Positive invertibility of matrices and stability of Itô delay differential equations

We study the global exponential p-stability (1 ≤ p < ∞) of systems of Itô nonlinear delay differential equations of a special form using the theory of positively invertible matrices. To this end, we apply a method developed by N.V. Azbelev and his students for the stability analysis of deterministic functional-differential equations. We obtain sufficient conditions for the global exponential 2p-stability (1 ≤ p < ∞) of systems of Itô nonlinear delay differential equations in terms of the positive invertibility of a matrix constructed from the original system. We verify these conditions for specific equations.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis>-entropy formulas on super Ricci flows and Langevin deformation on Wasserstein space over Riemannian manifolds

In this survey paper, we give an overview of our recent works on the study of the W-entropy for the heat equation associated with the Witten Laplacian on super-Ricci flows and the Langevin deformation on the Wasserstein space over Riemannian manifolds. Inspired by Perelman’s seminal work on the entropy formula for the Ricci flow, we prove the W-entropy formula for the heat equation associated with the Witten Laplacian on n-dimensional complete Riemannian manifolds with the CD(K,m)-condition, and the W-entropy formula for the heat equation associated with the time-dependent Witten Laplacian on n-dimensional compact manifolds equipped with a (K,m)-super Ricci flow, where K ∈ R and m ∈ [n,∞]. Furthermore, we prove an analogue of the W-entropy formula for the geodesic flow on the Wasserstein space over Riemannian manifolds. Our result improves an important result due to Lott and Villani (2009) on the displacement convexity of the Boltzmann-Shannon entropy on Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature. To better understand the similarity between above two W-entropy formulas, we introduce the Langevin deformation of geometric flows on the tangent bundle over the Wasserstein space and prove an extension of the W-entropy formula for the Langevin deformation. We also make a discussion on the W-entropy for the Ricci flow from the point of view of statistical mechanics and probability theory. Finally, to make this survey more helpful for the further development of the study of the W-entropy, we give a list of problems and comments on possible progresses for future study on the topic discussed in this survey.     

Equivariant cohomology distinguishes the geometric structures of toric hyperkähler manifolds

Toric hyperkähler manifolds are the hyperkähler analogue of symplectic toric manifolds. The theory of Bielawski and Dancer tells us that, while a symplectic toric manifold is determined by a Delzant polytope, a toric hyperkähler manifold is determined by a smooth hyperplane arrangement. The purpose of this paper is to show that a toric hyperkähler manifold up to weak hyperhamiltonian T -isometry is determined not only by a smooth hyperplane arrangement up to weak linear equivalence but also by its equivariant cohomology H* _T (M; ?) with a point â in H ²(M;?) \ {0} up to weak H*(BT; ?)-algebra isomorphism preserving â.     

On systems of linear functional equations of the second kind in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>

We consider a general system of functional equations of the second kind in L ₂ with a continuous linear operator T satisfying the condition that zero lies in the limit spectrum of the adjoint operator T*. We show that this condition holds for the operators of a wide class containing, in particular, all integral operators. The system under study is reduced by means of a unitary transformation to an equivalent system of linear integral equations of the second kind in L ₂ with Carleman matrix kernel of a special kind. By a linear continuous invertible change, this system is reduced to an equivalent integral equation of the second kind in L ₂ with quasidegenerate Carleman kernel. It is possible to apply various approximate methods of solution for such an equation.     

On the existence of periodic motions of the excited inverted pendulum by elementary methods

Using purely elementary methods, necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of 2T-periodic and 4T-periodic solutions around the upper equilibrium of the mathematical pendulum when the suspension point is vibrating with period 2T. The equation of the motion is of the form

$$\ddot{\theta}-\frac{1}{l}(g+a(t)) \theta=0,$$

where l, g are constants and

$$a(t) := \begin{cases} A &\text{if } 2kT\leq t < (2k+1)T,\\ -A &\text{if } (2k+1)T\leq t < (2k+2)T,\end{cases}\quad (k=0,1,\dots);$$

A, T are positive constants. The exact stability zones for the upper equilibrium are presented.

     

Complex vector measure and integral over manifolds with locally finite variations

It is well known that any compactly supported continuous complex differential n-form can be integrated over real n-dimensional C¹ manifolds in C^m (m ≥ n). For n = 1, the integral along any locally rectifiable curve is defined. Another generalization is the theory of currents (linear functionals on the space of compactly supported C^∞ differential forms). The topic of the article is the integration of measurable complex differential (n, 0)-forms (containing no \(d{\bar z_j}\)) over real n-dimensional C⁰ manifolds in C^m with locally finite n-dimensional variations (a generalization of locally rectifiable curves to dimensions n > 1). The last result is that a real n-dimensional manifold C¹ embedded in C^m has locally finite variations, and the integral of a measurable complex differential (n, 0)-form defined in the article can be calculated by a well-known formula.     

Riesz* homomorphisms on pre-Riesz spaces consisting of continuous functions

In the theory of operators on a Riesz space (vector lattice), an important result states that the Riesz homomorphisms (lattice homomorphisms) on C(X) are exactly the weighted composition operators. We extend this result to Riesz* homomorphisms on order dense subspaces of C(X). On those subspace we consider and compare various classes of operators that extend the notion of a Riesz homomorphism. Furthermore, using the weighted composition structure of Riesz* homomorphisms we obtain several results concerning bijective Riesz* homomorphisms. In particular, we characterize the automorphism group for order dense subspaces of C(X). Lastly, we develop a similar theory for Riesz* homomorphisms on subspace of \(C_0(X)\), for a locally compact Hausdorff space X, and apply it to smooth manifolds and Sobolev spaces.     

Global existence of solutions for stochastic impulsive differential equations

In this paper we obtain some results on the global existence of solution to Itô stochastic impulsive differential equations in M([0,∞),? ⁿ ) which denotes the family of ? ⁿ -valued stochastic processes x satisfying sup_t∈[0,∞) \(\mathbb{E}\)|x(t)|² < ∞ under non-Lipschitz coefficients. The Schaefer fixed point theorem is employed to achieve the desired result. An example is provided to illustrate the obtained results.     

Empirical likelihood inference for semi-parametric estimating equations

Qin and Lawless (1994) established the statistical inference theory for the empirical likelihood of the general estimating equations. However, in many practical problems, some unknown functional parts h(t) appear in the corresponding estimating equations EFG(X, h(T), β) = 0. In this paper, the empirical likelihood inference of combining information about unknown parameters and distribution function through the semiparametric estimating equations are developed, and the corresponding Wilk’s theorem is established. The simulations of several useful models are conducted to compare the finite-sample performance of the proposed method and that of the normal approximation based method. An illustrated real example is also presented.     

The Fermi–Dirac distribution as a model of a thermodynamically ideal liquid. Phase transition of the first kind for neutral gases (corresponding to nonpolar molecules)

In this paper, we introduce the notions of enlarged number theory and of thermodynamically ideal liquid and calculate the temperature below which it appears. This temperature is T = 0.84T _c , where T _c is the critical temperature of a gas whose molecules are nonpolar. For such a gas, in a sufficiently wide neighborhood of the binodal, the isotherms of a gas and of a thermodynamically ideal liquid coincide with those of a van der Waals gas for the critical value of the compressibility factor Z _c = 3/8. In this sense, for T ≤ 0.84T _c and the particular case Z _c = 3/8, the developed theory is a generalization of the van der Waals model. A new phase transition of the second kind at the point of zero activity is described.     

Minimal Reeb vector fields on almost Kenmotsu manifolds

A necessary and sufficient condition for the Reeb vector field of a three dimensional non-Kenmotsu almost Kenmotsu manifold to be minimal is obtained. Using this result, we obtain some classifications of some types of (k, μ, v)-almost Kenmotsu manifolds. Also, we give some characterizations of the minimality of the Reeb vector fields of (k, μ, v)-almost Kenmotsu manifolds. In addition, we prove that the Reeb vector field of an almost Kenmotsu manifold with conformal Reeb foliation is minimal.     

Smoothing nonlinear subdivision schemes by averaging

In the theory of linear subdivision algorithms, it is well-known that the regularity of a linear subdivision scheme can be elevated by one order (say, from C ^k to C ^k+1) by composing it with an averaging step (equivalently, by multiplying to the subdivision mask a(z) a (1 + z) factor. In this paper, we show that the same can be done to nonlinear subdivision schemes: by composing with it any nonlinear, smooth, 2-point averaging step, the lifted nonlinear subdivision scheme has an extra order of regularity than the original scheme. A notable application of this result shows that the classical Lane-Riesenfeld algorithm for uniform B-Spline, when extended to Riemannian manifolds based on geodesic midpoint, produces curves with the same regularity as their linear counterparts. (In particular, curvature does not obstruct the nonlinear Lane-Riesenfeld algorithm to inherit regularity from the linear algorithm.) Our main result uses the recently developed technique of differential proximity conditions.     

Volume Comparison of Conformally Compact Manifolds with Scalar Curvature <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis> ≥ −<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> − 1)

In this paper, we use the normalized Ricci–DeTurk flow to prove a stability result for strictly stable conformally compact Einstein manifolds. As an application, we show a local volume comparison of conformally compact manifolds with scalar curvature R ≥ ?n (n ? 1) and also the rigidity result when certain relative volume is zero.     

Fixed point theorems in <Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>-metric spaces with applications to differential equations

In this paper, we present some fixed point theorems for a class of contractive mappings in b-metric spaces. We verify the T-stability of Picard’s iteration and the P property for such mappings. We also give an example to support our assertions. In addition, by using our results, we obtain the existence and uniqueness of solution to some ordinary differential equations with initial value conditions. Further, we provide the precise mathematical expressions of solutions to such equations.     

Existence of positive solutions for a general nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Let Ω R n be a bounded domain, H = L 2 (Ω), L : D(L) H → H be an unbounded linear operator, f ∈ C(■× R, R) and λ∈ R. The paper is concerned with the existence of positive solutions for the following nonlinear eigenvalue problem Lu = λf (x, u), u ∈ D(L), which is the general form of nonlinear eigenvalue problems for differential equations. We obtain the global structure of positive solutions, then we apply the results to some nonlinear eigenvalue problems for a second-order ordinary differential equation and a fourth-order beam equation, respectively. The discussion is based on the fixed point index theory in cones.     

Linear natural operators lifting p-vectors to tensors of type (q, 0) on Weil bundles

We give a classification of all linear natural operators transforming p-vectors (i.e., skew-symmetric tensor fields of type (p, 0)) on n-dimensional manifolds M to tensor fields of type (q, 0) on T^AM, where T^A is a Weil bundle, under the condition that p ≥ 1, n ≥ p and n ≥ q. The main result of the paper states that, roughly speaking, each linear natural operator lifting p-vectors to tensor fields of type (q, 0) on T^A is a sum of operators obtained by permuting the indices of the tensor products of linear natural operators lifting p-vectors to tensor fields of type (p, 0) on T^A and canonical tensor fields of type (q ? p, 0) on T^A.     

Constantin and Iyer’s Representation Formula for the Navier–Stokes Equations on Manifolds

The purpose of this paper is to establish a probabilistic representation formula for the Navier–Stokes equations on compact Riemannian manifolds. Such a formula has been provided by Constantin and Iyer in the flat case of ? ⁿ or of T ⁿ . On a Riemannian manifold, however, there are several different choices of Laplacian operators acting on vector fields. In this paper, we shall use the de Rham–Hodge Laplacian operator which seems more relevant to the probabilistic setting, and adopt Elworthy–Le Jan–Li’s idea to decompose it as a sum of the square of Lie derivatives.     

The problem of determining the one-dimensional kernel of the electroviscoelasticity equation

We consider the problem of finding the kernel K(t), for t ∈ [0, T], in the integrodifferential system of electroviscoelasticity. We assume that the coefficients depend only on one spatial variable. Replacing the inverse problem with an equivalent system of integral equations, we apply the contraction mapping principle in the space of continuous functions with weighted norms. We prove a global unique solvability theorem and obtain a stability estimate for the solution to the inverse problem.     

The Problem of Finding the One-Dimensional Kernel of the Thermoviscoelasticity Equation

The problem of determining the kernel h(t), t ∈ [0, T], appearing in the system of integro-differential thermoviscoelasticity equations is considered. It is assumed that the coefficients of the equations depend only on one space variable. The inverse problem is replaced by the equivalent system of integral equations for unknown functions. The contraction mapping principle with weighted norms is applied to this system in the space of continuous functions. A global unique solvability theorem is proved and an estimate of the stability of the solution of the inverse problem is obtained.