On the Agmon-Miranda maximum principle for solutions of strongly elliptic equations in domains of ℝn with conical points

In this paper the Agmon-Miranda maximum principle for solutions of strongly elliptic differential equations Lu = 0 in a bounded domain G with a conical point is considered. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the validity of this principle are given both for smooth solutions of the equation Lu = 0 in G and for the generalized solution of the problem Lu = 0 in G, D _k ^v u = gk on G (k = 0,...,m-1). It will be shown that for every elliptic operator L of order 2m > 2 there exists such a cone in ⁿ (n4) that the Agmon-Miranda maximum principle fails in this cone.     

Necessary and sufficient conditions for a curve to be the gradient range of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript>-smooth function

We find some necessary and sufficient conditions for a plane curve to be the gradient range of a C ¹-smooth function of two variables. As one of the consequences we give the necessary and sufficient conditions on a continuous function ? under which the differential equation \(\frac{{\partial v}}{{\partial t}} = \varphi \left( {\frac{{\partial v}}{{\partial x}}} \right)\) has nontrivial C ¹-smooth solutions.     

Some Solutions for a Class of Singular Equations

In this paper we obtain all solutions which depend only on r for a class of partial differential equations of higher order with singular coefficients.     

Optimal Control of Nonlinear Fredholm Integral Equations

Optimal control problems with nonlinear equations usually do not possess optimal solutions, so that their natural (i.e., continuous) extension (relaxation) must be done. The relaxed problem may also serve to derive first-order necessary optimality condition in the form of the Pontryagin maximum principle. This is done here for nonlinear Fredholm integral equations and problems coercive in an L ^p-space of controls with p<+. Results about a continuous extension of the Uryson operator play a key role.     

Algebraic stability and the existence of solutions of implicit Runge-Kutta equations

An implicit Runge-Kutta method, applied to an initial value problem, gives systems of algebraic equations. Under natural assumptions concerning the differential system, there are known conditions on the method which guarantee that the algebraic equations have unique solutions. It is shown that these conditions are closely related to the requirement that the method be (k(l),l)-algebraically stable on an interval [0,).     

Regularity of Weak Solutions of Nonlinear Equations with Discontinuous Coefficients

In this paper, we prove that the weak solutions u∈Wloc^1, p （Ω） （1 〈p〈∞） of the following equation with vanishing mean oscillation coefficients A（x）： -div[（A（x）△↓u·△↓u）p-2/2 A（x）△↓u＋│F（x）│^p-2 F（x）]=B（x, u, △↓u）, belong to Wloc^1, q （Ω）（A↓q∈（p, ∞）, provided F ∈ Lloc^q（Ω） and B（x, u, h） satisfies proper growth conditions where Ω ∪→R^N（N≥2） is a bounded open set, A（x）=（A^ij（x）） N×N is a symmetric matrix function.     

On Sobolev and Capacitary Inequalities for Contractive Besov Spaces over d-sets

We derive Sobolev inequalities for Besov spaces B ^p,p (F), 0<<1, 1p< on d-sets F in R ⁿ , dn, from a metric property of the Bessel capacity on R ⁿ . We first extend Kaimanovitch's result on the equivalence of Sobolev and capacitary inequalites for contractive p-norms in a general setting allowing unbounded Lévy kernels. A simple part of the Jonsson–Wallin trace theorem for Besov spaces and some basic properties of Bessel and Besov capacities on R ⁿ are then utilized in getting the desired inequalities. When p=2, the Besov space being considered is a non-local regular Dirichlet space and gives rise to a jump type symmetric Markov process M over the d-set. The upper bound of the transition function of M and metric properties of M -polar sets are then exhibited.     

q-Pseudoconvexity and Regularity at the Boundary for Solutions of the \bar \partial -problem

For a domain of we introduce a fairly general and intrinsic condition of weak q-pseudoconvexity, and prove, in Theorem 4, solvability of the -complex for forms with -coefficients in degree . All domains whose boundary have a constant number of negative Levi eigenvalues are easily recognized to fulfill our condition of q-pseudoconvexity; thus we regain the result of Michel (with a simplified proof). Our method deeply relies on the L ²-estimates by Hörmander (with some variants). The main point of our proof is that our estimates (both in weightened-L ² and in Sobolev norms) are sufficiently accurate to permit us to exploit the technique by Dufresnoy for regularity up to the boundary.     

Finite elements approximation of second order linear elliptic equations in divergence form with right-hand side in L 1

In this paper we consider, in dimension d≥ 2, the standard finite elements approximation of the second order linear elliptic equation in divergence form with coefficients in L ^∞(Ω) which generalizes Laplace’s equation. We assume that the family of triangulations is regular and that it satisfies an hypothesis close to the classical hypothesis which implies the discrete maximum principle. When the right-hand side belongs to L ¹(Ω), we prove that the unique solution of the discrete problem converges in (for every q with ) to the unique renormalized solution of the problem. We obtain a weaker result when the right-hand side is a bounded Radon measure. In the case where the dimension is d = 2 or d = 3 and where the coefficients are smooth, we give an error estimate in when the right-hand side belongs to L ^r (Ω) for some r > 1.     

Uniformly non-l n (1) Musielak-Orlicz sequence spaces

We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the uniformly non-l _n ⁽¹⁾ property of Musielak-Orlicz sequence spacesl ^Φ generated by a sequence Φ=(ϕ_n:n⩾l) of finite Orlicz functions such that for eachn∈ℕ. As a result, forn ₀⩾2, there exist spacesl ^Φ which are only uniformly non-l _n ⁽¹⁾ forn⩾n ₀. Moreover we obtain a characterization of uniformly non-l _n ⁽¹⁾ and reflexive Orlicz sequence spaces over a wide class of purely atomic measures and of uniformly non-l _n ⁽¹⁾ Nakano sequence spaces. This extends a result of Luxemburg in [19]. Submitted in memory of Professor W. Orlicz     

The Minimality Properties of Chebyshev Polynomials and Their Lacunary Series

By considering four kinds of Chebyshev polynomials, an extended set of (real) results are given for Chebyshev polynomial minimality in suitably weighted Hölder norms on [–1,1], as well as (L ) minimax properties, and best L ₁ sufficiency requirements based on Chebyshev interpolation. Finally we establish best L _p , L and L ₁ approximation by partial sums of lacunary Chebyshev series of the form _i=0 a ⁱ _b ⁱ(x) where _n (x) is a Chebyshev polynomial and b is an odd integer 3. A complete set of proofs is provided.     

Extrema Constrained by a Family of Curves and Local Extrema

This paper considers the connections between the local extrema of a function f:DR and the local extrema of the restrictions of f to specific subsets of D. In particular, such subsets may be parametrized curves, integral manifolds of a Pfaff system, Pfaff inequations. The paper shows the existence of C ¹ or C ²-curves containing a given sequence of points. Such curves are then exploited to establish the connections between the local extrema of f and the local extrema of f constrained by the family of C ¹ or C ²-curves. Surprisingly, what is true for C ¹-curves fails to be true in part for C ²-curves. Sufficient conditions are given for a point to be a global minimum point of a convex function with respect to a family of curves.     

A r (Ω)-Weighted Imbedding Inequalities for A-Harmonic Tensors

We prove the basic A _r ()-weighted imbedding inequalities for A-harmonic tensors. These results can be used to estimate the integrals for A-harmonic tensors and to study the integrability of A-harmonic tensors and the properties of the homotopy operator T: C (D, ^l )C (D, ^l–1).     

Method for Solving the Multidimensional n‐Wave Resonant Equations and Geometry of Generalized Darboux‐Manakov‐Zakharov Systems

The intrinsic geometric properties of generalized Darboux‐Manakov‐Zakharov systems of semilinear partial differential equations (1) for a real‐valued function u(x₁, …, x_n) are studied with particular reference to the linear systems in this equation class. System (1) is overdetermined and will not generally be involutive in the sense of Cartan: its coefficients will be constrained by complicated nonlinear integrability conditions. We derive tools for explicitly constructing involutive systems of the form (1) , essentially solving the integrability conditions. Specializing to the linear case provides us with a novel way of viewing and solving the multidimensional n‐wave resonant interaction system and its modified version. For each integer n≥ 3 and nonnegative integer k, our procedure constructs solutions of the n‐wave resonant interaction system depending on at least k arbitrary functions each of one variable. The construction of these solutions relies only on differentiation, linear algebra, and the solution of ordinary differential equations.     

Tanaka Formulae for (α, d, β)-Superprocesses

We establish Tanaka like formulae for the local time of (, d, )-superprocess in the dimensions where the local time exists. The result generalizes the result of Adler, Lewin who proved existence of Tanaka formulae for a class of super-processes with finite variance. The fact that we abandon the finite variance assumption, requires using an L ¹⁺ convergence argument (with 0<<1) rather than L ² convergence, for the derivation of the Tanaka formulae.     

K-theory of reduced C*-algebras and rapidly decreasing functions on groups

We associate to any length function L on a group a space of rapidly decreasing functions on (in the l ² sense), denoted by H _L (). When H _L () is contained in the reduced C*-algebra C _r ^* () of (), then it is a dense *-subalgebra of C _r ^* () and we prove a theorem of A. Connes which asserts that under this hypothesis H _L () has the same K-theory as C _r ^* (). We introduce another space of rapidly decreasing functions on (in the l ¹ sense), denoted by H _L ^1, (), which is always a dense *-subalgebra of the Banach algebra l ¹(), and we show that H _L ^1, () has the same K-theory as l ¹().     

Relative K homology and C* algebras

Let A be a separable nuclear C ⁺ algebra with unit. Let be a closed two-sided ideal in A. A relative K homology group K ⁰(A,) is defined. Closely related are topological definitions of properly supported K homology and of compactly supported relative K homology. Applications are to indices of Toeplitz operators and existence of coercive boundary conditions for elliptic differential operators.     

First-order differentiability of the flow of a system withL p controls

This paper considers the study of the regularity of the flow of a nonautonomous nonlinear control process when the set of control maps is endowed with theL ^p -topology. Roughly speaking, it is proved that, if the norm of the mapf(t, x, u) defining the process together with its first derivatives goes to infinity, with the norm ofu not faster thanu ^p ,p>1, then the flow isC ¹ in theL ^p -topology. This property implies that, if the control maps are bounded, then the flow is differentiable in anyL ^p ,p>1. Moreover, it is proved that the only systems for which the flow is differentiable inL ¹ are the affine ones.This research was supported by a grant from Ministero dell'Universitá e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Rome, Italy.     

High‐contrast homogenization of linear systems of partial differential equations

We give some integrability conditions for the coefficients of a sequence of elliptic systems with varying coefficients in order to obtain the stability for homogenization. In the case of equations, it is well known that equi‐integrability and bound in L¹ are enough for this purpose; however, this is based on the maximum principle, and then, it does not work for systems. Here, we use an extension of the Murat–Tartar div‐curl lemma because of M. Briane, J. Casado‐Díaz, and F. Murat in order to obtain the stability by homogenization for systems uniformly elliptic, with bounded coefficients in , with N the dimension of the space. We also show that a weaker ellipticity condition can be assumed, but then, we need a stronger integrability for the coefficients. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.