Newton's Easy Quadratures ``Omitted for the Sake of Brevity'

In the 1687 Principia, Newton gave a solution to the direct problem (given the orbit and center of force, find the central force) for a conic-section with a focal center of force (answer: a reciprocal square force) and for a spiral orbit with a polar center of force (answer: a reciprocal cube force). He did not, however, give solutions for the two corresponding inverse problems (given the force and center of force, find the orbit). He gave a cryptic solution to the inverse problem of a reciprocal cube force, but offered no solution for the reciprocal square force. Some take this omission as an indication that Newton could not solve the reciprocal square, for, they ask, why else would he not select this important problem? Others claim that ``it is child's play' for him, as evidenced by his 1671 catalogue of quadratures (tables of integrals). The answer to that question is obscured for all who attempt to work through Newton's published solution of the reciprocal cube force because it is done in the synthetic geometric style of the 1687 Principia rather than in the analytic algebraic style that Newton employed until 1671. In response to a request from David Gregory in 1694, however, Newton produced an analytic version of the body of the proof, but one which still had a geometric conclusion. Newton's charge is to find both ``the orbit' and ``the time in orbit.' In the determination of the dependence of the time on orbital position, t(r), Newton evaluated an integral of the form ∫dx/x <sup>n</sup> to calculate a finite algebraic equation for the area swept out as a function of the radius, but he did not write out the analytic expression for time t = t(r), even though he knew that the time t is proportional to that area. In the determination of the orbit, θ (r), Newton obtained an integral of the form ∫dx/√(1−x<sup>2</sup>) for the area that is proportional to the angle θ, an integral he had shown in his 1669 On Analysis by Infinite Equations to be equal to the arcsin(x). Since the solution must therefore contain a transcendental function, he knew that a finite algebraic solution for θ=θ(r) did not exist for ``the orbit' as it had for ``the time in orbit.' In contrast to these two solutions for the inverse cube force, however, it is not possible in the inverse square solution to generate a finite algebraic expression for either ``the orbit' or ``the time in orbit.' In fact, in Lemma 28, Newton offers a demonstration that the area of an ellipse cannot be given by a finite equation. I claim that the limitation of Lemma 28 forces Newton to reject the inverse square force as an example and to choose instead the reciprocal cube force as his example in Proposition 41. (Received August 14, 2002) Published online March 26, 2003 Communicated by G. Smith     

学习毛泽东的思想政治工作艺术

毛泽东的思想政治工作艺术其本质是对思想政治工作的一种艺术掌握方式,是目的性和工具性的统一。毛泽东丰富多彩的思想政治工作艺术在当今时代仍然具有生命力,它是新形势下思想政治工作改进和创新的重要方法借鉴。     

一阶非线性非完整系统的改进的Routh方程

导出了一阶非线性非完整系统的改进的Ｒｏｕｔｈ方程并举例说明其应用，从而提供了建立非完整系统的运动微分方程的一种新方法。该方程的特点在于其第一组方程中只包含系统的独立的广义动量，而第二组方程中不包含任何广义动量。同时，本文结果也是对黄昭度先生的“改进的Ｒｏｕｔｈ方程”一文中的某些错误的修正。     

A High Speed Detection Scheme for Point Targets in a Multitarget Environment

The purpose of this paper is to develop a high speed detection scheme for moving and / or stationary point targets in a multitarget environment as registered in an IR image sequence. An iterative approximate 3-D line searching algorithm based upon the geometric representation of lines (for non-maneuvering targets in space) in a 3-D space is derived. The convergency of the algorithm is proved. An analysis is performed of the theoretical detection performance of the algorithm. The statistical experiment results show high effectiveness and computational efficiency of the algorithm in the case of low SNR. The idea may be employed to satisfy the real-time processing requirement of an IR system.     

STABILITY CRITERIA FOR A CLASS OF UNCERTAINSYSTEMS WITH TIME—DELAY

Some stability criteria are obtained for a class of uncertain systems with time-delay usingLyapunov functional and analytic techniques. It is easy to check the criteria by making use of theboundedness of the uncertainties.     

写大事抒大情言大理－－试论梁衡的政治散文

当今散的总体格局是多元而琐碎，繁茂而芜杂，贴近生活而缺乏超越，思路活泛而气魄不足。梁衡的政治散却以其题材的大，气魄的雄，以及思考的远和开拓的深，引起散界的瞩目。     

心理治疗还是药物治疗

心理治疗与药物治疗是精神病领域的两种治疗模式。心理治疗模式认为，个体精神状况正常与否主要受情绪、人格等心理因素影响，精神疾病由后天环境和生活经历所致；药物治疗模式则认为，精神病及各类神经症都有其生理基础，大脑机能的缺陷是导致精神疾病的主要原因，因此主张用药物进行治疗。尽管两者在精神病治疗中都有自己的优势与不足，但是在科学一统天下的今天，生物学模式似乎成了治疗的主流。要想最终解决心理治疗与药物治疗之争，科学预测精神病治疗的未来及新世纪心理治疗的命运，必须首先解决：（1）心理学的学科体系问题；（2）精神疾病的界定问题以及（3）心身关系问题。     

Technical Notes ：STUDIES ON THE VALUE OF SECONDARY MARKET TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN

This paper investigates the impact of a secondary market, where retailers can buy and sell excessinventories, on the supply chain. We develop a two-period model with a single manufacturer and tworetailers. At the beginning of the first period the retailers order and receive products from themanufacturer, but at the beginning of the second period, they can trade surplus products betweenthemselves in the secondary market. We investigate the impact of the correlated dependence ofretailers' demand on both the quantity effect and the allocation effect under the secondary market.Lastly,we study potential strategies for the manufacturer to increase sales with the existence of thesecondary market.     

基于弯曲路径的复杂温度场重建算法仿真研究

以最小二乘法温度场图像重建算法为基础以费尔马定理为依据，对声学法工业炉温度场检测中由于声波传播路径弯曲对温度场重建所产生的影响进行了研究，给出一种实现声波路径弯曲补偿的复杂温度场重建算法，通过仿真，考察了该算法对不同温度场分布函数的重建效果，结果表明：该算法不但可实现声波路径弯曲的补偿，而且可同时进行温度场的重建，具有较高的重建精度。     

FROM MANUFACTURING SCHEDULING TO SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION：THE CONTROL OF COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY

With time-based competition and rapid technology advancements, effective manufacturingscheduling and supply chain coordination are critical to quickly respond to changing marketconditions. These problems, however, are difficult in view of inherent complexity and variousuncertainties involved. Based on a series of results by the authors, decomposition and coordination byusing Lagrangian relaxation is identified in this paper as an effective way to control complexity anduncertainty.A manufacturing scheduling problem is first formulated within the job shop context withuncertain order arrivals, processing times, due dates, and part priorities as a separable optimizationproblem. A solution methodology that combines Lagrangian relaxation, stochastic dynamicprogramming, and heuristics is developed. Method improvements to effectively solve large problemsare also highlighted. To extend manufacturing scheduling within a factory to coordinate autonomicmembers across chains of suppliers, a decentralized supply chai