Chow’s Theorem for Semi-abelian Varieties and Bounds for Splitting Fields of Algebraic Tori

A theorem of Chow concerns homomorphisms of two abelian varieties under a primary field extension base change. In this paper, we generalize Chow's theorem to semi-abelian varieties. This contributes to different proofs of a well-known result that every algebraic torus splits over a finite separable field extension. We also obtain the best bound for the degrees of splitting fields of tori.     

On the Minimal Solutions of Variational Inequalities in Orlicz-Sobolev Spaces

In this paper, the author studies the existence of the minimal nonnegative solutions of some elliptic variational inequalities in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces on bounded or unbounded domains. She gets some comparison results between different solutions as tools to pass to the limit in the problems and to show the existence of the minimal solutions of the variational inequalities on bounded domains or unbounded domains. In both cases,coercive and noncoercive operators are handled. The sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of the minimal nonnegative solution of the noncoercive variational inequality on bounded domains are established.     

Collapsing and the convex hull property in a soap film capillarity model

Soap films hanging from a wire frame are studied in the framework of capillarity theory. Minimizers in the corresponding variational problem are known to consist of positive volume regions with boundaries of constant mean curvature/pressure, possibly connected by “collapsed” minimal surfaces. We prove here that collapsing only occurs if the mean curvature/pressure of the bulky regions is negative, and that, when this last property holds, the whole soap film lies in the convex hull of its boundary wire frame.     

改进的QGA-ELM算法水稻叶面积指数反演模型

为了通过植被指数（VI）准确、可靠的获取不同施肥梯度、不同品种的水稻叶面积指数（LAI）,提出了一种基于改进的QGA-ELM算法应用于水稻LAI反演。首先通过8折交叉验证确定极限学习机(ELM)最佳的隐含层神经元个数与隐含层激活函数类型,再通过引入组合动态旋转角策略、单点混沌交叉操作、混沌变异操作、确定性选择策略、量子灾变操作对量子遗传算法（QGA）进行改进,最后使用改进后的QGA算法优化ELM神经网络输入层到隐含层的连接权值和隐含层的阈值。为了验证该模型普适性和有效性,依次建立多元线性回归、BP、ELM、QGA-ELM、改进的QGA-ELM算法5种模型,并在不同数据集上进行反演效果比较,结果表明：（1）对比QGA-ELM算法和改进的QGA-ELM算法进化过程,改进的算法能有效提升模型寻优能力,避免算法早熟,且能寻得更优结果。（2）对比五种算法在不同数据集上的反演效果,验证了NDVI,RVI与LAI之间主要为非线性关系,且ELM神经网络模型反演效果要优于BP神经网络模型和多元线性回归模型。（3）对比五种算法在不同数据集上的反演效果,改进的QGA-ELM算法绝大部分情况下拥有最高的反演精度和最低的误差,改进后的算法反演精度得到了明显提升,泛化性能也得到了增强。（4）改进的QGA-ELM算法在各种施肥梯度上均具有最高反演精度和最低误差,且精度较高,能为不同生长状况水稻LAI反演提供依据。（5）五种模型对庆和香LAI反演精度均要高于龙稻18,而改进的QGA-ELM算法在不同水稻品种上依然具有较高的反演精度,且在不同水稻品种上反演精度相差极小,远低于其他四种模型,能很好适应不同水稻品种LAI反演要求,极大提升模型的稳定性性,为不同水稻品种反演提供参考意义。     

关于丢番图方程(ax~m±1)/(ax±1)=y~n与(ax~m±1)/(ax±1)=y~n+1

本文证明了方程(1.4)没有x是一个n次完全幂的整数解(a,x,y,m,n),从而推广了乐茂华的结论:方程(1.1)没有x是一个n次完全幂的整数解(x,y,m,n),并有条件的得到了方程(1.5)的全部解.     

A unified theory for coherent systems in reliability II. A unified viewpoint on multinary coherent systems through monotone coherence and relevance

Binary coherent system theory has played an important part in reliability. Its extension to (‘degradable’ or ‘multistate’ or) multinary systems has recently been considered in various papers, through various definitions. This paper studies the most general model for multinary systems, proposes a unified viewpoint on multinary coherent systems and gives unified arguments to apply and to investigate further the binary and multinary cases. In a more detailed way, the ‘helpful bridge’ lately proposed by Block and Savits¹ between the binary and multinary cases is completed and multinary systems then can be studied in terms of monotone binary coherent systems, introduced in a companion paper.² Through various results, multinary systems are examined in terms of structure functions and of life functions; fundamental relations for their analysis are obtained with their set characterizations; the main axis that can be retained among the numerous types of coherence is emphasized, in a unified way, through relevance; reliability models are examined through performance processes, life lengths and performance functions; and Birnbaum's factors of importance are thoroughly extended to the multinary case. Fundamental results proposed in previous studies are thus completed with a shorter unified approach.     

Generic initial ideals of Artinian ideals having Lefschetz properties or the strong Stanley property

For a standard Artinian k-algebra A=R/I, we give equivalent conditions for A to have the weak (or strong) Lefschetz property or the strong Stanley property in terms of the minimal system of generators of gin(I). Using the equivalent condition for the weak Lefschetz property, we show that some graded Betti numbers of gin(I) are determined just by the Hilbert function of I if A has the weak Lefschetz property. Furthermore, for the case that A is a standard Artinian k-algebra of codimension 3, we show that every graded Betti number of gin(I) is determined by the graded Betti numbers of I if A has the weak Lefschetz property. And if A has the strong Lefschetz (respectively Stanley) property, then we show that the minimal system of generators of gin(I) is determined by the graded Betti numbers (respectively by the Hilbert function) of I.     

Harmonic morphisms from the Grassmannians and their non-compact duals

In this paper we give a unified framework for the construction of complex valued harmonic morphisms from the real, complex and quaternionic Grassmannians and their non-compact duals. This gives a positive answer to the corresponding open existence problem in the real and quaternionic cases. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 58E20, 53C43, 53C12The author is a member of EDGE, Research Training Network HPRN-CT-2000-00101     

Rook Poset Equivalence of Ferrers Boards

A natural construction due to K. Ding yields Schubert varieties from Ferrers boards. The poset structure of the Schubert cells in these varieties is equal to the poset of maximal rook placements on the Ferrers board under the Bruhat order. We determine when two Ferrers boards have isomorphic rook posets. Equivalently, we give an exact categorization of when two Ding Schubert varieties have identical Schubert cell structures. This also produces a complete classification of isomorphism types of lower intervals of 312-avoiding permutations in the Bruhat order.     

Single elements in Banach algebras

This paper provides an abstract characterization of quasitriangular algebras of operators on a separable Hilbert space. The main tool used is the (purely algebraic) concept of a single element. An element s of an algebra A is called single element of A if whenever asb=0 for some a, b in A, at least one of as,sb is zero. A part of this work is of independent interest and this is an attempt to determine an involution in a Banach algebra.