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Block Sensitivity of Minterm-Transitive Functions
Boolean functions with symmetry properties are interesting from a complexity
theory perspective; extensive research has shown that these functions, if
nonconstant, must have high `complexity' according to various measures.
In recent work of this type, Sun gave bounds on the block sensitivity of
nonconstant Boolean functions invariant under a transitive permutation group.
Sun showed that all such functions satisfy bs(f) = Omega(N^{1/3}), and that
there exists such a function for which bs(f) = O(N^{3/7}ln N). His example
function belongs to a subclass of transitively invariant functions called the
minterm-transitive functions (defined in earlier work by Chakraborty).
We extend these results in two ways. First, we show that nonconstant
minterm-transitive functions satisfy bs(f) = Omega(N^{3/7}). Thus Sun's example
function has nearly minimal block sensitivity for this subclass. Second, we
give an improved example: a minterm-transitive function for which bs(f) =
O(N^{3/7}ln^{1/7}N).Comment: 10 page
F-mode sensitivity kernels for flows
We compute f-mode sensitivity kernels for flows. Using a two-dimensional
model, the scattered wavefield is calculated in the first Born approximation.
We test the correctness of the kernels by comparing an exact solution (constant
flow), a solution linearized in the flow, and the total integral of the kernel.
In practice, the linear approximation is acceptable for flows as large as about
400 m/s.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of SOHO18/GONG 2006/HELAS I. Beyond
the Spherical Sun: A new era of helio- and asteroseismology. Sheffield,
England. August, 200
Sun shield
A shading device which is capable of compactly storing a flexible shade on a biased, window shade type spring roller is disclosed. It is controlled to deliver the shade selectively to either its operative shading or compact storage orientation
Pseudoscalar Conversion and X-rays from the Sun
We investigate the detection of a pseudoscalar that couples
electromagnetically via an interaction . In
particular, we focus on the conversion of pseudoscalars produced in the sun's
interior in the presence of the sun's external magnetic dipole field and
sunspot-related magnetic fields. We find that the sunspot approach is superior.
Measurements by the SXT on the Yohkoh satellite can measure the coupling
constant down to --, provided the
pseudoscalar mass eV, which makes it competitive with
other astrophysical approaches.Comment: 15 pages, RevTex file. Figures available upon request to
[email protected]. (please include full mailing address in
request). Submitted to Physics Letters
Measures of Intermediate Entropies for Skew Product Diffeomorphisms
In this paper we study a skew product map with a measure of
positive entropy. We show that if on the fibers the map are
diffeomorphisms with nonzero Lyapunov exponents, then has ergodic measures
of intermediate entropies. To construct these measures we find a set on which
the return map is a skew product with horseshoes along fibers. We can control
the average return time and show the maximum entropy of these measures can be
arbitrarily close to .Comment: 12 pages, a few mistakes corrected, some sections seriously rewritte
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