In von Neumann 29-state cellular automata, the crossing of signals is an important problem, with three solutions reported in the literature. These solutions greatly impact automaton design, especially self-replicators. This paper examines these solutions, with emphasis upon their constructibility. We show that two of these solutions are difficult to construct, and offer an improved design techn...

We show that cohopfian modules with finite exchange have countable exchange. In particular, a module whose endomorphism ring is Dedekind-finite and π-regular has the countable exchange property. We also show that a module whose en-domorphism ring is Dedekind-finite and regular has full exchange. Finally, working modulo the Jacobson radical, we prove that any module with the (C 2) property and a...

The celebrated von Neumann minimax theorem is a fundamental theorem in two-person zero-sum games. In this paper, we present a generalization of the von Neumann minimax theorem, called robust von Neumann minimax theorem, in the face of data uncertainty in the payoff matrix via robust optimization approach. We establish that the robust von Neumann minimax theorem is guaranteed for various classes...

Let $mathcal M$ be a factor von Neumann algebra. It is shown that every nonlinear $*$-Lie higher derivation$D={phi_{n}}_{ninmathbb{N}}$ on $mathcal M$ is additive. In particular, if $mathcal M$ is infinite type $I$factor, a concrete characterization of $D$ is given.

When the computer scientist seeks to model natural phenomena, he or she may select from two paths. Modeling may be by representation or by realization. This distinction is clarified by means of a simple physical example: an adiabatic pressure vessel. A representational model will in no way involve the operation of such a vessel even as a real gas law is observed (like van der Waals’ gas law), w...

“The von Neumann vicious circle” means that non-von Neumann computer architectures cannot be developed because of the lack of widely available and effective non-von Neumann languages. New languages cannot be created because of lack of conceptual foundations for non-von Neumann architectures. The reason is that programming languages are high-level abstract isomorphic copies of von Neumann comput...

We develop the argument that the Gibbs-von Neumann entropy is the appropriate statistical mechanical generalisation of the thermodynamic entropy, for macroscopic and microscopic systems , whether in thermal equilibrium or not, as a consequence of Hamiltonian dynamics. The mathematical treatment utilises well known results [Gib02, Tol38, Weh78, Par89], but most importantly, incorporates a variet...

Suppose M is a compact manifold with boundary ∂M . Let M̃ be a normal covering of M . Suppose (A, T ) is an elliptic differential boundary value problem on M with lift (Ã, T̃ ) to M̃ . Then the von Neumann dimension of kernel and cokernel of this lift are defined. The main result of this paper is: These numbers are finite, and their difference, by definition the von Neumann index of (Ã, T̃ ), equal...

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