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Ideal structure of the C∗-algebra of Thompson group T

In a recent paper Uffe Haagerup and Kristian Knudsen Olesen show that for Richard Thompson’s group T , if there exists a finite set H which can be decomposed as disjoint union of sets H1 and H2 with ∑ g∈H1 π(g) = ∑ h∈H2 π(h) and such that the closed ideal generated by ∑ g∈H1 λ(g)− ∑ h∈H2 λ(h) coincides with C∗ λ(T ), then the Richard Thompson group F is not amenable. In particular, if C ∗ λ(T )...

By William C . Thompson , Laurence D . Mueller , and Dan E .

experts sometimes disagree about the interpretation and statistical characterization of test results. This article will describe the key controversies and will explain what lawyers need to know to recognize and deal with controversial types of DNA evidence. When labs try to “type” samples that contain too little DNA, or DNA that is too degraded, the results of the DNA test can be unreliable. Th...

Willard Thompson

Complexity theory has a profound influence on the field of cryptology. The time complexity of breaking a cipher system must be significant enough to thwart any adversary from succeeding. However, with the emergence of quantum computers an adversary may have no difficulty in breaking known cipher systems. If quantum computers would exist today new mechanisms for security would need to be built. ...

Review of Peggy Thompson, (ed). Beyond Sense and Sensibility: Moral Formation and the Literary Imagination from Johnson to Wordsworth

Andrew Ford

This paper describes simulated scenarios for power plant construction in the western United States. The simulations show construction lagging behind the growth in demand, allowing prices to climb to surprisingly high values during the years 2000 and 2001. When construction is completed, new power plants come on line in great number, allowing market prices to fall surprisingly rapidly in the yea...