the foundation of most intellectual discourse is western-centric to the exclusion of other views. this includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. such a position is culturally myopic. western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. the assumption is ...

Given p polynomials of n variables over a field k of characteristic 0 and a point a ∈ k, we propose an algorithm computing the local Bernstein-Sato ideal at a. Moreover with the same algorithm we compute a constructible stratification of k such that the local Bernstein-Sato ideal is constant along each stratum. Finally, we present non-trivial examples computed with our algorithm.

Upper bounds are found for the characteristic function of a homogeneous polynomial ideal I; such estimates were previously known only for a radical ideal I. An analog of the first Bertini theorem for primary decompositions is formulated and proved. Also, a new representation for primary ideals and modules is introduced and used, which is convenient from an algorithmic point of view.

I show that in a multidimensional spatial model, if an agent is risk neutral on each side of the policy space away from her ideal point, then her utility function is linearly decreasing in the city block distance to the ideal policy of the agent.

Every three-dimensional complex algebraic variety with isolated singular point has a resolution factoring through the Nash blowup and the blowup of the maximal ideal over which the second Fitting ideal sheaf is locally principal. In such resolutions one can construct Hsiang-Pati coordinates and thus obtain generators for the Nash sheaf that are the differentials of monomial functions.

Michael Rape says that ubiquitination's diversity and adaptability makes it an ideal entry point for understanding vast swaths of biology.

Abstract. While the tangent space to an equisingular family of curves can be discribed by the sections of a twisted ideal sheaf, this is no longer true if we only prescribe the multiplicity which a singular point should have. However, it is still possible to compute the dimension of the tangent space with the aid of the equimulitplicity ideal. In this note we consider families Lm = {(C, p) ∈ |L...

Demand for product characteristics is examined within the context of models that allow for both corner and interior solutions corresponding to zero and non-zero demand. Product attribute information is associated with marginal utility and curvature (satiation) parameters of various utility functions. Empirical applications demonstrate the need for incorporating characteristics in a fairly gener...