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Matroid Duality From Topological Duality In Surfaces Of Nonnegative Euler Characteristic, Dan Slilaty Sep 2002

Matroid Duality From Topological Duality In Surfaces Of Nonnegative Euler Characteristic, Dan Slilaty

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Let G be a connected graph that is 2-cell embedded in a surface S, and let G* be its topological dual graph. We will define and discuss several matroids whose element set is E(G), for S homeomorphic to the plane, projective plane, or torus. We will also state and prove old and new results of the type that the dual matroid of G is the matroid of the topological dual G*.


On The Existence Of Multiple Positive Solutions For A Semilinear Problem In Exterior Domains, Yinbin Deng, Yi Li May 2002

On The Existence Of Multiple Positive Solutions For A Semilinear Problem In Exterior Domains, Yinbin Deng, Yi Li

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

In this paper, we study the existence and nonexistence of multiple positive solutions for problem where Ω=N\ω is an exterior domain in N, ωN is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, and N>2. μ⩾0, p>1 are some given constants. K(x) satisfies: K(x)∈Cαloc(Ω) and ∃C, ϵ, M>0 such that |K(x)|⩽C |x|l for any |x|⩾M, with l⩽ −2−ϵ. Some existence and …


Nonparametric Estimation Of A Distribution Subject To A Stochastic Precedence Constraint, Miguel A. Arcones, Paul H. Kvam, Francisco J. Samaniego Jan 2002

Nonparametric Estimation Of A Distribution Subject To A Stochastic Precedence Constraint, Miguel A. Arcones, Paul H. Kvam, Francisco J. Samaniego

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

For any two random variables X and Y with distributions F and G defined on [0,∞), X is said to stochastically precede Y if P(XY) ≥ 1/2. For independent X and Y, stochastic precedence (denoted by XspY) is equivalent to E[G(X–)] ≤ 1/2. The applicability of stochastic precedence in various statistical contexts, including reliability modeling, tests for distributional equality versus various alternatives, and the relative performance of comparable tolerance bounds, is discussed. The problem of estimating the underlying distribution(s) of experimental data under the assumption that they obey a …


Common Cause Failure Prediction Using Data Mapping, Paul H. Kvam, J. Glenn Miller Jan 2002

Common Cause Failure Prediction Using Data Mapping, Paul H. Kvam, J. Glenn Miller

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

To estimate power plant reliability, a probabilistic safety assessment might combine failure data from various sites. Because dependent failures are a critical concern in the nuclear industry, combining failure data from component groups of different sizes is a challenging problem. One procedure, called data mapping, translates failure data across component group sizes. This includes common cause failures, which are simultaneous failure events of two or more components in a group. In this paper, we present methods for predicting future plant reliability using mapped common cause failure data. The prediction technique is motivated by discrete failure data from emergency diesel generators …


On The Regularity Of Solutions To Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations Via The Liouville Property, Qingbo Huang Jan 2002

On The Regularity Of Solutions To Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations Via The Liouville Property, Qingbo Huang

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

We show that any C1,1 solution to the uniformly elliptic equation F(D2u) = 0 must belong to C2,α, if the equation has the Liouville property.


Domain Functionals And Exit Times For Brownian Motion, Chaocheng Huang, David Miller Jan 2002

Domain Functionals And Exit Times For Brownian Motion, Chaocheng Huang, David Miller

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Two domain functionals describing the averaged expectation of exit times and averaged variance of exit times of Brownian motion from a domain, respectively, are studied.


Absolutely Continuous Jacobi Operators, Steen Pedersen Jan 2002

Absolutely Continuous Jacobi Operators, Steen Pedersen

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

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