Asymptotic Expansions of the Heat Kernel of the Laplacian for General Annular Bounded Domains with Robin Boundary Conditions：Further Results

The asymptotic expansions of the trace of the heat kernel θ(t)=∑^∞v=1^exp(-tλv) for small positive t,where {λv} are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△n=-∑^ni=1(D/Dx^1)^2 in R^2(n=2 or 3),are studied for a general annular bounded domain Ω with a smooth inner boundary DΩ1 and a smooth outer boundary DΩ2,where a finite number of piecewise smooth Robin boundary conditions(D/Dnj γh)Ф=0 on the components Гj(j= 1,...,m) of (DΩ1 and on the components Гj (j=k 1,…,m) of of DΩ2 are considered such that DΩl=U^kj=lГj and DΩ2= U^m=k 1Гj and where the coefficients γj(j=1,...,m) are piecewise smooth positive functions. Some applications of θ(t) for an ideal gas enclosed in the general annular bounded domain Ω are given. Further results are also obtained.     

The Asymptotics of the Two-Dimensional Wave Equation for a General Multi-Connected Vibrating Membrane with Piecewise Smooth Robin Boundary Conditions

The asymptotic expansion for small |t| of the trace of the wave kernel ∧↑μ(t) =∑v=1^∞exp(-it μv^1/2), where i= √-1 and {μv}v=1^∞ are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△=-∑β=1^2(δ/δx^β)^2 in the (x^1, x^2)-plane, is studied for a multi-connected vibrating membrane Ω in R^2 surrounded by simply connected bounded domains Ωj with smooth boundaries δΩj(j=1,...,n), where a finite number of piecewise smooth Robin boundary conditions on the piecewise smooth components Гi(i=1 κj-1,...,κj) of the boundaries δΩj are considered, such that δΩj=∪i=1 κj-1^κj Гi and κ0=0. The basic problem is to extract information on the geometry of Ω using the wave equation approach. Some geometric quantities of Ω (e.g. the area of Ω, the total lengths of its boundary, the curvature of its boundary, the number of the holes of Ω, etc.) are determined from the asymptotic expansion of the trace of the wave kernel ∧↑μ(t) for small |t|.     

INVERSE PROBLEMS FOR A GENERAL MULTI－CONNECTED BOUNDED DRUM WITH APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS

this paper studies the influence of a finite container on an ideal gas,The trace of the heat kernel Θ(t)=∑(μ=1)^∞ exp(-tλμ），where{λμ}(μ=1)^∞ are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian-△n=-∑(p=1)^n (a/axp)^2 in R^n(n=2 or 3) ,is studied for a general mult-connected bounded drum Ω which is surrounded by simply connected bounded domains Ωi with smooth boundaries aΩi(i=1,……,m) where the Dirichlet ,Neumann and Robin boundary Conditions on aΩi(i=1,……,m) are considered.Some geometrical properties of Ω are determined ,The theremodynamic quantities for an ideal gas encolosed in Ω are examined by using the asymptotic expansions of Θ(t) for short-sime t.It is shown that the ideal gas can not feel the shape of its container Ω，althought it can feel some geometrical properties of it.     

The 3D Inverse Problem of the Wave Equation for a General Multi-connected Vibrating Membrane with a Finite Number of Piecewise Smooth Boundary Conditions

The trace of the wave kernel μ（t） =∑ω=1^∞ exp（-itEω^1/2）, where {Eω}ω^∞=1 are the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -△↓2 = -∑k^3=1 （δ/δxk）^2 in the （x^1, x^2, x^3）-space, is studied for a variety of bounded domains, where -∞ 〈 t 〈 ∞ and i= √-1. The dependence of μ （t） on the connectivity of bounded domains and the Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions are analyzed. Particular attention is given for a multi-connected vibrating membrane Ω in Ra surrounded by simply connected bounded domains Ω j with smooth bounding surfaces S j （j = 1,……, n）, where a finite number of piecewise smooth Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions on the piecewise smooth components Si^＊ （i = 1 ＋ kj-1,……, kj） of the bounding surfaces S j are considered, such that S j = Ui-1＋kj-1^kj Si^＊, where k0=0. The basic problem is to extract information on the geometry Ω by using the wave equation approach from a complete knowledge of its eigenvalues. Some geometrical quantities of Ω （e.g. the volume, the surface area, the mean curvuture and the Gaussian curvature） are determined from the asymptotic expansion ofexpansion of μ（t） for small │t│.     

Boundary Unique Continuation Properties for Elliptic Operators With Singular Potentials

0 Introduction Because of applications to control theory, see Schmit and Week's work in [1], the following unique continuation question (UCP) was raised in [2-3]: if u is a harmonic function in a connected Lipschitz domainΩ, vanishing continuously on an open subsetΓof the boundary (?)Ωand whose normal derivative vanishes on a subset of Γof positive surface measure, does it follows that u is identically zero inΩ? On the other hand, the unique continuation problem has been focusing on second order equations in which the coefficients of the lower-order terms are allowed to be     

Asymptotic properties of plug-in level set estimators for right censored data

We assume T1,...,Tn are i.i.d.data sampled from distribution function F with density function f and C1,...,Cn are i.i.d.data sampled from distribution function G.Observed data consists of pairs(Xi,δi),i=1,...,n,where Xi=min{Ti,Ci},δi=I(Ti Ci),I(A)denotes the indicator function of the set A.Based on the right censored data{Xi,δi},i=1,...,n,we consider the problem of estimating the level set{f c}of an unknown one-dimensional density function f and study the asymptotic behavior of the plug-in level set estimators.Under some regularity conditions,we establish the asymptotic normality and the exact convergence rate of theλg-measure of the symmetric difference between the level set{f c}and its plug-in estimator{fn c},where f is the density function of F,and fn is a kernel-type density estimator of f.Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed method is feasible.Illustration with a real data example is also provided.     

Maximum likelihood character of distributions

In this paper,some distributions in the family of those with invariance under orthogonaltransformations within an s-dimensional linear subspace are characterized by maximun likelihoodcriteria.Specially,the main result is:suppose P_v is a projection matrix of a given s-dimensionalsubspace V,and x_1,…,x_n are i.i.d.samples drawn from a population with a pdf f(x′P_vx),wheref(·) is a positive and continuously differentiable function.Then P_v(M_n) is the maximum likelihoodestimator of P_v ifff(x)=c_kexp(kx) (k>0),where M_n=sum from i=1 to n x_ix′_i,P_v(M_n)=sum from i=1 to (?) (?)_i(?)′_t,λ_1,…,λ_(?) are the first s largest eigenvalues of matrix M_n,and(?)_1,…,(?)_(?) are their associated eigenvectors.     

Renormalized solutions of elliptic equations with Robin boundary conditions

In the present paper, we consider elliptic equations with nonlinear and nonhomogeneous Robin boundary conditions of the type{-div(B(x, u)▽u) = f in ?,u = 0 on Γ_0,B(x, u)▽u·n→+γ(x)h(u) =g on Γ_1,where f and g are the element of L~1(?) and L~1(Γ_1), respectively. We define a notion of renormalized solution and we prove the existence of a solution. Under additional assumptions on the matrix field B we show that the renormalized solution is unique.     

Almansi decomposition for Dunkl operators

Let Ωbe a G-invariant convex domain in RN including 0, where G is a Coxeter group associated with reduced root system R. We consider functions f defined in Ωwhich are Dunkl polyharmonic, i.e. (△h)nf =0 for some integer n. Here △h=∑j=1N Dj2 is the Dunkl Laplacian, and Dj is the Dunkl operator attached to the Coxeter group G, where kv is a multiplicity function on R and σv is the reflection with respect to the root v. We prove that any Dunkl polyharmonic function f has a decomposition of the form f(x)=f0(x) |x|2f1(x) … |x|2(n-1)fn-1(x),(?)x∈Ω, where fj are Dunkl harmonic functions, i.e. △hfj = 0. This generalizes the classical Almansi theorem for polyharmonic functions as well as the Fischer decomposition.     

POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS WITH MIXED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

We consider the nonlinear elliptic equation with mixed boundary conditions where Ω is a smooth bounded domain in R~N (N≥3), whose boundary Ω is made of two open sets Γ_0 and Γ_1, p= N+2/N-2. We prove the existence of a positive solution of (P)when b (x) and λ satisfy suitable conditions.     

Uniform Convergence Rate of Estimators of Autocovariances in Partly Linear Regression Models with Correlated Errors

Consider the partly linear regression model ,where yi's are responses, xi = (xi1, xi2,…,xip)' and ti ∈T are known and nonrandom design points, T is a compact set in the real line is an unknown parameter vector, g(·) is an unknown function and {Ei} isa linear process, i.e., random variables with zeromean and variance o2e. Drawing upon B-spline estimation of g(·) and least squares estimation of 0, we construct estimators of the autocovariances of {Ei}- The uniform strong convergence rate of these estimators to their true values is then established. These results not only are a compensation for those of [23], but also have some application in modeling error structure. When the errors {Ei} are an ARMA process, our result can be used to develop a consistent procedure for determining the order of the ARMA process and identifying the non-zero coefficients of the process. Moreover, our result can be used to construct the asymptotically efficient estimators for parameters in the ARMA error process.     

On the Matlis duals of local cohomology modules

Let ( ) be a commutative Noetherian local ring with non-zero identity, an ideal of R and M a finitely generated R-module with . Let D(–) := Hom _R (–, E) be the Matlis dual functor, where is the injective hull of the residue field . We show that, for a positive integer n, if there exists a regular sequence and the i-th local cohomology module H ⁱ _a (M) of M with respect to is zero for all i with i > n then The author was partially supported by a grant from Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM) Iran (No. 85130023). Received: 9 August 2006     

The general dévissage theorem for Witt groups of schemes

Let be a closed subscheme of the noetherian scheme X. We show that if X has a dualizing complex then there exists a dualizing complex of Z such that there is an isomorphism of coherent Witt groups for all . Received: 3 March 2006     

Polar Sets and Relative Dimension for Generalized Brownian Sheet

Let{(t);t∈R_ ~N}be a d-dimensional N-parameter generalized Brownian sheet.Necessaryand sufficient conditions for a compact set E×F to be a polar set for(t,(t))are proved.It is also provedthat if 2N≤αd,then for any compact set ER_>~N,d-2/2 Dim E≤inf{dimF:F ∈ B(R~d),P{(E)∩F≠φ}>0}≤d-2/β DimE,and if 2N>αd,then for any compact set FR~d\{0},α/2(d-DimF)≤inf{dimE:E∈B(R_>~N),P{(E)∩F≠φ}>0}≤β/2(d-DimF),where B(R~d)and B(R_>~N)denote the Borel σ-algebra in R~d and in R_>~N respectively,dim and Dim are Hausdorffdimension and Packing dimension respectively.     

On a Poincaré-type Inequality for Energy Forms in L p

We consider Dirichlet spaces ( ) in L ² and more general energy forms in L ^p , . For the latter we introduce the notions of an extended ’Dirichlet’ space and a transient form. Under the assumption that , resp. , are compactly embedded in L ², resp. L ^p , we prove a Poincaré inequality for transient (Dirichlet) forms. If both and its adjoint are sub-Markovian semigroups, we show that the transience of T _t is independent of ) and that it is implied by the transience of the energy form of and the form belonging to .     

Properties of Auto- and Antiautomorphisms of Maximal Chain Structures and their Relations to i-Perspectivities

Let E be a non empty set, let P : = E × E, := {x × E|x ∈ E}, := {E × x|x ∈ E}, and := {C ∈ 2 ^P |∀X ∈ : |C ∩ X| = 1} and let . Then the quadruple resp. is called chain structure resp. maximal chain structure. We consider the maximal chain structure as an envelope of the chain structure . Particular chain structures are webs, 2-structures, (coordinatized) affine planes, hyperbola structures or Minkowski planes. Here we study in detail the groups of automorphisms , , , related to a maximal chain structure . The set of all chains can be turned in a group such that the subgroup of generated by the left-, by the right-translations and by ι the inverse map of is isomorphic to (cf. (2.14)).     

Remarks on ample vector bundles of curve genus two

Let be an ample vector bundle of rank n – 1 on a smooth complex projective variety X of dimension n≥ 3 such that X is a -bundle over and that for any fiber F of the bundle projection . The pairs with = 2 are classified, where is the curve genus of . This allows us to improve some previous results. Received: 13 June 2006     

Precise Asymptotics in the Law of the Iterated Logarithm of Moving-Average Processes

In this paper, we discuss the moving-average process Xk = ∑i=-∞ ^∞ ai＋kεi, where {εi;-∞ 〈 i 〈 ∞} is a doubly infinite sequence of identically distributed ψ-mixing or negatively associated random variables with mean zeros and finite variances, {ai;-∞ 〈 i 〈 -∞） is an absolutely solutely summable sequence of real numbers.     

Exponential Attractor for a Nonlinear Boussinesq Equation

This paper is devoted to prove the existence of an exponential attractor for the semiflow generated by a nonlinear Boussinesq equation. We formulate the Boussinesq equation as an abstract equation in the Hilbert space H0^2（0, 1） × L^2（0, 1）. The main step in this research is to show that there exists an absorbing set for the solution semiflow in the Hilbert space H0^3（0, 1） × H0^1（0, 1）.     

Invariant Mean—Value Property and M—Harmonicity in the Unit Ball of R^n

In 1993,Ahern,Flores and Rudin showed that,if f is integrable over the unit ball BC^n of C^n and satisfies∫BC^nfoφdv=f（φ（0)) for every φ∈Aut(BC^n),then f is M-harmonic if and only if n≤11.The present paper is about an analogous question in the context of the unit ball Bn of R^n as well as in the weighted setting.