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... Dirichlet character Another way to prove this equality is to apply (9) to the definition ofthe function η 3.2 The proofs The notations of Sections and 2, and the conventions of subsection 2.4 are still ... commutes The proof of this theorem is the object of [13], it combines the deformation to the normal cone technique with deep results of Bismut onthe behaviour of equivariant analytic torsion under ... values ofthe Γ-function This leads to the conjecture of Gross-Deligne, which is described precisely in the last section of this paper The main contribution of this paper is the proof of a (slight...
... titration experiments From the theoretical calculations of Kd for the ratios of sugar-free to sugarbound peak intensities as a function of sugar concentration, the protein concentration was lowered ... second signal at [sugar] ⁄ [EW29Ch] = 3–4 and the resonance signal ofthe side-chain NH of Trp33 appeared at the position ofthe second signal corresponding to the bound state (Fig 3B) Because the ... that the chemical exchange ofthe a sugar-binding site upon the addition of lactose or b-Me-Gal was in the slow exchange regime The STD effect for sugar arose from the contribution of both the...
... defined by the specification just described, this conviction certainly long before the time of Bertrand was the common property of all mathematicians who concerned themselves withthe notion ofthe irrational ... discontinuous there The apparent advantage ofthe generality of this definition of number disappears as soon as we consider complex numbers According to my view, onthe other hand, the notion ofthe ... that every point of one portion lies to the left of every point ofthe other I find the essence of continuity in the converse, i e., in the following principle: “If all points ofthe straight line...
... depends only upon the transformations, that is, is free from any relationship with f Then φ is called an invariant of f under the transformations ofthe set The most extensive subdivision ofthetheory ... (α) The result of performing successively any two operations ofthe set is another definite operation ofthe set which depends only upon the component operations and the sequence in which they ... is the conic C ofthe adjoining figure, and (y) = (y1 , y2 , y3 ) is the point P , then gy = is the chord of contact AB, and is called the polar line of P and the conic If P is within the conic,...
... be the subpath of C0 from ui to vi , i = 1, 2, and let R be the cycle of G consisting of (R1 , f, R2 , e) By the choice of e, f , the cycle R is the boundary of a face i ofthe planar projection ... by the endvertices of h1 These crossings are counted as crossings of H1 with H2 If the number of such crossings of C is odd, then there must be an additional crossing of H1 with H2 , since the ... belongs i to [xi , xi ] and the other one belongs to [xi , xi ] Similarly, if e ∈ E2 then e is i i i embedded entirely on B2 and one endvertex of e belongs to [y1 , y2 ] and the other i i one...
... definition of even and odd splitting Next, observe that the T -joins W of G are in one-to-one correspondence withthe perfect matchings PW of Gs Note that PW contains the set ofthe images ofthe ... of G Each maximal 2-connected subgraph of G is called a 2-connected component of G Definition 1.1 The generating function ofthe perfect matchings of G is the polynomial P(G, x) which equals the ... edges of W This together withthe choice of xs implies that x(W ) = xs (PW ), for each T -join W , and the theorem follows k-cuts In this section we consider the generating function ofthe multicuts...
... that the conclusion is non-trivial when |S| = αpn , where α > 2ǫ The conclusion of this theorem is telling us that, roughly, S is a union of a small number of cosets of some large-dimensional ... 1] We have not bothered to optimize the p conclusion ofthe theorem (to the same extent as we did Theorem 1) given the method of proof, though much more can certainly be proved: Theorem Fix a characteristic ... subject to the constraint E(f ) α Then, there exists a subspace W of codimension m (dimension n − m) such that f is constant on cosets of W One sees that this conjecture somewhat resembles Theorem...
... quantitative aspect of non-unique factorizations: the Narkiewicz constants, International Journal of Number Theory, to appear [13] W.D Gao and J.T Peng, Onthe number of zero-sum subsequences of restricted ... is a contradiction to the minimality of T1 Therefore, r = Then N0 (S)=4 and T1 , T2 , T3 are all the minimal zero-sum subsequences of S If there is some d|gcd(T1 , T2 , T3 ), then Sd−1 contains ... sequences which attain the lower bound for some groups Notation and lower bound Our notation and terminology are consistent with [10] We briefly gather some notions and fix the notation concerning sequences...
... industrial organization economics, and resource-based view (RBV) ofthe firm, based on a combination of Penrosian economics, Austrian economics, and the evolutionary theoryofthe firm SCP researchers ... where the resources necessary to implement a strategy are acquired (Barney, 1986) The economic foundations of RBV strongly rest on several early contributions onthe dynamics of competition on product ... affect the well being ofthe opposing parties without their consent (Nash, 1950) The possible solutions to such games consist of allocations that are Pareto efficient and that not make either of the...
... GERMAN EDITION II 14 23 PART ONE THE NATURE OF MONEY THE FUNCTIONS OF MONEY CHAPTER I § The General Economic Conditions for the Use of Money The Origin of Money The 'Secondary' Functions of Money I ... 59 62 MONEY AND THE STATE The Position ofthe State in the :Market The Legal Concept of Money The Influence ofthe State onthe Monetary System 68 69 71 MONEY AS AN ECONOMIC GOOD Money neither ... its contributions to the more abstract parts ofthetheoryofthe value of money Professor von Mises shares with Marshall and one or two others the merit of having assimilated the treatment of...
... by a further extension ofthe present theory, by the framework ofthe agency theory and thetheoryof asymmetric information The question goes into the heart ofthe present theory, into the paradigm ... traditional banks Does the amended theory fully contradict the present one and have the concepts ofthe present theory become obsolete? The concepts ofthe present theoryof financial intermediation ... a theoretical point of view Thetheory is impressive by the multitude of applications in the financial world ofthe agency theory and thetheoryof asymmetric information, of adverse selection...
... that the successful interaction of a bone graft substitute withthe host tissue under normobaric conditions may not be indicative ofthe similar process under hyperbaric environment Conclusion ... tissue formation: HBOT significantly reduced the amount of fibrous tissue formation at one and two week samples ofthe control animals, as the respective values of FTV in the Control group was ... 41,3±5,4 Electron microscopy observations In the ultrastructural evaluation ofthe periosteum in one and two week specimens in the control groups without HBOT, there were numerous chondroblasts...
... during the composting process could be due to the production of ammonium as a result ofthe ammonification process (Huang et al., 2004) The pH patterns were concomitant to the previous studies onthe ... decomposition was poor when the initial C/N ratio was low There was no difference in the changes of C/N ratio in the compost pile withthe same initial C/N ratio with or without p.d (Figure 8) These ... could be considered mature when the temperature in the compost reached the ambient temperature With this, the compost in pile was considered matured after day 40, which was the fastest among the piles...
... functional both of these systems in all areas ofthe Republic of Indonesia Withthe functioning of these two systems, monitoring the community, early detection and response can be done Moreover, with ... Indicators) The distribution of population in Indonesian is unequal among the major islands in the country Nearly 60% ofthe population lives on Java Island, which constitutes only less than 7% of Indonesia’s ... integration) has two primary components and one or two contributing components Non-vertical integration (D-Type) has only one primary component and only one or two contributing components 10...
... combined with a scanning reflection electron microscope (SREM ) The condition ofthe tungsten tip ofthe STM and the manipulation ofthe tip onthe silicon surface could be monitored continuously with ... sharpness ofthe new tip apex, we created silicon islands withthe STM and examined the quality of STM images ofthe islands Note that after the creation of islands withthe STM, the accumulation of ... Therefore, the effect ofthe electron flow onthe direction of atom movement is opposite to the effect ofthe decrease ofthe potential energy barriers for diffusion by the electric field, which is responsible...
... shows the ratio ofthe Kd value ofthe 4-kDa peptide variant to the Kd value ofthe wild-type 4-kDa peptide Ofthe 19 alanine Table Association rate constants (ka), dissociation rate constants ... solutions were prepared The first was the gel-filtration elution buffer containing the 43-kDa protein incubated for 30 at room temperature; and the second was the gel-filtration elution buffer containing ... the function of these molecules is to bind to their target proteins to regulate or inhibit their activities, it is assumed that the function ofthe 4-kDa peptide also relates to the regulation...
... because ofthe essentially different proofs for these two cases Whereas the proof in the first case is based on results of [8], the proof in the second case involves, in addition, representation theory ... the trace ofthe restriction ofthe quadratic form R2l → R : v → v, Dv to U , i.e tr(D|U ) is the sum ofthe values ofthe quadratic form associated with D on an arbitrary orthonormal basis of ... is the only difference between the definition of triple systems in [4] and our definition Hence the proofs ofthe following results are completely analogous to the proofs in [4] The description of...