Asymptotic expansion of the logistic midrange

Using the symbolic computation program MAPLE, we compute several terms of an asymptotic expansion for the distribution function of the logistic midrange.     

Focusing of shock waves in a highly viscous fluid

The method of combined asymptotic expansions is used to solve the problem of the focusing of a shock wave (in a weakly compressible medium of high viscosity. Asymptotic forms of the solution are constructed in a number of spatial zones. The focusing zone is described by its asymptotic form obtained by combining it with the solution corresponding to viscous geometrical acoustics. The reflection of a shock wave formed as a result of velocity jump near one of the foci of the ellipsoid of revolution is discussed as an example. Analytical relationships descrbing the focusing zone around the second focus are obtained. It is shown that at the focus itself the wave profile has an antisymmetric form, and the compression wave is followed by a rarefaction wave of the same form.     

On an integral equation of the problem for an elastic strip with a slit

A new singular integral equation is obtained that describes the elastic equilibrium of a strip with both an inner and an edge slit (crack) and has a considerable advantage over existing equations /1–9/, etc.) from the viewpoint of a numerical realization and clarification of the analytical relationship with an analogous equation for a half-plane. Numerical results are given of a computation of the stress intensity coefficients at the tips of the inner and edge cracks that refine data in the literature.     

Synthesis of cationic molybdenum and cobalt diene complexes from neutral allyl compounds by ligand exchange in a strong protic acid

Conclusions The allyl ligand in neutral molybdenum and cobalt complexes is readily exchanged by dienes in the presence of a strong protic acid with the formation of cationic complexes. This exchange is facilitated by an increase in the basicity of the starting compounds.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1655–1657, July, 1987.     

On the stability of some integer programming algorithms

In the present paper we develop our approach for studying the stability of integer programming problems. We prove that the L-class enumeration method is stable on integer linear programming problems in the case of bounded relaxation sets [9]. The stability of some cutting plane algorithms is discussed.     

Approximation of nonsmooth solutions of linear ill-posed problems

In the multidimensional case, for the Tikhonov regularization, two new families of stabilizers containing the norms of the Lipschitz spaces and the norms of the Sobolev spaces with fractional derivatives are suggested. Theorems of convergence of Tikhonov regularized approximate solutions and their discrete approximations are proved. Detailed step-by-step investigation of the solving algorithm is performed by the example of an integral Fredholm equation of the first kind.     

Dual Characterizations of Set Containments with Strict Convex Inequalities

Characterizations of the containment of a convex set either in an arbitrary convex set or in the complement of a finite union of convex sets (i.e., the set, described by reverse-convex inequalities) are given. These characterizations provide ways of verifying the containments either by comparing their corresponding dual cones or by checking the consistency of suitable associated systems. The convex sets considered in this paper are the solution sets of an arbitrary number of convex inequalities, which can be either weak or strict inequalities. Particular cases of dual characterizations of set containments have played key roles in solving large scale knowledge-based data classification problems where they are used to describe the containments as inequality constraints in optimization problems. The idea of evenly convex set (intersection of open half spaces), which was introduced by W. Fenchel in 1952, is used to derive the dual conditions, characterizing the set containments.     

Influence of barrier parameters on tunneling in ferromagnet-insulator-ferromagnet contacts

The contribution of electrons moving at large angles to the barrier junction plane to the tunnel current is calculated. This contribution turns out to be small only if the Fermi energy of the electrons equals several electron volts. Otherwise, specifically, when the Fermi energy is no higher than 1–2 eV, this contribution dominates in high and thin potential barriers. It is found that the tunnel magnetic resistance in ferromagnet-insulator-ferromagnet contacts correlates with this contribution. It is this correlation that is responsible for a decrease in this contribution as the potential barriers get lower and thicker.