Integration and Lipschitz functions

The aim of the paper is to prove that every f ∈ L ¹([0,1]) is of the form f = , where j _n,k is the characteristic function of the interval [k- 1 / 2 ⁿ , k / 2 ⁿ ) and Σ _n=0^∞Σ _k=1²ⁿ |a _n,k | is arbitrarily close to ||f|| (Theorem 2). It is also shown that if μ is any probabilistic Borel measure on [0,1], then for any ɛ > 0 there exists a sequence (b _n,k ) _n≧0 ^k=1,...,2n of real numbers such that and for each Lipschitz function g: [0,1] → ℝ (Theorem 3).      

Addendum to “Complete rotation hypersurfaces with <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis></Subscript> constant in space forms”*

Here we study complete rotation hypersurfaces with constant k-th mean curvature H_k in even and 2 < k < n. We prove the existence of a constant such that there are no such hypersurfaces for . We have only one compact hypersurface of this kind with . For each there is a corresponding family of complete immersed rotation hypersurfaces, each family containing two isoparametric hypersurfaces. For H_k ≥ 0, there is also such a family, now containing only one isoparametric hypersurface. Finally, we prove the existence of compact hypersurfaces with arbitrarily large H_k , neither isometric to a sphere nor to a product of spheres. *Bull. Braz. Math. Soc. 30 (2), 1999, 139–161. **Partially supported by FUNCAP, Brazil. ***Partially supported by CNPq, Brazil and DGAPA-UNAM, México.     

Best polynomial approximation in Sobolev-Laguerre and Sobolev-Legendre spaces

We investigate limiting behavior as γ tends to ∞ of the best polynomial approximations in the Sobolev-Laguerre space W^N,2([0, ∞); e^−x) and the Sobolev-Legendre space W^N,2([−1, 1]) with respect to the Sobolev-Laguerre inner product

A New Gradient Method with an Optimal Stepsize Property

The gradient method for the symmetric positive definite linear system is as follows

Ratios of Norms for Polynomials and Connected n-width Problems

Let be a bounded simply connected domain with boundary Γ and let be a regular compact set with connected complement. In this paper we investigate asymptotics of the extremal constants:

Grothendieck’s comparison theorem and multivariable Fredholm theory

We use a variant of Grothendieck’s comparison theorem to show that, for a Fredholm tuple T ∈ L(X)ⁿ on a complex Banach space, there are isomorphisms . We conclude that a Fredholm tuple T ∈ L(X)ⁿ satisfies Bishop’s property (β) at z = 0 if and only if the vanishing conditions hold for . We apply these observations and results from commutative algebra to show that a graded tuple on a Hilbert space is Fredholm if and only if it satisfies Bishop’s property (β) at z = 0 and that, in this case, its cohomology groups can grow at most like k^p. Received: 14 January 2009     

Ultracontractivity and embedding into <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript>∞</Superscript>

Given a self-adjoint semigroup e^−tA satisfying an ultracontractivity bound of the type , we find conditions on the sequence that imply that f is a bounded function. Sobolev’s classical embedding theorem says that, when A is the Laplace operator on , for some k > d/4 suffices to imply that f is bounded. In the cases we are interested in, the desired condition involves the whole sequence and depends on the behavior of the ultracontractivity function m. Research of A. Bendikov was supported by the Polish Goverment Scientific Research Fund, Grant 1 PO3 A 03129. Research of T. Coulhon was partially supported by the European Commission (IHP Network “Harmonic Analysis and Related Problems” 2002–2006, Contract HPRN-CT-2001-00273-HARP). Research of L. Saloff-Coste was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0102126.     

Hypersurfaces of restricted type in Minkowski space

A submanifold M _n ^r of Minkowski space is said to be of restricted type if its shape operator with respect to the mean curvature vector is the restriction of a fixed linear transformation of to the tangent space of M _n ^r at every point of M _n ^r . In this paper we completely classify hypersurfaces of restricted type in . More precisely, we prove that a hypersurface of is of restricted type if and only if it is either a minimal hypersurface, or an open part of one of the following hypersurfaces: S ^k × , S _k ¹ × , H ^k × , S _n ¹ , H ⁿ , with 1kn–1, or an open part of a cylinder on a plane curve of restricted type.This work was done when the first and fourth authors were visiting Michigan State University.Aangesteld Navorser N.F.W.O., Belgium.     

Universal Similarity Factorization Equalities over Generalized Clifford Algebras

For any element a in a generalized 2^n-dimensional Clifford algebra Lln （F） over an arbitrary field F of characteristic not equal to two, it is shown that there exits a universal invertible matrix Pn over Lln（F） such that Pn^-1DnPn= φ（α）∈F^2n×2n, where φ（a） is a matrix representation of α over and Dα is a diagonal matrix consisting of a or its conjugate.     

On Negative Inertia of Pick Matrices Associated with Generalized Schur Functions

It is known [6] that for every function f in the generalized Schur class and every nonempty open subset Ω of the unit disk , there exist points z₁,...,z_n ∈Ω such that the n × nPick matrix has κ negative eigenvalues. In this paper we discuss existence of an integer n₀ such that any Pick matrix based on z₁,...,z_n ∈Ω with n ≥ n₀ has κ negative eigenvalues. Definitely, the answer depends on Ω. We prove that if , then such a number n₀ does not exist unless f is a ratio of two finite Blaschke products; in the latter case the minimal value of n₀ can be found. We show also that if the closure of Ω is contained in then such a number n₀ exists for every function f in .     

Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Class of Inhomogeneous Neumann Problems Involving the p(x)-Laplacian

We study the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the inhomogeneous Neumann boundary value problems involving the p(x)-Laplacian of the form

The Dual Spaces of Sets of Difference Sequences of Order <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis> and Matrix Transformations

Let p = （pk）k=0^∞ be a bounded sequence of positive reals, m C N and u be s sequence of nonzero terms. If x = （xk）k=0^∞ is any sequence of complex numbers we write Δ（m）x for the sequence of the m th order differences of x and Δu^（m）X = {x=（x）k=0^∞ uΔ（m）x ∈ X} for any set X of sequences. We determine the α-, β- and γ-duals of the sets Δμ^（m）X for X=co（p）,c（p）,l∞（p） and characterize some matrix transformations between these spaces Δ^（m）X.     

Fundamental Solution of the Anisotropic Porous Medium Equation

We establish the existence of fundamental solutions for the anisotropic porous medium equation, ut = ∑n i=1（u^mi）xixi in R^n × （O,∞）, where m1,m2,..., and mn, are positive constants satisfying min1≤i≤n{mi}≤ 1, ∑i^n=1 mi 〉 n - 2, and max1≤i≤n{mi} ≤1/n（2 ＋ ∑i^n=1 mi）.     

On estimation and detection of a function of infinitely many variables

We observe an unknown function of infinitely many variables f = f(t), t = (t₁, ..., t_n, ... ) ∈, [0, 1]^∞, in the Gaussian white noise of level ε > 0. We suppose that in each variable there exists a 1-periodical σ-smooth extension of the function f(t) to IR ^∞. Taking a quantity σ > 0 and a positive sequence a = {a_k}, we consider the set that consists of functions f such that . We consider the cases a_k = k^α and a_k = exp(λk), α > 0, λ > 0. We would like to estimate a function f ∈ or to test the null hypothesis H₀: f = 0 against the alternatives f ∈ , where the set consists of functions f ∈ such that ∥f∥₂ ≥ r. In the estimation problem, we obtain the asymptotics (as ε → 0) of the minimax quadratic risk. In the detection problem, we study the sharp asymptotics of minimax separation rates f _ɛ ^* that provide distiguishability in the problems. Bibliography: 12 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 328, 2005, pp. 91–113.     

The 3D Inverse Problem of the Wave Equation for a General Multi-connected Vibrating Membrane with a Finite Number of Piecewise Smooth Boundary Conditions

The trace of the wave kernel μ（t） =∑ω=1^∞ exp（-itEω^1/2）, where {Eω}ω^∞=1 are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△↓2 = -∑k^3=1 （δ/δxk）^2 in the （x^1, x^2, x^3）-space, is studied for a variety of bounded domains, where -∞ 〈 t 〈 ∞ and i= √-1. The dependence of μ （t） on the connectivity of bounded domains and the Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions are analyzed. Particular attention is given for a multi-connected vibrating membrane Ω in Ra surrounded by simply connected bounded domains Ω j with smooth bounding surfaces S j （j = 1,……, n）, where a finite number of piecewise smooth Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions on the piecewise smooth components Si^＊ （i = 1 ＋ kj-1,……, kj） of the bounding surfaces S j are considered, such that S j = Ui-1＋kj-1^kj Si^＊, where k0=0. The basic problem is to extract information on the geometry Ω by using the wave equation approach from a complete knowledge of its eigenvalues. Some geometrical quantities of Ω （e.g. the volume, the surface area, the mean curvuture and the Gaussian curvature） are determined from the asymptotic expansion ofexpansion of μ（t） for small │t│.     

Beckman-Quarles type theorems for mappings from $$ \mathbb{R}^n $$ to $$ \mathbb{C}^n $$

Summary. Let We say that preserves the distance d 0 if for each implies Let A _n denote the set of all positive numbers d such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also distance d. Let D _n denote the set of all positive numbers d with the property: if and then there exists a finite set S _xy with such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also the distance between x and y. Obviously, We prove: (1) (2) for n 2 D _n is a dense subset of (2) implies that each mapping f from to (n 2) preserving unit distance preserves all distances, if f is continuous with respect to the product topologies on and      

Concentration of mass on convex bodies

We establish sharp concentration of mass inequality for isotropic convex bodies: there exists an absolute constant c >  0 such that if K is an isotropic convex body in , then

Iterated Logarithm Law for Anticipating Stochastic Differential Equations

We prove a functional law of iterated logarithm for the following kind of anticipating stochastic differential equations

On the k-error linear complexity over \mathbb{F}_p of Legendre and Sidelnikov sequences

We determine exact values for the k-error linear complexity L _k over the finite field of the Legendre sequence of period p and the Sidelnikov sequence of period p ^m  − 1. The results are