A maximum of the first eigenvalue of semibounded differential operator with a parameter

We consider a self-adjoint differential operator in Hilbert space. Then the domain of the operator is changed by the perturbation of the boundary conditions so that a given neighborhood “is cleared” from the points of the spectrum of the perturbed operator. For the Sturm–Liouville operator on the segment and the Laplace operator on the square such a possibility is attained via integral perturbations of boundary conditions.     

On Eigenvalues of the Transition Matrix of Some Count-Data Markov Chains

We analyze the eigenstructure of count-data Markov chains. Our main focus is on so-called CLAR(1) models, which are characterized by having a linear conditional mean, and also on the case of a finite range, where the second largest eigenvalue determines the speed of convergence of the forecasting distributions. We derive a lower bound for the second largest eigenvalue, which often (but not always) even equals this eigenvalue. This becomes clear by deriving the complete set of eigenvalues for several specific cases of CLAR(1) models.     

Roots of Unity in Orders

We give deterministic polynomial-time algorithms that, given an order, compute the primitive idempotents and determine a set of generators for the group of roots of unity in the order. Also, we show that the discrete logarithm problem in the group of roots of unity can be solved in polynomial time. As an auxiliary result, we solve the discrete logarithm problem for certain unit groups in finite rings. Our techniques, which are taken from commutative algebra, may have further potential in the context of cryptology and computer algebra.     

Bounded gaps between primes and the length spectra of arithmetic hyperbolic 3-orbifolds

In 1992, Reid asked whether hyperbolic 3-manifolds with the same geodesic length spectra are necessarily commensurable. While this is known to be true for arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds, the non-arithmetic case is still open. Building towards a negative answer to this question, Futer and Millichap recently constructed infinitely many pairs of non-commensurable, non-arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds which have the same volume and whose length spectra begin with the same first m geodesic lengths. In the present paper, we show that this phenomenon is surprisingly common in the arithmetic setting. In particular, given any arithmetic hyperbolic 3-orbifold derived from a quaternion algebra, any finite subset S of its geodesic length spectrum, and any $k\ge 2$, we produce infinitely many k-tuples of arithmetic hyperbolic 3-orbifolds which are pairwise non-commensurable, have geodesic length spectra containing S, and have volumes lying in an interval of (universally) bounded length. The main technical ingredient in our proof is a bounded gaps result for prime ideals in number fields lying in Chebotarev sets which extends recent work of Thorner.     

Computer-Assisted Analysis of the Anderson–Hájek Ontological Controversy

A universal reasoning approach based on shallow semantical embeddings of higher-order modal logics into classical higher-order logic is exemplarily employed to analyze several modern variants of the ontological argument on the computer. Several novel findings are reported which contribute to the clarification of a long-standing dispute between Anderson and Hájek. The technology employed in this work, which to some degree realizes Leibniz’s dream of a characteristica universalis and a calculus ratiocinator for solving philosophical controversies, is ready to be fruitfully adopted in larger scale by philosophers.     

Constituents of Ferula ferulioides

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A PYRIDYL-TRIAZINE COMPLEX OF Co(II): SPECTROSCOPIC,STRUCTURAL, AND DOCKING STUDIES

Journal of Structural Chemistry - A new cobalt(II) complex of 5-phenyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazine (PPTA), [Co(PPTA)2(NO3)2] (1), is prepared and identified by the elemental analysis, FTIR...     

Role of Heterogeneous Chain Termination in Flame Propagation

Kinetics and Catalysis - The kinetic characteristics of propagating flame were shown to depend on the chemical properties of the contacting solid surface and on the rates of heterogeneous...     

Secondary Metabolites of Mahonia bealei

Chemistry of Natural Compounds -