Exact tail asymptotics for fluid models driven by an M/M/c queue

Queueing Systems - In this paper, we investigate exact tail asymptotics for the stationary distribution of a fluid model driven by the M / M / c queue, which is...     

Nil-Clean Rings with Involution

A *-ring R is called a nil *-clean ring if every element of R is a sum of a projection and a nilpotent.Nil *-clean rings are the *-version of nil-clean rings introduced by Diesl.This paper is about the nil *-clean property of rings with emphasis on matrix rings.We show that a *-ring R is nil *-clean if and only if J(R) is nil and R/J(R) is nil*-clean.For a 2-primal *-ring R,with the induced involution given by (aij)* =(a*ij)T,the nil *-clean property of Mn(R) is completely reduced to that of Mn(Z2).Consequently,Mn(R) is not a nil *-clean ring for n =3,4,and M2(R) is a nil *-clean ring if and only if J(R) is nil,R/J(R) is a Boolean ring and a*-a ∈ J(R) for all a ∈ R.     

A BMAP/G/1 Retrial Queue with a Server Subject to Breakdowns and Repairs

In this paper, we consider a BMAP/G/1 retrial queue with a server subject to breakdowns and repairs, where the life time of the server is exponential and the repair time is general. We use the supplementary variable method, which combines with the matrix-analytic method and the censoring technique, to study the system. We apply the RG-factorization of a level-dependent continuous-time Markov chain of M/G/1 type to provide the stationary performance measures of the system, for example, the stationary availability, failure frequency and queue length. Furthermore, we use the RG-factorization of a level-dependent Markov renewal process of M/G/1 type to express the Laplace transform of the distribution of a first passage time such as the reliability function and the busy period.     

Morphic group rings

An element a in a ring R is called left morphic if there exists b∈R such that l_R(a)=Rb and l_R(b)=Ra, where l_R(a) denotes the left annihilator of a in R. The ring R is called left morphic if every element of R is left morphic. Left morphic rings have been studied by Nicholson and Sánchez Campos. In this paper, the question of when a group ring is left morphic is discussed in great detail and various morphic group rings are identified.     

Surface tension and buoyancy-driven flow in a non-isothermal liquid bridge

The Navier–Stokes–Boussinesq equations governing the transport of momentum, mass and heat in a non-isothermal liquid bridge with a temperature-dependent surface tension are solved using a vorticity-stream-function formulation together with a non-orthogonal co-ordinate transformation. The equations are discretized using a pseudo-unsteady semi-implicit finite difference scheme and are solved by the ADI method. A Picard-type iteration is adopted which consists of inner and outer iterative processes. The outer iteration is used to update the shape of the free surface. Two schemes have been used for the outer iteration; both use the force balance normal to the free surface as the distinguished boundary condition. The first scheme involves successive approximation by the direct solution of the distinguished boundary condition. The second scheme uses the artificial force imbalance between the fluid pressure, viscous and capillary forces at the free surface which arises when the boundary condition for force balance normal to the surface is not satisfied. This artificial imbalance is then used to change the surface shape until the distinguished boundary condition is satisfied. These schemes have been used to examine a variety of model liquid bridge situations including purely thermocapillary-driven flow situations and mixed thermocapillary- and bouyancy-driven flow.     

On a decomposition for infinite transition matrices

Heyman gives an interesting factorization of I-P, where P is the transition probability matrix for an ergodic Markov chain. We show that this factorization is valid if and only if the Markov chain is recurrent. Moreover, we provide a decomposition result which includes all ergodic, null recurrent as well as the transient Markov chains as special cases. Such a decomposition has been shown to be useful in the analysis of queues. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

东乡野生稻（Oryza rufipogon）在武汉地区越冬性能的观察

对东乡野生稻的越冬性能进行了连续２年的观察，结果表明：东乡野生稻的稻蔸能在武汉地区安全越冬，翌年春季再生苗从地表以下的茎节长出．越冬再生植株与种子实生植株相比并无差异．     

Rings whose cyclic modules are lifting and ⊕-supplemented

It is proved that a semiperfect module is lifting if and only if it has a projective cover preserving direct summands. Three corollaries are obtained: (1) every cyclic module over a ring R is lifting if and only if every cyclic R-module has a projective cover preserving direct summands; (2) a ring R is artinian serial with Jacobson radical square-zero if and only if every (2-generated) R-module has a projective cover preserving direct summands; (3) a ring R is a right (semi-)perfect ring if and only if (cyclic) lifting R-module has a projective cover preserving direct summands, if and only if every (cyclic) R-module having a projective cover preserving direct summands is lifting. It is also proved that every cyclic module over a ring R is ⊕-supplemented if and only if every cyclic R-module is a direct sum of local modules. Consequently, a ring R is artinian serial if and only if every left and right R-module is a direct sum of local modules.     

A geometric realization of quantum groups of type D

We geometrize quantum groups of type D in the spirit of Beilinson et al. (1990) [1].