The algebraic independence of certain transcendental continued fractions

In the present note the algebraic independence of certain continued fractions is proved. Especially, we prove that the Böhmer-Mahler's series \(\sum\limits_{K = 1}^\infty {\left[ {\omega _v k} \right]} {\text{ }}g_\mu ^{ - k} \left( {1 \leqslant \mu \leqslant s,1 \leqslant v \leqslant t} \right)\) are algebraically independent, where \(\mathop \omega \nolimits_1 {\text{ , }}...{\text{ , }}\mathop \omega \nolimits_{\text{t}} \) , ..., \(\mathop g\nolimits_1 {\text{ , }}...{\text{ , }}\mathop g\nolimits_s \) are some irrational numbers andg ₁, ...,g _s are distinct positive integers.     

Об операторе Кальдерона

The Calderon type operator $$Sx(t) = \int\limits_0^\infty {x(s)d\mathop {\min }\limits_{i = 0,1} \{ \varphi _i (s)/\Psi _\iota (t)\} } $$ is investigated from the point of view of its bounded action in symmetric spaces of measurable functions on [0, ∞), whereφ _i(t) andΨ _i(t) are concave positive functions on [0, ∞). The following assertions are proved. Theorem 1. Let 1) \(\alpha _{\varphi _1 } > \beta (E) \geqq \alpha (E) > \beta _{\varphi _0 } ,\) , 2)either \(\beta _{\psi _0 }< 1\) or \(\beta _{\psi 1}< 1\) ,where \(\alpha _{\varphi _1 } \) and \(\beta _{\psi _1 } \) denote exponents of the functions φ _i and Ψ_i, i=0, 1,and α(E),β(E) are indices of the space E. Then the Calderon operator acts boundedly from E into E _δ,where δ(t) and χ(t) stand for measurable solutions of the equations $$\psi _i (\delta (t)) = \chi (t)\varphi _i (t),i = 0,1,$$ and $$||x||_{E_{\delta ,\chi } } = ||x^{**} (\delta (t))\chi (t)||_E .$$ Theorem 2.If the ratio φ ₀/φ(t)/φ₁(t) is non-increasing, Ψ_i(t) are semimultiplicative and \(\alpha _{\psi _i } \) (i=0, 1),then a necessary condition for the Calderon operator to act boundedly from E into E _{δ, χ} $$\beta _{\varphi _1 } \geqq \beta (E) \geqq \alpha (E) \geqq \alpha _{\varphi _0 } .$$      

Strong approximation of empirical process with independent but non-identically distributed random variables

Let{Y_t,t=1,2,…} be independent random variables with continuous distribution functionsF_i(y).For any y,dencte s=F_t(y)=1/t sum from i=1 to t F_i(y).The empirical process is defind by t~(-1/2)R(s,t) whereR(s,t)=t(1/t sum from i=1 to t I_((?)_t(Y_i)≤s)-s)=sum from i=1 to t I_(?)-ts=sum from i=1 to t I_(?)-(?)_t(y)=sum from i=1 to t I_(Y_(?)≤y)-sum from i=1 to t F_i(y).The purpose of this paper is to investigate the asymptotic properties of the empirical processR(s,t).We shall prove that for some integer sequence {t_k},there is a (?)-process (?)(s,t) such that(?)|R(s,t_k)-(?)(s,t_k)|=O(t_k~(1/2)(log t_k)~(-1/4)(log log t_k)~(1/2))a.s.where (?)(s,t) is a two-parameter Gaussian process defined in §1.     

The normal distribution and repeated games

For a reperated zero-sum two-person game with incomplete information discussed byZamir, it is proved here that \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \sqrt n v_n (p) = \phi (p)\) whereφ (p) is the normal density function evaluated at itsp-quantile (i.e. \(\phi (p) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt {2\pi } }}e^{ - ({1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-0em} 2})x^2 } p\) where \(\frac{1}{{\sqrt {2\pi } }}\mathop {\smallint ^p }\limits_{ - \infty }^x e^{ - ({1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-0em} 2})x^2 } dx = p\) . Here for 0?p?1, (p, 1 ?p) is the a priori probability distribution on two states of nature, the actual state of nature is known to the maximizer but not to the minimizer.v _n (p) is the minimax value of the game withn stages.     

ОБ ИНтЕРпОлИРОВАНИИ В кОМплЕксНОИ ОБлАст И

LetD be a simply connected domain, the boundary of which is a closed Jordan curveγ; \(\mathfrak{M} = \left\{ {z_{k, n} } \right\}\) , 0≦k≦n; n=1, 2, 3, ..., a matrix of interpolation knots, \(\mathfrak{M} \subset \Gamma ; A_c \left( {\bar D} \right)\) the space of the functions that are analytic inD and continuous on \(\bar D; \left\{ {L_n \left( {\mathfrak{M}; f, z} \right)} \right\}\) the sequence of the Lagrange interpolation polynomials. We say that a matrix \(\mathfrak{M}\) satisfies condition (B _m ), \(\mathfrak{M}\) ∈(B _m ), if for some positive integerm there exist a setB _m containingm points and a sequencen _{p p=1} ^∞ of integers such that the series \(\mathop \Sigma \limits_{p = 1}^\infty \frac{1}{{n_p }}\) diverges and for all pairsn _i ,n _j ∈{n _p } _p=1 ^∞ the set \(\left( {\bigcap\limits_{k = 0}^{n_i } {z_{k, n_i } } } \right)\bigcap {\left( {\bigcup\limits_{k = 0}^{n_j } {z_{k, n_j } } } \right)} \) is contained inB _m . The main result reads as follows. {Let D=z: ¦z¦ \(\Gamma = \partial \bar D\) and let the matrix \(\mathfrak{M} \subset \Gamma \) satisfy condition (B_m). Then there exists a function \(f \in A_c \left( {\bar D} \right)\) such that the relation $$\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{n \to \infty } \left| {L_n \left( {\mathfrak{M}, f, z} \right)} \right| = \infty $$ holds almost everywhere on γ.     

Interpolation of states by vector states on certain operator algebras

LetT be an operator on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space \(\mathcal{H}\) with eigenvectorsv _i , ‖v _i ‖=1,i=1, 2, ..., andsp{v _i ?i∈n} dense in \(\mathcal{H}\) . Suppose that {v _i } is a Schauder basis for \(\mathcal{H}\) . We denote byA _T the ultraweakly closed algebra generated byT andI, the identity operator on \(\mathcal{H}\) . For any nonnegative sequence of scalars \(\left\{ {\alpha ,with = \sum\nolimits_1^\infty {\alpha _1 } = 1} \right\},\) , we associate an ultraweakly (normal) continuous linear functional \(\phi _\alpha = \sum\nolimits_1^\infty {\alpha _j } \omega _v\) where \(\phi _\alpha \left( A \right) = \lim _n \sum\nolimits_1^n {\alpha _j } \omega _v ,\) , and \(\omega _v ,\left( A \right) =< Av_1 ,v_1 >\) for allA∈A _T . We denote the set of all such linear functionals onA TbyF(T). The question that we investigate in this paper is whether each linear functional φ_α inF(T) is a vector state, i.e. does φ_α=ωx for some unit vectorx in \(\mathcal{H}\) ?     

On a theorem of Jackson

We prove that $$\mathop {L_n \in Z_n }\limits^{\inf } \mathop \omega \limits^{sup^* } \mathop {f \in H_\omega }\limits^{\sup } \frac{{\left\| {f - L_n \left( f \right)} \right\|}}{{\omega \left( {\frac{\pi }{{n + 1}}} \right)}} = 1\left( {n = 0,1,2,...} \right)$$ (n=0,1,2,...), where \(\mathop {L_n \in Z_n }\limits^{\inf } \) is taken over all linear polynomial approximation methods of degree not higher than n and \(\mathop \omega \limits^{sup^* } \) over all convex moduli of continuity ω(δ).     

Rational approximations of real numbers

For anyx ∈ r put $$c(x) = \overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to \infty } } \mathop {\min }\limits_{(p,q\mathop {) \in Z}\limits_{q \leqslant t} \times N} t\left| {qx - p} \right|.$$ . Let [x₀; x₁,..., x_n, ...] be an expansion of x into a continued fraction and let \(M = \{ x \in J,\overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } } x_n< \infty \}\) .Forx∈M put D(x)=c(x)/(1?c(x)). The structure of the set \(\mathfrak{D} = \{ D(x),x \in M\}\) is studied. It is shown that $$\mathfrak{D} \cap (3 + \sqrt 3 ,(5 + 3\sqrt 3 )/2) = \{ D(x^{(n,3} )\} _{n = 0}^\infty \nearrow (5 + 3\sqrt 3 )/2,$$ where \(x^{(n,3)} = [\overline {3;(1,2)_n ,1} ].\) This yields for \(\mu = \inf \{ z,\mathfrak{D} \supset (z, + \infty )\}\) (“origin of the ray”) the following lower bound: μ?(5+3√3)/2=5.0n>(5 + 3/3)/2=5.098.... Suppose a∈n. Put \(M(a) = \{ x \in M,\overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } } x_n = a\}\) , \(\mathfrak{D}(a) = \{ D(x),x \in M(a)\}\) . The smallest limit point of \(\mathfrak{D}(a)(a \geqslant 2)\) is found. The structure of (a) is studied completely up to the smallest limit point and elucidated to the right of it.     

Estimates and regularization for solutions of some ill-posed problems of elliptic and parabolic type

In this paper, we examine, in a systematic fashion, some ill-posed problems arising in the theory of heat conduction. In abstract terms, letH be a Hilbert space andA: D (A)?H→H be an unbounded normal operator, we consider the boundary value problemü(t)=Au(t), 0<t<∞,u(0)=u ₀∈D(A), \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to 0} \left\| {u\left( t \right)} \right\| = 0\) . The problem of recoveringu ₀ whenu(T) is known for someT>0 is not well-posed. Suppose we are given approximationsx ₁,x ₂,…,x _N tou(T ₁),…,u(T _N) with 0<T, <…<T _N and positive weightsP _i,i=1,…,n, \(\sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {P_i = 1} \) such that \(Q_2 \left( {u_0 } \right) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {P_i } \left\| {u\left( {T_i } \right) - x_i } \right\|^2 \leqslant \varepsilon ^2 \) . If ‖u _t(0)‖≤E for some a priori constantE, we construct a regularized solution ν(t) such that \(Q\left( {\nu \left( 0 \right)} \right) \leqslant \varepsilon ^2 \) while \(\left\| {u\left( 0 \right) - \nu \left( 0 \right)} \right\| = 0\left( {ln \left( {E/\varepsilon } \right)} \right)^{ - 1} \) and \(\left\| {u\left( t \right) - \nu \left( t \right)} \right\| = 0\left( {\varepsilon ^{\beta \left( t \right)} } \right)\) where 0<β(t)<1 and the constant in the order symbol depends uponE. The function β(t) is larger thant/m whent _k andk is the largest integer such that \((\sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {P_i (T_i )} )< (\sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {P_i (T_i )} = m\) , which β(t)=t/m on [T _k, m] and β(t)=1 on [m, ∞). Similar results are obtained if the measurement is made in the maximum norm, i.e.,Q _∞(u ₀)=max{‖u(T _i)?x _i‖, 1≤i≤N}.     

Asymptotic properties of least squares estimators for discrete compound distributions

Let (X, Λ) be a pair of random variables, where Λ is an Ω (a compact subset of the real line) valued random variable with the density functiong(Θ: α) andX is a real-valued random variable whose conditional probability function given Λ=Θ is P {X=x|Θ} withx=x ₀, x₁, …. Based onn independent observations ofX, x ⁽ⁿ⁾, we are to estimate the true (unknown) parameter vectorα=(α ₁, α₂, ...,α_m) of the probability function ofX, P_α(X=∫_ΩP{X=x|Θ}g(Θ:α)dΘ. A least squares estimator of α is any vector \(\hat \alpha \left( {X^{\left( n \right)} } \right)\) which minimizes $$n^{ - 1} \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left( {P_\alpha \left( {x_i } \right) - fn\left( {x_i } \right)} \right)^2 } $$ wherex ⁽ⁿ⁾=(x₁, x₂,…,x _n) is a random sample ofX andf _n(x_i)=[number ofx _i inx ⁽ⁿ⁾]/n. It is shown that the least squares estimators exist as a unique solution of the normal equations for all sufficiently large sample size (n) and the Gauss-Newton iteration method of obtaining the estimator is numerically stable. The least squares estimators converge to the true values at the rate of \(O\left( {\sqrt {2\log \left( {{{\log n} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\log n} n}} \right. \kern-0em} n}} \right)} } \right)\) with probability one, and has the asymptotically normal distribution.     

Solvability of the Dirichlet problem for degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations

In a bounded domain of the n -dimensional (n?2) space one considers a class of degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations, whose model is the equation $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\frac{{\partial F}}{{\partial x_i }}} (a^{\ell _i } (u)\left| {u_{x_i } } \right|^{m_i - 2} u_{x_i } ) = f(x),$$ where x =(x₁,..., x_r), l_i?0, m_i>1, the function f is summable with some power, the nonnegative continuous function a(u) vanishes at a finite number of points and satisfies \(\frac{{lim}}{{\left| u \right| \to \infty }}a(u) > 0\) . One proves the existence of bounded generalized solutions with a finite integral $$\int\limits_\Omega {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {a^{\ell _i } (u)\left| {u_{x_i } } \right|^{m_i } dx} }$$ of the Dirichlet problem with zero boundary conditions.     

On the limit superior of sequences of sets

qVЕРхНИИ пРЕДЕл пОслЕД ОВАтЕльНОстИ МНОжЕс тВA _n ОпРЕДЕльЕтсь сООтНО шЕНИЕМ \(\mathop {\lim sup}\limits_{n \to \infty } A_n = \mathop \cap \limits_{k = 1}^\infty \mathop \cup \limits_{n = k}^\infty A_n . B\) стАтьЕ РАссМАтРИВА Етсь слЕДУУЩИИ ВОпРО с: ЧтО МОжНО скАжАть О ВЕРхНИх пРЕДЕлАх \(\mathop {\lim sup}\limits_{k \to \infty } A_{n_k }\) , еслИ ИжВЕстНО, ЧтО пРЕсЕЧЕНИь \(\mathop \cap \limits_{k = 1}^\infty A_{n_k }\) «МАлы» Дль кАж-ДОИ пОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНОстИ \((A_{n_k } )\) ? ДОкАжыВАЕтсь, Ч тО

1. ЕслИ \(\mathop \cap \limits_{k = 1}^\infty A_{n_k }\) — кОНЕЧНОЕ МНО жЕстВО Дль кАжДОИ пОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНОстИ \((A_{n_k } )\) , тО НАИДЕтсь тАкАь пОДпО слЕДОВАтЕльНОсть, Дл ь кОтОРОИ МНОжЕстВО \(\mathop {\lim sup}\limits_{k \to \infty } A_{n_k }\) сЧЕтНО;
2. ЕслИ \(2^{\aleph _0 } = \aleph _1\) , тО сУЩЕстВУЕ т тАкАь пОслЕДОВАтЕл ьНОсть (A_n), ЧтО \(\mathop \cap \limits_{k = 1}^\infty A_{n_k }\) — сЧЕтНОЕ МНОжЕстВО Дль лУБОИ п ОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНОстИ \((A_{n_k } )\) , НО \(\mathop {\lim sup}\limits_{k \to \infty } A_{n_k }\) ИМЕЕт МОЩ-НОсть кОНтИНУУМА;
3. ЕслИA _n — БОРЕлЕ ВскИЕ МНОжЕстВА В НЕкОтОРО М пОлНОМ сЕпАРАБЕльНО М МЕтРИЧЕскОМ пРОстРАНстВЕ, И \(\mathop \cap \limits_{k = 1}^\infty A_{n_k }\) — сЧЕт НОЕ МНОжЕстВО Дль кАж ДОИ пОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНОстИ \((A_{n_k } )\) , тО сУЩЕстВУЕт тАкАь п ОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНОсть, ЧтО \(\mathop {\lim sup}\limits_{k \to \infty } A_{n_k }\) — сЧЕтНОЕ МНОжЕстВО. кРОМЕ тОгО, ДОкАжАНО, Ч тО В слУЧАьх А) И В) В пОслЕДОВАтЕльНОстИ (A _n ) сУЩЕстВУЕт схОДьЩА ьсь пОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНО сть.

кРОМЕ тОгО, ДОкАжАНО, Ч тО В слУЧАьх А) И В) В пОслЕДОВАтЕльНОстИ (А _n ) сУЩЕстВУЕт схОДьЩ Аьсь пОДпОслЕДОВАтЕльНО сть.     

On coefficients of null-series and on sets of uniqueness of trigonometric and Walsh systems

В работе доказываютс я следующие утвержде ния. Теорема I.Пусть ? _n ↓0u \(\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {\varepsilon _n^2 = + \infty } \) .Тогд а существует множест во Е?[0, 1]с μЕ=0 такое что:1. Существует ряд \(\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {a_n W_n } (t)\) с к оеффициентами ¦а _n ¦≦{in¦n¦, который сх одится к нулю всюду вне E и ε∥a_n∥>0.2. Если b _n ¦=о(ε _n )и ряд \(\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {b_n W_n (t)} \) сх одится к нулю всюду вн е E за исключением быть может некоторого сче тного множества точе к, то b _n =0для всех п. Теорема 3.Пусть ? _n ↓0u \(\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{n \to \infty } \frac{{\varepsilon _n }}{{\varepsilon _{2n} }}< \sqrt 2 \) Тогд а существует множест во E?[0, 1] с υ E=0 такое, что:

1. Существует ряд \(\sum\limits_{n = - \infty }^{ + \infty } {a_n e^{inx} ,} \sum\limits_{n = - \infty }^{ + \infty } {\left| {a_n } \right|} > 0,\) кот орый сходится к нулю в сюду вне E и ¦a_n≦¦n¦ для n=±1, ±2, ...
2. Если ряд \(\sum\limits_{n = - \infty }^{ + \infty } {b_n e^{inx} } \) сходится к нулю всюду вне E и ¦b_v¦=о(ε ¦n¦), то b_n=0 для всех я. Теорема 5. Пусть послед овательности S⁽¹⁾={ε ₀ ⁽¹⁾ , ε ₁ ⁽¹⁾ , ε ₂ ⁽¹⁾ , ...} u S²=ε ₀ ⁽²⁾ , ε ₁ ⁽²⁾ . ε ₂ ⁽²⁾ монотонно стремятся к нулю, \(\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{n \to \infty } \varepsilon ^{(i)} /\varepsilon _{2n}^{(i)}< 2,i = 1,2\) , причем \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \varepsilon _n^{(2)} /\varepsilon _n^{(i)} = + \infty \) . Тогда для каждого ε>O н айдется множество Е? [-π,π], μE >2π — ε, которое является U(S¹), но не U(S¹) — множеством для тригонометричес кой системы. Аналог теоремы 5 для си стемы Уолша был устан овлен в [7].

     

An inverse problem of the three-dimensional wave equation for a general annular vibrating membrane with piecewise smooth boundary conditions

This paper deals with the very interesting problem about the influence of piecewise smooth boundary conditions on the distribution of the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian inR ³. The asymptotic expansion of the trace of the wave operator $\widehat\mu (t) = \sum\limits_{\upsilon = 1}^\infty {\exp \left( { - it\mu _\upsilon ^{1/2} } \right)} $ for small ?t? and $i = \sqrt { - 1} $ , where $\{ \mu _\nu \} _{\nu = 1}^\infty $ are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian $ - \nabla ^2 = - \sum\limits_{k = 1}^3 {\left( {\frac{\partial }{{\partial x^k }}} \right)} ^2 $ in the (x ¹,x ²,x ³), is studied for an annular vibrating membrane Ω inR ³ together with its smooth inner boundary surfaceS ₁ and its smooth outer boundary surfaceS ₂. In the present paper, a finite number of Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions on the piecewise smooth componentsS ^* _i(i=1, …,m) ofS ₁ and on the piecewise smooth componentsS ^* _i(i=m+1, …,n) ofS ₂ such that $S_1 = \bigcup\limits_{i = 1}^m {S_i^* } $ and $S_2 = \bigcup\limits_{i = m + 1}^n {S_i^* } $ are considered. The basic problem is to extract information on the geometry of the annular vibrating membrane ω from complete knowledge of its eigenvalues by analyzing the asymptotic expansions of the spectral function $\widehat\mu (t)$ for small ?t?.     

Approximation of differentiable functions by functions of large smoothness

The order of the quantity \(\delta (L) = \mathop {\sup }\limits_{\chi _{_{_{_1 } } } } \mathop {\inf }\limits_{\chi _2 } \parallel \chi _1 - \chi _2 \parallel L_S [0,2 = ]\) as L → ∞ is studied for the classes of periodic functionsx ₁εW _p ⁿ (I), andx ₂ εW _q ^m (L). Necessary and sufficient conditions under which the inequality $$\parallel x^{(n)} \parallel _{L_p } \leqslant C\parallel x\parallel _{L_q }^x \parallel x^{(m)} \parallel _{L_s }^\beta $$ with the constant independent of x holds for all periodic functions x(t) with \(\int_0^{2\pi } \chi (l)dl = 0\) andx ^(m) (t εL _s [0, 2π] are found.     

On the asymptotic behaviour of the ideal counting function in quadratic number fields

LetK be a quadratic number field with discriminantD and denote byF(n) the number of integral ideals with norm equal ton. Forr≥1 the following formula is proved $$\sum\limits_{n \leqslant x} {F(n)F(n + r) = M_K (r)x + E_K (x,r).} $$ HereM _k (r) is an explicitly determined function ofr which depends onK, and for every ε>0 the error term is bounded by \(|E_K (x,r)|<< |D|^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-0em} 2} + \varepsilon } x^{{5 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {5 6}} \right. \kern-0em} 6} + \varepsilon } \) uniformly for \(r<< |D|^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-0em} 2}} x^{{5 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {5 6}} \right. \kern-0em} 6}} \) Moreover,E _k (x,r) is small on average, i.e \(\int_X^{2X} {|E_K (x,r)|^2 dx}<< |D|^{4 + \varepsilon } X^{{5 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {5 2}} \right. \kern-0em} 2} + \varepsilon } \) uniformly for \(r<< |D|X^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 4}} \right. \kern-0em} 4}} \) .