emission, and confirmed association with the deeply embedde

Rafael de la Madrid

We review the way to analytically continue the Lippmann-Schwinger bras and kets into the complex plane. We will see that a naive analytic continuation leads to nonsensical results in resonance theory, and we will explain how the non-obvious but correct analytical continuation is done. We will see that the physical basis for the non-obvious but correct analyt

E. Resconi, D. Franco, A. Gross, L. Costamante

The time evolution of the electromagnetic emission from blazars, in particular high frequency peaked sources (HBLs), displays irregular activity not yet understood. In this work we report a methodology capable of characterizing the time behavior of these variable objects. The Maximum Likelihood Blocks (MLBs) is a model-independent estimator which sub-divides

Anders Irbäck, Simon Mitternacht, Sandipan Mohanty

We describe and test an implicit solvent all-atom potential for simulations of protein folding and aggregation. The potential is developed through studies of structural and thermodynamic properties of 17 peptides with diverse secondary structure. Results obtained using the final form of the potential are presented for all these peptides. The same model, with

L. Fernández-Jambrina, L. M. González-Romero

In this talk we extend a family of geodesically complete $G_{2}$ stiff fluid cosmological models to the case in which the velocity of the fluid is not orthogonal to the gradient of the transitivity surface element.

Dominik D. Lambrigger, Pavel V. Shevchenko, Mario V. Wüthrich

To quantify an operational risk capital charge under Basel II, many banks adopt a Loss Distribution Approach. Under this approach, quantification of the frequency and severity distributions of operational risk involves the bank&#39;s internal data, expert opinions and relevant external data. In this paper we suggest a new approach, based on a Bayesian infere

L. Fernández-Jambrina, L. M. González-Romero

In this talk the possibility of constructing geodesically complete inhomogeneous stiff fluid cosmologies is discussed. A family with infinite parameters is derived. A wide and easy to implement sufficient condition for geodesic completeness is shown.

Magnus Aspenberg

The Yoccoz puzzle is a fundamental tool in Holomorphic Dynamics. The original combinatorial argument by Yoccoz, based on the Branner-Hubbard tableau, counts the preimages of a non-degenerate annulus in the puzzle. However, in some important new applications of the puzzle (notably, matings of quadratic polynomials) there is no non-degenerate annulus. We devel

Tristan S. Ursell, William S. Klug, Rob Phillips

Cellular membranes are a heterogeneous mix of lipids, proteins and small molecules. Special groupings of saturated lipids and cholesterol form a liquid-ordered phase, known as `lipid rafts,&#39; serving as platforms for signaling, trafficking and material transport throughout the secretory pathway. Questions remain as to how the cell maintains heterogeneity

Boris Haspot

This paper is dedicated to the study of viscous compressible barotropic fluids in dimension $N\geq2$. We address the question of well-posedness for {\it large} data having critical Besov regularity. Our result improve the analysis of R. Danchin and of B. Haspot, by the fact that we choose initial density more general in $B^{\NN}_{p,1}$ with $1\leq p<+\infty$

W. A. Majewski, T. Matsuoka, M. Ohya

A detailed characterization of PPT states, both in the Heisenberg and in the Schrödinger picture, is given. Measures of entanglement are defined and discussed in details. Illustrative examples are provided.

Anasuya Kundu, Swapan K Pat

We investigate the phase diagram of a dimerized Bose-Hubbard model, using density matrix renormalization group technique. We find a new phase, which is the coexistence of superfluid and bond-wave phases, due to the effect of dimerization. Experimentally dimerization in optical lattice can be realized by using two counter propagating laser beams of different

Zhen Lei

An exact two-dimensional rotation-strain model describing the motion of Hookean incompressible viscoelastic materials is constructed by the polar decomposition of the deformation tensor. The global existence of classical solutions is proved under the smallness assumptions only on the size of initial strain tensor. The proof of global existence utilizes the w

Sairam S. Mallajosyula, Prakash Parida, Swapan K. Pati

Using density functional theory, we have investigated the electronic and magnetic properties of finite-size as well as infinitely periodic organometallic vanadium-borazine systems for their possible applications in spintronics devices. From our calculations, we find the finite-size vanadium-borazine systems to be structurally more stable in comparison to the

Shaouly Bar-Shalom, David Oaknin, Amarjit Soni

Motivated in part by the several observed anomalies involving CP asymmetries of B and B_s decays, we consider the Standard Model with a 4th sequential family (SM4) which seems to offer a rather simple resolution. We initially assume T-invariance by taking the up and down-quark 4x4 mass matrix to be real. Following Friedberg and Lee (FL), we then impose a &#3

M. H. Dehghani, N. Farhangkhah

We present a general solution of third order Lovelock gravity in the presence of a specific type II perfect fluid. This solution for linear equation of state, $p=w(ρ-4B)$ contains all the known solutions of third order Lovelock gravity in the literature and some new static and radiating solutions for different values of $w$ and $B$. Specially, we consider th

Prakash Parida, S Lakshmi, Swapan K Pati

Motivated by recent experiments, we have studied transport behavior of coupled quantum dot systems in the Coulomb blockade regime using the master (rate) equation approach. We explore how electron-electron interactions in a donor-acceptor system, resembling weakly coupled quantum dots with varying charging energy, can modify the systems response to an extern

Peter Lindqvist, Juan Manfredi

We give a simple proof of Hardy&#39;s inequality, based on the logarithmic Caccioppoli estimate for p-superharmonic functions in several variables.

Radoslaw Ryblewski

General features of the formalism describing hydrodynamic evolution of transversally thermalized matter possibly produced at the very early stages of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions are presented. Thermodynamical consistency of the model is emphasized. The covariant formulas for the moments of the phase-space distribution function are derived. The si

Leonid Bedratyuk

A formula for computation of the Poincaré series $P_d(z)$ of the algebra of the covariants of binary $d$-form is found. By using it, we have computed the $P_d(z)$ for $d \leq 20.$

E. K. Loginov

We consider a quark-lepton symmetry model of unification of the strong and electromagnetic interactions. The model has the gauge group $SU(4)\times U(1)_{Y}$ and the minimal Higgs structure consisting of one complex quartet of scalar particles. The spontaneous breakdown of the gauge group to $SU(3)_{c}\times U(1)_{em}$ due to nonzero vacuum expectation value

M. J. Hardcastle, D. A. Evans, J. H. Croston

We combine Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray data from our previous papers with new X-ray observations and with Spitzer mid-infrared data in order to study the nature of the nuclei of radio galaxies and radio-loud quasars with z<1.0 from the 3CRR sample. The significant increase in sample size over our previous work, the reduction of bias in the sample as a resul

Charles Bonatto, Eduardo Bica

We investigate the nature of 4 young and low-mass open clusters (OCs) located in the $2^{nd}$ and $3^{rd}$ quadrants with near-IR 2MASS photometry (errors $<0.1$ mag). After field decontamination, the colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) display similar morphologies: a poorly-populated main sequence (MS) and a dominant fraction of pre-MS (PMS) stars somewhat aff

Meysam Alishahi, Hossein Hajiabolhassan

In this paper, we investigate circular chromatic number of Mycielski construction of graphs. It was shown in \cite{MR2279672} that $t^{\rm th}$ Mycielskian of the Kneser graph $KG(m,n)$ has the same circular chromatic number and chromatic number provided that $m+t$ is an even integer. We prove that if $m$ is large enough, then $χ(M^t(KG(m,n)))=χ_c(M^t(KG(m,n

Volodymyr Mazorchuk

We classify all simple supermodules over the queer Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{q}_{2}$ up to classification of equivalence classes of irreducible elements in a certain Euclidean ring.

Malgorzata Czapla

In this paper we describe the notion of a weak lipschitzianity of a mapping on a $C^{q}$ stratification. We also distinguish a class of regularity conditions that are in some sense invariant under definable, locally Lipschitz and weakly bi-Lipschitz homeomorphisms. This class includes the Whitney (B) condition and the Verdier condition.

Ran Levi

This paper gives an overview of Fred Cohen&#39;s work and is a summary of the talk which I gave during his 60th birthday conference, held at the University of Tokyo in July 2005.

Hao Zhang, Gang Li, Huadong Meng

A class of novel STAP algorithms based on sparse recovery technique were presented. Intrinsic sparsity of distribution of clutter and target energy on spatial-frequency plane was exploited from the viewpoint of compressed sensing. The original sample data and distribution of target and clutter energy was connected by a ill-posed linear algebraic equation and

Safiul A. Mollick, D. Ghose

Off-normal low energy ion beam sputtering of solid surfaces often leads to morphological instabilities resulting in the spontaneous formation of ripple structures in nanometer length scales. In the case of Si surfaces at ambient temperature, ripple formation is found to take place normally at lower incident angles with the wave vector parallel to the ion bea

P. Allison, J. Beatty, P. Chen, A. Connolly

We discuss design considerations and simulation results for IceRay, a proposed large-scale ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino detector at the South Pole. The array is designed to detect the coherent Askaryan radio emission from UHE neutrino interactions in the ice, with the goal of detecting the cosmogenic neutrino flux with reasonable event rates. Operating i

K. Jaehne, C. Genes, K. Hammerer, M. Wallquist

We investigate the creation of squeezed states of a vibrating membrane or a movable mirror in an opto-mechanical system. An optical cavity is driven by squeezed light and couples via radiation pressure to the membrane/mirror, effectively providing a squeezed heat-bath for the mechanical oscillator. Under the conditions of laser cooling to the ground state, w

Jing-Wu Li, Dong-Sheng Du, Xiang-Yao Wu

We calculate the branching ratio of $B\to J/Ψπ^{0}$ with a mixed formalism that combines the QCD-improved factorization and the perturbative QCD approaches. The result is consistent with experimental data. The quite small penguin contribution in $B\to J/Ψπ^{0}$ decay can be calculated with this method. We suggest two methods to extract the weak phase $β$. On

Stephan Kreutzer

One of Courcelle&#39;s celebrated results states that if C is a class of graphs of bounded tree-width, then model-checking for monadic second order logic is fixed-parameter tractable on C by linear time parameterised algorithms. An immediate question is whether this is best possible or whether the result can be extended to classes of unbounded tree-width. In

Luca Martino, Joaquin Miguez

Bayesian methods and their implementations by means of sophisticated Monte Carlo techniques, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and particle filters, have become very popular in signal processing over the last years. However, in many problems of practical interest these techniques demand procedures for sampling from probability distributions with non-st

Moritz Riede, Rico Schueppel, Kristian O. Sylvester-Hvid, Martin Kuehne

In this paper, we introduce a scientific format for text-based data files, which facilitates storing and communicating tabular data sets. The so-called Full-Metadata Format builds on the widely used INI-standard and is based on four principles: readable self-documentation, flexible structure, fail-safe compatibility, and searchability. As a consequence, all

Tom Michoel, Riet De Smet, Anagha Joshi, Kathleen Marchal

&#34;Module networks&#34; are a framework to learn gene regulatory networks from expression data using a probabilistic model in which coregulated genes share the same parameters and conditional distributions. We present a method to infer ensembles of such networks and an averaging procedure to extract the statistically most significant modules and their regu

Jean-Luc Fouquet, Jean-Marie Vanherpe

If $G$ is a bridgeless cubic graph, Fulkerson conjectured that we can find 6 perfect matchings $M_1,...,M_6$ of $G$ with the property that every edge of $G$ is contained in exactly two of them and Berge conjectured that its edge set can be covered by 5 perfect matchings. We define $τ(G)$ as the least number of perfect matchings allowing to cover the edge set

Magnus Aspenberg, Walter Bergweiler

Let f be a transcendental entire function for which the set of critical and asymptotic values is bounded. The Denjoy-Carleman-Ahlfors theorem implies that if the set of all z for which |f(z)|>R has N components for some R>0, then the order of f is at least N/2. More precisely, we have log log M(r,f) > (N/2) log r - O(1), where M(r,f) denotes the maximum modu

A. Barducci, R. Giachetti, G. Pettini

We study the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for a pseudoclassical particle with anomalous magnetic moment in an external, stationary electromagnetic field. We show that the transformation can be expressed in a closed form for neutral particles in purely electrostatic fields and for neutral and charged particles in external magnetostatic fields. The explicit

Sovan Mitra

The literature on volatility modelling and option pricing is a large and diverse area due to its importance and applications. This paper provides a review of the most significant volatility models and option pricing methods, beginning with constant volatility models up to stochastic volatility. We also survey less commonly known models e.g. hybrid models. We

Jan Willem de Jong

To a finite, connected, unoriented graph of Betti-number g>=2 and valencies >=3 we associate a finitely summable, commutative spectral triple (in the sense of Connes), whose induced zeta functions encode the graph. This gives another example where non-commutative geometry provides a rigid framework for classification.

Monojit Choudhury, Animesh Mukherjee, Anupam Basu, Niloy Ganguly

n this paper, we attempt to explain the emergence of the linguistic diversity that exists across the consonant inventories of some of the major language families of the world through a complex network based growth model. There is only a single parameter for this model that is meant to introduce a small amount of randomness in the otherwise preferential attac

Z. Z. Wang, D. Zaffran

We give a proof of the hard Lefschetz theorem for orbifolds that does not involve intersection homology. This answers a question of Fulton. We use a foliated version of the hard Lefschetz theorem due to El Kacimi.

Tony Chung, Daniel Truant, Gary P. Morriss

We demonstrate the preservation of the Lyapunov modes by the underlying tangent space dynamics of hard disks. This result is exact for the zero modes and correct to order $ε$ for the transverse and LP modes where $ε$ is linear in the mode number. For sufficiently large mode numbers the dynamics no longer preserves the mode structure. We propose a Gram-Schmid

Philippe Ben-Abdallah, Karl Joulain, Jérémie Drevillon, Gilberto Domingues

The ability to artificially grow in a controllable manner at nanoscale, from modern deposition techniques, complex structural configurations made with metallic, polar and semiconductors materials raises today the issue of the &#34;best&#34; achievable inner structure to tailor the near-field properties of a nanostructured medium. In the present work we make

Manabu Inuma, Akira Otsuka, Hideki Imai

In this paper, we propose a theoretical framework to construct matching algorithms for any biometric authentication systems. Conventional matching algorithms are not necessarily secure against strong intentional impersonation attacks such as wolf attacks. The wolf attack is an attempt to impersonate a genuine user by presenting a &#34;wolf&#34; to a biometri

Miroslav Pardy

We generalize the Einstein photoelectric equation for the case that the matter is irradiated by the polychromatic light of blackbody, or, by the synchrotron radiation. The work function of the collective motion of photoelectrons is discussed.

Aleksandr Fridrikson, Marina Kasatochkina

The direct problem of the detection of the Earth&#39;s absolute gravitation potential maximum value (MGP) was solved. The inverse problem finding of the Earth maximum gravitation (where there is a maximum of gravitation field intensity and a potential function has a &#39;bending point&#39;) with the help of MGP was solved as well. The obtained results show t

M. Barone, M. Gajewska

While Special and General Relativity are well known by a very large number of people, Einstein&#39;s religious convinctions are almost ignored. The paper focuses on what was his view about immortality. Einstein believed in Spinoza&#39;s view of God and in cosmic religion. Since the Special Relativity implies a kind of superdeterminism with the future complet

Concetta Burgarella, Miguel Navascués, Álvaro Soto, Ángel Lora

In order to empirically assess the effect of actual seed sampling strategy on genetic diversity of holm oak (Quercus ilex) forestations in Sicily, we have analysed the genetic composition of two seedling lots (nursery stock and plantation) and their known natural seed origin stand by means of six nuclear microsatellite loci. Significant reduction in genetic