Approximation of classes of smooth functions of several variables

The paper deals with imbedding theorems and harmonic approximation for classes of periodic functions of several variables. Necessary and sufficient conditions for imbedding are found for various classes of smooth functions. The paper contains asymptotic estimates for fractional order derivatives of multidimensional Dirichlet and Favard kernels, for Fourier best approximation and for the Kolmogorov diameter of smooth function classes.Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 10, pp. 207–226, 1984.     

Toward determination of the eigenvalues of problems on description of the rotation of deep-water drill columns

This paper presents a method for computing the complex eigenvalues for a boundary-value problem describing the rotation of deep-water drill columns for drilling at depths of thousands of meters. A solution is sought for a singularly perturbed boundary-value problem in the form of an asymptotic expansion in a small parameter ε for two parts of the of the drill column: a lower compressed length, and the upper length. The method can be used to investigate the stability of drill columns used for deep-water drilling. Translated fromDinamicheskie Sistemy. Vol. 12. pp. 29–36, 1993.     

On the coinvariants of modular representations of cyclic groups of prime order

We consider the ring of coinvariants for modular representations of cyclic groups of prime order. For all cases for which explicit generators for the ring of invariants are known, we give a reduced Gröbner basis for the Hilbert ideal and the corresponding monomial basis for the coinvariants. We also describe the decomposition of the coinvariants as a module over the group ring. For one family of representations, we are able to describe the coinvariants despite the fact that an explicit generating set for the invariants is not known. In all cases our results confirm the conjecture of Harm Derksen and Gregor Kemper on degree bounds for generators of the Hilbert ideal. As an incidental result, we identify the coefficients of the monomials appearing in the orbit product of a terminal variable for the three-dimensional indecomposable representation.     

Generalizations of a theorem of Rolewicz

The aim of this article is to give a unified treatment for the theorems of Rolewicz and Neerven type for uniform exponential stability of evolution families. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for uniform exponential stability of evolution families, generalizing a stability theorem due to Rolewicz and we present a new proof for the Rolewicz theorem, based on the theory of Banach function spaces. Finally, we apply our results and we deduce a generalization for a classical stability theorem due to Przyluski and Rolewicz.     

On one problem of dynamics of thermoviscoelastic medium of Oldroyd type

We establish nonlocal existence theorem for the weak solution for an initial-boundary value problem for the dynamic model of thermoviscoelasticity of Oldroyd type in the planar case.     

Certain versions of the formulation of problems of non-linear elasticity in terms of stresses

New versions of the formulation of static non-linear elasticity theory problems are elucidated in terms of stresses for materials with locally reversible state laws (for instance, for a semilinear John material /1/), that reduce to the solution of nine equations in the Piola stress tensor component for six or three boundary conditions and three integral conditions. This paper is related to the investigations in /2–7/ devoted to analogous problems of the mechanics of a solid linearly deformable body. Examples are presented of the realization of one of the versions.     

Derivation of equations of seismic and acoustic wave propagation and equations of filtration via homogenization of periodic structures

A linear system of differential equations describing a joint motion of elastic porous body and fluid occupying porous space is considered. Although the problem is linear, it is very hard to tackle due to the fact that its main differential equations involve nonsmooth oscillatory coefficients, both big and small, under the differentiation operators. The rigorous justification, under various conditions imposed on physical parameters, is fulfilled for homogenization procedures as the dimensionless size of the pores tends to zero, while the porous body is geometrically periodic. As the results for different ratios between physical parameters, we derive Biot’s equations of poroelasticity, a system consisting of nonisotropic Lamé’s equations for the solid component and acoustic equations for the liquid component, nonisotropic Lamé’s equations or equations of viscoelasticity for one-velocity continuum, decoupled system consisting of Darcy’s system of filtration or acoustic equations for the liquid component (first approximation) and nonisotropic Lamé’s equations for the solid component (second approximation), a system consisting of nonisotropic Stokes equations for the liquid component and acoustic equations for the solid component, nonisotropic Stokes equations for one-velocity continuum, or, finally a different type of acoustic equations for one- or two-velocity continuum. The proofs are based on Nguetseng’s two-scale convergence method of homogenization in periodic structures.     

Solvability of Control Problems for Stationary Equations of Magnetohydrodynamics of a Viscous Fluid

We consider the boundary-value problem for the stationary equations of magnetohydrodynamics of a viscous incompressible fluid with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions for the velocity and electromagnetic field. We study global solvability of this problem and establish some sufficient conditions for uniqueness of its solution. We state control problems for the model of magnetohydrodynamics under consideration, study their solvability, give and examine optimality systems for both arbitrary and particular quality functionals.     

Method of solving equations of motion of viscoelastic media

A new method is proposed for solving dynamic problems for viscoelastic media based on the introduction of potential functions and transformation of equations of motion. The equations obtained for potential functions are used for constructing the general solution in the case of the effect of moving loads on viscoelastic media with plane-parallel interfaces. The problem of the propagation of Rayleigh surface waves is solved independently of the form of the kernels of the linear operators; a formula is obtained for determining the velocity of the Rayleigh surface wave with an arbitrary form of the viscoelastic operators. A method of experimental determination of the kernels determining the linear viscoelastic operators is proposed.V. V. Kuibyshev Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 429–435, May–June, 1973.     

Formation of singularities of solutions of the equations of motion of compressible fluids subjected to external forces in the case of several spatial variables

One considers a class of solutions with finite total energy and moment of inertia for the equations of motion of compressible fluids. It is shown that for a wide class of right-hand sides, including the viscosity term, initially smooth solutions may acquire singularities on a finite time interval. A sufficient condition for the appearance of singularities is found. This condition may be called “the best possible sufficient condition” in the sense that one can explicitly construct a time-global smooth solution for which this condition does not hold to within arbitrary infinitely small quantities. For a nontrivial constant state, perturbations with compact support are considered. A generalization is proved for the known theorem on the initial conditions for which the solution acquires singularities on a finite time interval. The effect of dry friction and rotation on the formation of singularities of smooth solutions is examined. __________ Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 26, pp. 274–308, 2007.     

Spaces of Functions of Generalized Bounded Variation. II: Questions of Uniform Convergence of Fourier Series

Tests are given for uniform convergence of Fourier series for spaces of functions of generalized bounded variation; along with the well-known tests (of Salem–Oskolkov–Young, Chanturiya, and Waterman) we suggest new tests. We show that the Waterman test for uniform convergence of Fourier series is strongest and unimprovable. We present a theorem on exact estimates for the Fourier coefficients for spaces of functions of bounded variation which contains classical results, improves several well-known results, and gives some new results.     

On one property of solutions of problems of the theory of elasticity for two half-planes or half-spaces

We have shown that the solution of any boundary-value problem for two conjugated half-planes with different elastic constants, in the case where the stresses are persistently continuable across the boundary between half-planes, can be expressed via one common elastic constant if the stresses and external force factors are nondimensionalized by the reduced modulus of elasticity. Owing to this, it is possible to obtain the solution of the problem for two conjugated half-planes directly from the solution of the corresponding problem for one elastic half-plane. This property also holds true for axially symmetric problems formulated for two conjugated half-spaces.     

Estimates of rate of propagation of perturbations in quasilinear divergent degenerate parabolic equations of high order

A method is given for obtaining integral growth lemmas for solutions of boundary problems for a large class of quasilinear evolution equations. As a possible application a sharp estimate is obtained of the dependence of the support of a solution of a mixed problem and a Cauchy problem for a quasilinear divergent parabolic equation on time.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1451–1456, October, 1992.     

Some Remarks on Equivalence of Moduli of Smoothness

The present paper investigates polynomials for which the inverse inequality for moduli of smoothness holds. The technique for approach is different from the previous works for splines and is elegantly organized.     

An estimate of the error of the linearized equations of motion of an axisymmetric projectile

An estimate is obtained, by small-parameter methods, of the error of the solution for the system of equations of motion of a projectile in the atmosphere, linearized for small angles of attack with respect to the variables describing the angular oscillations of the axis of symmetry, compared with the solution of the initial non-linear system for the same initial conditions.     

On equivalence of moduli of smoothness of polynomials in ,

It is well known that for functions , 1p∞. For general functions fL_p, it does not hold for 0<p<1, and its inverse is not true for any p in general. It has been shown in the literature, however, that for certain classes of functions the inverse is true, and the terms in the inequalities are all equivalent. Recently, Zhou and Zhou proved the equivalence for polynomials with p=∞. Using a technique by Ditzian, Hristov and Ivanov, we give a simpler proof to their result and extend it to the L_p space for 0<p∞. We then show its analogues for the Ditzian–Totik modulus of smoothness and the weighted Ditzian–Totik modulus of smoothness for polynomials with .     

Convergence of two functionals of asymptotically normal sums of independent random variables

We consider two functionals of sums of independent random variables and demonstrate that the validity of the central limit theorem for the sums of independent random variables that enter the arguments of those functionals is a sufficient condition for one of the functionals and a necessary and sufficient condition for the other one to have a weak limit. Proceedings of the Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models. Moscow. Russia. 1996. Part II.     

Cubature Formulas of a Nonalgebraic Degree of Precision

We deal with cubature formulas that are exact for polynomials and also for polynomials multiplied by r, where r is the Euclidean distance to the origin. A general lower bound for the number of nodes for a specified degree of precision is given. This bound is improved for centrally symmetric integrals. A set of constraints (consistency conditions) is introduced for the construction of fully symmetric formulas. For one dimension and arbitrary degree, it is shown that the lower bound is sharp for centrally symmetric integrals. For higher dimensions, as an illustration, cubature formulas are only constructed for low degrees. March 6, 2000. Date revised: April 30, 2001. Date accepted: May 31, 2001.     

Analysis of critical motions of floating structures

Validation of numerical methods for describing the motion of a ship in sea conditions by adequate experiments is a major research field in ocean engineering. For the development of a method for the systematic determination of critical and safe operational conditions and for the classification of capsize scenarios bifurcation analyses are performed. The computational effort for these analyses is enormous using a full model describing the nonlinear dynamics of a floating body. Therefore, a method for model reduction is currently being developed at the Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering at TUHH. Bases for the validation of this new method are experiments conducted in the institute's wave tank. The determination of position and attitude of the body is performed with an integrated measurement system: An inertial measurement unit and a video system are combined using an extended Kalman Filter. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)