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Cosmology and stellar equilibrium using Newtonian hydrodynamics with general relativistic pressure
We revisit the analysis made by Hwang and Noh [JCAP 1310 (2013)] aiming the
construction of a Newtonian set of equations incorporating pressure effects
typical of the General Relativity theory. We explicitly derive the Hwang-Noh
equations, comparing them with similar computations found in the literature.
Then, we investigate the cosmological expansion, linear cosmological
perturbations theory and stellar equilibrium by using the new set of
equations and comparing the results with those coming from the usual Newtonian
theory, from the Neo-Newtonian theory and from the General Relativity theory.
We show that the predictions for the background evolution of the Universe are
deeply changed with respect to the General Relativity theory: the acceleration
of the Universe is achieved with positive pressure. On the other hand, the
behaviour of small cosmological perturbations reproduces the one found in the
relativistic context, even if only at small scales. We argue that this last
result may open new possibilities for numerical simulations for structure
formation in the Universe. Finally, the properties of neutron stars are
qualitatively reproduced by Hwang-Noh equations, but the upper mass limit is at
least one order of magnitude higher than the one obtained in General
Relativity.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures. Section 2 greatly extended with a post-Newtonian
analysis. Final results strengthe
Canonical decomposition of operators associated with the symmetrized polydisc
A tuple of commuting operators for which the closed
symmetrized polydisc is a spectral set is called a
-contraction. We show that every -contraction admits a
decomposition into a -unitary and a completely non-unitary
-contraction. This decomposition is an analogue to the canonical
decomposition of a contraction into a unitary and a completely non-unitary
contraction. We also find new characterizations for the set and
-contractions.Comment: Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, Published online on August 28,
2017. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1610.0093
Set Unification
The unification problem in algebras capable of describing sets has been
tackled, directly or indirectly, by many researchers and it finds important
applications in various research areas--e.g., deductive databases, theorem
proving, static analysis, rapid software prototyping. The various solutions
proposed are spread across a large literature. In this paper we provide a
uniform presentation of unification of sets, formalizing it at the level of set
theory. We address the problem of deciding existence of solutions at an
abstract level. This provides also the ability to classify different types of
set unification problems. Unification algorithms are uniformly proposed to
solve the unification problem in each of such classes.
The algorithms presented are partly drawn from the literature--and properly
revisited and analyzed--and partly novel proposals. In particular, we present a
new goal-driven algorithm for general ACI1 unification and a new simpler
algorithm for general (Ab)(Cl) unification.Comment: 58 pages, 9 figures, 1 table. To appear in Theory and Practice of
Logic Programming (TPLP
Relativistic Constraints for a Naturalistic Metaphysics of Time
The traditional metaphysical debate between static and dynamic views in the
philosophy of time is examined in light of considerations concerning the nature
of time in physical theory. Adapting the formalism of Rovelli (1995, 2004), I
set out a precise framework in which to characterise the formal structure of
time that we find in physical theory. This framework is used to provide a new
perspective on the relationship between the metaphysics of time and the special
theory of relativity by emphasising the dual representations of time that we
find in special relativity. I extend this analysis to the general theory of
relativity with a view to prescribing the constraints that must be heeded for a
metaphysical theory of time to remain within the bounds of a naturalistic
metaphysics
Method for Aspect-Based Sentiment Annotation Using Rhetorical Analysis
This paper fills a gap in aspect-based sentiment analysis and aims to present
a new method for preparing and analysing texts concerning opinion and
generating user-friendly descriptive reports in natural language. We present a
comprehensive set of techniques derived from Rhetorical Structure Theory and
sentiment analysis to extract aspects from textual opinions and then build an
abstractive summary of a set of opinions. Moreover, we propose aspect-aspect
graphs to evaluate the importance of aspects and to filter out unimportant ones
from the summary. Additionally, the paper presents a prototype solution of data
flow with interesting and valuable results. The proposed method's results
proved the high accuracy of aspect detection when applied to the gold standard
dataset
Conifold Transitions in M-theory on Calabi-Yau Fourfolds with Background Fluxes
We consider topology changing transitions for M-theory compactifications on
Calabi-Yau fourfolds with background G-flux. The local geometry of the
transition is generically a genus g curve of conifold singularities, which
engineers a 3d gauge theory with four supercharges, near the intersection of
Coulomb and Higgs branches. We identify a set of canonical, minimal flux quanta
which solve the local quantization condition on G for a given geometry,
including new solutions in which the flux is neither of horizontal nor vertical
type. A local analysis of the flux superpotential shows that the potential has
flat directions for a subset of these fluxes and the topologically different
phases can be dynamically connected. For special geometries and background
configurations, the local transitions extend to extremal transitions between
global fourfold compactifications with flux. By a circle decompactification the
M-theory analysis identifies consistent flux configurations in four-dimensional
F-theory compactifications and flat directions in the deformation space of
branes with bundles.Comment: 93 pages; v2: minor changes and references adde
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