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Isomorphism and embedding of Borel systems on full sets
A Borel system consists of a measurable automorphism of a standard Borel
space. We consider Borel embeddings and isomorphisms between such systems
modulo null sets, i.e. sets which have measure zero for every invariant
probability measure. For every t>0 we show that in this category there exists a
unique free Borel system (Y,S) which is strictly t-universal in the sense that
all invariant measures on Y have entropy <t, and if (X,T) is another free
system obeying the same entropy condition then X embeds into Y off a null set.
One gets a strictly t-universal system from mixing shifts of finite type of
entropy at least t by removing the periodic points and "restricting" to the
part of the system of entropy <t. As a consequence, after removing their
periodic points the systems in the following classes are completely classified
by entropy up to Borel isomorphism off null sets: mixing shifts of finite type,
mixing positive-recurrent countable state Markov chains, mixing sofic shifts,
beta shifts, synchronized subshifts, and axiom-A diffeomorphisms. In particular
any two equal-entropy systems from these classes are entropy conjugate in the
sense of Buzzi, answering a question of Boyle, Buzzi and Gomez.Comment: 17 pages, v2: correction to bibliograph
Advertising Versus Sales In Demand Creation
Using an analytical model, we investigate the dynamics of a firm with market power whose advertisements and sales contribute to its customers’ stock of goodwill. An advertising campaign precedes the firm’s sales when customers are not familiar with its product, (e.g., movies), whereas sales of a new brand of a familiar product may start without advertising (e.g. Crocs shoes). For constant demand elasticity, both advertising and sales take place from the start. Two different types of solutions then emerge: one for low demand elasticity and one for high demand elasticity. These solutions are analyzed by phase diagrams. We also perform a numerical sensitivity analysis.Dynemic Advertisement, Diffusion, Adoption, Goodwill, Learning by Buying, Phase Diagram
Recent Results on Charm Photoproduction
Photoproduction of mesons has been measured in the ZEUS detector
at HERA and compared with predictions of NLO pQCD calculations. The ratio of
to cross sections has been compared to results from
experiments. Orbitally excited P-wave charm mesons have been
observed in the final state. The fraction of 's
originating from these mesons has been calculated and compared with that from
interactions. No evidence for radially excited mesons decaying to
was found. The inelastic production of J/ mesons
has been measured and compared to LO and NLO pQCD predictions.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, Talk given at the PHOTON 2000 Conference,
Ambleside, UK, August 26-31,200
A ratio ergodic theorem for multiparameter non-singular actions
We prove a ratio ergodic theorem for non-singular free and
actions, along balls in an arbitrary norm. Using a Chacon-Ornstein type lemma
the proof is reduced to a statement about the amount of mass of a probability
measure that can concentrate on (thickened) boundaries of balls in . The
proof relies on geometric properties of norms, including the Besicovitch
covering lemma and the fact that boundaries of balls have lower dimension than
the ambient space. We also show that for general group actions, the Besicovitch
covering property not only implies the maximal inequality, but is equivalent to
it, implying that further generalization may require new methods.Comment: 21 pages, to appear in JEM
Is “Race” Modern? Disambiguating the Question
Race theorists have been unable to reach a consensus regarding the basic historical question, “is ‘race’ modern?” I argue that this is partly because the question itself is ambiguous. There is not really one question that race scholars are answering, but at least six. First, is the concept of race modern? Second, is there a modern concept of race that is distinct from earlier race concepts? Third, are “races” themselves modern? Fourth, are racialized groups modern? Fifth, are the means and methods associated with racialization modern? And sixth, are the meanings attached to racialized traits modern? Because these questions have different answers, the debate about the historical origins of “race” cannot be resolved unless they are distinguished. I will explain the ways in which “race” is and is not modern by answering these questions, thereby offering a resolution to a seemingly intractable problem
Upcrossing inequalities for stationary sequences and applications
For arrays of random variables that are
stationary in an appropriate sense, we show that the fluctuations of the
process can be bounded in terms of a measure of the
``mean subadditivity'' of the process . We derive
universal upcrossing inequalities with exponential decay for Kingman's
subadditive ergodic theorem, the Shannon--MacMillan--Breiman theorem and for
the convergence of the Kolmogorov complexity of a stationary sample.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-AOP460 the Annals of
Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
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