简介:AtextualanalysisofKurtVonnegut'sTimequakeshowsthatitspostmodernfeaturescanbeillustratedinthelightofFrancoisLyotard'smetanarrativetheoryandLindaHutcheon'shistoriographicmetafiction.EventhoughTimequakehasleftonreadersanimpressionoffragmentaryandchaoticnarrationandtherebymaybeaccusedofbeingintentionallymisleadingandmeaningless,wecanstillprobetheunderlyingmeaningofthefictionandfindit,atleastpartofit,tobeaunityofincredulitytometanarrativesandhistoriographicmetafiction.
简介:Thelinearcombinationofcertainpartitionofunity,subordinatetocertainopencoveringofacompactset,isprovedtobecapableofapproximatingtoacontinuousfunctionatarbitrarilyprecision.Byusingproperopencoveringandpartitionofunity,therobustnonlinearcontrollersandadaptivelawsaredesignedforaclassofnonlinearsystemswithuncertainties.Thestatesandparametersoftheclosed-loopsystemscanbestabilizedinthemeaningofUUB(uniformlyultimatelybounded)viatherobustnonlinearcontrollersandadaptivelaws.Finally,anexampleshowsthevalidityofmethodinthispaper.
简介:Sincethe18thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC),theCPCCentralCommitteewithComradeXiJinpingatitscorehasbeenexploring,innovatingandprovidingguidancefortheadvanceofChina’sdiplomacy,withaninsightfulgraspofthefutureofmankind,thetrendofthetimesandthestrategicdirectionofChina’srelationswiththerestoftheworld.GeneralSecretaryXiJinpinghasputforwardaseriesofnewproposals,initiatives,conceptsandtheoriesondiplomacy,andhasgraduallyformedhisinnovativethoughtondiplomacyfeaturingdistinctivecharacteristicsofthetime.XiJinping’sthoughtondiplomacyaddressesnewissuesfacingChina’sdiplomacybyrelyingonandutilizingtheMarxistposition,viewpointsandapproaches.Itanswerssuchkeyquestionsaswhatmajor-countrydiplomacywithChinesecharacteristicsisandhowthisconceptcanbecarriedout,anddefinestheguidingphilosophy,basicprinciples,primarytasks,strategiesandtacticsofconductingexternalworkinanewera.XiJinping’sthoughtondiplomacyisascientifictheoreticalsystemwhichisrich,comprehensiveandprofound.1ItisanimportantcomponentoftheXiJinpingThoughtonSocialismwithChineseCharacteristicsforaNewEra,andaguidingprinciplewithasolidtheoreticalfoundationforthedevelopmentofthemajor-countrydiplomacywithChinesecharacteristics.