3-Blocks with Abelian defect groups isomorphic to Z_{3^m } \times Z_{3^n }

Let G be a finite group and let p be a fixed prime number. Let B be a p-block of G with defect group D. In this paper, we give results on 3-blocks with abelian defect groups isomorphic to Z3m ×Z3n. We are particularly interested in the number of irreducible ordinary characters and the number of irreducible Brauer characters in the block. We calculate two important block invariants k（B） and l（B） in this case.     

Convergence of Dirichlet quotients and selective decay of 2D magnetohydrodynamic flows

The selective decay phenomena have been observed by physicists for many dynamic flows such as Navier-Stokes flows, barotropic geophysical flows, and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows in either actual physical experiments or numerical simulations. In the previous paper (M.-Q. Zhan, 2010 [20]), the author showed the validity of the selective decay principle for the 2D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows in the case of small magnetic Prandtl number. In this paper, we shall show the validity of the selective decay principle for the 2D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows for any magnetic Prandtl number with periodic boundary conditions.     

Locally convex quotient lattice cones

Walter Roth has investigated certain equivalence relations on locally convex cones in [W. Roth, Locally convex quotient cones, J. Convex Anal. 18, No. 4, 903–913 (2011)] which give rise to the definition of a locally convex quotient cone. In this paper, we investigate some special equivalence relations on a locally convex lattice cone by which the locally convex quotient cone becomes a lattice. In the case of a locally convex solid Riesz space, this reduces to the known concept of locally convex solid quotient Riesz space. We prove that the strict inductive limit of locally convex lattice cones is a locally convex lattice cone. We also study the concept of locally convex complete quotient lattice cones.     

New schemes with fractal error compensation for PDE eigenvalue computations

With an error compensation term in the fractal Rayleigh quotient of PDE eigen-problems,we propose a new scheme by perturbing the mass matrix Mhto Mh=Mh+Ch2mKh,where Khis the corresponding stif matrix of a 2m 1 degree conforming finite element with mesh size h for a 2m-order self-adjoint PDE,and the constant C exists in the priority error estimationλh jλj~Ch2mλ2j.In particular,for Laplace eigenproblems over regular domains in uniform mesh,e.g.,cube,equilateral triangle and regular hexagon,etc.,we find the constant C=I h 1Mh2 hKh and show that in this case the computation accuracy can raise two orders,i.e.,fromλh jλj=O(h2)to O(h4).Some numerical tests in 2-D and 3-D are given to verify the above arguments.     

A Property Satisfying Reducedness over Centers

This article concerns a ring property called pseudo-reduced-over-center that is satisfied by free algebras over commutative reduced rings.The properties of radicals of pseudo-reduced-over-center rings are investigated,especially related to polynomial rings.It is proved that for pseudo-reduced-over-center rings of nonzero characteristic,the centers and the pseudo-reduced-over-center property are preserved through factor rings modulo nil ideals.For a locally finite ring R,it is proved that if R is pseudo-reduced-over-center,then R is commutative and R/J(R) is a commutative regular ring with J(R) nil,where J(R) is the Jacobson radical of R.     

A derivative-free three-term projection algorithm involving spectral quotient for solving nonlinear monotone equations

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we develop a three-term conjugate gradient method involving spectral quotient, which always satisfies the famous Dai-Liao conjugacy condition and quasi-Newton secant equation, independently of any line search. This new three-term conjugate gradient method can be regarded as a variant of the memoryless Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno quasi-Newton method with regard to spectral quotient. By combining this method with the projection technique proposed by Solodov and Svaiter in 1998, we establish a derivative-free three-term projection algorithm for dealing with large-scale nonlinear monotone system of equations. We prove the global convergence of the algorithm and obtain the R-linear convergence rate under some mild conditions. Numerical results show that our projection algorithm is effective and robust, and is more competitive with the TTDFP algorithm proposed Liu and Li [A three-term derivative-free projection method for nonlinear monotone system of equations. Calcolo. 2016;53:427–450].     

Using cross-product matrices to compute the SVD

This paper concerns accurate computation of the singular value decomposition (SVD) of an matrix . As is well known, cross-product matrix based SVD algorithms compute large singular values accurately but generally deliver poor small singular values. A new novel cross-product matrix based SVD method is proposed: (a) Use a backward stable algorithm to compute the eigenpairs of and take the square roots of the large eigenvalues of it as the large singular values of ; (b) form the Rayleigh quotient of with respect to the matrix consisting of the computed eigenvectors associated with the computed small eigenvalues of ; (c) compute the eigenvalues of the Rayleigh quotient and take the square roots of them as the small singular values of . A detailed quantitative error analysis is conducted on the method. It is proved that if small singular values are well separated from the large ones then the method can compute the small ones accurately up to the order of the unit roundoff . An algorithm is developed that is not only cheaper than the standard Golub–Reinsch and Chan SVD algorithms but also can update or downdate a new SVD by adding or deleting a row and compute certain refined Ritz vectors for large matrix eigenproblems at very low cost. Several variants of the algorithm are proposed that compute some or all parts of the SVD. Typical numerical examples confirm the high accuracy of our algorithm.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China (No. 10471074).     

Decomposition of Exponential Distributions on Positive Semigroups

Let (S,·) be a positive semigroup and T a sub-semigroup of S. In many natural cases, an element can be factored uniquely as x=yz, where and where z is in an associated “quotient space” S/T. If X has an exponential distribution on S, we show that Y and Z are independent and that Y has an exponential distribution on T. We prove a converse when the sub-semigroup is for . Specifically, we show that if Y _t and Z _t are independent and Y _t has an exponential distribution on S _t for each , then X has an exponential distribution on S. When applied to ([0,∞), +) and , these results unify and extend known results on the quotient and remainder when X is divided by t.     

Generalized Rayleigh quotient and finite element two-grid discretization schemes

This study discusses generalized Rayleigh quotient and high efficiency finite element discretization schemes. Some results are as follows: 1) Rayleigh quotient accelerate technique is extended to nonselfadjoint problems. Generalized Rayleigh quotients of operator form and weak form are defined and the basic relationship between approximate eigenfunction and its generalized Rayleigh quotient is established. 2) New error estimates are obtained by replacing the ascent of exact eigenvalue with the ascent of fin...