Multisymplectic Lie group variational integrator for a geometrically exact beam in R3

In this paper we develop, study, and test a Lie group multisymplectic integrator for geometrically exact beams based on the covariant Lagrangian formulation. We exploit the multisymplectic character of the integrator to analyze the energy and momentum map conservations associated to the temporal and spatial discrete evolutions.     

Probabilistic gradient approximation for a viscous scalar conservation law in space dimension d≥2

In this paper, we are interested in the solution of a viscous scalar conservation law. We remark that its first order spatial derivatives solve a system of partial differential equations presenting a nonlocal nonlinearity. We associate a nonlinear martingale problem with this system. After proving existence and uniqueness for the martingale problem, we obtain a propagation of chaos result for a system of interacting diffusion processes. We deduce that it is possible to approximate the solution of the viscous scalar conservation law thanks to the interacting diffusions     

On the Queue Length Distribution for the GI/G/1/K/VM Queue

Abstract

We present a transform-free distribution of the steady-state queue length for the GI/G/1/K queueing system with multiple vacations under exhaustive FIFO service discipline. The method we use is a modified supplementary variable technique and the result we obtain is expressed in terms of conditional expectations of the remaining service time, the remaining interarrival time, and the remaining vacation, conditional on the queue length at the embedded points. The case K → ∞ is also considered.     

基于KKT和量子遗传算法的风火电联合上网最优决策

研究了同时考虑节能减排效益和经济效益时,风火电联合上网的决策模型,并采用提出的KKT框架下的量子遗传算法进行模型的求解。综合考虑风电和火电的特点,建立经济效益函数和节能减排效益函数以及相关的约束条件,最终确立多目标决策模型。在KKT框架下将多目标函数转化为单目标,并利用量子遗传算法进行模型的求解。算例分析显示本文提出的KKT框架下的量子遗传算法在决策模型的求解时能够利用更少的CPU运行时间获得更优的决策结果,与其他常用的优化模型相比具有较高的优越性。     

ON GREEN＇S FUNCTION FOR HYPERBOLIC-PARABOLIC SYSTEMS

We study the Green＇s function for a general hyperbolic-parabolic system, including the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible fluids and the equations for magnetohydrodynamics. More generally, we consider general systems under the basic Kawashima- Shizuta type of conditions. The first result is to make precise the secondary waves with subscale structure, revealing the nature of coupling of waves pertaining to different characteristic families. The second result is on the continuous differentiability of the Green＇s function with respect to a small parameter when the coefficients of the system are smooth functions of that parameter. The results significantly improve previous results obtained by the authors.     

Traffic flow modelling with junctions

Motivated by the modelling of a roundabout, we are led to study the traffic on a road with points of entry and exit. In this note, we would like to describe the modellisation of a junction and solve the Riemann problem for such a model. More precisely, between each point of discontinuity we use a multi-class extension of the LWR model to describe the evolution of the density of the vehicles, the ‘multi-class’ approach being used in order to distinguish the vehicles after their origin and destination. Then, we treat the points of entry and exit thanks to special boundary conditions that give bounds on the flows of the different types of vehicles. In the case of the one-T road we obtain a result of existence and uniqueness. This first step allows us to obtain a similar result for the n-T road. We describe these results and also some properties of the obtained solutions, in order to see how long this model is valid.     

Challenging Students to View the Concept of Area in Triangles in a Broad Context: Exploiting the Features of Cabri-II

This study focuses on the constructions in terms of area and perimeter in equivalent triangles developed by students aged 12–15 years-old, using the tools provided by Cabri-Geometry II [Labore (1990). Cabri-Geometry (software), Université de Grenoble]. Twenty-five students participated in a learning experiment where they were asked to construct: (a) pairs of equivalent triangles “in as many ways as possible” and to study their area and their perimeter using any of the tools provided and (b) “any possible sequence of modifications of an original triangle into other equivalent ones”. As regards the concept of area and in contrast to a paper and pencil environment, Cabri provided students with different and potential opportunities in terms of: (a) means of construction, (b) control, (c) variety of representations and (d) linking representations, by exploiting its capability for continuous modifications. By exploiting these opportunities in the context of the given open tasks, students were helped by the tools provided to develop a broader view of the concept of area than the typical view they would construct in a typical paper and pencil environment.     

Lax representations for triplets of two-dimensional scalar fields of the chiral type

We consider two-dimensional relativistically invariant systems with a three-dimensional reducible configuration space and a chiral-type Lagrangian that admit higher symmetries given by polynomials in derivatives up to the fifth order. Nine such systems are known: two are Liouville-type systems, and zero-curvature representations for two others have previously been found. We here give zero-curvature representations for the remaining five systems. We show how infinite series of conservation laws can be derived from the established zero-curvature representations. We give the simplest higher symmetries; others can be constructed from the conserved densities using the Hamiltonian operator. We find scalar formulations of the spectral problems. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 148, No. 2, pp. 189–205, August, 2006.