The concept of fuzzy random variable has been applied in several papers to model the present value of life insurance liabilities. It allows the fuzzy uncertainty of the interest rate and the probabilistic behaviour of mortality to be used throughout the valuation process without any loss of information. Using this framework, and considering a triangular interest rate, this paper develops closed...

Two new expansions for partial sums of Gauss’ triangular and square numbers series are given. As a consequence, we derive a family of inequalities for the overpartition function p(n) and for the partition function pod(n) counting the partitions of n with distinct odd parts. Some further inequalities for variations of partition function are proposed as conjectures.

In this paper we first introduce a new multiplication on triangular Banach algebras. Then we study their Arens regularity as well as their topological centers . In this paper we first introduce a new multiplication on triangular Banach algebras. Then we study their Arens regularity as well as their topological centers . In this paper we first introduce a new multiplication on triangular Banach ...

Given a complex matrix H, we consider the decomposition H = QRP∗, where R is upper triangular and Q and P have orthonormal columns. Special instances of this decomposition include the singular value decomposition (SVD) and the Schur decomposition where R is an upper triangular matrix with the eigenvalues of H on the diagonal. We show that any diagonal for R can be achieved that satisfies Weyl’s...

This paper deals with Zadeh’s compositional rule of inference [12] under triangular norms: IF X is P AND X and Y have relation R, THEN Y is Q, where P and Q are fuzzy sets of the real line IR, R is a fuzzy relation on IR and the conclusion Q is defined via sup-T composition of P and R: μQ(y) = sup x∈IR T (μP (x), μR(x, y)), y ∈ IR. It is shown that (i) when the triangular norm T and the members...

The pinning phenomena in superconducting Nb films with triangular and honeycomb pinning arrays were explored. Special temperature dependent phenomena were found for both films. For the film with a triangular pinning array, the pronounced matching peaks in the critical currents as a function of magnetic field reduce from six to three within a narrow temperature range. This temperature dependent ...

For little q-Jacobi polynomials and q-Hahn polynomials we give particular q-hypergeometric series representations in which the termwise q = 0 limit can be taken. When rewritten in matrix form, these series representations can be viewed as LU factorizations. We develop a general theory of LU factorizations related to complete systems of orthogonal polynomials with discrete orthogonality relation...

Several formulas for crossing functions arising in the continuum limit of critical two-dimensional percolation models are studied. These include Watts’s formula for the horizontal-vertical crossing probability and Cardy’s new formula for the expected number of crossing clusters. It is shown that for lattices where conformal invariance holds, they simplify when the spatial domain is taken to be ...

Numerous problems in electronic imaging systems involve the need to interpolate from irregularly spaced data. One example is the calibration of color input/output devices with respect to a common intermediate objective color space, such as XYZ or L*a*b*. In the present report we survey some of the most important methods of scattered data interpolation in two-dimensional and in three-dimensional...