We show that cluster formation in interacting oscillators can be characterized using phase models that are developed from direct experiments with a single oscillator. Oneand twocluster states are analyzed in the phase model; the description is verified in independent experiments in sets of chemical oscillators. The experiment-based model properly describes the occurrence of oneand two-clusters;...

A balanced pair in an ordered set P = (V,6) is a pair (x, y) of elements of V such that the proportion of linear extensions of P that put x before y is in the real interval [1/3, 2/3]. We prove that every finite N -free ordered set which is not totally ordered has a balanced pair.

Let B and R be point sets (of blue and red points, respectively) in the plane, such that P := B ∪R is in general position, and |P | is even. A line l is balanced if it spans one blue and one red point, and on each open halfplane of l, the number of blue points minus the number of red points is the same. We prove that P has at least min{|B|, |R|} balanced lines. This refines a result by Pach and...

Research infrastructure (RI) refers to a large and complex science research facility or system that conducts top-level science activities. In recent years, there has been a tendency toward geographical concentration of RIs and formation of RI clusters. Some of these RI clusters have become engines for regional social and economic development. It turns out that RI clusters present a new stage fo...

A balanced part ternary design (BPTD) is a balanced ternary design (BTD) with a specified number of blocks, say b2, each having repeated elements. We prove some necessary conditions on b2 and show the existence of some particular BPTDs. We also give constructions of infinite families of BPTDs with b1 = 0, including families of ternary t-designs with t ≥ 3.

An-balanced pair in a partially ordered set P = (X; <) is a pair (x; y) of elements of X such that the proportion of linear extensions of P with x below y lies between and 1 ?. The 1=3 ? 2=3 Conjecture states that, in every nite partial order P , not a chain, there is a 1 3-balanced pair. This was rst conjectured in a 1968 paper of Kislitsyn, and remains unsolved. We survey progress towards a r...

The Normalized Cut (NCut) objective function, widely used in data clustering and image segmentation, quantifies the cost of graph partitioning in a way that biases clusters or segments that are balanced towards having lower values than unbalanced partitionings. However, this bias is so strong that it avoids any singleton partitions, even when vertices are very weakly connected to the rest of th...