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Dead Men at War: The Ideological Battle Between Karl Marx and Adam Smith
This thesis’s foremost purpose is to illustrate the nature of the intellectual battle waged between Karl Marx and Adam Smith. A detailed summary of each philosopher’s respective ideology is given, as well as an explanation for how such ideologies arose. Furthermore, an illustration of how the writings of Marx and Smith impacted historical events is provided. Ultimately, this thesis seeks to explain the core differences between Marxism and the free market system, and why such differences exhibit a great need for the preservation of liberty
Spiral lead platen robotic end effector
A robotic end effector is disclosed which makes use of a rotating platen with spiral leads used to impact lateral motion to gripping fingers. Actuation is provided by the contact of rolling pins with the walls of the leads. The use of the disclosed method of actuation avoids jamming and provides excellent mechanical advantage while remaining light in weight and durable. The entire end effector is compact and easily adapted for attachment to robotic arms currently in use
Action-Angle variables for the Gel'fand-Dikii flows
Using the scattering transform for order linear scalar operators,
the Poisson bracket found by Gel'fand and Dikii, which generalizes the Gardner
Poisson bracket for the KdV hierarchy, is computed on the scattering side.
Action-angle variables are then constructed. Using this, complete integrability
is demonstrated in the strong sense. Real action-angle variables are
constructed in the self-adjoint case
Factorization and the Dressing Method for the Gel'fand-Dikii Hierarch
The isospectral flows of an order linear scalar differential
operator under the hypothesis that it possess a Baker-Akhiezer function
were originally investigated by Segal and Wilson from the point of view of
infinite dimensional Grassmanians, and the reduction of the KP hierarchy to the
Gel'fand-Dikii hierarchy. The associated first order systems and their formal
asymptotic solutions have a rich Lie algebraic structure which was investigated
by Drinfeld and Sokolov. We investigate the matrix Riemann-Hilbert
factorizations for these systems, and show that different factorizations lead
respectively to the potential, modified, and ordinary Gel'fand-Dikii flows. Lie
algebra decompositions (the Adler-Kostant-Symes method) are obtained for the
modified and potential flows. For the appropriate factorization for the
Gel'fand-Dikii flows is not a group factorization, as would be expected; yet a
modification of the dressing method still works.
A direct proof, based on a Fredholm determinant associated with the
factorization problem, is given that the potentials are meromorphic in and
in the time variables. Potentials with Baker-Akhiezer functions include the
multisoliton and rational solutions, as well as potentials in the scattering
class with compactly supported scattering data. The latter are dense in the
scattering class
Double lead spiral platen parallel jaw end effector
The double lead spiral platen parallel jaw end effector is an extremely powerful, compact, and highly controllable end effector that represents a significant improvement in gripping force and efficiency over the LaRC Puma (LP) end effector. The spiral end effector is very simple in its design and has relatively few parts. The jaw openings are highly predictable and linear, making it an ideal candidate for remote control. The finger speed is within acceptable working limits and can be modified to meet the user needs; for instance, greater finger speed could be obtained by increasing the pitch of the spiral. The force relaxation is comparable to the other tested units. Optimization of the end effector design would involve a compromise of force and speed for a given application
Multipeakons and a theorem of Stieltjes
A closed form of the multi-peakon solutions of the Camassa-Holm equation is
found using a theorem of Stieltjes on continued fractions. An explicit formula
is obtained for the scattering shifts.Comment: 6 page
Acoustic Scattering and the Extended Korteweg deVries hierarchy
The acoustic scattering operator on the real line is mapped to a
Schr\"odinger operator under the Liouville transformation. The potentials in
the image are characterized precisely in terms of their scattering data, and
the inverse transformation is obtained as a simple, linear quadrature. An
existence theorem for the associated Harry Dym flows is proved, using the
scattering method. The scattering problem associated with the Camassa-Holm
flows on the real line is solved explicitly for a special case, which is used
to reduce a general class of such problems to scattering problems on finite
intervals.Comment: 18 page
The application of pulse excitation to ground and flight vibration tests
A discussion of the relative merits of sinusoidal versus nonharmonic excitation for flight flutter testing is presented. It is concluded that the use of transient excitation is rapidly becoming a necessity. The application of small-scale rocket motors to the excitation of the aircraft is suggested. The design and development of rocket motors specifically for flight flutter testing is described. Methods of measuring and analyzing the transient response of the aircraft are discussed, and the techniques of theoretically predicting the structural response are described
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