Doubly nonlinear evolution equations with non-monotone perturbations in reflexive Banach spaces

Let V and V* be a real reflexive Banach space and its dual space, respectively. This paper is devoted to the abstract Cauchy problem for doubly nonlinear evolution equations governed by subdifferential operators with non-monotone perturbations of the form: ?_V y^t (u￠(t)) + ?_V j(u(t)) + B(t, u(t)) ' f(t){\partial_V \psi^t (u{^\prime}(t)) + \partial_V \varphi(u(t)) + B(t, u(t)) \ni f(t)} in V*, 0 < t < T, u(0) = u ₀, where ?_V y^t, ?_V j: V ? 2^V*{\partial_V \psi^t, \partial_V \varphi : V \to 2^{V^*}} denote the subdifferential operators of proper, lower semicontinuous and convex functions y^t, j: V ? (-￥, +￥]{\psi^t, \varphi : V \to (-\infty, +\infty]}, respectively, for each t ? [0,T]{t \in [0,T]}, and f : (0, T) → V* and u₀ ? V{u_0 \in V} are given data. Moreover, let B be a (possibly) multi-valued operator from (0, T) × V into V*. We present sufficient conditions for the local (in time) existence of strong solutions to the Cauchy problem as well as for the global existence. Our framework can cover evolution equations whose solutions might blow up in finite time and whose unperturbed equations (i.e., B o 0{B \equiv 0}) might not be uniquely solved in a doubly nonlinear setting. Our proof relies on a couple of approximations for the equation and a fixed point argument with a multi-valued mapping. Moreover, the preceding abstract theory is applied to doubly nonlinear parabolic equations.     

The Essential Norm of Weighted Composition Operators on Weighted Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions

For a wide class of radial weights we calculate the essential norm of a weighted composition operator uC_j{uC_\varphi} on the weighted Banach spaces of analytic functions in terms of the analytic function u \colon \mathbb D ? \mathbb C{u \colon \mathbb D \to \mathbb C} and the nth power of the analytic selfmap j{\varphi} of the open unit disc \mathbb D{\mathbb D} . We also apply our result to calculate the essential norm of composition operators acting on Bloch type spaces with general radial weights.     

Hyponormal Toeplitz Operators on the Weighted Bergman Space

Consider j = f +[`(g)]\varphi = f + \overline {g}, where f and g are polynomials, and let T_jT_{\varphi} be the Toeplitz operators with the symbol j\varphi. It is known that if T_jT_{\varphi} is hyponormal then |f￠(z)|² 3 |g￠(z)|²|f'(z)|^{2} \geq |g'(z)|^{2} on the unit circle in the complex plane. In this paper, we show that it is also a necessary and sufficient condition under certain assumptions. Furthermore, we present some necessary conditions for the hyponormality of T_jT_{\varphi} on the weighted Bergman space, which generalize the results of I. S. Hwang and J. Lee.     

Regularity of the Anosov distributions of Euler-Lagrange deformations of geodesic flows

Let g be a negatively curved Riemannian metric of a closed C ^∞ manifold M of dimension at least three. Let L _λ be a C ^∞ one-parameter convex superlinear Lagrangian on TM such that L₀(v) = \frac12 g(v, v){L_0(v)= \frac{1}{2} g(v, v)} for any v ∈ TM. We denote by j^l{\varphi^\lambda} the restriction of the Euler-Lagrange flow of L _λ on the \frac12{\frac{1}{2}} -energy level. If λ is small enough then the flow j^l{\varphi^\lambda} is Anosov. In this paper we study the geometric consequences of different assumptions about the regularity of the Anosov distributions of j^l{\varphi^\lambda} . For example, in the case that the initial Riemannian metric g is real hyperbolic, we prove that for λ small, j^l{\varphi^\lambda} has C ³ weak stable and weak unstable distributions if and only if j^l{\varphi^\lambda} is C ^∞ orbit equivalent to the geodesic flow of g.     

Linear Maps Preserving Operators of Local Spectral Radius Zero

Let X be a complex Banach space and let B(X){\mathcal{B}(X)} be the space of all bounded linear operators on X. For x ? X{x \in X} and T ? B(X){T \in \mathcal{B}(X)}, let r_T(x) = limsup_{n ? ￥} || Tⁿx|| ^1/n{r_{T}(x) =\limsup_{n \rightarrow \infty} \| T^{n}x\| ^{1/n}} denote the local spectral radius of T at x. We prove that if j: B(X) ? B(X){\varphi : \mathcal{B}(X) \rightarrow \mathcal{B}(X)} is linear and surjective such that for every x ? X{x \in X} we have r _T (x) = 0 if and only if r_j(T)(x) = 0{r_{\varphi(T)}(x) = 0}, there exists then a nonzero complex number c such that j(T) = cT{\varphi(T) = cT} for all T ? B(X){T \in \mathcal{B}(X) }. We also prove that if Y is a complex Banach space and j:B(X) ? B(Y){\varphi :\mathcal{B}(X) \rightarrow \mathcal{B}(Y)} is linear and invertible for which there exists B ? B(Y, X){B \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X)} such that for y ? Y{y \in Y} we have r _T (By) = 0 if and only if r_{j( T)} (y)=0{ r_{\varphi ( T) }(y)=0}, then B is invertible and there exists a nonzero complex number c such that j(T) = cB^-1TB{\varphi(T) =cB^{-1}TB} for all T ? B(X){T \in \mathcal{B}(X)}.     

Orthogonalities in linear spaces and difference operators

Summary. Quite recently C. Alsina, P. Cruells and M. S. Tomás [2], motivated by F. Suzuki's property of isosceles trapezoids, have proposed the following orthogonality relation in a real normed linear space (X, ||·||) (X, \Vert \cdot \Vert) : two vectors x,y ? X x,y \in X are T-orthogonal whenever¶||z-x ||² + ||z-y ||² = ||z ||² + ||z-(x+y) ||² \Vert z-x \Vert^2 + \Vert z-y \Vert^2 = \Vert z \Vert^2 + \Vert z-(x+y) \Vert^2 ¶for every z ? X z \in X . A natural question arises whether an analogue of T-orthogonality may be defined in any real linear space (without a norm structure). Our proposal reads as follows. Given a functional j \varphi on a real linear space X we say that two vectors x,y ? X x,y \in X are j \varphi -orthogonal (and write x^_jy x\perp_{\varphi}y ) provided that D_x,yj = 0 \Delta_{x,y}\varphi = 0 (D_h1,h2 \Delta_{h_1,h_2} stands here and in the sequel for the superposition D_h1 °D_h2 \Delta_{h_1} \circ \Delta_{h_2} of the usual difference operators).¶We are looking for necessary and/or sufficient conditions upon the functional j \varphi to generate a j \varphi -orthogonality such that the pair X,^_j X,\perp_{\varphi} forms an orthogonality space in the sense of J. Rätz (cf. [6]). Two new characterizations of inner product spaces as well as a generalization of some results obtained in [2] are presented.     

On the iterates of Euler's function

Asymptotic representations are given for the three sums ?_{n ￡ x} j(n)/j(j(n))\textstyle\sum\limits \limits _{n\le x} \varphi (n)/\varphi \bigl (\varphi (n)\bigr ), ?_{n ￡ x} j(n)/j(j(n))\textstyle\sum\limits \limits _{n\le x} \varphi (n)/\varphi \bigl (\varphi (n)\bigr ), ?_{n ￡ x} log j(n)/j(j(n)) ;  j\textstyle\sum\limits \limits _{n\le x}\ \log \, \varphi (n)/\varphi \bigl (\varphi (n)\bigr )\ ; \ \varphi is Euler's function.     

Plurisubharmonic functions in calibrated geometry and q-convexity

Let (M, ω) be a Kähler manifold. An integrable function ${\varphi}Let (M, ω) be a K?hler manifold. An integrable function j{\varphi} on M is called ω ^q -plurisubharmonic if the current dd^cjùw^q-1{dd^c\varphi\wedge \omega^{q-1}} is positive. We prove that j{\varphi} is ω ^q -plurisubharmonic if and only if j{\varphi} is subharmonic on all q-dimensional complex subvarieties. We prove that a ω ^q -plurisubharmonic function is q-convex, and admits a local approximation by smooth, ω ^q -plurisubharmonic functions. For any closed subvariety Z ì M{Z\subset M} , dim_\mathbbC Z ￡ q-1{\dim_\mathbb{C} Z\leq q-1} , there exists a strictly ω ^q -plurisubharmonic function in a neighbourhood of Z (this result is known for q-convex functions). This theorem is used to give a new proof of Sibony’s lemma on integrability of positive closed (p, p)-forms which are integrable outside of a complex subvariety of codimension ≥  p + 1.     

Closed-Range Composition Operators on {\mathbb{A}^2} and the Bloch Space

For any analytic self-map j{\varphi} of {z : |z| <  1} we give four separate conditions, each of which is necessary and sufficient for the composition operator C_j{C_{\varphi}} to be closed-range on the Bloch space B{\mathcal{B}} . Among these conditions are some that appear in the literature, where we provide new proofs. We further show that if C_j{C_{\varphi}} is closed-range on the Bergman space \mathbbA²{\mathbb{A}^2} , then it is closed-range on B{\mathcal{B}} , but that the converse of this fails with a vengeance. Our analysis involves an extension of the Julia-Carathéodory Theorem.     

Examples of factorial threefolds complete intersection in $${\mathbb{P}^5}$$ with many singularities

Denote by ν _m (d) the maximal integer for which there exists for d >> 0{d \gg 0} a threefold X ì \mathbbP⁵{X\subset \mathbb{P}^5} complete intersection of hypersurfaces of degree respectively d and d − 1 such that X has only ordinary singularities of order m and |Sing(X)| = ν _m (d). We prove that, n_m(d) 3 j(d){\nu_m(d)\ge \varphi(d)} where j(d) ~ d⁵{\varphi(d)\sim d^5} asymptotically. This result extends (Di Gennaro and Franco in Commun Contemp Math 10(5):745–764, 2008, Corollary 2.10).     

Homomorphisms with respect to a function

Let X be a realcompact space and H:C(X)?\mathbbR{H:C(X)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}} be an identity and order preserving group homomorphism. It is shown that H is an evaluation at some point of X if and only if there is j ? C(\mathbbR){\varphi\in C(\mathbb{R})} with ${\varphi(r)>\varphi(0)}${\varphi(r)>\varphi(0)} for all r ? \mathbbR-{0}{r\in\mathbb{R}-\{0\}} for which H°j = j°H{H\circ\varphi=\varphi\circ H} . This extends (and unifies) classical results by Hewitt and Shirota.     

A generalisation of the Hopf construction and harmonic morphisms into {\mathbb {S}^2}

In this paper, we construct a new family of harmonic morphisms ${\varphi:V^5\to\mathbb{S}^2}In this paper, we construct a new family of harmonic morphisms j:V⁵?\mathbbS²{\varphi:V^5\to\mathbb{S}^2}, where V ⁵ is a 5-dimensional open manifold contained in an ellipsoidal hypersurface of \mathbbC⁴ = \mathbbR⁸{\mathbb{C}^4\,=\,\mathbb{R}^8}. These harmonic morphisms admit a continuous extension to the completion V^*5{{V^{\ast}}^5}, which turns out to be an explicit real algebraic variety. We work in the context of a generalization of the Hopf construction and equivariant theory.     

On Integral Equations Related to Weighted Toeplitz Operators

For weighted Toeplitz operators T^N_j{{\mathcal T}^N_\varphi} defined on spaces of holomorphic functions in the unit ball, we derive regularity properties of the solutions f to the equation T^N_j(f)=h{{\mathcal T}^N_\varphi(f)=h} in terms of the regularity of the symbol φ and the data h. As an application, we deduce that if f\not o 0{f\not\equiv0} is a function in the Hardy space H ¹ such that its argument [`(f)]/f{\bar f/f} is in a Lipschitz space on the unit sphere \mathbb S{{\mathbb S}}, then f is also in the same Lipschitz space, extending a result of Dyakonov to several complex variables.     

Counting Ω-ideals

Let ${\mathbb{A}}Let \mathbbA{\mathbb{A}} be a universal algebra of signature Ω, and let I{\mathcal{I}} be an ideal in the Boolean algebra P_\mathbbA{\mathcal{P}_{\mathbb{A}}} of all subsets of \mathbbA{\mathbb{A}} . We say that I{\mathcal{I}} is an Ω-ideal if I{\mathcal{I}} contains all finite subsets of \mathbbA{\mathbb{A}} and f(Aⁿ) ? I{f(A^{n}) \in \mathcal{I}} for every n-ary operation f ? W{f \in \Omega} and every A ? I{A \in \mathcal{I}} . We prove that there are 2^2à₀{2^{2^{\aleph_0}}} Ω-ideals in P_\mathbbA{\mathcal{P}_{\mathbb{A}}} provided that \mathbbA{\mathbb{A}} is countably infinite and Ω is countable.     

On Einstein Riemannian <Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis>-natural metrics on unit tangent sphere bundles

We prove that there is always a locally homogeneous Einstein g-natural metric on the unit tangent sphere bundle over any Riemannian space of constant positive sectional curvature. Furthermore, using the (1–1) correspondence between all SO(m + 1)-invariant homogeneous metrics on the Stiefel manifold V₂ \mathbbR^m+1 = SO(m+1)/SO(m-1){V_2 \mathbb{R}^{m+1} = {{SO}}(m+1)/{{SO}}(m-1)} and all g-natural metrics on T₁ S^m{T_1 S^m} (Abbassi and Kowalski, Diff. Geom. Appl., to appear [7]), we reconstruct, by purely local procedure, the same well-known unique SO(m + 1)-invariant homogeneous Einstein metric on V₂ \mathbbR^m+1, m 1 3{V_2 \mathbb{R}^{m+1}, m \neq 3}, initially constructed by Kobayashi.     

Two Parameter Asymptotic Spectra in the Uniformly Elliptic Case

In this article we study the abstract two parameter eigenvalue problem $$\begin{gathered} T_1 u_1 = \left( {\lambda _1 V_{11} + \lambda _2 V_{12} } \right)u_1 , \left\| {u_1 } \right\| = 1 \hfill \\ T_2 u_2 = \left( {\lambda _1 V_{21} + \lambda _2 V_{22} } \right)u_2 , \left\| {u_2 } \right\| = 1 \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ where, in the Hilbert spaces H_j, T_j is self-adjoint, bounded below and has compact resolvent, and V_jk are self-adjoint bounded operators, (?1)^j+kV_jk >> 0, j, k = 1, 2. An eigenvalue λ for this problem is a point in R² satisfying both equations. Under appropriate conditions, the eigenvalues λⁿ = (λ₁ ⁿ, λ₂ ⁿ) are countable and in R². We aim to describe the set of limit points of λⁿ/∥λⁿ∥, as ∥λⁿ∥ → ∞, in terms of the V_jk.     

On the Crank-Nicolson scheme once again

Let (t_j)_{j ? \mathbbN}{\left(\tau_j\right)_{j\in\mathbb{N}}} be a sequence of strictly positive real numbers, and let A be the generator of a bounded analytic semigroup in a Banach space X. Put A_n=?_j=1ⁿ(I+\frac12 t_jA) (I-\frac12 t_jA)^-1{A_n=\prod_{j=1}^n\left(I+\frac{1}{2} \tau_jA\right) \left(I-\frac{1}{2} \tau_jA\right)^{-1}}, and let x ? X{x\in X}. Define the sequence (x_n)_{n ? \mathbbN} ì X{\left(x_n\right)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\subset X} by the Crank–Nicolson scheme: x _n  = A _n x. In this paper, it is proved that the Crank–Nicolson scheme is stable in the sense that sup_{n ? \mathbbN}||A_nx|| < ￥{\sup_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\left\Vert A_nx\right\Vert<\infty}. Some convergence results are also given.     

The behaviour of microstructures with small shears of the austenite-martensite interface in martensitic phase transformations

Let W ì \BbbR²\Omega \subset \Bbb{R}^2 denote a bounded domain whose boundary ?W\partial \Omega is Lipschitz and contains a segment G₀\Gamma_0 representing the austenite-twinned martensite interface. We prove inf_{u ? W(W)} ò_W j(?u(x,y))dxdy=0\displaystyle{\inf_{{u\in \cal W}(\Omega)} \int_\Omega \varphi(\nabla u(x,y))dxdy=0}     

Intertwining the geodesic flow and the Schr?dinger group on hyperbolic surfaces

We construct an explicit intertwining operator L{\mathcal L} between the Schr?dinger group e^{it \frac\triangle2}{e^{it \frac\triangle2}} and the geodesic flow on certain Hilbert spaces of symbols on the cotangent bundle T*X _Γ of a compact hyperbolic surface X _Γ = Γ\D. We also define Γ-invariant eigendistributions of the geodesic flow PS_{j, k, nj,-nk}{PS_{j, k, \nu_j,-\nu_k}} (Patterson-Sullivan distributions) out of pairs of \triangle{\triangle} -eigenfunctions, generalizing the diagonal case j = k treated in Anantharaman and Zelditch (Ann. Henri Poincaré 8(2):361–426, 2007). The operator L{\mathcal L} maps PS_{j, k, nj,-nk}{PS_{j, k, \nu_j,-\nu_k}} to the Wigner distribution W^G_j,k{W^{\Gamma}_{j,k}} studied in quantum chaos. We define Hilbert spaces H_PS{\mathcal H_{PS}} (whose dual is spanned by {PS_{j, k, nj,-nk}{PS_{j, k, \nu_j,-\nu_k}}}), resp. H_W{\mathcal H_W} (whose dual is spanned by {W^G_j,k}{\{W^{\Gamma}_{j,k}\}}), and show that L{\mathcal L} is a unitary isomorphism from H_W ? H_PS.{\mathcal H_{W} \to \mathcal H_{PS}.}