On the Laplacian in the halfspace with a periodic boundary condition

We study spectral and scattering properties of the Laplacian H ^(σ)=-Δ in corresponding to the boundary condition with a periodic function σ. For non-negative σ we prove that H ^(σ) is unitarily equivalent to the Neumann Laplacian H ⁽⁰⁾. In general, there appear additional channels of scattering due to surface states. We prove absolute continuity of the spectrum of H ^(σ) under mild assumptions on σ.     

Spectral order and isotonic differential operators of Laguerre–Pólya type

The spectral order on R ⁿ induces a natural partial ordering on the manifold of monic hyperbolic polynomials of degree n. We show that all differential operators of Laguerre–Pólya type preserve the spectral order. We also establish a global monotony property for infinite families of deformations of these operators parametrized by the space ℓ^∞ of real bounded sequences. As a consequence, we deduce that the monoid of linear operators that preserve averages of zero sets and hyperbolicity consists only of differential operators of Laguerre–Pólya type which are both extensive and isotonic. In particular, these results imply that any hyperbolic polynomial is the global minimum of its -orbit and that Appell polynomials are characterized by a global minimum property with respect to the spectral order.     

Sharp estimates for maximal operators associated to the wave equation

The wave equation, ∂ _tt u=Δu, in ℝ ⁿ⁺¹, considered with initial data u(x,0)=f∈H ^s (ℝ ⁿ ) and u’(x,0)=0, has a solution which we denote by . We give almost sharp conditions under which and are bounded from H ^s (ℝ ⁿ ) to L ^q (ℝ ⁿ ).     

THE BOUNDEDNESS OF MULTILINEAR COMMUTATORS FROM L^P （R^n） TO TRIEBEL-LIZORKIN SPACES

Let (→b)=(b1,…,bm),bi∈Λβi(Rn),1≤i≤m,0＜βi＜β,0＜β＜1,[(→b),T]f(x)=∫Rn,(b1(x)-b1(y))…(bm(x)-bm(y)))K(x-y)f(y)dy where K is a Calder(o)n-Zygmund kernel.In this paper,we show that[(→b),T] is bounded from Lp (Rn) to Fβ,∞p(Rn),as well as[(→b,Iα)] from Lp(Rn) to Fβ,∞p(Rn),where 1/q=1/p-α/n.     

Wolff type estimates and theH p corona problem in strictly pseudoconvex domains

LetD be a strictly pseudoconvex domain inC ⁿ . We prove that , ϕ a (0,1)-form, admits solutions inL ^p (∂D), 1≤p<∞ and in BMO, under certain Wolff type conditions of ϕ. Some such results (for 1<p<∞) have previously been obtained by Amar in the ball, but under slightly stronger hypotheses. As a corollary we obtain aH ^p -corona result for two generators. Partially supported by the Swedish Natural Sciences Research Council.     

Optimal decompositions for theK-functional for a couple of Banach lattices

Letf=g _t+h _t be the optimal decomposition for calculating the exact value of theK-functionalK(t, f; ) of an elementf with respect to a couple =(X ₀ ,X ₁) of Banach lattices of measurable functions. It is shown that this decomposition has a rather simple form in many cases where one of the spacesX ₀ andX ₁ is eitherL ^∞ orL ¹. Many examples are given of couples of lattices for which |g _t| increases monotonically a.e. with respect tot. It is shown that this property implies a sharpened estimate from above for the Brudnyi-KrugljakK-divisibility constant γ( ) for the couple. But it is also shown that certain couples do not have this property. These also provide examples of couples of lattices for which γ( ). Research supported by the Technion V. P. R. Fund.     

Bounded universal functions for sequences of holomorphic self-maps of the disk

We give several characterizations of those sequences of holomorphic self-maps {φ _n } _n≥1 of the unit disk for which there exists a function F in the unit ball of H ^∞ such that the orbit {F∘φ _n :n∈ℕ} is locally uniformly dense in . Such a function F is said to be a -universal function. One of our conditions is stated in terms of the hyperbolic derivatives of the functions φ _n . As a consequence we will see that if φ _n is the nth iterate of a map φ of into , then {φ _n } _n≥1 admits a -universal function if and only if φ is a parabolic or hyperbolic automorphism of . We show that whenever there exists a -universal function, then this function can be chosen to be a Blaschke product. Further, if there is a -universal function, we show that there exist uniformly closed subspaces consisting entirely of universal functions.     

Weighted estimates for multilinear commutators of Marcinkiewicz integral

Let μ be the n-dimensional Marcinkiewicz integral and μb the multilinear commutator of μ. In this paper, the following weighted inequalities are proved for ω ∈ A∞ and 0 〈 p 〈 ∞,
｜｜μ（f）｜｜LP（ω）≤C｜Mf｜LP（ω） and ｜｜μb（f）｜｜LP（ω）≤C｜｜ML（log L）^1/r f｜｜LP（ω）.
The weighted weak L（log L）^1/r -type estimate is also established when p=1 and ω∈A1.     

Finite elements approximation of second order linear elliptic equations in divergence form with right-hand side in L 1

In this paper we consider, in dimension d≥ 2, the standard finite elements approximation of the second order linear elliptic equation in divergence form with coefficients in L ^∞(Ω) which generalizes Laplace’s equation. We assume that the family of triangulations is regular and that it satisfies an hypothesis close to the classical hypothesis which implies the discrete maximum principle. When the right-hand side belongs to L ¹(Ω), we prove that the unique solution of the discrete problem converges in (for every q with ) to the unique renormalized solution of the problem. We obtain a weaker result when the right-hand side is a bounded Radon measure. In the case where the dimension is d = 2 or d = 3 and where the coefficients are smooth, we give an error estimate in when the right-hand side belongs to L ^r (Ω) for some r > 1.     

Irreducibility of the punctual quotient scheme of a surface

It is shown that the punctual quotient schemeQ _l ^r parametrizing all zero-dimensional quotients of lengthl and supported at some fixed point O∈A ² in the plane is irreducible.