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Mirror symmetry, Tyurin degenerations and fibrations on Calabi-Yau manifolds
We investigate a potential relationship between mirror symmetry for
Calabi-Yau manifolds and the mirror duality between quasi-Fano varieties and
Landau-Ginzburg models. More precisely, we show that if a Calabi-Yau admits a
so-called Tyurin degeneration to a union of two Fano varieties, then one should
be able to construct a mirror to that Calabi-Yau by gluing together the
Landau-Ginzburg models of those two Fano varieties. We provide evidence for
this correspondence in a number of different settings, including
Batyrev-Borisov mirror symmetry for K3 surfaces and Calabi-Yau threefolds,
Dolgachev-Nikulin mirror symmetry for K3 surfaces, and an explicit family of
threefolds that are not realized as complete intersections in toric varieties.Comment: v2: Section 5 has been completely rewritten to accommodate results
removed from Section 5 of arxiv:1501.04019. v3: Final version, to appear in
String-Math 2015, forthcoming volume in the Proceedings of Symposia in Pure
Mathematics serie
Families of lattice polarized K3 surfaces with monodromy
We extend the notion of lattice polarization for K3 surfaces to families over
a (not necessarily simply connected) base, in a way that gives control over the
action of monodromy on the algebraic cycles, and discuss the uses of this new
theory in the study of families of K3 surfaces admitting fibrewise symplectic
automorphisms. We then give an application of these ideas to the study of
Calabi-Yau threefolds admitting fibrations by lattice polarized K3 surfaces
Calabi-Yau Threefolds Fibred by Mirror Quartic K3 Surfaces
We study threefolds fibred by mirror quartic K3 surfaces. We begin by showing
that any family of such K3 surfaces is completely determined by a map from the
base of the family to the moduli space of mirror quartic K3 surfaces. This is
then used to give a complete explicit description of all Calabi-Yau threefolds
fibred by mirror quartic K3 surfaces. We conclude by studying the properties of
such Calabi-Yau threefolds, including their Hodge numbers and deformation
theory.Comment: v2: Significant changes at the request of the referee. Section 3 has
been rearranged to accommodate a revised proof of Proposition 3.5 (formerly
3.2). Section 5 has been removed completely, it will instead appear as part
of Section 5 in arxiv:1601.0811
Performance of Earth Dams During the Loma Prieta Earthquake
The October 17, 1989 Lorna Prieta Earthquake shook a large number of earth and rockfill darns. There were actually more than 100 darns within 50 miles of the fault rupture associated with this event. Although more than half of these embankments were less than 60 feet in height, a number of major darns were strongly shaken. In general, the darns performed satisfactory with one major darn and one minor darn developing moderate damage. A small number also developed minor to moderate cracking which required repairs. The great majority, however, sustained no significant damage. Although this result is quite encouraging, this thought should be tempered by the fact that the reservoirs in many of these darns were quite low at the time of the earthquake. Thus, the 1989 Lorna Prieta Earthquake was not the full test of these structures
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An approach to supervised learning of three valued Lukasiewicz logic in Hölldobler's core method
The core method [6] provides a way of translating logic programs into a multilayer perceptron computing least models of the programs. In [7] , a variant of the core method for three valued Lukasiewicz logic and its applicability to cognitive modelling were introduced. Building on these results, the present paper provides a modified core suitable for supervised learning, implements and executes supervised learning with the backpropagation algorithm and, finally, constructs a rule extraction method in order to close the neural-symbolic cycle
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Learning Lukasiewicz logic
The integration between connectionist learning and logic-based reasoning is a longstanding foundational question in artificial intelligence, cognitive systems, and computer science in general. Research into neural-symbolic integration aims to tackle this challenge, developing approaches bridging the gap between sub-symbolic and symbolic representation and computation. In this line of work the core method has been suggested as a way of translating logic programs into a multilayer perceptron computing least models of the programs. In particular, a variant of the core method for three valued Łukasiewicz logic has proven to be applicable to cognitive modelling among others in the context of Byrne’s suppression task. Building on the underlying formal results and the corresponding computational framework, the present article provides a modified core method suitable for the supervised learning of Łukasiewicz logic (and of a closely-related variant thereof), implements and executes the corresponding supervised learning with the backpropagation algorithm and, finally, constructs a rule extraction method in order to close the neural-symbolic cycle. The resulting system is then evaluated in several empirical test cases, and recommendations for future developments are derived
Reversible cerebral ischemia in patients with pheochromocytoma
Cerebral ischemia and symptoms of stroke can occur as a rare manifestation in patients with pheochromocytoma. We describe a 45-year-old woman who was admitted because of a right-sided hemiparesis due to an ischemic lesion in the left hypothalamus. The clinical diagnosis of a pheochromocytoma was proven by highly elevated urinary catecholamines and confirmed histologically after operation. The successful removal of the tumor led to the almost complete recovery of the neurological deficiencies. It is of vital importance to know this atypical presentation of pheochromocytoma. The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma should be suspected in patients with focal cerebral symptoms, particularly in the presence of intermittent hypertension or other paroxysmal symptoms suggestive of pheochromocytom
Hodge Numbers from Picard-Fuchs Equations
Given a variation of Hodge structure over with Hodge numbers
, we show how to compute the degrees of the Deligne extension of
its Hodge bundles, following Eskin-Kontsevich-M\"oller-Zorich, by using the
local exponents of the corresponding Picard-Fuchs equation. This allows us to
compute the Hodge numbers of Zucker's Hodge structure on the corresponding
parabolic cohomology groups. We also apply this to families of elliptic curves,
K3 surfaces and Calabi-Yau threefolds
Transient Heat Partition Factor for a Sliding Railcar Wheel
During a wheel slide the frictional heat generated at the contact interface causes intense heating of the adjacent wheel material. If this material exceeds the austenitising temperature and then cools quickly enough, it can transform into martensite, which may ultimately crack and cause wheel failure. A knowledge of the distribution of the heat partitioned into the wheel and the rail and the resulting temperature fields is critical to developing designs to minimize these deleterious effects. A number of theoretical solutions have appeared in the literature to model the thermal aspects of this phenomenon. The objective of this investigation was to examine the limitations of these solutions by comparing them to the results of a finite element analysis that does not incorporate many of the simplifying assumptions on which these solutions are based. It was found that these simplified solutions can produce unrealistic results under some circumstances
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