Let K be a totally real cyclic number field of degree n that is the product of two distinct primes and such that the class number of the n-th cyclotomic field equals 1. We derive certain necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a Minkowski unit for K.

bstract. A comprehensive survey of 48 filters for impulsive noise emoval from color images is presented. The filters are formulated sing a uniform notation and categorized into 8 families. The perforance of these filters is compared on a large set of images that over a variety of domains using three effectiveness and one effiiency criteria. In order to ensure a fair efficiency comparison, a fas...

A lattice (d, k)-polytope is the convex hull of a set of points in dimension d whose coordinates are integers between 0 and k. Let δ(d, k) be the largest diameter over all lattice (d, k)-polytopes. We develop a computational framework to determine δ(d, k) for small instances. We show that δ(3, 4) = 7 and δ(3, 5) = 9; that is, we verify for (d, k) = (3, 4) and (3, 5) the conjecture whereby δ(d, ...

We prove a functional version of the Brunn-Minkowski inequality for restricted sums obtained by Szarek and Voicu-lescu. We only consider Lebesgue-measurable subsets of R n , and for A ⊂ R n , we denote its volume by |A|. If A, B ⊂ R n , their Minkowski sum is defined by A + B = {x + y, (x, y) ∈ A × B}. The classical Brunn-Minkowski inequality provides a lower bound for its volume. In their stud...

For a general family of graphs on Zn, we translate the edge-isoperimetric problem into a continuous isoperimetric problem in Rn. We then solve the continuous isoperimetric problem using the Brunn-Minkowski inequality and Minkowski’s theorem on mixed volumes. This translation allows us to conclude, under a reasonable assumption about the discrete problem, that the shapes of the optimal sets in t...

We find the microstates free entropy dimension of a large class of L∞[0, 1]–circular operators, in the presence of a generator of the diagonal subalgebra.

v. dannon showed that spherical curves in e4 can be given by frenet-like equations, and he thengave an integral characterization for spherical curves in e4 . in this paper, lorentzian spherical timelike andspacelike curves in the space time 41 r are shown to be given by frenet-like equations of timelike andspacelike curves in the euclidean space e3 and the minkowski 3-space 31 r . thus, finding...

A metric set is entire if the addition of any point to the set increases the diameter. A convex body has constant width if all pairs of parallel supporting planes are the same distance apart. These concepts are known to be equivalent in euclidean space. The present paper shows that they are also equivalent in a minkowski space. A proof for this equivalence for the minkowski plane was given by M...

This paper describes the theoretical foundation of and explicit algorithms for a novel approach to morphology and anisotropy analysis of complex spatial structure using tensor-valued Minkowski functionals, the socalled Minkowski tensors. Minkowski tensors are generalizations of the wellknown scalar Minkowski functionals and are explicitly sensitive to anisotropic aspects of morphology, relevant...

This article describes a new proof of the equality condition for the Brunn-Minkowski inequality. The Brunn-Minkowski Theorem asserts that, for compact convex sets K,L ⊆ Rn, the n-th root of the Euclidean volume Vn is concave with respect to Minkowski combinations; that is, for λ ∈ [0, 1], Vn((1− λ)K + λL) ≥ (1− λ)Vn(K) + λVn(L). The equality condition asserts that if K and L both have positive ...