A family of polynomials parameterized by the conjugacy classes of a finite Coxeter group is investigated. These polynomials, together with the character table of the group, determine the associated generic degrees. The polynomials are described completely for classes that meet a parabolic subgroup whose components are of type A or are dihedral, and for the class of Coxeter elements.

We investigate social networks of characters found in cultural works such as novels and films. These character networks exhibit many of the properties of complex networks such as skewed degree distribution and community structure, but may be of relatively small order with a high multiplicity of edges. Building on recent work of [4], we consider graph extraction, visualization, and network stati...

To be Scandinavian in one’s IS research or not to be – cannot be a dichotomy. There must be different degrees of this attribute, perhaps there are multiple dimensions to characterise the Scandinavian character. Some of these dimensions are briefly outlined below.

The dominant paradigm for 3-D character animation requires an animator to specify the values for all degrees of freedom of an articulated figure at key frames. Specifying motion that is physically believable and biologically plausible is a tedious practice requiring great skill. We use evolutionary techniques (specifically Genetic Programming) as a means of controller synthesis for character an...

With a new titanium imineenolato complex, ethylene is polymerized in an unprecedented living fashion affording a polymer with a high molecular weight (Mn > 10(5) g mol-1) and an extremely narrow distribution (Mw/Mn 1.01) at the same time; the living character is also retained even at an elevated temperature of 75 degrees C, and blockcopolymers are accessible.

The objective of this paper is to develop criteria that guarantee that a nite group G which acts faithfully on a vector space V possesses \many" orbits of diierent sizes. This has consequences on (classical and modular) character degrees of nite solvable groups.

Yeasts with a high fructose consumption capability are very important for winemakers to solve problems associated with sluggish or stuck fermentations causing undesirable sweetness in wines. In the present study, we analyze the kinetics of glucose and fructose consumption during wine fermentations performed at low (12 degrees C) and high (28 degrees C) temperatures by twelve different yeast str...

Let G be a finite group and let cd(G) be the set of irreducible character degrees of G. The degree graph ∆(G) is the graph whose set of vertices is the set of primes that divide degrees in cd(G), with an edge between p and q if pq divides a for some degree a ∈ cd(G). We determine the graph ∆(G) for the finite simple groups of types A`(q) and A`(q ), that is, for the simple linear and unitary gr...

We compare two statistical methods for identifying spam or junk electronic mail. Spam filters are classifiers which determine whether an email is junk or not. The proliferation of spam email has made electronic filtering vitally important. The magnitude of the problem is discussed. We examine the Naive Bayesian method in relation to the ‘Chi by degrees of Freedom’ approach, the latter used in t...