Remarks on osculating linear spaces to projective varieties

Let X P^N be an integral n-dimensional variety and m(X, P, i) (resp. m(X, i)), 1 i N - n + 1, the Hermite invariants of X measuring the osculating behaviour of X at P (resp. at its general point). Here we prove m(X, x) + m(X, y) m(X, x + y) and m(X, P, x) + m(X, y) m(X, P, x + y) for all integers x, y such that x + y N - n + 1, the case n = 1 being known (M. Homma, A. Garcia and E. Esteves).*Partially supported by MIUR and GNSAGA of INdAM (Italy).     

Geometrical Characterization of Strict Suns in ℓ∞(n)

A subset M of a normed linear space X is called a strict sun if, for any x X\M, the set of its nearest points from M is nonempty and for any point y M which is nearest to x, the point y is a nearest point from M to any point of the ray {x + (1 - )y | > 0\}. We give an intrinsic geometrical characterization of strict suns in the space (n).     

Primes in short intervals

Let (x) stand for the number of primes not exceedingx. In the present work it is shown that if 23/421,yx andx>x() then (x)–(x–y)>y/(100 logx). This implies for the difference between consecutive primes the inequalityp _n+1–p _n p _n ^23/42 .     

Existence and uniqueness of solutions to two point boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

In this paper, using the optimal control method, we deal with the following boundary value problemy + f(x, y)=0,y(0)=c,y(1)=d, under new nonresonance conditions of the form –A f _y ^/ (x, y) (x) B, where A > 0. We obtain the existence and uniqueness of solutions of the BVP (1).     

On quadratic spline interpolation

Using the quadratic spline interpolates(x) fitting the data (x _i,y _i), 0in and satisfying the end conditions_o=y_o, we give formulae approximatingy andy at selected knots by orders up toO(h ⁴).     

A Local Approach to 1-Homogeneous Graphs

Let bea distance-regular graph with diameter d. For vertices x and y of at distancei, 1 i d, we define the setsC _i(x,y) = i–1(x) (y), A _i (x,y) = _i (x) (y) and B _i (x,y) = _i+1(x) (y).Then we say has the CAB_j property,if the partition CAB _i (x,y) = {C _i (x,y),A _i (x,y),B _i (x,y)}of the local graph of y is equitable for each pairof vertices x and y of at distance i j. We show that in with the CAB_j property then the parameters ofthe equitable partitions CAB i(x,y) do not dependon the choice of vertices x and y atdistance i for all i j. The graph has the CAB property if it has the CAB _d property. We show the equivalence of the CAB property and the1-homogeneous property in a distance-regular graph with a ₁ 0. Finally, we classify the 1-homogeneous Terwilligergraphs with c ₂ 2.     

On trajectory convergence of dissipative flows in Banach spaces

LetX be a convex compact in a real Banach spaceE. An actionU(t) (t0) of the semigroup ₊ onX is called dissipative if allU(t) are nonexpanding: U(t)x ₁–U(t)x ₂x ₁–x ₂. Let the spaceE be strongly normed. We prove that all trajectoriestU(t)x of the dissipative flowU(t) are converging fort if there are no two-dimensional Euclidean subspaces in the spaceE. In every two dimensional non-Euclidean spaceE (not necessarily strongly normed) all trajectories of the flow under consideration are converging.     

Singular Nonlinear (n − 1,1) Conjugate Boundary Value Problems

Solutions are obtained for the boundary value problem, y ⁽ⁿ⁾ + f(x,y) = 0, y ⁽ⁱ⁾(0) = y(1) = 0, 0 i n – 2, where f(x,y) is singular at y = 0. An application is made of a fixed point theorem for operators that are decreasing with respect to a cone.     

Randomly Weighted Sums of Subexponential Random Variables with Application to Ruin Theory

Let {X _k , 1 k n} be n independent and real-valued random variables with common subexponential distribution function, and let {k, 1 k n} be other n random variables independent of {X _k , 1 k n} and satisfying a _k b for some 0 < a b < for all 1 k n. This paper proves that the asymptotic relations P (max_{1 m n k=1} ^m _k X _k > x) P (sum _k=1 ⁿ _k X _k > x) sum _k=1 ⁿ P ( _k X _k > x) hold as x . In doing so, no any assumption is made on the dependence structure of the sequence { _k , 1 k n}. An application to ruin theory is proposed.     

Counting Split Semiorders

A poset P=(X,) is a split semiorder if a unit interval and a distinguished point in that interval can be assigned to each xX so that xy precisely when x's distinguished point precedes y's interval, and y's distinguished point follows x's interval. For each |X|10, we count the split semiorders and identify all posets that are minimal forbidden posets for split semiorders.     

Asymptotics with respect to a parameter of solutions of linear functional-differential equations

We study the question of the number of linearly independent solutions of the equationy ⁽ⁿ⁾ (x)+(Fy) (x)+ⁿ y (x)=0,x [0, 1], in which F is a bounded linear operator acting on various normed function spaces. A number of assertions about the asymptotic behavior of these solutions with respect to , tending to infinity are established.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 11, pp. 1460–1469, November, 1990.     

Über Positive Resolventenwerte Positiver Operatoren

In this paper we study the positive resolvent values of positive operators respectively of positive elements in Banach lattice ordered algebras. In the matrix case these values are just the inverse M-matrices. One of the main results is the following: Let A be a Banach lattice ordered algebra. A positive invertible element xA is a resolvent value of a positive element yA if and only if the element x satisfies the negative principle: If aA, < 0 and xaa then xa 0.     

The steinitz lemma inl inf∞ sup2

Let (a, b) be a pair of non-negative numbers such that (1)a, b1 and (2)a+b3. Letu ₁,...,u _n be a sequence of vectors from the set {(x, y)R ²: |x|, |y|1}, withu ₁+...+u _n =0. It is shown that there is a permutation of indices such that all partial sumsu ₍₁₎+...+u _(k) lie in the rectangle |x|a, |y|b. Conditions (1) and (2) are also necessary.     

Etude de la Loi Locale de ω(n) Dans de Petits Intervalles

Let (n) be the number of prime factors counted without multiplicity of n. We give a uniform majoration for 1 which is valid for 2 y x.     

Defining a metric in a linear space by means of a family of subsets

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given on a familyA _r ^r>0 of subsets of a real linear space X under which infr > 0 x A _r is a quasinorm [l] on X. It is shown that for any symmetric (about zero) closed set A in a normed space X containing the ball {x X: x l there exists a quasinorm ¦·¦ on X such that A = {x X ¦x¦ 1}. Examples are constructed of linear metric spaces in which there exists a Chebyshev line which is not an approximately compact set.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 237–246, February, 1976.     

Vanishing of the costate in pontryagin’s maximum principle and singular time optimal controls

We provide examples of time and norm optimal controls that satisfy Pontryagins maximum principle in an interval 0 t T but with a costate that vanishes in 0 t T - with < T. A refinement of this construction produces time optimal controls which do not satisfy the maximum principle, even in weak form. On the positive side, we show that when we drive to zero the costate is nonzero in the whole control interval.     

A note on threshold theorems for epidemics with bunching

This note begins by reviewing the Kermack-McKendrick and Whittle Threshold Theorems for the general epidemic. It then extends these results to the case of the general epidemic with bunching where thexy homogeneous mixing term is replaced byxy/(x+y), 01.Research supported by Office of Naval Research Contract N00014-84-K-0568.     

An estimate for the region of regularity of solutions of certain nonlinear differential inequalities

In the diskx ²+y ²R ² of thex, y-plane we consider the differential inequalityz _xxz_yy–z _xy ² –(1+z _x ^/2 +z _y ^/2 )^k, where the constants >0 andk>1. In the case =1 andk=2 this inequality means that the surfacez(x, y) has Gaussian curvatureK1. Efimov has shown that in this case the radius of the disk has an upper bound. In the present article we establish an analogous upper bound for the radiusR of the disk in which the functionz(x, y) satisfies the differential inequality above.Translated from Ukrainskií Geometricheskií Sbornik, Issue 28, 1985, pp. 19–21.     

The Logarithmic Frequency of Values of Additive Functions

We consider the weak convergence of distribution functions (_mx 1/ m)^-1 _{m x},f_x(m)x is a set (x 2) of strongly additive functions such that f_x(p){0,1} for each prime number p.