The limit of the Boussinesq system of Rayleigh-Bénard convection as the Prandtl number approaches infinity

Benard convection is studied by the asymptotic expansion methods of singular perturbation theory and the classical energy methods. For ill-prepared initial data, an exact approximating 1 solution with expansions up to any order are given and the convergence rates O（εm＋1/2）and the optimal convergence rates O（εm＋1） are obtained respectively. This improves the result of J.G. SHI.

A new four-dimensional chaotic system with first Lyapunov exponent of about 22,hyperbolic curve and circular paraboloid types of equilibria and its switching synchronization by an adaptive global integral sliding mode control

This paper presents a new four-dimensional（4 D） autonomous chaotic system which has first Lyapunov exponent of about 22 and is comparatively larger than many existing three-dimensional（3 D） and 4 D chaotic systems.The proposed system exhibits hyperbolic curve and circular paraboloid types of equilibria.The system has all zero eigenvalues for a particular case of an equilibrium point.The system has various dynamical behaviors like hyperchaotic,chaotic,periodic,and quasi-periodic.The system also exhibits coexistence of attractors.Dynamical behavior of the new system is validated using circuit implementation.Further an interesting switching synchronization phenomenon is proposed for the new chaotic system.An adaptive global integral sliding mode control is designed for the switching synchronization of the proposed system.In the switching synchronization,the synchronization is shown for the switching chaotic,stable,periodic,and hybrid synchronization behaviors.Performance of the controller designed in the paper is compared with an existing controller.

Shift, the Law of the Invention of Zero

After posing the axiom of linear algebra, the author develops how this allows the calculation of arbitrary base powers, which provides an instantaneous calculation of powers in a particular base such as base ten;first of all by developing the any base calculation of these powers, then by calculating triangles following the example of the “arithmetical” triangle of Pascal and showing how the formula of the binomial of Newton is driving the construction. The author also develops the consequences of the axiom of linear algebra for the decimal writing of numbers and the result that this provides for the calculation of infinite sums of the inverse of integers to successive powers. Then the implications of these new forms of calculation on calculator technologies, with in particular the storage of triangles which calculate powers in any base and the use of a multiplication table in a very large canonical base are discussed.

The Perturbed Problem on the Boussinesq System of Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

In this paper,the infinite Prandtl number limit of Rayleigh-B′enard convection is studied.For well prepared initial data,the convergence of solutions in L∞（0,t;H2（G）） is rigorously justified by analysis of asymptotic expansions.

Approximating Stationary Statistical Properties

It is well-known that physical laws for large chaotic dynamical systems are revealed statistically.Many times these statistical properties of the system must be approximated numerically.The main contribution of this manuscript is to provide simple and natural criterions on numerical methods (temporal and spatial discretization) that are able to capture the stationary statistical properties of the underlying dissipative chaotic dynamical systems asymptotically.The result on temporal approximation is a recent finding of the author,and the result on spatial approximation is a new one.Applications to the infinite Prandtl number model for convection and the barotropic quasi-geostrophic model are also discussed.