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Inverse problem for Dirac systems with locally square-summable potentials and rectangular Weyl functions
Inverse problem for Dirac systems with locally square summable potentials and
rectangular Weyl functions is solved. For that purpose we use a new result on
the linear similarity between operators from a subclass of triangular integral
operators and the operator of integration.Comment: Some of the main results from [16] (A. Sakhnovich, Inverse Problems
18 (2002), 331--348) and the submitted to ArXiv papers[2] and [5] (see
arXiv:0912.4444 and arXiv:1106.1263) are generalized for the case of the
locally square-summable potentials and rectangular Weyl function
Simon Grant, Monti, Martin Osherson, Daniel
The classical theory of preference among monetary bets represents people as expected utility maximizers with nondecreasing concave utility functions. Critics of this account often rely on assumptions about preferences over wide ranges of total wealth. We derive a prediction of the theory that bears on bets at any fixed level of wealth, and test the prediction behaviorally. Our results are discrepant with the classical account. Competing theories are also examined in light of our data.
Analysis techniques for complex-field radiation pattern measurements
Complex field measurements are increasingly becoming the standard for
state-of-the-art astronomical instrumentation. Complex field measurements have
been used to characterize a suite of ground, airborne, and space-based
heterodyne receiver missions [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], and a description of
how to acquire coherent field maps for direct detector arrays was demonstrated
in Davis et. al. 2017. This technique has the ability to determine both
amplitude and phase radiation patterns from individual pixels on an array.
Phase information helps to better characterize the optical performance of the
array (as compared to total power radiation patterns) by constraining the fit
in an additional plane [4].
Here we discuss the mathematical framework used in an analysis pipeline
developed to process complex field radiation pattern measurements. This routine
determines and compensates misalignments of the instrument and scanning system.
We begin with an overview of Gaussian beam formalism and how it relates to
complex field pattern measurements. Next we discuss a scan strategy using an
offset in z along the optical axis that allows first-order optical standing
waves between the scanned source and optical system to be removed in
post-processing. Also discussed is a method by which the co- and
cross-polarization fields can be extracted individually for each pixel by
rotating the two orthogonal measurement planes until the signal is the
co-polarization map is maximized (and the signal in the cross-polarization
field is minimized). We detail a minimization function that can fit measurement
data to an arbitrary beam shape model. We conclude by discussing the angular
plane wave spectral (APWS) method for beam propagation, including the
near-field to far-field transformation
Flyer: University Lecture Series Featuring Dr. Jacqueline Wexler
“The Emerging Nation of Women”-- Dr. Jacqueline Wexler -- University Auditorium Wednesday May 29 (no year) 8:00PM, No Admission Charge -- Presented By University Public Functions Committee.
Dr. Jacqueline Wexler -- As Sister Jacqueline, she developed Webster College’s Dept. of Education into a pioneering Teacher -Training and Curriculum Research Center - As a member of LBJ’s Educational Advisory council, she helped set up Project Head Start – As President of New York’s Hunter College, she speaks for the role of women in higher education and in the nation today
The Reachability Problem for Petri Nets is Not Elementary
Petri nets, also known as vector addition systems, are a long established
model of concurrency with extensive applications in modelling and analysis of
hardware, software and database systems, as well as chemical, biological and
business processes. The central algorithmic problem for Petri nets is
reachability: whether from the given initial configuration there exists a
sequence of valid execution steps that reaches the given final configuration.
The complexity of the problem has remained unsettled since the 1960s, and it is
one of the most prominent open questions in the theory of verification.
Decidability was proved by Mayr in his seminal STOC 1981 work, and the
currently best published upper bound is non-primitive recursive Ackermannian of
Leroux and Schmitz from LICS 2019. We establish a non-elementary lower bound,
i.e. that the reachability problem needs a tower of exponentials of time and
space. Until this work, the best lower bound has been exponential space, due to
Lipton in 1976. The new lower bound is a major breakthrough for several
reasons. Firstly, it shows that the reachability problem is much harder than
the coverability (i.e., state reachability) problem, which is also ubiquitous
but has been known to be complete for exponential space since the late 1970s.
Secondly, it implies that a plethora of problems from formal languages, logic,
concurrent systems, process calculi and other areas, that are known to admit
reductions from the Petri nets reachability problem, are also not elementary.
Thirdly, it makes obsolete the currently best lower bounds for the reachability
problems for two key extensions of Petri nets: with branching and with a
pushdown stack.Comment: Final version of STOC'1
Language Functions Used by the Main Character in Sherlock Holmes II: a Game of Shadows Movie
This research focused on language functions used by the main character in “Sherlock Holmes” movie. The aims were to find the use of language functions and describe the dominant types of language functions used in “Sherlock Holmes” movie. The data were the dialogue of the main character in “Sherlock Holmes” movie in the first forty minutes of the movie. The research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research. The findings show that there are six types of language functions used by the main character in “Sherlock Holmes” movie. They are expressive, directive, referential, metalinguistic, phatic, and poetic. The most dominant type of language function is metalinguistic. It means that the main character conveys code analysis by asking questions to the people so that he might invent clue for the sake of his investigation
Busemann functions and barrier functions
We show that Busemann functions on a smooth, non-compact, complete,
boundaryless, connected Riemannian manifold are viscosity solutions with
respect to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation determined by the Riemannian metric and
consequently they are locally semi-concave with linear modulus. We also
analysis the structure of singularity sets of Busemann functions. Moreover we
study barrier functions, which are analogues to Mather's barrier functions in
Mather theory, and provide some fundamental properties. Based on barrier
functions, we could define some relations on the set of lines and thus classify
them. We also discuss some initial relations with the ideal boundary of the
Riemannian manifold.Comment: comments are welcome
Heun functions versus elliptic functions
We present some recent progresses on Heun functions, gathering results from
classical analysis up to elliptic functions. We describe Picard's
generalization of Floquet's theory for differential equations with doubly
periodic coefficients and give the detailed forms of the level one Heun
functions in terms of Jacobi theta functions. The finite-gap solutions give an
interesting alternative integral representation which, at level one, is shown
to be equivalent to their elliptic form.Comment: Communication at the International Conference on Difference
Equations, Special Functions and Applications, Munich, 25-30 july 2005, latex
2e, 20 page
Lyapunov functions via Whitney's size functions
In this paper we present a technique for constructing Lyapunov functions
based on Whitney's size functions. Applications to asymptotically stable
equilibrium points, isolated sets, expansive homeomorphisms and continuum-wise
expansive homeomorphisms are given
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