In this paper we consider a dominating Finsler metric on a complete Riemannian manifold. First we prove that the energy integral of the Finsler metric satisfies the Palais-Smale condition, and ask for the number of geodesics with endpoints in two given submanifolds. Using Lusternik-Schnirelman theory of critical points we obtain some multiplicity results for the number of Finsler-geodesics betw...

Given a manifold M and a proper sub-bundle ∆ ⊂ TM , we study homotopy properties of the horizontal base-point free loop space Λ, i.e. the space of absolutely continuous maps γ : S → M whose velocities are constrained to ∆ (for example: legendrian knots in a contact manifold). A key technical ingredient for our study is the proof that the base-point map F : Λ → M (the map associating to every lo...

in this paper, using pre-semi-open l-sets and their inequality, a new notion of ps-compactness is introduced in l-topological spaces, where l is a complete de morgan algebra. this notion does not depend on the structure of the basis lattice l and l does not need any distributivity.

In this paper, the notion of almost S^{*}-compactness in L-topologicalspaces is introduced following Shi’s definition of S^{*}-compactness. The propertiesof this notion are studied and the relationship between it and otherdefinitions of almost compactness are discussed. Several characterizations ofalmost S^{*}-compactness are also presented.

in current study, seven organic fertilizers including; leaf mold (lm), rice husk (rh), manure, spent mushroom compost (smc), mixture of lm, rh and smc (m 1), mixture of lm, rh and manure (m 2) with the ratio of 1:1:1 and control (no fertilizer) along with some levels of soil compactness comprising roller weights of 36, 56, 76 kilogram were used. treatments were applied in a strip plot design wi...

under favorable soil conditions such as existence of easily destructible organic compounds, balanced heat and moisture, adequate ventilation and abundant nutrients, organic materials are mineralized. once mineralizing occurs, mineral elements like p, s, ca, mg, k and other cations are released. a related study was conducted to determine the effect of seven organic fertilizers (leaf mold (lm), r...