Spatial chaos in boundary layer transition

Experiments have been performed on a laminar flat plate boundary layer undergoing transition to turbulence. Reproducible disturbances were introduced via a loudspeaker embedded at some upstream location and their evolution over the plate measured using hot-wire anemometry. A new technique has been used to estimate the number of nonlinearly independent modes in the reconstructed phase portraits. Nonlinear maps were then fitted that explicitly model the spatial evolution of disturbances. These maps are consistent with classical linear stability theory for small disturbances, and give rise to Smale horse-shoe like behaviour for larger amplitude distrubances. Thus a mechanism for generating chaos has been uncovered.     

Perturbation methods for nonlinear autonomous discrete-time dynamical systems

Two perturbation methods for nonlinear autonomous discrete-time dynamical systems are presented. They generalize the classical Lindstedt-Poincaré and multiple scale perturbation methods that are valid for continuous-time systems. The Lindstedt-Poincaré method allows determination of the periodic or almost-periodic orbits of the nonlinear system (limit cycles), while the multiple scale method also permits analysis of the transient state and the stability of the limit cycles. An application to the discrete Van der Pol equation is also presented, for which the asymptotic solution is shown to be in excellent agreement with the exact (numerical) solution. It is demonstrated that, when the sampling step tends to zero the asymptotic transient and steady-state discrete-time solutions correctly tend to the asymptotic continuous-time solutions.     

集值映射多目标半定规划问题的epsilon-弱有效性

对于集值映射多目标半定规划问题, 在近似锥-次类凸的框架下, 建立了含矩阵和向量的择一性定理, 给出了问题的epsilon-弱有效解的epsilon-Lagrange乘子定理及标量化定理和epsilon-弱鞍点定理．     

Characterization of derivations on B(X) by local actions

Let A be a unital algebra and M be a unital A-bimodule. A linear map δ : A →M is said to be Jordan derivable at a nontrivial idempotent P ∈ A if δ(A) ? B + A ? δ(B) =δ(A ? B) for any A, B ∈ A with A ? B = P, here A ? B = AB + BA is the usual Jordan product. In this article, we show that if A = Alg N is a Hilbert space nest algebra and M = B(H), or A = M = B(X), then, a linear map δ : A → M is Jordan derivable at a nontrivial projection P ∈ N or an arbitrary but fixed nontrivial idempotent P ∈ B(X) if and only if it is a derivation. New equivalent characterization of derivations on these operator algebras was obtained.     

A mesh simplification strategy for a spatial regression analysis over the cortical surface of the brain

We present a new mesh simplification technique developed for a statistical analysis of a large data set distributed on a generic complex surface, topologically equivalent to a sphere. In particular, we focus on an application to cortical surface thickness data. The aim of this approach is to produce a simplified mesh which does not distort the original data distribution so that the statistical estimates computed over the new mesh exhibit good inferential properties. To do this, we propose an iterative technique that, for each iteration, contracts the edge of the mesh with the lowest value of a cost function. This cost function takes into account both the geometry of the surface and the distribution of the data on it. After the data are associated with the simplified mesh, they are analyzed via a spatial regression model for non-planar domains. In particular, we resort to a penalized regression method that first conformally maps the simplified cortical surface mesh into a planar region. Then, existing planar spatial smoothing techniques are extended to non-planar domains by suitably including the flattening phase. The effectiveness of the entire process is numerically demonstrated via a simulation study and an application to cortical surface thickness data.     

The ring current model of the pentaprismane molecule

Three-dimensional models of the quantum-mechanical current density J(B) , induced in the electron cloud of the C(10)H(10) pentaprismane molecule by a magnetic field B applied along the C(5) (a C(2)) symmetry axis, orthogonal to the pentagonal (a rectangular) face, and denoted by B(‖) (B(⊥)), have been constructed. Predictions of near Hartree-Fock quality are reported for the diagonal components of magnetic tensors, magnetizability (ξ), nuclear shielding of carbon (σ(C)) and hydrogen (σ(H)), and virtual shielding at the center of mass (σ(CM)). The complicated spatial features of the induced electronic current-density field have been rationalized and compactly described via stagnation graphs that elucidate the details of its topological structure. A representation of J(B) is obtained by three-dimensional perspective plots and by planar maps visualizing phase portraits of electron flow in a series of molecular domains. Both streamline J(B) /|J(B) | and modulus |J(B) | are analyzed. These graphic tools illustrate the competition between diatropic and paratropic regimes which determine the magnitude of various components of magnetizability and magnetic shielding of hydrogen and carbon nuclei. Shielding density maps show that the differential Biot-Savart law explains magnetic shielding at hydrogen and carbon nuclei, and virtual shielding at ring and cage centers. Similarities and/or contrasting ring current effects on magnetotropicity are discussed by a comparison with triprismane C(6)H(6) and cubane C(8)H(8) .     

Approximation of common fixed points of weakly compatible pairs using the Jungck iteration

We show that the Jungck iteration scheme can be used to approximate the common fixed points of some weakly compatible pairs of generalized quasicontractive operators defined on metric spaces. The existence of coincidence points are also discussed for those pair of maps. The results are generalizations of well known results of the convergence of Picard iterations for single self maps of Banach spaces. In particular, the results improve, generalize and extend the recent results of Berinde [V. Berinde, A common fixed point theorem for compatible quasi contractive self mappings in metric spaces, Applied Mathematics and Computation 213 (2009) 348-354] and answers the open question posed in the paper.