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Torsion-Free Modules Over Reduced Witt Rings, Robert W. Fitzgerald Sep 2000

Torsion-Free Modules Over Reduced Witt Rings, Robert W. Fitzgerald

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We compute the genus class group of a torsion-free module over a reduced Witt ring of finite stability index. This is applied to modules locally isomorphic to odd degree extensions of formally real fields.


Knot Factoring, Michael C. Sullivan Apr 2000

Knot Factoring, Michael C. Sullivan

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A knot is just a closed loop in a three-dimensional space. Strangely enough, there is a notion of factoring knots and even a prime factoring theorem, due to Horst Schubert. We hope that our presentation of this classic result will be accessible to advanced undergraduates.


Visually Building Smale Flows In S3, Michael C. Sullivan Jan 2000

Visually Building Smale Flows In S3, Michael C. Sullivan

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A Smale flow is a structurally stable flow with one dimensional invariant sets. We use information from homology and template theory to construct, visualize and in some cases, classify, Smale flows in the 3-sphere.