On <Emphasis Type="Italic">Γ</Emphasis>-convergence of quadratic functionals in the plane

In this paper, we prove that if a sequence of homeomorphisms , with bounded planar domains, of Sobolev space has uniformly equibounded distortions in EXP(Ω) and weakly converges to f in then the matrices A(x, f _j ) of the corresponding Laplace-Beltrami operators Γ-converge in the Orlicz–Sobolev space , where Q(t) = t ²log(e + t), to the matrix A(x, f) of the Laplace-Beltrami operator associated to f.      

A general result on precise asymptotics for linear processes of positively associated sequences

Let {εt; t ∈ Z^＋} be a strictly stationary sequence of associated random variables with mean zeros, let 0〈Eε1^2〈∞ and σ^2=Eε1^2＋1∑j=2^∞ Eε1εj with 0〈σ^2〈∞.{aj;j∈Z^＋} is a sequence of real numbers satisfying ∑j=0^∞｜aj｜〈∞.Define a linear process Xt=∑j=0^∞ ajεt-j,t≥1,and Sn=∑t=1^n Xt,n≥1.Assume that E｜ε1｜^2＋δ′〈 for some δ′〉0 and μ（n）=O（n^-ρ） for some ρ〉0.This paper achieves a general law of precise asymptotics for {Sn}.     

On formulas for the index of the circular distributions

A circular distribution is a Galois equivariant map ψ from the roots of unity μ _∞ to an algebraic closure of such that ψ satisfies product conditions, for ϵ ∈ μ _∞ and , and congruence conditions for each prime number l and with (l, s) = 1, modulo primes over l for all , where μ _l and μ _s denote respectively the sets of lth and sth roots of unity. For such ψ, let be the group generated over by and let be , where U _s denotes the global units of . We give formulas for the indices and of and inside the circular numbers P _s and units C _s of Sinnott over . This work was supported by the SRC Program of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MOST) (No. R11-2007-035-01001-0). This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund) (KRF-2006-312-C00455).     

Remarks on Gagliardo–Nirenberg type inequality with critical Sobolev space and BMO

We consider the generalized Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequality in in the homogeneous Sobolev space with the critical differential order s = n/r, which describes the embedding such as for all q with p ≦ q < ∞, where 1 < p < ∞ and 1 < r < ∞. We establish the optimal growth rate as q → ∞ of this embedding constant. In particular, we realize the limiting end-point r = ∞ as the space of BMO in such a way that with the constant C _n depending only on n. As an application, we make it clear that the well known John–Nirenberg inequality is a consequence of our estimate. Furthermore, it is clarified that the L ^∞-bound is established by means of the BMO-norm and the logarithm of the -norm with s > n/r, which may be regarded as a generalization of the Brezis–Gallouet–Wainger inequality.     

H ∞-calculus for the Stokes operator on unbounded domains

We consider the Stokes operator A on unbounded domains of uniform C ^1,1-type. Recently, it has been shown by Farwig, Kozono and Sohr that – A generates an analytic semigroup in the spaces , 1 < q < ∞, where for q ≥ 2 and for q ∈ (1, 2). Moreover, it was shown that A has maximal L ^p -regularity in these spaces for p ∈ (1,∞). In this paper we show that ɛ + A has a bounded H ^∞-calculus in for all q ∈ (1, ∞) and ɛ > 0. This allows to identify domains of fractional powers of the Stokes operator. Received: 12 October 2007     

Fixed point indices and periodic points of holomorphic mappings

Let Δ ⁿ be the ball |x| <  1 in the complex vector space , let be a holomorphic mapping and let M be a positive integer. Assume that the origin is an isolated fixed point of both f and the Mth iteration f ^M of f. Then for each factor m of M, the origin is again an isolated fixed point of f ^m and the fixed point index of f ^m at the origin is well defined, and so is the (local) Dold’s index [Invent. Math. 74(3), 419–435 (1983)] at the origin:

Rectifiable oscillations in second-order half-linear differential equations

Second-order half-linear differential equation (H): on the finite interval I = (0,1] will be studied, where , p > 1 and the coefficient f(x) > 0 on I, , and . In case when p = 2, the equation (H) reduces to the harmonic oscillator equation (P): y′′ + f(x)y = 0. In this paper, we study the oscillations of solutions of (H) with special attention to some geometric and fractal properties of the graph . We establish integral criteria necessary and sufficient for oscillatory solutions with graphs having finite and infinite arclength. In case when , λ > 0, α > p, we also determine the fractal dimension of the graph G(y) of the solution y(x). Finally, we study the L ^p nonintegrability of the derivative of all solutions of the equation (H).      

Upper Triangular Operator Matrices, SVEP and Browder, Weyl Theorems

A Banach space operator T ∈ B(χ) is polaroid if points λ ∈ iso σ(T) are poles of the resolvent of T. Let denote, respectively, the approximate point, the Weyl, the Weyl essential approximate, the upper semi–Fredholm and lower semi–Fredholm spectrum of T. For A, B and C ∈ B(χ), let M _C denote the operator matrix . If A is polaroid on , M ₀ satisfies Weyl’s theorem, and A and B satisfy either of the hypotheses (i) A has SVEP at points and B has SVEP at points , or, (ii) both A and A* have SVEP at points , or, (iii) A^* has SVEP at points and B ^* has SVEP at points , then . Here the hypothesis that λ ∈ π₀(M _C ) are poles of the resolvent of A can not be replaced by the hypothesis are poles of the resolvent of A. For an operator , let . We prove that if A* and B* have SVEP, A is polaroid on π ^a ₀(M _C) and B is polaroid on π ^a ₀(B), then .      

On the minimality of the p-harmonic ma p $$x/\|x\|$$ for weighted energy

In this paper, we study the minimality of the map for the weighted energy functional , where is a continuous function. We prove that for any integer and any non-negative, non-decreasing continuous function f, the map minimizes E _f,p among the maps in which coincide with on . The case p = 1 has been already studied in [Bourgoin J.-C. Calc. Var. (to appear)]. Then, we extend results of Hong (see Ann. Inst. Poincaré Anal. Non-linéaire 17: 35–46 (2000)). Indeed, under the same assumptions for the function f, we prove that in dimension n ≥  7 for any real with , the map minimizes E _f,p among the maps in which coincide with on .      

On the asymptotics of solutions of the Lane-Emden problem for the p-Laplacian

In this paper we consider the Lane–Emden problem adapted for the p-Laplacian

On optimal condition numbers for Markov chains

Let T and be arbitrary nonnegative, irreducible, stochastic matrices corresponding to two ergodic Markov chains on n states. A function κ is called a condition number for Markov chains with respect to the (α, β)–norm pair if . Here π and are the stationary distribution vectors of the two chains, respectively. Various condition numbers, particularly with respect to the (1, ∞) and (∞, ∞)-norm pairs have been suggested in the literature. They were ranked according to their size by Cho and Meyer in a paper from 2001. In this paper we first of all show that what we call the generalized ergodicity coefficient , where e is the n-vector of all 1’s and A ^# is the group generalized inverse of A = I − T, is the smallest condition number of Markov chains with respect to the (p, ∞)-norm pair. We use this result to identify the smallest condition number of Markov chains among the (∞, ∞) and (1, ∞)-norm pairs. These are, respectively, κ ₃ and κ ₆ in the Cho–Meyer list of 8 condition numbers. Kirkland has studied κ ₃(T). He has shown that and he has characterized transition matrices for which equality holds. We prove here again that 2κ ₃(T) ≤ κ(6) which appears in the Cho–Meyer paper and we characterize the transition matrices T for which . There is actually only one such matrix: T = (J _n  − I)/(n − 1), where J _n is the n × n matrix of all 1’s. This research was supported in part by NSERC under Grant OGP0138251 and NSA Grant No. 06G–232.     

Optimal initial value conditions for the existence of local strong solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations

Consider the instationary Navier–Stokes system in a smooth bounded domain with vanishing force and initial value . Since the work of Kiselev and Ladyzhenskaya (Am. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2 24:79–106, 1963) there have been found several conditions on u ₀ to prove the existence of a unique strong solution with u(0) = u ₀ in some time interval [0, T), 0 < T ≤ ∞, where the exponents 2 < s < ∞, 3 < q < ∞ satisfy . Indeed, such conditions could be weakened step by step, thus enlarging the corresponding solution classes. Our aim is to prove the following optimal result with the weakest possible initial value condition and the largest possible solution class: Given u ₀, q, s as above and the Stokes operator A ₂, we prove that the condition is necessary and sufficient for the existence of such a local strong solution u. The proof rests on arguments from the recently developed theory of very weak solutions.     

Beurling’s analyticity theorem for quantum differences

A theorem of Beurling states that if f satisfies , n = 1, 2,..., for some 0 < ρ < 2, on a real interval I, then f is analytic in a rhombus containing I. We study the corresponding problem for the quantum differences Δ _n f (q, x), q > 1, n = 1, 2,..., for functions defined on (0, ∞) and prove quantitative and qualitative analogues of Beurling’s result. We also characterize the analyticity of f on subintervals of (0, ∞) in q-analytic terms.     

Generically finite morphisms and formal neighborhoods of arcs

Let f : X → Y be a morphism of pure-dimensional schemes of the same dimension, with X smooth. We prove that if is an arc on X having finite order e along the ramification subscheme R _f of X, and if its image δ = f _∞(γ) on Y does not lie in J _∞(Y _sing), then the induced map T _γ J _∞(X) → T _δ J _∞(Y) is injective, with a cokernel of dimension e. In particular, if Y is smooth too, and if we denote by and the formal neighborhoods of and , then the induced morphism is a closed embedding of codimension e.      

Nearly tight frames and space-frequency analysis on compact manifolds

Let M be a smooth compact oriented Riemannian manifold of dimension n without boundary, and let Δ be the Laplace–Beltrami operator on M. Say , and that f (0)  =  0. For t  >  0, let K _t (x, y) denote the kernel of f (t ² Δ). Suppose f satisfies Daubechies’ criterion, and b  >  0. For each j, write M as a disjoint union of measurable sets E _j,k with diameter at most ba ^j , and measure comparable to if ba ^j is sufficiently small. Take x _j,k ∈ E _j,k . We then show that the functions form a frame for (I  −  P)L ²(M), for b sufficiently small (here P is the projection onto the constant functions). Moreover, we show that the ratio of the frame bounds approaches 1 nearly quadratically as the dilation parameter approaches 1, so that the frame quickly becomes nearly tight (for b sufficiently small). Moreover, based upon how well-localized a function F ∈ (I  −  P)L ² is in space and in frequency, we can describe which terms in the summation are so small that they can be neglected. If n  =  2 and M is the torus or the sphere, and f (s)  =  se ^−s (the “Mexican hat” situation), we obtain two explicit approximate formulas for the φ _j,k , one to be used when t is large, and one to be used when t is small. A. Mayeli was partially supported by the Marie Curie Excellence Team Grant MEXT-CT-2004-013477, Acronym MAMEBIA.     

On the Structure of Solutions of the Moisil-Théodoresco System in Euclidean Space

Let be open, let be the Dirac operator in and let be the Clifford algebra constructed over the quadratic space . If for fixed, denotes the space of r-vectors in , then an -valued smooth function W = W ^r  + W ^r+2 in Ω is said to satisfy the Moisil-Théodoresco system if . In terms of differential forms, this means that the corresponding - valued smooth form w = w ^r  + w ^r+2 satisfies in Ω the system d ^* w ^r = 0, dw ^r  + d ^* w ^r+2 = 0; dw ^r+2 = 0. Based on techniques and results concerning conjugate harmonic functions in the framework of Clifford analysis, a structure theorem is proved for the solutions of the Moisil-Théodoresco system.      

Solutions of elliptic problems with nonlinearities of linear growth

In this paper, we study existence of nontrivial solutions to the elliptic equation

Notes on the nuclearity of random subalgebras of O2{\mathcal {O}_2}

There exists a separable exact C*-algebra A which contains all separable exact C*-algebras as subalgebras, and for each norm-dense measure μ on A and independent μ-distributed random elements x ₁, x ₂, ... we have . Further, there exists a norm-dense non-atomic probability measure μ on the Cuntz algebra such that for an independent sequence x ₁, x ₂, ... of μ-distributed random elements x _i we have . We introduce the notion of the stochastic rank for a unital C*-algebra and prove that the stochastic rank of C([0, 1] ^d ) is d. B. Burgstaller was supported by the Austrian Schr?dinger stipend J2471-N12.     

Bifurcations of Positive and Negative Continua in Quasilinear Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems

The main result of this work is a Dancer-type bifurcation result for the quasilinear elliptic problem