On herstein's constructions relating jordan and associative superalgebras

We investigate the Jordan structure of a prime associative superalgebra and the Jordan structure of the symmetric elements of a *-prime associative superalgebra with superinvolution.     

Gain of regularity for semilinear Schrödinger equations

We discuss local existence and gain of regularity for semilinear Schr?dinger equations which generally cause loss of derivatives. We prove our results by advanced energy estimates. More precisely, block diagonalization and Doi's transformation, together with symbol smoothing for pseudodifferential operators with nonsmooth coefficients, apply to systems of Schr?dinger-type equations. In particular, the sharp G?rding inequality for pseudodifferential operators whose coefficients are twice continuously differentiable, plays a crucial role in our proof. Received: 14 December 1998     

Performance of RNG Turbulence Modelling for Forced Convective Heat Transfer in Ducts

This investigation concerns numerical calculation of turbulent forced convective heat transfer and fluid flow in straight ducts using the RNG (Re-Normalized Group) turbulence method.

A computational method has been developed to predict the turbulent Reynolds stresses and turbulent heat fluxes in ducts with different turbulence models. The turbulent Reynolds stresses and other turbulent flow quantities are predicted with the RNG κ?ε model and the RNG non-linear κ-ε model of Speziale. The turbulent heat fluxes are modeled by the simple eddy diffusivity (SED) concept, GGDH and WET methods. Two wall functions are used, one for the velocity field and one for the temperature field. All the models arc implemented for an arbitrary three dimensional duct.

Fully developed condition is achieved by imposing cyclic boundary conditions in the main flow direction. The numerical approach is based on the finite volume technique with a non-staggered grid arrangement. The pressure-velocity coupling is handled by using the SIMPLEC-algorithm. The convective terms are treated by the QUICK, scheme while the diffusive terms are handled by the central-difference scheme. The hybrid scheme is used for solving the κ and ε equations.

The overall comparison between the models is presented in terms of friction factor and Nusselt number. The secondary flow generation is also of major concern.     

Sur les bonnes valeurs initiales de la suite de Lucas–Lehmer

In this article we give an infinite number of good initial values for the Lucas–Lehmer sequence.     

The rank of the covariance matrix of an evanescent field

Evanescent random fields arise as a component of the 2D Wold decomposition of homogeneous random fields. Besides their theoretical importance, evanescent random fields have a number of practical applications, such as in modeling the observed signal in the space-time adaptive processing (STAP) of airborne radar data. In this paper we derive an expression for the rank of the low-rank covariance matrix of a finite dimension sample from an evanescent random field. It is shown that the rank of this covariance matrix is completely determined by the evanescent field spectral support parameters, alone. Thus, the problem of estimating the rank lends itself to a solution that avoids the need to estimate the rank from the sample covariance matrix. We show that this result can be immediately applied to considerably simplify the estimation of the rank of the interference covariance matrix in the STAP problem.     

Biases in the prime number race of function fields

We derive a formula for the density of positive integers satisfying a certain system of inequality, often referred as prime number races, in the case of the polynomial rings over finite fields. This is a function field analog of the work of Feuerverger and Martin, who established such formula in the number field case, building up on the fundamental work of Rubinstein and Sarnak.     

Rectangularity of products and completions of their subsets

The approach to the problem of the distribution of the functors of the Stone-?ech compactification, the Hewitt realcompactification or the Dieudonné completion with the operation of taking products is discussed using uniform structures on products. In particular, the role of different rectangular conditions is shown. Relative analogues of this question and new examples of (strongly) rectangular products are presented. Characterizations of bounded rectangular subsets of the product are given.     

On dimensional properties of the generalized Smirnov's spaces

We show that the transfinite inductive dimensions modulo PP-trind and P-trInd introduced in M.G. Charalambous (1997) [2] differ by simple spaces, where P is the absolutely additive Borel class A(α) or the absolutely multiplicative Borel class M(α), 0?α<ω₁.     

Measurable cardinals and the cardinality of Lindelöf spaces

We obtain from the consistency of the existence of a measurable cardinal the consistency of “small” upper bounds on the cardinality of a large class of Lindelöf spaces whose singletons are Gδ sets.     

Sharkovsky’s program for the classification of triangular maps is almost completed

For a continuous map of the interval, there are more than 50 conditions characterizing zero topological entropy. Some are applicable to the class of triangular maps (x,y)?(f(x),g_x(y)) of the square, but only a few of them are equivalent in this more general setting. In 1989, A.N. Sharkovsky posed the problem of proving or disproving all possible implications between them. During last 20 years, 32 conditions were considered, and most of the work was done. Only 45 relations out of 992 remained not clear. In this paper we give a survey of known results, provide two new examples disproving another 26 possible implications, and spell out the remaining 19 open problems; all but one concern distributional chaos.