Abstract. Mathieu's differential equation, y" + (a — 2q cos 2x)y = 0, admits of solutions of period ir or 2x for four countable sets of characteristic values, aiq), which can be ordered as ariq), r = 0, 1, • • -. The power series expansions for the ariq) converge up to the first double point for that order in the complex plane. [At a double point, ar(g) = ar+2iq).] The present work furnishes th...

Double-blind review relies on the authors’ ability and willingness to effectively anonymize their submissions. We explore anonymization effectiveness at ASE 2016, OOPSLA 2016, and PLDI 2016 by asking reviewers if they can guess author identities. We find that 74%–90% of reviews contain no correct guess and that reviewers who self-identify as experts on a paper’s topic are more likely to attempt...

The double beta decay experiment NEMO 3 has been taking data since February 2003. The aim of this experiment is to search for neutrinoless decay and investigate two neutrino double beta decay in seven different enriched isotopes (Mo, Se, Ca, Zr, Cd, Te and Nd). After analysis of the data corresponding to 693 days, no evidence for 0νββ decay in Mo and Se was found. The half-life limits at 90% C....

An intersection sequence, denoted IS, is a combinatorial object associated with a normal immersion/: S] -* M where S1 is an oriented circle and Af is a closed, connected, oriented 2-manifold. The genus of IS, denoted y(IS), is denned to be the smallest number which is the genus of a manifold M admitting a realization g: Sl -» M of IS. A method is given for computing y(IS) from IS. Throughout Sx...

BACKGROUND In Mexico, stunting and anemia have declined but are still high in some regions and subpopulations, whereas overweight and obesity have increased at alarming rates in all age and socioeconomic groups. OBJECTIVE The objective was to describe the coexistence of stunting, anemia, and overweight and obesity at the national, household, and individual levels. DESIGN We estimated nation...

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 4 = 2, 3. Let X p , Y be a flat proper map of reduced irreducible k-schemes such that every geometric fibre is either (a) an elliptic curve, (b) a rational curve with a node, or (c) a rational curve with a cusp. Moreover we assume that a section s: Y-,X is given, not passing through the nodes or cusps of the fibres. Following Artin [A], l...

This paper discusses representations for computation on non-supersingular elliptic curves over binary fields, where computations are performed on the x-coordinates only. We discuss existing methods and present a new one, giving rise to a faster addition routine than previous Montgomery-representations. As a result a double exponentiation routine is described that requires 8.5 field multiplicati...

The NEMO-3 tracking detector is located in the Fréjus Underground Laboratory. It was designed to study double beta decay in a number of different isotopes. Presented here are the experimental half-life limits on the double beta decay process for the isotopes 100Mo and 82Se for different Majoron emission modes and limits on the effective neutrino-Majoron coupling constants. In particular, new li...