FORMATION OF SINGULARITIES FOR A KIND OF QUASILINEAR NON－STRICTLY HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM

The author gets a blow-up result of C1 solution to the Cauchy problem for a first order quasilinear non-strictly hyperbolic system in one space dimension.     

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.     

双曲分布及其在VaR模型分析中的应用

传统的计算V aR的R iskM etrics方法不能对市场风险分布的“厚尾”现象给出较为满意的刻画和计算方法.本文引入双曲分布及其算法并将双曲分布应用到V aR模型的计算之中,事实上通过对股票市场的实证研究表明,股票市场数据呈厚尾现象,用双曲分布对数据的拟合要比R iskM etrics方法假定的正态分布更符合金融市场数据的实际情况,故本文的结论与方法对金融风险管理和其他金融建模是有价值的.     

第一类永动机幻梦的破灭

介绍了13~18世纪物理学史和科技史上曾名噪一时的第一类永动机的设计方案的破灭.第一类永动机幻梦破灭的历史引起了人们的反思与启示,有力地促进了19世纪中叶能量转化和守恒定律的确立.     

A method for calculating invariant subspaces of symmetric hyperbolic equations

An algorithm is constructed for calculating invariant subspaces of symmetric hyperbolic systems arising in electromagnetic, acoustic, and elasticity problems. Discrete approximations are calculated for subspaces that correspond to minimal eigenvalues and smooth eigenfunctions. Difficulties related to the presence of an infinite-dimensional kernel in the differential operator are successfully handled. The efficiency of the algorithm is demonstrated using acoustics equations.     

ON THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WEAK SOLUTIONS OF A QUASILINEAR HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM WITH A SINGULAR SOURCE TERM

This paper is a continuation of the authors'previous paper[1].In this paper the authorsprove,assuming additional conditions on the initial data,some results about the existence anduniqueness of the entropy weak solutions of the Cauchy problem for the singular hyperbolicsystem a_t+(au)_x_2au/x=0,u_t+1/2(a~2+u~2)_x=0,x>0,t≥0.