1,292 research outputs found
A saturation property of structures obtained by forcing with a compact family of random variables
A method how to construct Boolean-valued models of some fragments of
arithmetic was developed in Krajicek (2011), with the intended applications in
bounded arithmetic and proof complexity. Such a model is formed by a family of
random variables defined on a pseudo-finite sample space. We show that under a
fairly natural condition on the family (called compactness in K.(2011)) the
resulting structure has a property that is naturally interpreted as saturation
for existential types. We also give an example showing that this cannot be
extended to universal types.Comment: preprint February 201
Random l-colourable structures with a pregeometry
We study finite -colourable structures with an underlying pregeometry. The
probability measure that is used corresponds to a process of generating such
structures (with a given underlying pregeometry) by which colours are first
randomly assigned to all 1-dimensional subspaces and then relationships are
assigned in such a way that the colouring conditions are satisfied but apart
from this in a random way. We can then ask what the probability is that the
resulting structure, where we now forget the specific colouring of the
generating process, has a given property. With this measure we get the
following results: 1. A zero-one law. 2. The set of sentences with asymptotic
probability 1 has an explicit axiomatisation which is presented. 3. There is a
formula (not directly speaking about colours) such that, with
asymptotic probability 1, the relation "there is an -colouring which assigns
the same colour to and " is defined by . 4. With asymptotic
probability 1, an -colourable structure has a unique -colouring (up to
permutation of the colours).Comment: 35 page
Prototyping Operational Autonomy for Space Traffic Management
Current state of the art in Space Traffic Management (STM) relies on a handful of providers for surveillance and collision prediction, and manual coordination between operators. Neither is scalable to support the expected 10x increase in spacecraft population in less than 10 years, nor does it support automated manuever planning. We present a software prototype of an STM architecture based on open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), drawing on previous work by NASA to develop an architecture for low-altitude Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management. The STM architecture is designed to provide structure to the interactions between spacecraft operators, various regulatory bodies, and service suppliers, while maintaining flexibility of these interactions and the ability for new market participants to enter easily. Autonomy is an indispensable part of the proposed architecture in enabling efficient data sharing, coordination between STM participants and safe flight operations. Examples of autonomy within STM include syncing multiple non-authoritative catalogs of resident space objects, or determining which spacecraft maneuvers when preventing impending conjunctions between multiple spacecraft. The STM prototype is based on modern micro-service architecture adhering to OpenAPI standards and deployed in industry standard Docker containers, facilitating easy communication between different participants or services. The system architecture is designed to facilitate adding and replacing services with minimal disruption. We have implemented some example participant services (e.g. a space situational awareness provider/SSA, a conjunction assessment supplier/CAS, an automated maneuver advisor/AMA) within the prototype. Different services, with creative algorithms folded into then, can fulfil similar functional roles within the STM architecture by flexibly connecting to it using pre-defined APIs and data models, thereby lowering the barrier to entry of new players in the STM marketplace. We demonstrate the STM prototype on a multiple conjunction scenario with multiple maneuverable spacecraft, where an example CAS and AMA can recommend optimal maneuvers to the spacecraft operators, based on a predefined reward function. Such tools can intelligently search the space of potential collision avoidance maneuvers with varying parameters like lead time and propellant usage, optimize a customized reward function, and be implemented as a scheduling service within the STM architecture. The case study shows an example of autonomous maneuver planning is possible using the API-based framework. As satellite populations and predicted conjunctions increase, an STM architecture can facilitate seamless information exchange related to collision prediction and mitigation among various service applications on different platforms and servers. The availability of such an STM network also opens up new research topics on satellite maneuver planning, scheduling and negotiation across disjoint entities
An Experimental Investigation of the Pressure Distribution on A 1/15-Scale Model of the Lockheed WS-117L Vehicle Plus Booster "B" at Mach Numbers from 0.70 to 1.45
Results obtained with two nose shapes tested at a Reynolds number per foot of 5 x 10(exp 6) at angles of attack from -4 deg to +10 deg at 0 deg angle of sideslip are presented in tabulated pressure coefficient form without analysis
On Recurrent Reachability for Continuous Linear Dynamical Systems
The continuous evolution of a wide variety of systems, including
continuous-time Markov chains and linear hybrid automata, can be described in
terms of linear differential equations. In this paper we study the decision
problem of whether the solution of a system of linear
differential equations reaches a target
halfspace infinitely often. This recurrent reachability problem can
equivalently be formulated as the following Infinite Zeros Problem: does a
real-valued function satisfying a
given linear differential equation have infinitely many zeros? Our main
decidability result is that if the differential equation has order at most ,
then the Infinite Zeros Problem is decidable. On the other hand, we show that a
decision procedure for the Infinite Zeros Problem at order (and above)
would entail a major breakthrough in Diophantine Approximation, specifically an
algorithm for computing the Lagrange constants of arbitrary real algebraic
numbers to arbitrary precision.Comment: Full version of paper at LICS'1
Splitting fields and general differential Galois theory
An algebraic technique is presented that does not use results of model theory
and makes it possible to construct a general Galois theory of arbitrary
nonlinear systems of partial differential equations. The algebraic technique is
based on the search for prime differential ideals of special form in tensor
products of differential rings. The main results demonstrating the work of the
technique obtained are the theorem on the constructedness of the differential
closure and the general theorem on the Galois correspondence for normal
extensions..Comment: 33 pages, this version coincides with the published on
Tameness of holomorphic closure dimension in a semialgebraic set
Given a semianalytic set S in a complex space and a point p in S, there is a
unique smallest complex-analytic germ at p which contains the germ of S, called
the holomorphic closure of S at p. We show that if S is semialgebraic then its
holomorphic closure is a Nash germ, for every p, and S admits a semialgebraic
filtration by the holomorphic closure dimension. As a consequence, every
semialgebraic subset of a complex vector space admits a semialgebraic
stratification into CR manifolds satisfying a strong version of the condition
of the frontier.Comment: Published versio
Completeness of dagger-categories and the complex numbers
The complex numbers are an important part of quantum theory, but are
difficult to motivate from a theoretical perspective. We describe a simple
formal framework for theories of physics, and show that if a theory of physics
presented in this manner satisfies certain completeness properties, then it
necessarily includes the complex numbers as a mathematical ingredient. Central
to our approach are the techniques of category theory, and we introduce a new
category-theoretical tool, called the dagger-limit, which governs the way in
which systems can be combined to form larger systems. These dagger-limits can
be used to characterize the dagger-functor on the category of
finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, and so can be used as an equivalent
definition of the inner product. One of our main results is that in a
nontrivial monoidal dagger-category with all finite dagger-limits and a simple
tensor unit, the semiring of scalars embeds into an involutive field of
characteristic 0 and orderable fixed field.Comment: 39 pages. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Mathematical
Physic
An axiomatic approach to the non-linear theory of generalized functions and consistency of Laplace transforms
We offer an axiomatic definition of a differential algebra of generalized
functions over an algebraically closed non-Archimedean field. This algebra is
of Colombeau type in the sense that it contains a copy of the space of Schwartz
distributions. We study the uniqueness of the objects we define and the
consistency of our axioms. Next, we identify an inconsistency in the
conventional Laplace transform theory. As an application we offer a free of
contradictions alternative in the framework of our algebra of generalized
functions. The article is aimed at mathematicians, physicists and engineers who
are interested in the non-linear theory of generalized functions, but who are
not necessarily familiar with the original Colombeau theory. We assume,
however, some basic familiarity with the Schwartz theory of distributions.Comment: 23 page
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