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Essentially Retractable Modules

We call a module  essentially retractable if HomR for all essential submodules N of M. For a right FBN ring R, it is shown that: (i)  A non-zero module  is retractable (in the sense that HomR for all non-zero ) if and only if certain factor modules of M are essentially retractable nonsingular modules over R modulo their annihilators. (ii)  A non-zero module  is essentially retractable if and on...

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In research areas such as decision support systems, one of the crucial features is the ability to automatically explain decisions. However, this ability does not typically play a large role in computer games. Here, I suggest that this situation will change: research on the automatic generation of explanations will have real import for many types of computer games. I discuss four possible ways t...

Essentially normal operators

This is a survey of essentially normal operators and related developments. There is an overview of Weyl–von Neumann theorems about expressing normal operators as diagonal plus compact operators. Then we consider the Brown–Douglas–Fillmore theorem classifying essentially normal operators. Finally we discuss almost commuting matrices, and how they were used to obtain two other proofs of the BDF t...

Essentially Positive Tensors

The Perron-Frobenius Theorem for irreducible higher order tensors does not guarantee simplicity of the unique positive eigenvalue nor does it guarantee the unique positive eigenvalue is strictly larger than the modulus of any other eigenvalue. Irreducibility of a tensor in relation to a graph is studied. A higher order tensor is essentially positive if it takes the positive cone to its interior...