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Calculation of percolation thresholds in high dimensions for fcc, bcc, and diamond lattices
In a recent article, Galam and Mauger proposed an invariant for site and bond
percolation thresholds, based on known values for twenty lattices (Eur. Phys.
J. B 1 (1998) 255-258). Here we give a larger list of values for more than
forty lattices in two to six dimensions. In this list are new results for fcc,
bcc, and diamond lattices in 4, 5, and 6 dimensions.
The list contains examples of lattices with equal site percolation
thresholds, but different bond percolation thresholds. These and other examples
show that there are deviations from the proposed invariant of up to 12% in two
dimensions, increasing to 69% in higher dimensions.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures (EPS), LaTe
Maintenance of major histocompatibility supertype variation in selfing vertebrate is no evidence for overdominant selection
The Tate-Hochschild cohomology ring of a group algebra
We show that the Tate-Hochschild cohomology ring of a finite
group algebra is isomorphic to a direct sum of the Tate cohomology rings
of the centralizers of conjugacy class representatives of . Moreover, our
main result provides an explicit formula for the cup product in
with respect to this decomposition. As an example, this formula helps us to
compute the Tate-Hochschild cohomology ring of the symmetric group with
coefficients in a field of characteristic 3.Comment: 15 page
Finite generation of Tate cohomology of symmetric Hopf algebras
Let be a finite dimensional symmetric Hopf algebra over a field . We
show that there are -modules whose Tate cohomology is not finitely generated
over the Tate cohomology ring of . However, we also construct -modules
which have finitely generated Tate cohomology. It turns out that if a module in
a connected component of the stable Auslander-Reiten quiver associated to
has finitely generated Tate cohomology, then so does every module in that
component. We apply some of these finite generation results on Tate cohomology
to an algebra defined by Radford and to the restricted universal enveloping
algebra of .Comment: 12 pages, comments and suggestions are welcome. arXiv admin note:
substantial text overlap with arXiv:0804.4246 by other author
Oscillatory superfluid Ekman pumping in Helium II and neutron stars
The linear response of a superfluid, rotating uniformly in a cylindrical
container and threaded with a large number of vortex lines, to an impulsive
increase in the angular velocity of the container is investigated. At zero
temperature and with perfect pinning of vortices to the top and bottom of the
container, we demonstrate that the system oscillates persistently with a
frequency proportional to the vortex line tension parameter to the quarter
power. This low-frequency mode is generated by a secondary flow analogous to
classical Ekman pumping that is periodically reversed by the vortex tension in
the boundary layers. We compare analytic solutions to the two-fluid equations
of Chandler & Baym (1986) with the spin-up experiments of Tsakadze & Tsakadze
(1980) in helium II and find the frequency agrees within a factor of four,
although the experiment is not perfectly suited to the application of the
linear theory. We argue that this oscillatory Ekman pumping mode, and not
Tkachenko modes provide a natural explanation for the observed oscillation. In
neutron stars, the oscillation period depends on the pinning interaction
between neutron vortices and flux tubes in the outer core. Using a simplified
pinning model, we demonstrate that strong pinning can accommodate modes with
periods of days to years, which are only weakly damped by mutual friction over
longer timescales.Comment: 25 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanic
Subsidized Jobs for Unemployed Workers in Slovakia
This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells. The focus of the analysis is on the effect of the duration of temporary subsidized jobs on the job finding rate of unemployed workers. It appears that the duration of the temporary jobs is an important determinant of the speed by which unemployed workers find regular jobs. In this sense shorter temporary jobs are more effective than long temporary jobs. The main reason for this is probably that temporary jobs with a long duration induce workers in the first period on the temporary job to search less intensive for a regular job than temporary jobs with a short duration do.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/39695/3/wp311.pd
Aspects of the motivation for voluntary disclosures: evidence from the publication of value added statements in an emerging economy
This paper investigates the motivation for the voluntary disclosure of financial information by
companies in their annual financial statements, by examining aspects of the usefulness of the
value added statement. The value added statement is published voluntarily with the annual
financial statements and is currently experiencing high levels of publication in South Africa, which
is evidently brought about by the high political costs and significant legitimacy threats that
companies operating in South Africa are facing.
It was found from the literature and from a survey among management that the value added
statement was primarily aimed at the employees. Employees have also been regarded as users
of financial information in the literature. However, a survey among trade unions in South Africa
found that almost no use is made of the value added statement even though the unions make use
of other financial information. This indicates that voluntary disclosures do not necessarily satisfy
the information needs of their intended audience. The research also indicates that the trade
unions might not use the value added statement because they suspect that the statement is
being used to reduce political costs and legitimacy threats, and is therefore not reliable. This is a
major shortcoming of voluntary disclosures
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