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Decision Problems, Lowell Anderson
Decision Problems, Lowell Anderson
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
From an intuitive point of view the notion of effective procedure consists of a set of rules or instructions that enables one, in a finite number of steps and in a purely mechanical way, to answer yes or no to any one of a given class of questions. This procedure requires no intelligence to carry out the instructions and, in fact, it is conceivable that some mechanical contrivance may be constructed to carry out these instructions. Should such an effective procedure exist, that answers either yes or no, then the group of problems in question is said to be effectively …
Axiomatic Set Theory, Ronald P. Smit
Axiomatic Set Theory, Ronald P. Smit
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
An analysis of the well known paradoxes found in intuitive set theory has led to the reconstruction of set theory by axiomatic means. This exposition is devoted to Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with some changes made by Suppes.
The first order predicate calculus is presupposed. In addition to the usual quantifiers admitted, a unique existential quantifier is used. The primitive notions of the set theory are the empty set and the two place membership predicate.
Fredholm Solution Of Linear Integral Equations, Dewey F. Furness
Fredholm Solution Of Linear Integral Equations, Dewey F. Furness
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
An integral equation of the form
ζ(x) - λ∫ K(x, s) ζ(s) ds = f(x) a ≤ x ≤ b
is called a Fredholm equation. By the method of successive approximations a solution can be obtained if the parameter λ is sufficiently small. If the kernel, K (x, s), is degenerate then a solution can be obtained by reducing it to a system of linear algebraic equations. In the general case the kernel is represented as an infinite Fourier Series. With this representation the solution is obtained by combining the two methods mentioned. The solution is the solution of two …
Laplace, Finite Fourier Sine And Cosine, Transformations, Jan Eugene Wynn
Laplace, Finite Fourier Sine And Cosine, Transformations, Jan Eugene Wynn
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The Laplace and finite Fourier sine transforms can be used to solve certain boundary value problems. Also the Laplace transform is a useful took in solving some integral and integrodifferential equations. This report is composed of transform solutions of seventeen such applied problems, while the author's first report is focused towards the theoretical aspect of these transforms.
Several different types of problems are solved in this report. Among these are Bessel's classical differential equation of index n, two electrical circuit problems, a beam problem, a vibrating string problem, a heat flow problem, and a temperature gradient problem.
One of the …