We explain the relationship between various characteristic classes for smooth manifold bundles known as “higher torsion” classes. We isolate two fundamental properties that these cohomology classes may or may not have: additivity and transfer. We show that higher Franz-Reidemeister torsion and higher Miller-Morita-Mumford classes satisfy these axioms. Conversely, any characteristic class of smo...

for the Analysis of FPGA-Based Prototypes Nikolaj Janzen and Franz Josef Rammig Universit at-GH Paderborn, Germany Email: janzen, [email protected] Abstract. Logic emulation based on FPGAs became one of the major techniques of rapid prototyping. Such emulators allow a precise representation of the system`s behaviour but unfortunately the timing can not be mapped precisely. This paper pres...

Morphological structures of the type species of Euconnus (Napochus) are described and illustrated, and compared with those of Euconnus s. str. Napochus is maintained as a subgenus of Euconnus, and its revised diagnosis is given. Australian species of Napochus are revised: E. palmwoodianus Franz and E. pisoniae Franz are redescribed, and E. setiphallus sp. n., E. yadhaigana sp. n., E. microlamin...