Topological Classification and Structural Stability of Strongly Continuous Groups

The present paper is devoted to the study of some qualitative properties of C ₀-groups via topological equivalence, also called conjugacy. The special case of the evolution groups is analysed. We show that hyperbolicity implies structural stability. Our constructions improve existing similar results for groups with bounded generators, and apply to linear differential equations with unbounded coefficient operator.     

Generalized (anti) Yetter-Drinfeld modules as components of a braided T-category

If H is a Hopf algebra with bijective antipode and α, β ∈ Aut _Hopf (H), we introduce a category , generalizing both Yetter-Drinfeld modules and anti-Yetter-Drinfeld modules. We construct a braided T-category having all the categories as components, which, if H is finite dimensional, coincides with the representations of a certain quasitriangular T-coalgebra DT(H) that we construct. We also prove that if (α, β) admits a so-called pair in involution, then is isomorphic to the category of usual Yetter-Drinfeld modules . Research partially supported by the programme CERES of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, contract no. 4-147/2004.     

The vanishing neighbourhood of non-isolated singularities

We study the vanishing neighbourhood of non-isolated singularities of functions on singular spaces by associating a general linear function. We use the carrousel monodromy in order to show how to get a better control over the attaching of thimbles. For one-dimensional singularities, we prove obstructions to integer (co)homology groups and to the eigenspaces of the monodromy via monodromies of nearby sections. Our standpoint allows one to find, in certain cases, the structure of the Milnor fibre up to the homotopy type.     

Analytic continuation of the exponential transform from convex cavities

The analytic continuation of the exponential transform of a domain in Rn is proved under some global geometric assumptions on the boundary. Two approximation schemes of the continued transform (one based on a Taylor series truncation, the other on a global eigenfunction expansion) are also discussed.     

Factors that influence the tribo-charging of insulating ducts in suction-type dilute-phase pneumatic transport systems

The aim of this study is to refine the understanding of the tribo-electrostatic phenomena that can affect the efficiency of suction-type dilute-phase transport systems. The study was conducted with mm-size ABS-PC particles, a granular material originating from genuine information technology wastes. The tribo-charging process was modelled using the response surface method of experimental design. The controlled variables were the granular material feed rate and the aspirating air speed rate. The monitored variable was the charge imparted to a well-defined section of the duct and which is equal to the charge transferred to the particles passing through that section of the pneumatic transport system. An induction type sensor connected to an electrometer has been employed for the measurements. The data were processed by a virtual instrument developed in LabView. A commercial software package was employed for estimating the effects of the various factors and predicting the optimum operating conditions, which were then confirmed by a final experiment.