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The complement a of a set a contains all those elements of the algebra not in a. The element e is the set containing all elements belonging to any set of the algebra. Under the operation of intersection, it acts as the identity element. The element O is called the null or empty set. 

The abstract model s Connector is realized as the pair of links sinks and source. A Connector exists for each non-empty set of sinks its ports are the linked SourcePort and Sink-Port. 

In such situations where empty conjunctions of focal elements are present e.g., L3 n (Li U L2) = 0), a renormalization is carried over the complete total mass not assigned to the empty set. The normalized belief function of previous... 

The Dempser s rule of combination is often open to criticism since it entails two drawbacks. On the one hand, it has the effect of masking the aspect of conflict of the sources in question. Hence, there is a loss of information. On the other hand, when the conflict is great, renormalization may lead to counterintuitive results [20]. To solve this problem, several other combination rules have been defined and they often differ by the way the mass of evidence of an empty intersection is allocated. The choice of the combination rule reflects the interpretation of the mass allocated to the empty set. 

For example, the Smets combination rule assumes that the sources are reliable and that the conflict between them can stem only from one or more hypotheses not having been taken into account in the frame of discernment [27]. In other words, this combination rule consists to assign the conflicting mass to the empty set, which is interpreted as a reject class. 

All sets in this universe, including U and the null or empty set 0, are subsets of U. A subset A is typically written as, for example,... 

Plane of symmetry. If a plane can be placed in space such that for every atom of the molecule not in the plane there is an identical atom (which is to say, the same atomic number and isotope) on the other side of the plane at equal distance from it (i.e., a mirror image ), the molecule is said to possess a plane of symmetry. The Greek letter o is often used to represent both the plane of symmetry and the operation of mirror reflection that it performs. An example of a molecule possessing a plane of symmetry is methylcyclobutane, as illustrated in Figure B.l. Note that a planar molecule always has at least one ct, since tire plane of tire molecule satisfies the above symmetry criterion in a trivial way (the set of reflected atoms is the empty set). Note also that if we choose a Cartesian coordinate system in such a way tliat two of the Cartesian axes lie in the symmetry plane, say x and y, then for every atom found at position (x,y,z) where z there must be an identical atom at position (x,y,—z). 

This I(S) is always defined when there is at least one distribution for which. S is true but it need not be finite. Thus, if the domain of definition of. S is the set of probability densities p(x) on the whole x axis, a trivial 5 (i.e., true for every p(x)) and also an S which merely gives the value of the first moment, has I(S) = — oo. On the other hand, if S states that the second moment is close to zero, /( S ) is very large, and I(S) -> + oo as this moment approaches zero. Of course there is no p(x) having a zero second moment (only a point distribution, which is not a p(x)). Thus it might seem natural to define I(S) as + oo when S defines an empty set. Then every S without exception has a unique I(S). 

A formal definition is the following an (r, g)ge -polycycle is a non-empty 2-connected map on surface S with faces partitioned in two non-empty sets F and F2, so that it holds that ... 

A drawback of the gamut-constraint method is that it may fail to find an estimate of the illuminant. This may happen if the resulting intersected convex hull A4n is the empty set. Therefore, care must be taken not to produce an empty intersection. There are several ways to address this problem. One possibility would be to iteratively compute the intersection by considering all of the vertices of the observed gamut in turn. If, as a result of the intersection, the intersected hull should become empty, the vertex is discarded and we continue with the last nonempty hull. Another possibility would be to increase the size of the two convex hulls that are about to be intersected. If the intersection should become empty, the size of both hulls is increased such that the intersection is nonempty. A simple implementation would be to scale each of the two convex hulls by a certain amount. If the intersection is still empty, we again increase the size of both hulls by a small amount. 

In our description of an equilibrium situation, we introduce the concept of an empty set of nuclei, A0, which enables us to write a general scheme for the reactions involved ... 

In order to make the notation self-consistent, we assume that all quantities which refer to empty sets of nuclei are set to (scalar) unity. 

For purely intramolecular equilibria the system of differential equations (72) is already linear and the procedure described above transforms the system into the form of equation (104) exactly without any approximations. For such equilibria further simplification of equations (72) and (104) is possible by deleting all those quantities which refer to empty sets of nuclei. 

Notice that the Neel state belongs to this space, n) = F I n), where 0 stands for the empty set. 

Check if the disjunction Cfll is an empty set. If this condition is not satisfied the problem is not solvable and has to be reformula.ted. 

Fig. 3. The relative position of molecular orbital energies in regular octahedral MX, and tetrahedral MX, complexes. The arrangement is known from the M.O. interpretation of electron transfer spectra. The relative distances to the two highest empty sets of orbitals is underestimated, it may be much larger.

A topology on a set X is a collection of subsets (closed sets), including X and the empty set, such that finite unions and arbitrary intersections of closed sets are closed. The complements of closed sets are called open. The closure of a subset is the smallest closed set containing it. A subset with closure X is... 

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