Dynamics of Hopfield-Type Neural Networks with Modulo Periodic Unpredictable Synaptic Connections,Rates and Inputs

In this paper, we rigorously prove that unpredictable oscillations take place in the dynamics of Hopfield-type neural networks (HNNs) when synaptic connections, rates and external inputs are modulo periodic unpredictable. The synaptic connections, rates and inputs are synchronized to obtain the convergence of outputs on the compact subsets of the real axis. The existence, uniqueness, and exponential stability of such motions are discussed. The method of included intervals and the contraction mapping principle are applied to attain the theoretical results. In addition to the analysis, we have provided strong simulation arguments, considering that all the assumed conditions are satisfied. It is shown how a new parameter, degree of periodicity, affects the dynamics of the neural network.     

Sublimation and Diffusion Kinetics of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Single Crystals by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

In this article, we report the in-situ nanoscale experimental measurement of sublimation rates, activation energy of sublimation, and diffusion coefficients of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) single crystals in air using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The crystals were prepared by slow evaporation at 5 °C using acetone-dissolved TNT. The mass loss was calculated by monitoring the shrinkage of the surface area of layered islands formed on the surface of the TNT crystals due to sublimation upon isothermal heating at temperatures below the melting point. The results suggest the sublimation process occurs via two-dimensional detachment of TNT molecules from the non-prominent facets on the crystal surface which imitates the nucleation and crystal growth process. Sublimation rates are one order of magnitude smaller than previously reported values. However, the calculated activation energy (112.15 ± 3.2 kJ/mol) and temperature-dependent sublimation rates agree well with the reported values for TNT thin films and microcrystals determined by UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy and quartz crystal microscopy (QCM) (90–141 kJ/mol). The average diffusion coefficient is (4.35 × 10^–6 m²/s) which is within the range of the reported theoretical values with an average of 5.59 × 10^–6 m²/s, and about 25% less than that determined using thermogravimetric analysis for powder TNT.     

爆炸力学数值模拟中本构建模问题的讨论

就爆炸力学数值模拟中的本构建模问题的有关内容作了讨论,包括:波传播研究与材料的动态特性研究的相互依赖、容变律与畸变律的解耦与耦合、率型本构关系与失效准则、应变率效应与温度效应的等效性、加载本构关系与卸载本构关系以及流变过程与损伤演化过程的耦合等,并展望了今后的有关发展动向。     

带阻尼项一维非等熵流方程组初边值问题解的收敛速度

研究了带阻尼项一维非等熵流方程组的初边值问题,利用能量估计的办法证明了整体解的存在性和得到在L2－模及L∞－模意义下解的大时间状态稳定性估计。     

修饰态布居的选择性激发对无反转激光的作用

以三能级V型系统为例研究修饰态布居的选择性激发对无反转激光增益的作用. 当非 相干驱动场的频谱宽度远小于驱动场产生的修饰态能级的间距时，非相干驱动场只将一个修 饰态的布居抽运至激发态. 借助原子的衰减通道，系统中形成单向布居转移通道，从而建立 修饰态布居的选择性激发. 利用修饰态布居的选择性激发，可以摆脱裸态共振无反转激光的 三个限制: (1) 不再要求辅助的低频驱动跃迁比高频激光跃迁具有更高的衰减速率；(2) 显 著降低非相干激发速率的阈值；(3) 无反转激光的线性增益不再反比于相干驱动场的强 关键词： 修饰态布居的选择性激发 无反转激光增益 原子衰减速率 非相干激发阈值速率     

Interior-point methods for nonlinear complementarity problems

We present a potential reduction interior-point algorithm for monotone nonlinear complementarity problems. At each iteration, one has to compute an approximate solution of a nonlinear system such that a certain accuracy requirement is satisfied. For problems satisfying a scaled Lipschitz condition, this requirement is satisfied by the approximate solution obtained by applying one Newton step to that nonlinear system. We discuss the global and local convergence rates of the algorithm, convergence toward a maximal complementarity solution, a criterion for switching from the interior-point algorithm to a pure Newton method, and the complexity of the resulting hybrid algorithm.This research was supported in part by NSF Grant DDM-89-22636.The authors would like to thank Rongqin Sheng and three anonymous referees for their comments leading to a better presentation of the results.     

高应变率下TC4及TC9钛合金的动态断裂

 报导了由短脉冲激光引起的应力波加载及电炮驱动Mylar膜平面飞片碰撞TC4、TC9钛合金靶的实验及数值计算研究结果。由回收靶样品的金相分析表明：在电炮驱动飞片碰撞及由激光引起的应力波加载所造成的应变率分别在10⁶ s^-1左右及10⁷ s^-1以上两种情形下，TC4、TC9钛合金的层裂特性都是以微孔洞的成核、增长、汇合为特征的韧性断裂。运用一维流体弹塑性动力学程序进行数值研究表明：成核增长NAG模型在一定程度上可以用来描述高应变率下TC4、TC9钛合金的损伤破坏特性。     

研究胆结石形成的一个随机模型

根据研究胆结石成因的实验中所形成的层状结构，我们借鉴于随机伊辛模型的思想提出了胆结石形成的一个随机模型。     

Particle systems with variable length

We present a new class of one-dimensional particle systems, in which the number of components may change in the process of interaction. We suggest that some of these systems display spontaneous symmetry breaking. Received: 16 August 2002     

Backtracking Adaptive Search: Distribution of Number of Iterations to Convergence

Backtracking adaptive search is a simplified stochastic optimiza-tion procedure which permits the acceptance of worsening objective function values. It generalizes the hesitant adaptive search, which in turn is a gener-alization of the pure adaptive search. In this paper, we use ideas from the theory of stochastic processes to determine the full distribution of the number of iterations to convergence for the backtracking adaptive search.Communicated by P. M. PardalosThe authors thank theMarsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand for support of this research. The fourth author was supported by a Bright Future Scholarship administered by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.