Homology of algebras of families of pseudodifferential operators

We compute the Hochschild, cyclic, and periodic cyclic homology groups of algebras of families of Laurent complete symbols on manifolds with corners. We show in particular that the spectral sequence associated with Hochschild homology degenerates at E² and converges to Hochschild homology. As a byproduct, we identify the space of residue traces on fibrations by manifolds with corners. In the process, we prove some structural results about algebras of complete symbols on manifolds with corners.     

A new class of operators and a description of adjoints of composition operators

Starting with a general formula, precise but difficult to use, for the adjoint of a composition operator on a functional Hilbert space, we compute an explicit formula on the classical Hardy Hilbert space for the adjoint of a composition operator with rational symbol. To provide a foundation for this formula, we study an extension to the definitions of composition, weighted composition, and Toeplitz operators to include symbols that are multiple-valued functions. These definitions can be made on any Banach space of analytic functions on a plane domain, but in this work, our attention is focused on the basic properties needed for the application to operators on the standard Hardy and Bergman Hilbert spaces on the unit disk.     

Convolution Operators on Expanding Polyhedra: Limits of the Norms of Inverse Operators and Pseudospectra

We consider matrix convolution operators with integrable kernels on expanding polyhedra. We study their connection with convolution operators on the cones at the vertices of polyhedra. We prove that the norm of the inverse operator on a polyhedron tends to the maximum of the norms of the inverse operators on the cones, and the pseudospectrum tends to the union of the corresponding pseudospectra. The study bases on the local method adapted to this kind of problems.     

有关Stolz定理的推广及应用

数列极限问题是数学分析的基本问题之一,贯穿于数学分析的始终。求极限问题的方法多种多样,其中常常会遇到求不定式的极限,而Stolz定理是处理此类问题的重要工具。本文在已有文献的基础上,对该定理作了进一步的研究,将其推广到更一般的情形上,在一定程度上简化了某些具有特殊结构的不定式的极限运算.     

A Model of Obsolescence of Organizational Rules

The phenomenon of obsolescence has found little attention in past research on organizational change. Most research on organizational change has instead been concerned with the opposite of obsolescence, that is, with mechanisms which render organizational structures increasingly persistent. However, everyday experience teaches that organizational structures become outdated as surrounding conditions shift. This article explores obsolescence by means of mathematical modeling and empirical analysis. Obsolescence is conceptualized as a result of flows of conditions in, out, and between two states: consistent conditions and inconsistent conditions. The model predicts that the obsoleteness curve rises with decreasing increments over time. This is tested with empirical data on organizational rule change. The results confirm the obsolescence model. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

一种改进的信号多尺度估计算法

本文给出一个种改进的信号多尺度估计算法,即对多尺度分解出的细节信号再继续作小波变换,对分解后得到的次平滑信号的次细节信号分别作不同程度的阈值处理,对阈值处理后的信号进行重构,作为相应尺度上的细节信号,对最粗尺度上的平滑信号进行卡尔曼滤波,再次与各尺度上细菌信号进行重构,最后得到原始尺度的信号估计值。     

圆周上有4周期轨的连续自映射的周期集

讨论了圆周上有4周期轨的连续自映射的周期集.首先按相对共轭以及相对同伦的关系对圆周上所有有4周期轨的连续自映射分类,再利用映射覆盖图来讨论每一类映射的周期集.最后按同伦最小周期集对圆周上所有有4周期轨的连续自映射进行了分类.将此结果与线段上的Sharkovskii定理对比时可以发现,几乎所有圆周上有4周期轨的连续自映射的周期集都是全体自然数集.     

Approximation of a fractional power of an elliptic operator

Some mathematical models of applied problems lead to the need of solving boundary value problems with a fractional power of an elliptic operator. In a number of works, approximations of such a nonlocal operator are constructed on the basis of an integral representation with a singular integrand. In the present article, new integral representations are proposed for operators with fractional powers. Approximations are based on the classical quadrature formulas. The results of numerical experiments on the accuracy of quadrature formulas are presented. The proposed approximations are used for numerical solving a model two‐dimensional boundary value problem for fractional diffusion.     

Global existence and decay of solutions of a nonlinear system of wave equations

This work is concerned with a system of two wave equations with nonlinear damping and source terms acting in both equations. Under some restrictions on the nonlinearity of the damping and the source terms, we show that our problem has a unique local solution. Also, we prove that, for some restrictions on the initial data, the rate of decay of the total energy is exponential or polynomial depending on the exponents of the damping terms in both equations.     

Singularity of full scaling limits of planar nearcritical percolation

We consider full scaling limits of planar nearcritical percolation in the Quad-Crossing-Topology introduced by Schramm and Smirnov. We show that two nearcritical scaling limits with different parameters are singular with respect to each other. The results hold for percolation models on rather general lattices, including bond percolation on the square lattice and site percolation on the triangular lattice.     

一类有界函数的可积问题探讨

讨论闭区间上有无穷多个不连续点的有界函数的可积问题,所得结果是"闭区间上不连续的点仅有有限个的函数可积"的推广.     

微血管自律运动的流体力学及血液粘弹性质的影响

本文研究了微血管自律运动引起的血液流动,着重分析了血液的粘弹性质对压力升高及壁面摩阻的影响.结果表明,微血管自律运动具有人体“第二心脏”的作用,血液粘弹性质的影响与Weissenberg数及平均流量的大小有关.     

Stability of a superposition of shock waves with contact discontinuities for systems of viscous conservation laws

In this paper, we show the large time asymptotic nonlinear stability of a superposition of viscous shock waves with viscous contact waves for systems of viscous conservation laws with small initial perturbations, provided that the strengths of these viscous waves are small with the same order. The results are obtained by elementary weighted energy estimates based on the underlying wave structure and a new estimate on the heat equation.     

Efficient automatic simulation of parallel computation on networks of workstations

Andrews et al. [Automatic method for hiding latency in high bandwidth networks, in: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 1996, pp. 257-265; Improved methods for hiding latency in high bandwidth networks, in: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures, 1996, pp. 52-61] introduced a number of techniques for automatically hiding latency when performing simulations of networks with unit delay links on networks with arbitrary unequal delay links. In their work, they assume that processors of the host network are identical in computational power to those of the guest network being simulated. They further assume that the links of the host are able to pipeline messages, i.e., they are able to deliver P packets in time O(P+d) where d is the delay on the link.In this paper we examine the effect of eliminating one or both of these assumptions. In particular, we provide an efficient simulation of a linear array of homogeneous processors connected by unit-delay links on a linear array of heterogeneous processors connected by links with arbitrary delay. We show that the slowdown achieved by our simulation is optimal. We then consider the case of simulating cliques by cliques; i.e., a clique of heterogeneous processors with arbitrary delay links is used to simulate a clique of homogeneous processors with unit delay links. We reduce the slowdown from the obvious bound of the maximum delay link to the average of the link delays. In the case of the linear array we consider both links with and without pipelining. For the clique simulation the links are not assumed to support pipelining.The main motivation of our results (as was the case with Andrews et al.) is to mitigate the degradation of performance when executing parallel programs designed for different architectures on a network of workstations (NOW). In such a setting it is unlikely that the links provided by the NOW will support pipelining and it is quite probable the processors will be heterogeneous. Combining our result on clique simulation with well-known techniques for simulating shared memory PRAMs on distributed memory machines provides an effective automatic compilation of a PRAM algorithm on a NOW.     

The importance of identifying different components of a mixture distribution in the prediction of field returns

Data from a mixture of distributions with two different increasing hazard functions can behave, over some period of time, like a distribution with decreasing hazard functions. As a result, reliability predictions based on data from a mixture of units with two or more different physical designs could be seriously wrong if the pooled data are used to extrapolate in time. Thus, it is important to identify components of the mixture and do statistical inference based on the stratified data. In this paper, the importance of this principle is investigated analytically and illustrated with lifetime data on high‐voltage power transformers. From engineering knowledge, the lifetime distribution of a transformer has an increasing hazard due, largely, to insulation aging. However, data from a population of units could indicate a decreasing hazard due to a mixture of units with different designs or environmental conditions. Comparisons are made between the predictions based on the pooled‐data and stratified‐data models and the importance of correct stratification in practice is shown. Some suggestions for practitioners are also given. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The number of critical elements of discrete Morse functions on non-compact surfaces

This paper is focused on looking for links between the topology of a connected and non-compact surface with finitely many ends and any proper discrete Morse function which can be defined on it. More precisely, we study the non-compact surfaces which admit a proper discrete Morse function with a given number of critical elements. In particular, given any of these surfaces, we obtain an optimal discrete Morse function on it, that is, with the minimum possible number of critical elements.     

On some continuity and differentiability properties of paths of Gaussian processes

The following path properties of real separable Gaussian processes ξ with parameter set an arbitrary interval are established. At every fixed point the paths of ξ are continuous, or differentiable, with probability zero or one. If ξ is measurable, then with probability one its paths have essentially the same points of continuity and differentiability. If ξ is measurable and not mean square continuous or differentiable at every point, then with probability one its paths are almost nowhere continuous or differentiable, respectively. If ξ harmonizable or if it is mean square continuous with stationary increments, then its paths are absolutely continuous with probability one if and only if ξ is mean square differentiable; also mean square differentiability of ξ implies path differentiability with probability one at every fixed point. If ξ is mean square differentiable and stationary, then on every interval with probability one its paths are either differentiable everywhere or nondifferentiable on countable dense subsets. Also a class of harmonizable processes is determined for which of the following are true: (i) with probability one paths are either continuous or unbounded on every interval, and (ii) mean square differentiability implies that with probability one on every interval paths are either differentiable everywhere or nondifferentiable on countable dense subsets.     

Functional differential inequalities and estimation of the Cauchy function of an equation with aftereffect

We consider scalar functional differential inequalities that are used to estimate solutions to differential equations with deviating argument. A theorem on positiveness of the Cauchy function of a differential equation with aftereffect is derived from a theorem on a functional differential inequality with nonlinearmonotone operator, which is a direct generalization of the simplest classical theorem on a differential inequality. The suggested proofs rely on local properties of continuous functions only.     

On homogenization of solutions of the poisson equation in a perforated domain with different types of boundary conditions on different cavities

In this paper we consider boundary value problems in perforated domains with periodic structures and cavities of different scales, with the Neumann condition on some of them and mixed boundary conditions on others. We take a case when cavities with mixed boundary conditions have so called critical size (see [1]) and cavities with the Neumann conditions have the scale of the cell. In the same way other cases can be studied, when we have the Neumann and the Dirichlet boundary conditions or the Dirichlet condition and the mixed boundary condition on the boundary of cavities.There is a large literature where homogenization problems in perforated domains were studied [2];-[7];     

关于薛定谔算子的极点散射: 基于狄利克雷级数的视角

本文讨论了在实轴上具有紧支集的势的薛定谔算子的极点散射问题. 本文旨在将狄利克雷级数理论与散射理论相结合, 文中运用了Littlewood的经典方法得到关于极点个数的新的估计. 本文首次将狄利克雷级数方法用于极点估计, 由此得到了极点个数的上界与下界, 这些结果改进和推广了该论题的一些相关结论.