Two classes of Iteration Functions (IFs) are derived in this paper. The first (one-point IFs) was originally derived by Joseph Traub using a different approach to ours (simultaneous IFs). The second is new and is demonstrably shown to be more informationally efficient than the first. These IFs apply to polynomials with arbitrary complex coefficients and zeros, which can also be multiple.

The basics of a block oriented fractal image coder are reviewed. The output of the coder is an IFS (Iterated Function System), which approximates the image as a xed point of a contractive transformation. A new hierarchical interpretation of the IFS code, which relates the diierent scales of the xed point, is introduced. We prove the existence of a unique function of a continuous variable that i...

OBJECTIVE Neuroimaging is an important diagnostic tool in the assessment of neurological disease, but often unmasks Incidental Findings (IFs). The negative impacts of IFs, such as 'patient' anxiety, present neurologists with management dilemmas, largely due to the limited knowledge base surrounding the medical significance of these IFs. In particular, the lack of evidence-based clinical trials ...

OBJECTIVES We develop and test a conceptual model of factors influencing women's ideal family size (IFS) in a natural fertility population, the Tsimane of Bolivia. The model posits affects of socioecology, reproductive history, maternal condition, and men's IFS. We test three hypotheses for why women may exceed their IFS despite experiencing socioeconomic development: (H(1) ) limited autonomy; ...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate indications for intraoperative frozen section (IFS) during robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) in our series. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospectively documented 80 patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who underwent RALRP were evaluated between June 2010 and July 2012. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to whether systematically IFS was perfo...

The basics of a block oriented fractal image coder, are described. The output of the coder is an IFS (Iterated Function System) code, which describes the image as a xed-point of a contractive transformation. A new hierarchical interpretation of the IFS code, which relates diierent scales of the xed-point to the code, is presented and proved. The proof is based on nding a function of a continuou...

In this paper, we introduce an axiomatic definition of the similarity measure of intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFS) that differs from the definition of Li [15]. The relationship between the similarity measure and the entropy of IFS is investigated in detail. Six theorems on how the similarity measure could be transformed into the entropy for IFS and vice versa are proposed based on their axiomatic...

Impact factors (IFs) are scores based on the frequency with which articles in a journal have been cited in other journals during a 2-year or 5-year period. Impact factors vary across disciplines and even within fields because of differences in citing behaviors, types of publications, and other factors. Nurses need to understand IFs and the implications for them as authors, particularly in light...