Subpermanents of doubly stochastic matrices

It is shown that if all subpermaneats of order k of an n × n doubly stochastic matrix are equal for some k ≤ n - 2, then all the entries of the matrix must be equal to 1/n.     

Some Ore-type Results for Matching and Perfect Matching in <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-uniform Hypergraphs

Let S₁ and S₂ be two (k-1)-subsets in a k-uniform hypergraph H. We call S₁ and S₂ strongly or middle or weakly independent if H does not contain an edge e ∈ E(H) such that S₁ ∩ e ≠∅ and S₂ ∩ e ≠∅ or e ⊆ S₁ ∪ S₂ or e ⊇ S₁ ∪ S₂, respectively. In this paper, we obtain the following results concerning these three independence. (1) For any n ≥ 2k²-k and k ≥ 3, there exists an n-vertex k-uniform hypergraph, which has degree sum of any two strongly independent (k-1)-sets equal to 2n-4(k-1), contains no perfect matching; (2) Let d ≥ 1 be an integer and H be a k-uniform hypergraph of order n ≥ kd+(k-2)k. If the degree sum of any two middle independent (k-1)-subsets is larger than 2(d-1), then H contains a d-matching; (3) For all k ≥ 3 and sufficiently large n divisible by k, we completely determine the minimum degree sum of two weakly independent (k-1)-subsets that ensures a perfect matching in a k-uniform hypergraph H of order n.     

The Best Lower Bound for the Permanent of a Correlation Matrix of Rank Two

If 1≤k≤n, then Cor(n,k) denotes the set of all n×n real correlation matrices of rank not exceeding k. Grone and Pierce have shown that if A∈Cor (n, n-1), then per(A)≥n/(n-1). We show that if A∈Cor(n,2), then , and that this inequality is the best possible.     

具有时间与位置相关的两类平行机排序问题

研究带有维修时间限制的时间和位置效应平行机排序问题,涉及同型机和非同类机两种机器类型.工件的实际加工时间同时受到位置效应和时间效应影响,且机器具有维修限制.目标函数由机器负载,总完工时间与总等待时间组成.非同类机情形下,通过将排序问题转化为指派问题,给出多项式时间算法,其算法的时间复杂度为O（n^k+2/（k-1）!）.同型机情形下通过转化目标函数,使用匹配算法得出排序问题的多项式时间解,其时间复杂度为O（（2n+m+n log n）n^k-1/（k-1）!）.     

A reversal index for tournament matrices

Given a tournament matrix T, its reversal indexi_R(T), is the minimum k such that the reversal of the orientation of k arcs in the directed graph associated with T results in a reducible matrix. We give a formula for i_R(T) in terms of the score vector of T which generalizes a simple criterion for a tournament matrix to be irreducible. We show that i_R(T)≤[(n-1)/2] for any tournament matrix T of order n, with equality holding if and only if T is regular or almost regular, according as n is odd or even. We construct, for each k between 1 and [(n-1)/2], a tournament matrix of order n whose reversal index is k. Finally, we suggest a few problems.     

Large spaces of symmetric matrices of bounded rank are decomposable

Let k and n be positive integers such that k≤n. Let S_n(F) denote the space of all n×n symmetric matrices over the field F with char F≠2. A subspace L of S_n(F) is said to be a k-subspace if rank A≤k for every AεL.

Now suppose that k is even, and write k=2r. We say a k∥-subspace of S_n(F) is decomposable if there exists in Fⁿ a subspace W of dimension n-r such that x^tAx=0 for every xεWAεL.

We show here, under some mild assumptions on kn and F, that every k∥-subspace of S_n(F) of sufficiently large dimension must be decomposable. This is an analogue of a result obtained by Atkinson and Lloyd for corresponding subspaces of F^m,n.     

Discriminant preserving linear maps

Consider the n-square matrices over an infiniie field Kas an n²-dimcnsional vector space M( nK). We determine all linear maps Ton M(nK) such that discriminant TX- discriminant Xfor all Xin M(nK)     

Maximum number of edges in a critically k-connected graph

A k-connected graph G is said to be critically k-connected if G−v is not k-connected for any vV(G). We show that if n,k are integers with k4 and nk+2, and G is a critically k-connected graph of order n, then |E(G)|n(n−1)/2−p(n−k)+p²/2, where p=(n/k)+1 if n/k is an odd integer and p=n/k otherwise. We also characterize extremal graphs.     

Examples of constant rank spaces

The maximum dimension of a space of (k+1)×(k4+s-1) complex matrices of rank k is either s or s+1. Only when s divides k is it possible for the maximum to be s+1. This much is known. In this paper we produce for each k, a multiple of s, an (s+l)-dimensional space of (k+1)×(k+s-1) complex matrices whose non-zero members all have rank k. In the notation introduced by Sylvester l(k,k+1,k+s-1)=s+1 whenever s divides k.     

Stability of Periodic Orbits and Return Trajectories of Continuous Multi-valued Maps on Intervals

Let I be a compact interval of real axis R, and(I, H) be the metric space of all nonempty closed subintervals of I with the Hausdorff metric H and f : I → I be a continuous multi-valued map. Assume that Pn =(x_0, x_1,..., xn) is a return tra jectory of f and that p ∈ [min Pn, max Pn] with p ∈ f(p). In this paper, we show that if there exist k(≥ 1) centripetal point pairs of f(relative to p)in {(x_i; x_i+1) : 0 ≤ i ≤ n-1} and n = sk + r(0 ≤ r ≤ k-1), then f has an R-periodic orbit, where R = s + 1 if s is even, and R = s if s is odd and r = 0, and R = s + 2 if s is odd and r 0. Besides,we also study stability of periodic orbits of continuous multi-valued maps from I to I.     

An extremal problem concerning matrices of 0's and 1 's

We determine the smallest number f(n,k) such that every (0,1)-matrix of order n what zero main diagonal which has at least f(n,k) 1's contains an irreducible, principal submatrix of order K. We characterize those matrices with f(n,k)-1 l's having no irreducible, principal submatrix of order k     

Graphs with prescribed local connectivities

A graph G is locally n-connected (locally n-edge connected) if the neighborhood of each vertex of G is n-connected (n-edge connected). The local connectivity (local edge-connectivity) of G is the maximum n for which G is locally n-connected (locally n-edge connected). It is shown that if k and m are integers with O k < m, then a graph exists which has connectivity m and local connectivity k. Furthermore, such a graph with smallest order is determined. Corresponding results are obtained involving the local connectivity and the local edge-conectivity.     

Primitive graphs with given exponents and minimum number of edges

A graph G = (V, E) on n vertices is primitive if there is a positive integer k such that for each pair of vertices u, v of G, there is a walk of length k from u to v. The minimum value of such an integer, k, is the exponent, exp(G), of G. In this paper, we find the minimum number, h(n, k), of edges of a simple graph G on n vertices with exponent k, and we characterize all graphs which have h(n, k) edges when k is 3 or even.     

Almost resolvable maximum packings of complete graphs with 5-cycles

Let X be the vertex set of K_nA k-cycle packing of K_n is a triple (X,C,L), where C is a collection of edge disjoint k-cycles of K_n and L is the collection of edges of K_n not belonging to any of the k-cycles in C. A k-cycle packing (X,C,L) is called resolvable if C can be partitioned into almost parallel classes. A resolvable maximum k-cycle packing of K_n, denoted by k-RMCP(n), is a resolvable k-cycle packing of K_n, (X,C,L), in which the number of almost parallel classes is as large as possible. Let D(n, k) denote the number of almost parallel classes in a k-RMCP(n). D(n, k) for k = 3, 4 has been decided. When n ≡ k (mod 2k) and k ≡ 1 (mod 2) or n ≡ 1 (mod 2k) and k ∈{6, 8, 10, 14}∪{m: 5≤m≤49, m ≡ 1 (mod 2)}, D(n, k) also has been decided with few possible exceptions. In this paper, we shall decide D(n, 5) for all values of n≥5.     

Sperner systems containing at most k sets of every cardinality

We prove using a direct construction that one can choose n − 2 subsets of an n-element set with different cardinality such that none of them contains any other. As a generalization, we prove that if for any j we can have at most k subsets containing exactly j elements (k> 1), then for n 5 we can choose at most k(n − 3) subsets from an n-element set such that they form a Sperner system. Moreover, we prove that this can be achieved if n is large enough, and give a construction for n 8k − 4.     

On some properties of the series ∑k=0 kx and the Stirling numbers of the second kind

We partially characterize the rational numbers x and integers n 0 for which the sum ∑_k=0^∞ kⁿx^k assumes integers. We prove that if ∑_k=0^∞ kⁿx^k is an integer for x = 1 − a/b with a, b> 0 integers and gcd(a,b) = 1, then a = 1 or 2. Partial results and conjectures are given which indicate for which b and n it is an integer if a = 2. The proof is based on lower bounds on the multiplicities of factors of the Stirling number of the second kind, S(n,k). More specifically, we obtain for all integers k, 2 k n, and a 3, provided a is odd or divisible by 4, where v_a(m) denotes the exponent of the highest power of a which divides m, for m and a> 1 integers.

New identities are also derived for the Stirling numbers, e.g., we show that ∑_k=0²ⁿk! S(2n, k) , for all integers n 1.     

Non-naturally reductive Einstein metrics on Sp(n)

We prove that Sp(2k+l)admits at least two non-naturally reductive Einstein metrics which are Ad(Sp(k)×Sp(k)×Sp(l))-invariant ifk<1.It implies that every compact simple Lie group Sp(n)for n≥4 admits at least 2[(n-1)/3]non-naturally reductive left-invariant Einstein metrics.     

Geometric applications of posets

We show the power of posets in computational geometry by solving several problems posed on a set S of n points in the plane: (1) find the n − k − 1 rectilinear farthest neighbors (or, equivalently, k nearest neighbors) to every point of S (extendable to higher dimensions), (2) enumerate the k largest (smallest) rectilinear distances in decreasing (increasing) order among the points of S, (3) given a distance δ > 0, report all the pairs of points that belong to S and are of rectilinear distance δ or more (less), covering k ≥ n/2 points of S by rectilinear (4) and circular (5) concentric rings, and (6) given a number k ≥ n/2 decide whether a query rectangle contains k points or less.     

Finding all essential terms of a characteristic maxpolynomial

Let us denote ab=max(a,b) and ab=a+b for and extend this pair of operations to matrices and vectors in the same way as in linear algebra. We present an O(n²(m+n log n)) algorithm for finding all essential terms of the max-algebraic characteristic polynomial of an n×n matrix over with m finite elements. In the cases when all terms are essential, this algorithm also solves the following problem: Given an n×n matrix A and k{1,…,n}, find a k×k principal submatrix of A whose assignment problem value is maximum.     

Computing rectangle enclosures

The rectangle enclosure problem is the problem of determining the subset of n iso-oriented planar rectangles that enclose a query rectangle Q. In this paper, we use a three layered data structure which is a combination of Range and Priority search trees and answers both the static and dynamic cases of the problem. Both the cases use O(n> log² n) space. For the static case, the query time is O(log² n log log n + K). The dynamic case is supported in O(log³ n + K) query time using O(log³ n) amortized time per update. K denotes the size of the answer. For the d-dimensional space the results are analogous. The query time is O(log^2d-2 n log log n + K) for the static case and O(log^2d-1 n + K) for the dynamic case. The space used is O(n> log^2d-2 n) and the amortized time for an update is O(log^2d-1 n). The existing bounds given for a class of problems which includes the present one, are O(log^2d n + K) query time, O(log^2d n) time for an insertion and O(log^2d-1 n) time for a deletion.