Finite sphere packing and sphere covering

A basic problem of finite packing and covering is to determine, for a given number ofk unit balls in Euclideand-spaceE ^d , (1) the minimal volume of all convex bodies into which thek balls can be packed and (2) the maximal volume of all convex bodies which can be covered by thek balls. In the sausage conjectures by L. Fejes Tóth and J. M. Wills it is conjectured that, for alld5, linear arrangements of thek balls are best possible. In the paper several partial results are given to support both conjectures. Furthermore, some relations between finite and infinite (space) packing and covering are investigated.This paper was written while the first named author was visiting the Forschungsinstitut für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften at the University of Siegen.     

A renormalization group proof of perturbative renormalizability

This paper presents a proof of bounds on the renormalized perturbation expansion of the euclidean ₄ ⁴ theory. Its aim is partly pedagogical: by combining the insights and techniques of numerous authors it is now possible to define the perturbation expansion and bound it in a very few pages. The present version is based on the renormalized tree expansion adapted to the continuous renormalization group: all detailed results are proved by induction on the size of the tree. The continuous RG version presented here has one big advantage over the discrete RG version discussed elsewhere. In the continuous version, a tree has a more restrictive structure: there is a one-to-one correspondence between forks of the tree and lines of Feynman graphs. This extra structure eliminates the need to introduce Feynman graphs in the first place. It also reduces the number of cases to be analyzed at a given inductive step and simplifies the combinatorical estimates.Research supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council     

Crystal structures of dimethylsuccinate and dimethyloxalate: Carbonyl group orientation for C13 chemical shielding tensor studies

The crystal structures of dimethylsuccinate (DMS) and dimethyloxalate (DMO) have been determined to facilitate the determination of the C-13 chemical shielding tensors of the carbonyl carbon in esters. Crystals of DMS are monoclinic, space groupC2/c,Z=4,a=13.154(4),b=6.156(1),c=9.363(4)Å,=98.53(3)°. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by leastsquares procedures to giveR=0.071 for 932 observed data. Crystals of DMO are monoclinic space group,P2₁/n,Z=2, witha=3.891(1),b=11.879(2),c=6.213(2) Å,=103.32(2)°. The structure is the same (within experimental error) as that reported by Dougill and Jeffrey (1953) and refined to giveR=0.074 for 395 observed data.     

On the asymptotic stability ofθ-methods for delay differential equations

Stability regions of -methods for the linear delay differential test equations

Prophet inequalities for parallel processes

Generalizations of prophet inequalities for single sequences are obtained for optimal stopping of several parallel sequences of independent random variables. For example, if {X_{i, j}, 1 ≤ i ≤ n, 1 ≤ j < ∞} are independent non-negative random variables, then

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and this bound is best possible. Applications are made to comparisons of the optimal expected returns of various alternative methods of stopping of parallel processes.     

Spectral multiplicity of certain contractions

One computes the spectral multiplicity of the direct sum of operators of the following form: a unitary operator U=U_aU_s, a contraction T of class C₀, a one-sided shift S, and its conjugate S*. Theorem: where _mo=1 if m=0 and _mo=0 it m>0.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 157, pp. 23–29, 1987.     

Crystal and molecular structure of 1R,3S,5S,7R,10R-3,6,6,10,14-Pentamethyltricyclo[10.3.0.05,7]pentadeca-11,14-diene-1, 10-dihydroxy-2,13-dione (Japodagrol), C20H28O4

A new cytotoxic macrocyclic diterpenoid named Japodagrol, C₂₀H₂₈O₄, has been isolated from the ornamental plantJatropha podagrica, family Euphorbiaceae, grown in Nigeria. The structure of the title compound, C₂₀H₂₈O₄, was solved by X-ray analysis.M _r =332.44, monoclinic space groupC2,a=23.285(4),b=6.5105(12),c=12.505(3) Å,=98.504(17),V=1874.8 ų,Z=4,D _c =1.178 Mg/m³. CuK radiation (graphite crystal monochromator, =1.54184 A), (CuK)=6.13 cm^–1,F(000)=720,T=290 K. Final conventionalR factor=0.035,R _w =0.038 for 3349 observed reflections. The structure was solved with the programDirdif. The 5-membered ring is closed to a half-chair form. The compound contains inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonds.     

Drag on an elliptic cylinder in a fluid particle suspension

An elliptic cylinder is performing oscillations parallel to either of the principal axes of the cross-sectional ellipse in a fluid particle suspension. The stream function governing the flow and the velocity components are determined in terms of Mathieu functions. The drag on the cylinder is evaluated and expressed in terms of two parametersK andK. The effects of the variation of the frequency parameter, eccentricity parameter and relaxation time parameter on the drag parametersK, K is studied numerically.     

Estimate of a polynomial in generalized exponential functions in the convex hull of two domains

Пусть $$f_n (z) = \exp \{ \lambda _n z\} [1 + \psi _n (z)], n \geqq 1$$ гдеψ _n (z) — регулярны в н екоторой односвязно й областиS, λ _n — нули целой функц ии экспоненциальног о ростаL(λ) с индикатрис ой ростаh(?), причем $$|L\prime (\lambda _n )| > C(\delta )\exp \{ [h(\varphi _n ) - \varepsilon ]|\lambda _n |\} \varphi _n = \arg \lambda _n , \forall \varepsilon > 0$$ . Предположим, что на лю бом компактеK?S $$|\psi _n (z)|< Aq^{|\lambda |_n } , a< q< 1, n \geqq 1$$ гдеA иq зависит только отK. Обозначим через \(\bar D\) со пряженную диаграмму функцииL(λ), через \(\bar D_\alpha \) — смещение. \(\bar D\) на векторα. Рассмотр им множестваD ₁ иD ₂ так ие, чтоD ₁ иD ₂ и их вьшуклая обо лочкаE принадлежатS. Пусть \(\bar D_{\alpha _1 } \subset D_1 , \bar D_{\alpha _2 } \subset D_2 \) Доказывается, что сущ ествует некоторая об ластьG?E такая, что \(\mathop \cup \limits_{\alpha \in [\alpha _1 ,\alpha _2 ]} \bar D_\alpha \subset G\) и дляz∈G верна оценка $$\sum\limits_{v = 1}^n {|a_v f_v (z)|} \leqq B\max (M_1 ,M_2 ), M_j = \mathop {\max }\limits_{t \in \bar D_j } |\sum\limits_{v = 1}^n {a_v f_v (t)} |$$ , где константаB не зав исит от {a _v }.     

Latency of auditory brain-stem responses and otoacoustic emissions using tone-burst stimuli

A comparison of the latency of auditory brain-stem responses (ABR) and evoked otoacoustic emissions (EOAE) has led to an interpretation for the travel of transients in the peripheral auditory system that is consistent with both sets of data. The "cochlear echo" theory for the origin of the EOAE indicates that the latency of a particular frequency component back to the ear canal should be twice the forward latency of its characteristic place in the cochlea. The latency of wave V of the ABR to tone-burst stimuli can be described as the sum of two components: (1) a component that varies with intensity and frequency in an orderly and predictable manner and (2) a component that is independent of both intensity and frequency. Because the EOAE data can be predicted by taking twice the value of component (1) of the ABR latency, this component is interpreted to be due to mechanical travel through the cochlea. A consequence of this interpretation is that the remaining neural component of the ABR latency must be relatively independent of frequency and intensity.