Tori embedded in S³ with dense asymptotic lines

In this paper are given examples of tori T² embedded in S³ with all their asymptotic lines dense.

Tori embedded in R(3) with dense principal lines

In this paper are given examples of tori T(2) embedded in R(3) with all their principal lines dense. These examples are obtained by stereographic projection of deformations of the Clifford torus in S(3). (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Minimal surfaces in S(3) with constant contact angle

We provide a characterization of the Clifford Torus in S(3) via moving frames and contact structure equations. More precisely, we prove that minimal surfaces in S(3) with constant contact angle must be the Clifford Torus. Some applications of this result are then given, and some examples are discussed.

Determination of the minimum value of the safety factor from geodesic Alfven eigenmodes in Joint European Torus

An analysis of the experimental conditions under which low-frequency (70-150 kHz) Alfven eigertmodes (AE) are excited during the monster sawtooth in Joint European Torus [F Romanelli et al, Proceedings of the 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008] is presented for the specific case of a discharge with ion cyclotron heating (5 MW) Using a simplified AE model for modes excited at the Alfven wave continuum maximum with geodesic corrections taken into account, the temporal evolution of the value of the safety factor q(0) at the magnetic axis is determined We describe a new scheme to determine the time variation of q(0) that works under conditions in which other standard diagnostics, such as the motional Stark effect do not give reliable results such as during a monster sawtooth [doi 10 1063/1 3494212]

Clifford Geertz, 1926-2006: Meaning, method, and Indonesian economic history

Clifford Geertz was best known for his pioneering excursions into symbolic or interpretive anthropology, especially in relation to Indonesia. Less well recognised are his stimulating explorations of the modern economic history of Indonesia. His thinking on the interplay of economics and culture was most fully and vigorously expounded in Agricultural Involution. That book deployed a succinctly packaged past in order to solve a pressing contemporary puzzle, Java's enduring rural poverty and apparent social immobility. Initially greeted with acclaim, later and ironically the book stimulated the deep and multi-layered research that in fact led to the eventual rejection of Geertz's central contentions. But the veracity or otherwise of Geertz's inventive characterisation of Indonesian economic development now seems irrelevant; what is profoundly important is the extraordinary stimulus he gave to a generation of scholars to explore Indonesia's modern economic history with a depth and intensity previously unimaginable.

Self-organization with traveling waves: A case for a convective torus

A traveling wave of BaSO4 in the chlorite-thiourea reaction has shown concentric precipitation patterns upon being triggered by the autocatalyst HOCl. The precipitation patterns show circular rings of alternate null and full precipitation regions. This self-organization appears to be the result of the formation of a convective torus. The formation of the convective torus can be described as a Benard-Marangoni instability with lateral heating.

Alguns desafios de Clifford Pickover : dos números vampiros aos quadrados mágicos

Clifford Alan Pickover nasceu a 15 de agosto de 1957. Este americano é um reconhecido divulgador da Ciência e da Matemática, tendo publicado até ao momento mais de quarenta livros em mais de uma dúzia de línguas. (...) O principal interesse de Pickover está em encontrar novas maneiras de expandir a criatividade, estabelecendo conexões entre áreas aparentemente díspares do esforço humano, como a Arte, a Ciência e a Matemática. (...) Em 1994, Pickover introduziu uma nova classe de números, de certa forma peculiar: os números vampiros. (...) Um número vampiro é um número natural, v, com um número par de algarismos (n), que pode ser escrito como um produto de dois números naturais, x e y, cada um com metade do número de algarismos (n/2) e de forma a que os algarismos utilizados sejam os mesmos (eventualmente escritos por ordem diferente). (...) Na fatorização de um número vampiro, apenas um dos fatores pode ser múltiplo de 10 (ou seja, apenas um dos fatores pode ter o 0 como algarismo das unidades). Assim, 1260 é um número vampiro uma vez que 1260 = 21x60, mas 126 000 já não é um número vampiro apesar de 126 000 = 210x600. Isto porque, no segundo caso, ambos os fatores são múltiplos de 10. (...) Pickover também é adepto de quadrados mágicos. (...)

Partial classification of Lorenz knots: Syllable permutations of torus knots words

We define families of aperiodic words associated to Lorenz knots that arise naturally as syllable permutations of symbolic words corresponding to torus knots. An algorithm to construct symbolic words of satellite Lorenz knots is defined. We prove, subject to the validity of a previous conjecture, that Lorenz knots coded by some of these families of words are hyperbolic, by showing that they are neither satellites nor torus knots and making use of Thurston's theorem. Infinite families of hyperbolic Lorenz knots are generated in this way, to our knowledge, for the first time. The techniques used can be generalized to study other families of Lorenz knots.

Recurrence relations for Clifford algebra-valued orthogonal polynomials

The theory of orthogonal polynomials of one real or complex variable is well established as well as its generalization for the multidimensional case. Hypercomplex function theory (or Clifford analysis) provides an alternative approach to deal with higher dimensions. In this context, we study systems of orthogonal polynomials of a hypercomplex variable with values in a Clifford algebra and prove some of their properties.

Amphibians and reptiles of the Chicago area, by Clifford H. Pope.

Fieldiana. Zoology. Special Publications.

Copulatory adjustment in snakes, by Clifford H. Pope.

v.24:no.22(1941)

Development and growth of the rattle of rattlesnakes [by] Arnold A. Zimmermann and Clifford H. Pope.

v.32:no.6(1948)

A new ranid frog (Staurois) from the colony of Hongkong [by] Clifford H. Pope and J. D. Romer.

v.31:no.50(1951)

On Hyperbolic once-punctured-torus bundles II. Fractal tessellations of the plane

We describe fractal tessellations of the complex plane that arise naturally from Cannon-Thurston maps associated to complete, hyperbolic, once-punctured-torus bundles. We determine the symmetry groups of these tessellations.