December 2012 arXiv papers — page 5

Nicolas Gourmelon

A well-known lemma by John Franks asserts that one obtains any perturbation of the derivative of a diffeomorphism along a periodic orbit by a $C^1$-perturbation of the whole diffeomorphism on a small neighbourhood of the orbit. However, one does not control where the invariant manifolds of the orbit are, after perturbation. We show that if the perturbated de

Zheng Zhu, Hong-Chen Jiang, Yang Qi, Chu-Shun Tian

The fate of an injected hole in a Mott antiferromagnet is an outstanding issue of strongly correlated physics. It provides important insights into doped Mott insulators closely related to high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates. Here, we report a systematic numerical study based on the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG). It reveals a remarkab

Y. M. Xie, Z. R. Yang, L. Li, L. H. Yin

The correlation between colossal magnetocapacitance (CMC) and colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) in CdCr2S4 system has been revealed. The CMC is induced in polycrystalline Cd0.97In0.03Cr2S4 by annealing in cadmium vapor. At the same time, an insulator-metal transition and a concomitant CMR are observed near the Curie temperature. In contrast, after the same an

Yulong Shen, Xiaohong Jiang, Jianfeng Ma

This work considers load-balance control among the relays under the secure transmission protocol via relay cooperation in two-hop wireless networks without the information of both eavesdropper channels and locations. The available two-hop secure transmission protocols in physical layer secrecy framework cannot provide a flexible load-balance control, which m

Rodrigo C. de Lamare, Paulo S. R. Diniz

This work presents blind constrained constant modulus (CCM) adaptive algorithms based on the set-membership filtering (SMF) concept and incorporates dynamic bounds {for interference suppression} applications. We develop stochastic gradient and recursive least squares type algorithms based on the CCM design criterion in accordance with the specifications of t

Robert de Mello Koch, Jeff Murugan, Nkululeko Nokwara

We study the large N anomalous dimensions of operators in a Leigh-Strassler deformation of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. The operators that we study have a bare dimension of order N (so that the large N limit is not captured by planar diagrams) and are AdS/CFT dual to giant gravitons. The diagonalization of the dilatation operator factorizes into two problems

Magdalena Zielenkiewicz

Using the Berline-Vergne integration formula for equivariant cohomology for torus actions, we prove that integrals over Grassmannians (classical, Lagrangian or orthogonal ones) of characteristic classes of the tautological bundle, can be expressed as iterated residues at infinity of some holomorphic functions of several variables. The results obtained for th

Philippe G. LeFloch, Hasan Makhlof

We consider the relativistic Euler equations governing spherically symmetric, perfect fluid flows on the outer domain of communication of Schwarzschild spacetime, and we introduce a version of the finite volume method which is formulated geometrically (without choosing coordinates a priori) and is well--balanced, in the sense that it preserves steady solutio

Ho Yun Jung, Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Hwa Shin

Let $K$ be an imaginary quadratic field other than $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-1})$ and $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-3})$. We construct relative power integral bases between certain abelian extensions of $K$ in terms of Weierstrass units.

V. V. Pavlov, L. V. Lutsev, P. A. Usachev, A. A. Astretsov

Amplification of the photocurrent in heterostructures of silicon dioxide films containing cobalt nanoparticles grown on gallium arsenide SiO2(Co)/GaAs has been observed in magnetic field in the avalanche regime. While the avalanche process is suppressed by the magnetic field and the current decreases, for photon energy E greater than the GaAs bandgap energy

V. V. Bobylev

We have tested the method of determining the solar Galactocentric distance R_0 and Galactic rotation velocity $V_0$ modified by Sofue et al. using near-solar-circle objects. The motion of objects relative to the local standard of rest has been properly taken into account. We show that when such young objects as star-forming regions or Cepheids are analyzed,

E. G. Vishnyakova

The classification of even-homogeneous complex supermanifolds of dimension 1|m, m\leq 3, on CP^1 up to isomorphism is given. An explicit description of such supermanifolds in terms of local charts and coordinates is obtained.

E. A. Gallegos, C. R. Senise, A. J. da Silva

We deform the well-known three dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ Wess-Zumino model by adding higher derivative operators (Lee-Wick operators) to its action. The effects of these operators are investigated both at the classical and quantum levels.

Kai Liao, Zhengxiang Li, Jing Ming, Zong-Hong Zhu

We use the newly published 28 observational Hubble parameter data ($H(z)$) and current largest SNe Ia samples (Union2.1) to test whether the universe is transparent. Three cosmological-model-independent methods (nearby SNe Ia method, interpolation method and smoothing method) are proposed through comparing opacity-free distance modulus from Hubble parameter

Stephane Sabourau

We show that every non-elementary group $G$ acting properly and cocompactly by isometries on a proper geodesic Gromov hyperbolic space $X$ is growth tight. In other words, the exponential growth rate of $G$ for the geometric (pseudo)-distance induced by $X$ is greater than the exponential growth rate of any of its quotients by an infinite normal subgroup. Th

Jinjin Zhang, Zhaohui Zhu, Jianfei Yang

The formal analysis and design of control systems is one of recent trends in control theory. In this area, in order to reduce the complexity and scale of control systems, finite abstractions of control systems are introduced and explored. In non-disturbance case, the controller of control systems is often generated from the controller of finite abstractions.

G. Catanzaro

We present Balmer lines spectroscopy for a sample of 48 Be stars. For most of them, H$α$ and H$β$ have been observed more than two times, in a total period spanning almost two years between 2008 and 2009. Spectral synthesis of the H$α$ profile was performed following two steps: photospheric contribution was computed by using Kurucz's code ATLAS9 and SYNT

Jinjin Zhang, Zhaohui Zhu, Jianfei Yang

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the formal analysis and design of control systems. In this area, in order to reduce the complexity and scale of control systems, finite abstractions of control systems are introduced and explored. Amongst, Pola and Tabuada construct finite alternating transition systems as approximate finite abstractions for

Fayyazuddin

The lepton flavor conserving and lepton flavor violating decays of $K$ and $B$ mesons to lepton pairs in the gauge group $G=SU_L(2)\times U_{Y_1}(1) \times SU_X(2)$ are discussed. The quark-lepton transitions mediated by the lepto-quark bosons $X_μ^{\pm2/3}$ of the group $SU_{X}(2)$ provide a framework to construct an effective Hamiltonian for these decays.

Stefanie Thiem, Michael Schreiber

The light propagation through a stack of two media with different refractive indices, which are aligned according to different quasiperiodic sequences determined by metallic means, is studied using the transfer matrix method. The focus lies on the investigation of the influence of the underlying quasiperiodic sequence as well as the dependence of the transmi

Xiaoyao Zhou, Ercai Chen

This article establishes the variational principle of topological pressure for actions of sofic groupoids.

Andrej A. Kon'kov

We obtain estimates and blow-up conditions for solutions of quasilinear elliptic inequalities containing terms with lower-order derivatives

Haizhang Zhang

The analytic signal method via the Hilbert transform is a key tool in signal analysis and processing, especially in the time-frquency analysis. Imaging and other applications to multidimensional signals call for extension of the method to higher dimensions. We justify the usage of partial Hilbert transforms to define multidimensional analytic signals from bo

Alexander Belavin, Doron Gepner

AGT correspondence and its generalizations attracted a great deal of attention recently. In particular it was suggested that $U(r)$ instantons on $R^4/Z_p$ describe the conformal blocks of the coset ${\cal A}(r,p)=U(1)\times sl(p)_r\times {sl(r)_p\times sl(r)_n\over sl(r)_{n+p}}$, where $n$ is a parameter. Our purpose here is to describe Generalized Rogers R

Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Daniel Moldovan

In this paper we define a notion of Witt group for sesquilinear forms in hermitian categories, which in turn provides a notion of Witt group for sesquilinear forms over rings with involution. We also study the extension of scalars for K-linear hermitian categories, where K is a field of characteristic not 2. We finally extend several results concerning sesqu

Jessy Jose, A. K. Pandey, K. Ogura, M. R. Samal

We present the analyses of the stellar contents associated with the HII region Sh2-252 using UBVRI photometry, slit and slitless spectroscopy along with the NIR data from 2MASS for an area ~1 degree x 1 degree. We studied the sub-regions of Sh2-252 which includes four compact-HII (CHII) regions, namely A, B, C and E and two clusters NGC 2175s and Teutsch 136

Joong Bum Rhim, Vivek K Goyal

We show that it can be suboptimal for Bayesian decision-making agents employing social learning to use correct prior probabilities as their initial beliefs. We consider sequential Bayesian binary hypothesis testing where each individual agent makes a binary decision based on an initial belief, a private signal, and the decisions of all earlier-acting agents-

Ho-Meoyng Choi, Chueng-Ryong Ji

We study the light-front covariance of a vector-meson decay constant using a manifestly covariant fermion field theory model in $(3+1)$ dimensions. The light-front zero-mode issues are analyzed in terms of polarization vectors and method of identifying the zero-mode operator and of obtaining the light-front covariant decay constant is discussed.

Gabor Gevay, Egon Schulte, Jorg M. Wills

We discuss a polyhedral embedding of the classical Fricke-Klein regular map of genus 5 in ordinary 3-space. This polyhedron was originally discovered by Grunbaum in 1999, but was recently rediscovered by Brehm and Wills. We establish isomorphism of the Grunbaum polyhedron with the Fricke-Klein map, and confirm its combinatorial regularity. The Grunbaum po

Saikishan Suryanarayanan, Roddam Narasimha, N. D. Hari Dass

The objective of this paper is to unravel any relations that may exist between turbulent shear flows and statistical mechanics, through a detailed numerical investigation in the simplest case where both can be well defined. The shear flow considered for the purpose is the 2D temporal mixing layer, which is a time-dependent flow that is statistically homogene

Artur R. Davoyan, Nader Engheta

We theoretically explore the notion of nonreciprocal near-zone manipulation of electromagnetic fields within subwavelength plasmonic nanostructures embedded in magneto-optical materials. We derive an analytical model predicting a strong, magneto-optically induced time-reversal symmetry breaking of localized plasmonic resonances in topologically symmetric str

Masao Iwamatsu

Wettability of a substrates is characterized by a contact angle. Applicability of the simple formula developed by Derjaguin, which relates to the contact angle and disjoining pressure to nano-scale liquid droplets is reconsidered within the framework of the theory of the first-order wetting transition of volatile liquids. It is concluded that his formula is

Tedi Draghici, Philippe Rukimbira

The question of whether a Sasakian metric can admit an additional compatible (K-)contact structure is addressed. In the complete case if the second structure is also assumed Sasakian, works of Tachibana-Yu and Tanno show that the manifold must be 3-Sasakian or an odd dimensional sphere with constant curvature. Some extensions of this result are obtained, mai

Jürgen Herzog, Craig Huneke

Let $S$ be a positively graded polynomial ring over a field of characteristic 0, and $I\subset S$ a proper graded ideal. In this note it is shown that $S/I$ is Golod if $\partial(I)^2\subset I$. Here $\partial(I)$ denotes the ideal generated by all the partial derivatives of elements of $I$. We apply this result to find large classes of Golod ideals, includi

A. Iyengar, E. B. Norman, C. Howard, C. Angell

Measurements of beta-delayed gamma-ray spectra following 14-MeV neutron-induced fissions of 232Th, 237Np, and 238U were conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-Inch Cyclotron. Spectra were collected for times ranging from 1 minute to 14 hours after irradiation. Intensity ratios of gamma-ray lines were extracted from the data that allow id

Peter Csaba Ölveczky, Cyrille Artho

This volume contains the proceedings of the First International Workshop of Formal Techniques for Safety-Critical Systems (FTSCS 2012), held in Kyoto on November 12, 2012, as a satellite event of the ICFEM conference. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and engineers interested in the application of (semi-)formal methods to improve the

Hasan Coskun

The author has constructed multiple analogues of several families of combinatorial numbers in a recent article, including the bracket symbol, and the Stirling numbers of the first and second kind. In the present paper, a multiple analogue of another sequence, the Lah numbers, is developed, and certain associated identities and significant properties of all t

Martin Grohe, Berit Grußien, André Hernich, Bastian Laubner

We extend first-order logic with counting by a new operator that allows it to formalise a limited form of recursion which can be evaluated in logarithmic space. The resulting logic LREC has a data complexity in LOGSPACE, and it defines LOGSPACE-complete problems like deterministic reachability and Boolean formula evaluation. We prove that LREC is strictly mo

Ian Steer

Georges Lemaitre gave a theoretical proof for his 1927 doctoral thesis in astronomy that the maximum spherical radius of our Universe can be computed from first principles to be 14.2 billion light-years (Lemaitre 1927a). That estimate, which is known as Lemaitres limit, is surprisingly close to current estimates of the Universes age. Such coincidence, to wit

Vladimir Kazakov, Evgeny Sobko

We calculate two different types of 3-point correlators involving twist-2 operators in the leading weak coupling approximation and all orders in N_c in N=4 SYM theory. Each of three operators in the first correlator can be any component of twist-2 supermultiplet, though the explicit calculation was done for a particular component which is an SU(4) singlet. I

Mehmet Unlu, Mohammad R. Hashemi, Christopher W. Berry, Shenglin Li

Active tuning and switching of electromagnetic properties of materials is of great importance for controlling their interaction with electromagnetic waves. Superconductors are the only natural materials that exhibit diamagnetic switching at their critical temperatures. Here, we demonstrate a new class of meta-surfaces with electrically-induced diamagnetic sw

Ivan Singer, Viorel Nitica

In previous papers we have studied topical functions f:X-> K and related classes of functions, where X is a b-complete semimodule over an idempotent b-complete semifield K. Without essential restriction of the generality, we assume that K has no greatest element sup K, and hence for x in X and y=inf X the residuation x/y is not defined. Now we adjoin to K an

Yuriy A. Drozd, Oleksii Tovpyha

We give suffcient conditions for a standard graded Cohen-Macaulay ring, or equivalently, an arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay projective variety, to be Cohen-Macaulay wild in the sense of representation theory. In particular, these conditions are applied to hypersurfaces and complete intersections.

Vignon Oussa

Let $N$ be a simply connected, connected non-commutative nilpotent Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{n}$ of dimension $n.$ Let $H$ be a subgroup of the automorphism group of $N.$ Assume that $H$ is a commutative, simply connected, connected Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{h}.$ Furthermore, let us assume that the linear adjoint action of $\mathfrak{

Zhong-Bo Kang, Jian-Wei Qiu

In anticipating the upcoming proton-lead run at the LHC in the near future, we present predictions for the nuclear modification factor of transverse momentum spectrum of $Z^0$ production and transverse momentum broadening of vector boson ($J/ψ$, $Υ$, $W/Z^0$) production in proton-lead collisions at $\sqrt{s}=5$ TeV, respectively. We find that the measurement

G. Lusztig

Let G be a simple adjoint group and let K=k((ε)) where k is an algebraic closure of a finite field F_q. In this paper we define some geometric objects on G(K) which are similar to the (cohomology sheaves of) the unipotent character sheaves on G(k). Using these geometric objects we define the unipotent almost characters of G(K_0) where K_0=F_q((ε)) and state

Matthias Beck, Felix Breuer, Logan Godkin, Jeremy L. Martin

We study quasipolynomials enumerating proper colorings, nowhere-zero tensions, and nowhere-zero flows in an arbitrary CW-complex $X$, generalizing the chromatic, tension and flow polynomials of a graph. Our colorings, tensions and flows may be either modular (with values in $\mathbb{Z}/k\mathbb{Z}$ for some $k$) or integral (with values in $\{-k+1,\dots,k-1\

Wolfgang Kreitmeier

We consider the optimal quantization problem with Rényi-$α$-entropy constraints for centered Gaussian measures on a separable Banach space. For $α= \infty$ we can compute the optimal quantization error by a moment on a ball. For $α\in {}]1,\infty]$ and large entropy bound we derive sharp asymptotics for the optimal quantization error in terms of the small ba

Edgar Bugaev, Peter Klimai

We consider the mixed inflaton-curvaton scenario in which quantum fluctuations of the curvaton field during inflation lead to a relatively large curvature perturbation spectrum at small scales. We use the model of chaotic inflation with quadratic potential including supergravity corrections leading to a large positive tilt in the power spectrum of the curvat

N. Tetradis

We present exact classical solutions of the higher-derivative theory that describes the dynamics of the position modulus of a probe brane within a five-dimensional bulk. The solutions can be interpreted as static or time-dependent throats connecting two parallel branes. In the nonrelativistic limit the brane action is reduced to that of the Galileon theory.

Alex Alvarado, Fredrik Brannstrom, Erik Agrell, Tobias Koch

Asymptotic expressions of the mutual information between any discrete input and the corresponding output of the scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel are presented in the limit as the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) tends to infinity. Asymptotic expressions of the symbol-error probability (SEP) and the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) achieved by estimati

Jeongho Bang, Seung-Woo Lee, Chang-Woo Lee, Hyunseok Jeong

We propose a quantum algorithm to obtain the lowest eigenstate of any Hamiltonian simulated by a quantum computer. The proposed algorithm begins with an arbitrary initial state of the simulated system. A finite series of transforms is iteratively applied to the initial state assisted with an ancillary qubit. The fraction of the lowest eigenstate in the initi

A. Mani

The concepts of rough and definite objects are relatively more determinate than those of granules and granulation in general rough set theory (RST) [1]. Representation of rough objects can however depend on the dialectical relation between granulation and definiteness. In this research, we make this exact in the context of RST over proto-transitive approxima

Ramiro Lafuente, Jorge Lauret

We bring new insights into the long-standing Alekseevskii conjecture, namely that any connected homogeneous Einstein manifold of negative scalar curvature is diffeomorphic to a Euclidean space, by proving structural results which are actually valid for any homogeneous expanding Ricci soliton, and generalize many well-known results on Einstein solvmanifolds,

Anna N. Morozovska, Yijia Gu, Victoria V. Khist, Maya D. Glinchuk

Using Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory and phase field modeling, we explore the complex interplay between the long-range structural order parameter (oxygen octahedron rotations) and polarization in EuxSr1-xTiO3 thin epitaxial films. In biaxially tensile strained films, we discover the presence of a low symmetry monoclinic phase with in-plane ferroelectric p

Charis Anastopoulos, Ntina Savvidou

We study the temporal aspects of quantum tunneling as manifested in time-of-arrival experiments in which the detected particle tunnels through a potential barrier. In particular, we present a general method for constructing temporal probabilities in tunneling systems that (i) defines `classical' time observables for quantum systems and (ii) applies to re

Ghislain Fourier

For a simple complex Lie algebra of finite rank and classical type, we fix a triangular decomposition and consider the simple Levi subalgebras associated to closed subsets of roots. We study the restriction of global and local Weyl modules of current algebras to this Levi subalgebra. We identify necessary and sufficient conditions on a pair of a Levi subalge

Mite Mijalkov, Giovanni Volpe

Microscopic swimmers, e.g., chemotactic bacteria and cells, are capable of directed motion by exerting a force on their environment. For asymmetric microswimmers, e.g., bacteria, spermatozoa and many artificial active colloidal particles, a torque is also present leading in two dimensions to circular motion and in three dimensions to helicoidal motion with a

Betti Hartmann, Asier Lopez-Eiguren, Kepa Sousa, Jon Urrestilla

We study field theoretical models for cosmic strings with flat directions in curved space-time. More precisely, we consider minimal models with semilocal, axionic and tachyonic strings, respectively. In flat space-time, the string solutions of these models have a flat direction, i.e., a uniparametric family of configurations with the same energy exists which

Nathalie Wahl

We provide a general method for finding all natural operations on the Hochschild complex of E-algebras, where E is any algebraic structure encoded in a prop with multiplication, as for example the prop of Frobenius, commutative or A_infty-algebras. We show that the chain complex of all such natural operations is approximated by a certain chain complex of for

Wen-Sheng Xu, Yan-Wei Li, Zhao-Yan Sun, Li-Jia An

We present an event-driven molecular dynamics study for hard ellipses and assess the effects of aspect ratio and area fraction on their physical properties. For state points in the plane of aspect ratio (k=1-9) and area fraction (phi=0.01-0.8), we identify three different phases, including isotropic, plastic and nematic states. The equation of state (EOS) is

T. Hajiri, T. Ito, R. Niwa, S. Hirate

We report the origin of a high-energy kink structure of heavily electron-doped nonsuperconducting Li$_{1+x}$FeAs observed by three-dimensional angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The $d_{xy}$ orbital at the center of the Brillouin zone is strongly renormalized, indicating stronger electron correlation, exceeding that of stoichiometric LiFeAs despite t

Joao Pita Costa

In the latest developments in the theory of skew lattices, distributivity has been one of the main topics of study. The largest classes of examples of such algebras are distributive. Unlike what happens in lattices, the properties of cancellation and distributivity are independent for skew lattices. In this paper we will discuss several aspects of distributi

Yusuke Shimizu, Morimitsu Tanimoto, Kei Yamamoto

We study the contribution of the gluino-squark mediated flavor changing process for the CP violation in $b\to s$ and $b\to d$ transitions facing on recent experimental data. The mass insertion parameters of squarks are constrained by the branching ratios of $b\to sγ$ and $b\to dγ$ decays. In addition, the time dependent CP asymmetries of $B^0\to ϕK_S$ and $B

Alexander Borisenko, Kostiantyn Drach

For a Riemannian manifold $M^{n+1}$ and a compact domain $Ω\subset M^{n+1}$ bounded by a hypersurface $\partial Ω$ with normal curvature bounded below, estimates are obtained in terms of the distance from $O$ to $\partial Ω$ for the angle between the geodesic line joining a fixed interior point $O$ in $Ω$ to a point on $\partial Ω$ and the outward normal to

Alberto De Gregorio

We go through Bohr's talk about complementary features of quantum theory at the Volta Conference in September 1927, by collating a manuscript that Bohr wrote in Como with the unpublished stenographic report of his talk. We conclude - also with the help of some unpublished letters - that Bohr gave a very concise speech in September. The formulation of his

Mark B. Villarino

We present a self-contained development of the Weierstrass theory of those analytic functions (single-valued or multiform) which admit an algebraic addition theorem. We review the history of the theory and present detailed proofs of the major theorems.

Bo Ning, Shenggui Zhang, Bing Chen

Let claw be the graph $K_{1,3}$. A graph $G$ on $n\geq 3$ vertices is called \emph{o}-heavy if each induced claw of $G$ has a pair of end-vertices with degree sum at least $n$, and 1-heavy if at least one end-vertex of each induced claw of $G$ has degree at least $n/2$. In this note, we show that every 2-connected $o$-heavy or 3-connected 1-heavy graph is Ha

Xiaojie Zhang, Paul H. Siegel

The error floor phenomenon observed with LDPC codes and their graph-based, iterative, message-passing (MP) decoders is commonly attributed to the existence of error-prone substructures -- variously referred to as near codewords, trapping sets, absorbing sets, or pseudocodewords -- in a Tanner graph representation of the code. Many approaches have been propos

Martin E. Malandro

This paper continues the study of Fourier transforms on finite inverse semigroups, with a focus on Fourier inversion theorems and FFTs for new classes of inverse semigroups. We begin by introducing four inverse semigroup generalizations of the Fourier inversion theorem for finite groups. Next, we describe a general approach to the construction of fast invers

Gorjan Alagic, Stacey Jeffery, Stephen P. Jordan

An obfuscator is an algorithm that translates circuits into functionally-equivalent similarly-sized circuits that are hard to understand. Efficient obfuscators would have many applications in cryptography. Until recently, theoretical progress has mainly been limited to no-go results. Recent works have proposed the first efficient obfuscation algorithms for c

Spiro Karigiannis, Jason Lotay

We consider the deformation theory of asymptotically conical (AC) and of conically singular (CS) $G_2$-manifolds. In the AC case, we show that if the rate of convergence $ν$ to the cone at infinity is generic in a precise sense and lies in the interval $(-4, 0)$, then the moduli space is smooth and we compute its dimension in terms of topological and analyti

Gautam Iyer, Nicholas Leger, Robert L. Pego

We investigate the well-posedness and asymptotic self-similarity of solutions to a generalized Smoluchowski coagulation equation recently introduced by Bertoin and Le Gall in the context of continuous-state branching theory. In particular, this equation governs the evolution of the Lévy measure of a critical continuous-state branching process which becomes e

Jonathan Ariel Barmak, Elias Gabriel Minian

We introduce the notion of a coloring of a poset, which consists of a labeling of the edges in its Hasse diagram by elements in a given group $G$. We use $G$-colorings to describe the covering maps of posets and present a new method based on colorings to obtain concrete and simple presentations of the fundamental group of polyhedra.

Eric Yue Ma, M. Reyes Calvo, Jing Wang, Biao Lian

The realization of quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect in HgTe quantum wells (QWs) is considered a milestone in the discovery of topological insulators. The QSH edge states are predicted to allow current to flow at the edges of an insulating bulk, as demonstrated in various experiments. A key prediction of QSH theory that remains to be experimentally verified is

Joao Pita Costa

The class of skew lattices can be seen as an algebraic category. It models an algebraic theory in the category of Sets where the Green's relation D is a congruence describing an adjunction to the category of Lattices. In this paper we will discuss the relevance of this approach, revisit some known decompositions and relate the order structure of a skew l

Vitor Joao Pereira Domingues Martinho

There are few papers about the consumption pattern of the Portuguese wine, using econometrics techniques. This work, pretend to analyze the consumers behavior of the wine produced in Portugal, determining the demand equation with panel data methods. There were used statistical data available in the Alentejo Regional Winegrowing Commission (CVRA) website. The

Thomas Nyberg

We study fibrations $\cV$ of toric varieties over the flag variety $G/T$, where $G$ is a compact semisimple Lie group and $T$ is a maximal torus. From symplectic data, we construct test configurations of $\cV$ and compute their Futaki invariants by employing a generalization of Pick's Theorem. We also give a simple form of the Mabuchi Functional.

Yury Chapovsky

We prove existence of an invariant measure on a hypergroup.

B. Grossan, G. F. Smoot, V. V. Bogomolov, S. I. Svertilov

We present motivations for and study feasibility of a small, rapid optical to IR response gamma ray burst (GRB) space observatory. By analyzing existing GRB data, we give realistic detection rates for X-ray and optical/IR instruments of modest size under actual flight conditions. Given new capabilities of fast optical/IR response (about 1 s to target) and si

Yani Zhao, Franco Ferrari

The statistical mechanics of single polymer knots is studied using Monte Carlo simulations. The polymers are considered on a cubic lattice and their conformations are randomly changed with the help of pivot transformations. After each transformation, it is checked if the topology of the knot is preserved by means of a method called pivot algorithm and exclud

Stefano Roddaro, Luca Chirolli, Fabio Taddei, Marco Polini

We discuss the implementation of a beam splitter for electron waves in a quantum Hall bilayer. Our architecture exploits inter-layer tunneling to mix edge states belonging to different layers. We discuss the basic working principle of the proposed coherent edge mixer, possible interferometric implementations based on existing semiconductor-heterojunction tec

A. N. Alexandrov, S. M. Koval, V. I. Zhdanov

We study approximate solutions of the gravitational lens equation and corresponding lens magnification factor near the critical point. This consideration is based on the Taylor expansion of the lens potential in powers of coordinates and an introduction of a proximity parameter characterising the closeness of a point source to the caustic. Second-order corre

Brooke M. Jeries, Sean R. Cratty, S. K. Remillard

Spatial scanning of the synchronously generated 2nd and 3rd order intermodulation distortion in superconducting resonators uncovers local nonlinearity hot spots, and possible time reversal symmetry breaking, using a simple probe fashioned from coaxial cable. It is clear that even and odd order nonlinearity in these samples do not share the same physical orig

O. Zeki Okuyucu, Ö. Gökmen Yıldız, Murat Tosun

In this paper, we study spinor Frenet equations in three dimensional Lie Groups with a bi-invariant metric. Also, we obtain spinor Frenet equations for special cases of three dimensional Lie groups.

Ramiro A. Lafuente

We prove that the scalar curvature of a homogeneous Ricci flow solution blows up at a forward or backward finite-time singularity.

Martin Kirakosyan, Andrei Leonidov, Berndt Muller

Polarization properties of turbulent stochastically inhomogeneous ultrarelativistic QED plasma are studied. It is shown that the sign of nonlinear turbulent Landau damping corresponds to an instability of the spacelike modes and, for sufficiently large turbulent fields, to an actual instability of a system.

Yogiro Hama, Rone P. G. Andrade, Frederique Grassi, Jorge Noronha

Peripheral one-tube model has shown to be a nice tool for dynamically understanding several aspects of ridge structures in long-range two-particle correlations, observed experimentally and obtained also in our model calculations using NexSPheRIO code. Here, we study an extension of the model, to initial configurations with several peripheral tubes distribute

Yves Aubry, Philippe Langevin

We are concern about a conjecture proposed in the middle of the seventies by Hellesseth in the framework of maximal sequences and theirs cross-correlations. The conjecture claims the existence of a zero outphase Fourier coefficient. We give some divisibility properties in this direction.

Claudia Patrignani, Todd K. Pedlar, Jonathan L. Rosner

Great strides have been made in the understanding of bound states of a bottom quark $b$ and its antiquark $\bar b$ since the discovery of the first $Υ$ resonances in 1977. These {\it bottomonium} bound states have a rich spectrum whose masses and transition amplitudes shed valuable light on the strong interactions. The present article reviews some recent dev

Steven J. Gortler, Dylan P. Thurston

The d-measurement set of a graph is its set of possible squared edge lengths over all d-dimensional embeddings. In this note, we define a new notion of graph isomorphism called d-measurement isomorphism. Two graphs are d-measurement isomorphic if there is agreement in their d-measurement sets. A natural question to ask is "what can be said about two grap

Andre F. T. Martins, Mario A. T. Figueiredo, Pedro M. Q. Aguiar, Noah A. Smith

We propose AD3, a new algorithm for approximate maximum a posteriori (MAP) inference on factor graphs based on the alternating directions method of multipliers. Like dual decomposition algorithms, AD3 uses worker nodes to iteratively solve local subproblems and a controller node to combine these local solutions into a global update. The key characteristic of

Guillaume Lepage

We prove the strong consistency and the asymptotic normality of the maximum likelihood estimator of the parameters of a general conditionally heteroscedastic model with $α$-stable innovations. Then, we relax the assumptions and only suppose that the innovation process converges in distribution toward a stable process. Using a pseudo maximum likelihood estima

Maximilien Levesque, Olivier Bénichou, Benjamin Rotenberg

The time dependency of the diffusion coefficient of particles in porous media is an efficient probe of their geometry. The analysis of this quantity, measured e.g. by nuclear magnetic resonance (PGSE-NMR), can provide rich information pertaining to porosity, pore size distribution, permeability and surface-to-volume ratio of porous materials. Nevertheless, i

Richard L. Warr

First passage distributions of semi-Markov processes are of interest in fields such as reliability, survival analysis, and many others. The problem of finding or computing first passage distributions is, in general, quite challenging. We take the approach of using characteristic functions (or Fourier transforms) and inverting them, to numerically calculate t

Yu Li, Qun Lin, Hehu Xie

In this paper, we present a parallel scheme to solve the population balance equations based on the method of characteristics and the finite element discretization. The application of the method of characteristics transform the higher dimensional population balance equation into a series of lower dimensional convection-diffusion-reaction equations which can b

Zbigniew Burdak, Marek Kosiek, Marek Słociński

There are considered isometries on a Hilbert space. By the Wold theorem any isometry can be decomposed into a unitary operator and a unilateral shift. For a pair of isometries, even commuting, a maximal subspace reducing one isometry to a unitary operator might not reduce the other isometry. In the paper are considered pairs of commuting isometries which are

Tom Leinster

Mathematicians manipulate sets with confidence almost every day, rarely making mistakes. Few of us, however, could accurately quote what are often referred to as "the" axioms of set theory. This suggests that we all carry around with us, perhaps subconsciously, a reliable body of operating principles for manipulating sets. What if we were to take som

Dirk Beyer, Stefan Löwe

Abstraction, counterexample-guided refinement, and interpolation are techniques that are essential to the success of predicate-based program analysis. These techniques have not yet been applied together to explicit-value program analysis. We present an approach that integrates abstraction and interpolation-based refinement into an explicit-value analysis, i.

Juntao Song, Haiwen Liu, Hua Jiang, Qing-feng Sun

This paper details the investigation of the influence of different disorders in two-dimensional topological insulator systems. Unlike the phase transitions to topological Anderson insulator induced by normal Anderson disorder, a different physical picture arises when bond disorder is considered. Using Born approximation theory, an explanation is given as to