A degenerate kernel method for eigenvalue problems of compact integral operators

We consider the approximation of eigenfunctions of a compact integral operator with a smooth kernel by a degenerate kernel method. By interpolating the kernel of the integral operator in both the variables, we prove that the error bounds for eigenvalues and for the distance between the spectral subspaces are of the orders h ^2r and h ^r respectively. By iterating the eigenfunctions we show that the error bounds for eigenfunctions are of the orders h ^2r . We give the numerical results.      

A Family of Irreducible Representations of the Witt Lie Algebra with Infinite-Dimensional Weight Spaces

We define a 4-parameter family of generically irreducible and inequivalent representations of the Witt Lie algebra on which the infinitesimal rotation operator acts semisimply with infinite-dimensional eigenspaces. They are deformations of the (generically indecomposable) representations on spaces of polynomial differential operators between two spaces of tensor densities on S ¹, which are constructed by composing each such differential operator with the action of a rotation by a fixed angle.     

Integral representations and the generalized Poincaré inequality on Carnot groups

We give some integral representations of the form f(x) = P(f)+K(?f) on two-step Carnot groups, where P(f) is a polynomial and K is an integral operator with a specific singularity. We then obtain the weak Poincaré inequality and coercive estimates as well as the generalized Poincaré inequality on the general Carnot groups.     

Sobolev-type integral representations for functions defined on Carnot groups

We obtain some integral representations of the form f(x) = P(f) + K(?f) on the Carnot groups, where P(f) is a polynomial and K is an integral operator with a specific singularity. These representations are employed to prove the weak Poincaré inequality.     

Approximation of Hypersingular Integral Operators With Cauchy Kernel

In the present article, the hypersingular integral operator with Cauchy kernel H is approximated by a sequence of operators of a special form, and it is proved that the approximating operators H_n strongly converge to the operator H and for an algebraic polynomial of degree not higher than n the operators H_n and H coincide. Therefore, the estimate established in this article yields more exact results in terms of the convergence rate than traditional methods. At the end we give the approximate solution of the hypersingular integral equation of the first kind.     

Q-operator and factorised separation chain for Jack polynomials

Applying Baxter's method of the Q-operator to the set of Sekiguchi's commuting partial differential operators we show that Jack polynomials P_λ^(1/g) (χ₁, …, χ_n) …, χ_n) are eigenfunctions of a one-parameter family of integral operators Q_z. The operators Q_z are expressed in terms of the Dirichlet-Liouville n-dimensional beta integral. From a composition of n operators Q_zk we construct an integral operator S_n factorising Jack polynomials into products of hypergeometric polynomials of one variable. The operator S_n admits a factorisation described in terms of restricted Jack polynomials P_λ^(1/g) (x₁, …, x_k, 1, … 1). Using the operator Q_z for z = 0 we give a simple derivation of a previously known integral representation for Jack polynomials.     

A Special Integral Representation for a Local Residue

We obtain a new integral representation for a local residue with integration of a meromorphic m ²-form over an m ²-dimensional cycle in .     

The operator equations of Lippmann–Schwinger type for acoustic and electromagnetic scattering problems in L 2

This article is concerned with the scattering of acoustic and electromagnetic time harmonic plane waves by an inhomogeneous medium. These problems can be translated into volume integral equations of the second kind – the most prominent example is the Lippmann–Schwinger integral equation. In this work, we study a particular class of scattering problems where the integral operator in the corresponding operator equation of Lippmann–Schwinger type fails to be compact. Such integral equations typically arise if the modelling of the inhomogeneous medium necessitates space-dependent coefficients in the highest order terms of the underlying partial differential equation. The two examples treated here are acoustic scattering from a medium with a space-dependent material density and electromagnetic medium scattering where both the electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability vary. In these cases, Riesz theory is not applicable for the solution of the arising integral equations of Lippmann–Schwinger type. Therefore, we show that positivity assumptions on the relative material parameters allow to prove positivity of the arising volume potentials in tailor-made weighted spaces of square integrable functions. This result merely holds for imaginary wavenumber and we exploit a compactness argument to conclude that the arising integral equations are of Fredholm type, even if the integral operators themselves are not compact. Finally, we explain how the solution of the integral equations in L ² affects the notion of a solution of the scattering problem and illustrate why the order of convergence of a Galerkin scheme set up in L ² does not suffer from our L ² setting, compared to schemes in higher order Sobolev spaces.     

Analyticity of a Nonlinear Operator Associated to the Conformal Representation in Schauder Spaces. An Integral Equation Approach

We consider the Riemann map g_ζ,w of the complex unit disk to the plane domain 𝕀[ζ] enclosed by the Jordan curve ζ and normalized by the conditions g_ζ,w(0) = w, g′_ζ,w(0) > 0, where w is a point of 𝕀[ζ], and we present a nonlinear singular integral equation approach to prove that the nonlinear operator which takes the pair (ζ, w) to the map g^(–1)_ζ,w ○ ζ is real analytic in Schauder spaces.     

Spectrum Problems for Singular Integral Operators with Carleman Shift

In this paper we are concerned with the complete spectral analysis for the operator 𝒯 = 𝒳𝒮𝒰 in the space L_p(𝕋) (𝕋 denoting the unit circle), where 𝒳 is the characteristic function of some arc of 𝕋, 𝒮 is the singular integral operator with Cauchy kernel and 𝒰 is a Carleman shift operator which satisfies the relations 𝒰² = I and 𝒮𝒰 = ±𝒰𝒮, where the sign + or — is taken in dependence on whether 𝒰 is a shift operator on L_p(𝕋) preserving or changing the orientation of 𝕋. This includes the identification of the Fredholm and essential parts of the spectrum of the operator 𝒯, the determination of the defect numbers of 𝒯 — λI, for λ in the Fredholm part of the spectrum, as well as a formula for the resolvent operator.     

The Riesz bases consisting of eigen and associated functions for a functional differential operator with variable structure

We consider a functional differential operator with variable structure with an integral boundary condition. We prove that its eigen and associated functions form a Riesz basis with brackets in the space L ₂³[0, 1].     

Algebras of Singular Integral Operators with Piecewise Continuous Coefficients on Reflexive Orlicz Spaces

We consider singular integral operators with piecewise continuous coefficients on reflexive Orlicz spaces L_m(σ) which are generalizations of the Lebesgue spaces L_P(σ), 1 < p < ∞. We suppose that σ belongs to a large class of Carleson curves, including curves with corners and cusps as well as curves that look locally like two logarithmic spirals scrolling up at the same point. For the singular integral operator associated with the Riemann boundary value problem with a piecewise continuous coefficient G, we establish a Fredholm criterion and an index formula in terms of the essential range of G complemented by spiralic horns depending on the Boyd indices of L_M(σ) and contour properties. Our main result is a symbol calculus for the closed algebra of singular integral operators with piecewise continuous matrix - valued coefficients on L_Mⁿ(σ).     

Composition of Fourier Integral Operators with Fold and Blowdown Singularities

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this work is to present results about the composition of Fourier integral operators with certain singularities, for which the composition is not again a Fourier integral operator. The singularities considered here are folds and blowdowns. We prove that for such operators, the Schwartz kernel of F*F belongs to a class of distributions associated to two cleanly intersection Lagrangians. Such Fourier integral operators appear in integral geometry, inverse acoustic scattering theory and Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging, where the composition calculus can be used as a tool for finding approximate inversion formulas and for recovering images.     

A Generalized Analytic Operator-Valued Function Space Integral and a Related Integral Equation

We introduce a generalized Wiener measure associated with a Gaussian Markov process and define a generalized analytic operator-valued function space integral as a bounded linear operator from L _p into L _p^\prime (1<p ≤ 2) by the analytic continuation of the generalized Wiener integral. We prove the existence of the integral for certain functionals which involve some Borel measures. Also we show that the generalized analytic operator-valued function space integral satisfies an integral equation related to the generalized Schr?dinger equation. The resulting theorems extend the theory of operator-valued function space integrals substantially and previous theorems about these integrals are generalized by our results.     

A Generalized Analytic Operator-Valued Function Space Integral and a Related Integral Equation

We introduce a generalized Wiener measure associated with a Gaussian Markov process and define a generalized analytic operator-valued function space integral as a bounded linear operator from L _p into L _p^\prime (1<p ≤ 2) by the analytic continuation of the generalized Wiener integral. We prove the existence of the integral for certain functionals which involve some Borel measures. Also we show that the generalized analytic operator-valued function space integral satisfies an integral equation related to the generalized Schr?dinger equation. The resulting theorems extend the theory of operator-valued function space integrals substantially and previous theorems about these integrals are generalized by our results.     

Pseudo-Almost Integral Elements

Let D be an integral domain with quotient field K. We define an element α ∈ K to be pseudo-almost integral over D if there is an infinite increasing sequence {s _i } of natural numbers and a nonzero c ∈ D with cα ^{s _i}  ∈ D. We investigate when a pseudo-almost integral element is almost integral or integral. We also determine the sequences {s _i } with the property that for any domain D and α ∈ K, whenever cα ^{s _i}  ∈ D for some nonzero c ∈ D, than α is actually almost integral over D.     

On differential Rota-Baxter algebras

A Rota-Baxter operator of weight λ is an abstraction of both the integral operator (when λ=0) and the summation operator (when λ=1). We similarly define a differential operator of weight λ that includes both the differential operator (when λ=0) and the difference operator (when λ=1). We further consider an algebraic structure with both a differential operator of weight λ and a Rota-Baxter operator of weight λ that are related in the same way that the differential operator and the integral operator are related by the First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. We construct free objects in the corresponding categories. In the commutative case, the free objects are given in terms of generalized shuffles, called mixable shuffles. In the noncommutative case, the free objects are given in terms of angularly decorated rooted forests. As a byproduct, we obtain structures of a differential algebra on decorated and undecorated planar rooted forests.     

Stability of the fractional Volterra integro‐differential equation by means of ψ‐Hilfer operator

In this paper, using the Riemann‐Liouville fractional integral with respect to another function and the ψ?Hilfer fractional derivative, we propose a fractional Volterra integral equation and the fractional Volterra integro‐differential equation. In this sense, for this new fractional Volterra integro‐differential equation, we study the Ulam‐Hyers stability and, also, the fractional Volterra integral equation in the Banach space, by means of the Banach fixed‐point theorem. As an application, we present the Ulam‐Hyers stability using the α‐resolvent operator in the Sobolev space .     

Justifying the convergence of the rectangular method for complete singular integral equations with continuous coefficients on the circle

For an integral equation on the unit circle of the form (aI + bS + K)f = g, where a and b are Hölder functions, S is a singular integration operator, and K is an integral operator with Hölder kernel, we consider a method of solution based on the discretization of integral operators using the rectangle rule. This method is justified under the assumption that the equation is solvable in L ₂() and the coefficients a and b satisfy the strong ellipticity condition.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 77, no. 2, 2005, pp. 163–175.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by M. É. Abramyan.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected issue number.     

A Differential Boundary Operator of the Sturm–Liouville Type on a Semiaxis with Two-Point Integral Boundary Conditions

We prove that a differential boundary operator of the Sturm–Liouville type on a semiaxis with two-point integral boundary conditions that acts in the Hilbert space L ₂(0, ) is closed and densely defined. The adjoint operator is constructed. We also establish criteria for the maximal dissipativity and maximal accretivity of this operator.