The Initial Value Problems and Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems for a Class of the Second order Quasilinear Parabolio Systems

In this paper initial value problems and nonlinear mixed boundary value problems for the quasilinear parabolic systems below $\[\frac{{\partial {u_k}}}{{\partial t}} - \sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^n {a_{ij}^{(k)}} (x,t)\frac{{{\partial ^2}{u_k}}}{{\partial {x_i}\partial {x_j}}} = {f_k}(x,t,u,{u_x}),k = 1, \cdots ,N\]$ are discussed.The boundary value conditions are $\[{u_k}{|_{\partial \Omega }} = {g_k}(x,t),k = 1, \cdots ,s,\]$ $\[\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {b_i^{(k)}} (x,t)\frac{{\partial {u_k}}}{{\partial {x_i}}}{|_{\partial \Omega }} = {h_k}(x,t,u),k = s + 1, \cdots N.\]$ Under some "basically natural" assumptions it is shown by means of the Schauder type estimates of the linear parabolic equations and the embedding inequalities in Nikol'skii spaces,these problems have solutions in the spaces $\[{H^{2 + \alpha ,1 + \frac{\alpha }{2}}}(0 < \alpha < 1)\]$.For the boundary value problem with $\[b_i^{(k)}(x,t) = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {a_{ij}^{(k)}} (x,t)\cos (n,{x_j})\]$ uniqueness theorem is proved.     

SINGULAR PERTURBATION PROBLEMS FOR A CLASS OF ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS OF SECOND ORDER AS DEGENERATED OPERATOR HAS SINGULAR POINTS

In this paper we study the first and tiie third boundary value problems for the elliptic equation \[\begin{array}{l} \varepsilon \left( {\sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^m {{d_{i,j}}(x)\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x_i}\partial {x_j}}} + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {{d_i}(x)\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial {x_i}}} + d(x)u} } } \right) + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {{a_i}(x)\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial {x_i}}} + b(x) + c} \ = f(x),x \in G(0 < \varepsilon \le 1), \end{array}\] as the degenerated operator bas singular points, where \[\sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^m {{d_{i,j}}(x){\xi _i}{\xi _j}} \ge {\delta _0}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {\xi _i^2} ,({\delta _0} > 0,x \in G).\] The uniformly valid asymptotic solutions of boundary value problems have been obtained under the condition of \[\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {{a_i}(x){n_i}(x){|_{\partial G}} > 0,or} \sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {{a_i}(x){n_i}(x){|_{\partial G}} < 0} ,\] where \(n = ({n_1}(x),{n_2}(x), \cdots ,{n_m}(x))\) is the interior normal to \({\partial G}\).     

THE FIRST BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR SOLUTIONS OF DEGENERATE QUASUJNEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS

In this paper, the author proves the existence and uniqueness of nonnegative solution for the first boundary value problem of uniform degenerated parabolic equation $$\[\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = \sum {\frac{\partial }{{\partial {x_i}}}\left( {v(u){A_{ij}}(x,t,u)\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial {x_j}}}} \right) + \sum {{B_i}(x,t,u)} \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial {x_i}}}} + C(x,t,u)u\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {}&{(x,t) \in [0,T]} \end{array},}\{u{|_{t = 0}} = {u_0}(x),x \in \Omega ,}\{u{|_{x \in \partial \Omega }} = \psi (s,t),0 \le t \le T} \end{array}} \right.\]$$ $$\[\left( {\frac{1}{\Lambda }{{\left| \alpha \right|}^2} \le \sum {{A_{ij}}{\alpha _i}{\alpha _j}} \le \Lambda {{\left| \alpha \right|}^2},\forall a \in {R^n},0 < \Lambda < \infty ,v(u) > 0\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {and}&{v(u) \to 0\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {as}&{u \to 0} \end{array}} \end{array}} \right)\]$$ under some very weak restrictions, i.e. $\[{A_{ij}}(x,t,r),{B_i}(x,t,r),C(x,t,r),\sum {\frac{{\partial {A_{ij}}}}{{\partial {x_j}}}} ,\sum {\frac{{\partial {B_i}}}{{\partial {x_i}}} \in \overline \Omega } \times [0,T] \times R,\left| {{B_i}} \right| \le \Lambda ,\left| C \right| \le \Lambda ,\],\[\left| {\sum {\frac{{\partial {B_i}}}{{\partial {x_i}}}} } \right| \le \Lambda ,\partial \Omega \in {C^2},v(r) \in C[0,\infty ).v(0) = 0,1 \le \frac{{rv(r)}}{{\int_0^r {v(s)ds} }} \le m,{u_0}(x) \in {C^2}(\overline \Omega ),\psi (s,t) \in {C^\beta }(\partial \Omega \times [0,T]),0 < \beta < 1\],\[{u_0}(s) = \psi (s,0).\]$     

THROREMS OF DISTORTION FOR SCHLICHT FUNCTIONS

Let \[f(z) = z + \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{a_n}{z^n} \in S} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} and{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} \log \frac{{f(z) - f(\xi )}}{{z - \xi }} - \frac{{z\xi }}{{f(z)f(\xi )}} = \sum\limits_{m,n = 1}^\infty {{d_{m,n}}{z^m}{\xi ^n},} \], we denote \[{f_v} = f({z_v})\] , \[\begin{array}{l} {\varphi _\varepsilon }({z_u}{z_v}) = {\left| {\frac{{{f_u} - {f_v}}}{{{z_u} - {z_v}}}} \right|^\varepsilon }\frac{1}{{(1 - {z_u}{{\bar z}_v})}},\g_m^\varepsilon (z) = - {F_m}(\frac{1}{{f(z)}}) + \frac{1}{{{z^m}}} + \varepsilon {{\bar z}^m}, \end{array}\], where \({F_m}(t)\) is a Faber polynomial of degree m. Theorem 1. If \[f(z) \in S{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} and{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} \sum\limits_{u,v = 1}^N {{A_{u,v}}{x_u}{{\bar x}_v} \ge 0} \] and then \[\begin{array}{l} \sum\limits_{u,v = 1}^N {{A_{u,v}}{\lambda _u}{{\bar \lambda }_v}} {\left| {\frac{{{f_u} - {f_v}}}{{{z_u} - {z_v}}}} \right|^\varepsilon }\exp \{ \alpha {F_l}({z_u},{z_v})\} \ \le \sum\limits_{u,v = 1}^N {{A_{u,v}}{\lambda _u}{{\bar \lambda }_v}} \varphi _\varepsilon ^\alpha ({z_u}{z_v})l = 1,2,3, \end{array}\], where \[\begin{array}{l} {F_1}({z_u},{z_v}) = \frac{1}{2}\sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {\frac{1}{n}} g_n^\varepsilon ({z_u})\bar g_n^\varepsilon ({z_v}),\{F_2}({z_u},{z_v}) = \frac{1}{{1 + {\varepsilon _n}R{d_{n,n}}}}Rg_n^\varepsilon ({z_u})Rg_n^\varepsilon ({z_v}),\{F_3}({z_u},{z_v}) = \frac{1}{{1 - {\varepsilon _n}R{d_{n,n}}}}Rg_n^\varepsilon ({z_u})Rg_n^\varepsilon ({z_v}). \end{array}\] The \[F({z_u},{z_v}) = \frac{1}{2}{g_1}({z_u}){{\bar g}_2}({z_v})\] is due to Kungsun. Theorem 2. If \(f(z) \in S\) ,then \[P(z) + \left| {\sum\limits_{u,v = 1}^N {{A_{u,v}}{\lambda _u}{{\bar \lambda }_v}} {{\left| {\frac{{{f_u} - {f_v}}}{{{z_u} - {z_v}}}\frac{{{z_u}{z_v}}}{{{f_u}{f_v}}}} \right|}^\varepsilon }} \right| \le \sum\limits_{u,v = 1}^N {{\lambda _u}{{\bar \lambda }_v}} \frac{1}{{1 - {z_u}{{\bar z}_v}}}\], where \[\begin{array}{l} P(z) = \frac{1}{2}\sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {\frac{1}{n}} {G_n}(z),\{G_n}(z) = {\left| {\left| {\sum\limits_{n = 1}^N {{\beta _u}({F_n}(\frac{1}{{f({z_u})}}) - \frac{1}{{z_u^n}})} } \right| - \left| {\sum\limits_{n = 1}^N {{\beta _u}z_u^n} } \right|} \right|^2}, \end{array}\], \(P(z) \equiv 0\) is due to Xia Daoxing.     

THE ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOUR OF ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS

AIn this paper, the author obtains the following results:(1) If Taylor coeffiients of a function satisfy the conditions:(i),(ii),(iii)A_k=O(1/k) the for any h>0 the function φ(z)=exp{w(z)} satisfies the asymptotic equality the case h>1/2 was proved by Milin.(2) If f(z)=z α_2z~2 …∈S~* and,then for λ>1/2     

Γ-Convergence of some super quadratic functionals with singular weights

We study the Γ-convergence of the following functional (p > 2)

LARGE DEVIATIONS FOR SYMMETRIC DIFFUSION PROCESSES

Let a(x)=(a_(ij)(x)) be a uniformly continuous, symmetric and matrix-valued function satisfying uniformly elliptic condition, p(t, x, y) be the transition density function of the diffusion process associated with the Diriehlet space (, H_0~1 (R~d)), where(u, v)=1/2 integral from n=R~d sum from i=j to d(u(x)/x_i v(x)/x_ja_(ij)(x)dx).Then by using the sharpened Arouson's estimates established by D. W. Stroock, it is shown that2t ln p(t, x, y)=-d~2(x, y).Moreover, it is proved that P_y~6 has large deviation property with rate functionI(ω)=1/2 integral from n=0 to 1<(t), α~(-1)(ω(t)),(t)>dtas s→0 and y→x, where P_y~6 denotes the diffusion measure family associated with the Dirichlet form (ε, H_0~1(R~d)).     

ON THE GROWTH OF SOME RANDOM HYPERDIRICHLET SERIES

The paper considers the random L-Dirichlet seriesf(s,ω)=sum from n=1 to ∞ P_n(s,ω)exp(-λ_ns)and the random B-Dirichlet seriesψτ_0(s,ω)=sum from n=1 to ∞ P_n(σ iτ_0,ω)exp(-λ_ns),where {λ_n} is a sequence of positive numbers tending strictly monotonically to infinity, τ_0∈R is a fixed real number, andP_n(s,ω)=sum from j=1 to m_n ε_(nj)a_(nj)s~ja random complex polynomial of order m_n, with {ε_(nj)} denoting a Rademacher sequence and {a_(nj)} a sequence of complex constants. It is shown here that under certain very general conditions, almost all the random entire functions f(s,ω) and ψ_(τ_0)(s,ω) have, in every horizontal strip, the same order, given byρ=lim sup((λ_nlogλ_n)/(log A_n~(-1)))whereA_n=max |a_(nj)|.Similar results are given if the Rademacher sequence {ε_(nj)} is replaced by a steinhaus seqence or a complex normal sequence.     

GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF THE SOLUTIONS TO NONLINEAR HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS IN EXTERIOR DOMAINS

This paper deals with the following IBV problem of nonlinear hyperbolic equations u_(tt)- sum from i, j=1 to n a_(jj)(u, Du)u_(x_ix_j)=b(u, Du), t>0, x∈Ω, u(O, x) =u~0(x), u_t(O, x) =u~1(v), x∈Ω, u(t, x)=O t>O, x∈()Ω,where Ωis the exterior domain of a compact set in R~n, and |a_(ij)(y)-δ_(ij)|= O(|y|~k), |b(y)|=O(|y|~(k+1)), near y=O. It is proved that under suitable assumptions on the smoothness,compatibility conditions and the shape of Ω, the above problem has a unique global smoothsolution for small initial data, in the case that k=1 add n≥7 or that k=2 and n≥4.Moreover, the solution ham some decay properties as t→ + ∞.     

ON THE GENERALIZED POLYNOMIALS OF L. V. KANTOROVITCH AND THEIR ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS

In this article we generahze the polynomials of Kantorovitch \({P_n}(f)\) . Let \({B_n}\) be a sequence of linear operators from C[a,b] into \({H_n}\), if \[f(t) \in L[a,b],F(u) = \int_a^u {f(t)dt} ,{A_n}(f(t),x) = \frac{d}{{dx}}{B_{n + 1}}(F(u),x)\], here \({B_n}\)satisfy\[\begin{array}{l} (a):{B_n}(1,x) \equiv 1,{B_n}(u,x) \equiv x;\(b):for{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} g(u) \in C[a,b]{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} we{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} have{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {B_n}(g(u),b) = g(b). \end{array}\]. we call such \({A_n}(f)\) generalized polynomials of Kantorovitch (denoted by \({A_n}(f) \in K\) ). Let \[\begin{array}{l} {\varepsilon _n}({W^2};x)\mathop = \limits^{def} \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in {W^2}} \left| {{A_n}(f(t),x) - f(x) - f'(x)({A_n}(t,x) - x)} \right|,\{\varepsilon _n}{({W^2}{L^p})_{{L^p}}}\mathop = \limits^{def} \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in {W^2}{L^p}} {\left\| {{A_n}(f(t),x) - f(x) - f'(x)({A_n}(t,x) - x)} \right\|_p}. \end{array}\] We have proved the following results: Let An he a sequence of linear continuous operators of type \[C[a,b] \Rightarrow C[a,b],{D_n}(x,z)\mathop = \limits^{def} {A_n}(\left| {t - z} \right|,x) - \left| {x - z} \right| - ({A_n}(t,x) - x)Sgn(x - z),{A_n}(1,x) = 1\] then (1):\({\varepsilon _n}({W^2};x) = \frac{1}{2}\int_a^b {\left| {{D_n}(x,z)} \right|} dz\), (2): Moreover, if \({A_n}\) be a sequence of linear positive operators, then for \(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {a \le x \le b}\{a \le z \le b} \end{array}} \right]\) ,we have \({D_n}(x,z) \ge 0\), and \({\varepsilon _n}({W^2};x) = \frac{1}{2}{A_n}({(t - x)^2},x)\). Let \({A_n}(f) \in K\) be a sequence of linear positive operators,\[{R_n}{(z)_L} = \frac{1}{2}\int_a^b {\left| {{D_n}(x,z)} \right|} dx\],then \[{R_n}{(z)_L} = \frac{1}{2}\left[ {{B_{n + 1}}({u^2},z) - {z^2}} \right]\] and \[{\varepsilon _n}{({W^2}L)_L}{\rm{ = }}\frac{1}{2}\left\| {{B_{n + 1}}({u^2},z) - {z^2}} \right\|\]. Let \[{g_n} = \frac{1}{2}\mathop {\max }\limits_{a \le x \le b} {A_n}({(t - x)^2},x),{h_n} = \frac{1}{2}\mathop {\max }\limits_{a \le z \le b} \left[ {{B_{n + 1}}({u^2},z) - {z^2}} \right],\] then \[{\varepsilon _n}{({W^2}{L^p})_{{L^p}}} \le {g_n}^{1 - \frac{1}{p}}{h_n}^{\frac{1}{p}}(1 < p < \infty ).\]     

THE GLOBAL SMOOTH SOLUTIONS OF SECOND ORDER QUASILINEAR HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS WITH DISSIPATIVE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

The paper deals with the following boundary problem of the second order quasilinear hyperbolic equation with a dissipative boundary condition on a part of the boundary:u_(tt)-sum from i,j=1 to n a_(ij)(Du)u_(x_ix_j)=0, in (0, ∞)×Ω,u|Γ_0=0,sum from i,j=1 to n, a_(ij)(Du)n_ju_x_i+b(Du)u_t|Γ_1=0,u|t=0=φ(x), u_t|t=0=ψ(x), in Ω, where Ω=Γ_0∪Γ_1, b(Du)≥b_0>0. Under some assumptions on the equation and domain, the author proves that there exists a global smooth solution for above problem with small data.     

UNUNIQUENESS OF SOME HOLOMORPHIC FUNCTIONS

In the present paper, we show that there exist a bounded, holomorphic function $\[f(z) \ne 0\]$ in the domain $\[\{ z = x + iy:\left| y \right| < \alpha \} \]$ such that $\[f(z)\]$ has a Dirichlet expansion $\[\sum\limits_{n = 0}^{ + \infty } {{d_n}{e^{ - {u_n}}}} \]$ in the halfplane $\[x > {x_f}\]$ if and only if $\[\frac{a}{\pi }\log r - \sum\limits_{{u_n} < r} {\frac{2}{{{u_n}}}} \]$ has a finite upperbound on $\[[1, + \infty )\]$, where $\[\alpha \]$ is a positive constant,$\[{x_f}( < + \infty )\]$ is the abscissa of convergence of $\[\sum\limits_{n = 0}^{ + \infty } {{d_n}{e^{ - {u_n}}}} \]$ and the infinite sequence $\[\{ {u_n}\} \]$ satisfies $\[\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to + \infty } ({u_{n + 1}} - {u_n}) > 0\]$. We also point out some necessary conditions and sufficient ones Such that a bounded holomorphic function in an angular(or half-band) domain is identically zero if an infinite sequence of its derivatives and itself vanish at some point of the domain. Here some result are generalizations of those in [4].     

DIRICHLET FORMS AND SYMMETRIC DIFFUSIONS ON A BOUNDED DOMAIN IN R~d

Let D be a bounded C~3-domain in R~d and(a_(ij))be a bounded symmetric matrixdefined on D.Consider the symmetric form(u,v)=1/2∫_D a_(ij)(x)(u(x))/(x_i) (v(x))/(x_j)dx,u,v∈H~1(D).Under some assumptions it is shown that the diffusion process associated with the regularDirichlet space(,(H~1(D))on L~2(D)can be characterized as a unique solution of acertain stochastic differential equation.     

Regularity of Positive Solutions for an Integral System on Heisenberg Group

In this paper, we are concerned with the properties of positive solutions of the following nonlinear integral systems on the Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}^n$, \begin{equation} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} u(x)=\int_{\mathbb{H}^n}\frac{v^{q}(y)w^{r}(y)}{|x^{-1}y|^\alpha|y|^\beta}\,dy,\\ v(x)=\int_{\mathbb{H}^n}\frac{u^{p}(y)w^{r}(y)}{|x^{-1}y|^\alpha|y|^\beta}\,dy,\\ w(x)=\int_{\mathbb{H}^n}\frac{u^{p}(y)v^{q}(y)}{|x^{-1}y|^\alpha|y|^\beta}\,dy,\\ \end{array}\right.\end{equation} for $x\in \mathbb{H}^n$, where $0<\alpha 1$ satisfying $\frac{1}{p+1} $+ $\frac{1}{q+1} + \frac{1}{r+1} = \frac{Q+α+β}{Q}.$ We show that positive solution triples $(u,v,w)\in L^{p+1}(\mathbb{H}^n)\times L^{q+1}(\mathbb{H}^n)\times L^{r+1}(\mathbb{H}^n)$ are bounded and they converge to zero when $|x|→∞.$     

A NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR THE OSCILLATION OF HIGHER-ORDER NEUTRAL EQUATIONS WITH SEVERAL DELAYS

Consider the higher-order neutral delay differential equationd~t/dt~n(x(t)+sum from i=1 to lp_ix(t-τ_i)-sum from j=1 to mr_jx(t-ρ_j))+sum from k=1 to Nq_kx(t-u_k)=0,(A)where the coefficients and the delays are nonnegative constants with n≥2 even. Then anecessary and sufficient condition for the oscillation of (A) is that the characteristicequationλ~n+λ~nsum from i=1 to lp_ie~(-λτ_i-λ~n)sum from j=1 to mr_je~(-λρ_j)+sum from k=1 to Nq_ke~(-λρ_k)=0has no real roots.     

On the Existence of Solutions for First Order Quasilinear Symmetrizable Systenis of Partial Differential Equations

In this paper we study the first order quasilinear symmetrizable system of partial differential equations $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{a_i}(x,u)\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial {x_i}}} + \lambda u = f(x,u)}$ (1) where a_i(x,y) are k*k matrices.     

The Stability of Systems of Neutral Type with Small Time Lag

In this paper, we have obtained the equivalence theorems of stability between the system of differential equations $[{\dot x_i}(t) = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{a_{ij}}{x_j}(t)} + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{b_{ij}}{x_j}(t)} + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{c_{ij}}{{\dot x}_j}(t)} (i = 1,2, \cdots ,n)\]$ and the system of differential-difference equations of neutral type $[{\dot x_i}(t) = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{a_{ij}}{x_j}(t)} + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{b_{ij}}{x_j}(t - {\Delta _{ij}})} + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n {{c_{ij}}{{\dot x}_j}(t - {\Delta _{ij}})} (i = 1,2, \cdots ,n)\]$ where a_ij, b_ij, c_ij are given constants, and \Delta_ij are non-negative real constants.     

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 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.