We prove bounds of the form ZΛ^e a{Λl and ( S Z ) ^ ^ 1 in the Y2 Euclidean field theory and from this obtain Glimm's Hamiltonian bound and Schrader's linear lower bound.

although some 3d slope stability algorithms have been proposed in recent three decades, still role of pore pressures in three dimensional slope stability analyses and considering the effects of pore water pressure in 3d slope stability studies needs to be investigated. in this paper, a limit analysis formulation for investigation of role of the pore water pressure in three dimensional slope sta...

calculation of lateral earth pressure on retaining walls is one of the main issues in geotechnics. the upper and lower bound theorems of plasticity are used to analyze the stability of geotechnical structures include bearing capacity of foundations, lateral earth pressure on retaining walls and factor of safety of slopes. in this paper formulation of finite element limit analysis is introduced ...

We introduce a new method of proving lower bounds on the depth of algebraic d-degree decision (resp. computation) trees and apply it to prove a lower bound (log N) (resp. (log N= log log N)) for testing membership to an n-dimensional convex polyhedron having N faces of all dimensions, provided that N > (nd) (n) (resp. N > n (n)). This bound apparently does not follow from the methods developed ...