We investigated whether the patterns of coordination that emerged during a three-participant (triadic) jumping task were defined by the symmetries of the (multi) agent-environment task space. Triads were instructed to jump around different geometrical arrangements of hoops. The symmetry of the hoop geometry was manipulated to create two symmetrical and two asymmetrical participant-hoop configur...

As is well-known, the real quaternion division algebra H is algebraically isomorphic to a 4-by-4 real matrix algebra. But the real division octonion algebra O can not be algebraically isomorphic to any matrix algebras over the real number field R, because O is a non-associative algebra over R. However since O is an extension of H by the Cayley-Dickson process and is also finite-dimensional, som...

The idea that spacetime has to be replaced by Clifford space (C-space) is explored. Quantum field theory (QFT) and string theory are generalized to C-space. It is shown how one can solve the cosmological constant problem and formulate string theory without central terms in the Virasoro algebra by exploiting the peculiar pseudo-Euclidean signature of C-space and the Jackiw definition of the vacu...

Raising pigs in large groups in deep bedded hoop barns is receiving increased attention from producers and consumers interested in systems that are perceived to provide improved welfare for pigs. Unfortunately, these systems usually produce pigs that are fatter than similar pigs raised in conventional confinement housing systems. So, our objectives were to determine if dietary manipulation may ...

We propose a new realization of the elliptic quantum group equipped with the H-Hopf algebroid structure on the basis of the elliptic algebra Uq,p(ŝl2). The algebra Uq,p(ŝl2) has a constructive definition in terms of the Drinfeld generators of the quantum affine algebra Uq(ŝl2) and a Heisenberg algebra. This yields a systematic construction of both finite and infinite-dimensional dynamical repre...

Let Γ denote a distance-regular graph with diameter D ≥ 3, intersection numbers ai, bi, ci and Bose-Mesner algebra M. For θ ∈ C ∪∞ we define a 1 dimensional subspace of M which we call M(θ). If θ ∈ C then M(θ) consists of those Y in M such that (A−θI)Y ∈ CAD, where A (resp. AD) is the adjacency matrix (resp. Dth distance matrix) of Γ. If θ = ∞ then M(θ) = CAD. By a pseudo primitive idempotent f...