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  • Rational approximation of semigroups

    (and beyond)

    Patricio JaraLouisiana State University

    November 28, 2007

  • Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925)

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 2

    “Orthodox Mathematicians, when theycannot find the solution of a problem in aplain agebraical form, are apt to take refugein a definite integral, and call that thesolution.”

  • What is a Semigroup?

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 3

    Def: A strongly continuous semigroups is a functionT : [0,∞) → L (X) that satisfies

    ■ T (t)T (s) = T (t + s), T (0) = I

  • What is a Semigroup?

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 3

    Def: A strongly continuous semigroups is a functionT : [0,∞) → L (X) that satisfies

    ■ T (t)T (s) = T (t + s), T (0) = I

    ■ The maps t → T (t)x are continuous for each x ∈ X.

  • What is a Semigroup?

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 3

    Def: A strongly continuous semigroups is a functionT : [0,∞) → L (X) that satisfies

    ■ T (t)T (s) = T (t + s), T (0) = I

    ■ The maps t → T (t)x are continuous for each x ∈ X.

    ■ The semigroup is of type (M, ω), i.e., There is M ≥ 1and ω ∈ R such that ‖T (t)‖L (X) ≤ Me

    ωt.

  • What is a Semigroup?

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 3

    Def: A strongly continuous semigroups is a functionT : [0,∞) → L (X) that satisfies

    ■ T (t)T (s) = T (t + s), T (0) = I

    ■ The maps t → T (t)x are continuous for each x ∈ X.

    ■ The semigroup is of type (M, ω), i.e., There is M ≥ 1and ω ∈ R such that ‖T (t)‖L (X) ≤ Me

    ωt.

    If T is strongly continuous, then the generator of T isdefined by

    Ax := limt→0

    T (t)x − x

    t

  • Cauchy Problem

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 4

    ■ Heat Equation

  • Cauchy Problem

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 4

    ■ Heat Equation

    ■ Wave Equation

  • Idea

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 5

    Let r be a rational function such that

    ■ |r(z)| ≤ 1 when Re(z) ≤ 0.

    ■ r(z) = ez + O(zm+1) when z → 0.

    Then

  • Idea

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 5

    Let r be a rational function such that

    ■ |r(z)| ≤ 1 when Re(z) ≤ 0.

    ■ r(z) = ez + O(zm+1) when z → 0.

    Then∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− etz

    ∣∣∣∣ =∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− (e

    tzn )n

    ∣∣∣∣

  • Idea

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 5

    Let r be a rational function such that

    ■ |r(z)| ≤ 1 when Re(z) ≤ 0.

    ■ r(z) = ez + O(zm+1) when z → 0.

    Then∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− etz

    ∣∣∣∣ =∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− (e

    tzn )n

    ∣∣∣∣

    =

    ∣∣∣∣∣

    n−1∑

    j=0

    rn−1−j(

    tz

    n

    )e

    tzj

    n

    ∣∣∣∣∣ ·∣∣∣∣r

    (tz

    n

    )− e

    tzn

    ∣∣∣∣

  • Idea

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 5

    Let r be a rational function such that

    ■ |r(z)| ≤ 1 when Re(z) ≤ 0.

    ■ r(z) = ez + O(zm+1) when z → 0.

    Then∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− etz

    ∣∣∣∣ =∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− (e

    tzn )n

    ∣∣∣∣

    =

    ∣∣∣∣∣

    n−1∑

    j=0

    rn−1−j(

    tz

    n

    )e

    tzj

    n

    ∣∣∣∣∣ ·∣∣∣∣r

    (tz

    n

    )− e

    tzn

    ∣∣∣∣

    ≤ nC

    (tz

    n

    )m+1

  • Idea

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 5

    Let r be a rational function such that

    ■ |r(z)| ≤ 1 when Re(z) ≤ 0.

    ■ r(z) = ez + O(zm+1) when z → 0.

    Then∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− etz

    ∣∣∣∣ =∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (tz

    n

    )− (e

    tzn )n

    ∣∣∣∣

    =

    ∣∣∣∣∣

    n−1∑

    j=0

    rn−1−j(

    tz

    n

    )e

    tzj

    n

    ∣∣∣∣∣ ·∣∣∣∣r

    (tz

    n

    )− e

    tzn

    ∣∣∣∣

    ≤ nC

    (tz

    n

    )m+1= Ctm+1

    1

    nmzm+1

  • Padé

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 6

    Padé’s approximants rj,l of the exponential function are of

    the form rj,l =Pl(z)Qj(z)

    where

    Pj,l(z) =l∑

    k=0

    (l + j − k)!l!

    j!k!(l − k)!zk

    and

    Qj,l(z) =

    j∑

    k=0

    (l + j − k)!

    k!(j − k)!(−z)k.

  • Hille-Phillips Functional Calculus

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 7

    F ω := {f(z) =´∞

    0eztdα(t), where α ∈ NBVω and

    ‖α‖ω =´∞

    0eωtd|α|(t)} is an algebra .

  • Hille-Phillips Functional Calculus

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 7

    F ω := {f(z) =´∞

    0eztdα(t), where α ∈ NBVω and

    ‖α‖ω =´∞

    0eωtd|α|(t)} is an algebra .

    Examples: The constant functions are in F ω for every ω andrational function that are bounded on Re(z) ≤ ω are also inF ω.

  • Hille-Phillips Functional Calculus

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 7

    F ω := {f(z) =´∞

    0eztdα(t), where α ∈ NBVω and

    ‖α‖ω =´∞

    0eωtd|α|(t)} is an algebra .

    Examples: The constant functions are in F ω for every ω andrational function that are bounded on Re(z) ≤ ω are also inF ω.

    Theorem: If A is the generator of a strongly continuoussemigroup T of type (M, ω) in X, then Ψ : F ω → L (X)defined by

    Ψ(f)x :=

    0

    T (t)xdα(t)

    is an homomorphism between the algebras F ω and L (X).Moreover, if Φ(f) := f(A), then ‖f(A)‖ ≤ ‖α‖ω.

  • Hersh - Kato, Brenner - Thomée.

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 8

    SIAM J. Num. Anal. ’79

  • Hersh - Kato, Brenner - Thomée.

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 8

    SIAM J. Num. Anal. ’79

    Theorem: If A a strongly continuous semigroup T of type(M, 0), then

    ∥∥∥∥rn

    (t

    nA

    )f − T (t)f

    ∥∥∥∥ ≤ Ctm+1 1

    nm‖Am+1f‖

  • Hersh - Kato, Brenner - Thomée.

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 8

    SIAM J. Num. Anal. ’79

    Theorem: If A a strongly continuous semigroup T of type(M, 0), then

    ∥∥∥∥rn

    (t

    nA

    )f − T (t)f

    ∥∥∥∥ ≤ Ctm+1 1

    nm‖Am+1f‖

    So What?

  • Translation semigroup

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 9

    Let T (t)f := f(t + ·) on C0(R+0 , X). Then A =

    dds

    := D.

  • Translation semigroup

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 9

    Let T (t)f := f(t + ·) on C0(R+0 , X). Then A =

    dds

    := D.Moreover, in general

    R(λ, D)f =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtT (t)fdt.

  • Translation semigroup

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 9

    Let T (t)f := f(t + ·) on C0(R+0 , X). Then A =

    dds

    := D.Moreover, in general

    R(λ, D)f =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtT (t)fdt.

    R(λ, D)f(0) =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtf(t)dt = x̂(λ).

  • Translation semigroup

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 9

    Let T (t)f := f(t + ·) on C0(R+0 , X). Then A =

    dds

    := D.Moreover, in general

    R(λ, D)f =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtT (t)fdt.

    R(λ, D)f(0) =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtf(t)dt = x̂(λ).

    R(λ, D)n+1f(0) =(−1)n

    n!R(λ, D)(n)f(0)

  • Translation semigroup

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 9

    Let T (t)f := f(t + ·) on C0(R+0 , X). Then A =

    dds

    := D.Moreover, in general

    R(λ, D)f =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtT (t)fdt.

    R(λ, D)f(0) =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtf(t)dt = x̂(λ).

    R(λ, D)n+1f(0) =(−1)n

    n!R(λ, D)(n)f(0)

    =(−1)n

    n!

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λt(−t)nf(t)dt

  • Translation semigroup

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 9

    Let T (t)f := f(t + ·) on C0(R+0 , X). Then A =

    dds

    := D.Moreover, in general

    R(λ, D)f =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtT (t)fdt.

    R(λ, D)f(0) =

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λtf(t)dt = x̂(λ).

    R(λ, D)n+1f(0) =(−1)n

    n!R(λ, D)(n)f(0)

    =(−1)n

    n!

    ˆ ∞

    0

    e−λt(−t)nf(t)dt

    =(−1)n

    n!f̂ (n)(λ).

  • Laplace Transform Inversion

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 10

    Let r(z) = B0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤r

    Bi,j(bi−z)j

    .

  • Laplace Transform Inversion

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 10

    Let r(z) = B0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤r

    Bi,j(bi−z)j

    .There there are Cn,i,j ∈ C

    such that rn(z) = Cn,0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(bi−z)j

    .

  • Laplace Transform Inversion

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 10

    Let r(z) = B0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤r

    Bi,j(bi−z)j

    .There there are Cn,i,j ∈ C

    such that rn(z) = Cn,0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(bi−z)j

    .

    In this way,

    rn(

    tnD

    )f(0) = Cn,0,0f(0) +

    ∑1≤i≤s

    1≤j≤nrCnn,i,jR

    j(bi,

    tnD

    )f(0)

  • Laplace Transform Inversion

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 10

    Let r(z) = B0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤r

    Bi,j(bi−z)j

    .There there are Cn,i,j ∈ C

    such that rn(z) = Cn,0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(bi−z)j

    .

    In this way,

    rn(

    tnD

    )f(0) = Cn,0,0f(0) +

    ∑1≤i≤s

    1≤j≤nrCnn,i,jR

    j(bi,

    tnD

    )f(0)

    = Cn,0,0f(0) +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(

    nt

    )jRj

    (bi

    nt, D

    )f(0)

  • Laplace Transform Inversion

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 10

    Let r(z) = B0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤r

    Bi,j(bi−z)j

    .There there are Cn,i,j ∈ C

    such that rn(z) = Cn,0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(bi−z)j

    .

    In this way,

    rn(

    tnD

    )f(0) = Cn,0,0f(0) +

    ∑1≤i≤s

    1≤j≤nrCnn,i,jR

    j(bi,

    tnD

    )f(0)

    = Cn,0,0f(0) +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(

    nt

    )jRj

    (bi

    nt, D

    )f(0)

    = Cn,0,0f(0) +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(

    nt

    )j (−1)j−1(j−1)!

    f̂ (j−1)(

    ntbi

    )

  • Laplace Transform Inversion

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 10

    Let r(z) = B0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤r

    Bi,j(bi−z)j

    .There there are Cn,i,j ∈ C

    such that rn(z) = Cn,0,0 +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(bi−z)j

    .

    In this way,

    rn(

    tnD

    )f(0) = Cn,0,0f(0) +

    ∑1≤i≤s

    1≤j≤nrCnn,i,jR

    j(bi,

    tnD

    )f(0)

    = Cn,0,0f(0) +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(

    nt

    )jRj

    (bi

    nt, D

    )f(0)

    = Cn,0,0f(0) +∑

    1≤i≤s1≤j≤nr

    Cn,i,j(

    nt

    )j (−1)j−1(j−1)!

    f̂ (j−1)(

    ntbi

    )

    Moreover,∣∣∣∣r

    n

    (t

    nD

    )f(0) − f(t)

    ∣∣∣∣ ≤ Ctm+1 1

    nm‖f (m+1)‖.

  • Examples

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

    PadéHille-PhillipsFunctional CalculusHersh - Kato,Brenner - Thomée.Translationsemigroup

    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

    Thanks

    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 11

    Internet

  • Thanks

    Oliver Heaviside(1850-1925)

    What is aSemigroup?

    Cauchy Problem

    Idea

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    Laplace TransformInversion

    Examples

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    Where: LSU For: Student Seminar on Control and Optimization – slide 12

    References

    ■ Rational approximation of bi-continuous semigroups.

    ■ Rational inversion of the Laplace transform (with F.Neubrander and K. Ozer). Preprint.

    ■ Rational approximation of C-semigroups and thesecond order abstract Cauchy problem. Preprint

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