Some Wonderful Fliers

Automorphisms of Wonderful Varieties

Let G be a complex semisimple linear algebraic group, and X a wonderful G-variety. We determine the connected automorphism group Aut(X) and we calculate Luna’s invariants of X under its action.

Wonderful Thing

W ith the increased dependence on networks and the near ubiquitous availability of the Internet, there is a new paradigm in place for the proliferation of spyware, viruses, and other malware. In fact, much attention has been given to spyware in popular literature with reports from multiple sources indicating that spyware has perhaps reached 90% home user PCs [2]. There is reason to believe this...

Wonderful Mira.

Since being named 'wonderful' in the seventeenth century for its peculiar brightness variability, Mira A has been the subject of extensive research and become the prototype for a whole class of 'Mira' variable stars. The primary star in a binary system, Mira A is reaching the end of its life and currently undergoing an extended period of enhanced mass loss. Recent observations have revealed a s...

It’s a Wonderful Life

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” the title of Frank Capra’s classic 1946 movie, seems to encapsulate a fundamental all-American conviction. Unsurprisingly, several courts and jurists have applied the movie-title maxim as the ultimate retort to one of the most intriguing questions in modern tort discourse: Is it possible to say that a severely disabled child has been harmed by the mere fact of being bor...

Fliers as Stagnation Knots in Planetary Nebulaew