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We explain how the round four sphere can be sliced along homogeneous 3 manifolds of topology S/D 8 . This defines a Euclidean Bianchi type IX model for Einstein’s equations with cosmological constant. The geometric properties of this model are investigated. PACS: 02.40.-k, 02.40.Ma, 98.80.Hw MSC: 53C42

In least squares, least absolute deviations, and even generalized M-estimation, outlying observations sometimes strongly influence the estimation result, masking an important and interesting relationship existing in the majority of observations. The S-estimators are a class of estimators that overcome this difficulty by smoothly downweighting outliers in fitting regression functions to data. In...

Robert Solow received the 1987 Nobel Prize in economics for developing the leading model of economic growth. The model is based on the premise that cross-country differences in income per person are the result (primarily) of differences in national savings rates (savings finances increases in the capital stock). We illustrate its properties and show how it can be used as a tool for exploring th...

This report is concerned with the performance of the fully automatic counter Coulter model S. The apparatus consists of four units two of which, the electrical power and the vacuum and air pressure units, may be placed under the bench. The counter itself and its printout must be sited side by side on the bench (Fig. 1). Apart from what can be seen on the front, the cabinet conceals a mass of el...

Four inter-related building blocks can provide the new foundation: focusing R&D efforts and commercial capabilities; making use of product and capability partnerships; providing customer solutions (not just “therapeutics”), and creating a business unit based organization model instead of a functional one. Companies need to find a combination of these building blocks that makes best use of their...

Abstract The search for flavour-changing neutral current effects in B -meson decays is a powerful probe of physics beyond the Standard Model. Deviations from SM behaviour are often quantified by extracting preferred values Wilson coefficients an operator product expansion. We use module package to perform simultaneous global fit $$C_7$$ ...