数学的进步

我们从三个侧面来考察现代数学的进步:1.百年难题的破解,2.研究领域的拓展,3.政府民间的关注.头两个方面来自数学内部,第三方面是外部环境.我们不仅可以从数学发展的历史中吸取力量.还可以从中得到许多启迪.1百年难题的破解关于难题的破解,让我们限于最近30年.第     

一个颇受争议的选择题引起的思考

1题目 (安徽省皖北协作区2011届联考数学试题(理)第5题)函数f(x)=√sinx,x∈[0,π]的图象绕x轴旋转一周得到的旋转体的体积是A.1 B.2 C.π D.2π本次考试结束后,按惯例笔者及时的调查一些学生,了解考试的情况,以便有针对性的试卷讲评.此次调查了8位学生,成绩中等偏上,结果只有两人选对.     

测度的微分同测度与单位逼近的卷积的边界渐近性质

文中对通常意义下的核与定义在RN上的有限Borel测度μ作卷积之后得到的u加以讨论,研究了u在边界Arn+1+处的渐近性质.根据μ的对称导数与的性质,得到了同N.A.Watson类似的结果,也就是本文的主要结果.即:当μ为正测度时,u(x,t)(t→0)与μ的对称导数是相互等价的.并由此将N.A.Watson的结果加以推广.     

涉及平移函数的亚纯函数唯一性定理的一个注记

改进Heittokangas等最近获得的涉及亚纯函数与其平移函数唯一性的一个结果[J.Heit-tokangas,R.Korhonen,I.Laine,J.Rieppo and J.Zhang,Value sharing results for shifts of mero-morphic function and sufficient conditions for periodicity,J.Math.Anal.Appl.,355（2009）：352-363].     

幂等矩阵的组合的可逆性

本文研究了两个幂等矩阵P与Q的组合aP+bQ-cPQ-dQP-ePQP (其中a,b,c,d,e∈(C),a≠0,b≠0)的可逆性. 利用P-Q的可逆性及幂等矩阵的性质,得到了aP+bQ-cPQ-dQP-ePQP可逆的一些充要条件. 推广了J. J.Koliha 和 V.RakoA(c)eviA(c)[1]及Zuo Kezheng[2]的结论.     

沿着不连通曲面的Heegaard分解的不可稳定化的融合积

Let M be a 3-manifold, F= {F1 , F2 , . . . , Fn } be a collection of essential closed surfaces in M (for any i, j ∈ {1, ..., n}, ifi≠j, Fi is not parallel to Fj and Fi ∩Fj = φ) and0 M be a collection of components of M. Suppose M-UFi ∈FFi×(-1, 1) contains k components M1 , M2 , . . . , Mk . If each M i has a Heegaard splitting ViUSiWi with d(Si) > 4(g(M1 ) + ··· + g(Mk )), then any minimal Heegaard splitting of M relative to 0M is obtained by doing amalgamations and self-amalgamations from minimal Heegaard splittings or -stabilization of minimal Heegaard splittings of M1 , M2 , . . . , Mk .     

群的融合自由积的几种广义Fratttini子群

M.K.Azarian将C.Y.Tang的一个引理推广到了下拟Frattini子群的情况,并且还提出了两个公开问题.为了回答这两个问题,进一步研究了群的融合自由积的一些广义Frattini子群,并且得到了一些结果.     

关于广义Kloosterman和的高次均值的一个注记

本文的主要目的是利用三次特征的性质,以及W.Duke,H.Iwaniec,B.J.Birch等人的重要工作来研究广义Kloosterman和的高次均值,并给出一些有趣的计算公式.     

股价最简微分方程,其解及与Black-Scholes模型的假设的相互关系

在系数的某种等价关系条件下,股价的两类数学表达式,一类是基于明确型描述的由类似固体力学方法导出的最简微分方程(S.D.E.)的解,另一类是基于不确定型描述(即统计理论)的Black-Scholes模型的假设(A.B-S.M.),即股价密度函数服从对数正态分布,可以是完全相同的.S.D.E.的解仅适用于股市的常规情形(无利好或利空消息,等),因此,A.B-S.M.的适用范围也相同.     

平易近人的微积分

微积分学本属于高等数学,一直是大学理工科的必修课程.但在大学生中,没有真正学懂微积分的人为数不少.难怪许多大学教授不主张在中学开设微积分课程.然而,天不遂人愿,近几年来,微积分悄然进入了高中,在老师和学生中,不免引发了一些心理失衡.为了缓解人们的忧虑,作者撰写此文.     

Half Space and Quarter Space Dirichlet Problems for the Partial Differential Equation

A customary, heuristic, method, by which the Poisson integral formula for the Dirichlet problem, for the half space, for Laplace's equation is obtained, involves Green's function, and Kelvin's method of images. Although this heuristic method leads one to guess the correct result, this Poisson formula still has to be verified directly, independently of the method by which it was arrived at, in order to be absolutely certain that a solution of the Dirichlet problem for the half space, for Laplace's equation, has been actually obtained. A similar heuristic method, as seems to be generally known, could be followed in solving the Dirichlet problem, for the half space, for the equation where is a real constant. However, in Part 1, a different, labor-saving, method is used to study Dirichlet problems for the equation. This method is essentially based on what Hadamard called the method of descent. Indeed, it is shown that he who has solved the half space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation has already solved the half space Dirichlet problem for the equation In Part 2, the solution formula for the quarter space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation is obtained from the Poisson integral formula for the half space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation. A representation theorem for harmonic functions in the quarter space is deduced. The method of descent is used, in Part 3, to obtain the solution formula for the quarter space Dirichlet problem for the equation by means of the solution formula for the quarter space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation. So that, indeed, it is also shown that he who has solved the quarter space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation has already solved the quarter space Dirichlet problem for the " equation" For the sake of completeness and clarity, and for the convenience of the reader, the appendix, at the end of Part 3, contains a detailed proof that the Poisson integral formula solves the half space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation. The Bibliography for Parts 1,2, 3 is to be found at the end of Part 1.     

流动稳定性弱非线性理论的重新考虑*

弱非性理论已被广泛用于流动稳定性理论及其它领域.然而其应用对某些问题虽是成功的,但对另一些问题,其结果却常不令人满意,特别是对转捩或自由剪切流中涡的演化这类问题,这时理论研究的目的不是寻找稳态解,而是预测演化过程.在本文中,我们将研究不成功的原因并建议一些改进的办法.     

Determinants of matrices over semirings

In this paper, the concept of determinants for the matrices over a commutative semiring is introduced, and a development of determinantal identities is presented. This includes a generalization of the Laplace and Binet–Cauchy Theorems, as well as on adjoint matrices. Also, the determinants and the adjoint matrices over a commutative difference-ordered semiring are discussed and some inequalities for the determinants and for the adjoint matrices are obtained. The main results in this paper generalize the corresponding results for matrices over commutative rings, for fuzzy matrices, for lattice matrices and for incline matrices.     

An approximation of stochastic hyperbolic equations: case with Wiener process

In the present paper, the two‐step difference scheme for the Cauchy problem for the stochastic hyperbolic equation is presented. The convergence estimate for the solution of the difference scheme is established. In applications, the convergence estimates for the solution of difference schemes for the numerical solution of four problems for hyperbolic equations are obtained. The theoretical statements for the solution of this difference scheme are supported by the results of the numerical experiment. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Temperature prediction at critical points in district heating systems

Current methodologies for the optimal operation of district heating systems use model predictive control. Accurate forecasting of the water temperature at critical points is crucial for meeting constraints related to consumers while minimizing the production costs for the heat supplier. A new forecasting methodology based on conditional finite impulse response (cFIR) models is introduced, for which model coefficients are replaced by coefficient functions of the water flux at the supply point and of the time of day, allowing for nonlinear variations of the time delays. Appropriate estimation methods for both are described. Results are given for the test case of the Roskilde district heating system over a period of more than 6 years. The advantages of the proposed forecasting methodology in terms of a higher forecast accuracy, its use for simulation purposes, or alternatively for better understanding transfer functions of district heating systems, are clearly shown.     

Pricing strategies for perishable products: the case of Vienna and the hotel reservation system hrs.com

Consider a retailer who sells perishable products for which there is uncertain demand. Yield management with dynamic pricing is a standard practice that firms use for revenue management. For perishable products, recent analysis has focused on the distribution of flight capacity, referred to as ticket sales. Other non- storable, non-transportable, immaterial hospitality products include hotel capacity. The article discusses the extent to which hotel pricing strategies vary within the internet distribution system hrs.com. This study focuses on the distribution of hotel rooms available for booking on the internet for Vienna and gives an outlook to Euroland capitals. The main research interests are the underlying pricing models and the setting of the end price. Data was taken from hrs.com, which is the most important specialist for hotel room internet distribution in Germany according to recent studies by KMPG and others. The results include the identification of different pricing strategy clusters with regard to hotel category and hotel availability over a 22-day period for Vienna and one city from all Euroland countries (the capitals were studied for all cases except for the Netherlands, for which data was collected for Amsterdam). The study took the arrival days Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays into account, and used data for all these days from the 11th of July, 2005, to the 10th of October, 2005, for Vienna, and the first and the last of these dates as a comparison base for the other Euroland cities.     

Convergence in competition models with small diffusion coefficients

It is well known that for reaction-diffusion 2-species Lotka-Volterra competition models with spatially independent reaction terms, global stability of an equilibrium for the reaction system implies global stability for the reaction-diffusion system. This is not in general true for spatially inhomogeneous models. We show here that for an important range of such models, for small enough diffusion coefficients, global convergence to an equilibrium holds for the reaction-diffusion system, if for each point in space the reaction system has a globally attracting hyperbolic equilibrium. This work is planned as an initial step towards understanding the connection between the asymptotics of reaction-diffusion systems with small diffusion coefficients and that of the corresponding reaction systems.     

Explicit Coercivity Estimates for the Linearized Boltzmann and Landau Operators

We prove explicit coercivity estimates for the linearized Boltzmann and Landau operators, for a general class of interactions including any inverse-power law interactions, and hard spheres. The functional spaces of these coercivity estimates depend on the collision kernel of these operators. They cover the spectral gap estimates for the linearized Boltzmann operator with Maxwell molecules, improve these estimates for hard potentials, and are the first explicit coercivity estimates for soft potentials (including in particular the case of Coulombian interactions). We also prove a regularity property for the linearized Boltzmann operator with non locally integrable collision kernels, and we deduce from it a new proof of the compactness of its resolvent for hard potentials without angular cutoff.     

Weak solutions in nonlinear poroelasticity with incompressible constituents

We consider quasi-static nonlinear poroelastic systems with applications in biomechanics and, in particular, tissue perfusion. The nonlinear permeability is taken to be dependent on solid dilation, and physical types of boundary conditions (Dirichlet, Neumann, and mixed) for the fluid pressure are considered. The system under consideration represents a nonlinear, implicit, degenerate evolution problem, which falls outside of the well-known implicit semigroup monotone theory. Previous literature related to proving existence of weak solutions for these systems is based on constructing solutions as limits of approximations, and energy estimates are obtained only for the constructed solutions. In comparison, in this treatment we provide for the first time a direct, fixed point strategy for proving the existence of weak solutions, which is made possible by a novel result on the uniqueness of weak solutions of the associated linear system (where the permeability is given as a function of space and time). The uniqueness proof for the associated linear problem is based on novel energy estimates for arbitrary weak solutions, rather than just for constructed solutions. The results of this work provide a foundation for addressing strong solutions, as well as uniqueness of weak solutions for nonlinear poroelastic systems.