一道以群的定义为背景的高考试题赏析

每一年的高考数学试卷中都有一些以高等数学背景立意的好题目,如2006年四川卷理科第16题,是一道以近世代数中群的定义为背景立意的填空题,这样的试题能够有效考查学生的学习能力、思维能力和数学创新意识,这为高校选拔学习潜质好的学生创造了条件.……     

负数的自述

我是负数,你以前虽然见过我,但我们还不很熟悉.下面就听听我的自述,我们会成为好朋友的.一、我的出现是实际生活的需要.数的扩充都是由于实际的需要而产生的,负数的引入也不例外,它是由于表示具有相反意义的量的需要而产生的.小学学过的自然数和分数只能表示相反意义的量中的一个量,不能满足实际需要,为了更好的记数而引入一种     

“1”的自述

我是数字1,大家对我似乎很熟悉,其实却不然,为了以后我们能够成为好朋友,也为了同学们能学好数学,下面请听我的自我介绍:一、我是最小的正整数,我的绝对值还是我;我的相反数是-1,-1的绝对值也是我;我的任何次幂都是我1n=1;我的算术根还是我n1=1;一个数与它倒数的积也等于我,怎么样,牛吧?其实这也不算什么,下面还有更牛的呢.     

分配格上上标准特征向量的求法

本文研究了分配格(L,∧,∨,0,1)上方阵A的上特征向量的性质.利用矩阵的伴随有向图,得到格上方阵A的上标准特征向量的一种实用的新方法.     

抓机会用“嫁接”

把要繁殖的植物的枝或芽接到另一种植物体上使它们结合在一起,成为一个独立生长的植株……叫做嫁接,嫁接能够保持植物原有的某些特性,是常用的改良品种的方法.把“嫁接”的思想应用于数学,常常可以收到意想不到的效果.     

食饵具脉冲扰动与捕食者具连续收获的时滞捕食-食饵模型

本文讨论了与生物资源管理相关的食饵具脉冲扰动与捕食者具连续收获的时滞捕食-食饵模型,得到了捕食者灭绝周期解的全局吸引和系统持久的充分条件.也证明了系统的所有解的一致完全有界.我们的结论为现实的生物资源管理提供了可靠的策略依据,也丰富了脉冲时滞微分方程的理论.     

例谈备课中新课程的导入与设问环节

备课是教师的一项基本功,是教师对教材进行再创造的过程,是集教学内容,教学方式,教学艺术于一体的一项关键设计.备课质量的高低,不仅影响着教学计划的实施和教育方针的落实,更潜在地制约着课堂教学的效率.     

手机套餐问题的一个数学模型

随着信息时代的到来,手机在人们日常工作、社交、经营等社会活动中的作用越来越重要.近年来我国通信业务量飞速增长,手机的功劳更是功不可没.手机资费问题也越来越受到人们的关注,并且对原有的各种资费方案越来越质疑.2007年1月以来上海、北京、广东等地相继推出的手机"套餐"琳琅满目,让人眼花缭乱,人们不能理性分辨手机"套餐"究竟优惠在何处.……     

赏析2011年湖北高考理科立几题

2011年高考已经落幕,笔者有意关注了湖北数学试卷,解读理科数学试卷,两道立体几何试题给我留下了很深的印象.小题的背景和问题设置让人耳目一新;大题的解法入口宽,方法多,涉及的知识面广,打破了单纯考查立体几何的常规,建立了立体几何与函数、三角、向量、解几的密切联系.这两道试题充分体现了源于教材,略高于教     

如何分遗产

古罗马一位寡妇，遵照丈夫的遗嘱，把丈夫遗留下来的3500元遗产同她即将出生的孩子一起分配。如果生的是儿子，那么，按照罗马的法律，做母亲的应分得儿子份额的一半；如果生的是女儿，做母亲的就应分得女儿份额的两倍。可发生的事情是：生了一对双胞胎——一男一女。     

Zero-dimensional subschemes of ruled varieties

Here we study zero-dimensional subschemes of ruled varieties, mainly Hirzebruch surfaces and rational normal scrolls, by applying the Horace method and the Terracini method This research is part of the T.A.S.C.A. project of I.N.d.A.M., supported by P.A.T. (Trento) and M.I.U.R. (Italy)     

Generalization of the interaction between Haar approximation and polynomial operators to higher order methods

In applications it is useful to compute the local average empirical statistics on u. A very simple relation exists when of a function f（u） of an input u from the local averages are given by a Haar approximation. The question is to know if it holds for higher order approximation methods. To do so, it is necessary to use approximate product operators defined over linear approximation spaces. These products are characterized by a Strang and Fix like condition. An explicit construction of these product operators is exhibited for piecewise polynomial functions, using Hermite interpolation. The averaging relation which holds for the Haar approximation is then recovered when the product is defined by a two point Hermite interpolation.     

On the weakening of the convergence of Newton’s method using recurrent functions

We use Newton’s method to approximate a locally unique solution of an equation in a Banach space setting. We introduce recurrent functions to provide a weaker semilocal convergence analysis for Newton’s method than before [J. Appell, E. De Pascale, J.V. Lysenko, P.P. Zabrejko, New results on Newton–Kantorovich approximations with applications to nonlinear integral equations, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim. 18 (1997) 1–17; I.K. Argyros, The theory and application of abstract polynomial equations, in: Mathematics Series, St. Lucie/CRC/Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 1998; I.K. Argyros, Concerning the “terra incognita” between convergence regions of two Newton methods, Nonlinear Anal. 62 (2005) 179–194; I.K. Argyros, Convergence and Applications of Newton-Type Iterations, Springer-Verlag Publ., New York, 2008; S. Chandrasekhar, Radiative Transfer, Dover Publ., New York, 1960; F. Cianciaruso, E. De Pascale, Newton–Kantorovich approximations when the derivative is Hölderian: Old and new results, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim. 24 (2003) 713–723; N.T. Demidovich, P.P. Zabrejko, Ju.V. Lysenko, Some remarks on the Newton–Kantorovich method for nonlinear equations with Hölder continuous linearizations, Izv. Akad. Nauk Belorus 3 (1993) 22–26. (in Russian); E. De Pascale, P.P. Zabrejko, Convergence of the Newton–Kantorovich method under Vertgeim conditions: A new improvement, Z. Anal. Anwendvugen 17 (1998) 271–280; L.V. Kantorovich, G.P. Akilov, Functional Analysis, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1982; J.V. Lysenko, Conditions for the convergence of the Newton–Kantorovich method for nonlinear equations with Hölder linearizations, Dokl. Akad. Nauk BSSR 38 (1994) 20–24. (in Russian); B.A. Vertgeim, On conditions for the applicability of Newton’s method, (Russian), Dokl. Akad. Nauk., SSSR 110 (1956) 719–722; B.A. Vertgeim, On some methods for the approximate solution of nonlinear functional equations in Banach spaces, Uspekhi Mat. Nauk 12 (1957) 166–169. (in Russian); English transl.:; Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. 16 (1960) 378–382] provided that the Fréchet-derivative of the operator involved is p$p$-Hölder continuous (p∈(0,1]$p\in (0,1]$).     

Comments on generalized Heron polynomials and Robbins’ conjectures

Heron’s formula for a triangle gives a polynomial for the square of its area in terms of the lengths of its three sides. There is a very similar formula, due to Brahmagupta, for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral in terms of the lengths of its four sides. (A polygon is cyclic if its vertices lie on a circle.) In both cases if A is the area of the polygon, (4A)² is a polynomial function of the square in the lengths of its edges. David Robbins in [D.P. Robbins, Areas of polygons inscribed in a circle, Discrete Comput. Geom. 12 (2) (1994) 223-236. MR 95g:51027; David P. Robbins, Areas of polygons inscribed in a circle, Amer. Math. Monthly 102 (6) (1995) 523-530. MR 96k:51024] showed that for any cyclic polygon with n edges, (4A)² satisfies a polynomial whose coefficients are themselves polynomials in the edge lengths, and he calculated this polynomial for n=5 and n=6. He conjectured the degree of this polynomial for all n, and recently Igor Pak and Maksym Fedorchuk [Maksym Fedorchuk, Igor Pak, Rigidity and polynomial invariants of convex polytopes, Duke Math. J. 129 (2) (2005) 371-404. MR 2006f:52015] have shown that this conjecture of Robbins is true. Robbins also conjectured that his polynomial is monic, and that was shown in [V.V. Varfolomeev, Inscribed polygons and Heron polynomials (Russian. Russian summary), Mat. Sb. 194 (3) (2003) 3-24. MR 2004d:51014]. A short independent proof will be shown here.     

Transverse compression of PPTA fibers

Results of single transverse compression testing of PPTA and PIPD fibers, using a novel test device, are presented and discussed. In the tests, short lengths of single fibers are compressed between two parallel, stiff platens. The fiber elastic deformation is analyzed as a Hertzian contact problem. The inelastic deformation is analyzed by elastic-plastic FE simulation and by laser-scanning confocal microscopy of the compressed fibers ex post facto. The results obtained are compared to those in the literature and to the theoretical predictions of PPTA fiber transverse elasticity based on PPTA crystal elasticity.Presented at the 11th International Conference on Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, June 11–15, 2000).3TEX, Inc. 109, MacKenan Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27511, USA. Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 533–544, March–April, 2000.     

Effectivity functions and simple games

The rather new notion of effectivity function is related to the notion of simple game. Every effectivity function is associated with a simple game. So theory about simple games may be applicable to effectivity functions. E.g. if the effectivity function is additive, then the associated simple game is weighted. Via a characterization of weighted simple games it is possible to characterize maximal additive effectivity functions.Finally we characterize additive effectivity functions and their associated simple games.I thank G.J. Otten for useful comments and stimulating conversations.     

Iterated function systems, Ruelle operators, and invariant projective measures

We introduce a Fourier-based harmonic analysis for a class of discrete dynamical systems which arise from Iterated Function Systems. Our starting point is the following pair of special features of these systems. (1) We assume that a measurable space comes with a finite-to-one endomorphism which is onto but not one-to-one. (2) In the case of affine Iterated Function Systems (IFSs) in , this harmonic analysis arises naturally as a spectral duality defined from a given pair of finite subsets in of the same cardinality which generate complex Hadamard matrices.

Our harmonic analysis for these iterated function systems (IFS) is based on a Markov process on certain paths. The probabilities are determined by a weight function on . From we define a transition operator acting on functions on , and a corresponding class of continuous -harmonic functions. The properties of the functions in are analyzed, and they determine the spectral theory of . For affine IFSs we establish orthogonal bases in . These bases are generated by paths with infinite repetition of finite words. We use this in the last section to analyze tiles in .

     

Dynamic assessment of reinforced concrete beams repaired with externally bonded FRP sheets

This research deals with RC beams strengthened with FRP. An experimental research is presented which is aimed at evaluating the capability of an experimental modal analysis to assess the stiffness decrease due to damage, as well as the stiffness recovery due to strengthening. Ten beams were tested. All of them were subjected to loading cycles with increasing load levels in order to induce cracking of different severity in them. The beams were then retrofitted by externally bonded FRP sheets. Three types of composites were used. The number of layers was varied, too. Modal tests were carried out after each loading-unloading cycle. The modal frequencies and damping ratios were determined for the first four vibration modes. The results obtained indicate that an experimental modal analysis can give useful information on the severity of damage and the effectiveness of strengthening. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 3–20, January–February, 2006.     

Imbeddings of free actions on handlebodies

Fix a free, orientation-preserving action of a finite group on a -dimensional handlebody . Whenever acts freely preserving orientation on a connected -manifold , there is a -equivariant imbedding of into . There are choices of closed and Seifert-fibered for which the image of is a handlebody of a Heegaard splitting of . Provided that the genus of is at least , there are similar choices with closed and hyperbolic.

     

Bounds for the zeros of polynomials

Let P(z)=∑↓j=0↑n ajx^j be a polynomial of degree n. In this paper we prove a more general result which interalia improves upon the bounds of a class of polynomials. We also prove a result which includes some extensions and generalizations of Enestrǒm-Kakeya theorem.