and Applied Analysis 3 It follows from 2.1 and 2.6 that 2f ( x y 2 ) − g x − h(y) 2f ( x y 2 ) − g(y z) − h x − z − [ 2f (x z 2 ) − g 2z − h x − z ] [ 2f ( y 2z 2 ) − g 2z − h(y) ] − [ 2f ( y 2z 2 ) − g(y z) − h z ] [ 2f (x z 2 ) − g x − h z ] ∈ 3V − 2V 2.7 for all x, y ∈ X with ‖x‖ ‖y‖ < d. Hence, by 2.1 and 2.7 , we have 2f ( x y 2 ) − g x − h(y) ∈ 3V − 2V 2.8 for all x, y ∈ X. Letting x 0 y ...

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1D-3V PIC Simulations (XPDP1) XPDP1, a 1D-3V PIC-MCC code (Verboncoeur et al., 1993), was used to simulate current-driven DC discharges. • leap-frog integration used for particle motion (2nd order accurate) • linear weighting of particles and fields used • 2nd-order finite difference solution of Poisson’s equation with 2nd-order center difference and boundary conditions to obtain the electric f...