Describing the soil physical characteristics of soil samples with cubical splines

The Mualem-Van Genuchten equations have become very popular in recent decades. Problems were encountered fitting the equations’ parameters through sets of data measured in the laboratory: parameters were found which yielded results that were not monotonic increasing or decreasing. Due to the interaction between the soil moisture retention and the hydraulic conductivity relationship, some data sets yield a fit that seems not to be optimal. So the search for alternatives started. We ended with the cubical spline approximation of the soil physical characteristics. Software was developed to fit the spline-based curves to sets of measured data. Five different objective functions are tested and their results are compared for four different data sets. It is shown that the well-known least-square approximation does not always perform best. The distance between the measured points and the fitted curve, as can be evaluated numerically in a simple way, appears to yield good fits when applied as a criterion in the optimization procedure. Despite an increase in computational effort, this method is recommended over the least square method.     

Curves covered by the Hermitian curve

A family of maximal curves is investigated that are all quotients of the Hermitian curve. These curves provide examples of curves with the same genus, the same automorphism group and the same Weierstrass semigroup at a generic point, but that are not isomorphic.     

椭圆曲线上的基的选择与实现

在研究了椭圆曲线y2≡x3+ax+b(modp)上的点的一些性质后,提出了基的计算、验证、选择等算法,同时研究了基的选择、点积效率、安全性三者之间的关系.最后实现了以椭圆曲线基的选择.     

二次C-曲线研究

给出具有相同控制顶点的二次C-曲线与二次有理Bézier曲线表示同一参数曲线段的充要条件,由此得到了二次C-曲线不能精确表示双曲线段的结论;另外,还给出了二次C-曲线在任意一点的细分公式.     

Taking into account physical and instrumental parameters in atomic absorption spectroscopy with a continuous radiation source

We present a detailed analysis of the dependences of the absorption contours and concentration curves on various parameters in atomic absorption spectrometry with a continuous radiation source. We have developed a multifunctional application software package allowing us to calculate the emission and absorption line profiles for different elements under different physical conditions. We take into account Doppler and collisional broadening of the absorption lines, which have a complex structure as a result of the isotopic shift, hyperfine splitting of the components, and also instrumental distortion of these lines. We consider two different procedures for calculating the absorbance and do a comparative analysis of the two procedures. For all the listed cases, we can plot concentration curves and find the absorbance within the classical definition and plot the concentration curve using only a portion of the spectral width of the profile rather than the entire width. We have modeled the instrumental distortions of the spectral profile due to spectral selection, and we have analyzed their effect on the shape of the absorption contour. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 285–289, May–June, 2006.     

Approach to accuracy assessment of the glass-electrode potentiometric determination of acid-base properties

Thermodynamic data are suitable subject for investigating strategies and concepts for the evaluation of complete measurement uncertainty budgets in situations where the measurand cannot be expressed in a mathematical formula. Some suitable approaches are the various forms of Monte Carlo simulations in combination with computer-intensive statistical methods that are directed to an evaluation of empirical distribution curves for the uncertainty budget. Basis of the analysis is a cause-and-effect diagram. Some experience is available with cause-and-effect analysis of thermodynamic data derived from spectrophotometric data. Another important technique for the evaluation of thermodynamic data is glass-electrode potentiometry. On basis of a newly derived cause-and-effect diagram, a complete measurement uncertainty budget for the determination of the acidity constants of phosphoric acid by glass-electrode potentiometry is derived. A combination of Monte Carlo and bootstrap methods is applied in conjunction with the commercially available code SUPERQUAD. The results suggest that glass-electrode potentiometry may achieve a high within-laboratory precision because major uncertainty contributions become evident via interlaboratory comparisons. This finding is further underscored by analysing available literature data.     

非单调多步曲线搜索方法的收敛性

提出一种求解无约束优化问题的非单调多步曲线搜索方法.此方法具有如下特点:(1)算法在产生下一个迭代点时不仅利用了当前迭代点的信息,而且还可能利用前m个迭代点的信息.这就是多步法;(2)下降方向和步长同时确定,而不是先找到方向,再由线性搜索寻找步长.这就是曲线搜索技术;(3)采用非单调搜索技巧.在较弱的条件下,我们证明了此方法的收敛性.     

On computable isomorphisms in efficient asymmetric pairing-based systems

In this paper, we examine the hard problems underlying asymmetric pairings, their precise relationships and how they affect a number of existing protocols. Furthermore, we present a new model for the elliptic curve groups used in asymmetric pairings, which allows both an efficient pairing and an efficiently computable isomorphism.     

Totally geodesic Kähler immersions in view of curves of order two

In this paper, we characterize of totally geodesic Kähler immersions by extrinsic shapes of some curves having points of order 2.     

Scattering of light by a periodic structure in the presence of randomness IV. Limit of detection by curve fitting

In the context of scattering of light, we determine the extent of randomness within which a hidden periodic part can still be detected. The detection is carried out using a technique called the extended matched filtering, first introduced by us in this context. The earlier prediction, before our technique was introduced, had placed the limit of detection, by intensity measurements alone, at (r ₀/Λ) ∼ 0.33, where r₀ is the coherence length of light for scattering by the rough part of the surface and Λ is the wavelength of the periodic part of the surface. In our earlier works we have shown that by intensity measurements alone, the limit of detection can be taken to a much lower value of (r ₀/Λ), when the extended matched filtering method is employed. In this paper we follow the extended matched filtering method, and try to reach the lowest possible value of detection in (r ₀/Λ) by fitting the data to a polynomial. It is concluded by our numerical work that the lowest possible limit for detection from intensity measurements alone is (r ₀/Λ) = 0.11.