Two major degradations, edge displacement and comer erosion, change the appearance of bilevel images. The displacement of an edge determines stroke width, and the erosion ofa comer affects crispness. These degradations are functions of the system parameters: the point spread function (PSF) width and functional form, and the binarization threshold. Changing each of these parameters will affect a...

Abs t rac t . In [3] a general fohl ol)eration has been introduced for definite programs wrt computed answer substitution semantics. It differs from the fold operation defined by Tama.ki and Sato in [26,25] because its application does not depend on the tra.~sformation history. This paper extends the results in [3] by giving a more powerful sufficient condition for the preservation of computed ...

A natural algebraic approach to the KdV hierarchy and its algebro-geometric finite-gap solutions is developed. In addition, a new derivation of associated higher-order trace formulas in connection with one-dimensional Schrödinger operators is presented.

We introduce a regularization method for mean curvature flow of a submanifold of arbitrary codimension in the Euclidean space, through higher order equations. We prove that the regularized problems converge to the mean curvature flow for all times before the first singularity.

The paper presents the proof of correctness of an experimental supercompiler HOSC dealing with higher-order functions. В работе приводится доказательство корректности экспериментального суперкомпилятора HOSC, работающего с функциями высших порядков.

We reexamine Alan R. Rogers’ (1994) analysis of the biological basis of the rate of time preference. Although his basic insight concerning the derivation of the utility function holds up, the functional form he uses does not generate equilibrium evolutionary behavior. Moreover, Rogers relies upon an interior solution for a particular kind of intergenerational transfer. We show such interior sol...

We derive a simple three parameters conductance formula for wires with monovalent atoms. The functional form of the formula is the most general in the framework of ballistic transport through the chain. The parameters in the formula are related to the nature of the coupling of the wire to the leads and independent of the length of the atomic chain. These parameters can be determined from a firs...

This paper proposes a new approach to defining and expressing algorithms: the notion of task logical algorithms. This notion allows the user to define an algorithm for a task T as a set of agents who can collectively perform T . This notion considerably simplifies the algorithm development process and can be seen as an integration of the sequential pseudocode and logical algorithms. This observ...

We present transformations of linearly ordered sets into ordered abelian groups and ordered fields. We study effective properties of the transformations. In particular, we show that a linear order L has a ∆2 copy if and only if the corresponding ordered group (ordered field) has a computable copy. We apply these codings to study the effective categoricity of linear ordered groups and fields.

Recently, Peter Carruthers has advanced the debate over first-order representationalist theories (FORs) and higher-order representationalist theories (HORs) of consciousness by offering two innovative arguments in support of dispositionalist HORs. In this article, I offer a limited defense of actualist FORs by showing that Carruthers' two arguments either beg the question against such accounts,...