2-Selmer groups and the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture for the congruent number curves

We take an approach toward counting the number of integers n for which the curve En: y²=x³−n²x has 2-Selmer groups of a given size. This question was also discussed in a pair of papers by Roger Heath-Brown. In contrast to earlier work, our analysis focuses on restricting the number of prime factors of n. Additionally, we discuss the connection between computing the size of these Selmer groups and verifying cases of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. The key ingredient for the asymptotic formulae is the “independence” of the Legendre symbol evaluated at the prime divisors of an integer with exactly k prime factors.     

辽宁省碳排放、能源消费与经济增长的实证研究

在环境库兹涅茨曲线的基础上,通过VAR分析方法,从实证的角度揭示了辽宁省1978-2009年碳排量、能源消耗同经济增长之间的动态关系,通过广义脉冲反应分析,得出不同于以往的"N"型EKC曲线.Granger因果检验表明,辽宁省持续提升的GDP不断刺激碳排放量和能源消耗量的增加,但环境变化却不是推动省内经济增长的重要变量.辽宁目前的环境质量正随着经济的增长而恶化,环境质量的提升问题亟待解决.     

Canards Solutions of Difference Equations with Small Step Size

We consider difference equations of the form     

Hydraulics of Peat Filters Treating Septic Tank Effluent

Peat is an alternative filter medium for the treatment of various waste streams including septic tank effluent. The water holding capacity and adsorption capacity of peat make it a favorable filter medium over sand or gravel which are commonly used as the filter medium for the drainage field of septic systems. This paper presents the results of a field study to evaluate the hydraulics of a peat filter used to treat the septic tank effluent from a public school west of Ottawa, Canada. An experimental box was placed within the filter during its construction to provide access to the vertical profile of the peat layer. The filter is periodically pulsed with septic tank effluent, which is distributed over the top of the filter and flows vertically through the peat. The filter was instrumented with tensiometers and transducers to monitor the pore water pressures in response to a pulse of septic tank effluent. An in-depth study of the hydraulics of the system was completed. The soil moisture retention curve and the hydraulic conductivity as a function of density were determined in laboratory experiments. A one-dimensional unsaturated flow model was used to predict the pressure response due to a pulse. A comparison of the field and model results illustrates the impact of the density variations, and the corresponding hydraulic conductivity variations, on the model predictions. The compaction of the peat is an important design consideration for the filter since it directly impacts the flow characteristics and the hydraulic retention time within the filter.     

Parametric splines on a hyperbolic paraboloid

A hyperbolic paraboloid over a tetrahedron, constructed in B–B algebraic reduced form with its barycentric coordinate system, can be conveniently represented by two parameters. An arc on the surface, obtained by determining a type of function relation about the two parameters, has multiformity and consistent endpoint properties. We analyze the equivalence and boundedness of an arc’s curvature, and give a process of the proof. These arcs can be connected into an approximate G²$G^2$-continuity space curve for fitting to a sequence of points with their advantages, and the curves, connected by this type arcs, are quite different from other algebraic and parametric splines.     

The proof of hermann''s conjecture

This note proves Thomas Hermann's conjecture on the comparison between twoboundaries of the derivatives of rational cubic Bezier curves. The result is valuable for computer aided geometric design.     

Universal Alignment Probabilities and Subset Selection for Ordinal Optimization

We examine in this paper the subset selection procedure in the context of ordinal optimization introduced in Ref. 1. Major concepts including goal softening, selection subset, alignment probability, and ordered performance curve are formally introduced. A two-parameter model is devised to calculate alignment probabilities for a wide range of cases using two different selection rules: blind pick and horse race. Our major result includes the suggestion of quantifiable subset selection sizes which are universally applicable to many simulation and modeling problems, as demonstrated by the examples in this paper.     

Convexity and the Average Curvature of Plane Curves

The average curvature of a rectifiable closed curve in R2 is its total absolute curvature divided by its length. If a rectifiable closed curve in R2 is contained in the interior of a convex set D then its average curvature is at least as large as the average curvature of the simple closed curve D which bounds the convex set.     

增长曲线模型中最小二乘估计的几种相对效率

对于一般的增长曲线模型Yn×m=Xn×pBp×qZq×m＋ε,ε~（0,δV∑）本文定义了B的最小二乘估计（相对于B的最佳线性无偏估计）的四种相对效率，并得到了它们的下界．     

Pure Weierstrass gaps from a quotient of the Hermitian curve

In this paper, by employing some results on Kummer extensions, we give an arithmetic characterization of pure Weierstrass gaps at many totally ramified places on a quotient of the Hermitian curve, including the well-studied Hermitian curve as a special case. The cardinality of these pure gaps is explicitly investigated. In particular, the numbers of gaps and pure gaps at a pair of distinct places are determined precisely, which can be regarded as an extension of the previous work by Matthews (2001) considered Hermitian curves. Additionally, some concrete examples are provided to illustrate our results.