Converging evidences have indicated that the ability to generate creative ideas could be limited by recently activated knowledge such as examples of solutions. However, neuroimaging studies have recently demonstrated that exposure to examples did not systematically lead to fixation and could on the contrary have a stimulation effect on creativity.Our hypothesis is that there are two types of ex...

It is shown that for any expansive, integer valued 2×2 matrix, there exists a (multi-)wavelet whose Fourier transform is compactly supported and smooth. A key step is showing that for almost every equivalence class of integrally similar matrices there is a representative A which is strictly expansive in the sense that there is a compact set K which tiles the plane by integer translations and su...

A general framework for investigating topological actions of Z d on compact metric spaces was proposed by Boyle and Lind in terms of expansive behavior along lower-dimensional subspaces of R d. Here we completely describe this expansive behavior for the class of algebraic Z d-actions given by commuting automorphisms of compact abelian groups. The description uses the logarithmic image of an alg...

An algebraic Z-action of entropy rank one is one for which each element has finite entropy. Using the structure theory of these actions due to Einsiedler and Lind, this paper investigates dynamical zeta functions for elements of the action. An explicit periodic point formula is obtained leading to a uniform parameterization of the zeta functions that arise in expansive components of an expansiv...

Video games, unlike traditional, non-digital games, are based on a combination of fixed rules which cannot be broken from the player position, and implied rules which are not enforced by the computer program. It is relatively common, however, for players to impose additional or alternative rules on video games, in order to refine or expand gameplay and to create new gaming experiences. This pap...

Soil is naturally occurring material that is used for the construction of structures except the surface layers of pavements. This naturally occurring soil may not suit the design requirements of ongoing project. So, soil is to be prepared to meet the requirements called soil stabilization. Stabilization is the process of blending of different soils or mixing of additives to a soil to improve ch...

among the most common types of problematic soils, are probably the expansive ones. one of the modern methods of strengthening and improving the soil in place is the use of electro-osmotic improving treatment. this paper presents the design of an apparatus suitable for electro-osmotic treatment. a soil sample of a high expansive potential was compacted and the effect of electro-osmotic treatment...

Cell walls are part of the apoplasm pathway that transports water, solutes, and nutrients to cells within plant tissue. Pressures within the apoplasm (cell walls and xylem) are often different from atmospheric pressure during expansive growth of plant cells in tissue. The previously established Augmented Growth Equations are modified to evaluate the turgor pressure, water uptake, and expansive ...

The paper summarizes the background of Expansive Nondecelerative Universe model and its potential to offer answers to some open cosmological questions related to entropy. Three problems are faced in more detail, namely that of Hawking's phenomenon of black holes evaporation, maximum entropy of the Universe during its evolution, and time evolution of specific entropy. 1. Background of Expansive ...