New results on <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Subscript>11</Subscript> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Subscript>12</Subscript> lattices with applications to Grothendieck categories and torsion theories

In this paper, which is a continuation of our previous paper [T. Albu, M. Iosif, A. Tercan, The conditions (C _i ) in modular lattices, and applications, J. Algebra Appl. 15 (2016), http: dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219498816500018], we investigate the latticial counterparts of some results about modules satisfying the conditions (C ₁₁) or (C ₁₂). Applications are given to Grothendieck categories and module categories equipped with hereditary torsion theories.     

Fundamental theorem of geometry without the 1-to-1 assumption

It is proved that any mapping of an -dimensional affine space over a division ring onto itself which maps every line into a line is semi-affine, if and . This result seems to be new even for the real affine spaces. Some further generalizations are also given. The paper is self-contained, modulo some basic terms and elementary facts concerning linear spaces and also - if the reader is interested in other than , , or - division rings.

     

Nonnegative sum-symmetric matrices and optimal-score partitions

Positivity - The main result of the note describes certain optimal-score partitions. This result is based on the fact that any nonnegative square matrix whose column sums are the same as the...     

Silver doping in lanthanum manganite materials: structural and electrical properties

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Porous media are very useful tools used for energy management. They are used in vast fields such as in solar heat exchangers to enhance heat transfer...     

Self-association of carbon tetrachloride in gas and condensed phase

The paper suggests the model of carbon tetrachloride self-association in gas and condensed phases, based on comparative analysis of IR findings for carbon-, silicon-, and germanium tetrachloride, obtained at different temperatures in gas, as well as in liquid, solid state, and noble gas solutions.

     

Anionic and ionic coordinative polymerization of L-lactide

The potassium naphthalenide complex with 18-crown-6 is able to initiate anionic polymerization of L -lactide at 20°C. This type of anionic initiator does not have to be removed from the polymer as it does not affect metabolic processes. The ionic polymerization of L -lactide with an initiator based on Zn(II) acetyl acetonate, which is fairly stable, has been investigated. It has been found that this process leads to the corresponding polyesters, at high yields. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Behaviour of scattering from a rough surface at small grazing angles

The particular problem of wave scattering at low grazing angles is of great interest because of its importance for the long-distance propagation of radio waves along the Earth's surface, radar observation of near surface objects, as well as solving many other fundamental and applied problems of remote sensing. One of the main questions is: how do the scattering amplitude and specific cross section behave for extremely small grazing angles? We consider the process of wave scattering by a statistically rough surface with the Neumann boundary condition. This model corresponds to sound scattering from a perfectly 'hard' surface (for example, the interface between air and the sea surface) or 'vertically' polarized electromagnetic waves scattered by a perfectly conducting one-dimensional (i.e. cylindrical) surface when the magnetic field vector is directed along the generating line of this cylindrical surface. We assume that the surface roughness is sufficiently small (in the sense of the Rayleigh parameter) and the surface is rigorously statistically homogeneous and therefore, infinite. We confine ourselves only to the first-order approximation of small perturbation theory and therefore consider every act of wave scattering in the Born approximation when the Bragg scattering process takes place. Only one resonant Fourier component of surface roughness is responsible for the scattering in a given direction. However, we take into account the attenuation of incident and scattered waves due to the multiple scattering processes on the path 'before' and 'after' a scattering event in a given direction. Also we consider every one of these multiple scattering events only in the Born approximation. The main result we have obtained is that for small grazing angles the scattering cross section of the diffuse component decreases as the second power of the grazing angles with respect to the incident and scattered directions, and as the fourth power of the grazing angle for the backscattering (radar) situation. Generalizing our results from plane-wave scattering to finite beams allows us to obtain the criterion on the beamwidth. For sufficiently narrow beams the multiple scattering processes do not play any role because of a short 'interaction path', and only single Bragg scattering determines the scattering amplitude (which does not tend to zero for small grazing angles). However, for sufficiently wide beams the result obtained for infinite plane waves becomes valid: due to the above-mentioned multiple scattering processes, the scattering amplitude tends to zero for small grazing angles. Consequently, the behaviour of the scattering cross section for small grazing angles depends on the radiation pattern width of the transmitting and receiving antennae: for sufficiently wide beams the scattering cross section decreases to zero at small grazing angles, but for narrow beams it tends to the finite non-zero value.