We discuss several enumerative results for irreducible polynomials of a given degree and pairs of relatively prime polynomials of given degrees in several variables over finite fields. Two notions of degree, the total degree and the vector degree, are considered. We show that the number of irreducibles can be computed recursively by degree and that the number of relatively prime pairs can be ex...

In this work, we prove the existence of a center manifold for some partial functional differential equations, whose linear part is not necessarily densely defined but satisfies the Hille-Yosida condition. The attractiveness of the center manifold is also shown when the unstable space is reduced to zero. We prove that the flow on the center manifold is completely determined by an ordinary differ...

We study quasilinear systems of parabolic partial differential equations with fully nonlinear boundary conditions on bounded or exterior domains. Our main results concern the asymptotic behavior of the solutions in the vicinity of an equilibrium. The local center, center–stable, and center–unstable manifolds are constructed and their dynamical properties are established using nonautonomous cuto...

The center manifold theorem is a model reduction technique for determining the local asymptotic stability of an equilibrium of a dynamical system when its linear part is not hyperbolic. The overall system is asymptotically stable if and only if the center manifold dynamics is asymptotically stable. This allows for a substantial reduction in the dimension of the system whose asymptotic stability...

In this paper, we introduce a new class of set-valued mappings which is called MD-type mappings. This class of mappings is a set-valued case of a class of the D-type mappings. The class of D-type mappings is a generalization of nonexpansive mappings that recently introduced by Kaewkhao and Sokhuma. The class of MD-type mappings includes upper semi-continuous Suzuki type mappings, upper semi-con...

The Lippmann-Schwinger equation for positronium-proton elastic scattering lacks a first-order term because the center of mass and center of charge are coincident. A consequence of this is that the high-energy behavior of the phase shift is governed by the second-Born approximation. Asymptotic analysis indicates that the high-energy form of the phase shift is dL;O(1/k ), where k is the incident ...

We develop a model of information exchange through communication and investigate its implications for information aggregation in large societies. An underlying state determines payoffs from different actions. Agents decide which others to form a costly communication link with incurring the associated cost. After receiving a private signal correlated with the underlying state, they exchange info...

Objective .- Determine if the addition of hemoglobin testing improves risk prediction for life insurance applicants. Method .- Hemoglobin results for insurance applicants tested from 1993 to 2007, with vital status determined by Social Security Death Master File follow-up in 2011, were analyzed by age and sex with and without accounting for the contribution of other test results. Results .- Hem...