Why Homogeneous Membranes Lead to Optimal Water Desalination: A Possible Explanation

Authors

Julio Urenda, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Martine Ceberio, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

1-1-2021

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-21-06

Published in Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Constraint Programming and Decision Making CoProd'2021, Szeged, Hungary, September 12, 2021.

Abstract

A recent experiment has shown that out of all possible biological membranes, homogeneous ones proved the most efficient water desalination. In this paper, we show that natural symmetry ideas lead to a theoretical explanation for this empirical fact.