Transforming the Physical Environment for Learning

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Everything Looks Impressive by Hugh Kennedy. New York: Doubteday, 1993, $10.00.

Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991, $13.95.

Also Cited: Campus Life: Undergraduate Cultures From The End Of The Eighteenth Century To The Present by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Coming Of Age In New Jersey: College In American Culture by Michael Moffatt. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1989.

Stover At Yale by Owen Johnson. New York: Collier Books, 1968 (originally published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912).

The Plastic Age by Percy Marks. New York: Grosset &; Dunlap, 1924.     

Spectra of degrees of some structures

We argue for the existence of structures with the spectrum {x : x ≰ a} of degrees, where a is an arbitrary low degree. Also it is stated that there exist structures with the spectrum of degrees, {x : x ≰ a} ⋃ {x : x ≰ b}, for any low degrees a and b. Supported by RFBR grant No. 05-01-00605. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 729–744, November–December, 2007.     

A Property About Minimum Edge- and Minimum Clique-Cover of a Graph

 Let G be a graph with n vertices, and denote as γ(G) (as θ(G)) the cardinality of a minimum edge cover (of a minimum clique cover) of G. Let E (let C) be the edge-vertex (the clique-vertex) incidence matrix of G; write then P(E)={x∈ℜ ⁿ :Ex≤1,x≥0}, P(C)={x∈ℜ ⁿ :Cx≤1,x≥0}, α _E (G)=max{1 ^T x subject to x∈P(E)}, and α _C (G)= max{1 ^T x subject to x∈P(C)}. In this paper we prove that if α _E (G)=α _C (G), then γ(G)=θ(G). Received: May 20, 1998?Final version received: April 12, 1999     

Univalence Criteria Starting from the Method of Loewner Chains

The paper continues the work of Royster (Duke Math J 19:447–457, 1952), Mocanu [Mathematica (Cluj) 22(1):77–83, 1980; Mathematica (Cluj) 29:49–55, 1987], Cristea [Mathematica (Cluj) 36(2):137–144, 1994; Complex Var 42:333–345, 2000; Mathematica (Cluj) 43(1):23–34, 2001; Mathematica (Cluj), 2010, to appear; Teoria Topologica a Functiilor Analitice, Editura Universitatii Bucuresti, Romania, 1999] of extending univalence criteria for complex mappings to C ¹ mappings. We improve now the method of Loewner chains which is usually used in complex univalence theory for proving univalence criteria or for proving quasiconformal extensions of holomorphic mappings f : B → C ⁿ to C ⁿ . The results are surprisingly strong. We show that the usual results from the theory, like Becker’s univalence criteria remain true for C ¹ mappings and since we use a stronger form of Loewner’s theory, we obtain results which are stronger even for holomorphic mappings f : B → C ⁿ . In our main result (Theorem 4.1) we end the researches dedicated to quasiconformal extensions of K-quasiregular and holomorphic mappings f : B → C ⁿ to C ⁿ . We show that a C ¹ quasiconformal map f : B → C ⁿ can be extended to a quasiconformal map F : C ⁿ → C ⁿ , without any metric condition imposed to the map f.     

Cobordism of immersions of surfaces¶in non-orientable 3-manifolds

Some properties of non-orientable 3-manifolds are shown. In particular, for a connected, non-orientable 3-manifold M, the group of cobordism clases of immersions of surfaces in M is isomorphic to a group structure on the set H ₂(M,Z/2Z)×H ₁(M,Z/2Z)×Z/2Z. Received: 8 June 2000 / Revised version: 2 October 2000     

Degree Sequences and Chromatic Numbers of Graphs

 We prove that if G runs over the set of graphs with a fixed degree sequence d, then the values χ(G) of the function chromatic number completely cover a line segment [a,b] of positive integers. Thus for an arbitrary graphical sequence d, two invariants minχ(d):=a and maxχ(d):=b naturally arise. For a regular graphical sequence d=r ⁿ :=(r,r,…,r) where r is the degree and n is the number of vertices, the exact values of a and b are found in all situations, except the case where n and r are both even and n<2r. Received: September 16, 2000 Final version received: December 13, 2001 Acknowledgments. We would like to thank Professor Tommy R. Jensen for his useful comment and editing thorough the paper.     

Quasi-Frobenius Corings and Quasi-Frobenius Extensions

In this article, the notions of a Frobenius pair of functors and Frobenius corings are generalized to an l-QF pair of functors and l-QF corings. We prove that an extension ι:B → A is left quasi-Frobenius if and only if (F ₁,G ₁) is an l-QF pair of functors, where F ₁: _A ? →  _B ? is the restriction of scalars functors, and G ₁ = A? _{B ^?} : _B ? →  _A ? is the induction functor. For an A-coring , we prove that  is an l-QF coring if and only if A → ? is an l-QF extension and _A  is a finitely generated projective modules if and only if (G ₂,F ₂) is an l-QF pair of functors, where G ₂ =  ? _{A ^?} : _A ? →  ? is the induction functor, F ₂:  ? →  _A ? is the forgetful functor, the result of Brzezinski is generalized.     

An algorithm for semi-infinite polynomial optimization

We consider the semi-infinite optimization problem:

In Short

Abstract

The Great Transformation in Higher Education, 1960–1980 by Clark Kerr, Albany; State University of New York Press, 1991, xxii + 383 pages, notes, index.

Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide by Sharon B. Merriam and Rosemary S. Caffarella, San Francisco, Oxford: Jossey-Bass, 1991, xx + 376 pages, references, indices.

Literacy in the United States: Readers and Reading Since 1880 by Carl F. Kaestle, et al. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1991, xxiii + 338 pages, appendix, bibliography, index.

Major American Higher Education Issues and Answers in the 1990s by Richard I. Miller, London: Jessica Kingsley, 1990, 219 pages, references, index.     

Idempotency of Extensions via the Bicompletion

Let Top ₀ be the category of topological T ₀-spaces, QU ₀ the category of quasi-uniform T ₀-spaces, T : QU ₀ → Top ₀ the usual forgetful functor and K : QU ₀ → QU ₀ the bicompletion reflector with unit k : 1 → K. Any T-section F : Top ₀ → QU ₀ is called K-true if KF = FTKF, and upper (lower) K-true if KF is finer (coarser) than FTKF. The literature considers important T-sections F that enjoy all three, or just one, or none of these properties. It is known that T(K,k)F is well-pointed if and only if F is upper K-true. We prove the surprising fact that T(K,k)F is the reflection to Fix(TkF) whenever it is idempotent. We also prove a new characterization of upper K-trueness. We construct examples to set apart some natural cases. In particular we present an upper K-true F for which T(K,k)F is not idempotent, and a K-true F for which the coarsest associated T-preserving coreflector in QU ₀ is not stable under K. We dedicate this paper to the memory of Sérgio de Ornelas Salbany (1941–2005).     

The Clique Numbers of Regular Graphs

 Let ω(G) be the clique number of a graph G. We prove that if G runs over the set of graphs with a fixed degree sequence d, then the values ω(G) completely cover a line segment [a,b] of positive integers. For an arbitrary graphic degree sequence d, we define min(ω,d) and max(ω,d) as follows:

Smooth 4-folds which contain a P1-bundle¶as an ample divisor

We show that if a smooth projective 4-fold M contains an ample divisor A which is P ¹-bundle π :A→S over a smooth projective surface S, π is extended to a P ²-bundle π :S→S, unless $A$ is isomorphic to P ²×P ¹. Received: 28 September 1998 / Revised version: 16 August 1999     

Adjoining an Identity to a Reduced Archimedean f-Ring

Let frA denote the category of f-rings which are reduced and Archimedean, and let Φ be the (nonfull) subcategory of such rings with identity (each with the natural morphisms). Some time ago, the second author showed, using his representation theory, that for each A ∈ | frA| there is a certain minimal embedding u _A :A→ uA ∈ | Φ|. More recently, he has revisited the representation theory, expanding it to include the representation of morphisms. Based upon this, the present article analyzes the operator u:| frA| → Φ: the construction of uA is tidied, several characterizations of the pair (u _A , uA) are given, and the relation between the maximal ideal structures of A and uA is described. Membership in the class U of frA-morphisms that are “u-extendable” is characterized and it is shown that U = (| frA|,U) is a category in which Φ is a full essentially-reflective subcategory. The frA-objects are characterized for which, respectively, ? B(frA(A, B) = U (A, B)), and, ? B ≠ 0(frA(B, A) = U(B, A)).     

Interpolation by holomorphic automorphisms and embeddings in Cn

Let n > 1 and let C ⁿ denote the complex n-dimensional Euclidean space. We prove several jet-interpolation results for nowhere degenerate entire mappings F:C ⁿ →C ⁿ and for holomorphic automorphisms of C ⁿ on discrete subsets of C ⁿ.We also prove an interpolation theorem for proper holomorphic embeddings of Stein manifolds into C ⁿ.For each closed complex submanifold (or subvariety) M ⊂ C ⁿ of complex dimension m < n we construct a domain Ω ⊂C ⁿ containing M and a biholomorphic map F: Ω → C ⁿ onto C ⁿ with J F ≡ 1such that F(M) intersects the image of any nondegenerate entire map G:C ^n−m →C ⁿ at infinitely many points. If m = n − 1, we construct F as above such that C ⁿ ∖F(M) is hyperbolic. In particular, for each m ≥ 1we construct proper holomorphic embeddings F:C ^m →C ^m−1 such that the complement C ^m+1 ∖F(C ^m )is hyperbolic.     

Annihilator Primes and Foundation Primes

ABSTRACT

Let R be a Noetherian ring and M a finitely generated R -module. In this article, we introduce the set of prime ideals Fnd  M , the foundation primes of M . Using the fact that this set is nicely organized by foundation levels, we present an approach to the problem of understanding Annspec  M , the annihilator primes of M , via Fnd  M . We show: (1) Fnd  M is a finite set containing Annspec  M . Further, suppose that moreover every ideal of R has a centralizing sequence of generators; now, Annspec  M is equal to the set Ass  M of associated primes of M. Then: (2) For an arbitrary P  ∈ Fnd  M , P  ∈ Annspec  M if and only if there is no Q  ∈ Annspec  M such that P contains Q , and at the same time, the minimal foundation level on which appears P is greater than the minimal foundation level on which appears Q .     

Hyperflock determining line sets and totally regular parallelisms of PG (3, \mathbbR){(3,\,{\mathbb{R}})}

By a totally regular parallelism of the real projective 3-space P₃:=PG(3, \mathbb R){\Pi_3:={{\rm PG}}(3, \mathbb {R})} we mean a family T of regular spreads such that each line of Π ₃ is contained in exactly one spread of T. For the investigation of totally regular parallelisms the authors mainly employ Klein’s correspondence λ of line geometry and the polarity π ₅ associated with the Klein quadric H ₅ (for details see Chaps. 1 and 3). The λ-image of a totally regular parallelism T is a hyperflock of H ₅, i.e., a family H of elliptic subquadrics of H ₅ such that each point of H ₅ is on exactly one subquadric of H. Moreover, {p₅(span  l(X))|X ? T}=:H_T{\{\pi_5({{\rm span}} \,\lambda(\mathcal {X}))\vert\mathcal {X}\in\bf{T}\}=:\mathcal {H}_{\bf{T}}} is a hyperflock determining line set, i.e., a set Z{\mathcal {Z}} of 0-secants of H ₅ such that each tangential hyperplane of H ₅ contains exactly one line of Z{\mathcal {Z}} . We say that dim(span H_T)=:d_T{{{\rm dim}}({{\rm span}}\,\mathcal {H}_{\bf{T}})=:d_{\bf{T}}} is the dimension of T and that T is a d _T - parallelism. Clifford parallelisms and 2-parallelisms coincide. The examples of non-Clifford parallelisms exhibited in Betten and Riesinger [Result Math 47:226–241, 2004; Adv Geom 8:11–32, 2008; J Geom (to appear)] are totally regular and of dimension 3. If G{\mathcal{G}} is a hyperflock determining line set, then {l^-1 (p₅(X) ?H₅) | X ? G}{\{\lambda^{-1}\,{\rm (}\pi_5(X){\,\cap H_5)\,|\, X\in\mathcal{G}\}}} is a totally regular parallelism. In the present paper the authors construct examples of topological (see Definition 1.1) 4- and 5-parallelisms via hyperflock determining line sets.     

On convex optimization without convex representation

We consider the convex optimization problem P:min_x {f(x) : x ? K}{{\rm {\bf P}}:{\rm min}_{\rm {\bf x}} \{f({\rm {\bf x}})\,:\,{\rm {\bf x}}\in{\rm {\bf K}}\}} where f is convex continuously differentiable, and K ì \mathbb Rⁿ{{\rm {\bf K}}\subset{\mathbb R}^n} is a compact convex set with representation {x ? \mathbb Rⁿ : g_j(x) 3 0, j = 1,?,m}{\{{\rm {\bf x}}\in{\mathbb R}^n\,:\,g_j({\rm {\bf x}})\geq0, j = 1,\ldots,m\}} for some continuously differentiable functions (g _j ). We discuss the case where the g _j ’s are not all concave (in contrast with convex programming where they all are). In particular, even if the g _j are not concave, we consider the log-barrier function f_m{\phi_\mu} with parameter μ, associated with P, usually defined for concave functions (g _j ). We then show that any limit point of any sequence (x_m) ì K{({\rm {\bf x}}_\mu)\subset{\rm {\bf K}}} of stationary points of f_m, m? 0{\phi_\mu, \mu \to 0} , is a Karush–Kuhn–Tucker point of problem P and a global minimizer of f on K.     

Vector Lattice Powers: f-Algebras and Functional Calculus

Let s ∈ {2.3,…} and E be an Archimedean vector lattice. We prove that there exists a unique pair (E ^? ,?), where E ^? is an Archimedean vector lattice and ?:E× ··· ×E (s times) → E ^? is a symmetric lattice s-morphism, such that for every Archimedean vector lattice F and every symmetric lattice s-morphism T:E × ··· × E (s times) → F, there exists a unique lattice homomorphism T ^? :E ^?  → F such that T = T ^? ○?. We give two approaches to construct (E ^? ,?) based on f-algebras and functional calculus, respectively, provided that E is also uniformly complete.     

Categorical Abstract Algebraic Logic: Local Characterization Theorems for Classes of Systems

Let ? = ?F, R, ρ? be a system language. Given a class of ?-systems K and an ?-algebraic system A = ?SEN,?N,F??, i.e., a functor SEN: Sign → Set, with N a category of natural transformations on SEN, and F:F → N a surjective functor preserving all projections, define the collection K _A of A-systems in K as the collection of all members of K of the form 𝔄 = ? SEN,?N,F?,R ^𝔄 ?, for some set of relation systems R ^𝔄 on SEN. Taking after work of Czelakowski and Elgueta in the context of the model theory of equality-free first-order logic, several relationships between closure properties of the class K, on the one hand, and local properties of K _A and global properties connecting K _A and K _A′, whenever there exists an ?-morphism ? F,α? : A → A′, on the other, are investigated. In the main result of the article, it is shown, roughly speaking, that K _A is an algebraic closure system, for every ?-algebraic system A, provided that K is closed under subsystems and reduced products.