Estimation of the Intensity of the Flow of Nonmonotone Refusals in the Queuing System (≤ λ)/G/m

We consider a queuing system ()/G/m, where the symbol () means that, independently of prehistory, the probability of arrival of a call during the time interval dtdoes not exceed dt. The case where the queue length first attains the level r m+ 1 during a busy period is called the refusal of the system. We determine a bound for the intensity ₁(t) of the flow of homogeneous events associated with the monotone refusals of the system, namely, ₁(t) = O( ^{r+ 1}₁ ^{m– 1} _{r– m+ 1}), where _k is the kth moment of the service-time distribution.     

Finite extinction time for some perturbed Hamilton-Jacobi equations

In this paper we study initial value problems likeu _t–R¦u¦^m+u^q=0 in ⁿ× ₊, u(·,0⁺)=u_o(·) in ^N, whereR > 0, 0 <q < 1,m 1, andu _o is a positive uniformly continuous function verifying –R¦u _o¦^m+u ₀ ^q 0 in ^N . We show the existence of the minimum nonnegative continuous viscosity solutionu, as well as the existence of the function t(·) defined byu(x, t) > 0 if 0<t<t (x) andu(x, t)=0 ift t (x). Regularity, extinction rate, and asymptotic behavior of t(x) are also studied. Moreover, form=1 we obtain the representation formulau(x, t)=max{([(u _o(x – t))^1–q –(1–q)t]₊)^1/(1–q): ¦¦R}, (x, t) ₊ ^N+1 .Partially supported by the DGICYT No. 86/0405 project.     

On the distribution of square-full and cube-full integers

LetN _r (x) be the number ofr-full integers x and let _r (x) be the error term in the asymptotic formula forN _r (x). Under Riemann's hypothesis, we prove the estimates ₂(x)x^1/7+, ₃(x)x^97/804+(>0), which improve those of Cao and Nowak. We also investigate the distribution ofr-full andl-free numbers in short intervals (r=2,3). Our results sharpen Krätzel's estimates.     

Weak Sequential Completeness of β-duals of Double Sequence Spaces

We consider dual pairs E,E ⁽⁾ of double sequence spaces E and E ⁽⁾, where E ⁽⁾ is the -dual space of E with respect to the -convergence of double sequences for = p (Pringsheim convergence), bp (bounded p-convergence) and r (regular convergence). Motivated by Boos, Fleming and Leiger [3], we introduce two oscillating properties (signed P_OSCP(k), k {1,2}) for a double sequence space E such that the signed P_OSCP(1) guarantees the (E ^(p), E)-sequential completeness of E ^(p), whereas the signed P_OSCP(2) implies the equalities E ^(r) = E ^(bp) = E ^(p) and the (E ⁽⁾, E)-sequentialcompleteness of E ⁽⁾ for = bp and r.     

Mixing and some integro-functional equations

Summary It is proved that the operatorP: L ¹ (0, ) L ¹(0, ), given byPg(z) = _z/c [g(x)/cx]dx, is completely mixing, i.e.,P ⁿ g ₁ 0 forg L ¹(0, ) with g dx = 0. This implies that, forc (0, 1), each continuous and bounded solution of the equationf(x)= ₀ ^cx f(t)dt/(cx) (x (0, 1]) is constant.     

Posterior Sensitivity to the Sampling Distribution and the Prior: More than One Observation

Sensitivity of a posterior quantity (f, P) to the choice of the sampling distribution f and prior P is considered. Sensitivity is measured by the range of (f, P) when f and P vary in nonparametric classes ^f and ^P respectively. Direct and iterative methods are described which obtain the range of (f, P) over f ^f when prior P is fixed, and also the overall range over f ^f and P ^P . When multiple i.i.d. observations X ₁,...,X _k are observed from f, the posterior quantity (f, P) is not a ratio-linear function of f. A method of steepest descent is proposed to obtain the range of (f, P). Several examples illustrate applications of these methods.     

A spectral mapping theorem for scalar-type spectral operators in locally convex spaces

LetT be a continuous scalar-type spectral operator defined on a quasi-complete locally convex spaceX, that is,T=fdP whereP is an equicontinuous spectral measure inX andf is aP-integrable function. It is shown that (T) is precisely the closedP-essential range of the functionf or equivalently, that (T) is equal to the support of the (unique) equicontinuous spectral measureQ ^* defined on the Borel sets of the extended complex plane ^* such thatQ ^*({})=0 andT=zdQ _*(z). This result is then used to prove a spectral mapping theorem; namely, thatg((T))=(g(T)) for anyQ ^*-integrable functiong: ^{* *} which is continuous on (T). This is an improvement on previous results of this type since it covers the case wheng((T))/{} is an unbounded set in a phenomenon which occurs often for continuous operatorsT defined in non-normable spacesX.     

The Selberg trace formula for SL(3,Z)

In this article the first step toward the generalization of the Selberg trace formula to the case of a rank 2 symmetric space S and a discrete group for which the fundamental region \S goes to infinity nontrivially appears. For S we use the space SL(3,)/SO(3) and for we use SL(3,). The fundamental results are Theorems 9 and 10, in which is calculated the contribution to the matrix trace of the operator K which appears in the right side of the trace formula of the expression h()d^c(), where ^c() is the continuous part of the spectral measure of the quasiregular representation on the space IL₂(\S).Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 63, pp. 8–66, 1976.     

Extremal problems in classes of univalent functions,omitting prescribed values

Section 1 of the paper is devoted to extremal problems in the classes of conformal homeomorphisms of the circle and the annulus, connected directly with the problem on the maximum of the conformal modulus in the family of doubly connected domains. In Secs. 2 and 3 one considers the class R of functions f()=c₁+c₂²+... regular and univalent in the circleU={||<1} and such that f(₁)f(₂)=1 for ₁₂U (the class of Bieberbach-Eilenberg functions). Here one solves the problem of the maximum of |f(₀)| in the class of functions f()R with a fixed value f(₀, where ₀ is an arbitrary point U, and of the maximum of |f(₀)| in the entire class R. For the proof one makes use of the method of the moduli of families of curves.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 144, pp. 94–114, 1985.     

A chord-stretching map of a convex loop is an isometry

Let ⁿ be n-dimensional Euclidean space, and let : [0, L] ⁿ and : [0, L] ⁿ be closed rectifiable arcs in ⁿ of the same total length L which are parametrized via their arc length. is said to be a chord-stretched version of if for each 0s tL, |(t)–(s)| |(t)–(s)|. is said to be convex if is simple and if ([0, L]) is the frontier of some plane convex set. Individual work by Professors G. Choquet and G. T. Sallee demonstrated that if were simple then there existed a convex chord-stretched version of . This result led Professor Yang Lu to conjecture that if were convex and were a chord-stretched version of then and would be congruent, i.e. any chord-stretching map of a convex arc is an isometry. Professor Yang Lu has proved this conjecture in the case where and are C ² curves. In this paper we prove the conjecture in general.     

Kolmogorov and linear widths of weighted Sobolev-type classes on a finite interval

Let I be a finite interval, r N and p(t)=dist{t,I}, tI. Denote by W ^r _{p ,}, 0<<, the class of functions x on I with the seminorm x ^(r) p _Lp1. We obtain two-sided estimates of the Kolmogorov widths d _n(W^r _p, )_Lq and of the linear widths d _n(W^r _p,)_Lq ^lin     

The Product of Independent Random Variables with Regularly Varying Tails

A distribution is said to have regularly varying tail with index – (0) if lim _x(kx,)/(x,)=k ^– for each k>0. Let X and Y be independent positive random variables with distributions and , respecitvely. The distribution of product XY is called Mellin–Stieltjes convolution (MS convolution) of and . It is known that D() (the class of distributions on (0,) that have regularly varying tails with index –) is closed under MS convolution. This paper deals with decomposition problem of distributions in D() related to MS convolution. A representation of a regularly varying function F of the following form is investigated: F(x)= _k=0 ^n–1 b _k f(a ^k x), where f is a measurable function and a and b _k (k=1,...,n–1) are real constants. A criterion is given for these constants in order that f be regularly varying. This criterion is applicable to show that there exist two distributions and such that neither nor belongs to D() (>0) and their MS convolution belongs to D().     

Positive Solutions for a Singular Nonlinear Problem on a Bounded Domain in R 2

For a bounded regular Jordan domain in R ², we introduce and study a new class of functions K() related on its Green function G. We exploit the properties of this class to prove the existence and the uniqueness of a positive solution for the singular nonlinear elliptic equation u+(x,u)=0, in D(), with u=0 on and uC(), where is a nonnegative Borel measurable function in ×(0,) that belongs to a convex cone which contains, in particular, all functions (x,t)=q(x)t ^–,>0 with nonnegative functions qK(). Some estimates on the solution are also given.     

Isoperimetric inequalities in potential theory

Given a non-empty bounded domainG in ⁿ ,n2, letr ₀(G) denote the radius of the ballG ₀ having center 0 and the same volume asG. The exterior deficiencyd _e (G) is defined byd _e (G)=r _e (G)/r ₀(G)–1 wherer _e (G) denotes the circumradius ofG. Similarlyd _i (G)=1–r _i (G)/r ₀(G) wherer _i (G) is the inradius ofG. Various isoperimetric inequalities for the capacity and the first eigenvalue ofG are shown. The main results are of the form CapG(1+cf(d _e (G)))CapG ₀ and ₁(G)(1+cf(d _i (G)))₁(G ₀),f(t)=t ³ ifn=2,f(t)=t ³/(ln 1/t) ifn=3,f(t)=t ^(n+3)/2 ifn4 (for convex G and small deficiencies ifn3).     

Semilinear Perturbations of Harmonic Spaces,Liouville Property and a Boundary Value Problem

Let (X,) be a P-harmonic Bauer space and let be a Borel measurable function on X×R satisfying conditions (A) through (D) of Section 2 (e.g., (x,t)=t|t|^–1 where >1). For every Kato family M of potential kernels on X let ^M U(X) denote the set of all real continuous functions on X such that u+K ^M _D (,u)(D) for every open relatively compact subset D of X. We study the existence of a non-trivial function in ^M U(X) which is dominated by a given positive harmonic function on X. If X is a domain of R ^d , is a positive Kato measure on X and L is a second-order differential operator in R ^d , we apply our study to derive a characterization of finite positive measures on the minimal Martin boundary ^M ₁ X for which the boundary value problem Lu=(,u) in X and u= on ^M ₁ X is solvable.     

Идеологиыеское знаыение геометрии бояи—лобаыевского

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Über eine Verallgemeinerung der Nicoletti-Aufgabe für Funktional-Differentialgleichungen mit voreilendem Argument

We consider a functional differential equation (1) (t)=F(t,) fort[0,+) together with a generalized Nicoletti condition (2)H()=. The functionF: [0,+)×C ⁰[0,+)B is given (whereB denotes the Banach space) and the value ofF (t, ) may depend on the values of (t) fort[0,+);H: C ⁰[0,+)B is a given linear operator and B. Under suitable assumptions we show that when the solution :[0,+)B satisfies a certain growth condition, then there exists exactly one solution of the problem (1), (2).     

Les classes de Chern des représentations galoisiennes complexes

Let F be a field, G _F its absolute Galois group, : G _FGL(C) a continuous complex representation of G _F and c _i() H_2i(F, Z) its Chern classes. We show, under a mild assumption on F. that c _i ()=0 for all i2. For general F, one has that 2c_i ()=0 for all i 2.

Cette dernière condition résulte en fait de la continuité de .     

Exact Convergence Rate for the Distributions of GI/M/c/K Queue as K Tends to Infinity

We obtain the exact convergence rate of the stationary distribution ^(K) of the embedded Markov chain in GI/M/c/K queue to the stationary distribution of the embedded Markov chain in GI/M/c queue as K. Similar result for the time-stationary distributions of queue size is also included. These generalize Choi and Kim's results of the case c=1 by nontrivial ways. Our results also strengthen the Simonot's results [5].     

Optimization over the efficient set: overview

Over the past several decades, the optimization over the efficient set has seen a substantial development. The aim of this paper is to provide a state-of-the-art survey of the development. Given p linear criteria c ¹x,,c^p x and a feasible region X of R ⁿ, the linear multicriteria problem is to find a point x of X such that no point x' of X satisfies (c¹ x',,c^p x')(c¹ x,,c^p x) and (c¹x',,c^p x')q (c¹ x ,,c^p x). Such a point is called an efficient point. The optimization over the efficient set is the maximization of a given function over the set of efficient points. The difficulty of this problem is mainly due to the nonconvexity of this set. The existing algorithms for solving this problem could be classified into several groups such as adjacent vertex search algorithm, nonadjacent vertex search algorithm, branch-and-bound based algorithm, Lagrangian relaxation based algorithm, dual approach and bisection algorithm. In this paper we review a typical algorithm from each group and compare them from the computational point of view.