An initial value problem for a singular parabolic equation of even order

At first Cauchy-problem for the equation: \(L[u(X,t)] \equiv \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\frac{{\partial ^2 u}}{{\partial x_1^2 }} + \frac{{2v}}{{\left| X \right|^2 }}} \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial x_i }} - \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = 0} \) wheren≥1,v—an arbitrary constant,t>0,X=(x ₁, …, x_n)∈E ⁿ/{0}, |X|= =(x ₁ ² +…+x _n ² )^1/2, with 0 being a centre of coordinate system, is studied. Basing on the above, the solution of Cauchy-Nicolescu problem is given which consist in finding a solution of the equationL ^p [u (X, t)]=0, withp∈N subject the initial conditions \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to \infty } L^k [u(X,t)] = \varphi _k (X)\) ,k=0, 1,…,p?1 and ?_k(X) are given functions.     

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.     

Volume Formulas in Lp-Spaces

We extend classical volume formulas for ellipsoids and zonoids to p-sums of segments $${vol}\left( {\sum\limits_{i=1}^m { \oplus_p } [ -x_i ,x_i ]} \right)^{1/n} \sim_{c_p} n^{ - \frac{1}{{p'}}} \left( {\sum\limits_{card(I) = n} {|\det (x_i)_i |^p}} \right)^{\frac{1}{{pn}}}$$ where x1,...,xm are m vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n ,\frac{1}{p} + \frac{1}{{p\prime }} = 1$ . According to the definition of Firey, the Minkowski p-sum of segments is given by $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m { \oplus _p [ - x_{i,} x_i ]} = \left\{ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {\alpha _i } x_i \left| {\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {|\alpha _i |^{p^\prime } } } \right)} \right.^{\frac{1}{{p^\prime }}} \leqslant 1} \right\}.$$ We describe related geometric properties of the Lewis maps associated to classical operator norms.     

Asymptotic properties for the loglog laws under positive association

Let {X _n : n ?? 1} be a strictly stationary sequence of positively associated random variables with mean zero and finite variance. Set $S_n = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^n {X_k }$ , $Mn = \mathop {\max }\limits_{k \leqslant n} \left| {S_k } \right|$ , n ?? 1. Suppose that $0 < \sigma ^2 = EX_1^2 + 2\sum\limits_{k = 2}^\infty {EX_1 X_k < \infty }$ . In this paper, we prove that if E|X ₁|^2+?? < for some ?? ?? (0, 1], and $\sum\limits_{j = n + 1}^\infty {Cov\left( {X_1 ,X_j } \right) = O\left( {n^{ - \alpha } } \right)}$ for some ?? > 1, then for any b > ?1/2 $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{\varepsilon \searrow 0} \varepsilon ^{2b + 1} \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {\frac{{(\log \log n)^{b - 1/2} }} {{n^{3/2} \log n}}} E\left\{ {M_n - \sigma \varepsilon \sqrt {2n\log \log n} } \right\}_ + = \frac{{2^{ - 1/2 - b} E\left| N \right|^{2(b + 1)} }} {{(b + 1)(2b + 1)}}\sum\limits_{k = 0}^\infty {\frac{{( - 1)^k }} {{(2k + 1)^{2(b + 1)} }}}$$ and $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{\varepsilon \nearrow \infty } \varepsilon ^{ - 2(b + 1)} \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {\frac{{(\log \log n)^b }} {{n^{3/2} \log n}}E\left\{ {\sigma \varepsilon \sqrt {\frac{{\pi ^2 n}} {{8\log \log n}}} - M_n } \right\}} _ + = \frac{{\Gamma (b + 1/2)}} {{\sqrt 2 (b + 1)}}\sum\limits_{k = 0}^\infty {\frac{{( - 1)^k }} {{(2k + 1)^{2b + 2} }}} ,$$ where x ₊ = max{x, 0}, N is a standard normal random variable, and ??(·) is a Gamma function.     

Singular solutions for second-order non-divergence type elliptic inequalities in punctured balls

We study the existence and non-existence of positive singular solutions of second-order non-divergence type elliptic inequalities of the form $\sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^N {a_{ij} (x)\frac{{\partial ^2 u}} {{\partial x_i \partial x_j }}} + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {b_i (x)\frac{{\partial u}} {{\partial x_i }} \geqslant K(x)u^p ,} - \infty < p - \infty , $ with measurable coefficients in a punctured ball B _R \{0} of ? ^N , N ≥ 1. We prove the existence of a critical value p* which separates the existence region from the non-existence region. We show that in the critical case p = p*, the existence of a singular solution depends on the rate at which the coefficients (a _{i j} ) and (b _i ) stabilize at zero, and we provide some optimal conditions in this setting.     

Behavior at infinity of solutions of second-order nonlinear equations of a particular class

Let Ω be an arbitrary, possibly unbounded, open subset of ? ⁿ , and letL be an elliptic operator of the form $$L = \sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^n {\frac{\partial }{{\partial x_i }}\left( {a_{ij} (x)\frac{\partial }{{\partial x_j }}} \right)} $$ . The behavior at infinity of the solutions of the equationLu=?(¦u¦)signu in Ω is studied, where? is a measurable function. In particular, given certain conditions at infinity, the uniqueness theorem for the solution of the first boundary value problem is proved.     

Uniqueness and stability of solutions for Cauchy problem of nonlinear diffusion equations

The uniqueness of solutions for Cauchy problem of the form $$\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = \Delta A(u) + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {\frac{{\partial b^i (u)}}{{\partial x_i }} + c(u)} $$ is studied. It is proved that ifu ∈BVx and A(u) is strictly increasing, the solution is unique.     

Lipschitz-Nikolski\imath constants and asymptotic simultaneous approximation on theM n -operatorsconstants and asymptotic simultaneous approximation on theM n -operators

This note is a study of approximation of classes of functions and asymptotic simultaneous approximation of functions by theM _n -operators of Meyer-König and Zeller which are defined by $$(M_n f)(x) = (1 - x)^{n + 1} \sum\limits_{k = 0}^\infty {f\left( {\frac{k}{{n + k}}} \right)} \left( \begin{array}{l} n + k \\ k \\ \end{array} \right)x^k , n = 1,2,....$$ Among other results it is proved that for 0<α≤1 $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{\alpha /2} \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in Lip_1 \alpha } \left| {(M_n f)(x) - f(x)} \right| = \frac{{\Gamma \left( {\frac{{\alpha + 1}}{2}} \right)}}{{\pi ^{1/2} }}\left\{ {2x(1 - x)^2 } \right\}^{\alpha /2} $$ and if for a functionf, the derivativeD ^m+2 f exist at a pointx∈(0, 1), then $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } 2n[D^m (M_n f) - D^m f] = \Omega f,$$ where Ω is the linear differential operator given by $$\Omega = x(1 - x)^2 D^{m + 2} + m(3x - 1)(x - 1)D^{m + 1} + m(m - 1)(3x - 2)D^m + m(m - 1)(m - 2)D^{m - 1} .$$      

Strongly nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients. I

This paper is concerned with the existence and uniqueness of variational solutions of the strongly nonlinear equation $$ - \sum\limits_1^m {_i \frac{\partial }{{\partial x_i }}\left( {\sum\limits_1^m {_j a_{i,j} (x, u(x))\frac{{\partial u(x)}}{{\partial x_j }}} } \right) + g(x, u(x)) = f(x)} $$ with the coefficients a _i,j (x, s) satisfying an eHipticity degenerate condition and hypotheses weaker than the continuity with respect to the variable s. Furthermore, we establish a condition on f under which the solution is bounded in a bounded open subset Ω of R^m.     

On the modulus of continuity in connection with a problem of J. Szabados concerning strong approximation

Пустьf(x) — интегрируемая 2π-периодическая функция, aω(f,δ) иs _n(x)=s_n(f, x). соответственно, модуль непрерывности иn-ая сумма Фурье этой функции. В настоящей работе, продолжающей исследования Г. Фрейда, Л. Лейндлера—E. M. Никищина, И. Сабадоша и К. И. Осколкова, доказывается следующая теорема.Если Ω(u) — выпуклая или вогнутая непрерывная функция и если (1) 1 $$\left\| {\left. {\sum\limits_{k = 1}^\infty \Omega (|S_k (x) - f(x)|)} \right\|_C } \right.$$ то 1 $$\omega (f;\delta ) = O\left( {\delta \int\limits_\delta ^1 {\frac{{\bar \Omega (v)}}{{v^2 }}dv} } \right),$$ где ¯Ω(v) —функция, обратная к Ω(и). При этом существует функция f₀(х), удовлетворяющая условию (1), для которой $$\omega (f;\delta ) = c\delta \int\limits_\delta ^1 {\frac{{\bar \Omega (v)}}{{v^2 }}dv} (c > 0).$$ ЕслиΩ(u)— вогнутая функция, то интеграл \(\int\limits_\delta ^1 {\frac{{\bar \Omega (v)}}{{v^2 }}dv} \) можно заменить на \(\int\limits_{\bar \Omega (\delta )}^1 {\frac{{du}}{{\Omega (u)}}.} \) . Отсюда вытекает, что еслиΩ(u) — функция типа модуля непрерывности, то для того, чтобы (1) всегда влекло принадлежность f(x) классу Lip 1, необходимо и достаточно условие \(\int\limits_0^1 {\frac{{du}}{{\Omega (u)}}}< \infty .\)      

Spectral Projections of the Complex Cubic Oscillator

We prove the spectral instability of the complex cubic oscillator \({-\frac{{\rm d}^{2}}{{\rm d}x^{2}} + ix^{3} + i \alpha x}\) for non-negative values of the parameter α, by getting the exponential growth rate of \({\|\Pi_{n}(\alpha)\|}\) , where \({\Pi_{n}(\alpha)}\) is the spectral projection associated with the nth eigenvalue of the operator. More precisely, we show that for all non-negative α $$\lim\limits_{n \to + \infty} \frac{1}{n} {\rm log}\|\Pi_{n}(\alpha)\| = \frac{\pi}{\sqrt{3}}$$ .     

On the strong approximation by the (C, α)-means of Fourier series. II

стАтьь ьВльЕтсь пРОД ОлжЕНИЕМ пРЕДыДУЩЕИ ОДНОИМЕННОИ РАБОты АВтОРА, гДЕ ИжУ ЧАлсь пОРьДОк ВЕлИЧИН пРИ УслОВИьх, ЧтО α>-1/2, Рα >- 1 И ЧтО МАтРИцАt _nk УДОВлЕтВОРьЕт НЕкОт ОРОМУ УслОВИУ РЕгУльРНОстИ. жДЕсь ДОкАжыВАЕтсь, Ч тО ЕслИf∈H ^Ω, тО ВыпОлНь Етсь ОцЕНкА $$\left\{ {\frac{1}{{\lambda _n }}\mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = n - \lambda _n + 1}^n \left| {\sigma _k^\alpha \left( x \right) - f\left( x \right)} \right|^p } \right\}^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 p}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} p}} = O\left( {\left\{ {\frac{1}{{\lambda _n }}\mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = n - \lambda _n + 1}^n \left( {\frac{1}{k}\mathop \smallint \limits_{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 k}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} k}}^{2\pi } \frac{{\omega \left( t \right)}}{{t^2 }}dt} \right)^p } \right\}^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 p}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} p}} + \left( {\frac{{\lambda _n }}{n}} \right)^\alpha \omega \left( {\frac{1}{n}} \right)} \right)$$ (λ₁=1, λ_n+1-λ_n≦1), А тАкжЕ ЧтО Ёт А ОцЕНкА ОкОНЧАтЕльН А В сВОИх тЕРМИНАх; пОДОБ НыИ РЕжУль-тАт спРАВЕДлИВ тАкжЕ И Дль сОпРьжЕННОИ ФУНкцИИ . ДОкАжыВАЕтсь, ЧтО Усл ОВИьα>?1/2 Иpα>?1, кОтОРыЕ Б ылИ НАлОжЕНы В УпОМьНУтО И ВышЕ ЧАстИ I, сУЩЕстВЕН Ны.     

On the convergence rate of a recursively defined sequence

Consider the following recursively defined sequence: $\tau _1 = 1,\sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {\frac{1} {{\sum\nolimits_{s = j}^n {\tau _s } }}} = 1forn \geqslant 2, $ , which originates from a heat conduction problem first studied by Myshkis (1997). Chang, Chow, and Wang (2003) proved that $\tau _n = \log n + O(1) for large n.$ . In this note, we refine this result to $\tau _n = \log n + \gamma + O\left( {\frac{1} {{\log n}}} \right). $ . where γ is the Euler constant.     

Theory of nonstationary flows of Kelvin-Voigt fluids

One proves the global unique solvability in class \(W_\infty ^1 (0,T;C^{2,d} (\bar \Omega ) \cap H(\Omega ))\) of the initial-boundary-value problem for the quasilinear system $$\frac{{\partial \vec \upsilon }}{{\partial t}} + \upsilon _k \frac{{\partial \vec \upsilon }}{{\partial x_k }} - \mu _1 \frac{{\partial \Delta \vec \upsilon }}{{\partial t}} - \int\limits_0^t {K(t - \tau )\Delta \vec \upsilon (\tau )d\tau + grad p = \vec f,di\upsilon \bar \upsilon = 0,\upsilon , > 0.}$$ This system described the nonstationary flows of the elastic-viscous Kelvin-Voigt fluids with defining relation $$\left( {1 + \sum\limits_{\ell = 1}^L {\lambda _\ell } \frac{{\partial ^\ell }}{{\partial t^\ell }}} \right)\sigma = 2\left( {v + \sum\limits_{m = 1}^{L + 1} {\user2{\ae }_m } \frac{{\partial ^m }}{{\partial t^m }}} \right)D,L = 0,1,2,...;\lambda _L ,\user2{\ae }_{L + 1} > 0.$$      

On the strong summation of Fourier series with variable exponents

Пустьf 2π-периодическ ая суммируемая функц ия, as _k (x) еë сумма Фурье порядк аk. В связи с известным ре зультатом Зигмунда о сильной суммируемости мы уст анавливаем, что если λn→∞, то сущес твует такая функцияf, что почти всюду $$\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{n \to \infty } \left\{ {\frac{1}{n}\mathop \sum \limits_{k = n + 1}^{2n} |s_k (x) - f(x)|^{\lambda _{2n} } } \right\}^{1/\lambda _{2n} } = \infty .$$ Отсюда, в частности, вы текает, что если λn?∞, т о существует такая фун кцияf, что почти всюду $$\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{n \to \infty } \left\{ {\frac{1}{n}\mathop \sum \limits_{k = 0}^n |s_k (x) - f(x)|^{\lambda _k } } \right\}^{1/\lambda _n } = \infty .$$ Пусть, далее, ω-модуль н епрерывности и $$H^\omega = \{ f:\parallel f(x + h) - f(x)\parallel _c \leqq K_f \omega (h)\} .$$ . Мы доказываем, что есл и λ _n ?∞, то необходимым и достаточным условие м для того, чтобы для всехf∈H ^ω выполнялос ь соотношение $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \left\{ {\frac{1}{n}\mathop \sum \limits_{k = n + 1}^{2n} |s_k (x) - f(x)|^{\lambda _n } } \right\}^{1/\lambda _n } = 0(x \in [0;2\pi ])$$ является условие $$\omega \left( {\frac{1}{n}} \right) = o\left( {\frac{1}{{\log n}} + \frac{1}{{\lambda _n }}} \right).$$ Это же условие необхо димо и достаточно для того, чтобы выполнялось соотнош ение $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \frac{1}{{n + 1}}\mathop \sum \limits_{k = 0}^n |s_k (x) - f(x)|^{\lambda _k } = 0(f \in H^\omega ,x \in [0;2\pi ]).$$      

On the best constants in the Khintchine inequality for Steinhaus variables

Let S _j : (Ω, P) → S ¹ ? ? be an i.i.d. sequence of Steinhaus random variables, i.e. variables which are uniformly distributed on the circle S ¹. We determine the best constants a _p in the Khintchine-type inequality $${a_p}{\left\| x \right\|_2} \leqslant {\left( {{\text{E}}{{\left| {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{x_j}{S_j}} } \right|}^p}} \right)^{1/p}} \leqslant {\left\| x \right\|_2};{\text{ }}x = ({x_j})_{j = 1}^n \in {{\Bbb C}^n}$$ for 0 < p < 1, verifying a conjecture of U. Haagerup that $${a_p} = \min \left( {\Gamma {{\left( {\frac{p}{2} + 1} \right)}^{1/p}},\sqrt 2 {{\left( {{{\Gamma \left( {\frac{{p + 1}}{2}} \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Gamma \left( {\frac{{p + 1}}{2}} \right)} {\left[ {\Gamma \left( {\frac{p}{2} + 1} \right)\sqrt \pi } \right]}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left[ {\Gamma \left( {\frac{p}{2} + 1} \right)\sqrt \pi } \right]}}} \right)}^{1/p}}} \right)$$ . Both expressions are equal for p = p ₀ }~ 0.4756. For p ≥ 1 the best constants a _p have been known for some time. The result implies for a norm 1 sequence x ∈ ? ⁿ , ‖x‖₂ = 1, that $${\text{E}}\ln \left| {\frac{{{S_1} + {S_2}}}{{\sqrt 2 }}} \right| \leqslant {\text{E}}\ln \left| {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{x_j}{S_j}} } \right|$$ , answering a question of A. Baernstein and R. Culverhouse.     

Global integrability for minimizers of anisotropic functionals

We consider integral functionals in which the density has growth p _i with respect to ${\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_i}}$ , like in $$\int\limits_{\Omega}\left( \left| \frac{\partial u}{\partial x_1}(x) \right|^{p_1} + \left|\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_2}(x)\right|^{p_2} + \cdots + \left|\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_n}(x) \right|^{p_n} \right) dx.$$ We show that higher integrability of the boundary datum forces minimizer to be more integrable.     

Homogenization of elliptic problems withL p boundary data

We consider the homogenization problem $$\begin{gathered} - \frac{\partial }{{\partial x_i }}\left( {a^{ij} \left( {\frac{x}{\varepsilon }} \right)\frac{{\partial u_\varepsilon }}{{\partial x_j }}} \right) = 0inD, \hfill \\ u_\varepsilon = gon\partial D, \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ whereD is a bounded domain,a is aC ^1,α, periodic, uniformly positive matrix, and the datag belongs toL ^p (?D), 1 <p < ∞. We show that, if?D satisfies a uniform exterior sphere condition, thenu _ε converges in L ^p (D) to the solution of the corresponding homogenized problem asε → 0. The proof is done via estimates for Poisson's kernel. We give examples showing that this convergence result does not hold for a generalG-convergent sequence of operators and depends on the periodicity ofa as well as on its smoothness.     

Another new goldfish model

A new integrable (indeed, solvable) model of goldfish type is identified, and some of its properties are discussed. Its Newtonian equations of motion read as follows: $$\ddot z_n = \frac{{\dot z_n^2 }} {{z_n }} + c_1 \frac{{\dot z_n }} {{z_n }} + c_2 \dot z_n + c_2 c_3 z_n + c_1 c_2 + \sum\limits_{m = 1,m \ne n}^N {\frac{{\left( {\dot z_n + c_3 z_n + c_1 } \right)\left( {\dot z_m + c_3 z_m + c_1 } \right)}} {{z_m }}} \cdot \frac{{z_n + z_m }} {{z_n - z_m }}, n = 1, \ldots N,$$ where c ₁ , c ₂ , and c ₃ are arbitrary constants, z_n ?? z_n(t) are the N dependent variables, N is an arbitrary positive number (N >1), t is the independent variable (??time??) and the dots indicate time-differentiations.