Irredundant optimization of a pseudo-Boolean function

In Ref. 1, methods for solving bivalent, linear or nonlinear programs were given, and various applications to operations research, graph theory, and related areas were described. The basic algorithm of Ref. 1 gives the maximum (minimum) of any real-valued functionf(x ₁,...,x _n) with (0, 1) variables. It provides a parametric representation of all theN points wheref reaches its optimum. In all concrete applications, it turned out that the numberm of parameters actually appearing in the representation was the smallest integer such thatN2 ^m .In this paper, we show that the latter property need not hold in all cases, but we can choose the parameters so as to obtain each optimizing point once, and only once.     

Probing the Pore Size of Porous Ceramics with Controlled Amount of Magnetic Impurities via Diffusion Effects on the CPMG Technique

In our work, we will explore the possibility of implementing the well-known Carr–Purcell–Meiboom–Gill pulse sequence to determine the pore size of porous ceramics with magnetic impurities. The proposed approach exploits the diffusion dependence of the spin-echo signal in the presence of internal gradients occurring as a result of susceptibility contrast between the porous matrix and the confined liquid. For calibrating the technique, a comparison of the pore size data with those extracted from the so-called DDIF technique (DDIF, decay due to diffusion in the internal fields) is performed. This approach can be applied for nondestructive in situ characterization of soils, concrete, biological tissues or other structures with micrometer pore size.     

Curve flows in Lagrange–Finsler geometry,bi-Hamiltonian structures and solitons

Methods in Riemann–Finsler geometry are applied to investigate bi-Hamiltonian structures and related mKdV hierarchies of soliton equations derived geometrically from regular Lagrangians and flows of non-stretching curves in tangent bundles. The total space geometry and nonholonomic flows of curves are defined by Lagrangian semisprays inducing canonical nonlinear connections (N$N$-connections), Sasaki type metrics and linear connections. The simplest examples of such geometries are given by tangent bundles on Riemannian symmetric spaces G/SO(n)$G/SO\left(n\right)$ provided with an N$N$-connection structure and an adapted metric, for which we elaborate a complete classification, and by generalized Lagrange spaces with constant Hessian. In this approach, bi-Hamiltonian structures are derived for geometric mechanical models and (pseudo) Riemannian metrics in gravity. The results yield horizontal/vertical pairs of vector sine-Gordon equations and vector mKdV equations, with the corresponding geometric curve flows in the hierarchies described in an explicit form by nonholonomic wave maps and mKdV analogs of nonholonomic Schrödinger maps on a tangent bundle.     

The Dirac Operator on Generalized Taub-NUT Spaces

We find sufficient conditions for the absence of harmonic L ² spinors on spin manifolds constructed as cone bundles over a compact Kähler base. These conditions are fulfilled for certain perturbations of the Euclidean metric, and also for the generalized Taub-NUT metrics of Iwai-Katayama, thus proving a conjecture of Vi?inescu and the second author.     

The Index of Cusp Operators on Manifolds with Corners

We recall a Fredholm criterion for fully elliptic cusp(pseudo)differential operators on a compact manifold with corners ofarbitrary codimension, acting on suitable Sobolev spaces. Then we give aformula for the index in terms of regularized `trace' functionalssimilar to the residue trace of Wodzicki and Guillemin.     

On the optimal local regularity for the Yang-Mills equations in

The aim of the paper is to develop the Fourier Analysis techniques needed in the study of optimal well-posedness and global regularity properties of the Yang-Mills equations in Minkowski space-time , for the case of the critical dimension . We introduce new functional spaces and prove new bilinear estimates for solutions of the homogeneous wave equation, which can be viewed as generalizations of the well-known Strichartz-Pecher inequalities.

     

Frequency‐dependent NMR relaxation of liquids confined inside porous media containing an increased amount of magnetic impurities

Frequency‐dependent NMR relaxation studies have been carried out on water (polar) and cyclohexane (nonpolar) molecules confined inside porous ceramics containing variable amounts of iron oxide (III). The porous ceramics were prepared by compression of powders mixed with iron oxide followed by thermal treatment. The pore size distribution was estimated using a technique based on diffusion in internal fields that exposed a narrow distribution of macropore sizes with an average pore dimension independent of iron oxide content. The relaxation dispersion curves were obtained at room temperature using a fast field cycling NMR instrument. They display an increase of the relaxation rate proportional to the iron oxide concentration. This behavior is more prominent at low Larmor frequencies and is independent of the polar character of the confined molecules. The results reported here can be fitted well with a relaxation model considering exchange between molecules in the close vicinity of the paramagnetic centers located in the surface and bulk‐like molecules inside the pores. This model allows the extraction of the transverse diffusional correlation time that can be related to the polar character of the confined molecules. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.