Fundamental Solution of the Anisotropic Porous Medium Equation

We establish the existence of fundamental solutions for the anisotropic porous medium equation, ut = ∑n i=1（u^mi）xixi in R^n × （O,∞）, where m1,m2,..., and mn, are positive constants satisfying min1≤i≤n{mi}≤ 1, ∑i^n=1 mi 〉 n - 2, and max1≤i≤n{mi} ≤1/n（2 ＋ ∑i^n=1 mi）.     

Positive Solutions for Semipositone <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-point Boundary-value Problems

Abstract   Let ξ _i ∈ (0, 1) with 0 < ξ₁ < ξ₂ < ··· < ξ _m−2 < 1, a _i , b _i ∈ [0,∞) with and . We consider the m-point boundary-value problem

Precise Asymptotics in the Law of the Iterated Logarithm of Moving-Average Processes

In this paper, we discuss the moving-average process Xk = ∑i=-∞ ^∞ ai＋kεi, where {εi;-∞ 〈 i 〈 ∞} is a doubly infinite sequence of identically distributed ψ-mixing or negatively associated random variables with mean zeros and finite variances, {ai;-∞ 〈 i 〈 -∞） is an absolutely solutely summable sequence of real numbers.     

The Asymptotics of the Two-Dimensional Wave Equation for a General Multi-Connected Vibrating Membrane with Piecewise Smooth Robin Boundary Conditions

The asymptotic expansion for small |t| of the trace of the wave kernel ∧↑μ(t) =∑v=1^∞exp(-it μv^1/2), where i= √-1 and {μv}v=1^∞ are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△=-∑β=1^2(δ/δx^β)^2 in the (x^1, x^2)-plane, is studied for a multi-connected vibrating membrane Ω in R^2 surrounded by simply connected bounded domains Ωj with smooth boundaries δΩj(j=1,...,n), where a finite number of piecewise smooth Robin boundary conditions on the piecewise smooth components Гi(i=1 κj-1,...,κj) of the boundaries δΩj are considered, such that δΩj=∪i=1 κj-1^κj Гi and κ0=0. The basic problem is to extract information on the geometry of Ω using the wave equation approach. Some geometric quantities of Ω (e.g. the area of Ω, the total lengths of its boundary, the curvature of its boundary, the number of the holes of Ω, etc.) are determined from the asymptotic expansion of the trace of the wave kernel ∧↑μ(t) for small |t|.     

The precise asymptotics of the complete convergence for moving average processes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-dependent <Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis>-valued elements

Let {εt;t ∈ Z} be a sequence of m-dependent B-valued random elements with mean zeros and finite second moment. {a3;j ∈ Z} is a sequence of real numbers satisfying ∑j=-∞^∞｜aj｜ 〈 ∞. Define a moving average process Xt = ∑j=-∞^∞aj＋tEj,t ≥ 1, and Sn = ∑t=1^n Xt,n ≥ 1. In this article, by using the weak convergence theorem of { Sn/√ n _〉 1}, we study the precise asymptotics of the complete convergence for the sequence {Xt; t ∈ N}.     

The 3D Inverse Problem of the Wave Equation for a General Multi-connected Vibrating Membrane with a Finite Number of Piecewise Smooth Boundary Conditions

The trace of the wave kernel μ（t） =∑ω=1^∞ exp（-itEω^1/2）, where {Eω}ω^∞=1 are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△↓2 = -∑k^3=1 （δ/δxk）^2 in the （x^1, x^2, x^3）-space, is studied for a variety of bounded domains, where -∞ 〈 t 〈 ∞ and i= √-1. The dependence of μ （t） on the connectivity of bounded domains and the Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions are analyzed. Particular attention is given for a multi-connected vibrating membrane Ω in Ra surrounded by simply connected bounded domains Ω j with smooth bounding surfaces S j （j = 1,……, n）, where a finite number of piecewise smooth Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions on the piecewise smooth components Si^＊ （i = 1 ＋ kj-1,……, kj） of the bounding surfaces S j are considered, such that S j = Ui-1＋kj-1^kj Si^＊, where k0=0. The basic problem is to extract information on the geometry Ω by using the wave equation approach from a complete knowledge of its eigenvalues. Some geometrical quantities of Ω （e.g. the volume, the surface area, the mean curvuture and the Gaussian curvature） are determined from the asymptotic expansion ofexpansion of μ（t） for small │t│.     

Asymptotic Expansions of the Heat Kernel of the Laplacian for General Annular Bounded Domains with Robin Boundary Conditions：Further Results

The asymptotic expansions of the trace of the heat kernel θ(t)=∑^∞v=1^exp(-tλv) for small positive t,where {λv} are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△n=-∑^ni=1(D/Dx^1)^2 in R^2(n=2 or 3),are studied for a general annular bounded domain Ω with a smooth inner boundary DΩ1 and a smooth outer boundary DΩ2,where a finite number of piecewise smooth Robin boundary conditions(D/Dnj γh)Ф=0 on the components Гj(j= 1,...,m) of (DΩ1 and on the components Гj (j=k 1,…,m) of of DΩ2 are considered such that DΩl=U^kj=lГj and DΩ2= U^m=k 1Гj and where the coefficients γj(j=1,...,m) are piecewise smooth positive functions. Some applications of θ(t) for an ideal gas enclosed in the general annular bounded domain Ω are given. Further results are also obtained.     

The Asymptotics of the Heat Semigroup for a General Bounded Domain with Mixed Boundary Conditions

Abstract Small-time asymptotics of the trace of the heat semigroup where {μ _ν } are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian in the (x ¹, x ²)-plane, is studied for a general bunded domain Ω with a smooth boundary ∂Ω, where a finite number of Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, on the piecewise smooth parts Γ _i (i = 1, ..., n) of ∂Ω such that , are considered. Some geometrical properties associated with Ω are determined.     

On the Order of Magnitude of the Divisor Function

Let D be an increasing sequence of positive integers, and consider the divisor functions： d（n, D） =∑d｜n,d∈D,d≤√n1, d2（n,D）=∑[d,δ]｜n,d,δ∈D,[d,δ]≤√n1, where [d,δ]=1.c.m.（d,δ）. A probabilistic argument is introduced to evaluate the series ∑n=1^∞and（n,D） and ∑n=1^∞and2（n,D）.     

Positive Solution of Multi-Point Boundary Value Problems for the One-Dimensional p-Laplacian with Singularities

In this paper, we obtain positive solution to the following multi-point singular boundary value problem with p-Laplacian operator,{（ φp（u＇））＇＋q（t）f（t,u,u＇）=0,0〈t〈1,u（0）=∑i=1^nαiu（ξi）,u＇（1）=∑i=1^nβiu＇（ξi）,whereφp（s）=｜s｜^p-2s,p≥2;ξi∈（0,1）（i=1,2,…,n）,0≤αi,βi〈1（i=1,2,…n）,0≤∑i=1^nαi,∑i=1^nβi〈1,and q（t） may be singular at t=0,1,f（t,u,u＇）may be singular at u＇=0     

The Law of Iterated Logarithm of Rescaled Range Statistics for AR（1） Model

Let {Xn,n ≥ 0} be an AR（1） process. Let Q（n） be the rescaled range statistic, or the R/S statistic for {Xn} which is given by （max1≤k≤n（∑j=1^k（Xj - ^-Xn）） - min 1≤k≤n（∑j=1^k（ Xj - ^Xn ））） /（n ^-1∑j=1^n（Xj -^-Xn）^2）^1/2 where ^-Xn = n^-1 ∑j=1^nXj. In this paper we show a law of iterated logarithm for rescaled range statistics Q（n） for AR（1） model.     

Multilinear Singular Integrals with Rough Kernel

For a class of multilinear singular integral operators T _A ,

Characterization of Compact Support of Fourier Transform for Orthonormal Wavelets of L^2（R^d）

Let{ψμ} be an orthonormal wavelet of L^2（R^d） and the support of a whole of its Fourier transform be Uμsupp{ψμ}=Пi=1^d[Ai, Di]-Пi=1^d（Bi, Ci）, Ai≤Bi≤Ci≤Di. Under the weakest condition that each │ψμ│, is continuous for ω ∈ δ（Пi=1^d[Ai, Di]）, a characterization of the above support of a whole is given.     

A Priori Bounds for Periodic Solutions of a Kind of Second Order Neutral Functional Differential Equation with Multiple Deviating Arguments

Thc main aim of this paper is to use the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory for studying the existence of periodic solutions to a kind of neutral functional differential equation as follows：（x（t）-^n∑i=1cix（t-ri））″=f（x（t））x′＋g（x（t-τ））＋p（t）.In order to do so, we analyze the structure of the linear difference operator A ： C2π→C2π, [Ax]（t） =x（t）-∑^ni=1cix（t-ri）to determine some flmdamental properties first, which we are going to use throughout this paper. Meanwhile, we also prove some new inequalities which are useful for estimating a priori bounds of periodie solutions.     

Parameter Estimates in Random Intercept Mixed Effects Model for Repeated Measures

In this article the following random intercept mixed effects model will be considered： yij = vi =v^τijβ＋ εij,i=1,…,m;j=1,2,…,ni, where {vi} are i.i.d, random effects with mean α 2. 2 and finite variance σ^2 v, {εij} are i.i.d, random errors with finite variance ε^2 ε. Here we will estimate α,σ^2 v,σ^2 ε,β and study their large sample properties, such as strong consistency, strong convergence rates and asymptotic normality.     

A Note on the Mean Value of Numbersof the Solutions of x^α≡ 1（modn）

Let T = T(p, q, α) be the number of solutions of the congruence x^α ≡ 1 (mod p^ηq^θ). Let A and B be sets of primes satisfying x₁ < p ≤ x₂ and y₁ < q ≤ y₂, respectively. A mean value estimation of is given. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19971024) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 199047)     

Precise asymptotics in the Baum-Katz and davis law of large numbers for positively associated sequences

§ 1　 Introduction and resultsL et { X,Xi;i≥ 1} be a sequence of i.i.d.random variables,and set Sn= ni=1 Xi,n≥1.Hsu and Robbins[1 ] introduced the conceptof complete convergence.They together withErdos[2 ] proved n≥ 1 P(|Sn|≥εn) <∞ ,ε>0 (1)if and only if EX=0 and EX2 <∞ .L ater,Spitzer[3] proved n≥ 11n P(|Sn|≥εn) <∞ ,ε>0if and only if EX =0 and E|X|<∞ .More generally,it was shown by Baum and Katz[4 ]that,for 0 0 (…     

A Representation of the Lorentz Spin Group and Its Application

For an integer m ≥ 4, we define a set of 2[m/2] × 2[m/2] matrices γj （m）, （j = 0, 1,..., m - 1） which satisfy γj （m）γk （m） ＋γk （m）γj （m） = 2ηjk （m）I[m/2], where （ηjk （m）） 0≤j,k≤m-1 is a diagonal matrix, the first diagonal element of which is 1 and the others are -1, I[m/2] is a 2[m/1] × 2[m/2] identity matrix with [m/2] being the integer part of m/2. For m = 4 and 5, the representation （m） of the Lorentz Spin group is known. For m≥ 6, we prove that （i） when m = 2n, （n ≥ 3）, （m） is the group generated by the set of matrices {T｜T=1/√ξ（（I＋k） 0 ＋ 0 I-K） （ U 0 0 U）, （ii） when m = 2n ＋ 1 （n≥ 3）, （m） is generated by the set of matrices {T｜T=1/√ξ（I -k^- k I）U,U∈ （m-1）,ξ=1-m-2 ∑k,j=0 ηkja^k a^j〉0, K=i[m-3 ∑j=0 a^j γj（m-2）＋a^（m-2） In],K^-=i[m-3∑j=0 a^j γj（m-2）-a^（m-2） In]}     

Integration and Lipschitz functions

The aim of the paper is to prove that every f ∈ L ¹([0,1]) is of the form f = , where j _n,k is the characteristic function of the interval [k- 1 / 2 ⁿ , k / 2 ⁿ ) and Σ _n=0^∞Σ _k=1²ⁿ |a _n,k | is arbitrarily close to ||f|| (Theorem 2). It is also shown that if μ is any probabilistic Borel measure on [0,1], then for any ɛ > 0 there exists a sequence (b _n,k ) _n≧0 ^k=1,...,2n of real numbers such that and for each Lipschitz function g: [0,1] → ℝ (Theorem 3).      

A Supplement to the Baum-Katz-Spitzer Complete Convergence Theorem

Let {X, Xn; n≥ 1} be a sequence of i.i.d. Banach space valued random variables and let {an; n ≥ 1} be a sequence of positive constants such that an↑∞ and 1〈 lim inf n→∞ a2n/an≤lim sup n→∞ a2n/an〈∞ Set Sn=∑i=1^n Xi,n≥1.In this paper we prove that ∑n≥1 1/n P（｜｜Sn｜｜≥εan）〈∞ for all ε〉0 if and only if lim n→∞ Sn/an=0 a.s. This result generalizes the Baum-Katz-Spitzer complete convergence theorem. Combining our result and a corollary of Einmahl and Li, we solve a conjecture posed by Gut.