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As Flat As Possible, Jon T. Jacobsen
As Flat As Possible, Jon T. Jacobsen
All HMC Faculty Publications and Research
How does one determine a surface which is as flat as possible, such as those created by soap film surfaces? What does it mean to be as flat as possible? In this paper we address this question from two distinct points of view, one local and one global in nature. Continuing with this theme, we put a temporal twist on the question and ask how to evolve a surface so as to flatten it as efficiently as possible. This elementary discussion provides a platform to introduce a wide range of advanced topics in partial differential equations and helps students …
An Age-Structured Resource-Consumer Dynamical Model, Jean M. Tchuenche
An Age-Structured Resource-Consumer Dynamical Model, Jean M. Tchuenche
Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)
Many dynamical systems in population biology in which agents compete for resources may exhibit chaotic fluctuations. This short letter develops Gamarra and Solé's previous work. We briefly review a classical model of population with complex dynamics, and proceed to study the dynamics of an age-structured resource-consumer model, in which the fertility coefficients are density independent. Implicit or first integral solutions of the model are obtained, and conditions for which they are stable given. It is observed that resource availability at any time depends on the number of potential consumers present.
Three Methods For Solving The Low Energy Neutron Boltzmann Equation, Tony Charles Slaba
Three Methods For Solving The Low Energy Neutron Boltzmann Equation, Tony Charles Slaba
Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations
The solution to the neutron Boltzmann equation is separated into a straightahead component dominating at high energies and an isotropic component dominating at low energies. The high-energy solution is calculated using HZETRN-05, and the low-energy isotropic component is modeled by two non-coupled integro-differential equations describing both forward and backward neutron propagation. Three different solution methods are then used to solve the equations. The collocation method employs linear I3-splines to transform each equation into a system of ODES; the resulting system is then solved exactly and evaluated using numerical integration techniques. Wilson's method uses a perturbational approach in which a fundamental …
Approximations Of Continuous Newton's Method: An Extension Of Cayley's Problem, Jon T. Jacobsen, Owen Lewis '05, Bradley Tennis '06
Approximations Of Continuous Newton's Method: An Extension Of Cayley's Problem, Jon T. Jacobsen, Owen Lewis '05, Bradley Tennis '06
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Continuous Newton's Method refers to a certain dynamical system whose associated flow generically tends to the roots of a given polynomial. An Euler approximation of this system, with step size h=1, yields the discrete Newton's method algorithm for finding roots. In this note we contrast Euler approximations with several different approximations of the continuous ODE system and, using computer experiments, consider their impact on the associated fractal basin boundaries of the roots
Hartman-Grobman Theorems Along Hyperbolic Stationary Trajectories, Edson A. Coayla-Teran, Salah-Eldin A. Mohammed, Paulo Régis C. Ruffino
Hartman-Grobman Theorems Along Hyperbolic Stationary Trajectories, Edson A. Coayla-Teran, Salah-Eldin A. Mohammed, Paulo Régis C. Ruffino
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We extend the Hartman-Grobman theorems on discrete random dynamical systems (RDS), proved in [7], in two directions: For continuous RDS and for hyperbolic stationary trajectories. In this last case there exists a conjugacy between traveling neighbourhoods of trajectories and neighbourhoods of the origin in the corresponding tangent bundle. We present applications to deterministic dynamical systems.