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Back Circulant Latin Squares And The Influence Of A Set, L. F. Fitina, Jennifer Seberry, G. R. Chaudhry Oct 1999

Back Circulant Latin Squares And The Influence Of A Set, L. F. Fitina, Jennifer Seberry, G. R. Chaudhry

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We define the notions of nest and influence of a subset of a critical set of a back circulant latin square, and study their properties. We also show that a secret sharing scheme based on a critical set of a latin square is both compartmentalised, and hierachical.


When The Necessary Conditions Are Not Sufficient: Sequences With Zero Autocorrelation Function, J. Horton, Jennifer Seberry Sep 1999

When The Necessary Conditions Are Not Sufficient: Sequences With Zero Autocorrelation Function, J. Horton, Jennifer Seberry

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Recently K. T. Arasu (personal communication) and Yoseph Strassler, in his PhD thesis, The Classification of Circulant Weighing Matrices of Weight 9, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 1997, have intensively studied circulant weighing matrices, or single sequences, with weight 9. They show many cases are non-existent. Here we give details of a search for two sequences with zero periodic autocorrelation and types (1,9), (1,16) and (4,9). We find some new cases but also many cases where the known necessary conditions are not sufficient. We instance a number of occasions when the known necessary conditions are not sufficient for the existence of weighing …


Soliton Evolution And Radiation Loss For The Sine-Gordon Equation , N. F. Smyth, Annette L. Worthy Aug 1999

Soliton Evolution And Radiation Loss For The Sine-Gordon Equation , N. F. Smyth, Annette L. Worthy

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An approximate method for describing the evolution of solitonlike initial conditions to solitons for the sine-Gordon equation is developed. This method is based on using a solitonlike pulse with variable parameters in an averaged Lagrangian for the sine-Gordon equation. This averaged Lagrangian is then used to determine ordinary differential equations governing the evolution of the pulse parameters. The pulse evolves to a steady soliton by shedding dispersive radiation. The effect of this radiation is determined by examining the linearized sine-Gordon equation and loss terms are added to the variational equations derived from the averaged Lagrangian by using the momentum and …


The Genre Of The Apocalypse: What Are They Saying Now?, M. G. Michael Jul 1999

The Genre Of The Apocalypse: What Are They Saying Now?, M. G. Michael

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No abstract provided.


Observations On 666 In The Old Testament, M. G. Michael Jun 1999

Observations On 666 In The Old Testament, M. G. Michael

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No abstract provided.


On F-Squares And Their Critical Sets, L. F. Fitina, Jennifer Seberry, D. Sarvate May 1999

On F-Squares And Their Critical Sets, L. F. Fitina, Jennifer Seberry, D. Sarvate

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We define the notion of critical set of an F-square, following the definition of critical set in latin squares, and then give critical sets for certain classes of F-squares. We also generalise certain results obtained for critical sets of latin squares, and look at minimal such sets. We show that critical sets of F-squares need to be studied as well as critical sets for latin squares as the techniques used differ considerably. We obtain theorems for the sizes of critical sets of types F(n; 1,n — 1), F(n;1, 1, n — 2), and F(n; 2, 2, ... , 2).


Thermoluminescence Evidence For The Deposition Of Coastal Sediments By Tsunami Wave Action, D. M. Price, Edward A. Bryant, R. W. Young May 1999

Thermoluminescence Evidence For The Deposition Of Coastal Sediments By Tsunami Wave Action, D. M. Price, Edward A. Bryant, R. W. Young

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Changes in our coastline take on various forms and are the product of differing wave and aeolian processes. Of all these processes tsunami action surely represents the most rapid and violent agent wreaking devastation not only along the immediate shoreline but also extending many kilometres inland. Until now the main line of evidence supporting the deposition of sediments by this means has lain in the careful examination of the sedimentological record. This process is painstaking, costly and time consuming and then not necessarily conclusive. Thermoluminescence may offer an alternative line of evidence which may be taken as either confirmatory or, …


Asymptotic Solitons Of The Extended Korteweg–De Vries Equation, Timothy R. Marchant Mar 1999

Asymptotic Solitons Of The Extended Korteweg–De Vries Equation, Timothy R. Marchant

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The interaction of two higher-order solitary waves, governed by the extended Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation, is examined. A nonlocal transformation is used on the extended KdV equation to asymptotically transform it to the KdV equation. The transformation is used to derive the higher-order two-soliton collision and it is found that the interaction is asymptotically elastic. Moreover, the higher-order corrections to the phase shifts suffered by the solitary waves during the collision are found. Comparison is made with a previous result, which indicated that, except for a special case, the interaction of higher-order KdV solitary waves is inelastic, with a coupling, …


New Weighing Matrices And Orthogonal Designs Constructed Using Two Sequences With Zero Autocorrelation Function - A Review, C. Koukouvinos, Jennifer Seberry Jan 1999

New Weighing Matrices And Orthogonal Designs Constructed Using Two Sequences With Zero Autocorrelation Function - A Review, C. Koukouvinos, Jennifer Seberry

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The book, Orthogonal Designs: Quadratic Forms and Hadamard Matrices, Marcel Dekker, New York-Basel, 1979, by A. V. Geramita and Jennifer Seberry, has now been out of print for almost two decades. Many of the results on weighing matrices presented therein have been greatly improved. Here we review the theory, restate some results which are no longer available and expand on the existence of many new weighing matrices and orthogonal designs of order 2n where n is odd. We give a number of new constructions for orthogonal designs. Then using number theory, linear algebra and computer searches we find new weighing …


Crypto Topics And Applications Ii, Jennifer Seberry, C. Charnes, J. Pieprzyk, R. Safavi-Naini Jan 1999

Crypto Topics And Applications Ii, Jennifer Seberry, C. Charnes, J. Pieprzyk, R. Safavi-Naini

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In this chapter we continue our exposition of the crypto topics which was begun in the previous chapter. This chapter covers: Secret Sharing, Threshold Cryptography, Signature Schemes, and finally Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Cryptography. As in the previous chapter, we have focused only on the essentials of each topic. We have included in the bibliography sufficient items which can be consulted for further details.


Crypto Topics And Applications I, Jennifer Seberry, C. Charnes, J. Pieprzyk, R. Safavi-Naini Jan 1999

Crypto Topics And Applications I, Jennifer Seberry, C. Charnes, J. Pieprzyk, R. Safavi-Naini

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In this chapter we discuss four related areas of cryptology, namely: Authentication, Hashing, Message Authentication Codes (MACs), and Digital Signatures. These topics represent currently active and growing research topics in cryptology. Due to space limitations, we concentrate only on the essential aspects of each topic. The bibliography is intended to supplement our survey. We have included sufficiently many items to provide the interested reader with an overall view of the current state of knowledge in the above areas.


A Simulation Study Of The Kinetics Of Passage Of Co2 And N2 Through The Liquid/Vapor Interface Of Water, T Somasundaram, Marc In Het Panhuis, R M. Lynden-Bell, C H. Patterson Jan 1999

A Simulation Study Of The Kinetics Of Passage Of Co2 And N2 Through The Liquid/Vapor Interface Of Water, T Somasundaram, Marc In Het Panhuis, R M. Lynden-Bell, C H. Patterson

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The rate of passage of molecules of carbon dioxide and nitrogen through the vapor–liquid interface of water at 300 K is studied by simulation. Previous work has established the form of the free energy profile which has a minimum when the solute molecule is on the surface and a barrier between this state and solution in the bulk liquid. In one set of simulations, trajectories were initiated in the gas phase. From these, the average lifetime of molecules in the surface is determined to be considerably longer than the inverse of the energy relaxation rate, so that the sticking coefficient …


Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry Of Ruthenium And Palladium Complexes With Oligonucleotides, Jennifer L. Beck, Amy Humphries, Margaret Sheil, Stephen F. Ralph Jan 1999

Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry Of Ruthenium And Palladium Complexes With Oligonucleotides, Jennifer L. Beck, Amy Humphries, Margaret Sheil, Stephen F. Ralph

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No abstract provided.


[60]Fullerene Amino Acids And Related Derivatives, Glenn A. Burley, Paul A. Keller, Stephen G. Pyne Jan 1999

[60]Fullerene Amino Acids And Related Derivatives, Glenn A. Burley, Paul A. Keller, Stephen G. Pyne

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This paper is a review of the literature concerning the preparation of [60]fullerene amino acid and peptide derivatives. The structure and applications of these derivatives to the biological and material sciences is also presented.


Synthesis Of Thiazole Analogues Of The Immunosuppressive Agent (1r,2s,3r)-2-Acetyl-4(5)-(1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroxybutyl)Imidazole, George R. Jeoffreys, Alison T. Ung, Stephen G. Pyne, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White Jan 1999

Synthesis Of Thiazole Analogues Of The Immunosuppressive Agent (1r,2s,3r)-2-Acetyl-4(5)-(1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroxybutyl)Imidazole, George R. Jeoffreys, Alison T. Ung, Stephen G. Pyne, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White

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The synthesis of four of the diastereoisomers of 2-acetyl-5-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydroxybutyl)thiazole and two of the diastereoisomers of 2-acetyl-5-(1,2,3,4,5-pentahydroxypentyl)thiazole and 2-acetyl-4-(1,2,3,4,5-pentahydroxypentyl)thiazole are reported. These syntheses involve the condensation of 5- or 4-metallated 2-(1,1-dimethoxyethyl)thiazoles with 2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-erythrono-1,4-lactone or 5-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-ribonolactone followed by reductive ring-opening of the resulting lactols. The stereochemistries and structures of some key compounds have been determined by single crystal X-ray structural analysis.


Exact Neumann Boundary Controllability For Problems Of Transmission Of The Wave Equation, W. Liu, G. H. Williams Jan 1999

Exact Neumann Boundary Controllability For Problems Of Transmission Of The Wave Equation, W. Liu, G. H. Williams

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Using the Hilbert Uniqueness Method, we study the problem of exact controllability in Neumann boundary conditions for problems of transmission of the wave equation. We prove that this system is exactly controllable for all initial states in L2(Omega) x (H1(Omaga))'.