Nonexistence results and estimates for some nonlinear elliptic problems

Here we study the local or global behaviour of the solutions of elliptic inequalities involving quasilinear operators of the type or . We give integral estimates and nonexistence results. They depend on properties of the supersolutions of the equationsL _A ^u=0,L _B ^v=0, which suppose weak coercivity conditions. Under stronger conditions, we give pointwise estimates in case of equalities, using Harnack properties.     

A band limited and Besov class functional calculus for Tadmor-Ritt operators

For Banach space operators T satisfying the Tadmor-Ritt condition a band limited H^∞ calculus is established, where and a is at most of the order C(T)⁵. It follows that such a T allows a bounded Besov algebra B_{∞ 1}⁰ functional calculus, These estimates are sharp in a convenient sense. Relevant embedding theorems for B_{∞ 1}⁰ are derived. Received: 25 October 2004; revised: 31 January 2005     

Optimal constant in a new estimate for the degree

In this paper, we prove the estimate

Homogenization of two-phase metrics and applications

We consider two-phase metrics of the form ϕ(x, ξ) ≔ , where α,β are fixed positive constants and B _α, B _β are disjoint Borel sets whose union is ℝ^N, and prove that they are dense in the class of symmetric Finsler metrics ϕ satisfying

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     

Non-commutative Clarkson Inequalities for n-Tuples of Operators

Let A ₀, ... , A _n−1 be operators on a separable complex Hilbert space , and let α₀,..., α _n−1 be positive real numbers such that 1. We prove that for every unitarily invariant norm,

Growth of power series with square root gaps

For entire functionsf whose power series have Hadamard gaps with ratio ≥1+α>1, Gaier has shown that the condition |f(x)|≤e ^x forx≥0 implies |f(z)|≤C _αe^|z| (*) for allz. Here the result is extended to the case of square root gaps, that is, , with , where α>0. Smaller gaps cannot work. In connection with his proof of the general high indices theorem for Borel summability, Gaier had shown that square root gaps imply . Having such an estimate, one can adapt Pitt’s Tauberian method for the restricted Borel high indices theorem to show that, in fact, , which implies (*). The author also states an equivalent distance formula involving monomialsx ^pke^−xinL ^∞ (0, ∞).     

On Approximation by Reciprocals of Spherical Harmonics in L p Norm

Let S^1-1,q≥2,be the surface of the unit sphere in the Euclidean space R^1,f（x）∈L^p（S^q-1）,f（x）≥0,f absohutely unegual to 0,1≤p≤＋∞,Then,it is proved in the present paper that there is a spherical harmonics PN（x） of order≤N and a constant C〉0 such that where ω（f,δ）L^p=sup 0〈t≤δ‖St（f）-f‖L^p is a kind of moduli of continuity and ^‖f-1/PN‖L^p≤Cω（f,N^-1）L^p,St（f,μ）=1/｜S^q-2｜Sin^2λt ∫-μμ’=t f（μ＇）dμ＇ is a translation operator.     

Some inequalities for polynomials satisfying p(z)≡znp(1/z)

Let be a polynomial degreen and let . Then according to Bernstein’s inequality ‖p’‖≤n‖p‖. It is a well known open problem to obtain inequality analogous to Bernstein’s inequality for the class II_n of polynomials satisfying p(z)≡zⁿp(1/z). Here we obtain an inequality analogous to Bernstein’s inequality for a subclass of II_n. Our results include several of the known results as special cases.     

On estimation of a density and its derivatives

Summary Letf _n ^(p) be a recursive kernel estimate off ^(p) thepth order derivative of the probability density functionf, based on a random sample of sizen. In this paper, we provide bounds for the moments of and show that the rate of almost sure convergence of to zero isO(n ^−α), α<(r−p)/(2r+1), iff ^(r),r>p≧0, is a continuousL ₂(−∞, ∞) function. Similar rate-factor is also obtained for the almost sure convergence of to zero under different conditions onf. This work was supported in part by the Research Foundation of SUNY.     

Impulsive fractional boundary value problem with <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplace operator

In the present paper, we deal with the existence and multiplicity of solutions for the following impulsive fractional boundary value problem

$$\begin{aligned} {_{t}}D_{T}^{\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right) + a(t)|u(t)|^{p-2}u(t)= & {} f(t,u(t)),\;\;t\ne t_j,\;\;\hbox {a.e.}\;\;t\in [0,T],\\ \Delta \left( {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right) \right)= & {} I_j(u(t_j))\;\;j=1,2,\ldots ,n,\\ u(0)= & {} u(T) = 0. \end{aligned}$$

where \(\alpha \in (1/p, 1]\), \(1<p<\infty \), \(0 = t_0<t_1< t_2< \cdots< t_n < t_{n+1} = T\), \(f:[0,T]\times \mathbb {R} \rightarrow \mathbb {R}\) and \(I_j : \mathbb {R} \rightarrow \mathbb {R}\), \(j = 1, \ldots , n\), are continuous functions, \(a\in C[0,T]\) and

$$\begin{aligned} \Delta \left( {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right) \right)= & {} {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right) \\&- {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j^-)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^-\right) \right) ,\\ {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right)= & {} \lim _{t \rightarrow t_j^+} {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right) ,\\ {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j^-)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j^-)\right)= & {} \lim _{t\rightarrow t_j^-}{_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right) . \end{aligned}$$

By using variational methods and critical point theory, we give some criteria to guarantee that the above-mentioned impulsive problems have at least one weak solution and a sequences of weak solutions.

     

On the maximum modulus principle for polynomials in a quasidisk

LetG⊂C be a quasidisk,K ⊂ G be a compact set, andp _n be a non-constant complex polynomial of degree at mostn. We establish the inequality whereα _n < 0 depends onn, K, and the geometrical structure of ϖG.     

Inequalities for derivatives of functions in the spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>

  We obtain a new sharp inequality for the local norms of functions x ∈ L _{∞, ∞} ^r (R), namely,

Modulus of continuity of the matrix absolute value

Lipschitz continuity of the matrix absolute value |A| = (A*A)^1/2 is studied. Let A and B be invertible, and let M ₁ = max(‖A‖, ‖B‖), M ₂ = max(‖A ⁻¹‖, ‖B ⁻¹‖). Then it is shown that

On solutions of almost hypoelliptic equations in weighted Sobolev spaces

It is proved that if P(D) is a regular, almost hypoelliptic operator and

Harmonic measure of curves in the disk

A powerful tool for studying the growth of analytic and harmonic functions is Hall's Lemma, which states that there is a constantC>0 so that the harmonic measure of a subsetE of the closed unit disk evaluated at 0 satisfies whereE _rad is the radial projection ofE onto . FitzGerald, Rodin and Warschawski proved that ifE is a continuum in whose radial projection has length at most π then (*) is true withC=1, and they asked how large the length, |E _rad|, can be in order for their result to be valid. We prove that (*) holds withC=1 for every continuum satisfying and θc cannot be replaced by a larger number. Fuchs asked for the largest constantC so that (*) holds for allE. We show that for every continuum , (*) holds withC=C _2π≅.977126698498665669…, whereC _2π is the harmonic measure of the two long sides of a 3∶1 rectangle evaluated at the center. There are Jordan curves for which equality holds in (*) withC=C _2π. The authors are supported in part by NSF grants DMS-9302823 and DMS-9401027, and while at MSRI by NSF grant DMS-9022140.     

A Robin boundary problem with Hardy potential and critical nonlinearities

Let Ω be a bounded domain with a smooth C ² boundary in ℝⁿ (n ≥ 3), 0 ∈ , and υ denote the unit outward normal to ∂Ω. In this paper, we are concerned with the following class of boundary value problems:

Sharp weak-type inequalities for Hilbert transform and Riesz projection

The paper is devoted to the study of the weak norms of the classical operators in the vector-valued setting.

1. Let S, H denote the singular integral involution operator and the Hilbert transform on $L^p \left( {\mathbb{T}, \ell _\mathbb{C}^2 } \right)$ , respectively. Then for 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 and any f, $$\left\| {\mathcal{S}f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left( {\frac{1} {\pi }\int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\frac{{\left| {\tfrac{2} {\pi }\log \left| t \right|} \right|^p }} {{t^2 + 1}}dt} } \right)^{ - 1/p} \left\| f \right\|p,$$ $$\left\| {\mathcal{H}f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left( {\frac{1} {\pi }\int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\frac{{\left| {\tfrac{2} {\pi }\log \left| t \right|} \right|^p }} {{t^2 + 1}}dt} } \right)^{ - 1/p} \left\| f \right\|p.$$ Both inequalities are sharp.
2. Let P ₊ and P _? stand for the Riesz projection and the co-analytic projection on $L^p \left( {\mathbb{T}, \ell _\mathbb{C}^2 } \right)$ , respectively. Then for 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 and any f, $$\left\| {P + f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left\| f \right\|_p ,$$ $$\left\| {P - f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left\| f \right\|_p .$$ Both inequalities are sharp.
3. We establish the sharp versions of the estimates above in the nonperiodic case.

The results are new even if the operators act on complex-valued functions. The proof rests on the construction of an appropriate plurisubharmonic function and probabilistic techniques.     

De Bruijn’s question on the zeros of Fourier transforms

Letf(z) be a real entire function of genus 1^*, δ≥0, and suppose that for each ε>0, all but a finite number of the zeros off(z) lie in the strip |Imz| ≤δ+ε. Let λ be a positive constant such that . It is shown that for each ε>0, all but a finite number of the zeros of the entire function lie in the strip and if Δ² < 2λ, then all but a finite number of the zeros of e^−λD2 f(z) are real and simple. As a consequence, de Bruijn's question whether the functions e^γ t ²,λ>0, are strong universal factors is answered affirmatively. The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Korea Research Foundation made in the program year of (1998–2000).     

Some Remarks on a Class of Nonuniformly Elliptic Equations of p-Laplacian Type

This paper deals with the existence of weak solutions in W ₀¹(Ω) to a class of elliptic problems of the form