A volume integral equation method for periodic scattering problems for anisotropic Maxwell's equations

This paper presents a volume integral equation method for an electromagnetic scattering problem for three-dimensional Maxwell's equations in the presence of a biperiodic, anisotropic, and possibly discontinuous dielectric scatterer. Such scattering problem can be reformulated as a strongly singular volume integral equation (i.e., integral operators that fail to be weakly singular). In this paper, we firstly prove that the strongly singular volume integral equation satisfies a Gårding-type estimate in standard Sobolev spaces. Secondly, we rigorously analyze a spectral Galerkin method for solving the scattering problem. This method relies on the periodization technique of Gennadi Vainikko that allows us to efficiently evaluate the periodized integral operators on trigonometric polynomials using the fast Fourier transform (FFT). The main advantage of the method is its simple implementation that avoids for instance the need to compute quasiperiodic Green's functions. We prove that the numerical solution of the spectral Galerkin method applied to the periodized integral equation converges quasioptimally to the solution of the scattering problem. Some numerical examples are provided for examining the performance of the method.     

On sums of degrees of the partial quotients in continued fraction expansions of Laurent series

For any formal Laurent series with coefficients cn lying in some given finite field, let x=[a₀(x);a₁(x),a₂(x),…] be its continued fraction expansion. It is known that, with respect to the Haar measure, almost surely, the sum of degrees of partial quotients grows linearly. In this note, we quantify the exceptional sets of points with faster growth orders than linear ones by their Hausdorff dimension, which covers an earlier result by J. Wu.     

体积差的等周不等式

首次提出并建立了凸体的体积差函数的等周不等式,它是经典等周不等式的推广.作为应用,对星体建立了体积差函数的对偶等周不等式和广义对偶等周不等式.     

Direct numerical simulation of thermocapillary flow based on the Volume of Fluid method

A numerical method for direct simulation of thermal Marangoni effects at dynamically deformable interface of two-phase incompressible fluids is developed. The approach is based on the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method with special focus on the numerical treatment of the temperature surface gradient because of its decisive role as the driving force of the flow. The surface gradient calculation is split into computing its length and direction in order to satisfy the correct thermal boundary condition at the interface without losing mobility of the interface. The method is applied to three different types of thermocapillary flow, namely thermocapillary migration of a droplet in an ambient fluid with linear temperature gradient, thermocapillary convection in a liquid layer under linear temperature gradient along the interface, and Marangoni convection due to Bénard–Marangoni instability. In the first case, different aspects of the dynamics of the migration are considered for validation such as the terminal migration velocity, the initial acceleration and quantification of the wall effects. The simulation also considers high convective heat transfer and covers a wide range of Marangoni numbers up to 5000, where good agreement with both theoretical and experimental results is achieved. In the second case, the convection velocity in the liquid layer is compared with an analytical result. In the final application, pattern formation due to the Bénard–Marangoni instability in a liquid layer in square geometry of small aspect ratio is investigated for realistic Biot number and dynamically deformable fluid interface. The results show good agreement with experiments from literature, where our numerical simulation also predicts cell pattern for a particular aspect ratio which is outside the limitation of the above cited experimental work.     

交换半群环的分式环

设含幺交换环Ｒ对其乘法子集Ｔ的分式环为ＲＴ，交换幺半群Ｓ在其子半群∑处局部化为Ｓ∑本文证明了Ｒ［Ｓ］对于Ａ的分环式环Ｒ［Ｓ］ＡＭ 构于半群环ＲＴ［Ｓ∑］。     

体积相位全息光栅的设计与制备

本文指出全息干版薄膜在曝光后处理过程中的收缩性和折射率变化对制备全息光栅的周期、倾斜度、布喇格入射角及衍射角的影响问题,并根据实验数据对光栅设计进行修正,再结合Kogelnik衍射方程及折射率调制度和曝光量的线性关系,在实验中基本上能准确设计出指定周期、倾斜度和衍射效率的全息光栅。     

4维完备Einstein流形的一些注释

本文给出了在开的定向的4维流形上存在有界曲率的完备Einstein度量的障碍．     

Rook numbers and the normal ordering problem

For an element w in the Weyl algebra generated by D and U with relation DU=UD+1, the normally ordered form is w=∑c_i,jUⁱD^j. We demonstrate that the normal order coefficients c_i,j of a word w are rook numbers on a Ferrers board. We use this interpretation to give a new proof of the rook factorization theorem, which we use to provide an explicit formula for the coefficients c_i,j. We calculate the Weyl binomial coefficients: normal order coefficients of the element (D+U)ⁿ in the Weyl algebra. We extend these results to the q-analogue of the Weyl algebra. We discuss further generalizations using i-rook numbers.     

On the Approximation of Irrationals by Rationals

Let ξ be a real irrational number, and a ≧ 0, b ≧ 0, s > 1 be integers. A theorem of S. UCHIYAMA states that there are infinitely many pairs of integers u and v ≠ 0 such that OVBARξ?u/vOVBAR ≤ s²/4v² and u ? a, v ? b mod s, provided that it is not a ? 6 ? 0 mod s. It is shown that this result is best-possible for all integers s > 1.     

Continued fraction of e2 with confluent hypergeometric functions

The tanh-type, tan-type, and e-type Hurwitz continued fractions have been generalized by the author. In this paper, we study a generalized form of e²-type Hurwitz continued fractions by using confluent hypergeometric functions. We also obtain a similar type of Tasoev continued fractions. Published in Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 513–531, October–December, 2006.