The exploration-exploitation tradeoff is among the central challenges of reinforcement learning. A hypothetical exact Bayesian learner would provide the optimal solution, but is intractable in general. I show that, however, in the specific case of Gaussian process inference, it is possible to make analytic statements about optimal learning of both rewards and transition dynamics, for nonlinear,...

We propose a solution of the linear problem behavior an elastic three-layer conic shell under combined action several external force factors (uniform pressure, axial compression, and torque), which may lead to loss stability analyzed structure. The is reduced integration resolving singular sixth-order ordinary differential equation with variable coefficients. solutions obtained by methods phase...

Wave scattering by objects that are small compared to the wavelength (Rayleigh scattering) is usually studied for plane incident waves. However, knowledge of the full Green's function of the problem becomes necessary when the separation of scatterers from either an interface or each other is comparable to the scatterers' dimensions. Here, an elementary analytic solution is derived for diffracti...

In this paper, we propose a new modified recursion scheme for the approximate solution of higher-order, multipoint, nonlinear boundary value problems with higher-order Robin-type boundary conditions by the Adomian decomposition method. Our new approach utilizes all of the boundary conditions to derive an equivalent nonlinear Fredholm-Volterra integral equation before establishing the new modifi...

An approximate analytic solution is constructed for the 2D space-charge-limited emission by a cathode surrounded by nonemitting conducting ledges of width Lambda. An essentially exact solution (via conformal mapping) of the electrostatic problem in vacuum is matched to the solution of a linearized problem in the space charge region whose boundaries are sharp due to the presence of a strong magn...

The equations governing a collisionless obliquely flowing plasma around an ion-absorbing object in a strong magnetic field are shown to have an exact analytic solution even for an arbitrary (two-dimensional) object shape, when temperature is uniform, and diffusive transport can be ignored. The solution has an extremely simple geometric embodiment. It shows that the ion collection flux density t...

We extend the method of Kazantzis and Kravaris [Systems Control Lett., 34 (1998), pp. 241–247] for the design of an observer to a larger class of nonlinear systems. The extended method is applicable to any real analytic observable nonlinear system. It is based on the solution of a first-order, singular, nonlinear PDE. This solution yields a change of state coordinates which linearizes the error...

‎we study dual integral equations which appear in formulation of the‎ ‎potential distribution of an electrified plate with mixed boundary‎ ‎conditions‎. ‎these equations will be converted to a system of‎ ‎singular integral equations with cauchy type kernels‎. ‎using‎ ‎chebyshev polynomials‎, ‎we propose a method to approximate the‎ ‎solution of cauchy type singular integral equation which will ...