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Coplanar Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann, Robert Kusner, John M. Sullivan Dec 2007

Coplanar Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann, Robert Kusner, John M. Sullivan

Robert Kusner

We consider constant mean curvature surfaces with finite topology, properly embedded in three-space in the sense of Alexandrov. Such surfaces with three ends and genus zero were constructed and completely classified by the authors. Here we extend the arguments to the case of an arbitrary number of ends, under the assumption that the asymptotic axes of the ends lie in a common plane: we construct and classify the entire family of these genus-zero, coplanar constant mean curvature surfaces.


Trends In Uspto Office Actions, Ron D. Katznelson Nov 2007

Trends In Uspto Office Actions, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

No abstract provided.


Fixed Points Of Abelian Actions On S2, John Franks, Michael Handel, Kamlesh Parwani Oct 2007

Fixed Points Of Abelian Actions On S2, John Franks, Michael Handel, Kamlesh Parwani

Kamlesh Parwani

We prove that if $F$ is a finitely generated abelian group of orientation preserving $C^1$ diffeomorphisms of $R^2$ which leaves invariant a compact set then there is a common fixed point for all elements of $F.$ We also show that if $F$ is any abelian subgroup of orientation preserving $C^1$ diffeomorphisms of $S^2$ then there is a common fixed point for all elements of a subgroup of $F$ with index at most two.


The Apostle Table - Part Iii - Incompetent Endogenous Response Intransitivity, David Randall Jenkins Sep 2007

The Apostle Table - Part Iii - Incompetent Endogenous Response Intransitivity, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins

The Apostle Table illustrates a New Testament encryption scheme revealed in the Book of Matthew. Specifically, the list of the twelve apostles in Matthew, 10:1-4, points to the Matthew, Chapters 8 and 9, disciple characterizations. The disciples metaphorically characterize the social choice theory aspect of the scripture writers' (ordered relations theory: social choice theory: welfare model) regression. The paper is written in two parts: I. The Exogenous Pressures; and, II. The Endogenous Response. Interestingly, the paper explains why the crucified Jesus could not get off the cross.


Fixed Points Of Abelian Actions, John Franks, Michael Handel, Kamlesh Parwani Jul 2007

Fixed Points Of Abelian Actions, John Franks, Michael Handel, Kamlesh Parwani

Kamlesh Parwani

We prove that if $\F$ is an abelian group of $C^1$ diffeomorphisms isotopic to the identity of a closed surface $S$ of genus at least two then there is a common fixed point for all elements of $\F.$


On The Gauge Equivalence Of Twisted Quantum Doubles Of Elementary Abelian And Extra-Special 2-Groups, Christopher Goff, Geoffrey Mason, Siu-Hung Ng May 2007

On The Gauge Equivalence Of Twisted Quantum Doubles Of Elementary Abelian And Extra-Special 2-Groups, Christopher Goff, Geoffrey Mason, Siu-Hung Ng

Christopher Goff

We establish braided tensor equivalences among module categories over the twisted quantum double of a finite group defined by an extension of a group H by an abelian group, with 3-cocycle inflated from a 3-cocycle on H. We also prove that the canonical ribbon structure of the module category of any twisted quantum double of a finite group is preserved by braided tensor equivalences. We give two main applications: first, if G is an extra-special 2-group of width at least 2, we show that the quantum double of G twisted by a 3-cocycle w is gauge equivalent to a twisted …


Extraction Of The Neutron Magnetic Form Factor From Quasielastic 3He(E , E') At Q2=0.1-0.6 (Gev/C)2, B. Anderson, L. Auberbach, T. Averett, W. Bertozzi, T. Black, J. Calarco, L. Cardman, G. D. Cates, Z. W. Chai, J. P. Chen, Seonho Choi, E. Chudakov, S. Churchwell, G. S. Corrado, C. Crawford, A. Deur, P. Djawotho, D. Dutta, J. M. Finn, H. Gao, J. Golak, J. Gomez, V. G. Gorbenko, J. O. Hansen, F. W. Hersman, D. W. Higinbotham, R. Holmes, C. R. Howell, E. Hughes, B. Humensky, S. Incerti, C. W. De Jager, J. S. Jensen, X. Jiang, C. E. Jones, M. Jones, R. Kahl, H. Kamada, A. Kievsky, I. Kominis, W. Korsch, K. Kramer, G. Kumbartzki, M. Kuss, Enkeleida K. Lakuriqi, M. Liang, N. Liyanange, J. Lerose, S. Malov, D. J. Margaziotis, J. W. Martin, K. Mccormick, R. D. Mckeown, K. Mcilhany, Z. E. Meziani, R. Michaels, G. W. Miller, J. Mitchell, S. Nanda, E. Pace, T. Pavlin, G. G. Petratos, R. I. Pomatsalyuk, D. Pripstein, D. Prout, R. D. Ransome, Y. Roblin, M. Rvachev, A. Saha, G. Salme, M. Schnee, J. Seely, T. Shin, K. Slifer, P. A. Souder, S. Strauch, R. Suleiman, M. Sutter, B. Tipton, L. Todor, M. Viviani, R. Gilman, A. V. Glamazdin, C. Glashausser, B. Vlahovic, J. Watson, C. F. Williamson, H. Witala, B. Wojsekhowski, F. Xiong, X. Wu, J. Yeh, P. Zolmierczuk Mar 2007

Extraction Of The Neutron Magnetic Form Factor From Quasielastic 3He(E , E') At Q2=0.1-0.6 (Gev/C)2, B. Anderson, L. Auberbach, T. Averett, W. Bertozzi, T. Black, J. Calarco, L. Cardman, G. D. Cates, Z. W. Chai, J. P. Chen, Seonho Choi, E. Chudakov, S. Churchwell, G. S. Corrado, C. Crawford, A. Deur, P. Djawotho, D. Dutta, J. M. Finn, H. Gao, J. Golak, J. Gomez, V. G. Gorbenko, J. O. Hansen, F. W. Hersman, D. W. Higinbotham, R. Holmes, C. R. Howell, E. Hughes, B. Humensky, S. Incerti, C. W. De Jager, J. S. Jensen, X. Jiang, C. E. Jones, M. Jones, R. Kahl, H. Kamada, A. Kievsky, I. Kominis, W. Korsch, K. Kramer, G. Kumbartzki, M. Kuss, Enkeleida K. Lakuriqi, M. Liang, N. Liyanange, J. Lerose, S. Malov, D. J. Margaziotis, J. W. Martin, K. Mccormick, R. D. Mckeown, K. Mcilhany, Z. E. Meziani, R. Michaels, G. W. Miller, J. Mitchell, S. Nanda, E. Pace, T. Pavlin, G. G. Petratos, R. I. Pomatsalyuk, D. Pripstein, D. Prout, R. D. Ransome, Y. Roblin, M. Rvachev, A. Saha, G. Salme, M. Schnee, J. Seely, T. Shin, K. Slifer, P. A. Souder, S. Strauch, R. Suleiman, M. Sutter, B. Tipton, L. Todor, M. Viviani, R. Gilman, A. V. Glamazdin, C. Glashausser, B. Vlahovic, J. Watson, C. F. Williamson, H. Witala, B. Wojsekhowski, F. Xiong, X. Wu, J. Yeh, P. Zolmierczuk

Enkeleida K. Lakuriqi

We have measured the transverse asymmetry AT' in the quasielastic 3He(e,e') process with high precision at Q2 values from 0.1 to 0.6 (GeV/c)2. The neutron magnetic form factor GnM was extracted at Q2 values of 0.1 and 0.2(GeV/c)2 using a nonrelativistic Faddeev calculation which includes both final-state interactions (FSI) and meson-exchange currents (MEC). Theoretical uncertainties due to the FSI and MEC effects were constrained with a precision measurement of the spin-dependent asymmetry in the threshold region of 3He(e,e'). We also extracted the neutron magnetic form factor …


To Boldly Go: Current Work And Future Directions In Mathematics And Popular Culture, Christopher Goff, Sarah J. Greenwald Mar 2007

To Boldly Go: Current Work And Future Directions In Mathematics And Popular Culture, Christopher Goff, Sarah J. Greenwald

Christopher Goff

No abstract provided.


Modular Invariants For Lattice Polarized K3 Surfaces, Adrian Clingher, Charles F. Doran Jan 2007

Modular Invariants For Lattice Polarized K3 Surfaces, Adrian Clingher, Charles F. Doran

Adrian Clingher

No abstract provided.


Actors, Objects, Contextures, Morphograms, Rudolf Kaehr Jan 2007

Actors, Objects, Contextures, Morphograms, Rudolf Kaehr

Rudolf Kaehr

Systematic and historic overview and critics of actor and object oriented programming.


From Dialogues To Polylogues, Rudolf Kaehr Jan 2007

From Dialogues To Polylogues, Rudolf Kaehr

Rudolf Kaehr

No abstract provided.


On The Eigenvalues Of Some Tridiagonal Matrices, Carlos Fonseca Jan 2007

On The Eigenvalues Of Some Tridiagonal Matrices, Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca

No abstract provided.


Application Of Ansys In Seismic Response Analysis Of Constructing Of High Buildings, Yang Xiaojun Jan 2007

Application Of Ansys In Seismic Response Analysis Of Constructing Of High Buildings, Yang Xiaojun

Xiao-Jun Yang

The dynamic feature of high buildings is discussed in the present study with the application of ANSYS,the large finite element analysis software,aimed at the analysis of dynamic response of high buildings.Based on the case of a 15一story-building,a model of beam and shell 3-D finite element structure is built and the frequency of structure and the mode of vibration are computed in the study;furthermore,the structural dynamic response is discussed under different seismic waves with the use of the history analysis method.The results show that the more intense the seismic wave is,the bigger is the dynamic response of the buildings.The information can …


Existence Of Double Walsh Series Universal In Weighted Spaces, Sergo Armenak Episkoposian (Yepiskoposyan) Jan 2007

Existence Of Double Walsh Series Universal In Weighted Spaces, Sergo Armenak Episkoposian (Yepiskoposyan)

Sergo Armenak Episkoposian (Yepiskoposyan)

No abstract provided.


On Greedy Algorithms With Respect To Generalized Walsh System, Sergo Armenak Episkoposian (Yepiskoposyan) Jan 2007

On Greedy Algorithms With Respect To Generalized Walsh System, Sergo Armenak Episkoposian (Yepiskoposyan)

Sergo Armenak Episkoposian (Yepiskoposyan)

No abstract provided.


Graphics With Pgf And Tikz, Andrew Mertz, William Slough Jan 2007

Graphics With Pgf And Tikz, Andrew Mertz, William Slough

Andrew Mertz

Beautiful and expressive documents often require beautiful and expressive graphics. PGF and its front-end TikZ walk a fine line between power, portability and usability, giving a TEX-like approach to graphics. While PGF and TikZ are extensively documented, first-time users may prefer learning about these packages using a collection of graduated examples. The examples presented here cover a wide spectrum of use and provide a starting point for exploration.


Graphics With Tikz, Andrew Mertz, William Slough Jan 2007

Graphics With Tikz, Andrew Mertz, William Slough

Andrew Mertz

Beautiful and expressive documents often require beautiful and expressive graphics. PGF and its front-end TikZ walk a thin line between power, portability and usability, giving a TEX-like approach to graphics. While PGF and TikZ are extensively documented, first-time users may prefer learning about these packages using a collection of graduated examples. The examples presented here cover a wide spectrum of use and provide a starting point for exploration.


Programming With Perltex, Andrew Mertz, William Slough Jan 2007

Programming With Perltex, Andrew Mertz, William Slough

Andrew Mertz

PerlTEX couples two well-known worlds—the Perl programming language and the LATEX typesetting system. The resulting system provides users with a way to augment LATEX macros with Perl code, thereby adding programming capabilities to LATEX that would otherwise be difficult to express. In this paper, we illus- trate the use of PerlTEX with a variety of examples and explain the associated Perl code. Although Perl may perhaps be best known for its string manipula- tion capabilities, we demonstrate how PerlTEX indirectly provides support for “programming” graphics through the use of additional packages such as TikZ.


A "Sound" Approach To Fourier Transforms: Using Music To Teach Trigonometry, Bruce Kessler Jan 2007

A "Sound" Approach To Fourier Transforms: Using Music To Teach Trigonometry, Bruce Kessler

Bruce Kessler

If a large number of educated people were asked, ``What was your most exciting class?'', odds are that very few of them would answer ``Trigonometry.'' The subject is generally presented in a less-than-exciting fashion, with the repeated caveat that ``you'll need this when you take calculus,'' or ``this has lots of applications'' without ever really seeing many of them. This manuscript addresses how the author is trying to change this tradition by exposing casual students from kindergarten to college to Joseph Fourier's secret, that nearly any function can be built out of sine and cosine curves. And music serves as …


Closure Under Transfinite Extensions, Edgar E. Enochs, Alina Iacob, Overtoun Jenda Jan 2007

Closure Under Transfinite Extensions, Edgar E. Enochs, Alina Iacob, Overtoun Jenda

Alina Iacob

The closure under extensions of a class of objects in an abelian category is often an important property of that class. Recently the closure of such classes under transfinite extensions (both direct and inverse) has begun to play an important role in several areas of mathematics, for example in Quillen’s theory of model categories and in the theory of cotorsion pairs. In this paper we prove that several important classes are closed under transfinite extensions


Closure Under Transfinite Extensions, Edgar E. Enochs, Alina Iacob, Overtoun Jenda Jan 2007

Closure Under Transfinite Extensions, Edgar E. Enochs, Alina Iacob, Overtoun Jenda

Alina Iacob

The closure under extensions of a class of objects in an abelian category is often an important property of that class. Recently the closure of such classes under transfinite extensions (both direct and inverse) has begun to play an important role in several areas of mathematics, for example, in Quillen's theory of model categories and in the theory of cotorsion pairs. In this paper we prove that several important classes are closed under transfinite extensions.


Computing And Introductory Statistics, Daniel Kaplan Jan 2007

Computing And Introductory Statistics, Daniel Kaplan

Daniel T. Kaplan

Much of the computing that students do in introductory statistics courses is based on techniques that were developed before computing became inexpensive and ubiquitous. Now that computing is readily available to all students, instructors can change the way we teach statistical concepts. This article describes computational ideas that can support teaching George Cobb's Three Rs of statistical inference: Randomize, Repeat, Reject.


Symbolization Of Generating Functions; An Application Of The Mullin–Rota Theory Of Binomial Enumeration, Tian-Xiao He, Peter J.S. S, Leetsch C. Hsu Dec 2006

Symbolization Of Generating Functions; An Application Of The Mullin–Rota Theory Of Binomial Enumeration, Tian-Xiao He, Peter J.S. S, Leetsch C. Hsu

Tian-Xiao He

We have found that there are more than a dozen classical generating functions that could be suitably symbolized to yield various symbolic sum formulas by employing the Mullin–Rota theory of binomial enumeration. Various special formulas and identities involving well-known number sequences or polynomial sequences are presented as illustrative examples. The convergence of the symbolic summations is discussed.


Fourier Transform Of Bernstein–Bézier Polynomials, Tian-Xiao He, Charles K. Chui, Qingtang Jiang Dec 2006

Fourier Transform Of Bernstein–Bézier Polynomials, Tian-Xiao He, Charles K. Chui, Qingtang Jiang

Tian-Xiao He

Explicit formulae, in terms of Bernstein–Bézier coefficients, of the Fourier transform of bivariate polynomials on a triangle and univariate polynomials on an interval are derived in this paper. Examples are given and discussed to illustrate the general theory. Finally, this consideration is related to the study of refinement masks of spline function vectors.


Two Number-Theoretic Problems That Illustrate The Power And Limitations Of Randomness, Andrew Shallue Dec 2006

Two Number-Theoretic Problems That Illustrate The Power And Limitations Of Randomness, Andrew Shallue

Andrew Shallue

This thesis contains work on two problems in algorithmic number theory. The first problem is to give an algorithm that constructs a rational point on an elliptic curve over a finite field. A fast and easy randomized algorithm has existed for some time. We prove that in the case where the finite field has characteristic 2, there is a deterministic algorithm with the same asymptotic running time as the existing randomized algorithm.


Construction Of Biorthogonal B-Spline Type Wavelet Sequences With Certain Regularities, Tian-Xiao He Dec 2006

Construction Of Biorthogonal B-Spline Type Wavelet Sequences With Certain Regularities, Tian-Xiao He

Tian-Xiao He

No abstract provided.


The Abacus Of Universal Logics, Rudolf Kaehr Dec 2006

The Abacus Of Universal Logics, Rudolf Kaehr

Rudolf Kaehr

No abstract provided.


The Sheffer Group And The Riordan Group, Tian-Xiao He, Peter J.S. Shiue, Leetsch C. Hsu Dec 2006

The Sheffer Group And The Riordan Group, Tian-Xiao He, Peter J.S. Shiue, Leetsch C. Hsu

Tian-Xiao He

We define the Sheffer group of all Sheffer-type polynomials and prove the isomorphism between the Sheffer group and the Riordan group. An equivalence of the Riordan array pair and generalized Stirling number pair is also presented. Finally, we discuss a higher dimensional extension of Riordan array pairs.