Suppose that we are given as input an object O and we’d like to know if it has some property P . But querying the object is expensive, so we would like to do a small number of local queries on the object. Usually, deciding with certainty whether an object has a property or not will require a lot of queries. The idea of property testing is to answer an easier question, thus allowing less queries...

Protecting IP in the new global environment requires new information, new thinking and new strategies. While experienced legal counsel should always be sought when making global IP decisions, engineering, marketing, and sales people with limited experience in global IP protection often become involved in such decisions and therefore need to be familiar with key global IP issues. Here, we presen...

We present (geometric) multigrid methods for isogeometric discretization of scalar second order elliptic problems. The smoothing property of the relaxation method, and the approximation property of the intergrid transfer operators are analyzed. These properties, when used in the framework of classical multigrid theory, imply uniform convergence of two-grid and multigrid methods. Supporting nume...

ABSTRACT Two rival approaches to property rights dominate contemporary political philosophy: Lockean natural and egalitarian theories of distributive justice. This article defends a third approach, which can be traced the work David Hume. Unlike rights, Humean are not grounded in pre-institutional moral entitlements. In contrast begins with highly abstract principles justice, theory starts simp...