The sporadic simple group F2 known as Fischer's Baby Monster acts flag-transitively on a rank 5 P-geometry G(F2). P-geometries are geometries with string diagrams, all of whose nonempty edges except one are projective planes of order 2 and one terminal edge is the geometry of the Petersen graph. Let AC be a flag-transitive P-geometry of rank 5. Suppose that each proper residue of K is isomorphi...

This review discusses two algorithms which can be used to compute rank-based regression estimates. For completeness, a brief overview of rank-based inference procedures in the context of a linear model is presented. The discussion includes geometry, estimation, inference, and diagnostics. In regard to computing the rank-based estimates, we discuss two approaches. The first approach is based on ...

The singular values of XY − Y X are the objects under investigation. Here, X and Y are square matrices with complex entries, and one of them has rank one. Hence, there are at most two non-trivial numbers among the commutator’s singular values, and the pairs of interest can be depicted in the plane. The emphasis will lie on the unexpectedly intriguing case in which both matrices are of rank one ...

We present two new classes of pattern search algorithms for unconstrained minimization: the rank ordered and the positive basis pattern search methods. These algorithms can nearly halve the worst case cost of an iteration compared to the classical pattern search algorithms. The rank ordered pattern search methods are based on a heuristic for approximating the direction of steepest descent, whil...

Abstract. We present two new classes of pattern search algorithms for unconstrained minimization: the rank ordered and the positive basis pattern search methods. These algorithms can nearly halve the worst case cost of an iteration compared to the classical pattern search algorithms. The rank ordered pattern search methods are based on a heuristic for approximating the direction of steepest des...