On some invariance of the quotient mean with respect to Makó–Páles means

Given a continuous strictly monotone function \(\varphi \) defined on an open real interval I and a probability measure \(\mu \) on the Borel subsets of [0, 1], the Makó–Páles mean is defined by

$$\begin{aligned} {\mathcal {M}}_{\varphi ,\mu }(x,y):=\varphi ^{-1}\left( \int ^1_0\varphi (tx+(1-t)y)\, d\mu (t)\right) ,\quad x,y\in I. \end{aligned}$$

Under some conditions on the functions \(\varphi \) and \(\psi \) defined on I, the quotient mean is given by

$$\begin{aligned} Q_{\varphi ,\psi }(x,y):=\left( \frac{\varphi }{\psi }\right) ^{-1}\left( \frac{\varphi (x)}{\psi (y)}\right) , \quad x,y\in I. \end{aligned}$$

In this paper, we study some invariance of the quotient mean with respect to Makó–Páles means.

     

Existence of Infinitely Many Solutions for Δ<Subscript>γ</Subscript>-Laplace Problems

In this article, we study the existence of infinitelymany solutions for the boundary–value problem

$$ - {\Delta _\gamma }u + a\left( x \right)u = f\left( {x,u} \right)in\Omega ,u = 0on\partial \Omega $$

, where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in ? ^N (N ≥ 2) and Δ_γ is a subelliptic operator of the form

$${\Delta _\gamma }: = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^N {{\partial _{{x_j}}}\left( {\gamma _j^2{\partial _{{x_j}}}} \right)} ,{\partial _{{x_j}}}: = \frac{\partial }{{\partial {x_j}}},\gamma = \left( {{\gamma _1},{\gamma _2}, \cdots ,\gamma N} \right)$$

. Our main tools are the local linking and the symmetric mountain pass theorem in critical point theory.

     

On the generalized associativity equation

The so-called generalized associativity functional equation

$$\begin{aligned} G(J(x,y),z) = H(x,K(y,z)) \end{aligned}$$

has been investigated under various assumptions, for instance when the unknown functions G, H, J, and K are real, continuous, and strictly monotonic in each variable. In this note we investigate the following related problem: given the functions J and K, find every function F that can be written in the form

$$\begin{aligned} F(x,y,z) = G(J(x,y),z) = H(x,K(y,z)) \end{aligned}$$

for some functions G and H. We show how this problem can be solved when any of the inner functions J and K has the same range as one of its sections.

     

Local boundedness of variational solutions to evolutionary problems with non-standard growth

We prove the local boundedness of variational solutions and parabolic minimizers to evolutionary problems, where the integrand f is convex and satisfies a non-standard p, q-growth condition with

$$1 < p \leq q \leq p \tfrac{n+2}{n}.$$

A function \({u\colon \Omega_T := \Omega \times (0,T) \to \mathbb{R}}\) is called parabolic minimizer if it satisfies the minimality condition

$$\int_{\Omega_T} u \cdot \partial_t \varphi +f(x, Du) {\rm d} z \leq \int_{\Omega_T} f(x, Du + D \varphi) {\rm d}z$$

for every \({\varphi \in C^\infty_0(\Omega_T)}\). Moreover, we will show local boundedness for parabolic minimizers, if f satisfies an anisotropic growth condition.

     

Weighted polyharmonic equation with Navier boundary conditions in a half space

We study positive solutions of the following polyharmonic equation with Hardy weights associated to Navier boundary conditions on a half space:?????(-?)~mu(x)=u~p(x)/|x|~s,in R_+~n,u(x)=-?u(x)=…=(-?)~(m-1)u(x)=0,on ?R_+~n,(0.1)where m is any positive integer satisfying 02mn.We first prove that the positive solutions of(0.1)are super polyharmonic,i.e.,(-?)~iu0,i=0,1,...,m-1.(0.2) For α=2m,applying this important property,we establish the equivalence between (0.1) and the integral equation u(x)=c_n∫R_+~n(1/|x-y|~(n-α)-1/|x~*-y|~(n-α))u~p(y)/|y|~sdy,(0.3) where x~*=(x1,...,x_(n-1),-x_n) is the reflection of the point x about the plane R~(n-1).Then,we use the method of moving planes in integral forms to derive rotational symmetry and monotonicity for the positive solution of(0.3),in whichαcan be any real number between 0 and n.By some Pohozaev type identities in integral forms,we prove a Liouville type theorem—the non-existence of positive solutions for(0.1).     

Uniqueness of a positive radially symmetric Solution of the Dirichlet problem for certain nonlinear differential equation of the second order in a ball

We consider the Dirichlet problem

$u_\Gamma = 0$

for the nonlinear differential equation

$\Delta u + \left| x \right|^m \left| u \right|^p = 0, x \in S,$

with constant m ≥ 0 and p > 1 in the unit ball S = {x ∈ R ⁿ : |x| < 1}(n ≥ 3) with the boundary Γ. We prove that with p ≤ m+n/n?2 this problem has a unique positive radially symmetric solution.

     

On the density of integer points on generalised Markoff–Hurwitz and Dwork hypersurfaces

We use bounds of mixed character sums modulo a square-free integer q of a special structure to estimate the density of integer points on the hypersurface

$$\begin{aligned} f_1(x_1) + \cdots + f_n(x_n) =a x_1^{k_1} \ldots x_n^{k_n} \end{aligned}$$

for some polynomials \(f_i \in {\mathbb {Z}}[X]\) and nonzero integers a and \(k_i\), \(i=1, \ldots , n\). In the case of

$$\begin{aligned} f_1(X) = \cdots = f_n(X) = X^2\quad \text{ and }\quad k_1 = \cdots = k_n =1 \end{aligned}$$

the above hypersurface is known as the Markoff–Hurwitz hypersurface, while for

$$\begin{aligned} f_1(X) = \cdots = f_n(X) = X^n\quad \text{ and }\quad k_1 = \cdots = k_n =1 \end{aligned}$$

it is known as the Dwork hypersurface. Our results are substantially stronger than those known for general hypersurfaces.

     

Riesz bases formed by root functions of a functional-differential equation with a reflection operator

We find conditions under which the system of root functions of the operator

$$L_y = l[y] = ay'(x) + y'(1 - x) + p_1 (x)y(x) + p_2 (x)y(1 - x),x \in [0,1],U_1 (y) = \int\limits_0^1 {y(t)d\sigma (t) = 0,} $$

is a Riesz basis in L ₂[0, 1].

     

Asymptotical behavior of bipolar non-isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson system

The bipolar non-isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson (BNSP) system is investigated in R³ in the present paper, and the optimal L ² time decay rate for the global classical solution is established. It is shown that the total densities, total momenta and total temperatures of two carriers converge to the equilibrium states at the rate

$${\left( {1 + t} \right)^{ - \frac{3}{4} + \varepsilon }}$$

in L ²-norm for any small and fix ε > 0. But, both the difference of densities and the difference of temperatures of two carriers decay at the optimal rate

$${\left( {1 + t} \right)^{ - \frac{3}{4}}}$$

, and the difference of momenta decays at the optimal rate

$${\left( {1 + t} \right)^{ - \frac{1}{4}}}$$

. This phenomenon on the charge transport shows the essential difference between the non-isentropic unipolar NSP and the bipolar NSP system.

     

The existence of solutions for boundary value problems of two types fractional perturbation differential equations

In this paper, we study the existence of solutions for the boundary value problems of fractional perturbation differential equations

$$\begin{aligned} D^{\alpha }\left( \frac{x(t)}{f(t,x(t))}\right) =g(t,x(t)),\;\;a.e.\;t\in J=[0,1], \end{aligned}$$

or

$$\begin{aligned} D^{\alpha }\left( x(t)-f(t,x(t))\right) =g(t,x(t)),\;\;a.e.\;t\in J, \end{aligned}$$

subject to

$$\begin{aligned} x(0)=y(x),\;\;x(1)=m, \end{aligned}$$

where \(1<\alpha <2,\,D^{\alpha }\) is the standard Caputo fractional derivatives. Using some fixed point theorems, we prove the existence of solutions to the two types. For each type we give an example to illustrate our results.

     

Linear FDEs in the frame of generalized ODEs: variation-of-constants formula

We present a variation-of-constants formula for functional differential equations of the form

$$\dot y = \mathcal{L}\left( t \right)y_t + f\left( {y_t,t} \right),\;y_{t_0}= \varphi $$

, where \(\mathcal{L}\) is a bounded linear operator and φ is a regulated function. Unlike the result by G. Shanholt (1972), where the functions involved are continuous, the novelty here is that the application t \(t \mapsto f\left( {y_t,t} \right)\) is Kurzweil integrable with t in an interval of ?, for each regulated function y. This means that t \(t \mapsto f\left( {y_t,t} \right)\) may admit not only many discontinuities, but it can also be highly oscillating and yet, we are able to obtain a variation-of-constants formula. Our main goal is achieved via theory of generalized ordinary differential equations introduced by J.Kurzweil (1957). As a matter of fact, we establish a variation-of-constants formula for general linear generalized ordinary differential equations in Banach spaces where the functions involved are Kurzweil integrable. We start by establishing a relation between the solutions of the Cauchy problem for a linear generalized ODE of type

$$\frac{{dx}}{{d\tau }} = D\left[ {A\left( t \right)x} \right],x\left( {{t_0}} \right) = \tilde x$$

and the solutions of the perturbed Cauchy problem

$$\frac{{dx}}{{d\tau }} = D\left[ {A\left( t \right)x + F\left( {x,t} \right)} \right],x\left( {{t_0}} \right) = \tilde x$$

Then we prove that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between a certain class of linear generalized ODE and the Cauchy problem for a linear functional differential equations of the form

$$\dot y = \mathcal{L}\left( t \right)y_t,\;y_{t_0} = \varphi$$

, where \(\mathcal{L}\) is a bounded linear operator and φ is a regulated function. The main result comes as a consequence of such results. Finally, because of the extent of generalized ODEs, we are also able to describe the variation-of-constants formula for both impulsive FDEs and measure neutral FDEs.

     

Inequalities for combinatorial sums

For \(k,l\in \mathbf {N}\), let

$$\begin{aligned}&P_{k,l}=\Bigl (\frac{l}{k+l}\Bigr )^{k+l} \sum _{\nu =0}^{k-1} {k+l\atopwithdelims ()\nu } \Bigl (\frac{k}{l}\Bigr )^{\nu }\\&\quad \text{ and }\quad Q_{k,l}=\Bigl (\frac{l}{k+l}\Bigr )^{k+l} \sum _{\nu =0}^{k} {k+l\atopwithdelims ()\nu } \Bigl (\frac{k}{l}\Bigr )^{\nu }. \end{aligned}$$

We prove that the inequality

$$\begin{aligned} \frac{1}{4}\le P_{k,l} \end{aligned}$$

is valid for all natural numbers k and l. The sign of equality holds if and only if \(k=l=1\). This complements a result of Vietoris, who showed that

$$\begin{aligned} P_{k,l}<\frac{1}{2} \quad {(k,l\in \mathbf {N})}. \end{aligned}$$

An immediate corollary is that

$$\begin{aligned} \frac{1}{4}\le P_{k,l}<\frac{1}{2} <Q_{k,l}\le \frac{3}{4} \quad {(k,l\in \mathbf {N})}. \end{aligned}$$

The constant bounds are sharp.

     

Analytic Hypoellipticity for a New Class of Sums of Squares of Vector Fields in $${\mathcal {R}}^3$$

This paper is devoted to a substantial generalization of previous work on the analytic hypoellipticity of sums of squares \(P=\sum _1^4X^2_j\) of real vector fields with real analytic coefficient in three variables. For p(x, y) quasi-homogeneous in (x, y), consider the vector fields

$$\begin{aligned} X_1 = \frac{\partial }{\partial x}, \quad X_2=-\frac{\partial }{\partial y} + p(x,y)\frac{\partial }{\partial t}, \quad X_3=x^{n_1}\frac{\partial }{\partial t}, \quad X_4=y^{n_2}\frac{\partial }{\partial t}, \end{aligned}$$

\( n_1, n_2 \ne 0\). We show that the operator

$$\begin{aligned} P=\sum _1^4 X_j^2, \end{aligned}$$

well known to be \(C^\infty \)-hypoelliptic, is actually analytic hypoelliptic near the origin in \({\mathcal {R}}^3\).

     

The maximum and minimum degree of the random <Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis>-uniform <Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis>-partite hypergraphs

In this paper we consider the random r-uniform r-partite hypergraph model H(n ₁, n ₂, ···, n _r; n, p) which consists of all the r-uniform r-partite hypergraphs with vertex partition {V ₁, V ₂, ···, V _r} where |V _i| = n _i = n _i(n) (1 ≤ i ≤ r) are positive integer-valued functions on n with n ₁ +n ₂ +···+n _r = n, and each r-subset containing exactly one element in V _i (1 ≤ i ≤ r) is chosen to be a hyperedge of H _p ∈ H (n ₁, n ₂, ···, n _r; n, p) with probability p = p(n), all choices being independent. Let

$${\Delta _{{V_1}}} = {\Delta _{{V_1}}}\left( H \right)$$

and

$${\delta _{{V_1}}} = {\delta _{{V_1}}}\left( H \right)$$

be the maximum and minimum degree of vertices in V ₁ of H, respectively;

$${X_{d,{V_1}}} = {X_{d,{V_1}}}\left( H \right),{Y_{d,{V_1}}} = {Y_{d,{V_1}}}\left( H \right)$$

,

$${Z_{d,{V_1}}} = {Z_{d,{V_1}}}\left( H \right)and{Z_{c,d,{V_1}}} = {Z_{c,d,{V_1}}}\left( H \right)$$

be the number of vertices in V ₁ of H with degree d, at least d, at most d, and between c and d, respectively. In this paper we obtain that in the space H(n ₁, n ₂, ···, n _r; n, p),

$${X_{d,{V_1}}},{Y_{d,{V_1}}},{Z_{d,{V_1}}}and{Z_{c,d,{V_1}}}$$

all have asymptotically Poisson distributions. We also answer the following two questions. What is the range of p that there exists a function D(n) such that in the space H(n ₁, n ₂, ···, n _r; n, p),

$$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } P\left( {{\Delta _{{V_1}}} = D\left( n \right)} \right) = 1$$

? What is the range of p such that a.e., H _p ∈ H (n ₁, n ₂, ···, n _r; n, p) has a unique vertex in V ₁ with degree

$${\Delta _{{V_1}}}\left( {{H_p}} \right)$$

? Both answers are p = o (log n ₁/N), where

$$N = \mathop \prod \limits_{i = 2}^r {n_i}$$

. The corresponding problems on

$${\delta _{{V_i}}}\left( {{H_p}} \right)$$

also are considered, and we obtained the answers are p ≤ (1 + o(1))(log n ₁/N) and p = o (log n ₁/N), respectively.

     

Shifted convolution sums involving theta series

Let f be a cuspidal newform (holomorphic or Maass) of arbitrary level and nebentypus and denote by \(\lambda _f(n)\) its nth Hecke eigenvalue. Let

$$\begin{aligned} r(n)=\#\left\{ (n_1,n_2)\in \mathbb {Z}^2:n_1^2+n_2^2=n\right\} . \end{aligned}$$

In this paper, we study the shifted convolution sum

$$\begin{aligned} \mathcal {S}_h(X)=\sum _{n\le X}\lambda _f(n+h)r(n), \qquad 1\le h\le X, \end{aligned}$$

and establish uniform bounds with respect to the shift h for \(\mathcal {S}_h(X)\).

     

Infinitely many solutions for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with general nonlinearity

We prove the existence of infinitely many solutions for

$$\begin{aligned} - \Delta u + V(x) u = f(u) \quad \text { in } \mathbb {R}^N, \quad u \in H^1(\mathbb {R}^N), \end{aligned}$$

where V(x) satisfies \(\lim _{|x| \rightarrow \infty } V(x) = V_\infty >0\) and some conditions. We require conditions on f(u) only around 0 and at \(\infty \).

     

Classification of certain qualitative properties of solutions for the quasilinear parabolic equations

In this paper, we mainly consider the initial boundary problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation u_t-div(|?u|~(p-2)?u) =-|u|~(β-1) u + α|u|~(q-2 )u,where p 1, β 0, q≥1 and α 0. By using Gagliardo-Nirenberg type inequality, the energy method and comparison principle, the phenomena of blowup and extinction are classified completely in the different ranges of reaction exponents.     

Classes of Idempotents in Hilbert Space

An idempotent operator E in a Hilbert space \({\mathcal {H}}\) \((E^2=1)\) is written as a \(2\times 2\) matrix in terms of the orthogonal decomposition

$$\begin{aligned} {\mathcal {H}}=R(E)\oplus R(E)^\perp \end{aligned}$$

(R(E) is the range of E) as

$$\begin{aligned} E=\left( \begin{array}{l@{\quad }l} 1_{R(E)} &{} E_{1,2} \\ 0 &{} 0 \end{array} \right) . \end{aligned}$$

We study the sets of idempotents that one obtains when \(E_{1,2}:R(E)^\perp \rightarrow R(E)\) is a special type of operator: compact, Fredholm and injective with dense range, among others.

     

Regularity results for non-autonomous functionals with $$\varvec{{L}\log {L}}$$-growth and Orlicz Sobolev coefficients

We study the regularity properties of local minimizers of non-autonomous convex integral functionals of the type

$$\begin{aligned} \mathcal {F}( u, \Omega )= \int _{\Omega } \! f(x,Du) \, \,dx, \end{aligned}$$

when the integrand f has almost linear growth with respect to the gradient variable and the dependence on the x-variable is controlled by a function which belongs to a suitable Orlicz Sobolev space.

     

Aubry–Mather Sets for Relativistic Oscillators with Anharmonic Potentials

In this paper, by the Aubry–Mather theory, it is proved that there are many periodic solutions and usual or generalized quasiperiodic solutions for relativistic oscillator with anharmonic potentials models d/dt(x/(1-|x|~2~(1/2))+ |x|~(α-1)x=p(t),where p(t) ∈ C~0(R~1) is 1-periodic and α 0.