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Experimental Results about MPI Collective Communication Operations

Collective communication performance is critical in a number of MPI applications. In this paper we focus on two widely used primitives, broadcast and reduce, and present experimental results obtained on a cluster of PC connected by Myrinet. We compare the performance of the MPICH primitives…

On the numerical inversion of the Laplace transform for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance relaxometry

In this paper we study several different methods both deterministic and stochastic to solve the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxometry problem. This problem is strongly related to finding a non-negative function given a finite number of values of its Laplace transform embedded in noise. Some…

Swapping 2 × 2 blocks in the Schur and generalized Schur form

In this paper we describe how to swap two 2 × 2 blocks in a real Schur form and a generalized real Schur form. We pay special attention to the numerical stability of the method. We also illustrate the stability of our approach by a series of numerical tests.

Optimal bounds for solutions to Neumann problems in limiting cases

A priori estimates for solutions to homogeneous Neumann problems for uniformly elliptic equa- tions in open subsets \Omega­ of IR^n are established when the datum on right-hand side is in the limiting space L^{n/2}(\Omega), or, more generally, in the Lorentz spaces L^{n/2, q}(\Omega). These…

Accelerated lattice Boltzmann scheme for steady-state flows

Convergence rate of Markov chains and hybrid numerical schemes to jump-diffusions with application to the Bates model

We study the rate of weak convergence of Markov chains to diffusion processes under quite general assumptions. We give an example in the financial framework, applying the convergence analysis to a multiple jumps tree approximation of the CIR process. Then, we combine the Markov chain approach with…

Two-dimensional performance of MIPAS observation modes in the upper-troposphere/lower-stratosphere

Keratoconus Staging: A Computer-Assisted Ultrabiomicroscopic Method Compared With Videokeratographic Analysis

Geometric Numerical Integration in Ecological Modelling

A major neglected weakness of many ecological models is the numerical method used to solve the governing systems of differential equations. Indeed, the discrete dynamics described by numerical integrators can provide spurious solution of the corresponding continuous model. The approach represented…

Impairment of circulating endothelial progenitors in Down syndrome

Background: Pathological angiogenesis represents a critical issue in the progression of many diseases. Down syndrome is postulated to be a systemic anti-angiogenesis disease model, possibly due to increased expression of anti-angiogenic regulators on chromosome 21. The aim of our study was to…