We first study positivity in C*-modules using tripotents (= partial isometries) which are what we call open. This is then used to study ordered operator spaces via an ‘ordered noncommutative Shilov boundary’ which we introduce. This boundary satisfies the usual universal diagram/property of the noncommutative Shilov boundary, but with all the ‘arrows’ completely positive. Because of their indep...

The recent progress of physiological measurement allows us to observe membrane potential behaviors of extensive regions with higher spatial and temporal resolutions. Accordingly, a new theory has been expected with which we can analyze the spatiotemporal dynamics of the membrane potential with the cell-shape and the spatial distributions of electrical parameters taken into consideration quantit...

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Abstract. The problem of Rayleigh–Bénard convection with internal heat sources and a variable gravity field is treated. For the case of stress-free boundary conditions, it is proved that the principle of exchange of stabilities holds as long as the product of gravity field and the integral of the heat sources is nonnegative throughout the layer. The proof is based on the idea of a positive oper...

Wepresent first-principles simulations of single grain boundary reflectivity of electrons in noble metals, Cu and Ag. We examine twin and non-twin grain boundaries using nonequilibrium Green’s function and first principles methods. We also investigate the determinants of reflectivity in grain boundaries by modeling atomic vacancies, disorder, and orientation and find that both the change in gra...

In this article, we introduce and study local constant and our preferred local linear nonparametric regression estimators when it is appropriate to assess performance in terms of mean squared relative error of prediction. We give asymptotic results for both boundary and non-boundary cases. These are special cases of more general asymptotic results that we provide concerning the estimation of th...

We study an initial-boundary-value problem of a nonlinear Korteweg-de Vries equation posed on a finite interval (0, 2π). The whole system has Dirichlet boundary condition at the left end-point, and both of Dirichlet and Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions at the right end-point. It is known that the origin is not asymptotically stable for the linearized system around the origin. We prove th...

In this paper we study boundary element methods for initialNeumann problems for the heat equation. Error estimates for some fully discrete methods are established. Numerical examples are presented.

The paper is concerned with linear thermoelastic plate equations in a domain Ω: utt +∆u+∆θ = 0 and θt −∆θ −∆ut = 0 in Ω× (0,∞), subject to Dirichlet boundary condition: u|Γ = Dνu|Γ = θ|Γ = 0 and initial condition: (u, ut, θ)|t=0 = (u0, v0, θ0) ∈W 2 p,D(Ω)×Lp×Lp. Here, Ω is a bounded or exterior domain in R (n ≥ 2). We assume that the boundary Γ of Ω is a C hypersurface and we define W 2 p,D by ...

In this paper we study boundary element methods for initialNeumann problems for the heat equation. Error estimates for some fully discrete methods are established. Numerical examples are presented.