El problema de Basilea. El año de Euler : 1707-2007.

Se muestran algunas de las teorías del matemático Leonhard Euler..

El teorema de Euler a partir de la teoría de grafos.

Se estudia la teoría de grafos en relación con el teorema de Euler. La teoría de grafos se refiere a la teoría de conjuntos relativa a las relaciones binarias de un conjunto numerable consigo mismo. Esta teoría posee un vasto campo de aplicaciones en Física, Economía, Teoría de la Información, Programación Lineal, Transportas, Psicología, e incluso en ciertos dominios del arte. Se pretende realizar un trabajo que sirva como seminario optativo para los alumnos de COU, que presente a los alumnos un teorema clásico de geometría mediante la teoría de grafos, un aspecto bastante olvidado en los programas. Se utilizan los métodos y el lenguaje de la teoría de grafos para demostrar el teorema de Euler, que liga caras, vértices y aristas de un poliedro regular. Para todo ello en primer lugar se sistematizan una serie de conceptos previos, se analizan las propiedades de distintos tipos de grafos, y por último, se realizan demostraciones.

A cell by cell anisotropic adaptive mesh ALE scheme for the numerical solution of the Euler equations

In this paper a cell by cell anisotropic adaptive mesh technique is added to an existing staggered mesh Lagrange plus remap finite element ALE code for the solution of the Euler equations. The quadrilateral finite elements may be subdivided isotropically or anisotropically and a hierarchical data structure is employed. An efficient computational method is proposed, which only solves on the finest level of resolution that exists for each part of the domain with disjoint or hanging nodes being used at resolution transitions. The Lagrangian, equipotential mesh relaxation and advection (solution remapping) steps are generalised so that they may be applied on the dynamic mesh. It is shown that for a radial Sod problem and a two-dimensional Riemann problem the anisotropic adaptive mesh method runs over eight times faster.

A comparison of conservative upwind difference schemes for the Euler equations

Numerical results are presented and compared for three conservative upwind difference schemes for the Euler equations when applied to two standard test problems. This includes consideration of the effect of treating part of the flux balance as a source, and a comparison of different averaging of the flow variables. Two of the schemes are also shown to be equivalent in their implementation, while being different in construction and having different approximate Jacobians. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Conservative upwind difference schemes for the Euler equations for real gas flows in a duct

In a recent paper [P. Glaister, Conservative upwind difference schemes for compressible flows in a Duct, Comput. Math. Appl. 56 (2008) 1787–1796] numerical schemes based on a conservative linearisation are presented for the Euler equations governing compressible flows of an ideal gas in a duct of variable cross-section, and in [P. Glaister, Conservative upwind difference schemes for compressible flows of a real gas, Comput. Math. Appl. 48 (2004) 469–480] schemes based on this philosophy are presented for real gas flows with slab symmetry. In this paper we seek to extend these ideas to encompass compressible flows of real gases in a duct. This will incorporate the handling of additional terms arising out of the variable geometry and the non-ideal nature of the gas.

Beta-blocker selectivity and airways obstruction

In this Drug Points article the author describes a case of unrecognised airways disease where prescribing timolol resulted in shortness of breath and comments on the issues it raises.