Behavior of effective charges in e6 grand unification theory in curved spacetime

The behavior of effective charges _i(t) corresponding to the parameters of nonminimal coupling of scalar and gravitational fields in E₆ Grand Unification Theory (GUT) in curve spacetimes is studied. It is shown that in a strong gravitational field ¦_i(t)¦ grows indefinitely.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 74–11, September, 1990.     

Excitation spectrum of anisotropic non-dissipative elastic-plastic medium

The simplest gauge theory of an elastic-plastic medium is considered in this paper that takes account of just translational plasticity. The equations of motion for such a model turn out to be linear and permit the normal modes spectrum of a medium to be obtained. Taking account of plasticity results in a cardinal transformation of the elastic branches of the spectrum and the appearance of a group of plasma oscillations of a dislocation gas.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 64–68, June, 1990.     

Dependence of “Reststrahlen” bands in far-infrared reflectivity on configuration of GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum well heterostructures

Far infrared reflectivity measurements are performed on a series of GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum well (MQW) heterostructures with systematically varied thicknesses of the constituent layers. In addition to the artificial anisotropy we observe two distinct bulk-like Reststrahlen regions. The widths of the GaAs-like and the AlAs-like Reststrahlen bands strongly depend on the relative thicknesses of the constituent layers of the MQW heterostructures, in excellent agreement with the predictions of the effective-medium theory.Prof. Aldo Cingolani passed away just before the publication of this article. We would like to dedicate this paper to his memory     

A Dynamic location problem for graphs

We introduce a class of optimization problems, calleddynamic location problems, involving the processing of requests that occur sequentially at the nodes of a graphG. This leads to the definition of a new parameter of graphs, called the window indexWX(G), that measures how large a window into the future is needed to solve every instance of the dynamic location problem onG optimally on-line. We completely characterize this parameter:WX(G)k if and only ifG is a weak retract of a product of complete graphs of size at mostk. As a byproduct, we obtain two (polynomially recognizable) structural characterizations of such graphs, extending a result of Bandelt.     

Algorithms for proportional matrices in reals and integers

LetR be the set of nonnegative matrices whose row and column sums fall between specific limits and whose entries sum to some fixedh > 0. Closely related axiomatic approaches have been developed to ascribe meanings to the statements: the real matrixf R and the integer matrixa R are proportional to a given matrixp 0.These approaches are described, conditions under which proportional solutions exist are characterized, and algorithms are given for finding proportional solutions in each case.     

Metastable patterns in solutions of ut = ϵ2uxx − f(u)

We consider the equation in question on the interval 0 ≦ x ≦ 1 having Neumann boundary conditions, with f(u) = F(u), where F is a double well energy density with equal minima at u = ±1. The only stable states of the system are patternless constant solutions. But given two-phase initial data, a pattern of interfacial layers typically forms far out of equilibrium. The ensuing nonlinear relaxation process is extremely slow: patterns persist for exponentially long times proportional to exp{A_±l/?, where A = F(±1) and l is the minimum distance between layers. Physically, a tiny potential jump across a layer drives its motion. We prove the existence and persistence of these metastable patterns, and characterise accurately the equations governing their motion. The point of view is reminiscent of center manifold theory: a manifold parametrising slowly evolving states is introduced, a neighbourhood is shown to be normally attracting, and the parallel flow is characterised to high relative accuracy. Proofs involve a detailed study of the Dirichlet problem, spectral gap analysis, and energy estimates.     

Optimal birth control of population dynamics

The authors studied optimal birth control policies for an age-structured population of McKendrick type which is a distributed parameter system involving 1st order partial differential equations with nonlocal bilinear boundary control. The functional analytic approach of Dubovitskii and Milyutin is adopted in the investigation. Maximum principles for problems with a free end condition and fixed final horizon are developed, and the time optimal control problems, the problem with target sets, and infinite planning horizon case are investigated.     

On continuous preservation of norms and areas

Summary We give various properties, examples and equivalent conditions for mapsT of then-dimensional euclidean space into itself (n 2) satisfying the generalised orthogonality equation|Tx Ty| = |x y| for allx, y inR ⁿ , where stands for the usual dot product, and we prove that the only continuous maps verifying this condition are the orthogonal linear transformations.     

Crystal structure oftrans-[PtCl2(Me2PhP)(cis-2,5-dimethylpyrrolidine)]

The complextrans-[PtCl₂ (Me₂PhP)(cis-2,4-dimethylpyrrolidine)] has been characterized by X-ray crystallography. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P 2₂/c witha=8.762(3),b=16.034(5),c=12.600(4)Å,=93.43(3)° andZ=4. The structure was solved by heavy atom method and refined toR=0.052 for 3251 observed counter reflections. The coordination sphere of the Pt atom is square-planar with a geometry very similar to that of the studied complexes of the type trans-[PtCl₂(R₃P)L] whereL is either one of the possible isomers of theC,C-dimethylpyrrolidine or the unsubstituted pyrrolidine. In the present complex the puckered five-membered ring of the dimethylpyrrolidine ligand assumes an envelope conformation with the maximum puckering at the N atom.