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On the cotangent cohomology of rational surface singularities with almost reduced fundamental cycle
We prove dimension formulas for the cotangent spaces and for
a class of rational surface singularities by calculating a correction term in
the general dimension formulas. We get that it is zero if the dual graph of the
rational surface singularity does not contain a particular type of
configurations, and this generalizes a result of Theo de Jong stating that the
correction term is zero for rational determinantal surface
singularities. In particular our result implies that is zero for
Riemenschneiders quasi-determinantal rational surface singularities, and this
also generalise results for qoutient singularities.Comment: 11 pages, one figur
Lie-Rinehart cohomology and integrable connections on modules of rank one
Let be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, let be a
commutative -algebra, and let be a torsion free -module of rank one
with a connection . We consider the Lie-Rinehart cohomology with values
in with its induced connection, and give an interpretation of this
cohomology in terms of the integrable connections on . When is an
isolated singularity of dimension , we relate the Lie-Rinehart
cohomology to the topological cohomology of the link of the singularity, and
when is a quasi-homogenous hypersurface of dimension two, we give a
complete computation of the cohomology.Comment: 13 page
Finite Approximations of Physical Models over Local Fields
We show that the Schr\"odinger operator associated with a physical system
over a local field can be approximated in a very strong sense by finite
Schr\"odinger operators. Some striking numerical results are included at the
end of the article
Approximating cube roots of integers, after Heron's Metrica III.20
Heron, in Metrica III.20-22, is concerned with the the division of solid
figures - pyramids, cones and frustra of cones - to which end there is a need
to extract cube roots. We report here on some of our findings on the conjecture
by Taisbak in C.M.Taisbak, Cube roots of integers. A conjecture about Heron's
method in Metrika III.20. Historia Mathematica, 41 (2014), 103-104
The Effects of Internationalization on CEO Compensation
This study examines the relation between the internationalization of firms and CEO compensation. Starting from a sample of Norwegian and Swedish listed firms we analyze the effects of internationalization as manifest in the capital market (international cross-listing), the market for corporate control (foreign board membership), and the product and service market (export and foreign sales). We conclude that all three markets contribute positively to the compensation level of CEOs. We argue that part of the higher CEO compensation in internationally oriented firms - as compared to less internationalized firms within the same country - reflects a risk premium for reduction in job security.CEO Compensation; Internationalization; Corporate Governance; CEO Tenure; Cross-Listing; Foreign Board Membership
Phenotypic evolution studied by layered stochastic differential equations
Time series of cell size evolution in unicellular marine algae (division
Haptophyta; Coccolithus lineage), covering 57 million years, are studied by a
system of linear stochastic differential equations of hierarchical structure.
The data consists of size measurements of fossilized calcite platelets
(coccoliths) that cover the living cell, found in deep-sea sediment cores from
six sites in the world oceans and dated to irregular points in time. To
accommodate biological theory of populations tracking their fitness optima, and
to allow potentially interpretable correlations in time and space, the model
framework allows for an upper layer of partially observed site-specific
population means, a layer of site-specific theoretical fitness optima and a
bottom layer representing environmental and ecological processes. While the
modeled process has many components, it is Gaussian and analytically tractable.
A total of 710 model specifications within this framework are compared and
inference is drawn with respect to model structure, evolutionary speed and the
effect of global temperature.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/12-AOAS559 the Annals of
Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Strategic Tax Competition; Implications of National Ownership
Two jurisdictions compete to capture the rents of a large multinational enterprise (MNE) which invests locally and which is partly owned by local investors. The MNE contributes to local welfare by tax payments and dividends, and it has private information about the efficiency of the operations in the two localisations. It is shown that the distortions in the MNE's real investment portfolio are determined by a trade-off between fiscal externalities and equity externalities, and that investments in the case of strategic tax competition may be lower than in the co-operative case. Ownership matters, and we show how the firm may reduce its overall tax payments by influencing the distribution of owner shares between investors in the two countries.Tax competition, mobility, common agency
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