‎by considering a degenerate $p(x)-$laplacian equation‎, ‎a generalized compact embedding in weighted variable‎ ‎exponent sobolev space is presented‎. ‎multiplicity of positive solutions are discussed by applying fibering map approach for the‎ ‎corresponding nehari manifold‎.

In a two-way relay network, two terminals exchange information over a shared wireless half-duplex channel with the help of a relay. Due to its fundamental and practical importance, there has been an increasing interest in this channel. However, surprisingly, there has been few work that characterizes the fundamental tradeoff between the communication reliability and transmission rate across all...

We consider a directed percolation process at its critical point. The probability that the deviation of the global order parameter with respect to its average has not changed its sign between 0 and t decays with t as a power law. In space dimensions d ≥ 4 the global persistence exponent θp that characterizes this decay is θp = 2 while for d < 4 its value is increased to first order in ε = 4 − d...

The neutron density is one of the most important dynamical parameters in a reactor. It is directly related to the control and stability of the reactor power. Any change in applied reactivity and some of dynamical parameters in the reactor causes a change in the neutron density. Lyapunov exponent method is a powerful tool for investigating the range of stability and the transient behavior of the...

The impact of causality on information-theoretic source and channel coding problems by Harikrishna R. Palaiyanur Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering — Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California, Berkeley Professor Anant Sahai, Chair This thesis studies several problems in information theory where the notion of causality comes into play. Causality in information theory...

We carry out a finite-size scaling analysis of the jamming transition in frictionless bidisperse soft core disks in two dimensions. We consider two different jamming protocols: (i) quench from random initial positions and (ii) quasistatic shearing. By considering the fraction of jammed states as a function of packing fraction for systems with different numbers of particles, we determine the spa...

The behavior of a single impurity in a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid is numerically investigated by means of the density matrix renormalization group. By analyzing the finite size scaling behavior of the low energy spectrum, we confirm the theoretical prediction of Kane and Fisher [Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1220 (1992)] both for attractive and repulsive interactions. Moreover, we calculate the ex...