一类二阶非线性中立型差分方程的振动性

研究了二阶非线性中立型差分方程Δ2(xn+pxn-l)+qnf(xn-k)=0的振动性,获得了该类方程振动的三个充分性定理.所得结果将一阶非线性中立型差分方程已有振动性的相应结论推广到了二阶非线性中立型差分方程.     

二阶中立型变时滞差分方程解的振动性

研究了二阶中立型变时滞差分方程Δ2(xn+pxn-l)+qnf(xσ(n))=0解的振动性,获得了该类方程全部非平凡解振动的三个定理.所得结果将二阶中立型差分方程已有的振动性的相应结论推广到了二阶中立型变时滞差分方程.     

二阶中立型差分方程的振动性

研究了一类变系数的二阶中立型时滞差分方程的振动性,得到了该类方程振动及解的一阶差分振动的充分条件。     

一类具多滞量的二阶中立型差分方程的振动定理

研究了一类具有多个滞量的变系数的二阶中立型差分方程的振动性,给出了该类方程振动及差分算子振动的充分条件。     

具多滞量的非线性中立型差分方程的振动性定理

研究了一类较为广泛的具有多个滞量的非线性中立型差分方程的振动性，得到了该类方程振动的一个判定定理     

中立型时滞差分方程的振性与正解存在性

本文研究了一类中立型时滞差分方程的振动性和正解存在性，获得了该方程所有解振动的“Sharp”条件及存在正解的一个充分条件．     

具有连续变量的差分方程振动性的判据

借助研究离散变量的差分方程振动性的一般方法,本文建立了具有连续变量、变系数的差分方程振动性判据,其结果改进了文献［４］中的一些结果．     

一类非线性延迟微分方程数值解的振动性分析

本文考虑一类非线性延迟微分方程-带有单峰造血率的造血模型数值解的振动性及非振动性。运用线性化理论,把非线性差分方程的振动性转化为其对应的线性差分方程的振动性,通过判断线性方程的特征方程根的情况,得到了非线性差分方程振动和存在非振动解的充分条件。对于非振动的数值解,证明了非振动的数值解最终都趋于方程的平衡解。为了更有力的说明我们的结果给出了相应的算例.     

具连续变量的变系数偶数阶差分方程的有界振动

研究时滞差分方程解的性质在理论和应用中是非常重要的.本文借助研究离散变量的差分方程振动性的一般方法,研究了一类具有连续变量的变系数偶数阶中立型差分方程的有界解的振动性,给出了有界解振动的几个充分条件.     

具有变系数的偶数阶中立型差分方程的振动性

考虑了一类具有变系数的偶数阶中立型差分方程的振动性,通过建立一个比较定理,获得一些一类具有变系数的偶数阶中立型差分方程的振动性的充分条件.     

Generalization of the interaction between Haar approximation and polynomial operators to higher order methods

In applications it is useful to compute the local average empirical statistics on u. A very simple relation exists when of a function f（u） of an input u from the local averages are given by a Haar approximation. The question is to know if it holds for higher order approximation methods. To do so, it is necessary to use approximate product operators defined over linear approximation spaces. These products are characterized by a Strang and Fix like condition. An explicit construction of these product operators is exhibited for piecewise polynomial functions, using Hermite interpolation. The averaging relation which holds for the Haar approximation is then recovered when the product is defined by a two point Hermite interpolation.     

On the weakening of the convergence of Newton’s method using recurrent functions

We use Newton’s method to approximate a locally unique solution of an equation in a Banach space setting. We introduce recurrent functions to provide a weaker semilocal convergence analysis for Newton’s method than before [J. Appell, E. De Pascale, J.V. Lysenko, P.P. Zabrejko, New results on Newton–Kantorovich approximations with applications to nonlinear integral equations, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim. 18 (1997) 1–17; I.K. Argyros, The theory and application of abstract polynomial equations, in: Mathematics Series, St. Lucie/CRC/Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 1998; I.K. Argyros, Concerning the “terra incognita” between convergence regions of two Newton methods, Nonlinear Anal. 62 (2005) 179–194; I.K. Argyros, Convergence and Applications of Newton-Type Iterations, Springer-Verlag Publ., New York, 2008; S. Chandrasekhar, Radiative Transfer, Dover Publ., New York, 1960; F. Cianciaruso, E. De Pascale, Newton–Kantorovich approximations when the derivative is Hölderian: Old and new results, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim. 24 (2003) 713–723; N.T. Demidovich, P.P. Zabrejko, Ju.V. Lysenko, Some remarks on the Newton–Kantorovich method for nonlinear equations with Hölder continuous linearizations, Izv. Akad. Nauk Belorus 3 (1993) 22–26. (in Russian); E. De Pascale, P.P. Zabrejko, Convergence of the Newton–Kantorovich method under Vertgeim conditions: A new improvement, Z. Anal. Anwendvugen 17 (1998) 271–280; L.V. Kantorovich, G.P. Akilov, Functional Analysis, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1982; J.V. Lysenko, Conditions for the convergence of the Newton–Kantorovich method for nonlinear equations with Hölder linearizations, Dokl. Akad. Nauk BSSR 38 (1994) 20–24. (in Russian); B.A. Vertgeim, On conditions for the applicability of Newton’s method, (Russian), Dokl. Akad. Nauk., SSSR 110 (1956) 719–722; B.A. Vertgeim, On some methods for the approximate solution of nonlinear functional equations in Banach spaces, Uspekhi Mat. Nauk 12 (1957) 166–169. (in Russian); English transl.:; Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. 16 (1960) 378–382] provided that the Fréchet-derivative of the operator involved is p$p$-Hölder continuous (p∈(0,1]$p\in (0,1]$).     

Zero-dimensional subschemes of ruled varieties

Here we study zero-dimensional subschemes of ruled varieties, mainly Hirzebruch surfaces and rational normal scrolls, by applying the Horace method and the Terracini method This research is part of the T.A.S.C.A. project of I.N.d.A.M., supported by P.A.T. (Trento) and M.I.U.R. (Italy)     

Bounds for the zeros of polynomials

Let P(z)=∑↓j=0↑n ajx^j be a polynomial of degree n. In this paper we prove a more general result which interalia improves upon the bounds of a class of polynomials. We also prove a result which includes some extensions and generalizations of Enestrǒm-Kakeya theorem.     

Physicomechanical characteristics of a disperse-filled polytetrafluoroethylene

Composite polymer materials based on PTFE containing ultradisperse -sialon (1–10 wt.%) as the cross-linking agent are studied. It is shown that the injection of small amounts of fillers (1–2 wt.%) increases the degree of composite crystallinity. A correlation between the structure, element distribution on the surface layers of samples, and tribotechnical characteristics of composites is found. The change in the physicomechanical characteristics is associated with the effect of the interstructural plasticization.Ammosov Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Russia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 797–806, November–December, 1999.     

Comments on generalized Heron polynomials and Robbins’ conjectures

Heron’s formula for a triangle gives a polynomial for the square of its area in terms of the lengths of its three sides. There is a very similar formula, due to Brahmagupta, for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral in terms of the lengths of its four sides. (A polygon is cyclic if its vertices lie on a circle.) In both cases if A is the area of the polygon, (4A)² is a polynomial function of the square in the lengths of its edges. David Robbins in [D.P. Robbins, Areas of polygons inscribed in a circle, Discrete Comput. Geom. 12 (2) (1994) 223-236. MR 95g:51027; David P. Robbins, Areas of polygons inscribed in a circle, Amer. Math. Monthly 102 (6) (1995) 523-530. MR 96k:51024] showed that for any cyclic polygon with n edges, (4A)² satisfies a polynomial whose coefficients are themselves polynomials in the edge lengths, and he calculated this polynomial for n=5 and n=6. He conjectured the degree of this polynomial for all n, and recently Igor Pak and Maksym Fedorchuk [Maksym Fedorchuk, Igor Pak, Rigidity and polynomial invariants of convex polytopes, Duke Math. J. 129 (2) (2005) 371-404. MR 2006f:52015] have shown that this conjecture of Robbins is true. Robbins also conjectured that his polynomial is monic, and that was shown in [V.V. Varfolomeev, Inscribed polygons and Heron polynomials (Russian. Russian summary), Mat. Sb. 194 (3) (2003) 3-24. MR 2004d:51014]. A short independent proof will be shown here.     

Least distance methods for the scheme of polytopes

Methods are described and APL-codes are supplied to find vertices, edges, other faces and facets of polytopes given by point sets. The basic subroutine is a simplicial decomposition version of least distance, i.e. quadratic, programming. Computational experience indicates high efficiency.     

Structure and Properties of Nanocrystalline Oxide Powders

The crystalline and porous structure of superfine powders and fibers made of alumina and zirconia doped with yttria is investigated. The particle sizes were determined by the methods of coherent dispersion and scanning transmission electron microscopy. Based on data on the sizes of crystallites of the metal oxides, which were obtained by different methods, it is found that crystalline transformations of the oxides lead to dispersion of the materials. The structural transformations of the superfine oxides are accompanied by changes in crystallite sizes and in the character and size of pores. The laws established allow one to purposefully control the process of producing nanostructured oxide powders and fibers, which can be utilized as active fillers for composite materials based on various matrices. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 831–840, November–December, 2005.     

RECENT PROGRESS ON SPHERICAL HARMONIC APPROXIMATION MADE BY BNU RESEARCH GROUP ——In memory of Professor Sun Yongsheng

As early as in 1990, Professor Sun Yongsheng, suggested his students at Beijing Normal University to consider research problems on the unit sphere. Under his guidance and encouragement his students started the research on spherical harmonic analysis and approximation. In this paper, we incompletely introduce the main achievements in this area obtained by our group and relative researchers during recent 5 years （2001-2005）. The main topics are： convergence of Cesaro summability, a.e. and strong summability of Fourier-Laplace series; smoothness and K-functionals; Kolmogorov and linear widths.     

Dendrites and light mappings

It is shown that a metric continuum is a dendrite if and only if for every compact space (continuum) and for every light confluent mapping such that there is a copy of in for which the restriction is a homeomorphism. As a corollary it follows that only dendrites have the lifting property with respect to light confluent mappings. Other classes of mappings are also discussed. This is a continuation of a previous study by the authors (2000), where open mappings were considered.