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Coordinate sum and difference sets of -dimensional modular hyperbolas
Many problems in additive number theory, such as Fermat's last theorem and
the twin prime conjecture, can be understood by examining sums or differences
of a set with itself. A finite set is considered
sum-dominant if . If we consider all subsets of , as it is natural to expect that almost all subsets should
be difference-dominant, as addition is commutative but subtraction is not;
however, Martin and O'Bryant in 2007 proved that a positive percentage are
sum-dominant as .
This motivates the study of "coordinate sum dominance". Given , we call a coordinate sumset and a coordinate difference set, and we say is coordinate sum
dominant if . An arithmetically interesting choice of is
, which is the reduction modulo of the modular hyperbola
. In 2009, Eichhorn,
Khan, Stein, and Yankov determined the sizes of and for
and investigated conditions for coordinate sum dominance. We
extend their results to reduced -dimensional modular hyperbolas
with coprime to .Comment: Version 1.0, 14 pages, 2 figure
SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RANAVIRUSES:: A NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Ranaviruses are large double stranded DNA viruses of poikilothermic vertebrates including amphibians, reptiles and fish. In North America, ranaviral disease and ranavirus-related die-off events have been documented in all three classes. Ranaviruses are found worldwide, appear to be emerging in some regions, and are increasingly recognized as a threat to many species
Adherence to Clean Intermittent Catheterization Treatment in Pediatric Patients: A Comprehensive Review of Literature
Preservice Teachers’ Algebraic Reasoning and Symbol Use on a Multistep Fraction Word Problem
Previous research on preservice teachers’ understanding of fractions and algebra has focused on one or the other. To extend this research, we examined 85 undergraduate elementary education majors and middle school mathematics education majors’ solutions and solution paths (i.e., the ways or methods in which preservice teachers solve word problems) when combining fractions with algebra on a multistep word problem. In this article, we identify and describe common strategy clusters and approaches present in the preservice teachers’ written work. Our results indicate that preservice teachers’ understanding of algebra include arithmetic methods, proportions, and is related to their understanding of a whole
Dynamics of the Fibonacci Order of Appearance Map
The \textit{order of appearance} of a positive integer in the
Fibonacci sequence is defined as the smallest positive integer such that
divides the -th Fibonacci number. A \textit{fixed point} arises
when, for a positive integer , we have that the
Fibonacci number is the smallest Fibonacci that divides. In other words,
.
In 2012, Marques proved that fixed points occur only when is of the
form or for all non-negative integers . It
immediately follows that there are infinitely many fixed points in the
Fibonacci sequence. We prove that there are infinitely many integers that
iterate to a fixed point in exactly steps. In addition, we construct
infinite families of integers that go to each fixed point of the form . We conclude by providing an alternate proof that all positive integers
reach a fixed point after a finite number of iterations.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure
Generalized Continuous and Discrete Stick Fragmentation and Benford's Law
Inspired by the basic stick fragmentation model proposed by Becker et al. in
arXiv:1309.5603v4, we consider three new versions of such fragmentation models,
namely, continuous with random number of parts, continuous with probabilistic
stopping, and discrete with congruence stopping conditions. In all of these
situations, we state and prove precise conditions for the ending stick lengths
to obey Benford's law when taking the appropriate limits. We introduce the
aggregated limit, necessary to guarantee convergence to Benford's law in the
latter two models. We also show that resulting stick lengths are non-Benford
when our conditions are not met. Moreover, we give a sufficient condition for a
distribution to satisfy the Mellin transform condition introduced in
arXiv:0805.4226v2, yielding a large family of examples.Comment: 43 pages, 2 figure
Preservice teachers’ pictorial strategies for a multistep multiplicative fraction problem
Previous research has documented that preservice teachers (PSTs) struggle with under- standing fraction concepts and operations, and misconceptions often stem from their understanding of the referent whole. This study expands research on PSTs’ understanding of wholes by investigating pictorial strategies that 85 PSTs constructed for a multistep fraction task in a multiplicative context. The results show that many PSTs were able to construct valid pictorial strategies, and the strategies were widely diverse with respect to how they made sense of an unknown referent whole of a fraction in multiple steps, how they represented the wholes in their drawings, in which order they did multiple steps, and which type of model they used (area or set). Based on their wide range of pictorial strategies, we discuss potential benefits of PSTs’ construction of their own representations for a word problem in developing problem solving skills
The Gendered Division of Housework and Couples’ Sexual Relationships: A Re-Examination
Contemporary men and women increasingly express preferences for egalitarian unions. One recent high profile study (Kornrich, Brines, & Leupp, 2013) found that married couples with more equal divisions of labor had sex less frequently than couples with conventional divisions of domestic labor. Others (Gager & Yabiku, 2010) found that performing more domestic labor was associated with greater sexual frequency, regardless of gender. Both studies drew from the same data source, which was over two decades old. We utilize data from the 2006 Marital and Relationship Survey (MARS) to update this work. We find no significant differences in sexual frequency and satisfaction among conventional or egalitarian couples. Couples where the male partner does the majority of the housework, however, have less frequent and lower quality sexual relationships than their counterparts. Couples are content to modify conventional housework arrangements, but reversing them entirely has consequences for other aspects of their unions
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