717 research outputs found
Determinantal equations for secant varieties and the Eisenbud-Koh-Stillman conjecture
We address special cases of a question of Eisenbud on the ideals of secant
varieties of Veronese re-embeddings of arbitrary varieties. Eisenbud's question
generalizes a conjecture of Eisenbud, Koh and Stillman (EKS) for curves. We
prove that set-theoretic equations of small secant varieties to a high degree
Veronese re-embedding of a smooth variety are determined by equations of the
ambient Veronese variety and linear equations. However this is false for
singular varieties, and we give explicit counter-examples to the EKS conjecture
for singular curves. The techniques we use also allow us to prove a gap and
uniqueness theorem for symmetric tensor rank. We put Eisenbud's question in a
more general context about the behaviour of border rank under specialisation to
a linear subspace, and provide an overview of conjectures coming from signal
processing and complexity theory in this context.Comment: 21 pages; presentation improved as suggested by the referees; To
appear in Journal of London Mathematical Societ
Wavelet versus Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of multifractal structures
We perform a comparative study of applicability of the Multifractal Detrended
Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA) and the Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima (WTMM)
method in proper detecting of mono- and multifractal character of data. We
quantify the performance of both methods by using different sorts of artificial
signals generated according to a few well-known exactly soluble mathematical
models: monofractal fractional Brownian motion, bifractal Levy flights, and
different sorts of multifractal binomial cascades. Our results show that in
majority of situations in which one does not know a priori the fractal
properties of a process, choosing MFDFA should be recommended. In particular,
WTMM gives biased outcomes for the fractional Brownian motion with different
values of Hurst exponent, indicating spurious multifractality. In some cases
WTMM can also give different results if one applies different wavelets. We do
not exclude using WTMM in real data analysis, but it occurs that while one may
apply MFDFA in a more automatic fashion, WTMM has to be applied with care. In
the second part of our work, we perform an analogous analysis on empirical data
coming from the American and from the German stock market. For this data both
methods detect rich multifractality in terms of broad f(alpha), but MFDFA
suggests that this multifractality is poorer than in the case of WTMM.Comment: substantially extended version, to appear in Phys.Rev.
Secants of Lagrangian Grassmannians
We study the dimensions of secant varieties of the Grassmannian of Lagrangian
subspaces in a symplectic vector space. We calculate these dimensions for third
and fourth secant varieties. Our result is obtained by providing a normal form
for four general points on such a Grassmannian and by explicitly calculating
the tangent spaces at these four points
Contact Moishezon threefolds with second Betti number one
We prove that the only contact Moishezon threefold having second Betti number
equal to one is the projective space.Comment: 5 pages. v2: exposition improved as suggested by the referee. To
appear in Archiv der Mat
Search for universality in one-dimensional ballistic annihilation kinetics
We study the kinetics of ballistic annihilation for a one-dimensional ideal
gas with continuous velocity distribution. A dynamical scaling theory for the
long time behavior of the system is derived. Its validity is supported by
extensive numerical simulations for several velocity distributions. This leads
us to the conjecture that all the continuous velocity distributions \phi(v)
which are symmetric, regular and such that \phi(0) does not vanish, are
attracted in the long time regime towards the same Gaussian distribution and
thus belong to the same universality class. Moreover, it is found that the
particle density decays as n(t)~t^{-\alpha}, with \alpha=0.785 +/- 0.005.Comment: 8 pages, needs multicol, epsf and revtex. 8 postscript figures
included. Submitted to Phys. Rev. E. Also avaiable at
http://mykonos.unige.ch/~rey/publi.html#Secon
Rzadki przypadek wznowy PEComa (Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor). Przypadek kliniczny i przegląd piśmiennictwa
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEC-oma) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm. Literature reports more than 100 cases of PEC-oma, a third of which is of uterine or uterine retroperitoneum origin. The case of a 59-year-old woman presented here is, to the best of our knowledge, the first described fast uterine PEC-oma recurrence of the tumor of the gastrointestinal tract origin. In this text the authors also present literature review concerning this rare female tumor.Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa), są bardzo rzadkimi guzami pochodzenia mezenchymalnego. Do dnia dzisiejszego odnotowano w piśmiennictwie ponad 100 przypadków PEComa, z czego mniej więcej 1/3 występowała w macicy lub pokrywającej ją otrzewnej (retroperitoneum). Prezentowany przypadek 59 letniej pacjentki jest według nas pierwszym przedstawiającym szybką wznowę zmiany o typie PEComa zlokalizowaną w obrębie macicy o pierwotnym punkcie wyjścia z przewodu pokarmowego. W poniższym tekście przedstawiamy także przegląd piśmiennictwa dotyczący tego rzadkiego guza kobiecego narządu rodnego
A path integral approach to the dynamics of a random chain with rigid constraints
In this work the dynamics of a freely jointed random chain which fluctuates
at constant temperature in some viscous medium is studied. The chain is
regarded as a system of small particles which perform a brownian motion and are
subjected to rigid constraints which forbid the breaking of the chain. For
simplicity, all interactions among the particles have been switched off and the
number of dimensions has been limited to two. The problem of describing the
fluctuations of the chain in the limit in which it becomes a continuous system
is solved using a path integral approach, in which the constraints are imposed
with the insertion in the path integral of suitable Dirac delta functions. It
is shown that the probability distribution of the possible conformations in
which the fluctuating chain can be found during its evolution in time coincides
with the partition function of a field theory which is a generalization of the
nonlinear sigma model in two dimensions. Both the probability distribution and
the generating functional of the correlation functions of the positions of the
beads are computed explicitly in a semiclassical approximation for a
ring-shaped chain.Comment: 36 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX + REVTeX4 + graphicx, minor changes in the
text, reference adde
Convergence to equilibrium under a random Hamiltonian
We analyze equilibration times of subsystems of a larger system under a
random total Hamiltonian, in which the basis of the Hamiltonian is drawn from
the Haar measure. We obtain that the time of equilibration is of the order of
the inverse of the arithmetic average of the Bohr frequencies. To compute the
average over a random basis, we compute the inverse of a matrix of overlaps of
operators which permute four systems. We first obtain results on such a matrix
for a representation of an arbitrary finite group and then apply it to the
particular representation of the permutation group under consideration.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure, v1-v3: some minor errors and typos corrected and
new references added; v4: results for the degenerated spectrum added; v5:
reorganized and rewritten version; to appear in PR
Risk factors for cesarean section after using the Foley catheter for labor induction
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the value of the Bishop score and ultrasound examination of the cervix in predicting the success of labor induction with the use of the Foley catheter determined by the mode of delivery. Material and methods: Foley catheter induction of labor was performed in 135 pregnancies between 38 to 42 weeks gestation. The study group was divided into two groups, depending of the mode of delivery: vaginal vs. cesarean. Results: The Bishop score was significantly higher in the vaginal delivery group when compared to the caesarean section group (5.2; 95%CI: 4.4 – 6.2 vs. 3.9; 95%CI: 2.8-4.9). Cervical length was not statistically significantly different between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression showed that patient-specific risk for caesarean section decreases with increasing maternal age and the Bishop score (Detection Rate [DR] of 52% at fixed False Positive Rate [FPR] of 10%). Conclusions: Failure of labor induction with the use of the Foley catheter can be predicted by maternal age and pre-induction Bishop score
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