We study nearly equal and nearly convex sets, ranges of maximally monotone operators, and ranges and fixed points of convex combinations of firmly nonexpansive mappings. The main result states that the range of an average of firmly nonexpansive mappings is nearly equal to the average of the ranges of the mappings. A striking application of this result yields that the average of asymptotically r...

distances determined by them? In particular, what is the maximum number of pairs of points that determine the same distance? Although a lot of progress has been made in this area, we are still very far from having satisfactory answers to the above questions (cf. [EP], [MP], [PA] for recent surveys). Two distances are said to be nearly the same if they differ by at most 1. If all points of a set...

Let (X, d) be any finite metric space with n elements. We show that there are two pairs of distinct elements in X that determine two nearly equal distances in the sense that their ratio differs from 1 by at most 9 logn n2 . This bound (apart for the multiplicative constant) is best possible and we construct a metric space that attains this bound. We discus related questions and consider in part...

we investigate the problem of the existence of a frame forright ideals of a c*-algebra a, without the use of the kasparov stabilizationtheorem. we show that this property can not characterize a as a c*-algebraof compact operators.

Recomputation of the collision efficiency of nearly equal water drops falling in air gave values which increase as the size ratio approaches uiiity for radii of the bigger drop larger than 6 3 p, and decreased as though tending toward zero for smaller radii. For the bigger radii the new computcd values are consistent with experimental results, but for radii around 40 ,U they are not.

The dimensionless kinetic energy dissipation rate C(epsilon) is estimated from numerical simulations of statistically stationary isotropic box turbulence that is slightly compressible. The Taylor microscale Reynolds number (Re(lambda)) range is 20< or approximately equal to Re(lambda) < or approximately equal to 220 and the statistical stationarity is achieved with a random phase forcing method...