In classical computation, a “write-only memory” (WOM) is little more than an oxymoron, and the addition of a WOM to a (deterministic or probabilistic) classical computer brings no advantage. We demonstrate a setup where a quantum computer using a WOM can solve problems that neither a classical computer with a WOM nor a quantum computer without a WOM can solve, when all other resource bounds are...

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A chaotic attractor has been observed with an autonomous circuit that uses only two energystorage elements: a linear passive inductor and a linear passive capacitor. The other element is a nonlinear active memristor. Hence, the circuit has only three circuit elements in series. We discuss this circuit topology, show several attractors and illustrate local activity via the memristor’s DC vM − iM...

An s-workspace algorithm is an algorithm that has read-only access to the values of the input, write-only access to the output, and only uses O(s) additional words of space. We present a randomized s-workspace algorithm for triangulating a simple polygon P of n vertices that runs in O(n/s+ n logn log(n/s)) expected time using O(s) variables, for any s ≤ n. In particular, when s ≤ n logn log5 lo...

As Betz observed in 1979, Paul never says that Christians are supposed to ‘do’ the Torah. This article seeks to develop the argument of omission in relation to Paul and the law. What else does he not say? According to Rom. 2.17-29, Jews ‘rely on’ the law, ‘boast’ in the law, know God’s will through the law, are educated in the law, have light, knowledge and truth because of the law, are to ‘do’...

-In this paper, a Catmull-Rom spline based lane model which described the perspective effect of parallel lines was proposed for generic lane boundary. As Catmull-Rom spline can form arbitrary shapes by control points, it can describe a wider range of lane structures than other lane models such as straight and parabolic model. It formulates the lane detection problem in the form of determining t...

A two-port memory contains two duplicated sets of address decoders, which operate independently. Testing such memories requires the use of single-port tests as well as special two-port tests; the test strategy determines which tests have to be used. Many two-port memories have ports which are read-only or write-only; this impacts the possible tests for single-port and two-port memories, as well...

background maternal passive smoking or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may be a risk factor for maternal and newborn morbidity. objectives the current study aimed to assess the relationship between preterm delivery and tobacco smoke exposure in pregnant woman referring to the shabih-khani maternity hospital in kashan, iran. patients and methods an analytical retrospective cohort study w...