We collect a number of facts and conjectures concerning Whitham theory and the renormalization group (RG). Some explicit relations and analogues are indicated in the context of N = 2 susy Yang-Mills (YM).

We present the general framework and building blocks of a recent derivation of the fact that the SU(2) LGT is in a confining phase for all values of the coupling 0 < β < ∞, for space-time dimension d ≤ 4. The method employs approximate but explicitly computable RG decimations that are shown to constrain the exact partition function and order parameters from above and below, and flow from the we...

The Lie-group approach to the perturbative renormalization group (RG) method is developed to obtain an asymptotic solutions of both autonomous and non-autonomous ordinary differential equations. Reduction of some partial differetial equations to typical RG equations is also achieved by this approach and a simple recipe for providing RG equations is presented.

The moment analysis method (MA) has been tested for the case of 2S --> 2P ([core]ns1 --> [core]np1) transitions of alkali metal atoms (M) doped into cryogenic rare gas (Rg) matrices using theoretically validated simulations. Theoretical/computational M/Rg system models are constructed with precisely defined parameters that closely mimic known M/Rg systems. Monte Carlo (MC) techniques are then e...

In this paper we compare the changes in farm incomes in EU regions and US States between1989 and 2002. The aim of this comparative analysis is highlight the patterns of convergence or divergence and how they differ over time. We use two recent analytical instruments: non-stationary panel analysis and dynamic distribution analysis. Both tools overcome the problems involved in using standard cros...

Two alpha-L-rhamnohydrolases with different substrate specificities were isolated from a commercial preparation produced by Aspergillus aculeatus. The first rhamnohydrolase was active toward p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L- rhamnopyranoside, naringin, and hesperidin and was termed p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranohydrolase (pnp-rhamnohydrolase). From the data collected, the enzyme seemed specific for th...

BACKGROUND Ginsenoside Rg3 and arginine-fructose (Arg-Fru) are known as the hypotensive compounds of Panax ginseng; however, their efficacy on antihypertension has not been reported yet to our best knowledge. Thus, hypotensive components-enriched fraction of red ginseng (HCEF-RG) was prepared from fine root concentrate (FR) and their antihypertensive effects were investigated in spontaneously h...

Prenatal nutrient restriction with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) alters basal and glucose-stimulated insulin response and hepatic metabolic adaptation. The effect of early intervention with insulin-sensitizing peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists was examined in the metabolically maladapted F(1) pregestational IUGR offspring with a propensity toward pregnancy-induc...

Let p > 2 be a prime, The group ring RG is calculated nearly up to Morita equivalence: The projections of RG into the simple components of KG are given explicitly and the endomorphism rings and homomorphism bimodules between the projective indecomposable RG-lattices are described.