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Spectral bounds for the cutoff Coulomb potential
The method of potential envelopes is used to analyse the bound-state spectrum
of the Schroedinger Hamiltonian H = -Delta -v/(r+b), where v and b are
positive. We established simple formulas yielding upper and lower energy bounds
for all the energy eigenvalues.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Devonian Sandstone Lithostratigraphy, Northern Arkansas
Two areas of Devonian sandstone development may be recognized in northern Arkansas. In northwestern Arkansas, the Clifty Formation comprises a massively bedded, super mature quartz arenite of Middle Devonian age overlain by thinner bedded, phosphatic quartz arenite and chert breccia of the Sylamore Sandstone Member, Chattanooga Shale (Upper Devonian). This sequence overlies Ordovician strata (Powell or Everton) and is succeeded by the Chattanooga Shale and strata of Lower Mississippian age. In north-central Arkansas, the Clifty Formation is absent and the Chattanooga Shale may develop sandstone at its base and top. Occasionally the Chattanooga Shale is absent and the entire interval may be Upper Devonian sandstone. These Upper Devonian sandstones are phosphatic, mature quartz arenites referred to the Sylamore Member except where they overlie the Chattanooga Shale. In these cases, the sandstone is recognized as an informal upper member of the Chattanooga. Reports of Lower Mississippian Sylamore Sandstone in north-central Arkansas are regarded as misidentification of the Bachelor Formation (Middle Kinderhookian
Coulomb plus power-law potentials in quantum mechanics
We study the discrete spectrum of the Hamiltonian H = -Delta + V(r) for the
Coulomb plus power-law potential V(r)=-1/r+ beta sgn(q)r^q, where beta > 0, q >
-2 and q \ne 0. We show by envelope theory that the discrete eigenvalues
E_{n\ell} of H may be approximated by the semiclassical expression
E_{n\ell}(q) \approx min_{r>0}\{1/r^2-1/(mu r)+ sgn(q) beta(nu r)^q}.
Values of mu and nu are prescribed which yield upper and lower bounds.
Accurate upper bounds are also obtained by use of a trial function of the form,
psi(r)= r^{\ell+1}e^{-(xr)^{q}}. We give detailed results for
V(r) = -1/r + beta r^q, q = 0.5, 1, 2 for n=1, \ell=0,1,2, along with
comparison eigenvalues found by direct numerical methods.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Learning Membership Functions in a Function-Based Object Recognition System
Functionality-based recognition systems recognize objects at the category
level by reasoning about how well the objects support the expected function.
Such systems naturally associate a ``measure of goodness'' or ``membership
value'' with a recognized object. This measure of goodness is the result of
combining individual measures, or membership values, from potentially many
primitive evaluations of different properties of the object's shape. A
membership function is used to compute the membership value when evaluating a
primitive of a particular physical property of an object. In previous versions
of a recognition system known as Gruff, the membership function for each of the
primitive evaluations was hand-crafted by the system designer. In this paper,
we provide a learning component for the Gruff system, called Omlet, that
automatically learns membership functions given a set of example objects
labeled with their desired category measure. The learning algorithm is
generally applicable to any problem in which low-level membership values are
combined through an and-or tree structure to give a final overall membership
value.Comment: See http://www.jair.org/ for any accompanying file
Eigenvalue bounds for a class of singular potentials in N dimensions
The eigenvalue bounds obtained earlier [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 (1998) 963]
for smooth transformations of the form V(x) = g(x^2) + f(1/x^2) are extended to
N-dimensions. In particular a simple formula is derived which bounds the
eigenvalues for the spiked harmonic oscillator potential V(x) = x^2 +
lambda/x^alpha, alpha > 0, lambda > 0, and is valid for all discrete
eigenvalues, arbitrary angular momentum ell, and spatial dimension N.Comment: 10 pages (plain tex with 2 ps figures). J.Phys.A:Math.Gen.(In Press
Air motion determination by tracking humidity patterns in isentropic layers
Determining air motions by tracking humidity patterns in isentropic layers was investigated. Upper-air rawinsonde data from the NSSL network and from the AVE-II pilot experiment were used to simulate temperature and humidity profile data that will eventually be available from geosynchronous satellites. Polynomial surfaces that move with time were fitted to the mixing-ratio values of the different isentropic layers. The velocity components of the polynomial surfaces are part of the coefficients that are determined in order to give an optimum fitting of the data. In the mid-troposphere, the derived humidity motions were in good agreement with the winds measured by rawinsondes so long as there were few or no clouds and the lapse rate was relatively stable. In the lower troposphere, the humidity motions were unreliable primarily because of nonadiabatic processes and unstable lapse rates. In the upper troposphere, the humidity amounts were too low to be measured with sufficient accuracy to give reliable results. However, it appears that humidity motions could be used to provide mid-tropospheric wind data over large regions of the globe
Semiclassical energy formulas for power-law and log potentials in quantum mechanics
We study a single particle which obeys non-relativistic quantum mechanics in
R^N and has Hamiltonian H = -Delta + V(r), where V(r) = sgn(q)r^q. If N \geq 2,
then q > -2, and if N = 1, then q > -1. The discrete eigenvalues E_{n\ell} may
be represented exactly by the semiclassical expression E_{n\ell}(q) =
min_{r>0}\{P_{n\ell}(q)^2/r^2+ V(r)}. The case q = 0 corresponds to V(r) =
ln(r). By writing one power as a smooth transformation of another, and using
envelope theory, it has earlier been proved that the P_{n\ell}(q) functions are
monotone increasing. Recent refinements to the comparison theorem of QM in
which comparison potentials can cross over, allow us to prove for n = 1 that
Q(q)=Z(q)P(q) is monotone increasing, even though the factor Z(q)=(1+q/N)^{1/q}
is monotone decreasing. Thus P(q) cannot increase too slowly. This result
yields some sharper estimates for power-potential eigenvlaues at the bottom of
each angular-momentum subspace.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figure
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