Generalized Joseph–Lundgren exponent and intersection properties for supercritical quasilinear elliptic equations

We study the solution \({u(r,\rho)}\) of the quasilinear elliptic problem

$$\begin{cases}r^{-(\gamma-1)}(r^{\alpha}|u'|^{\beta-1}u')'+|u|^{p-1}u=0, & 0 < r < \infty, \\u(0)=\rho > 0,\ u'(0)=0.\end{cases}$$

The usual Laplace, \({m}\)-Laplace, and \({k}\)-Hessian operators are included in the differential operator \({r^{-(\gamma-1)}(r^{\alpha}|u'|^{\beta-1}u')'}\). Under certain conditions on \({\alpha}\), \({\beta}\), \({\gamma}\), and \({p}\), the equation has a singular positive solution \({u^*(r)}\) and the solution \({u(r,\rho)}\) is positive for \({r\ge 0}\). We study the intersection numbers between \({u(r,\rho)}\) and \({u^*(r)}\) and between \({u(r,\rho_0)}\) and \({u(r,\rho_1)}\). A generalized Joseph–Lundgren exponent \({p^*_{JL}}\) plays a crucial role. The main technique is a phase plane analysis. In particular, we use two changes of variables which transform the equation into two autonomous systems.

     

Existence of Multiple Positive Solutions for Nonlinear Fractional Boundary Value Problems on the Half-Line

In this paper, we deal with the following nonlinear fractional differential problem in the half-line \({\mathbb{R}^{+}=(0,+ \infty)}\)

$$\left\{\begin{array}{l}D^{\alpha }u(x)+f(x,u(x),D^{p}u(x))=0,\quad x \in \mathbb{R}^{+},\\ u(0)=u^{\prime } \left( 0\right) = \cdots =u^{\left( m-2\right) }(0)=0,\end{array}\right.$$

where \({m\in \mathbb{N}, m \geq 2, m-1 < \alpha \leq m, 0 < p \leq \alpha -1}\), the differential operator is taken in the Riemann–Liouville sense and f is a Borel measurable function in \({\mathbb{R}^{+} \times \mathbb{R}^{+} \times \mathbb{R} ^{+}}\) satisfying certain conditions. More precisely, we show the existence of multiple unbounded positive solutions, by means of Schäuder fixed point theorem. Some examples illustrating our main result are also given.

     

Inexact Halpern-type proximal point algorithm

We present several strong convergence results for the modified, Halpern-type, proximal point algorithm \({x_{n+1}=\alpha_{n}u+(1-\alpha_{n})J_{\beta_n}x_n+e_{n}}\) (n = 0,1, . . .; \({u,\,x_0\in H}\) given, and \({J_{\beta_n}=(I+\beta_nA)^{-1}}\), for a maximal monotone operator A) in a real Hilbert space, under new sets of conditions on \({\alpha_n\in(0,1)}\) and \({\beta_n\in(0,\infty)}\). These conditions are weaker than those known to us and our results extend and improve some recent results such as those of H. K. Xu. We also show how to apply our results to approximate minimizers of convex functionals. In addition, we give convergence rate estimates for a sequence approximating the minimum value of such a functional.     

Isoperimetric inequality for the polydisk

Let \({n\in\mathbb{N}}\). For \({k\in\{1,\dots,n\}}\) let \({\Omega_k\subset \mathbb{C}}\) be a simply connected domain with a rectifiable boundary. Let \({\Omega^n=\prod_{k=1}^n\Omega_k\subset \mathbb{C}^n}\) be a generalized polydisk with distinguished boundary \({\partial\Omega^n=\prod_{k=1}^n\partial\Omega_k}\). Let E ^r (Ω ⁿ ) be the holomorphic Smirnov class on Ω ⁿ with index r. We show that the generalized isoperimetric inequality

$ \int\limits_{\Omega^n} |f_1|^p|f_2|^qdV\le \frac{1}{(4\pi)^n}\int\limits_{\partial \Omega^n}|f_1|^pdS \int\limits_{\partial \Omega^n} |f_2|^qdS, $

holds for arbitrary \({f_1\in E^p(\Omega^n)}\) and \({f_2\in E^q(\Omega^n)}\), where 0 < p, q < ∞. We also determine necessary and sufficient conditions for equality.

     

Lattice homomorphisms between Sobolev spaces

We show in Theorem 4.4 that every vector lattice homomorphism T from \({\mathsf{W}^{1,p}_0(\Omega_1)}\) into \({\mathsf{W}^{1,q}(\Omega_2)}\) for \({p,q\in (1,\infty)}\) and open sets \({\Omega_1,\Omega_2\subset\mathbb{R}^N}\) has a representation of the form \({T\mathsf{u}=(\mathsf{u}\circ\xi)g}\) (Cap _q -quasi everywhere on Ω₂) with mappings ξ : Ω₂ → Ω₁ and g : Ω₂ → [0, ∞). This representation follows as an application of an abstract and more general representation theorem (Theorem 3.5). Other applications are also given.     

Some remarks on energy inequalities for harmonic maps with potential

We call the \({\delta}\)-vector of an integral convex polytope of dimension d flat if the \({\delta}\)-vector is of the form \({(1,0,\ldots,0,a,\ldots,a,0,\ldots,0)}\), where \({a \geq 1}\). In this paper, we give the complete characterization of possible flat \({\delta}\)-vectors. Moreover, for an integral convex polytope \({\mathcal{P}\subset \mathbb{R}^N}\) of dimension d, we let \({i(\mathcal{P},n)=|n\mathcal{P}\cap \mathbb{Z}^N|}\) and \({i^*(\mathcal{P},n)=|n(\mathcal{P} {\setminus}\partial \mathcal{P})\cap \mathbb{Z}^N|}\). By this characterization, we show that for any \({d \geq 1}\) and for any \({k,\ell \geq 0}\) with \({k+\ell \leq d-1}\), there exist integral convex polytopes \({\mathcal{P}}\) and \({\mathcal{Q}}\) of dimension d such that (i) For \({t=1,\ldots,k}\), we have \({i(\mathcal{P},t)=i(\mathcal{Q},t),}\) (ii) For \({t=1,\ldots,\ell}\), we have \({i^*(\mathcal{P},t)=i^*(\mathcal{Q},t)}\), and (iii) \({i(\mathcal{P},k+1) \neq i(\mathcal{Q},k+1)}\) and \({i^*(\mathcal{P},\ell+1)\neq i^*(\mathcal{Q},\ell+1)}\).     

Aspects of the Segre variety $${\mathcal{S}_{1,1,1}(2)}$$

We consider various aspects of the Segre variety \({\mathcal{S}:=\mathcal{S} _{1,1,1}(2)}\) in PG(7, 2), whose stabilizer group \({\mathcal{G}_{\mathcal{S}}<{\rm GL}(8,2)}\) has the structure \({\mathcal{N}\rtimes{\rm Sym}(3),}\) where \({\mathcal{N} :={\rm GL}(2,2)\times{\rm GL}(2,2)\times{\rm GL} (2,2).}\) In particular we prove that \({\mathcal{S}}\) determines a distinguished Z ₃-subgroup \({\mathcal{Z}<{\rm GL}(8,2)}\) such that \({A\mathcal{Z}A^{-1}=\mathcal{Z},}\) for all \({A\in\mathcal{G}_{\mathcal{S}},}\) and in consequence \({\mathcal{S}}\) determines a \({\mathcal{G}_{\mathcal{S}}}\)-invariant spread of 85 lines in PG(7, 2). Furthermore we see that Segre varieties \({\mathcal{S}_{1,1,1}(2)}\) in PG(7, 2) come along in triplets \({\{\mathcal{S},\mathcal{S}^{\prime},\mathcal{S}^{\prime\prime}\}}\) which share the same distinguished Z ₃-subgroup \({\mathcal{Z}<{\rm GL}(8,2).}\) We conclude by determining all fifteen \({\mathcal{G}_{\mathcal{S}}}\)-invariant polynomial functions on PG(7, 2) which have degree < 8, and their relation to the five \({\mathcal{G}_{\mathcal{S}}}\)-orbits of points in PG(7, 2).     

Boundedness of Sublinear Operators and Commutators on Generalized Morrey Spaces

In this paper the authors study the boundedness for a large class of sublinear operators \({T_{\alpha}, \alpha \in [0,n)}\) generated by Calderón–Zygmund operators (α = 0) and generated by Riesz potential operator (α > 0) on generalized Morrey spaces \({M_{p,\varphi}}\) . As an application of the above result, the boundeness of the commutator of sublinear operators \({T_{b,\alpha}, \alpha \in [0,n)}\) on generalized Morrey spaces is also obtained. In the case \({b \in BMO}\) and T _b,α is a sublinear operator, we find the sufficient conditions on the pair \({(\varphi_1,\varphi_2)}\) which ensures the boundedness of the operators \({T_{b,\alpha}, \alpha \in [0,n)}\) from one generalized Morrey space \({M_{p,\varphi_1}}\) to another \({M_{q,\varphi_2}}\) with 1/p ? 1/q = α/n. In all the cases the conditions for the boundedness are given in terms of Zygmund-type integral inequalities on \({(\varphi_1,\varphi_2)}\) , which do not assume any assumption on monotonicity of \({\varphi_1, \, \varphi_2}\) in r. Conditions of these theorems are satisfied by many important operators in analysis, in particular, Littlewood–Paley operator, Marcinkiewicz operator and Bochner–Riesz operator.     

Positive solutions of nonlinear multi-point boundary value problems

This paper deals with the existence of positive solutions of nonlinear differential equation

$$\begin{aligned} u^{\prime \prime }(t)+ a(t) f(u(t) )=0,\quad 0<t <1, \end{aligned}$$

subject to the boundary conditions

$$\begin{aligned} u(0)=\sum _{i=1}^{m-2} a_i u (\xi _i) ,\quad u^{\prime } (1) = \sum _{i=1}^{m-2} b_i u^{\prime } (\xi _i), \end{aligned}$$

where \( \xi _i \in (0,1) \) with \( 0< \xi _1<\xi _2< \cdots<\xi _{m-2} < 1,\) and \(a_i,b_i \) satisfy   \(a_i,b_i\in [0,\infty ),~~ 0< \sum _{i=1}^{m-2} a_i <1,\) and \( \sum _{i=1}^{m-2} b_i <1. \) By using Schauder’s fixed point theorem, we show that it has at least one positive solution if f is nonnegative and continuous. Positive solutions of the above boundary value problem satisfy the Harnack inequality

$$\begin{aligned} \displaystyle \inf _{0 \le t \le 1} u(t) \ge \gamma \Vert u\Vert _\infty . \end{aligned}$$

     

The fractional Neumann and Robin type boundary conditions for the regional fractional <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian

Let \({p \in (1,\infty)}\), \({s \in (0,1)}\) and \({\Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}^{N}}}\) a bounded open set with boundary \({\partial\Omega}\) of class C ^1,1. In the first part of the article we prove an integration by parts formula for the fractional p-Laplace operator \({(-\Delta)_{p}^{s}}\) defined on \({\Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}^{N}}}\) and acting on functions that do not necessarily vanish at the boundary \({\partial\Omega}\). In the second part of the article we use the above mentioned integration by parts formula to clarify the fractional Neumann and Robin boundary conditions associated with the fractional p-Laplacian on open sets.     

An inverse spectral theorem for Kreĭn strings with a negative eigenvalue

A string is a pair \({(L, \mathfrak{m})}\) where \({L \in[0, \infty]}\) and \({\mathfrak{m}}\) is a positive, possibly unbounded, Borel measure supported on [0, L]; we think of L as the length of the string and of \({\mathfrak{m}}\) as its mass density. To each string a differential operator acting in the space \({L^2(\mathfrak{m})}\) is associated. Namely, the Kre?n–Feller differential operator \({-D_{\mathfrak{m}}D_x}\) ; its eigenvalue equation can be written, e.g., as

$$f^{\prime}(x) + z \int_0^L f(y)\,d\mathfrak{m}(y) = 0,\quad x \in\mathbb R,\ f^{\prime}(0-) = 0.$$

A positive Borel measure τ on \({\mathbb R}\) is called a (canonical) spectral measure of the string \({\textsc S[L, \mathfrak{m}]}\) , if there exists an appropriately normalized Fourier transform of \({L^2(\mathfrak{m})}\) onto L ²(τ). In order that a given positive Borel measure τ is a spectral measure of some string, it is necessary that: (1) \({\int_{\mathbb R} \frac{d\tau(\lambda)}{1+|\lambda|} < \infty}\) . (2) Either \({{\rm supp} \tau \subseteq [0, \infty)}\) , or τ is discrete and has exactly one point mass in (?∞, 0). It is a deep result, going back to Kre?n in the 1950’s, that each measure with \({\int_{\mathbb R}\frac{d\tau(\lambda)}{1+|\lambda|} < \infty}\) and \({{\rm supp} \tau \subseteq [0, \infty)}\) is a spectral measure of some string, and that this string is uniquely determined by τ. The question remained open, which conditions characterize whether a measure τ with \({{\rm supp} \tau \not\subseteq [0, \infty)}\) is a spectral measure of some string. In the present paper, we answer this question. Interestingly, the solution is much more involved than the first guess might suggest.

     

Existence of Multi-bump Solutions for a Class of Quasilinear Schrödinger Equations in $${\mathbb{R}^{N}}$$ Involving Critical Growth

In this paper we prove the existence of multi-bump solutions for a class of quasilinear Schrödinger equations of the form \({-\Delta{u} + (\lambda{V} (x) + Z(x))u - \Delta(u^{2})u = \beta{h}(u) + u^{22*-1}}\) in the whole space, where h is a continuous function, \({V, Z : \mathbb{R}^{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}\) are continuous functions. We assume that V(x) is nonnegative and has a potential well \({\Omega : = {\rm int} V^{-1}(0)}\) consisting of k components \({\Omega_{1}, \ldots , \Omega{k}}\) such that the interior of Ω _i is not empty and \({\partial\Omega_{i}}\) is smooth. By using a change of variables, the quasilinear equations are reduced to a semilinear one, whose associated functionals are well defined in the usual Sobolev space and satisfy the geometric conditions of the mountain pass theorem for suitable assumptions. We show that for any given non-empty subset. \({\Gamma \subset \{1, \ldots ,k\}}\), a bump solution is trapped in a neighborhood of \({\cup_{{j}\in\Gamma}\Omega_{j}}\) for\({\lambda > 0}\) large enough.     

On one-dimensional superlinear indefinite problems involving the $$\phi $$-Laplacian

Let \(\Omega := ( a,b ) \subset \mathbb {R}\), \(m\in L^{1} ( \Omega ) \) and \(\phi :\mathbb {R\rightarrow R}\) be an odd increasing homeomorphism. We consider the existence of positive solutions for problems of the form

$$\begin{aligned} \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{ll} -\phi ( u^{\prime } ) ^{\prime }=m ( x ) f ( u) &{}\quad \text {in } \Omega ,\\ u=0 &{}\quad \text {on } \partial \Omega , \end{array} \right. \end{aligned}$$

where \(f: [ 0,\infty ) \rightarrow [ 0,\infty ) \) is a continuous function which is, roughly speaking, superlinear with respect to \(\phi \). Our approach combines the Guo-Krasnoselski? fixed-point theorem with some estimates on related nonlinear problems. We mention that our results are new even in the case \(m\ge 0\).

     

A result on quasi-periodic solutions of a nonlinear beam equation with a quasi-periodic forcing term

In this paper, a quasi-periodically forced nonlinear beam equation \({u_{tt}+u_{xxxx}+\mu u+\varepsilon\phi(t)h(u)=0}\) with hinged boundary conditions is considered, where μ > 0, \({\varepsilon}\) is a small positive parameter, \({\phi}\) is a real analytic quasi-periodic function in t with a frequency vector ω = (ω ₁,ω ₂ . . . , ω _m ), and the nonlinearity h is a real analytic odd function of the form \({h(u)=\eta_1u+\eta_{2\bar{r}+1}u^{2\bar{r}+1}+\sum_{k\geq \bar{r}+1}\eta_{2k+1}u^{2k+1},\eta_1,\eta_{2\bar{r}+1} \neq0, \bar{r} \in {\mathbb {N}}.}\) The above equation admits a quasi-periodic solution.     

Gelfand type problem for singular quadratic quasilinear equations

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions for the quasilinear elliptic singular problem

$$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-\Delta u + c\,\frac{|\nabla u|^2}{u^\gamma} = \lambda\,f(u), \quad \quad \mbox{in $\Omega$},\\ u=0, \quad \qquad \qquad \qquad \quad \, \, \, \, \, \mbox{on $\partial$$\Omega$},\end{array}\right.$$

where \({c,\lambda >0}\), \({\gamma \in (0,1)}\), f is strictly increasing and derivable in \({[0,\infty)}\) with \({f(0)>0}\). We show that there exists \({\lambda^*>0}\) such that \({(0,\lambda^*]}\) is the maximal set of values such there exists solution. In addition, we prove that for \({\lambda<\lambda^*}\) there exists minimal and bounded solutions. Moreover, we give sufficient conditions for existence and regularity of solutions for \({\lambda=\lambda^*}\).

     

Optimal embeddings and compact embeddings of Bessel-potential-type spaces

First, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for embeddings of Bessel potential spaces \({H^{\sigma}X(\mathbb R^n)}\) with order of smoothness less than one, modelled upon rearrangement invariant Banach function spaces \({X(\mathbb R^n)}\), into generalized Hölder spaces. To this end, we derive a sharp estimate of modulus of smoothness of the convolution of a function \({f\in X(\mathbb R^n)}\) with the Bessel potential kernel g _σ , 0 < σ < 1. Such an estimate states that if \({g_{\sigma}}\) belongs to the associate space of X, then

$\omega(f*g_{\sigma},t)\precsim \int\limits_0^{t^n}s^{\frac{\sigma}{n}-1}f^*(s)\,ds \quad {\rm for\,all} \quad t\in(0,1) \quad {\rm and\,every}\quad f\in X(\mathbb R^n).$

Second, we characterize compact subsets of generalized Hölder spaces and then we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for compact embeddings of Bessel potential spaces \({H^{\sigma}X(\mathbb R^n)}\) into generalized Hölder spaces. We apply our results to the case when \({X(\mathbb R^n)}\) is the Lorentz–Karamata space \({L_{p,q;b}(\mathbb R^n)}\). In particular, we are able to characterize optimal embeddings of Bessel potential spaces \({H^{\sigma}L_{p,q;b}(\mathbb R^n)}\) into generalized Hölder spaces and also compact embeddings of spaces in question. Applications cover both superlimiting and limiting cases.

     

Depth,Stanley depth,and regularity of ideals associated to graphs

Let \({\mathbb{K}}\) be a field and \({S=\mathbb{K}[x_1,\dots,x_n]}\) be the polynomial ring in n variables over \({\mathbb{K}}\). Let G be a graph with n vertices. Assume that \({I=I(G)}\) is the edge ideal of G and \({J=J(G)}\) is its cover ideal. We prove that \({{\rm sdepth}(J)\geq n-\nu_{o}(G)}\) and \({{\rm sdepth}(S/J)\geq n-\nu_{o}(G)-1}\), where \({\nu_{o}(G)}\) is the ordered matching number of G. We also prove the inequalities \({{\rmsdepth}(J^k)\geq {\rm depth}(J^k)}\) and \({{\rm sdepth}(S/J^k)\geq {\rmdepth}(S/J^k)}\), for every integer \({k\gg 0}\), when G is a bipartite graph. Moreover, we provide an elementary proof for the known inequality reg\({(S/I)\leq \nu_{o}(G)}\).     

Conformal embeddings of affine vertex algebras in minimal <Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis>-algebras II: decompositions

We present methods for computing the explicit decomposition of the minimal simple affine W-algebra \({W_k(\mathfrak{g}, \theta)}\) as a module for its maximal affine subalgebra \({\mathscr{V}_k(\mathfrak{g}^{\natural})}\) at a conformal level k, that is, whenever the Virasoro vectors of \({W_k(\mathfrak{g}, \theta)}\) and \({\mathscr{V}_k(\mathfrak{g}^\natural)}\) coincide. A particular emphasis is given on the application of affine fusion rules to the determination of branching rules. In almost all cases when \({\mathfrak{g}^{\natural}}\) is a semisimple Lie algebra, we show that, for a suitable conformal level k, \({W_k(\mathfrak{g}, \theta)}\) is isomorphic to an extension of \({\mathscr{V}_k(\mathfrak{g}^{\natural})}\) by its simple module. We are able to prove that in certain cases \({W_k(\mathfrak{g}, \theta)}\) is a simple current extension of \({\mathscr{V}_k(\mathfrak{g}^{\natural})}\). In order to analyze more complicated non simple current extensions at conformal levels, we present an explicit realization of the simple W-algebra \({W_{k}(\mathit{sl}(4), \theta)}\) at k = ?8/3. We prove, as conjectured in [3], that \({W_{k}(\mathit{sl}(4), \theta)}\) is isomorphic to the vertex algebra \({\mathscr{R}^{(3)}}\), and construct infinitely many singular vectors using screening operators. We also construct a new family of simple current modules for the vertex algebra \({V_k (\mathit{sl}(n))}\) at certain admissible levels and for \({V_k (\mathit{sl}(m \vert n)), m\ne n, m,n\geq 1}\) at arbitrary levels.     

Homoclinic Solutions for <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>)-Laplacian–Hamiltonian Systems Without Coercive Conditions

In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of homoclinic solutions for the following second-order p(t)-Laplacian–Hamiltonian systems

$$\frac{{\rm d}}{{\rm d}t}(|\dot{u}(t)|^{p(t)-2}\dot{u}(t))-a(t)|u(t)|^{p(t)-2}u(t)+\nabla W(t,u(t))=0,$$

where \({t \in \mathbb{R}}\), \({u \in \mathbb{R}^n}\), \({p \in C(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})}\) with p(t) > 1, \({a \in C(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})}\), \({W\in C^1(\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R})}\) and \({\nabla W(t,u)}\) is the gradient of W(t, u) in u. The point is that, assuming that a(t) is bounded in the sense that there are constants \({0<\tau_1<\tau_2<\infty}\) such that \({\tau_1\leq a(t)\leq \tau_2 }\) for all \({t \in \mathbb{R}}\) and W(t, u) is of super-p(t) growth or sub-p(t) growth as \({|u|\rightarrow \infty}\), we provide two new criteria to ensure the existence and multiplicity of homoclinic solutions, respectively. Recent results in the literature are extended and significantly improved.