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18 September 2023

The interplays between topology and algebraic geometry present a set of interesting properties. In this paper, we comprehensively revisit the Bézout theorem in terms of topology, and we present a topological proof of the theorem considering n-...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
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2 Citations
2,750 Views
7 Pages

Secret Sharing, Zero Sum Sets, and Hamming Codes

  • Selda Çalkavur and
  • Patrick Solé

23 September 2020

A (t,n)-secret sharing scheme is a method of distribution of information among n participants such that any t>1 of them can reconstruct the secret but any t−1 cannot. A ramp secret sharing scheme is a relaxation of that protocol that allows...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Models in Security, Defense, Cyber Security and Cyber Defense)
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Range Extension of Borehole Strainmeters Using MOSFET-Based Multi-Switch Automatic Zero Setting

  • Chen Yang,
  • Zheng Chen,
  • Hong Li,
  • Wenbo Wang and ,
  • Weiwei Zhan,
  • Liheng Wu,
  • Yunkai Dong and
  • Jiaxin Chen
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15 January 2025

Borehole strainmeters are essential tools for observing crustal deformation. In long-term observational applications, the dynamic changes in crustal deformation over multi-year scales often exceed the single measurement range of borehole strainmeters...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors Technologies for Measurements and Signal Processing)
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3 Citations
2,687 Views
14 Pages

14 January 2024

The formulations of polynomials over a topological simplex combine the elements of topology and algebraic geometry. This paper proposes the formulation of simplicial polynomials and the properties of resulting topological manifolds in two classes, no...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetries of Difference Equations, Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials II)
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2 Citations
5,749 Views
29 Pages

Blockchain-based sensor networks offer promising solutions for secure and transparent data management in IoT ecosystems. However, efficient set membership proofs remain a critical challenge, particularly in resource-constrained environments. This pap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security and Smart Applications in IoT and Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks)
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12 Citations
2,237 Views
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Forcing Parameters in Fully Connected Cubic Networks

  • Yongsheng Rao,
  • Saeed Kosari,
  • Janakiraman Anitha,
  • Indra Rajasingh and
  • Hossein Rashmanlou

11 April 2022

Domination in graphs has been extensively studied and adopted in many real life applications. The monitoring electrical power system is a variant of a domination problem called power domination problem. Another variant is the zero forcing problem. De...

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6 Citations
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The Impact of Zero-Mode Inrush Current of T-Hin on Zero-Sequence Overcurrent Protection and an Improved Protection with the Second Harmonic Restraint

  • Wenbin Cao,
  • Xianggen Yin,
  • Yongxin Chen,
  • Yuanlin Pan and ,
  • Xiangyuan Yin and
  • Yuxue Wang
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29 July 2019

In recent years, the zero-mode inrush current of high-impedance transformer with built-in high-voltage winding (T-Hin), which has large amplitude and decays slowly, causes the misoperation of zero-sequence overcurrent protection. Compared with magnet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Techniques for Electronic Power and Energy Systems)
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53 Citations
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8 Pages

The Windows Operating System (OS) is the most popular desktop OS in the world, as it has the majority market share of both servers and personal computing necessities. However, as its default signature-based security measures are ineffectual for detec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cyber Warfare)
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12 Pages

Fault-Tolerant Edge Metric Dimension of Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings

  • Omaima Alshanquiti,
  • Malkesh Singh and
  • Vijay Kumar Bhat

26 June 2025

In recent years, the intersection of algebraic structures and graph-theoretic concepts has developed significant interest, particularly through the study of zero-divisor graphs derived from commutative rings. Let Z*(S) be the set of non-zero zero div...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Graph Theory)
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4 Citations
3,665 Views
21 Pages

22 October 2019

The new general theory dedicated to the stability for LTI MIMO, in particular nonsquare, fractional-order systems described by the Grünwald–Letnikov discrete-time state–space domain is presented in this paper. Such systems under inve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Discrete and Fractional Mathematics)
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3 Citations
2,517 Views
24 Pages

Adaptive Decision-Level Intrusion Detection for Known and Zero-Day Attacks

  • Joseph P. Mchina,
  • Neema Mduma and
  • Ramadhani S. Sinde

9 April 2026

Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) face increasing challenges from sophisticated cyber threats, particularly zero-day attacks that evade signature-based methods. While supervised learning is effective for known attack classification, it strug...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Effective Intrusion Detection for Clouds)
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2 Citations
2,284 Views
15 Pages

Chaos in Topological Modules

  • Francisco Javier García-Pacheco

2 October 2022

Chaotic and pathological phenomena in topological modules are studied in this manuscript. In particular, constructions of noncontinuous linear functionals are provided for a wide variety of topological modules. In addition, constructions of balanced...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Axioms: Geometry and Topology)
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17 Citations
3,228 Views
24 Pages

22 August 2019

In this paper, based on the very recent work by Nandal et al. (Nandal, A.; Chugh, R.; Postolache, M. Iteration process for fixed point problems and zeros of maximal monotone operators. Symmetry 2019, 11, 655.), we propose a new generalized viscosity...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point, Optimization, and Applications)
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27 Citations
5,440 Views
16 Pages

Intuitionistic-Fuzzy Goals in Zero-Sum Multi Criteria Matrix Games

  • Zia Bashir,
  • Jarosław Wątróbski,
  • Tabasam Rashid,
  • Wojciech Sałabun and
  • Jawad Ali

15 August 2017

The classical matrix theory is deficient to express the vagueness of the real life. The fuzzy set theory has been successfully applied to bridge this gap. Much work has already been done on a two-person zero sum matrix game with fuzzy goals. In conti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets Theory and Its Applications)
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17 Citations
5,177 Views
14 Pages

15 June 2017

In this paper, a sparse set-membership proportionate normalized least mean square (SM-PNLMS) algorithm integrated with a correntropy induced metric (CIM) penalty is proposed for acoustic channel estimation and echo cancellation. The CIM is used for c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maximum Entropy and Its Application II)
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31 January 2025

For an undirected graph G, a zero-sum flow is an assignment of nonzero integer weights to the edges such that each vertex has a zero-sum, namely the sum of all incident edge weights with each vertex is zero. This concept is an undirected analog of no...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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2 Citations
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29 Pages

In many different applications such as retail, energy, and tourism, forecasts for a set of related time series must satisfy both linear and non-negativity constraints, as negative values are meaningless in practice. Standard regression-based reconcil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers of Forecasting 2025)
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1 Citations
3,040 Views
17 Pages

13 December 2023

As an analogous concept of a nowhere-zero flow for directed graphs, zero-sum flows and constant-sum flows are defined and studied in the literature. For an undirected graph, a zero-sum flow (constant-sum flow resp.) is an assignment of nonzero intege...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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17 August 2026

Graph Neural Networks achieve strong closed-set accuracy in network intrusion detection but cannot flag zero-day attacks, because the closed-world assumption forces every input into a known class. OpenMax adds an Extreme Value Theory reject option, y...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Research Trends and Technologies in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Utilization)
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Data-Driven Model-Free Predictive Control for Zero-Sequence Circulating Current Suppression in Parallel NPC Converters

  • Lan Cheng,
  • Shiyu Liu,
  • Jianye Rao,
  • Songling Huang and ,
  • Junjie Chen,
  • Lin Qiu,
  • Yishuang Hu and
  • Youtong Fang
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30 December 2025

This paper proposes a data-driven model-free robust predictive control strategy for parallel three-level NPC inverters based on finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC), focusing on the zero-sequence circulating current (ZSCC) problem un...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Strategies for Smart Grid Reliability and Energy Optimization)
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1 Citations
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16 April 2025

Zero-carbon emissions in building systems play a critical role in promoting energy transition and mitigating climate change, while optimal energy dispatch in highly electrified building systems is essential to achieve this goal. To address this issue...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
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11 Citations
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28 April 2022

In this article, the Addis Ababa city road safety policies are examined and analysed based on the Vision Zero approach to road safety work. Three major policy documents are explored and assessed in terms of how they compare with Vision Zero policy in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current and Future Issues in Transportation Safety and Sustainability)
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3 Citations
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Conveyors are used commonly in industrial production lines and automated sorting systems. Many applications require fast, reliable, and dynamic detection and recognition for the objects on conveyors. Aiming at this goal, we design a framework that in...

(This article belongs to the Collection Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Machine Learning with Applications)
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3 Citations
6,247 Views
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DenseZDD: A Compact and Fast Index for Families of Sets †

  • Shuhei Denzumi,
  • Jun Kawahara,
  • Koji Tsuda,
  • Hiroki Arimura and ,
  • Shin-ichi Minato and
  • Kunihiko Sadakane
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17 August 2018

In this article, we propose a succinct data structure of zero-suppressed binary decision diagrams (ZDDs). A ZDD represents sets of combinations efficiently and we can perform various set operations on the ZDD without explicitly extracting combination...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Efficient Data Structures)
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Prompt-Contrastive Learning for Zero-Shot Relation Extraction

  • Xueyi Zhong,
  • Liye Zhao,
  • Licheng Peng,
  • Guodong Yang and ,
  • Kun Hu and
  • Wansen Wu
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6 January 2026

Relation extraction serves as an essential task for knowledge acquisition and management, defined as determining the relation between two annotated entities from a piece of text. Over recent years, zero-shot learning has been introduced to train rela...

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Robust Stabilization of Interval Plants with Uncertain Time-Delay Using the Value Set Concept

  • Pedro Zamora,
  • Alejandro Arceo,
  • Noé Martínez,
  • Gerardo Romero and
  • Luis E. Garza

22 February 2021

This paper considers the robust stabilization problem for interval plants with parametric uncertainty and uncertain time-delay based on the value set characterization of closed-loop control systems and the zero exclusion principle. Using Kharitonov&r...

(This article belongs to the Section C2: Dynamical Systems)
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Nearly Zero Energy Buildings: An Overview of the Main Construction Features across Europe

  • Giulia Paoletti,
  • Ramon Pascual Pascuas,
  • Roberta Pernetti and
  • Roberto Lollini

Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs) represent the backbone to achieve ambitious European goals in terms of energy efficiency and CO2 emissions reduction. As defined in the EPBD, by 31 December 2020, all of the new buildings will have to reach a targ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Decarbonization in the Building Sector: Innovating Net Zero Energy Buildings)
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2 Citations
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Subsymmetric Polynomials on Banach Spaces and Their Applications

  • Vitalii Bihun,
  • Daryna Dolishniak,
  • Viktoriia Kravtsiv and
  • Andriy Zagorodnuyk

18 November 2025

We investigate algebraic and topological properties of subsymmetric polynomials on finite- and infinite-dimensional spaces. In particular, we focus on the problem of the existence of an algebraic basis in the algebra of subsymmetric polynomials, as w...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Mathematical Analysis)
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7 February 2019

The generalized polynomials such as Chebyshev polynomial and Hermite polynomial are widely used in interpolations and numerical fittings and so on. Therefore, it is significant to study inclusion regions of the zeros for generalized polynomials. In t...

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A numerical study for the effect of crest width, breaking parameter, and trunk permeability on hydrodynamics and flow behavior in the vicinity of rubble-mound, permeable, zero-freeboard breakwaters (ZFBs) is presented. The modified two-dimensional Na...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modelling of Harbour and Coastal Structures)
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1 Citations
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Deep learning architectures generate highly effective but difficult-to-audit latent representations, creating a practical gap between predictive performance and verifiable explanations. Existing post hoc techniques often produce fragmented local attr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Advances)
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1 Citations
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Zeroes of Multifunctions with Noncompact Image Sets

  • Pavlo O. Kasyanov,
  • Liudmyla B. Levenchuk and
  • Angela V. Piatova

14 September 2023

In this article we consider zeroes for multifunctions with possibly noncompact image sets. We introduce the notion of multifunction with K-inf-compact support. We also establish three types of applications: the Bayesian approach for analysis of finan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Stability, Approximation, Control and Application)
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2 Citations
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14 Pages

28 April 2025

This paper addresses the issues related to inaccurate inspections and high costs in incoming quality control. Incoming quality control refers to the initial inspection process that verifies whether externally provided products, materials, or services...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operations Research and Optimization: Mathematical Methods and Applications)
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12 Citations
3,344 Views
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11 February 2020

In this paper, we investigate the existence of best proximity points that belong to the zero set for the α p -admissible weak ( F , φ ) -proximal contraction in the setting of M-metric spaces. For this purpose, we establish...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization with Applications)
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Zero-LUT Open-Set Plankton Classification on Edge MPSoC and GPU Platforms

  • David Sosa-Trejo,
  • Martín González-García,
  • Antonio Bandera and
  • Santiago Hernández-León

1 September 2026

Autonomous plankton monitoring needs classifiers that run on low-power edge hardware and reject out-of-distribution (OOD) inputs. Our prior in situ plankton image biomass estimation (IsPlanktonBIO) framework identifies organisms by nearest-neighbour...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Techniques in Real-Time Image Processing)
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12 Citations
2,618 Views
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Regularity in Topological Modules

  • Francisco Javier Garcia-Pacheco

13 September 2020

The framework of Functional Analysis is the theory of topological vector spaces over the real or complex field. The natural generalization of these objects are the topological modules over topological rings. Weakening the classical Functional Analysi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Analysis, Topology and Quantum Mechanics)
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30 June 2026

Background and Objectives: The HER2-low designation has emerged as a clinically actionable category in breast cancer following the approval of trastuzumab deruxtecan for HER2-low metastatic disease. However, the clinical relevance of HER2-low express...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Trends in Breast Cancer Management)
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20 Citations
8,071 Views
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A Novel Control Allocation Method for Yaw Control of Tailless Aircraft

  • Thomas R. Shearwood,
  • Mostafa R. A. Nabawy,
  • William J. Crowther and
  • Clyde Warsop

19 October 2020

Tailless aircraft without vertical stabilisers typically use drag effectors in the form of spoilers or split flaps to generate control moments in yaw. This paper introduces a novel control allocation method by which full three-axis control authority...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aircraft Modeling for Design, Simulation and Control)
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36 Citations
7,820 Views
13 Pages

30 January 2022

The evaluation of the meteorological drought is fundamental for the management of the water resource. One of the most used indices to evaluate the drought is the standardized precipitation index (SPI) due to its practicality and evaluation in a varie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Assessing Hydrological and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change)
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6 Citations
4,806 Views
30 Pages

Molecular and Supramolecular Interactions in Systems with Nitroxide-Based Radicals

  • Maria Cristina Buta,
  • Ana Maria Toader,
  • Bogdan Frecus,
  • Corneliu I. Oprea and ,
  • Fanica Cimpoesu and
  • Gabriela Ionita
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24 September 2019

Nitroxide-based radicals, having the advantage of firm chemical stability, are usable as probes in the detection of nanoscale details in the chemical environment of various multi-component systems, based on subtle variations in their electron paramag...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nano-Materials and Methods)
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2 Citations
1,692 Views
15 Pages

Recognizable Languages of k-Forcing Automata

  • Marzieh Shamsizadeh,
  • Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi,
  • Khadijeh Abolpour and
  • Manuel De la Sen

In this study, we show that automata theory is also a suitable tool for analyzing a more complex type of the k-forcing process. First, the definition of k-forcing automata is presented according to the definition of k-forcing for graphs. Moreover, we...

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15 Pages

18 April 2024

We continue the study of Terracini loci formed by x points of a variety embedded in a projective space. Our main results are a refined study of Terracini loci arising from linear projections, the description of the maximal x with a non-empty Terracin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Yang-Baxter Equations, Nonassociative Structures and Applications—In Memoriam, Stefan Papadima)
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2 October 2025

We describe all Terracini loci of Segre–Veronese varieties with at most roughly double the points of the minimal one. In this range we compute the maximum of all weights of the Terracini sets. To prove these results we use cohomological tools (...

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21 May 2026

Take a finite subset S of an n-dimensional projective space. We study the Hilbert function of the multiples mS of S, mainly when S is general or at least very general. We recall several classical conjectures on this problem, raise new open questions,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics: Feature Papers 2026)
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60 Citations
4,635 Views
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On Laplacian Eigenvalues of the Zero-Divisor Graph Associated to the Ring of Integers Modulo n

  • Bilal A. Rather,
  • Shariefuddin Pirzada,
  • Tariq A. Naikoo and
  • Yilun Shang

26 February 2021

Given a commutative ring R with identity 1≠0, let the set Z(R) denote the set of zero-divisors and let Z*(R)=Z(R)∖{0} be the set of non-zero zero-divisors of R. The zero-divisor graph of R, denoted by Γ(R), is a simple graph whose vertex set is Z*(R)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights in Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, and Number Theory)
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1 Citations
1,939 Views
13 Pages

25 September 2023

For a given a graph G, the zero forcing number of G, Z(G), is the smallest cardinality of any set S of vertices on which repeated applications of the forcing rule results in all vertices being included in S. The forcing rule is as follows: if a verte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Graph Theory and Applications)
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13 Citations
2,600 Views
14 Pages

16 October 2023

For a finite commutative ring R with identity 1≠0, the weakly zero-divisor graph of R denoted as WΓ(R) is a simple undirected graph having vertex set as a set of non-zero zero-divisors of R and two distinct vertices a and b are adjacent if a...

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2 Citations
3,351 Views
15 Pages

3 September 2018

In this paper, we present an application of Wu’s method (differential characteristic set (dchar-set) algorithm) for computing the symmetry of (partial) differential equations (PDEs) that provides a direct and systematic procedure to obtain the...

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6 Citations
8,267 Views
24 Pages

It is shown that replacing the sinusoidal chip in Golay complementary code pairs by special classes of waveforms that satisfy two conditions, symmetry/anti-symmetry and quazi-orthogonality in the convolution sense, renders the complementary codes imm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radar and Aerospace)

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