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This paper is motivated by the problem of subdividing a prismatic mesh to a tetrahedral mesh (without inserting Steiner points) so as to not only match arbitrarily prescribed boundary conditions but also allow arbitrary topologies in the base mesh. We explore all possible combinations of these two factors, and propose a complete solution to this 3D problem by converting it to an equivalent 2D graph problem, called cutting flow problem. For each case, we not only prove the sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of solutions, but also provide linear and provable algorithms to compute a solution whenever there is one.

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Nonself-adjoint, non-dissipative perturbations of possibly unbounded self-adjoint operators with real purely singular spectrum are considered under an additional assumption that the characteristic function of the operator possesses a scalar multiple. Using a functional model of a nonself-adjoint operator (a generalization of a Sz.-Nagy–Foiaş model for dissipative operators) as a principle tool, spectral properties of such operators are investigated. A class of operators with almost Hermitian spectrum (the latter being a part of the real singular spectrum) is characterized in terms of existence of the so-called weak outer annihilator which generalizes the classical Cayley identity to the case of nonself-adjoint operators in Hilbert space. A similar result is proved in the self-adjoint case, characterizing the condition of absence of the absolutely continuous spectral subspace in terms of the existence of weak outer annihilation. An application to the rank-one nonself-adjoint Friedrichs model is given.