Quenched to annealed transition in the parabolic Anderson problem

We study limit behavior for sums of the form $\frac{1}{|\Lambda_{L|}}\sum_{x\in \Lambda_{L}}u(t,x),$ where the field $\Lambda_L=\left\{x\in {\bf{Z^d}}:|x|\le L\right\}$ is composed of solutions of the parabolic Anderson equation $$u(t,x) = 1 + \kappa \mathop{\int}_{0}^{t} \Delta u(s,x){\rm d}s + \mathop{\int}_{0}^{t}u(s,x)\partial B_{x}(s). $$ The index set is a box in Z ^d , namely $\Lambda_{L} = \left\{x\in {\bf Z}^{\bf d} : |x| \leq L\right\}$ and L = L(t) is a nondecreasing function $L : [0,\infty)\rightarrow {\bf R}^{+}. $ We identify two critical parameters $\eta(1) < \eta(2)$ such that for $\gamma > \eta(1)$ and L(t) = e^{γ t} , the sums $\frac{1}{|\Lambda_L|}\sum_{x\in \Lambda_L}u(t,x)$ satisfy a law of large numbers, or put another way, they exhibit annealed behavior. For $\gamma > \eta(2)$ and L(t) = e^{γ t} , one has $\sum_{x\in \Lambda_L}u(t,x)$ when properly normalized and centered satisfies a central limit theorem. For subexponential scales, that is when $\lim_{t \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{t}\ln L(t) = 0,$ quenched asymptotics occur. That means $\lim_{t\rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{t}\ln\left (\frac{1}{|\Lambda_L|}\sum_{x\in \Lambda_L}u(t,x)\right) = \gamma(\kappa),$ where $\gamma(\kappa)$ is the almost sure Lyapunov exponent, i.e. $\lim_{t\rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{t}\ln u(t,x)= \gamma(\kappa).$ We also examine the behavior of $\frac{1}{|\Lambda_L|}\sum_{x\in \Lambda_L}u(t,x)$ for L = e ^{γ t} with γ in the transition range $(0,\eta(1))$      

Metrization of Weighted Graphs

We find a set of necessary and sufficient conditions under which the weight ${w: E \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}}$ on the graph G = (V, E) can be extended to a pseudometric ${d : V \times V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}}$ . We describe the structure of graphs G for which the set ${\mathfrak{M}_{w}}$ of all such extensions contains a metric whenever w is strictly positive. Ordering ${\mathfrak{M}_{w}}$ by the pointwise order, we have found that the posets $({\mathfrak{M}_{w}, \leqslant)}$ contain the least elements ρ _0,w if and only if G is a complete k-partite graph with ${k \, \geqslant \, 2}$ . In this case the symmetric functions ${f : V \times V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}}$ , lying between ρ _0,w and the shortest-path pseudometric, belong to ${\mathfrak{M}_{w}}$ for every metrizable w if and only if the cardinality of all parts in the partition of V is at most two.     

On multiplicative (generalized)-derivations in prime and semiprime rings

Let R be a ring. A map ${F : R \rightarrow R}$ F : R → R is called a multiplicative (generalized)-derivation if F(xy) = F(x)y + xg(y) is fulfilled for all ${x, y \in R}$ x , y ∈ R where ${g : R \rightarrow R}$ g : R → R is any map (not necessarily derivation). The main objective of the present paper is to study the following situations: (i) ${F(xy) \pm xy \in Z}$ F ( xy ) ± xy ∈ Z , (ii) ${F(xy) \pm yx \in Z}$ F ( xy ) ± yx ∈ Z , (iii) ${F(x)F(y) \pm xy \in Z}$ F ( x ) F ( y ) ± xy ∈ Z and (iv) ${F(x)F(y) \pm yx \in Z}$ F ( x ) F ( y ) ± yx ∈ Z for all x, y in some appropriate subset of R. Moreover, some examples are also given.     

On the asymptotic behavior of solutions of Emden–Fowler equations on time scales

Consider the Emden-Fowler dynamic equation $$ x^{\Delta\Delta}(t)+p(t)x^\alpha(t)=0,\:\:\alpha >0 , \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad (0.1) $$ where ${p\in C_{rd}([t_0,\infty)_{\mathbb{T}},\mathbb{R}), \alpha}$ is the quotient of odd positive integers, and ${\mathbb{T}}$ denotes a time scale which is unbounded above and satisfies an additional condition (C) given below. We prove that if ${\int^\infty_{t_0}t^\alpha |p(t)|\Delta t<\infty}$ (and when ???=?1 we also assume lim _t???? tp(t)??(t)?=?0), then (0.1) has a solution x(t) with the property that $$ \lim_{t\rightarrow\infty} \frac{x(t)}{t}=A\neq 0.$$      

On one sided ideals of a semiprime ring with generalized derivations

Let R be a ring with center Z(R). An additive mapping ${F : R \longrightarrow R}$ is said to be a generalized derivation on R if there exists a derivation ${d : R \longrightarrow R}$ such that F(xy) = F(x)y + xd(y), for all ${x, y \in R}$ (the map d is called the derivation associated with F). Let R be a semiprime ring and U be a nonzero left ideal of R. In the present note we prove that if R admits a generalized derivation F, d is the derivation associated with F such that d(U) ≠ (0) then R contains some nonzero central ideal, if one of the following conditions holds: (1) R is 2-torsion free and ${F(xy) \in Z(R)}$ , for all ${x, y \in U}$ , unless F(U)U = UF(U) = Ud(U) = (0); (2) ${F(xy) \mp yx \in Z(R)}$ , for all ${x,y \in U}$ ; (3) ${F(xy) \mp [x,y] \in Z(R)}$ , for all ${x,y \in U}$ ; (4) F ≠ 0 and F([x,y]) = 0, for all ${x, y \in U}$ , unless Ud(U) = (0); (5) F ≠ 0 and ${F([x, y]) \in Z(R)}$ , for all ${x, y \in U}$ , unless either d(Z(R))U = (0) or Ud(U) = (0)n.     

Convergence to steady states of solutions to nonlinear integral evolution equations

We prove that any global bounded solution of the nonlinear evolutionary integral equation $$\dot{u}(t) + \int\limits_0^t a(t-s)\mathcal{E}'(u(s))ds =f(t), \quad t >0 $$ tends to a single equilibrium state for long time (i.e., ${\mathcal{E}'(\vartheta)=0}$ where ${\vartheta= \lim_{t \rightarrow \infty} u(t)}$ on a real Hilbert space), where ${\mathcal{E}'}$ is the Fréchet derivative of a functional ${\mathcal{E}}$ , which satisfies the ?ojasiewicz?CSimon inequality near ${\vartheta}$ . The vector-valued function f and the scalar kernel a satisfy suitable conditions.     

Difference Inequalities for the Groups and Semigroups of Operators on Banach Spaces

Let ${\mathbf{T}=\{T(t)\} _{t\in\mathbb{R}}}$ be a ??(X, F)-continuous group of isometries on a Banach space X with generator A, where ??(X, F) is an appropriate local convex topology on X induced by functionals from ${ F\subset X^{\ast}}$ . Let ?? _A (x) be the local spectrum of A at ${x\in X}$ and ${r_{A}(x):=\sup\{\vert\lambda\vert :\lambda \in \sigma_{A}(x)\},}$ the local spectral radius of A at x. It is shown that for every ${x\in X}$ and ${\tau\in\mathbb{R},}$ $$\left\Vert T(\tau) x-x\right\Vert \leq \left\vert \tau \right\vert r_{A}(x)\left\Vert x\right\Vert.$$ Moreover if ${0\leq \tau r_{A}(x)\leq \frac{\pi}{2},}$ then it holds that $$\left\Vert T(\tau) x-T(-\tau)x\right\Vert \leq 2\sin \left(\tau r_{A}(x)\right)\left\Vert x\right\Vert.$$ Asymptotic versions of these results for C ₀-semigroup of contractions are also obtained. If ${\mathbf{T}=\{T(t)\}_{t\geq 0}}$ is a C ₀-semigroup of contractions, then for every ${x\in X}$ and ????? 0, $$\underset{t\rightarrow \infty }{\lim } \left\Vert T( t+\tau) x-T(t) x\right\Vert\leq\tau\sup\left\{ \left\vert \lambda \right\vert :\lambda \in\sigma_{A}(x)\cap i \mathbb{R} \right\} \left\Vert x\right\Vert. $$ Several applications are given.     

Almost orthogonal operators on the bitorus II

We prove that the operator ${Tf(x,y)=\int^\pi_{-\pi}\int_{|x^{\prime}|<|y^{\prime}|} \frac{e^{iN(x,y) x^{\prime}}}{x^{\prime}}\frac{e^{iN(x,y) y^{\prime}}}{y^{\prime}}f(x-x^{\prime}, y-y^{\prime}) dx^{\prime} dy^{\prime}}$ , with ${x,y \in[0,2\pi]}$ and where the cut off ${|x^{\prime}|<|y^{\prime}|}$ is performed in a smooth and dyadic way, is bounded from L ² to weak- ${L^{2-\epsilon}}$ , any ${\epsilon > 0 }$ , under the basic assumption that the real-valued measurable function N(x, y) is “mainly” a function of y and the additional assumption that N(x, y) is non-decreasing in x, for every y fixed. This is an extension to 2D of C. Fefferman’s proof of a.e. convergence of Fourier series of L ² functions.     

A functional equation and its application to the characterization of gamma distributions

The functional equation $$ f\left(x\right)g\left(y\right)=p\left(x+y\right)q\left(\frac{x}{y} \right) $$ is investigated for almost all ${\left(x,\,y\right)\in\mathbb{R}^{2}_{+}}$ and for the measurable functions ${f,\,g,\,p,\,q:\mathbb{R}_{+}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_{+}}$ . This equation is related to the Lukács characterization of gamma distribution.     

Saddle solutions for bistable symmetric semilinear elliptic equations

This paper concerns the existence and asymptotic characterization of saddle solutions in ${\mathbb {R}^{3}}$ for semilinear elliptic equations of the form $$-\Delta u + W'(u) = 0,\quad (x, y, z) \in {\mathbb {R}^{3}} \qquad\qquad\qquad (0.1)$$ where ${W \in \mathcal{C}^{3}(\mathbb {R})}$ is a double well symmetric potential, i.e. it satisfies W(?s) =  W(s) for ${s \in \mathbb {R},W(s) > 0}$ for ${s \in (-1,1)}$ , ${W(\pm 1) = 0}$ and ${W''(\pm 1) > 0}$ . Denoted with ${\theta_{2}}$ the saddle planar solution of (0.1), we show the existence of a unique solution ${\theta_{3} \in {\mathcal{C}^{2}}(\mathbb {R}^{3})}$ which is odd with respect to each variable, symmetric with respect to the diagonal planes, verifies ${0 < \theta_{3}(x,y,z) < 1}$ for x, y, z >  0 and ${\theta_{3}(x, y, z) \to_{z \to + \infty} \theta_{2}(x, y)}$ uniformly with respect to ${(x, y) \in \mathbb {R}^{2}}$ .     

Maxima for the Expectation of the Lifetime of a Brownian Motion in the Ball

Let G _B (x, y) be the Green’s function of the unit ball B in ${\mathbb{R}^n, n \ge 3,}$ and ${\Gamma_B (x,y)=\int_BG_B(x, z)G_B(z, y)dz}$ the iterated Green’s function. The function $$E_x^y(\tau_B) = \frac{\Gamma_B(x, y)}{G_B(x, y)}$$ is the expectation of the lifetime of a Brownian motion starting at ${x \in \overline{B}}$ , killed on exiting B and conditioned to converge to and to be stopped at ${y \in \overline{B}}$ . The aim of the paper is to prove that $$\sup_{x \in \partial B,y \in B} E_x^y(\tau_B) = \sup_{x,y \in \partial B} E_x^y(\tau_B) = E_{x_0}^{-x_0}(\tau_B), x_0 \in\partial B$$ and that the maximum value of ${E_x^y(\tau_B)}$ occurs if and only if x, y are diametrically opposite points on the boundary of B.     

Singular Solutions of the Generalized Dhombres Functional Equation

We consider singular solutions of the functional equation ${f(xf(x)) = \varphi (f(x))}$ where ${\varphi}$ is a given and f an unknown continuous map ${\mathbb R_{+} \rightarrow \mathbb R_{+}}$ . A solution f is regular if the sets ${R_f \cap (0, 1]}$ and ${R_f \cap [1, \infty)}$ , where R _f is the range of f, are ${\varphi}$ -invariant; otherwise f is singular. We show that for singular solutions the associated dynamical system ${({R_f}, \varphi|_{R_f})}$ can have strange properties unknown for the regular solutions. In particular, we show that ${\varphi |_{R_f}}$ can have a periodic point of period 3 and hence can be chaotic in a strong sense. We also provide an effective method of construction of singular solutions.     

On the Equality Problem of Conjugate Means

Let ${I\subset\mathbb{R}}$ be a nonvoid open interval and let L : I ²→ I be a fixed strict mean. A function M : I ²→ I is said to be an L-conjugate mean on I if there exist ${p,q\in\,]0,1]}$ and ${\varphi\in CM(I)}$ such that $$M(x,y):=\varphi^{-1}(p\varphi(x)+q\varphi(y)+(1-p-q) \varphi(L(x,y)))=:L_\varphi^{(p,q)}(x,y),$$ for all ${x,y\in I}$ . Here L(x, y) : = A _χ(x, y) ${(x,y\in I)}$ is a fixed quasi-arithmetic mean with the fixed generating function ${\chi\in CM(I)}$ . We examine the following question: which L-conjugate means are weighted quasi-arithmetic means with weight ${r\in\, ]0,1[}$ at the same time? This question is a functional equation problem: Characterize the functions ${\varphi,\psi\in CM(I)}$ and the parameters ${p,q\in\,]0,1]}$ , ${r\in\,]0,1[}$ for which the equation $$L_\varphi^{(p,q)}(x,y)=L_\psi^{(r,1-r)}(x,y)$$ holds for all ${x,y\in I}$ .     

Layered solutions with multiple asymptotes for non autonomous Allen–Cahn equations in {\mathbb {R}^{3}}

We consider a class of semilinear elliptic equations of the form $$ \label{eq:abs}-\Delta u(x,y,z)+a(x)W'(u(x,y,z))=0,\quad (x,y,z)\in\mathbb {R}^{3},$$ where ${a:\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R}}$ is a periodic, positive, even function and, in the simplest case, ${W : \mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R}}$ is a double well even potential. Under non degeneracy conditions on the set of minimal solutions to the one dimensional heteroclinic problem $$-\ddot q(x)+a(x)W^{\prime}(q(x))=0,\ x\in\mathbb {R},\quad q(x)\to\pm1\,{\rm as}\, x\to \pm\infty,$$ we show, via variational methods the existence of infinitely many geometrically distinct solutions u of (0.1) verifying u(x, y, z) → ± 1 as x → ± ∞ uniformly with respect to ${(y, z) \in \mathbb {R}^{2}}$ and such that ${\partial_{y}u \not \equiv0, \partial_{z}u \not\equiv 0}$ in ${\mathbb {R}^{3}}$ .     

On functions whose symmetric part of gradient agree and a generalization of Reshetnyak’s compactness theorem

We consider the following question: Given a connected open domain ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n}$ , suppose ${u, v : \Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n}$ with det ${(\nabla u) > 0}$ , det ${(\nabla v) > 0}$ a.e. are such that ${\nabla u^T(x)\nabla u(x) = \nabla v(x)^T \nabla v(x)}$ a.e. , does this imply a global relation of the form ${\nabla v(x) = R\nabla u(x)}$ a.e. in Ω where ${R \in SO(n)}$ ? If u, v are C ¹ it is an exercise to see this true, if ${u, v\in W^{1,1}}$ we show this is false. In Theorem 1 we prove this question has a positive answer if ${v \in W^{1,1}}$ and ${u \in W^{1,n}}$ is a mapping of L ^p integrable dilatation for p > n ? 1. These conditions are sharp in two dimensions and this result represents a generalization of the corollary to Liouville’s theorem that states that the differential inclusion ${\nabla u \in SO(n)}$ can only be satisfied by an affine mapping. Liouville’s corollary for rotations has been generalized by Reshetnyak who proved convergence of gradients to a fixed rotation for any weakly converging sequence ${v_k \in W^{1,1}}$ for which $$\int \limits_{\Omega} {\rm dist}(\nabla v_k, SO(n))dz \rightarrow 0 \, {\rm as} \, k \rightarrow \infty.$$ Let S(·) denote the (multiplicative) symmetric part of a matrix. In Theorem 3 we prove an analogous result to Theorem 1 for any pair of weakly converging sequences ${v_k \in W^{1,p}}$ and ${u_k \in W^{1,\frac{p(n-1)}{p-1}}}$ (where ${p \in [1, n]}$ and the sequence (u _k ) has its dilatation pointwise bounded above by an L ^r integrable function, r > n ? 1) that satisfy ${\int_{\Omega} |S(\nabla u_k) - S(\nabla v_k)|^p dz \rightarrow 0}$ as k → ∞ and for which the sign of the det ${(\nabla v_k)}$ tends to 1 in L ¹. This result contains Reshetnyak’s theorem as the special case (u _k ) ≡ Id, p = 1.     

Toughness and Matching Extension in {\mathcal{P}_3}-Dominated Graphs

Let G be a connected graph. For ${x,y\in V(G)}$ with d(x, y) = 2, we define ${J(x,y)= \{u \in N(x)\cap N(y)\mid N[u] \subseteq N[x] \,{\cup}\,N[y] \}}$ and ${J'(x,y)= \{u \in N(x) \cap N(y)\,{\mid}\,{\rm if}\ v \in N(u){\setminus}(N[x] \,{\cup}\, N[y])\ {\rm then}\ N[x] \,{\cup}\, N[y]\,{\cup}\,N[u]{\setminus}\{x,y\}\subseteq N[v]\}}$ . A graph G is quasi-claw-free if ${J(x,y) \not= \emptyset}$ for each pair (x, y) of vertices at distance 2 in G. Broersma and Vumar (in Math Meth Oper Res. doi:10.1007/s00186-008-0260-7) introduced ${\mathcal{P}_{3}}$ -dominated graphs defined as ${J(x,y)\,{\cup}\, J'(x,y)\not= \emptyset}$ for each ${x,y \in V(G)}$ with d(x, y) = 2. This class properly contains that of quasi-claw-free graphs, and hence that of claw-free graphs. In this note, we prove that a 2-connected ${\mathcal{P}_3}$ -dominated graph is 1-tough, with two exceptions: K _2,3 and K _1,1,3, and prove that every even connected ${\mathcal{P}_3}$ -dominated graph ${G\ncong K_{1,3}}$ has a perfect matching. Moreover, we show that every even (2p + 1)-connected ${\mathcal{P}_3}$ -dominated graph is p-extendable. This result follows from a stronger result concerning factor-criticality of ${\mathcal{P}_3}$ -dominated graphs.     

Existence of semiclassical states for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation with critical exponent in {\mathbb{R}^N}

We consider the following perturbed version of quasilinear Schrödinger equation $$\begin{array}{lll}-\varepsilon^2\Delta u +V(x)u-\varepsilon^2\Delta (u^2)u=h(x,u)u+K(x)|u|^{22^*-2}u\end{array}$$ in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ , where N ≥ 3, 22* = 4N/(N ? 2), V(x) is a nonnegative potential, and K(x) is a bounded positive function. Using minimax methods, we show that this equation has at least one positive solution provided that ${\varepsilon \leq \mathcal{E}}$ ; for any ${m\in\mathbb{N}}$ , it has m pairs of solutions if ${\varepsilon \leq \mathcal{E}_m}$ , where ${\mathcal{E}}$ and ${\mathcal{E}_m}$ are sufficiently small positive numbers. Moreover, these solutions ${u_\varepsilon \to 0}$ in ${H^1(\mathbb{R}^N)}$ as ${\varepsilon \to 0}$ .     

On the Schröder equation and iterative sequences of C r diffeomorphisms in {\mathbb{R}^{N}} space

Let ${U \subset \mathbb{R}^{N}}$ be a neighbourhood of the origin and a function ${F:U\rightarrow U}$ be of class C ^r , r ≥ 2, F(0) = 0. Denote by F ⁿ the n-th iterate of F and let ${0<|s_1|\leq \cdots \leq|s_N| <1 }$ , where ${s_1, \ldots , s_N}$ are the eigenvalues of dF(0). Assume that the Schröder equation ${\varphi(F(x))=S\varphi(x)}$ , where S: = dF(0) has a C ² solution φ such that dφ(0) = id. If ${\frac{log|s_1|}{log|s_N|} <2 }$ then the sequence {S ^?n F ⁿ (x)} converges for every point x from the basin of attraction of F to a C ² solution φ of (1). If ${2\leq\frac{log|s_1|}{log|s_N|} }$ then this sequence can be diverging. In this case we give some sufficient conditions for the convergence and divergence of the sequence {S ^?n F ⁿ (x)}. Moreover, we show that if F is of class C ^r and ${r>\big[\frac{log|s_1|}{log|s_N|} \big ]:=p \geq 2}$ then every C ^r solution of the Schröder equation such that dφ(0) = id is given by the formula $$\begin{array}{ll}\varphi (x)={\lim\limits_{n \rightarrow \infty}} (S^{-n}F^n(x) + {\sum\limits _{k=2}^{p}} S^{-n}L_k (F^n(x))),\end{array}$$ where ${L_k:\mathbb{R}^{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{N}}$ are some homogeneous polynomials of degree k, which are determined by the differentials d ^(j) F(0) for 1 < j ≤  p.     

Extinction profile of the logarithmic diffusion equation

Let ${N \geq 3}$ and u be the solution of u _t = Δ log u in ${\mathbb{R}^N \times (0, T)}$ with initial value u ₀ satisfying ${B_{k_1}(x, 0) \leq u_{0} \leq B_{k_2}(x, 0)}$ for some constants k ₁ > k ₂ > 0 where ${B_k(x, t) = 2(N - 2)(T - t)_{+}^{N/(N - 2)}/(k + (T - t)_{+}^{2/(N - 2)}|x|^{2})}$ is the Barenblatt solution for the equation and ${u_0 - B_{k_0} \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}$ for some constant k ₀ > 0 if ${N \geq 4}$ . We give a new different proof on the uniform convergence and ${L^1(\mathbb{R}^N)}$ convergence of the rescaled function ${\tilde{u}(x, s) = (T - t)^{-N/(N - 2)}u(x/(T - t)^{-1/(N - 2)}, t), s = -{\rm log}(T - t)}$ , on ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ to the rescaled Barenblatt solution ${\tilde{B}_{k_0}(x) = 2(N - 2)/(k_0 + |x|^{2})}$ for some k ₀ > 0 as ${s \rightarrow \infty}$ . When ${N \geq 4, 0 \leq u_0(x) \leq B_{k_0}(x, 0)}$ in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ , and ${|u_0(x) - B_{k_0}(x, 0)| \leq f \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}$ for some constant k ₀ > 0 and some radially symmetric function f, we also prove uniform convergence and convergence in some weighted L ¹ space in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ of the rescaled solution ${\tilde{u}(x, s)}$ to ${\tilde{B}_{k_0}(x)}$ as ${s \rightarrow \infty}$ .