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Finite Voronoi decompositions of infinite vertex transitive graphs
In this paper, we consider the Voronoi decompositions of an arbitrary
infinite vertex-transitive graph G. In particular, we are interested in the
following question: what is the largest number of Voronoi cells that must be
infinite, given sufficiently (but finitely) many Voronoi sites which are
sufficiently far from each other? We call this number the survival number s(G).
The survival number of a graph has an alternative characterization in terms
of covering, which we use to show that s(G) is always at least two. The
survival number is not a quasi-isometry invariant, but it remains open whether
finiteness of the s(G) is. We show that all vertex transitive graphs with
polynomial growth have a finite s(G); vertex transitive graphs with infinitely
many ends have an infinite s(G); the lamplighter graph LL(Z), which has
exponential growth, has a finite s(G); and the lamplighter graph LL(Z^2), which
is Liouville, has an infinite s(G)
Letter from Dr. Walter D. Finucane, Former Chapter President of Phi Delta Kappa, to Geraldine Ferraro
Letter and handwritten note from Dr. Walter D. Finucane, former president of the St. John\u27s Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, to Geraldine Ferraro. References Ferraro visiting Dr. Finucane\u27s chapter in 1979 and giving a presentation titled, Violence and Discipline in the Public Schools. Contains copy of a pamphlet published by Dr. Finucane\u27s chapter for Ferraro\u27s presentation. Contains data entry sheet.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_new_york/1020/thumbnail.jp
Algebraically recurrent random walks on groups
Initial steps are presented towards understanding which finitely generated
groups are almost surely generated as semigroups by the path of a random walk
on the group.Comment: 9 page
A recursive construction of t-wise uniform permutations
We present a recursive construction of a (2t + 1)-wise uniform set of
permutations on 2n objects using a (2t + 1) - (2n, n, \cdot) combinatorial
design, a t-wise uniform set of permutations on n objects and a (2t+1)-wise
uniform set of permutations on n objects. Using the complete design in this
procedure gives a t-wise uniform set of permutations on n objects whose size is
at most t^2n, the first non-trivial construction of an infinite family of
t-wise uniform sets for t \geq 4. If a non-trivial design with suitable
parameters is found, it will imply a corresponding improvement in the
construction
U.S. Recognition of a Commander’s Duty to Punish War Crimes
This article explores the United States\u27 recognition of the doctrine of command responsibility. The doctrine has been invoked by those alleging that President Trump’s pardons of U.S. personnel convicted or accused of war crimes could amount to war crimes themselves. The article focuses on a commander’s duty to punish war crimes by his subordinates. It examines the United States’ past recognition of the duty to punish as an element of command responsibility under the law of war. The principle that a commander has an obligation to punish war crimes by his subordinates is not a progressive development of the law promoted by the advocacy community. Instead, the duty to punish stands out as an ancient legal norm interwoven into the domestic law of the United States and which the United States has incorporated into international legal instruments. The lesson from this history is clear, if not always appreciated: commanders who fail to punish their subordinates for war crimes may themselves be war criminals
Mistaken Identity and Its Effect on Contractual Validity: Some Cases Frm the English Courts
The doctrine of mistake has grown increasingly complicated with the passage of time. Nowhere is that complexity more obvious than in the area of unilateral mistake, of which the distinguishing feature is that the mistake made by one party is known to, and almost invariably induced by the fraud of, the other
Partners and Legal Pitfalls
Partnered military operations are an increasingly prominent feature of armed conflict and one which presents a distinct set of legal challenges to States assisting partners. This is particularly true of the war in Syria which is characterized both by States working with and through other States and non-State actors and by the widespread violation of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) by many of the parties. This article considers the legal implications of LOAC violations by a party to the conflict for the State or States providing it assistance and identifies risk mitigation measures that assisting States can adopt
Semiparametric Bayesian Density Estimation with Disparate Data Sources: A Meta-Analysis of Global Childhood Undernutrition
Undernutrition, resulting in restricted growth, and quantified here using
height-for-age z-scores, is an important contributor to childhood morbidity and
mortality. Since all levels of mild, moderate and severe undernutrition are of
clinical and public health importance, it is of interest to estimate the shape
of the z-scores' distributions.
We present a finite normal mixture model that uses data on 4.3 million
children to make annual country-specific estimates of these distributions for
under-5-year-old children in the world's 141 low- and middle-income countries
between 1985 and 2011. We incorporate both individual-level data when
available, as well as aggregated summary statistics from studies whose
individual-level data could not be obtained. We place a hierarchical Bayesian
probit stick-breaking model on the mixture weights. The model allows for
nonlinear changes in time, and it borrows strength in time, in covariates, and
within and across regional country clusters to make estimates where data are
uncertain, sparse, or missing.
This work addresses three important problems that often arise in the fields
of public health surveillance and global health monitoring. First, data are
always incomplete. Second, different data sources commonly use different
reporting metrics. Last, distributions, and especially their tails, are often
of substantive interest.Comment: 41 total pages, 6 figures, 1 tabl
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