Concave univalent functions and Dirichlet finite integral

The article deals with the class consisting of non‐vanishing functions f that are analytic and univalent in such that the complement is a convex set, and the angle at ∞ is less than or equal to for some . Related to this class is the class of concave univalent mappings in , but this differs from with the standard normalization A number of properties of these classes are discussed which includes an easy proof of the coefficient conjecture for settled by Avkhadiev et al. 3 . Moreover, another interesting result connected with the Yamashita conjecture on Dirichlet finite integral for is also presented.     

Eigenvalues of Robin Laplacians in infinite sectors

For , let denote the infinite planar sector of opening 2α, and be the Laplacian in , , with the Robin boundary condition , where stands for the outer normal derivative and . The essential spectrum of does not depend on the angle α and equals , and the discrete spectrum is non‐empty if and only if . In this case we show that the discrete spectrum is always finite and that each individual eigenvalue is a continous strictly increasing function of the angle α. In particular, there is just one discrete eigenvalue for . As α approaches 0, the number of discrete eigenvalues becomes arbitrary large and is minorated by with a suitable , and the nth eigenvalue of behaves as and admits a full asymptotic expansion in powers of α². The eigenfunctions are exponentially localized near the origin. The results are also applied to δ‐interactions on star graphs.     

The Brezis–Nirenberg problem for fractional elliptic operators

Let be a uniformly elliptic operator in divergence form in a bounded open subset Ω of . We study the effect of the operator on the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions of the nonlocal Brezis–Nirenberg problem where denotes the fractional power of with zero Dirichlet boundary values on , , and λ is a real parameter. By assuming for all and near some point , we prove existence theorems for any , where denotes the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of . Our existence result holds true for and in the interior case () and for and in the boundary case (). Nonexistence for star‐shaped domains is obtained for any .     

A unified method for boundedness in fully parabolic chemotaxis systems with signal-dependent sensitivity

This paper deals with the Keller–Segel system where Ω is a bounded domain in with smooth boundary , ; χ is a nonnegative function satisfying for some and . In the case that and , Fujie 2 established global existence of bounded solutions under the condition . On the other hand, when , Winkler 14 asserted global existence of bounded solutions for arbitrary . However, there is a gap in the proof. Recently, Fujie tried modifying the proof; nevertheless it also has a gap. It seems to be difficult to show global existence of bounded solutions for arbitrary . Moreover, the condition for K when cannot connect with the condition when . The purpose of the present paper is to obtain global existence and boundedness under more natural and proper condition for χ and to build a mathematical bridge between the cases and .     

Hardy spaces for Bessel–Schrödinger operators

Consider the Bessel operator with a potential on , namely We assume that and is a nonnegative function. By definition, a function belongs to the Hardy space if Under certain assumptions on V we characterize the space in terms of atomic decompositions of local type. In the second part we prove that this characterization can be applied to for with no additional assumptions on the potential V.     

Korovkin‐type results for multivariate functions which are periodic with respect to one variable

Let K be a compact metric space and let denote the real Banach space of all continuous functions which are 2π‐periodic with respect to the second variable. We prove the following Korovkin‐type result: Let be a continuous algebraic separating function such that for all , and let be a sequence of positive linear operators. If uniformly with respect to and uniformly on for all , then uniformly on for every . As a corollary we deduce: If , then uniformly on for every if and only if uniformly on for every , where and .     

Some characterizations of BLO space

For , a real‐valued function belongs to space if In this paper, we establish a version of John–Nirenberg inequality suitable for the space with . As a corollary, it is proved that spaces are independent of the scale in sense of norm. Also, we characterize the space through weighted Lebesgue spaces and variable Lebesgue spaces, respectively.     

New gap results on the 4‐dimensional sphere

A result showed by M. Gursky in 4 ensures that any metric g on the 4‐dimensional sphere satisfying and is isometric to the round metric. In this note, we prove that there exists a universal number i ₀ such that any metric g on the 4‐dimensional sphere satisfying and is isometric to the round metric. Moreover, there exists a universal such that any metric g on the 4‐dimensional sphere with nonnegative sectional curvature, and is isometric to the round metric. This last result slightly improves a rigidity theorem also proved in 4 .     

Littlewood–Paley characterizations of higher‐order Sobolev spaces via averages on balls

In this article, the authors characterize higher‐order Sobolev spaces , with , and , or with , and , via the Lusin area function and the Littlewood–Paley ‐function in terms of ball averages, where denotes the maximal integer not greater than . Moreover, the authors also complement the above results in the endpoint cases of p via establishing some weak type estimates. These improve and develop the corresponding known results for Sobolev spaces with smoothness order .     

Boundedness in a fully parabolic chemotaxis‐consumption system with nonlinear diffusion and sensitivity,and logistic source

In this paper we study the zero‐flux chemotaxis‐system Ω being a convex smooth and bounded domain of , , and where , and . For any the chemotactic sensitivity function is assumed to behave as the prototype , with and . We prove that for nonnegative and sufficiently regular initial data and , the corresponding initial‐boundary value problem admits a unique globally bounded classical solution provided μ is large enough.     

Bohr radius for locally univalent harmonic mappings

We consider the class of all sense‐preserving harmonic mappings of the unit disk , where h and g are analytic with , and determine the Bohr radius if any one of the following conditions holds:

• 1. h is bounded in .
• 2. h satisfies the condition in with .
• 3. both h and g are bounded in .
• 4. h is bounded and .

We also consider the problem of determining the Bohr radius when the supremum of the modulus of the dilatation of f in is strictly less than 1. In addition, we determine the Bohr radius for the space of analytic Bloch functions and the space of harmonic Bloch functions. The paper concludes with two conjectures.     

Well‐posedness of fractional degenerate differential equations with finite delay on vector‐valued functional spaces

We study the well‐posedness of the fractional degenerate differential equations with finite delay on Lebesgue–Bochner spaces , periodic Besov spaces and periodic Triebel–Lizorkin spaces , where A and M are closed linear operators on a Banach space X satisfying , F is a bounded linear operator from (resp. and ) into X, where is given by when and . Using known operator‐valued Fourier multiplier theorems, we give necessary or sufficient conditions for the well‐posedness of in the above three function spaces.     

On the homology groups of the Brauer complex for a triquadratic field extension

The homology groups , , and of the Brauer complex for a triquadratic field extension are studied. In particular, given , we find equivalent conditions for the image of D in to be zero. We consider as well the second divided power operation , and show that there are nonstandard elements with respect to γ₂. Further, a natural transformation , which turns out to be nondegenerate on the left, is defined. As an application we construct a field extension such that the cohomology group of the Brauer complex contains the images of prescribed elements of , provided these elements satisfy a certain cohomological condition. At the final part of the paper examples of triquadratic extensions with nontrivial are given. As a consequence we show that the homology group can be arbitrarily big.     

On a generalized nonlinear heat equation in Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin spaces

The paper deals with solutions of the Cauchy problem of a nonlinear generalized heat equation in the context of Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin spaces and where and with initial data belonging to some spaces where and .     

Riesz transforms of the Hodge–de Rham Laplacian on Riemannian manifolds

Let M be a complete non‐compact Riemannian manifold satisfying the volume doubling property. Let be the Hodge–de Rham Laplacian acting on 1‐differential forms. According to the Bochner formula, where and are respectively the positive and negative part of the Ricci curvature and ? is the Levi–Civita connection. We study the boundedness of the Riesz transform from to and of the Riesz transform from to . We prove that, if the heat kernel on functions satisfies a Gaussian upper bound and if the negative part of the Ricci curvature is ε‐sub‐critical for some , then is bounded from to and is bounded from to for where depends on ε and on a constant appearing in the volume doubling property. A duality argument gives the boundedness of the Riesz transform from to for where Δ is the non‐negative Laplace–Beltrami operator. We also give a condition on to be ε‐sub‐critical under both analytic and geometric assumptions.     

Characterizations of the boundedness of generalized fractional maximal functions and related operators in Orlicz spaces

Given and a Young function η, we consider the generalized fractional maximal operator defined by where the supremum is taken over every ball B contained in . In this article, we give necessary and sufficient Dini type conditions on the functions , and η such that is bounded from the Orlicz space into the Orlicz space . We also present a version of this result for open subsets of with finite measure. Both results generalize those contained in 6 and 14 when , respectively. As a consequence, we obtain a characterization of the functions involved in the boundedness of the higher order commutators of the fractional integral operator with BMO symbols. Moreover, we give sufficient conditions that guarantee the continuity in Orlicz spaces of a large class of fractional integral operators of convolution type with less regular kernels and their commutators, which are controlled by .     

Spectral gaps for the Dirichlet‐Laplacian in a 3‐D waveguide periodically perturbed by a family of concentrated masses

We consider a spectral problem for the Laplace operator in a periodic waveguide perturbed by a family of “heavy concentrated masses”; namely, Π contains small regions of high density, which are periodically distributed along the z axis. Each domain has a diameter and the density takes the value in and 1 outside; m and ε are positive parameters, , . Considering a Dirichlet boundary condition, we study the band‐gap structure of the essential spectrum of the corresponding operator as . We provide information on the width of the first bands and find asymptotic formulas for the localization of the possible gaps.     

Boundedness and compactness of Hardy operators on Lorentz‐type spaces

Given non‐negative measurable functions on we study the high dimensional Hardy operator between Orlicz–Lorentz spaces , where f is a measurable function of and is the ball of radius t in . We give sufficient conditions of boundedness of and . We investigate also boundedness and compactness of between weighted and classical Lorentz spaces. The function spaces considered here do not need to be Banach spaces. Specifying the weights and the Orlicz functions we recover the existing results as well as we obtain new results in the new and old settings.     

New minimal hypersurfaces in and

We find a class of minimal hypersurfaces as the zero level set of Pfaffians, resp. determinants of real dimensional antisymmetric matrices. While and are congruent to the quadratic cone resp. Hsiang's cubic invariant in , (special harmonic ‐invariant cones of degree ⩾4) seem to be new.