Simultaneous representation of interval and interval-containment orders

We characterize the polysemic interval pairs—pairs of posets that admit simultaneous interval and interval-containment representations—and present algorithms to recoginze them and construct polysemic interval representations.This work, supported in part by NSF grant CCR-9300079, also appears in the author's doctoral thesis [9], written at the Johns Hopkins University under the supervision of Professors Edward R. Scheinerman and Michael T. Goodrich.     

Rigidity in motivic homotopy theory

We show that extensions of algebraically closed fields induce full and faithful functors between the respective motivic stable homotopy categories with finite coefficients.     

A Multidimensional Generalization of Shukla's 8ψ8 Summation

   Abstract. We give an r -dimensional generalization of H. S. Shukla's very-well-poised ₈ ψ ₈ summation formula. We work in the setting of multiple basic hypergeometric series very-well-poised over the root system A _r-1 or, equivalently, the unitary group U(r) . Our proof, which is already new in the one-dimensional case, utilizes an A _r-1 nonterminating very-well-poised ₆ φ ₅ summation by S. C. Milne, a partial fraction decomposition, and analytic continuation.     

Square root 3 -Subdivision Schemes: Maximal Sum Rule Orders

   Abstract. Subdivision with finitely supported masks is an efficient method to create discrete multiscale representations of smooth surfaces for CAGD applications. Recently a new subdivision scheme for triangular meshes, called

On Weakly Periodic-Like Rings and Commutativity

A well-known theorm of Jacobson asserts that a ring R with the property that for every x in R there exists an integer n(x) > 1 such that x^n(x) = x is necessarily commutative. With this as motivation, we define an N₀-ring to be a ring which satisfies a weaker hypothesis than the “x^n(x) = x” condition in Jacobson’s Theorem. We consider commutativity of N₀-rings, usually with the additional hypothesis that the ground ring is also weakly periodic-like.     

Semilocal rings with Engel conditions

The relation between the Engel structure of a semilocal ring and that of its multiplicative group is investigated. Suppose that every local ring whose multiplicative group satisfies an m-Engel condition for some positive integer m is an f (m)-Engel ring for some function f . It is proved that under this condition a corresponding statement holds for every semilocal ring which is generated by its multiplicative group. Received: 20 September 2005     

Morphic group rings

An element a in a ring R is called left morphic if there exists b∈R such that l_R(a)=Rb and l_R(b)=Ra, where l_R(a) denotes the left annihilator of a in R. The ring R is called left morphic if every element of R is left morphic. Left morphic rings have been studied by Nicholson and Sánchez Campos. In this paper, the question of when a group ring is left morphic is discussed in great detail and various morphic group rings are identified.     

On the dynamics near infinity of some polynomial mappings in

We construct the Green current for a random iteration of horizontal-like mappings in . This is applied to the study of a polynomial map with the following properties: i. infinity is f-attracting; ii. f contracts the line at infinity to a point not in the indeterminacy set. We study for such mappings the escape rates near infinity, i.e. the set of possible values of the function We show in particular that the set of possible values can contain an interval. On the other hand the Green current T of f can be decomposed into pieces associated to an itinerary defined by the indeterminacy points. This allows us to prove that exists ||T||-a.e. and we give its value in terms of explicit quantities depending on f.     

Smoothness of Stationary Subdivision on Irregular Meshes

We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for tangent plane and C ^k -continuity of stationary subdivision schemes near extraordinary vertices. Our criteria generalize most previously known conditions. We introduce a new approach to analysis of subdivision surfaces based on the idea of the universal surface . Any subdivision surface can be locally represented as a projection of the universal surface, which is uniquely defined by the subdivision scheme. This approach provides us with a more intuitive geometric understanding of subdivision near extraordinary vertices. February 16, 1998. Date revised: January 27, 1999. Date accepted: April 2, 1999.