The VonNeumann bottleneck year 2007 url http aws.linnbenton.edu cs271c markgrj accessdate August 24, 2011 ref The design of a VonNeumannarchitecture is simpler than the more modern Harvard architecture ... as the vonNeumannarchitecture . In the 1953 publication Faster than Thought A Symposium on Digital ... of Mr. F. M. Colebrook. blockquote Early vonNeumannarchitecture computers The First Draft ... eu Von Neumannen arkitektura fa fr Architecture de vonNeumann ko hr Von ...Von in VonNeumann is properly capitalized by English style convention. See discussion The term VonNeumannarchitecture , aka the VonNeumann model , derives from a computer architecture proposal by the mathematician and early computer scientist John vonNeumann and others, dated June 30, 1945, entitled ... , and input and output mechanisms. ref name FirstDraftReport Harvnb vonNeumann 1945 ref ref name ... a common Bus computing bus . This is referred to as the VonNeumann bottleneck VonNeumann ... one form of self modifying code that has remained popular. There are drawbacks to the VonNeumann design. Aside from the VonNeumann bottleneck described below, program modifications can be quite ... archivedate June 1, 2008 ref John vonNeumann became acquainted with Turing when he was a visiting ... were not aware of Turing s work. VonNeumann was involved in the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos ... vonNeumann s name on it, to the consternation of Eckert and Mauchly. ref Harvnb Copeland 2006 p 113 ref The paper was read by dozens of vonNeumann s colleagues in America and Europe, and influenced the next round of computer designs. VonNeumann was, then, not alone in putting forward the idea ..., to refer to electronic stored program digital computers as vonNeumann machines . ref Citation last ... ACE accessdate 27 January 2010 ref His Los Alamos colleague Stan Frankel said of vonNeumann s regard for Turing s ideas quote I know that in or about 1943 or 44 vonNeumann was well aware of the fundamental ... more details
John vonNeumann 1903 1957 was a Hungarian American mathematician. VonNeumann may also refer to VonNeumann crater , a lunar impact crater vonNeumann surname , a German surname See also VonNeumann algebra VonNeumannarchitectureVonNeumann conjecture VonNeumann entropy VonNeumann machine disambiguation VonNeumann neighborhood VonNeumann universe disambig de VonNeumann it VonNeumann ... more details
VonNeumann machine may refer to . VonNeumannarchitecture , a conceptual model of a computer architecture The IAS machine , a computer designed in the 1940s based on von Neuman s design Self replicating machine s, a class of machines that can replicate themselves Universal Constructor s, self replicating cellular automata VonNeumann probe s, hypothetical space probes capable of self replication Nanorobotics Nanorobots capable of self replication disambig de VonNeumann Maschine it Macchina di vonNeumann he ru ... more details
a vicious cycle where the long standing emphasis on vonNeumann languages has continued the primacy of the vonNeumann computer architecture, and dependency on it has made non vonNeumann languages uneconomical ...Multiple issues context October 2009 original research August 2010 one source August 2010 A vonNeumann language is any of those programming language s that are high level abstract isomorphism isomorphic copies of vonNeumannarchitecture s Citation needed date August 2010 . As of 2009, most current programming languages fit into this description, likely as a consequence of the extensive domination of the vonNeumann computer architecture during the past 50 years Citation needed date August 2010 . The differences between Fortran , C programming language C , and even Java programming language Java , although considerable, are ultimately constrained by all three being based on the programming style of the vonNeumann computer Citation needed date August 2010 . If, for example, Java objects were all executed in parallel with asynchronous message passing and attribute based declarative addressing, then Java would not be in the group. The isomorphism between vonNeumann programming languages and architectures is in the following manner program variables computer storage cells control statements computer test and jump instructions assignment statements fetching, storing instructions expressions memory reference and arithmetic instructions Criticism Using a metaphor from John Backus , assignment statements in vonNeumann languages split programming into two worlds. The first world consists ... vonNeumann languages has deprived computer designers of the motivation and the intellectual foundation ... builders backus3.html IBM Archives John Backus ref Some examples of non vonNeumann languages ... from the vonNeumann Style? DEFAULTSORT VonNeumann Programming Languages Category Programming language classification prog lang stub es Lenguajes de programaci n VonNeumann ... more details
22824 vonNeumann is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1301.7531867 days 3.56 years . ref name JP Small body Database Browser cite web url http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 22824 title JPL Small Body Database Browser accessdate 2008 05 18 publisher NASA ref The asteroid was discovered on September 12, 1999, and is named after Hungarian and U.S. mathematician John vonNeumann John Ludwig vonNeumann . References Reflist MinorPlanets Navigator 22823 1999 RN38 22825 1999 RO39 MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT VonNeumann Category Main Belt asteroids Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1999 Beltasteroid stub it 22824 vonNeumann hu 22824 vonNeumann pl 22824 vonNeumann pt 22824 vonNeumann uk 22824 vi 22824 vonNeumann yo 22824 vonNeumann ... more details
Do not add the lowercase template to this article. Von in vonNeumann is properly capitalized when it begins a sentence or an article title. In cellular automata , the vonNeumann neighborhood comprises the four cells orthogonally surrounding a central cell on a two dimensional square lattice . The neighborhood is named after John vonNeumann , who used it for vonNeumann cellular automata his pioneering cellular automata including the vonNeumann Universal Constructor Universal Constructor . It is one of the two most commonly used neighborhood types, the other one being the 8 cell Moore neighborhood . It is similar to the notion of 4 connected neighborhood 4 connected pixel s in computer graphics . The concept can be extended to higher dimensions, for example forming a 6 cell octahedron octahedral neighborhood for a cubic cellular automaton in three dimensions. The vonNeumann neighbourhood of a point is the set of points at a Manhattan distance of 1. vonNeumann neighborhood of range r An extension of the simple vonNeumann neighborhood described above is to take the set of points at a Manhattan distance of r 1 . This results in a diamond shaped region the MathWorld link below has a nice diagram of what such neighborhoods look like. These are called vonNeumann neighborhoods of range or extent r . File Vierer Nachbarschaft.png right thumb Manhattan distance r 1 File Manhattan Nachbarschaft.png right thumb Manhattan distance r 2 See also Neighbourhood graph theory Taxicab geometry Lattice graph Pixel connectivity References mathworld urlname vonNeumannNeighborhood title vonNeumann Neighborhood Tyler, Tim, http cell auto.com neighbourhood vn The vonNeumann neighborhood at http cell auto.com cell auto.com Category Cellular automata math stub de VonNeumann Nachbarschaft pl S siedztwo von Neumanna ... more details
In mathematics , a vonNeumann regular ring is a ring mathematics ring R such that for every a in R there exists ... determined by a . VonNeumann regular rings were introduced by harvs txt authorlink John vonNeumann last vonNeumann year 1936 under the name of regular rings , during his study of vonNeumann ... algebra are unrelated to vonNeumann regular rings. An element a of a general ring is sometimes called a vonNeumann regular element if there exists an x such that a axa , and an ideal math mathfrak ... i math such that a axa is called a vonNeumann regular ideal . Examples Every field mathematics field and every skew field is vonNeumann regular for a 0 we can take x a sup   1 sup . An integral domain is vonNeumann regular if and only if it is a field. Another example of a vonNeumann regular ... r &0 0 &0 end pmatrix V A. math The ring of affiliated operator s of a finite vonNeumann algebra is von ... Boolean ring is vonNeumann regular. Facts The following statements are equivalent for the ring R R is vonNeumann regular every principal ideal principal left ideal is generated by an idempotent every ... vonNeumann regular. In a commutative vonNeumann regular ring, for each element x there is a unique ... . The following statements are equivalent for the commutative ring R R is vonNeumann regular R has ... ring A math R A nil A math is vonNeumann regular. The spectrum of a ring spectrum of R is Hausdorff ... Spec A math coincide. Every semisimple ring is vonNeumann regular, and a left or right Noetherian ring Noetherian vonNeumann regular ring is semisimple. Every vonNeumann regular ring has Jacobson radical ... M is vonNeumann regular. In particular, every semisimple ring is vonNeumann regular. Generalizations and specializations Special types of vonNeumann regular rings include unit regular rings and strongly vonNeumann regular rings and rank ring s. A ring R is called unit regular if for every a in R ... rings are directly finite ring s. An ordinary vonNeumann regular ring need not be directly finite ... more details
Baron Philipp vonNeumann lang de Philipp Roger Franz Freiherr vonNeumann , lang en Philipp Roger Francis Baron de Neumann 4 December 1781 ref According to the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums sterreich he was born in 1778. ref &ndash 14 January 1851 was an Austria n diplomat. Birth and family Neumann was born in Brussels then in the Austrian Netherlands , ref According to the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums sterreich he was born in Vienna. ref the son of Carl vonNeumann an official in the Habsburg administration and his wife Marie Ducpetiaux. Nothing is known of his education, but, since ... was General major Maximillian Ritter vonNeumann c1778 1846 . Diplomatic career Neumann began ... to Paris where Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich was Austrian ambassador. Later Neumann .... Notes reflist References Neumann, Philipp von. The Diary of Philipp vonNeumann . Edited by E. Beresford ... . NAME Neumann, Philipp von ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 4 December 1781 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 14 January 1851 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Neumann, Philipp von Category ... Neumann served as charg d affaires in his absence. Neumann s activity was regarded as notable ... of the rate of exchange. In 1824 Neumann took part in the negotiations between Portugal and Brazil .... In December 1826 Neumann was sent to Brazil to negotiate the marriage of Pedro s daughter Maria II ... carried on at Vienna . In December 1829 Neumann conducted the Treaty of Commerce between Austria ... sterreich , XX, 291. ref In 1844 Neumann became Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary ... December 1844 Neumann married Lady Charlotte Augusta Frederica Somerset 1816 1850 , eldest daughter ... at St George s, Hanover Square , Hanover Square officiated by Dr. Gerald Wellesley . Neumann and Lady .... Neumann died less than four months later on 14 January 1851 in Brussels. Neumann is buried in the Duke ... church. Honours Neumann was a Commander of the Austrian Order of Leopold, Commander of the Portuguese ... more details
In mathematics , vonNeumann s trace inequality , named after its originator John vonNeumann , states that for any n   ×   n complex matrices A ,  B with singular value s math alpha 1 ge alpha 2 ge cdots ge alpha n math and math beta 1 ge beta 2 ge cdots ge beta n math respectively, math left mathrm trace AB right le sum i 1 n alpha i beta i. math See Trace linear algebra . References Citation last1 Mirsky first1 L. authorlink Leon Mirsky title A trace inequality of John vonNeumann doi 10.1007 BF01647331 id MathSciNet id 0371930 year 1975 journal Monatsh. Math. volume 79 issue 4 pages 303 306 External links Darren Rhea, http www.drhea.net wp content uploads 2011 11 vonNeumann.pdf vonNeumann s Trace Inequality pdf proof Category Inequalities Category Matrix theory Linear algebra stub ... more details
Refimprove date March 2007 File Heinrich Neumannvon H th rs.jpg thumb right Heinrich Neumannvon H th rs Image Caf Landtmann Gedenktafel von H th rs, Vienna.jpg right thumb Memorial plaque for Heinrich Neumannvon H th rs at the Caf Landtmann in Vienna br Translated, the plaque reads In this house lived, and treated his patients, univ ersity prof essor Dr. Heinrich Neumannvon H th rs 1873 1939 . World famous as an oto laryngologist, he treated the most powerful of his times as well as the poorest who needed his help. With this conscience he defended the rescue of his Jewish brethren from Austria at the Conference of Evian in 1938. Heinrich Neumannvon H th rs from 1913 to 1919 Heinrich Neumann Ritter von H th rs ref He had been created a Ritter a hereditary title of nobility , but titles of nobility were abolished in Austria in 1919. Although de noble particle von was abolished as well, it was kept as a distinguishing mark to his otherwise very common name, the meaning now being from H thars where he was born , instead of a noble of H thars. His son used the von while living in a foreign ... Hitler was suffering from. Prof. Dr. vonNeumann, as he was by then known, refused to consider Hitler s case, and after the Anschluss was imprisoned as a Jew. His son, Johnny vonNeumann not to be confused with John vonNeumann the mathematician , became a well known racing driver on the west coast of the US as well as entrepreneur. Work Neumann was particularly recognized for his works on painless ... s novel The Mission novel The Mission 1965 . Life Heinrich Neumann studied at the University of Vienna ... of infections of the middle ear, equilibrium, and otosclerosis. Neumann devised a new and life ... after him is Neumann s Method which is a manner to apply local anaesthesia of the middle ear and the mastoid ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Neumann, Heinrich ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1873 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1939 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Neumann, Heinrich ... more details
Do not add the lowercase template to this article. Von in vonNeumann is properly capitalized when it begins a sentence or an article title. In mathematics , a vonNeumann algebra or W algebra is a star ... vonNeumann , motivated by his study of operator theory single operator s, group representations , ergodic theory and quantum mechanics . His vonNeumann double commutant theorem double commutant theorem ... algebraic definition as an algebra of symmetries. Two basic examples of vonNeumann algebras ... line is a commutative vonNeumann algebra, which acts by pointwise multiplication on the Hilbert space ... space H is a vonNeumann algebra, non commutative if the Hilbert space has dimension at least 2. VonNeumann algebras were first studied by harvtxt vonNeumann 1929 he and Francis Joseph Murray mathematician ... first2 J. last2 vonNeumann year 1936 year2 1937 year3 1943 harvard citations nb yes first J. last vonNeumann year1 1938 year2 1940 year3 1943 year4 1949 , reprinted in the collected works of harvtxt vonNeumann 1961 . Introductory accounts of vonNeumann algebras are given in the online notes of harvtxt ... advanced topics. Definitions There are three common ways to define vonNeumann algebras. The first and most ... that are closed in the norm topology are C algebra s, so in particular any vonNeumann algebra is a C algebra. The second definition is that a vonNeumann algebra is a subset of the bounded operators ... closed under . The vonNeumann double commutant theorem harv vonNeumann 1929 says that the first two definitions are equivalent. The first two definitions describe a vonNeumann algebras concretely as a set of operators acting on some given Hilbert space. harvtxt Sakai 1971 showed that vonNeumann algebras can also be defined abstractly as C algebras that have a predual in other words the vonNeumann .... The predual of a vonNeumann algebra is in fact unique up to isomorphism. Some authors use von ... concept, so a vonNeumann algebra is a W algebra together with a Hilbert space and a suitable faithful ... more details
lunar crater data latitude 40.4 N or S N longitude 153.2 E or W E diameter 78 km depth Unknown colong 209 eponym John von Neumann Von Neumann is a Moon lunar impact crater that lies on the Far side Moon far side of the Moon , in the northern hemisphere. It is nearly attached to the south southeastern rim of the walled plain Campbell lunar crater Campbell . The crater Ley crater Ley is attached to the northeastern rim of Von Neumann, and is somewhat overlain by the outer wikt rampart rampart . To the west is the prominent Wiener crater Wiener , and to the south southwest is Nikolayev crater Nikolayev . This crater has a wide inner wall with multiple wiktionary terrace terrace s. The width of the inner wall varies around the perimeter, with the widest section to the south. There is some slumping along the inner wall to the northwest where the rim makes its closest approach to Campbell, and the narrow terrain between these two craters is rugged and irregular. But the remaining terrain that surrounds the crater is almost equally rugged. The rim appears somewhat straighter along the southwest side, but is roughly circular elsewhere. The interior floor is nearly flat and level along the western side. There is a small range of ridges running from the south to the northern edge of the floor, and the ground is more irregular in the eastern half. There are no significant impacts within the crater interior and the sides are generally unworn. References Lunar crater references Category Impact craters on the Moon de Von Neumann Mondkrater fa ... more details
Coord 46 11 33.27 N 21 18 41.19 E type landmark display title Infobox Stadium stadium name Francisc vonNeumann image location Arad, Romania Arad , Romania coordinates nowrap coor dms 46 11 33 N 21 18 41 E built 1940 1945 opened 1946 owner The Arad local council operator UTA Arad surface Grass tenants center FC UTA Arad UTA Arad 1946 Present seating capacity center 7,287 Football soccer Football Francisc vonNeumann Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Arad, Romania Arad , Romania . It is currently used mostly for football soccer football matches and is the home ground of FC UTA Arad . The stadium holds 7,287 people and was built in 1945 as a reduced scale replica of Arsenal Stadium . The stadium was opened on 1 September 1946 when took place the match between UTA Arad Ciocanul Bucure ti 1 0. At that time, the stadium was considered the most modern in the country. Football venues in Romania Portal Romanian football DEFAULTSORT Francisc VonNeumann Category Football venues in Romania Category Arad, Romania Category Multi purpose stadiums in Romania Romania sports venue stub ro Stadionul Francisc vonNeumann ... more details
In functional analysis , an abelian vonNeumann algebra is a vonNeumann algebra of operators on a Hilbert space in which all elements commute. The prototypical example of an abelian vonNeumann algebra ... vonNeumann algebras on separable space separable Hilbert spaces, particularly since they are completely classifiable by simple invariants. Though there is a theory for vonNeumann algebras on non ... between commutative vonNeumann algebras and measure space s is analogous to that between commutative C algebra s and locally compact Hausdorff space s. Every commutative vonNeumann algebra on a separable ..., for every standard measure space X , L sup sup X is a vonNeumann algebra. This isomorphism ... . Any abelian vonNeumann algebra of operators on a separable Hilbert space is isomorphic to exactly ... sub X . However, for an abelian vonNeumann algebra A the realization of A as an algebra of operators ... s. Spatial isomorphism Using direct integral theory, it can be shown that the abelian vonNeumann ... them is abelian vonNeumann algebras of uniform multiplicity 1 this description makes sense only in relation to multiplicity theory described below. VonNeumann algebras A on H , B on K are spatially ... U A U B. math In particular spatially isomorphic vonNeumann algebras are algebraically isomorphic. To describe the most general abelian vonNeumann algebra on a separable Hilbert space H up ... are discussed in Direct integral Decomposition of Abelian vonNeumann algebras decomposition of abelian vonNeumann algebras . In particular Theorem Any abelian vonNeumann algebra on a separable ... vonNeumann algebras acting on such direct integral spaces, the equivalence of the weak ... automorphisms of abelian vonNeumann algebras. In that regard, the following results are useful ... bicontinuous isomorphism between abelian vonNeumann algebras. Theorem . Suppose , are standard ... vonNeumann algebras pt lgebra abeliana de vonNeumann ... more details
Image Nobili Pesavento 2reps.png right thumb 400px The first implementation of vonNeumann s self reproducing ... of vonNeumann s self reproducing machine year 1995 first Umberto last Pesavento volume ... along with the body of the machines. The machine shown runs in a 32 state version of vonNeumann s cellular automata environment, not his original 29 state specification. John vonNeumann s Universal ... in vonNeumann s book Theory of Self Reproducing Automata , completed in 1966 by Arthur Burks Arthur W. Burks after vonNeumann s death. ref name TSRA Citation url http www.walenz.org vonNeumann index.html title Theory of Self Reproducing Automata. author vonNeumann, John coauthors Burks, Arthur W ... VonNeumann cellular automata VonNeumann s specification defined the machine as using 29 states, these states ... of cells, allowing it to make a complete copy of itself, and the tape. Purpose VonNeumann s design ... title John vonNeumann and the Evolutionary Growth of Complexity Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards ... s loops . But vonNeumann was interested in something more profound construction universality and evolution ... by its surrounding environment. Although the VonNeumann design is a logical construction, it is in principle ... constructor is able to construct any finite pattern of non excited quiescent cells. VonNeumann s crucial ... of instructions in VonNeumann s combination of universal constructor plus instruction tape ... VonNeumann and Natural Selection. url http informatics.indiana.edu rocha i bic pdfs ibic ... of the ability of vonNeumann s machine to support inheritable mutations. 1 At an earlier timestep ..., since the tape is copied each time. This example illustrates how vonNeumann s design allows for complexity ... making it. Implementation Arthur W. Burks Arthur Burks and others extended the work of vonNeumann, giving a much clearer and complete set of details regarding the design and operation of vonNeumann ... implemented self reproducing cellular automaton in 1995, nearly fifty years after vonNeumann s work ... more details
In mathematics , the vonNeumann conjecture stated that a topological group G is not amenable if and only if G contains a subgroup that is a free group on two generators. The conjecture was disproved in 1980. In the 1920s, during his groundbreaking work on Banach space s, John vonNeumann showed that no amenable group contains a free subgroup of rank 2. The superficial similarity to the Tits alternative for matrix group s invited the suggestion that the converse that every group that is not amenable contains a free subgroup on two generators is true. Although vonNeumann s name is popularly attached to the conjecture that the converse is true, it does not seem that vonNeumann himself believed the converse to be true. Citation needed date January 2008 Rather, this suggestion was made by a number of different authors in the 1950s and 1960s, including in a statement attributed to Mahlon Day in 1957. The conjecture was shown to be false in 1980 by Alexander Ol shanskii he demonstrated that the Tarski monster group , which is easily seen not to have a free subgroup of rank 2, is not amenable. Two years later, Sergei Adian showed that certain Burnside group s are also counterexample s. None of these counterexamples are finitely presented group finitely presented , and for some years it was considered possible that the conjecture held for finitely presented groups. However, in 2003, Ol shanskii and Mark Sapir exhibited a collection of finitely presented groups which do not satisfy the conjecture. References Citation first S. last Adian title Random walks on free periodic groups journal Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. volume 46 year 1982 issue 6 pages 1139 1149, 1343 . ru icon Citation first A. last Ol shanskii title On the question of the existence of an invariant mean on a group ... 169 doi 10.1007 s10240 002 0006 7 . DEFAULTSORT VonNeumann Conjecture Category Topological groups ... topology stub es Conjetura de vonNeumann it Congettura di vonNeumann ... more details
In operator theory , vonNeumann s inequality , due to John vonNeumann , states that, for a Contraction operator theory contraction T acting on a Hilbert space and a polynomial p , then the norm of p T is bounded by the supremum of p z for z in the unit disk . ref http www.math.vanderbilt.edu colloq Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University Colloquium, AY 2007 2008 ref In other words, for a fixed contraction T , the polynomial functional calculus map is itself a contraction. The inequality can be proved by considering the unitary dilation of T , for which the inequality is obvious. This inequality is a specific case of Matsaev s conjecture. That is that for any polynomial P and contraction T on math L p math math P T L p le P S ell p math where S is the right shift operator. The vonNeumann inequality proves it true for math p 2 math and for math p 1 math and math p infty math it is true by straightforward calculation. S.W.  Drury has recently shown that the conjecture fails in the general case ref http www.sciencedirect.com science article pii S0024379511000589 S.W. Drury, A counterexample to a conjecture of Matsaev , Linear Algebra and its Applications, Volume 435, Issue 2, 15 July 2011, Pages 323 329 ref . References references mathanalysis stub Category Operator theory Category inequalities ar ... more details
Refimprove date March 2008 In quantum statistical mechanics , vonNeumann entropy , named after John vonNeumann , is the extension of classical entropy concepts to the field of quantum mechanics . John vonNeumann rigorously established the mathematical framework for quantum mechanics in his work Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik . ref Cite book last VonNeumann first John authorlink John vonNeumann coauthors title Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik year 1955 publisher Springer location Berlin isbn 3540592075 Cite book last VonNeumann first John authorlink John vonNeumann title Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics year 1996 publisher Princeton University Press ... function collapse is described as an irreversible process the so called vonNeumann or projective measurement . The density matrix was introduced, with different motivations, by vonNeumann and by Lev ... quantum system by a state vector. On the other hand, vonNeumann introduced the density matrix ... partition function of the system in order to evaluate all possible thermodynamic quantities. VonNeumann ... the density matrix , vonNeumann defined the entropy ref cite book last Nielsen first Michael A. and Isaac ... of a matrix Eigendecomposition of math rho sum j eta j j rangle langle j math . The vonNeumann ... Some properties of the vonNeumann entropy S is only zero for pure states. S is maximal ..., representation, where the VonNeumann entropy amounts to minus the expected value of the big big ... year 2007 arxiv hep th 0609148 bibcode 2007JPhA...40..407Z ref The vonNeumann entropy is also strongly ... , S rho AC math is less than or equal to the sum of the other two. Uses The vonNeumann entropy is being ... upon some quantity directly related to the vonNeumann entropy. However, there have appeared ..., and consequently of the vonNeumann entropy as an appropriate quantum generalization of Shannon ... pl Entropia von Neumanna sl von Neumannova entropija ... more details
In mathematics , specifically functional analysis , the vonNeumann bicommutant theorem relates the closure mathematics closure of a set of bounded operator s on a Hilbert space in certain operator topology topologies to the bicommutant of that set. In essence, it is a connection between the algebra ic and topological sides of operator theory . The formal statement of the theorem is as follows. Let M be an algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space H, containing the identity operator and closed under taking adjoints. Then the closures of M in the weak operator topology and the strong operator topology are equal, and are in turn equal to the bicommutant M&prime &prime of M . This algebra is the vonNeumann algebra generated by M . There are several other topologies on the space of bounded operators, and one can ask what are the algebras closed in these topologies. If M is closed in the norm topology then it is a C algebra , but not necessarily a vonNeumann algebra. One such example is the C algebra of compact operator on Hilbert space compact operator s on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space . For most other common topologies the closed algebras containing 1 are still vonNeumann algebras this applies in particular to the weak operator, strong operator, strong operator, ultraweak topology ultraweak , ultrastrong topology ultrastrong , and ultrastrong topologies. It is related to the Jacobson density theorem . Proof Let H be a Hilbert space and L H the bounded operators on H . Consider a self adjoint subalgebra M of L H . Suppose also, M contains the identity operator on H . As stated above, the theorem claims the following are equivalent i M M&prime &prime . ii M is closed in the weak operator topology . iii M is closed in the strong operator topology . The adjoint ... Category VonNeumann algebras Category Articles containing proofs Category Theorems in functional analysis fr Th or me du bicommutant de vonNeumann ... more details
In set theory and related branches of mathematics , the vonNeumann universe , or vonNeumann hierarchy of sets , denoted V , is the class set theory class of hereditary set hereditary well founded set s. This collection, which is formalized by Zermelo Fraenkel set theory ZFC , is often used to provide an interpretation or motivation of the axioms of ZFC. The rank of a well founded set is defined inductively as the smallest ordinal number greater than the ranks of all members of the set. ref Mirimanoff 1917 Moore 1982, pp. 261 262 Rubin 1967, p. 214 ref In particular, the rank of the empty set is zero, and every ordinal has a rank equal to itself. The sets in V are divided into a transfinite hierarchy, called the cumulative hierarchy , based on their rank. Definition The cumulative hierarchy is a collection of sets V sub sub indexed by the class of ordinal number s, in particular, V sub sub is the set of all sets having ranks less than . Thus there is one set V sub sub for each ordinal number V sub sub may be defined by transfinite recursion as follows Let V sub 0 sub be the empty set , . For any ordinal number , let V sub 1 sub be the power set of V sub sub . For any limit ordinal , let V sub sub be the union set theory union of all the V stages so far math V lambda bigcup beta lambda V beta . math A crucial fact about this definition is that there is a single ... date December 2010 There are two approaches to understanding the relationship of the vonNeumann ... Mathematical realism realists are more likely to see the vonNeumann hierarchy as something directly ... picture of the vonNeumann hierarchy provides the ZFC axioms with a motivation so that they are not arbitrary ... Constructible universe Grothendieck universe Inaccessible cardinal S Boolos 1989 John vonNeumann ... Proofs . Elsevier. ISBN 0 444 86839 9. Category Set theoretic universes de VonNeumann Hierarchie ko ja pt Universo de vonNeumann zh ... more details
Orphan date July 2011 In operator algebras , the enveloping vonNeumann algebra of a C algebra is an object that contains all the operator algebraic information about the given C algebra. Definition Let A be a C algebra and &pi sub U sub be its GNS construction universal representation , acting on Hilbert space H sub U sub . The image of &pi sub U sub , &pi sub U sub A , is a C subalgebra of bounded operators on H sub U sub . The enveloping vonNeumann algebra of A is the closure of &pi sub U sub A in the weak operator topology. It is sometimes denoted by A&prime &prime . Properties The universal representation &pi sub U sub and A&prime &prime satisfies the following universal property for any representation &pi , there is a unique homomorphism math Phi pi U A rightarrow pi A math that is continuous in the weak operator topology and the restriction of to &pi sub U sub A is &pi . As a particular case, one can consider the continuous functional calculus , whose unique extension gives a canonical Borel functional calculus . The double dual of a C algebra A , A , can be identified with A&prime &prime , as Banach spaces. Every representation of A uniquely determines a central projection in A&prime &prime it is called the central cover of that projection. Category C algebras Category Article Feedback 5 mathanalysis stub ... more details
Image VonNeumann CA demo.gif right frame A simple configuration in vonNeumann s cellular automaton. A binary signal is passed repeatedly around the blue wire loop, using excited and quiescent ordinary transmission states . A confluent cell duplicates the signal onto a length of red wire consisting of special transmission states . The signal passes down this wire and constructs a new cell at the end. This particular signal 1011 codes for an east directed special transmission state, thus extending the red wire by one cell each time. During construction, the new cell passes through several sensitised states, directed by the binary sequence. VonNeumann cellular automata are the original expression of cellular automata , the development of which were prompted by suggestions made to John vonNeumann by his close friend and fellow mathematician Stanis aw Marcin Ulam Stanis aw Ulam . Their original ... self replication and were used in vonNeumann s VonNeumann universal constructor universal constructor . Nobili cellular automaton Nobili s cellular automaton is a variation of vonNeumann s cellular ... adjacent. In vonNeumann s cellular automaton, the finite state machines or cells are arranged in a two dimensional Cartesian grid , and interface with the surrounding four cells. As vonNeumann s cellular automaton was the first example to use this arrangement, it is known as the vonNeumann ... of state transition function, or rule set. The VonNeumann neighborhood neighborhood a grouping ... clock as in a synchronous digital circuit. States Each FSA of the vonNeumann cell space ... right frame The nine cell types that can be constructed in vonNeumann s CA. Here, binary signals ... up tape constructing a complex pattern. This uses a 32 state variation of vonNeumann cellular ... Langton s loops vonNeumann Universal Constructor Wireworld References VonNeumann, J. and A. W ... Golly supports vonNeumann s CA along with the Conway s Game of Life Game of Life , and other ... more details
In mathematics , vonNeumann s theorem is a result in the operator theory of linear operator s on Hilbert space s. Statement of the theorem Let G and H be Hilbert spaces, and let T     dom T     G     H be a densely defined operator from G into H . Let T sup sup     dom T sup sup     H     G denote the adjoint operator Hilbert adjoint of T . Suppose that T is a closed operator and that T is densely defined, i.e. dom T is dense topology dense in G . Then T sup sup T is also densely defined and self adjoint . That is, math T T T T math and the operators on the right and let hand sides have the same dense domain in G . References Refimprove date July 2007 Category Operator theory Category Theorems in functional analysis ... more details
The John vonNeumann Award , named after John vonNeumann is given annually by the Rajk L szl College for Advanced Studies Budapest , Hungary , to an outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences, whose works have had substantial influence over a long period of time on the studies and intellectual activity of the students of the college. The award was established in 1994 and is given annually. This award differentiates itself from other scientific awards on the basis that it is given by students, decided on whom they rated the highest. The students select the nominees and vote for the prize winner in the Assembly of the College after a review and debate regarding the selected names. Recipients Award was given until now to the following scholars class wikitable sortable Year Recipients align center 1995 John Harsanyi UC Berkeley align center 1996 Hal Varian at the time University of Michigan align center 1997 Janos Kornai Harvard University and Budapest College align center 1998 Jean Tirole University of Toulouse align center 1999 Oliver Williamson UC Berkeley align center 2001 Avinash K. Dixit Princeton University align center 2002 Jon Elster Columbia University align center 2003 Maurice Obstfeld UC Berkeley align center 2004 Gary S. Becker University of Chicago align center 2005 Glenn C. Loury Brown University align center 2006 Matthew Rabin UC Berkeley align center 2007 Daron Acemoglu MIT align center 2008 Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago align center 2009 Philippe Aghion Harvard University align center 2010 Tim Besley London School of Economics ref http eopp blog.blogspot.com 2010 02 tim besley receives john von neumann.html ref align center 2011 Joshua Angrist MIT See also List of prizes, medals, and awards Prizes named after people John Bates Clark Medal Yrj Jahnsson Award Nakahara Prize Gossen Prize References reflist External links http www.rajk.uni corvinus.hu index.php english Category Awards established in 1994 Category Hungarian awards ... more details
lowercase title vonNeumann paradox In mathematics, the vonNeumann paradox , named after John vonNeumann , is the idea that one can break a planar figure such as the unit square into sets of points and subject each set to an special affine group area preserving affine transformation such that the result is two planar figures of the same size as the original. This was proved in 1929 by John vonNeumann , assuming the axiom of choice . It followed on the work of Stefan Banach and Alfred Tarski , who proved a similar paradox in three dimensional space the Banach Tarski paradox , but using only isometric transformations Euclidean motion s . Banach and Tarski had proved that, using isometric transformations, the result of taking apart and reassembling a two dimensional figure would necessarily have the same area as the original. This would make creating two unit squares out of one impossible. But vonNeumann realized that the trick of such so called paradoxical decompositions was the use of a group mathematics group of transformations which include as a subgroup a free group with two generating set of a group generators . The group of area preserving transformations whether the SL2 R special linear group or the special affine group contains such subgroups, and this opens the possibility of performing paradoxical decompositions using them. Sketch of the method The following is an informal description of the method found by vonNeumann. Assume that we have a free group H of area preserving .... This has consequences concerning the problem of measure . As vonNeumann notes, Infolgedessen gibt ... sic gegen ber allen Abbildungen von A sub 2 sub invariant w re. ref On p. 85 of citation first J. last vonNeumann authorlink John vonNeumann url http matwbn.icm.edu.pl ksiazki fm fm13 fm1316.pdf ... isolated by vonNeumann in the course of study of Banach Tarski phenomenon turned out to be very .... Recent progress VonNeumann s paper left open the possibility of a paradoxical decomposition of the interior ... more details