At low densities, when radiation of an accreting gas is dynamically unimportant, quasi-spherical non-radiative accretion flow is formed around a compact object. We show that the density of the flow is n ∝ r −1/2. The gas compression is much weaker than the standard Bondi's, n ∝ r −3/2 , because most of the gas does not reach the compact object. It can either circulate indefinitely long or it ca...

Photo-self-charging cells (PSCs) are compact devices with dual functions of photoelectric conversion and energy storage. By introducing a scattering layer in polymer-based quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells, two-electrode PSCs with highly compact structure were obtained. The charge storage function stems from the formed ion channel network in the scattering layer/polymer electrolyte s...

We show that the first author’s QRB-domains coincide with Li and Xu’s QFS-domains, and also with Lawson-compact quasi-continuous dcpos, with stably-compact locally finitary compact spaces, with sober QFSspaces, and with sober QRB-spaces. The first three coincidences were discovered independently by Lawson and Xi. The equivalence with sober QFS-spaces is then applied to give a novel, direct proo...

For a map f : X → Y of quasi-compact quasi-separated schemes, we discuss quasi-perfection, i.e., the right adjoint f of Rf∗ respects small direct sums. This is equivalent to the existence of a functorial isomorphism f×OY ⊗ L Lf(− ) −→ ∼ f(−); to quasi-properness (preservation by Rf∗ of pseudo-coherence, or just properness in the noetherian case) plus boundedness of Lf (finite tor-dimensionality...

We provide criteria for a set of observed choices to be generated by a quasi-linear preference relation. These criteria are valid if choice sets are compact and downward closed and do not require preferences to be convex. We show that under the added assumption that choice sets can be represented by linear budget sets, our condition also implies the existence of a quasi-linear utility represent...

This paper deals mainly with the Chu duality of discrete groups. Among other results, we give sufficient conditions for an FC group to satisfy Chu duality and characterize when the Chu quasi-dual and the Takahashi quasi-dual of a group G coincide. As a consequence, it follows that when G is a weak sum of a family of finite simple groups, if the exponent of the groups in the family is bounded th...

This review is focused on tests of Einstein's theory of general relativity with gravitational waves that are detectable by ground-based interferometers and pulsar-timing experiments. Einstein's theory has been greatly constrained in the quasi-linear, quasi-stationary regime, where gravity is weak and velocities are small. Gravitational waves will allow us to probe a complimentary, yet previousl...

We study simply connected Lie groups $G$ for which the hull-kernel topology of primitive ideal space $\text{Prim}(G)$ group $C^*$-algebra $C^*(G)$ is $T_1$, that is, finite subsets are closed. Thus, we prove AF-embeddable. To this end, show if solvable and its action on centre $[G, G]$ has at least one imaginary weight, then no nonempty quasi-compact open subsets. in addition locally compact wi...

Geometric aspects of the filtration on classical links by k-quasi-isotopy are discussed, including the effect of Whitehead doubling, relations with Smythe's n-splitting and Kobayashi's k-contractibility. One observation is: ω-quasi-isotopy is equivalent to PL isotopy for links in a homotopy 3-sphere (resp. contractible open 3-manifold) M if and only if M is homeomorphic to S 3 (resp. R 3). As a...

The abstract economy defined by Debreu (1952) generalizes the Nash non-cooperative game in that a player’s strategy set depends on the strategy choices of all the other players. Debreu (1952) proved the existence of equilibrium in abstract economies with finitely many agents, finite dimensional strategy space, and quasi-concave utility functions. Since then, the Debreu’s result has been extende...