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Detecting flat normal cones using Segre classes
Given a flat, projective morphism from an equidimensional scheme to
a nonsingular curve and a subscheme of , we give conditions under which
specialization of the Segre class of the normal cone of in
implies flatness of the normal cone. We apply this result to study when the
relative tangent star cone of a flat family is flat.Comment: LaTeX, 11 pages, no figure
Tangential Quantum Cohomology of Arbitrary Order
J. Kock has previously defined a tangency quantum product on formal power
series with coefficients in the cohomology ring of any smooth projective
variety, and thus a ring that generalizes the quantum cohomology ring. We
further generalize Kock's construction by defining a dth-order contact product
and establishing its associativity.Comment: 18 pages, LaTeX. We correct our paper to work in the correct context,
viz., using numerical equivalence (rather than rational equivalence) and
explicitly mentioning the Novikov rin
Interactive cutting path analysis programs
The operation of numerically controlled machine tools is interactively simulated. Four programs were developed to graphically display the cutting paths for a Monarch lathe, Cintimatic mill, Strippit sheet metal punch, and the wiring path for a Standard wire wrap machine. These programs are run on a IMLAC PDS-ID graphic display system under the DOS-3 disk operating system. The cutting path analysis programs accept input via both paper tape and disk file
On the Non-Gaussianity Observed in the COBE-DMR Sky Maps
In this paper we pursue the origin of the non-Gaussianity determined by a
bispectrum analysis of the COBE-DMR 4-year sky maps. The robustness of the
statistic is demonstrated by the rebinning of the data into 12 coordinate
systems. By computing the bispectrum statistic as a function of various data
partitions - by channel, frequency, and time interval, we show that the
observed non-Gaussian signal is driven by the 53 GHz data. This frequency
dependence strongly rejects the hypothesis that the signal is cosmological in
origin. A jack-knife analysis of the coadded 53 and 90 GHz sky maps reveals
those sky pixels to which the bispectrum statistic is particularly sensitive.
We find that by removing data from the 53 GHz sky maps for periods of time
during which a known systematic effect perturbs the 31 GHz channels, the
amplitudes of the bispectrum coefficients become completely consistent with
that expected for a Gaussian sky. We conclude that the non-Gaussian signal
detected by the normalised bispectrum statistic in the publicly available DMR
sky maps is due to a systematic artifact. The impact of removing the affected
data on estimates of the normalisation of simple models of cosmological
anisotropy is negligible.Comment: 14 pages, plus 8 Postscript and 3 GIF figures. LaTeX2e document using
AASTeX v5.0 macros. Revised version accepted for publication in the
Astrophysical Journal: small changes to the text, minor modifications to
figures 1 and
Assessment worlds colliding? Negotiating between discourses of assessment on an online open course
Using the badged open course, Taking your first steps into Higher Education, this case study examines how assessment on online open courses draws on concepts of assessment used within formal and informal learning. Our experience was that assessment used within open courses, such as massive open online courses, is primarily determined by the requirements of quality assurance processes to award a digital badge or statement of participation as well as what is technologically possible. However, this disregards much recent work in universities that use assessment in support of learning. We suggest that designers of online open courses should pay greater attention to the relationship of assessment and learning to improve participant course completion
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Dynamics of ``Small Galaxies'' in the Hubble Deep Field
We have previously found in the Hubble Deep Field a significant angular
correlation of faint, high color-redshift objects on scales below one
arcsecond, or several kiloparsecs in metric size. We examine the correlation
and nearest neighbor statistics to conclude that 38% of these objects in the
HDF have a companion within one arcsecond, three times the number expected in a
random distribution with the same number of objects. We examine three dynamical
scenarios for these object multiplets: 1) the objects are star-forming regions
within normal galaxies, whose disks have been relatively dimmed by K-correction
and surface brightness dimming; 2) they are fragments merging into large
galaxies; 3) they are satellites accreting onto normal L_* galaxies. We find
that hypothesis 1 is most tenable. First, large galaxies in the process of a
merger formation would have accumulated too much mass in their centers (5e12
M_sun inside 2 kpc) to correspond to present day objects. Second, accretion by
dynamical friction occurs with a predictable density vs. radius slope, not seen
among the faint HDF objects. Since the dynamical friction time is roughly (1
Gyr), a steady-state should have been reached by redshift z < 5. Star-forming
regions within galaxies clearly present no dynamical problems. Since large
spirals would still appear as such in the HDF, we favor a scenario in which the
faint compact sources in the HDF are giant starforming regions within small
normal galaxies, such as Magellanic irregulars. Finally we checked that
reduction in mass-to-light from induced star-formation cannot alone explain the
luminosity overdensity.Comment: AASTeX 4.0 (preprint), 4 PostScript figure
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