519 research outputs found
In the Maze of Data Languages
In data languages the positions of strings and trees carry a label from a
finite alphabet and a data value from an infinite alphabet. Extensions of
automata and logics over finite alphabets have been defined to recognize data
languages, both in the string and tree cases. In this paper we describe and
compare the complexity and expressiveness of such models to understand which
ones are better candidates as regular models
Nuclearity, Local Quasiequivalence and Split Property for Dirac Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime
We show that a free Dirac quantum field on a globally hyperbolic spacetime
has the following structural properties: (a) any two quasifree Hadamard states
on the algebra of free Dirac fields are locally quasiequivalent; (b) the
split-property holds in the representation of any quasifree Hadamard state; (c)
if the underlying spacetime is static, then the nuclearity condition is
satisfied, that is, the free energy associated with a finitely extended
subsystem (``box'') has a linear dependence on the volume of the box and goes
like for large temperatures , where is the number of
dimensions of the spacetime.Comment: Latex, 33 pages, no figures. v3: Corrections to the proofs of thm.
4.1 and thm. 3.1 and more reference
Phase space properties of charged fields in theories of local observables
Within the setting of algebraic quantum field theory a relation between
phase-space properties of observables and charged fields is established. These
properties are expressed in terms of compactness and nuclearity conditions
which are the basis for the characterization of theories with physically
reasonable causal and thermal features. Relevant concepts and results of phase
space analysis in algebraic quantum field theory are reviewed and the
underlying ideas are outlined.Comment: 33 pages, no figures, AMSTEX, DESY 94-18
Open educational resources : conversations in cyberspace
172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Libro ElectrónicoEducation systems today face two major challenges: expanding the reach of education and improving its quality. Traditional solutions will not suffice, especially in the context of today's knowledge-intensive societies. The Open Educational Resources movement offers one solution for extending the reach of education and expanding learning opportunities. The goal of the movement is to equalize access to knowledge worldwide through openly and freely available online high-quality content. Over the course of two years, the international community came together in a series of online discussion forums to discuss the concept of Open Educational Resources and its potential. This publication makes the background papers and reports from those discussions available in print.--Publisher's description.A first forum : presenting the open educational resources (OER) movement. Open educational resources : an introductory note / Sally Johnstone --
Providing OER and related issues : an introductory note / Anne Margulies, ... [et al.] --
Using OER and related issues : in introductory note / Mohammed-Nabil Sabry, ... [et al.] --
Discussion highlights / Paul Albright --
Ongoing discussion. A research agenda for OER : discussion highlights / Kim Tucker and Peter Bateman --
A 'do-it-yourself' resource for OER : discussion highlights / Boris Vukovic --
Free and open source software (FOSS) and OER --
A second forum : discussing the OECD study of OER. Mapping procedures and users / Jan Hylén --
Why individuals and institutions share and use OER / Jan Hylén --
Discussion highlights / Alexa Joyce --
Priorities for action. Open educational resources : the way forward / Susan D'Antoni
Scaling algebras for charged fields and short-distance analysis for localizable and topological charges
The method of scaling algebras, which has been introduced earlier as a means
for analyzing the short-distance behaviour of quantum field theories in the
setting of the model-independent, operator-algebraic approach, is extended to
the case of fields carrying superselection charges. In doing so, consideration
will be given to strictly localizable charges ("DHR-type" superselection
charges) as well as to charges which can only be localized in regions extending
to spacelike infinity ("BF-type" superselection charges). A criterion for the
preservance of superselection charges in the short-distance scaling limit is
proposed. Consequences of this preservance of superselection charges are
studied. The conjugate charge of a preserved charge is also preserved, and for
charges of DHR-type, the preservance of all charges of a quantum field theory
in the scaling limit leads to equivalence of local and global intertwiners
between superselection sectors.Comment: Latex 2e, 57 pages. Supersedes hep-th/030114
Pensions and Intergenerational Risk-Sharing When Relative Consumption Matters
Concern for relative consumption introduces an additional source of risk for future pensioners. We study its implications, in terms of optimal risk diversification, for the choice of the mix between a pay-as-you-go and a funded pension systems. We identify a necessary and sufficient condition for the optimal share of pay-as-you-go to be larger when relative consumption matters. We argue that when model parameters assume reasonable values such condition is satisfiedpay-as-you-go pensions, fully funded pensions, relative consumption, inter-generational risk-sharing
Implementation of conformal covariance by diffeomorphism symmetry
Every locally normal representation of a local chiral conformal quantum
theory is covariant with respect to global conformal transformations, if this
theory is diffeomorphism covariant in its vacuum representation.
The unitary, strongly continuous representation implementing conformal
symmetry is constructed; it consists of operators which are inner in a global
sense for the representation of the quantum theory. The construction is
independent of positivity of energy and applies to all locally normal
representations irrespective of their statistical dimensions (index).Comment: 11 pages,no figure
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