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Book reviewed in this article: Beloved Scientist , by David O. Woodbury. Physics , A Textbook for Colleges , by Oscar M. Stewart. Modern Physics , by Charles E. Dull. Experiments in Organic Chemistry , by E. Wertheim. Dynamical Analogies , by Harry F. Olson, E.E., Ph.D. A Peimer of Electronics , by Don P. Caverly. Applied Mechanics and Heat , by L. Raymond Smith. An Elementary Course in Qualitative Analysis , by William Lloyd Evans, Jesse Erwin Day, and Alfred Benjamin Garrett. Fundamentals of Machines , by John A. Clark. Fundamentals of Machines , by Charles E. Dull. Algebra (Mathematics for Technical Training ), by Paul L. Evans. Geometry with Military and Naval Applications , by Willis F. Kern and James R. Bland. Plane Trigonometry with Tables , by Paul L. Evans. Elementary Applied Electricity , by L. Raymond Smith. Fundamentals of Electricity , Based on Material Developed for the Teaching of Learners and Apprentices of the Carnegie -Illinois Steel Corporation . Rewritten to Conform to the Preinduction Training Course in Fundamentals of Electricity as Prepared by the War Department . Fundamental Jobs in Electricity , by Edgar C. Perry, A. M. and Harry V. Schafebook.     

Quasi-planar graphs have a linear number of edges

A graph is calledquasi-planar if it can be drawn in the plane so that no three of its edges are pairwise crossing. It is shown that the maximum number of edges of a quasi-planar graph withn vertices isO(n).Work on this paper by Pankaj K. Agarwal, Boris Aronov and Micha Sharir has been supported by a grant from the U.S.-Israeli Binational Science Foundation. Work on this paper by Pankaj K. Agarwal has also been supported by NSF Grant CCR-93-01259, by an Army Research Office MURI grant DAAH04-96-1-0013, by an NYI award, and by matching funds from Xerox Corporation. Work on this paper by Boris Aronov has also been supported by NSF Grant CCR-92-11541 and by a Sloan Research Fellowship. Work on this paper by János Pach, Richard Pollack, and Micha Sharir has been supported by NSF Grants CCR-91-22103 and CCR-94-24398. Work by János Pach was also supported by Grant OTKA-4269 and by a CUNY Research Award. Work by Richard Pollack was also supported by NSF Grants CCR-94-02640 and DMS-94-00293. Work by Micha Sharir was also supported by NSF Grant CCR-93-11127, by a Max-Planck Research Award, and by grants from the Israel Science Fund administered by the Israeli Academy of Sciences, and the G.I.F., the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development. Part of the work on this paper was done during the participation of the first four authors in the Special Semester on Computational and Combinatorial Geometry organized by the Mathematical Research Institute of Tel Aviv University, Spring 1995.     

Intrinsic regular submanifolds in Heisenberg groups are differentiable graphs

We characterize intrinsic regular submanifolds in the Heisenberg group as intrinsic differentiable graphs. G. Arena is supported by MIUR (Italy), by INDAM and by University of Trento. R. Serapioni is supported by MIUR (Italy), by GALA project of the Sixth Framework Programme of European Community and by University of Trento.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Galaxies , by Harlow Shapley, Director of the Harvard College Observatory. Modern Chemistry , by Charles E. Dull. Essentials of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry with Tables , by Clifford Bell and Tracy Y. Thomas Solid Geometry , by A. M. Welchons and. W. R. Keickenberger. General Chemistry , (Fifth Edition) by Horace G. Deming. The Science of Explosives , by Martin Meyer. Biology for High Schools , by Sister M. Dafrose, O.P. Manual of Wartime Hygiene . Supplement to “A College Textbook of Hygiene” by Dean Franklin Smiley, A.B., M.D. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry , by Alfred L. Nelson and Karl W. Folley. Mathematics for Machinists , by R. W. Burnham. Calculus , by Lyman M. Kells.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Electronics : Today and Tomorrow , by John Mills. General Physics , A Textbook for Colleges , by Oswald Blackwood, Ph.D. Essentials of Astronomy , by John Charles Duncan, Ph.D. Basic Air Navigation , by Eibert F. Blackburn. How to Pass Radio License Examinations , by Charles E. Drew. Introductory Astronomy , A Guide for Night Watchers , by J. B. Sidgwick. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry , by Donald H. Ballou, Ph.D. and Frederick, H. Steen, Ph.D. How to Pass a Written Examination , by Harry C. McKown. Military Applications of Mathematics , by Paul P. Hanson, M.A. Calculus Refresher for Technical Men , by Albert Klaf, B.S., M.E. Mathematics for Aircraft Engine Mechanics , by Harold Griffiths. Essentials of Business Arithmetic , Revised Edition, by Edward M. Kanzer. Mathematics for the Emergency , a text-workbook in essential mathematics. By C. J. Lapp. Liberal Education , by Mark Van Doren.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Science of Nutrition , by Henry C. Sherman. Laboratory Explorations in General Zoology , by Karl A. Stiles, M.S., Ph.D. An Introduction to Navigation and Nautical Astronomy , By William George Shute, William Wright Shirk, George Forbes Porter, and Courtenay Hemenway. Electrical Essentials of Radio , by Morris Slurzberg, B.S., M.A., and William Osterheld, B.S., M.A. Fools and Foolishness , by Harry C. McKown. Principles of Air Navigation , by Bert A, Shields. Radio Material Guide , by Francis E. Almstead, Lieut. Illustrated Technical Dictionary , Edited by Maxim Newmark. Vitalized Physics , by Robert H. Carleton. First -Year Algebra , by Raleigh Schorling and Rolland R. Smith. Plane Geometry , by A. D. Theissen and Louis A. McCoy. Mathematics for Victory , by Virgil S. Mallory. A Mathematics Refresher , by A. Hooper. Arithmetic for the Emergency , a text-workbook. By G. M. Ruch, F. B. Knight and John W. Studebaker. Complexity of Mental Processes in Science Testing , by Frederick Thomas Howard, Ph.D. Consumer Education , by James E. Mendenhall and Henry Harap.     

On Solvability of Lie Rings with an Automorphism of Finite Order

A new criterion for a Lie ring with a semisimple automorphism of finite order to be solvable is proved. It generalizes the effective version of Winter's criterion obtained earlier by Khukhro and Shumyatsky and by Bergen and Grzeszczuk in replacing the ideal generated by a certain set by the subring generated by this set. The proof is inspired by the original theorem of Kreknin on solvability of Lie rings with regular automorphisms of finite order and is conducted mostly in terms of Lie rings graded by a finite cyclic group.     

带干扰的Erlang(2)过程

本篇论文主要讨论带干扰的E rlang(2)过程,首先通过指数分布的可加性来推得生存概率所满足的积分微分方程,进而得到破产概率(由干扰引起和由索赔引起)所满足的积分微分方程,最后得到破产概率的拉氏变换所满足的方程.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Origin of the Carolina Bays , by Douglas Johnson. A Guide to Naval Aviation , by Lt. Wallace W. Elton, USNR; Lt. Alfred H. Driscoll, USNR; Lt. Robert N. Burchmore, USNR; and Lt. Gray B. Larkum, USNR. Mathematics for Navigators , by Delwyn Hyatt, Commander, USN, (Ret.) and Bennett M. Dodson, Commander, USNR. The Text -Activity Books . Elementary Topography and Map Reading , by Samuel L. Greitzer. Earth Science , A Physiography, by Gustave L. Fletcher. Shopwork , by Edward C. Wicks, Instructor of Industrial Arts, Morristown High School, New Jersey, John Poljacik, Jr., Instructor of Industrial Arts, Morrislown High School, and John Ellberg, author of Tales of A Rambler. Shop Practice , by William J. Kennedy. Plane Trigonometry and Statics , by Norman Miller. The Story of Flying , by Archibald Black. Electricity for Everyone , by Joseph R. Lunt, late Professor of Science at Rhode Island College of Education, and William T. Wyman. Air Navigation for Beginners , A Ground School Primer for Aerial Navigators , by Scott G. Lamb, B.S., M.S. Essentials of Algebra (Complete Second Year Course ), by Walter W. Hart. Solid Geometry , by F. Eugene Seymour, Supervisor of Mathematics, New York State Department of Education, and Paul James Smith, Head of Department of Mathematics, East High School, Rochester, New York. Modern Science Series , by Charles E. Dull. Organic Chemistry , by C. W. Porter and T. D. Stewart. Man's Physical Universe , by Arthur Talbot Bawden. Man and His Physical Universe , by Frank Covert, Jean Ezra Clarence Harrah, and Fred Louis Herman. Elementary Electricity , by Edgar P. Slack.     

Symmetry Reductions of the Combined KdV—mKdV Equation

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Realizability of words in mosaic labyrinths

In this paper we study mosaic labyrinths with the help of words generated by them in the alphabet of labels attached to arcs and vertices of a labyrinth. We consider the problem of the characterization of words generated by a labyrinth. We propose a constructive recognition criterion, it defines whether a word is generated by a labyrinth or not. We establish conditions under which a word can be generated by a unique labyrinth, by a finite number of labyrinths, or by infinitely many labyrinths.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Selected titles: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science Books, Thomas Y. Caves by Roma Gans, illustrated by Giulio Maestro. Little Dinosaurs And Early Birds, written and illustrated by John Kaufmann How Many Teeth by Paul Showers, illustrated by Paul Galdone. Bees And Beelines by Judy Hawes, illustrated by Aliki. Ducks Don't Get Wet by Augusta Golden, illustrated by Leonard Kessler. Look At Your Eyes by Paul Showers, illustrated by Paul Galdone. The Skeleton Inside You by Philip Balestrino, illustrated by Don Bolognese. What Happens To A Hamburger by Paul Showers, illustrated by Anne Rockwell.     

Dynamic instability of a non-uniform beam modeled in a two-degree-of-freedom system

The behaviour of a non-uniform beam loaded by a parallel or tangential compressive force respectively is analyzed by exploiting a two-degree-of-freedom dynamic model. The same system has been analyzed previously by Lee and Reissner from a static point of view and by Neer and Baruch by a dynamic approach using a one-degree-of-freedom model. The previous analyses revealed only part of the phenomena by the present approach.Here, for the tangential force a classical flutter instability is obtained and for the parallel force only static instability is possible.     

A New Characterization of the Mathieu Groups and Alternating Groups with Degrees Primes

In the past thirty years, several kinds of quantitative characterizations of finite groups especially finite simple groups have been investigated by many mathematicians. Such as quantitative characterizations by group order and element orders, by element orders alone, by the set of sizes of conjugacy classes, by dimensions of irreducible characters, by the set of orders of maximal abelian subgroups and so on. Here the authors continue this topic in a new area tending to characterize finite simple groups with given orders by some special conjugacy class sizes, such as largest conjugacy class sizes, smallest conjugacy class sizes greater than 1 and so on.     

On the covering relation in the interpretability lattice of equational theories

We prove that the chapter in the interpretability lattice represented by the equational theory of Boolean algebras has a unique cover in the lattice. We conjecture that, among chapters represented by equational theories of two-element algebras, this is the only one to have a cover. Also, we prove that the chapter represented by the equational theory of Abelian groups has no cover.Presented by W. Taylor.Research supported by a Ulam Research Professorship at the University of Colorado and by NSF Grant DMS 89 04014.     

An elementary approach to lower bounds in geometric discrepancy

For eachd≥2, it is possible to placen points ind-space so that, given any two-coloring of the points, a half-space exists within which one color outnumbers the other by as much ascn ^1/2−1/2d , for some constantc>0 depending ond. This result was proven in a slightly weaker form by Beck and the bound was later tightened by Alexander. It was recently shown to be asymptotically optimal by Matoušek. We present a proof of the lower bound, which is based on Alexander's technique but is technically simpler and more accessible. We present three variants of the proof, for three diffrent cases, to provide more intuitive insight into the “large-discrepancy” phenomenon. We also give geometric and probabilistic interpretations of the technique. Work by Bernard Chazelle has been supported in part by NSF Grant CCR-90-02352 and The Geometry Center, University of Minnesota, an STC funded by NSF, DOE, and Minnesota Technology, Inc. Work by Jiří Matoušek has been supported by Charles University Grant No. 351, by Czech Republic Grant GAČR 201/93/2167 and in part by DIMACS. Work by Micha Sharir has been supported by NSF Grant CCR-91-22103, by a Max-Planck Research Award, and by grants from the U.S.-Israeli Binational Science Foundation, the Fund for Basic Research administered by the Israeli Academy of Sciences, and the G.I.F., the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development.     

The axioms for implication in orthologic

We set up axioms characterizing logical connective implication in a logic derived by an ortholattice. It is a natural generalization of an orthoimplication algebra given by J. C. Abbott for a logic derived by an orthomodular lattice. This work is supported by the Research Project MSM 6198959214 by Czech Goverment.     

A five facets frame for the design of heuristics

The author suggested to distinguish between the ‘engineering approach’ and the ‘mathematical approach’ in connection with the design of heuristics. Stainton and Papoulias extended the scope by suggesting the ‘relational approach’. Based upon this extension, a five facets frame is presented here which is suggested to precede and accompany the ‘technical’ design of the heuristic. The facets are: coverage by participation, experience by doing, abstraction by structuring, extension by comparison, exploration by creativity.     

Asymptotic expansions for Markov processes with lévy generators

This paper considers a deterministic flow inn-dimensional space, perturbed by a Markov jump process with small variance. Asymptotic expansions are obtained for certain functionals of Feynman—Kac type, in powers of a small parameter representing a noise intensity. The methods are analytical rather than probabilistic.The research of the first author was partly supported by AFOSR under Contract No. 91-0116-0, by ONR under Contract No. N0014-83-K-0542, and by the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications with funds provided by the NSF and ONR. The second author's research was partly supported by NSF under Contract No. DMS-8702537, and by the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications with funds provided by the NSF and ONR.     

三角函数有理式积分技巧

结合实际例子给出四种处理三角有理式积分的技巧与方法,即利用对称性积分法、递推公式法、组合积分法、利用留数法.