Speckle shear interferometry

A number of speckle shear methods and their applications to ndt are discussed. Experiments using multiple apertures with custom-made optical elements have shown that in-plane displacement, slope and curvature patterns can be obtained by filtering through appropriate haloes.     

Recursive interpolation,extrapolation and projection

The recursive projection algorithm derived in a previous paper is related to several well-known methods of numerical analysis such as the conjugate gradient method, Rosen's method and Henrici's. It is connected with the general interpolation problem, with extrapolation methods, with orthogonal projection on a subspace and with Fourier expansions. Several other connections and applications are presented.     

A combined penalty function and gradient projection method for nonlinear programming

A new programming algorithm for nonlinear constrained optimization problems is proposed. The method is based on the penalty function approach and thereby circumyents the necessity to maintain feasibility at each iteration, but it also behaves much like the gradient projection method. Although only first-order information is used, the algorithm converges asymptotically at a rate which is independent of the magnitude of the penalty term; hence, unlike the simple gradient method, the asymptotic rate of the proposed method is not affected by the ill-conditioning associated with the introduction of the penalty term. It is shown that the asymptotic rate of convergence of the proposed method is identical with that of the gradient projection method.Dedicated to Professor M. R. HestenesThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. GK-16125.     

Generalized nonlinear master equations for local fluctuations: Dimensionality expansions and augmented mean field theory

By application of a projection operator technique we derive a formally exact generalization of the nonlinear mean field master equation introduced recently for the study of local fluctuations in a reacting medium. Our starting point is a phenomenological cell master equation. The results of our theory are applicable to the theory of a fluctuating hydrodynamic reacting system. The mean field equation is placed on a firm theoretical foundation by showing it to be the lowest order approximation in an expansion in the dimensionality of the physical space keeping the product of the number of nearest neighbors (an increasing function of dimensionality) and the typical diffusion coefficient constant. A more accurate nonlinear master equation that allows for the correlation and fluctuations in the environment of a given volume element is derived in the form of an augmented mean field equation.Work supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.     

Perturbations of subalgebras of type II1 factors

In this paper we consider two von Neumann subalgebras and of a type II₁ factor . For a map φ on , we define

     

When Is a Sum of Partial Reflections Equal to a Scalar Operator?

We describe the set of values of the parameter for which there exists a Hilbert space H and n partial reflections A ₁,...,A _n (self-adjoint operators such that A _k ³ =A_k or, which is the same, self-adjoint operators whose spectra belong to the set {-1,0,1}) whose sum is equal to the scalar operator I _H .     

On the existence of solutions of variational inequalities in Banach spaces

In this paper, we study the existence of the solution of the variational inequality 〈Tx−ξ,y−x〉?0 by applying the generalized projection operator , where B is a Banach space with dual space B∗ and by using the well-known FanKKM Theorem.     

Derivatives of the Spectral Function and Sobolev Norms of Eigenfunctions on a Closed Riemannian Manifold

Let e(x, y, ) be the spectral function and the unit spectral projection operator, with respect to the Laplace–Beltrami operator on a closed Riemannian manifold M. We generalize the one-term asymptotic expansion of e(x, x, ) by Hörmander (Acta Math. 88 (1968), 341–370) to that of _{x y} e(x,y,)| _x=y for any multiindices , in a sufficiently small geodesic normal coordinate chart of M. Moreover, we extend the sharp (L ²,L ^p) (2 p) estimates of by Sogge (J. Funct. Anal. 77 (1988), 123–134; London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser. 137, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989; Vol. 1, pp. 416–422) to the sharp (L ², Sobolev L ^p) estimates of .     

On the error estimates for the rotational pressure-correction projection methods

In this paper we study the rotational form of the pressure-correction method that was proposed by Timmermans, Minev, and Van De Vosse. We show that the rotational form of the algorithm provides better accuracy in terms of the -norm of the velocity and of the -norm of the pressure than the standard form.

     

A ring of instantons inducing a monopole loop

We consider the superposition of infinitely many instantons on a circle in . The construction yields a self-dual solution of the Yang-Mills equations with action density concentrated on the ring. We show that this configuration is reducible in which case magnetic charge can be defined in a gauge invariant way. Indeed, we find a unit charge monopole (worldline) on the ring. This is an analytic example of the correlation between monopoles and action/topological density, however with infinite action. We show that both the Maximal Abelian Gauge and the Laplacian Abelian Gauge detect the monopole, while the Polyakov gauge does not. We discuss the implications of this configuration.