173 research outputs found
Localized linear polynomial operators and quadrature formulas on the sphere
The purpose of this paper is to construct universal, auto--adaptive,
localized, linear, polynomial (-valued) operators based on scattered data on
the (hyper--)sphere \SS^q (). The approximation and localization
properties of our operators are studied theoretically in deterministic as well
as probabilistic settings. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate
their superiority over traditional least squares and discrete Fourier
projection polynomial approximations. An essential ingredient in our
construction is the construction of quadrature formulas based on scattered
data, exact for integrating spherical polynomials of (moderately) high degree.
Our formulas are based on scattered sites; i.e., in contrast to such well known
formulas as Driscoll--Healy formulas, we need not choose the location of the
sites in any particular manner. While the previous attempts to construct such
formulas have yielded formulas exact for spherical polynomials of degree at
most 18, we are able to construct formulas exact for spherical polynomials of
degree 178.Comment: 24 pages 2 figures, accepted for publication in SIAM J. Numer. Ana
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Role of the Mean-field in Bloch Oscillations of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Lattice and Harmonic Trap
Using the Crank-Nicholson method, we study the evolution of a Bose-Einstein
condensate in an optical lattice and harmonic trap. The condensate is excited
by displacing it from the center of the harmonic trap. The mean field plays an
important role in the Bloch-like oscillations that occur after sufficiently
large initial displacement. We find that a moderate mean field significantly
suppresses the dispersion of the condensate in momentum space. When the mean
field becomes large, soliton and vortex structures appear in the condensate
wavefunction.Comment: BEC simulation, 7 figure
Data-Based, Fault-Tolerant Model Predictive Control of a Complex Industrial Dearomatization Process
Detubularized isolated ureterosigmoidostomy in a complicated common cloaca: A case report
Urinary incontinence in a child secondary to a severe congenital anatomical disorder or due to complication of a previous surgery can be difficult to manage. Decisions can be especially hard when a redo procedure is being considered. We present one such case where a 6 year old girl previously operated for cloaca was brought with incontinence and after much consideration of options available, underwent a modified ureterosigmoidostomy to aid in her continence. The modification used was detubularized isolated ureterosigmoidostomy, described by Atta et al in 1996
Splines and Wavelets on Geophysically Relevant Manifolds
Analysis on the unit sphere found many applications in
seismology, weather prediction, astrophysics, signal analysis, crystallography,
computer vision, computerized tomography, neuroscience, and statistics.
In the last two decades, the importance of these and other applications
triggered the development of various tools such as splines and wavelet bases
suitable for the unit spheres , and the
rotation group . Present paper is a summary of some of results of the
author and his collaborators on generalized (average) variational splines and
localized frames (wavelets) on compact Riemannian manifolds. The results are
illustrated by applications to Radon-type transforms on and
.Comment: The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.co
Theory of random matrices with strong level confinement: orthogonal polynomial approach
Strongly non-Gaussian ensembles of large random matrices possessing unitary
symmetry and logarithmic level repulsion are studied both in presence and
absence of hard edge in their energy spectra. Employing a theory of polynomials
orthogonal with respect to exponential weights we calculate with asymptotic
accuracy the two-point kernel over all distance scale, and show that in the
limit of large dimensions of random matrices the properly rescaled local
eigenvalue correlations are independent of level confinement while global
smoothed connected correlations depend on confinement potential only through
the endpoints of spectrum. We also obtain exact expressions for density of
levels, one- and two-point Green's functions, and prove that new universal
local relationship exists for suitably normalized and rescaled connected
two-point Green's function. Connection between structure of Szeg\"o function
entering strong polynomial asymptotics and mean-field equation is traced.Comment: 12 pages (latex), to appear in Physical Review
The impact of Stieltjes' work on continued fractions and orthogonal polynomials
Stieltjes' work on continued fractions and the orthogonal polynomials related
to continued fraction expansions is summarized and an attempt is made to
describe the influence of Stieltjes' ideas and work in research done after his
death, with an emphasis on the theory of orthogonal polynomials
THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE BEND ACHROMAT (DDBA) LATTICE MODIFICATION FOR THE DIAMOND STORAGE RING
Abstract We present an overview of the status of the DDBA project, the various accelerator physics and engineering studies that have been carried out, and plans for the implementation of one or two DDBA cells in Diamond
Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change: insights from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia
Emerging and on-going research indicates that vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change are gendered. Still, policy approaches aimed at strengthening local communitiesâ adaptive capacity largely fail to recognize the gendered nature of everyday realities and experiences. This paper interrogates some of the emerging evidence in selected semi-arid countries of Africa and Asia from a gender perspective, using water scarcity as an illustrative example. It emphasizes the importance of moving beyond the counting of numbers of men and women to unpacking relations of power, of inclusion and exclusion in decision-making, and challenging cultural beliefs that have denied equal opportunities and rights to differently positioned people, especially those at the bottom of economic and social hierarchies. Such an approach would make policy and practice more relevant to peopleâs differentiated needs and responses
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