Remarks on Hardy spaces defined by non-smooth approximate identity

We study in this paper some relations between Hardy spaces which are defined by non-smooth approximate identity ?(x), and the end-point Triebel-Lizorkin spaces (1?q?∞). First, we prove that for compact ? which satisfies a slightly weaker condition than Fefferman and Stein's condition. Then we prove that non-trivial Hardy space defined by approximate identity ? must contain Besov space . Thirdly, we construct certain functions and a function such that Daubechies wavelet function but .     

Markov interlacing property for exponential polynomials

Let Un be an extended Tchebycheff system on the real line. Given a point , where x₁<?<xn, we denote by the polynomial from Un, which has zeros x₁,…,xn. (It is uniquely determined up to multiplication by a constant.) The system Un has the Markov interlacing property (M) if the assumption that and interlace implies that the zeros of and interlace strictly, unless . We formulate a general condition which ensures the validity of the property (M) for polynomials from Un. We also prove that the condition is satisfied for some known systems, including exponential polynomials and . As a corollary we obtain that property (M) holds true for Müntz polynomials , too.     

On continuous choice of retractions onto nonconvex subsets

For a Banach space B and for a class A of its bounded closed retracts, endowed with the Hausdorff metric, we prove that retractions on elements A∈A can be chosen to depend continuously on A, whenever nonconvexity of each A∈A is less than . The key geometric argument is that the set of all uniform retractions onto an α-paraconvex set (in the spirit of E. Michael) is -paraconvex subset in the space of continuous mappings of B into itself. For a Hilbert space H the estimate can be improved to and the constant can be replaced by the root of the equation α+α²+α³=1.     

Efficient algorithms for robust generalized cross-validation spline smoothing

Generalized cross-validation (GCV) is a widely used parameter selection criterion for spline smoothing, but it can give poor results if the sample size n is not sufficiently large. An effective way to overcome this is to use the more stable criterion called robust GCV (RGCV). The main computational effort for the evaluation of the GCV score is the trace of the smoothing matrix, , while the RGCV score requires both and . Since 1985, there has been an efficient O(n) algorithm to compute . This paper develops two pairs of new O(n) algorithms to compute and , which allow the RGCV score to be calculated efficiently. The algorithms involve the differentiation of certain matrix functionals using banded Cholesky decomposition.     

The local well-posedness and existence of weak solutions for a generalized Camassa-Holm equation

A generalization of the Camassa-Holm equation, a model for shallow water waves, is investigated. Using the pseudoparabolic regularization technique, its local well-posedness in Sobolev space Hs(R) with is established via a limiting procedure. In addition, a sufficient condition for the existence of weak solutions of the equation in lower order Sobolev space Hs with is developed.     

Strong convergence of the empirical distribution of eigenvalues of sample covariance matrices with a perturbation matrix

Let , where is a random symmetric matrix, a random symmetric matrix, and with being independent real random variables. Suppose that , and are independent. It is proved that the empirical spectral distribution of the eigenvalues of random symmetric matrices converges almost surely to a non-random distribution.     

Low-regularity bilinear estimates for a quadratic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this article we establish the bilinear estimates corresponding to the 1D and 2D NLS with a quadratic nonlinearity , which imply the local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in Hs for s?−1 in the 1D case and for s>−1 in the 2D case. This is a continuation of our study [N. Kishimoto, Local well-posedness for the Cauchy problem of the quadratic Schrödinger equation with nonlinearity , Commun. Pure Appl. Anal. 7 (2008) 1123-1143] on the 1D NLS with nonlinearity . Previous papers by Kenig, Ponce and Vega, and Colliander, Delort, Kenig and Staffilani established local well-posedness for s>−3/4 in 1D and in 2D, respectively, and when the nonlinearity is restricted to cu², papers by Bejenaru and Tao, and Bejenaru and De Silva improved these results to s?−1 in 1D and s>−1 in 2D. The bilinear estimate for 2D also yields an improvement on the growth rate of Sobolev norms of finite energy global-in-time solutions to the 2D cubic NLS.     

On Γ-convergence of pairs of dual functionals

The paper considers a slightly modified notion of the Γ-convergence of convex functionals in uniformly convex Banach spaces and establishes that under standard coercitivity and growth conditions the Γ-convergence of a sequence of functionals {Fj} to implies that the corresponding sequence of dual functionals converges in an analogous sense to the dual to functional .     

On the numerical radius of operators in Lebesgue spaces

We show that the absolute numerical index of the space Lp(μ) is (where ). In other words, we prove that

     

Existence of sign-changing solutions for semilinear singular elliptic equations with critical Sobolev exponents

We consider the semilinear elliptic problem in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where 0∈Ω is a smooth bounded domain in RN, N?4, , is the critical Sobolev exponent, f(x,⋅) has subcritical growth at infinity, K(x)>0 is continuous. We prove the existence of sign-changing solutions under different assumptions when Ω is a usual domain and a symmetric domain, respectively.     

Proper analytic free maps

This paper concerns analytic free maps. These maps are free analogs of classical analytic functions in several complex variables, and are defined in terms of non-commuting variables amongst which there are no relations - they are free variables. Analytic free maps include vector-valued polynomials in free (non-commuting) variables and form a canonical class of mappings from one non-commutative domain D in say g variables to another non-commutative domain in variables. As a natural extension of the usual notion, an analytic free map is proper if it maps the boundary of D into the boundary of . Assuming that both domains contain 0, we show that if is a proper analytic free map, and f(0)=0, then f is one-to-one. Moreover, if also , then f is invertible and f−1 is also an analytic free map. These conclusions on the map f are the strongest possible without additional assumptions on the domains D and .     

Asymptotics of the norm of elliptical random vectors

In this paper we consider elliptical random vectors in R^d,d≥2 with stochastic representation , where R is a positive random radius independent of the random vector which is uniformly distributed on the unit sphere of R^d and A∈R^d×d is a given matrix. Denote by ‖⋅‖ the Euclidean norm in R^d, and let F be the distribution function of R. The main result of this paper is an asymptotic expansion of the probability for F in the Gumbel or the Weibull max-domain of attraction. In the special case that is a mean zero Gaussian random vector our result coincides with the one derived in Hüsler et al. (2002) [1].     

Lifting fixed points of completely positive mappings

Let 1?n?∞, and let be a row contraction on some Hilbert space H. Let F(T) be the space of all X∈B(H) such that . We show that, if non-zero, this space is completely isometric to the commutant of the Cuntz part of the minimal isometric dilation of .     

On a decay property of solutions to the Haraux-Weissler equation

We give a sufficient condition that non-radial H¹-solutions to the Haraux-Weissler equation should belong to the weighted Sobolev space , where ρ is the weight function exp(|x|²/4). Our result provides, in some sense, a connection between the solutions obtained by ODE method and those by variational approach in the space .     

A priori estimate for a family of semi-linear elliptic equations with critical nonlinearity

We consider positive solutions of on B₁ (n?5) where μ and K>0 are smooth functions on B₁. If K is very sub-harmonic at each critical point of K in B2/3 and the maximum of u in is comparable to its maximum over , then all positive solutions are uniformly bounded on . As an application, a priori estimate for solutions of equations defined on Sn is derived.     

Normal cones to infinite intersections

For sets given as finite intersections the basic normal cone is given as , but such a result is not, in general, available for infinite intersections. A comparable characterization of is obtained here for a class of such infinite intersections.     

Solution of a nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation from a two-dimensional transport model

For the steady-state solution of an integral-differential equation from a two-dimensional model in transport theory, we shall derive and study a nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation B^--XF^--F⁺X+XB⁺X=0, where , and with a nonnegative matrix P, positive diagonal matrices D^±, and nonnegative parameters f, and . We prove the existence of the minimal nonnegative solution X^∗ under the physically reasonable assumption , and study its numerical computation by fixed-point iteration, Newton’s method and doubling. We shall also study several special cases; e.g. when and P is low-ranked, then is low-ranked and can be computed using more efficient iterative processes in U and V. Numerical examples will be given to illustrate our theoretical results.     

Ill-posedness of Kawahara equation and Kaup-Kupershmidt equation

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problems for the Kawahara equation and the Kaup-Kupershmidt equation. By using the general well-posedness principle introduced by I. Bejenaru and T. Tao (2006) [1], we prove that the Kawahara equation is ill-posed for the initial data in Hs(R) with and the Kaup-Kupershmidt equation is ill-posed for the initial data in Hs(R) with .     

The Szeg? curve and Laguerre polynomials with large negative parameters

We study the asymptotic zero distribution of the rescaled Laguerre polynomials, , with the parameter αn varying in such a way that . The connection with the so-called Szeg? curve is shown.