In this paper, we consider a flexible skew-generalized normal distribution. This distribution is denoted by $FSGN(/lambda _1, /lambda _2 /theta)$. It contains the normal, skew-normal (Azzalini, 1985), skew generalized normal (Arellano-Valle et al., 2004) and skew flexible-normal (Gomez et al., 2011) distributions as special cases. Some important properties of this distribution are establi...

For a ring endomorphism $alpha$ and an $alpha$-derivation $delta$, we introduce a concept, so called skew $pi$-Armendariz ring, that is a generalization of both $pi$-Armendariz rings, and $(alpha,delta)$-compatible skew Armendariz rings. We first observe the basic properties of skew $pi$-Armendariz rings, and extend the class of skew $pi$-Armendariz rings through various ring extensions. We nex...

Abstract. The rank of a skew partition λ/μ, denoted rank(λ/μ), is the smallest number r such that λ/μ is a disjoint union of r border strips. Let sλ/μ(1 ) denote the skew Schur function sλ/μ evaluated at x1 = · · · = xt = 1, xi = 0 for i > t. The zrank of λ/μ, denoted zrank(λ/μ), is the exponent of the largest power of t dividing sλ/μ(1 ). Stanley conjectured that rank(λ/μ) = zrank(λ/μ). We sho...

Tutte associates a V by V skew-symmetric matrix T , having indeterminate entries, with a graph G=(V,E). This matrix, called the Tutte matrix, has rank exactly twice the size of a maximum cardinality matching of G. Thus, to find the size of a maximum matching it suffices to compute the rank of T . We consider the more general problem of computing the rank of T +K where K is a real V by V skew-sy...

Let ∇ be a metric connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion T on a Riemannian manifold. Given a spinor field Ψ and a dilaton function Φ, the basic equations in type II B string theory are ∇Ψ = 0 , δ(T) = a · (

Let $S(G^{sigma})$ be the skew-adjacency matrix of the oriented graph $G^{sigma}$, which is obtained from a simple undirected graph $G$ by assigning an orientation $sigma$ to each of its edges. The skew energy of an oriented graph $G^{sigma}$ is defined as the sum of absolute values of all eigenvalues of $S(G^{sigma})$. Two oriented graphs are said to be skew equienergetic iftheir skew energies...

Let ,: X_T+ X be a semiflow on a compact metric space X. A function F: X_T+ X is subadditive with respect to , if F(x, t+s) F(x, t)+F(,(x, t), s). We define the maximal growth rate of F to be supx # X lim supt (1 t) F(x, t). This growth rate is shown to equal the maximal growth rate of the subadditive function restricted to the minimal center of attraction of the semiflow. Applications to Birkh...

In this work, the issue of computing a real logarithm of a real matrix is addressed. After a brief review of some known methods, more attention is paid to three methods: (i) Padé approximation techniques, (ii) Newton’s method, and (iii) a series expansion method. Newton’s method has not been previously treated in the literature; we address commutativity issues, and simplify the algorithmic form...

Normal state-space models are prevalent, but to increase the applicability of the Kalman filter, we propose mixtures of skewed, and extended skewed, Kalman filters. To do so, the closed skew-normal distribution is extended to a scalemixture class of closed skew-normal distributions. Some basic properties are derived and a class of closed skew-t distributions is obtained. Our suggested family of...