ON A CLASS OF BESICOVITCHFUNCTIONS TO HAVE EXACT BOX DIMENSION： A NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITION

This paper summarized recent achievements obtained by the authors about the box dimensions of the Besicovitch functions given byB(t) := ∞∑k=1 λs-2k sin(λkt),where 1 ＜ s ＜ 2, λk ＞ 0 tends to infinity as k →∞ and λk satisfies λk 1/λk ≥λ＞ 1. The results show thatlimk→∞ log λk 1/log λk = 1is a necessary and sufficient condition for Graph(B(t)) to have same upper and lower box dimensions.For the fractional Riemann-Liouville differential operator Du and the fractional integral operator D-v,the results show that if λ is sufficiently large, then a necessary and sufficient condition for box dimension of Graph(D-v(B)),0 ＜ v ＜ s - 1, to be s - v and box dimension of Graph(Du(B)),0 ＜ u ＜ 2 - s, to be s uis also lim k→∞logλk 1/log λk = 1.     

Grow-up of critical solutions for a non-local porous medium problem with Ohmic heating source

We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ =  λ* for the non-local porous medium equation ${u_t = (u^n)_{xx} + {\lambda}f(u)/({\int_{-1}^1} f(u){\rm d}x)^2}We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ =  λ* for the non-local porous medium equation u_t = (uⁿ)_xx + lf(u)/(ò_-1¹ f(u)dx)²{u_t = (u^n)_{xx} + {\lambda}f(u)/({\int_{-1}^1} f(u){\rm d}x)^2} with Dirichlet boundary conditions and positive initial data. The function f satisfies: f(s),−f ′ (s) > 0 for s ≥ 0 and s ^n-1 f(s) is integrable at infinity. Due to the conditions on f, there exists a critical value of parameter λ, say λ*, such that for λ > λ* the solution u = u(x, t; λ) blows up globally in finite time, while for λ ≥ λ* the corresponding steady-state problem does not have any solution. For 0 < λ < λ* there exists a unique steady-state solution w = w(x; λ) while u = u(x, t; λ) is global in time and converges to w as t → ∞. Here we show the global grow-up of critical solution u* =  u(x, t; λ*) (u* (x, t) → ∞, as t → ∞ for all x ? (-1,1){x\in(-1,1)}.     

Multigrid methods for the computation of singular solutions and stress intensity factors II: Crack singularities

We consider the Poisson equation −Δu=f with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition on a two-dimensional polygonal domain Ω with cracks. Multigrid methods for the computation of singular solutions and stress intensity factors using piecewise linear functions are analyzed. The convergence rate for the stress intensity factors is whenfεL ²(Ω) and whenfεH ¹(Ω). The convergence rate in the energy norm is in the first case and in the second case. The costs of these multigrid methods are proportional to the number of elements in the triangulation. The general case wherefεH ^m (Ω) is also discussed. The work of the first author was partially supported by NSF under grant DMS-96-00133     

Directional derivatives for the value-function in semi-infinite programming

For the problemP(λ): Maximizec ^T z subject toz∈Z(λ), whereZ(λ) is defined by an in general infinite set of linear inequalities, it is shown that the value-function has directional derivatives at every point such thatP( ) and its dual are both superconsistent. To compute these directional derivatives a min-max-formula, well-known in convex programming, is derived. In addition, it is shown that derivatives can be obtained more easily by a limit-process using only convergent selections of solutions ofP(λ _n ), λ _n → and their duals.     

Asymptotic Behavior of Bifurcation Branch of Positive Solutions for Semilinear Sturm–Liouville Problems

We consider the nonlinear eigenvalue problem

A blowing-up branch of solutions for a mean field equation

We consider the equation

Connexité des sous-niveaux des fonctionnelles intégrales

Let (T, ℐ, μ) be a σ-finite atomless measure space,p∈[1,∞),E a real Banach space andf a measurable function:E xT→ℝ. We denote byF the functionalF: and byDom(F) its domain, it is the set {uεL ^p(T,E):ū(t)=f(u),t)εL ¹(T)}, and we prove that the sublevelsS(λ)={u:F(u)≤λ} are all connected in the subspaceDom(F) of the Banach spaceL ^p(T, E).     

A Characterization of Quadric Constant Mean Curvature Hypersurfaces of Spheres

Let be an immersion of a complete n-dimensional oriented manifold. For any v∈ℝ ⁿ⁺², let us denote by ℓ _v :M→ℝ the function given by ℓ _v (x)=〈φ(x),v〉 and by f _v :M→ℝ, the function given by f _v (x)=〈ν(x),v〉, where is a Gauss map. We will prove that if M has constant mean curvature, and, for some v≠0 and some real number λ, we have that ℓ _v =λ f _v , then, φ(M) is either a totally umbilical sphere or a Clifford hypersurface. As an application, we will use this result to prove that the weak stability index of any compact constant mean curvature hypersurface M ⁿ in which is neither totally umbilical nor a Clifford hypersurface and has constant scalar curvature is greater than or equal to 2n+4. A. Brasil Jr. was partially supported by CNPq, Brazil, 306626/2007-1.     

Periodic parabolic problems with concave and convex nonlinearities

Let be a smooth bounded domain, let a, b be two functions that are possibly discontinuous and unbounded with a ≥ 0 in and b > 0 in a set of positive measure and let 0 < p < 1 < q. We prove that there exists some 0 < Λ < ∞ such that the nonlinear Dirichlet periodic parabolic problem in has a positive solution for all 0 < λ < Λ and that there is no positive solution if λ > Λ. In some cases we also show the existence of a minimal solution for all 0 < λ < Λ and that the solution u _λ can be chosen such that λ → u _λ is differentiable and increasing. We also give some upper and lower estimates for such a Λ. All results remain true for the analogous elliptic problems. Partially supported by CONICET, Secyt-UNC, ANPCYT and Agencia Cordoba Ciencia     

Decomposition of the conjugacy representation of the symmetric groups

Consider the two natural representations of the symmetric groupS _n on the group algebra ℂ[S _n ]: the regular representation and the conjugacy representation (acting on the basis by conjugation). Letm(λ) be the multiplicity of the irreducible representationS ^λ in the conjugacy representation and letf ^λ be the multiplicity ofS ^λ in the regular representation. By the character estimates of [R1] and [Wa] we prove

The Factor Decomposition Theorem of Bounded Generalized Inverse Modules and Their Topological Continuity

In this paper we obtain a Douglas type factor decomposition theorem about certain important bounded module maps. Thus, we come to the discussion of the topological continuity of bounded generalized inverse module maps. Let X be a topological space, x →Tx ： X→L（E） be a continuous map, and each R（Tx） be a closed submodule in E, for every fixed x C X. Then the map x→ Tx^＋： X→L（E） is continuous if and only if ｜｜Tx^＋｜｜ is locally bounded, where Tx^＋ is the bounded generalized inverse module map of Tx. Furthermore, this is equivalent to the following statement： For each x0 in X, there exists a neighborhood ∪0 at x0 and a positive number λ such that （0, λ^2）lohtatn in ∩x∈∪0C／σ（Tx^＋Tx）, where a（T） denotes the spectrum of operator T.     

Completeness of systems of entire functions in spaces of holomorphic functions

Letf be an entire function in . For a broad class of distribution densities of the set Λ, a scale of sufficient conditions for the completeness of the system of functions {f(λ×z):λ∈Λ},z∈E, where , in the spaceH(E) of holomorphic functions onE with respect to the topology of uniform convergence on compact subsets is given in terms of the mutual indicator of the functionf and the setE. These conditions are new already forn=1 even ifE is a disk. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 603–616, October, 1999.     

Star number and star arboricity of a complete multigraph

Let G be a multigraph. The star number s(G) of G is the minimum number of stars needed to decompose the edges of G. The star arboricity sa(G) of G is the minimum number of star forests needed to decompose the edges of G. As usual λK _n denote the λ-fold complete graph on n vertices (i.e., the multigraph on n vertices such that there are λ edges between every pair of vertices). In this paper, we prove that for n ⩾ 2

Convergence of mock Fourier series

For certain Cantor measures μ on ℝⁿ, it was shown by Jorgensen and Pedersen that there exists an orthonormal basis of exponentialse ^2πiγ·x for λεΛ. a discrete subset of ℝⁿ called aspectrum for μ. For anyL ¹ functionf, we define coefficientsc _γ(f)=∝f(y)e ^−2πiγiy dμ(y) and form the Mock Fourier series ∑_λ∈Λ^cλ(f)e ^2πiλ·x . There is a natural sequence of finite subsets Λ_n increasing to Λ asn→∞, and we define the partial sums of the Mock Fourier series by We prove, under mild technical assumptions on μ and Λ, thats _n(f) converges uniformly tof for any continuous functionf and obtain the rate of convergence in terms of the modulus of continuity off. We also show, under somewhat stronger hypotheses, almost everywhere convergence forfεL ¹. Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant DMS-0140194.     

Global behavior of the branch of positive solutions for nonlinear Sturm–Liouville problems

We consider the nonlinear Sturm–Liouville problem

Central polynomials and matrix invariants

LetK be a field, charK=0 andM _n (K) the algebra ofn×n matrices overK. If λ=(λ₁,…,λ _m ) andμ=(μ ₁,…,μ _m ) are partitions ofn ² let wherex ₁,…,x _n ²,y ₁,…,y _n ² are noncommuting indeterminates andS _n ² is the symmetric group of degreen ². The polynomialsF ^{λ, μ} , when evaluated inM _n (K), take central values and we study the problem of classifying those partitions λ,μ for whichF ^{λ, μ} is a central polynomial (not a polynomial identity) forM _n (K). We give a formula that allows us to evaluateF ^{λ, μ} inM(K) in general and we prove that if λ andμ are not both derived in a suitable way from the partition δ=(1, 3,…, 2n−3, 2n−1), thenF ^{λ, μ} is a polynomial identity forM _n (K). As an application, we exhibit a new class of central polynomials forM _n (K). In memory of Shimshon Amitsur Research supported by a grant from MURST of Italy.     

Bound states for a coupled Schrödinger system

We consider the existence of bound states for the coupled elliptic system

Boundary functions on a bounded balanced domain

We solve the following Dirichlet problem on the bounded balanced domain with some additional properties: For p > 0 and a positive lower semi-continuous function u on ∂Ω with u(z) = u(λ z) for |λ| = 1, z ∈ ∂Ω we construct a holomorphic function f ∈ (Ω) such that for z ∈ ∂Ω, where = {λ ∈ ℂ: |λ| < 1}.      

Problem with Critical Sobolev Exponent and with Weight

The authors consider the problem: -div(p▽u) = uq-1 λu, u > 0 inΩ, u = 0 on (?)Ω, whereΩis a bounded domain in Rn, n≥3, p :Ω→R is a given positive weight such that p∈H1 (Ω)∩C(Ω),λis a real constant and q = 2n/n-2, and study the effect of the behavior of p near its minima and the impact of the geometry of domain on the existence of solutions for the above problem.     

Very weak solutions to elliptic equations with nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions

Consider the equation −Δu = 0 in a bounded smooth domain , complemented by the nonlinear Neumann boundary condition ∂_ν u = f(x, u) − u on ∂Ω. We show that any very weak solution of this problem belongs to L ^∞(Ω) provided f satisfies the growth condition |f(x, s)| ≤ C(1 + |s| ^p ) for some p ∈ (1, p*), where . If, in addition, f(x, s) ≥ −C + λs for some λ > 1, then all positive very weak solutions are uniformly a priori bounded. We also show by means of examples that p* is a sharp critical exponent. In particular, using variational methods we prove the following multiplicity result: if N ∈ {3, 4} and f(x, s) =  s ^p then there exists a domain Ω and such that our problem possesses at least two positive, unbounded, very weak solutions blowing up at a prescribed point of ∂Ω provided . Our regularity results and a priori bounds for positive very weak solutions remain true if the right-hand side in the differential equation is of the form h(x, u) with h satisfying suitable growth conditions.