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Applied Mathematics 2002-2003


CORLESS, R.M.

Corless, R.M. 2002. A new view of the computational complexity of IVP for ODE. Numerical Algorithms 31: 115-124.

Corless, R.M., A. Galligo, I.S. Kotsireas, and S.M. Watt. 2002. A geometric-numeric algorithm for absolute factorization of multivariate polynomials. Proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC), July 7-10, 2002. T. Mora. New York, NY: The Association for Computing Machinery. 1. 37-45.

Corless, R.M., E. Kaltofen, and S.M. Watt. 2002. Hybrid methods. Computer Algebra Handbook . 1st ed. J. Grabmeier, E. Kaltofen, and V. Weispfenning. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 113-125.


DAVISON, M.

Davison, M., and J.S. Shiner. 2003. Many entropies, many disorders. Open Systems and Information Dynamics 10: 281-296.

Davison, M., and J.S. Shiner. 2002. Optimization in the face of contradictory criteria - the example of muscle. Journal of Non-Equilibium Thermodynamics 27 (3): 205-216.

Li, X., C. Essex, and M. Davison. 2002. Oscillation and stability of an age-structured population equation. Far East Journal of Applied Mathematics 8 (1): 13-41.


DEAKIN, A.S.

Dryden, J., A. Deakin, and F. Zok. 2002. Effect of cracks on the thermal resistance of aligned fiber composites. Journal of Applied Physics 92 (2): 1137-1142.

Mallier, R., and A.S. Deakin. 2002. A Green's function for a convertible bond using the Vasicek model. Journal of Applied Mathematics 2 (5): 219-232.


ELIAS, V.

Ahmady, M.R., F.A. Chishtie, V. Elias, A.H. Fariborz, D.G.C. McKeon, T.N. Sherry, A. Squires, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Optimal renormalization-group improvement of the perturbative series for the e+e- annihilation cross section. Physical Review D 67 (034017): 1-6.

Ahmady, M.R., F.A. Chishtie, V. Elias, A.H. Fariborz, D.G.C. McKeon, T.N. Sherry, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Padé/renormalization-group improvement of inclusive semileptonic B decay rates. Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 115: 82-84.

Ahmady, M.R., F.A. Chishtie, V. Elias, A.H. Fariborz, D.G.C. McKeon, T.N. Sherry, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Renormalization-Mass Scale Dependence in QCD Contributions to Semileptonic b -> u Decay. Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl) 115: 85-88.

Ahmady, M.R., V. Elias, D.G.C. McKeon, A. Squires, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Renormalization-group improvement of effective actions beyond summation of leading logarithms. Nuclear Physics B 655: 221-249.

Elias, V., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2003. Vanishing of the bare coupling in four dimensions. International Journal of Modern Physics A 18 (13): 2395-2401.


ESSEX, C.

Andresen, B., and C. Essex. 2003. Finite-time thermodynamic optimization of mitochondrial chemistry and fuel cells. Proceedings of ECOS 2003, 16th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Simulation, and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. N.E.B. Houbak, B. Qvale, and M.J. Moran. Denmark: IKON Document Services, Denmark. 2. 1247-1253.

Li, X., C. Essex, and M. Davison. 2002. Oscillation and stability of an age-structured population equation. Far East Journal of Applied Mathematics 8 (1): 13-41.

McKitrick, R., and C. Essex. 2002. Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming. First ed. Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books. 320 pp. 2002 Donner Book Prize (1 of 3 winners out of 75 nominees).

Yao, W., P. Yu, and C. Essex. 2002. Estimation of chaotic parameter regimes via generalized competitive mode approach. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 7: 197-205.


KUZMIN, S.V.

Kuzmin, S.V., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2002. Stueckelberg mechanism for antisymmetric tensor fields. Canadian Journal of Physics 80: 767-779.

Kuzmin, S.V., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2002. The supersymmetric Stueckelberg mass and overcoming the Fayet-Iliopoulos mechanism for breaking supersymmetry. Modern Physics Letters A 17 (40): 2605-2609.


MALLIER, R.

Alobaidi, G., and R. Mallier. 2002. Using Monte Carlo methods to evaluate sub-optimal exercise policies for American options. Serdica Mathematical Journal 28 (3): 207-218.

Mallier, R. 2003. A non-resonant triad on a mixing layer. Fluid Dynamics Research 32: 45-60.

Mallier, R., and A.S. Deakin. 2002. A Green's function for a convertible bond using the Vasicek model. Journal of Applied Mathematics 2 (5): 219-232.

Mallier, R., and M. Haslam. 2003. Modal interactions in a Bickley jet: comparison of theory with direct numerical simulation. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 62: 109-115.


MCKEON, D.G.C.

Ahmady, M.R., F.A. Chishtie, V. Elias, A.H. Fariborz, D.G.C. McKeon, T.N. Sherry, A. Squires, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Optimal renormalization-group improvement of the perturbative series for the e+e- annihilation cross section. Physical Review D 67 (034017): 1-6.

Ahmady, M.R., F.A. Chishtie, V. Elias, A.H. Fariborz, D.G.C. McKeon, T.N. Sherry, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Padé/renormalization-group improvement of inclusive semileptonic B decay rates. Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 115: 82-84.

Ahmady, M.R., F.A. Chishtie, V. Elias, A.H. Fariborz, D.G.C. McKeon, T.N. Sherry, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Renormalization-Mass Scale Dependence in QCD Contributions to Semileptonic b -> u Decay. Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl) 115: 85-88.

Ahmady, M.R., V. Elias, D.G.C. McKeon, A. Squires, and T.G. Steele. 2003. Renormalization-group improvement of effective actions beyond summation of leading logarithms. Nuclear Physics B 655: 221-249.

Brandt, F.T., A. Das, J. Frenkel, D.G.C. McKeon, and J.C. Taylor. 2002. Transport equation and hard thermal loops in non commutative Yang-Mills theory. Physical Review D 66 (045011): 1-8.

Brandt, F.T., J. Frenkel, and D.G.C. McKeon. 2002. Hard thermal effects in noncommutative U(N) Yang-Mills theory. Physical Review D 65 (125029): 1-12.

Elias, V., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2003. Vanishing of the bare coupling in four dimensions. International Journal of Modern Physics A 18 (13): 2395-2401.

Gagné-Portelance, M.-P., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2002. A supersymmetric model in three dimensions with two scalar fields. Canadian Journal of Physics 80: 1085-1091.

Kuzmin, S.V., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2002. Stueckelberg mechanism for antisymmetric tensor fields. Canadian Journal of Physics 80: 767-779.

Kuzmin, S.V., and D.G.C. McKeon. 2002. The supersymmetric Stueckelberg mass and overcoming the Fayet-Iliopoulos mechanism for breaking supersymmetry. Modern Physics Letters A 17 (40): 2605-2609.

McKeon, D.G.C. 2002. Observations on a U(1) x U(1) vector theory. International Journal of Modern Physics A 17 (16): 2211-2217.

McKeon, D.G.C. 2002. Supersymmetry on the Surface S2. Modern Physics Letters A 17 (39): 2545-2552.

McKeon, D.G.C., and A. Rebhan. 2003. Renormalization group summation and the free energy of hot QCD. Physical Review D 67 (027701): 1-4.

McKeon, D.G.C., and G. Van Leeuwen. 2002. The Dirac equation in a pseudoscalar Coulomb potential. Modern Physics Letters A 17 (30): 1961-1963.


MIRANSKY, V.A.

Gorbar, E.V., V.P. Gusynin, V.A. Miransky, and I.A. Shovkovy. 2003. Fractal structure of the effective action in (quasi) planar models with long-range interactions. Physics Letters A 313: 472-477.

Gorbar, E.V., V.P. Gusynin, V.A. Miransky, and I.A. Shovkovy. 2002. Magnetic field driven metal-insulator phase transition in planar systems. Physical Review B 66 (045108): 1-22.

Gusynin, V.P., V.A. Miransky, and I.A. Shovkovy. 2003. Large N dynamics in QED in a magnetic field. Physical Review D 67 (107703): 1-4.

Miransky, V.A., and I.A. Shovkovy. 2002. Magnetic catalysis and anisotropic confinement in QCD. Physical Review D 66 (045006): 1-9.


MÜSER, M.H.

Aichele, M., and M.H. Müser. 2003. Kinetic friction and atomistic instabilities in boundary-lubricated systems. Physical Review E 68 (016125): 1-14.

Kreer, T., K. Binder, and M.H. Müser. 2003. Friction between polymer brushes in good solvent conditions: steady-state sliding versus transient behavior. Langmuir 19: 7551-7559.

Kreer, T., and M.H. Müser. 2003. On the tribology and rheology of polymer brushes in good solvent conditions: a molecular dynamics study. WEAR 254: 827-831.

Kreer, T., M.H. Müser, and K. Binder. 2002. Frictional drag between polymer bearing surfaces. Computer Physics Communications 147: 358-361.

Müser, M.H. 2002. Atomistic Simulations of Solid Friction. Bridging Time Scales : Molecular Simulations for the Next Decade. Lecture Notes in Physics. P. Nielaba, G. Ciccotti, and M. Mareschal. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 289-317.

Müser, M.H. 2003. Der mikroskopische Ursprung der Reibung. Physik Journal 2 (9): 43-48.

Müser, M.H. 2002. Nature of mechanical instabilities and their effect on kinetic friction. Physical Review Letters 89 (22): 224301: 1-4.

Müser, M.H. 2002. On new efficient algorithms for PIMC and PIMD. Computer Physics Communications 147: 83-86.

Müser, M.H., M. Urbakh, and M.O. Robbins. 2003. Statistical mechanics of static and low-velocity kinetic friction. Advances in Chemical Physics, Vol 126. I. Prigogine, and S.A. Rice. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 187-272.


REESOR, R.M.

McLeish, D.L., and R.M. Reesor. 2003. Risk, entropy, and the transformation of distributions. North American Actuarial Journal 7 (2): 128-144.


SULLIVAN, P.J.

Schopflocher, T.P., and P.J. Sullivan. 2002. A mixture model for the PDF of a diffusing scalar in a turbulent flow. Atmospheric Environment 36: 4405-4417.


TALMAN, J.D.

Talman, J.D. 2003. Numerical methods for multicenter integrals for numerically defined basis functions applied in molecular calculations. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 93: 72-90.

Talman, J.D., and R. Yan. 2003. Molecular orbital calculations with numerically optimized atomic orbital bases. Fundamental World of Quantum Chemistry, Vol. 1. E.J. Brändas, and E.S. Kryachko. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 317-334.


WAHL, L.M.

Heffernan, J.M., and L.M. Wahl. 2002. The effects of genetic drift in experimental evolution. Theoretical Population Biology 62: 349-356.

Wahl, L.M. 2002. The division of labor: genotypic versus phenotypic specialization. The American Naturalist 160 (1): 135-145.

Wahl, L.M. 2002. Evolving the division of labour: generalists, specialists and task allocation. Journal of Theoretical Biology 219: 371-388.

Wahl, L.M., P.H. Gerrish, and I. Saika-Voivod. 2002. Evaluating the impact of population bottlenecks in experimental evolution. Genetics 162: 961-971.


YU, P.

Fraser, B., P. Yu, and T. Lookman. 2002. Steps towards improving the security of chaotic encryption. Physical Review E 66 (017202): 1-4.

Yao, W., P. Yu, and C. Essex. 2002. Estimation of chaotic parameter regimes via generalized competitive mode approach. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 7: 197-205.

Yu, P. 2002. Computation of the simplest normal forms with perturbation parameters based on Lie transform and rescaling. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 144: 359-373.

Yu, P. 2003. A simple and efficient method for computing center manifold and normal forms associated with semi-simple cases. Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems Series B: Applications and Algorithms 10: 273-286.

Yu, P., and A.Y.T. Leung. 2003. A perturbation method for computing the simplest normal forms of dynamical systems. Journal of Sound and Vibration 261: 123-151.

Yu, P., and A.Y.T. Leung. 2003. The simplest normal form of Hopf bifurcation. Nonlinearity 16: 277-300.

Yu, P., and Y. Yuan. 2003. An efficient method for computing the simplest normal forms of vector fields. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 13 (1): 19-46.

Yu, P., and Y. Yuan. 2003. A matching pursuit technique for computing the simplest normal forms of vector fields. Journal of Symbolic Computation 35: 591-615.


ZAMIR, M.

Gössi, M., M. Rosol, N.M. Malyar, L.A. Fitzpatrick, P.E. Beighley, M. Zamir, and E.L. Ritman. 2003. Functional anatomy and hemodynamic characteristics of vasa vasorum in the walls of porcine coronary arteries. The Anatomical Record 272A: 526-537.

Riedel, C.H., S.C. Chuah, M. Zamir, and E.L. Ritman. 2002. Accurate segmentation for quantitative analysis of vascular trees in 3D micro-CT images. Proceedings of the SPIE, Medical Imaging 2002, Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, February 26-28, 2002. Bellingham, Washington: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. 4683. 256-265.