From geometry to algebra: the Euclidean way with technology

In this paper, we present the results of an experimental classroom activity, history-based with a phylogenetic approach, to achieve algebra properties through geometry. In particular, we used Euclidean propositions, processed them by a dynamic geometry system and translate them into algebraic special products.     

欧氏空间子空间正交补的代数方法研究

在n维欧氏空间Rn中,对其任意的非零子空间V1,有子空间V2使V1⊥V2,且Rn=V1V2.本文对这一几何问题利用齐次线性方程组给予了代数方法的又一种证明.     

Quadratic Hermite–Padé polynomials associated with the exponential function

The asymptotic behavior of quadratic Hermite–Padé polynomials associated with the exponential function is studied for n→∞. These polynomials are defined by the relation

(*)

p_n(z)+q_n(z)e^z+r_n(z)e^2z=O(z³ⁿ⁺²) as z→0,

where O(·) denotes Landau's symbol. In the investigation analytic expressions are proved for the asymptotics of the polynomials, for the asymptotics of the remainder term in (*), and also for the arcs on which the zeros of the polynomials and of the remainder term cluster if the independent variable z is rescaled in an appropriate way. The asymptotic expressions are defined with the help of an algebraic function of third degree and its associated Riemann surface. Among other possible applications, the results form the basis for the investigation of the convergence of quadratic Hermite–Padé approximants, which will be done in a follow-up paper.     

B-splines and Hermite–Padé approximants to the exponential function

This paper is the continuation of a work initiated in [P. Sablonnière, An algorithm for the computation of Hermite–Padé approximations to the exponential function: divided differences and Hermite–Padé forms. Numer. Algorithms 33 (2003) 443–452] about the computation of Hermite–Padé forms (HPF) and associated Hermite–Padé approximants (HPA) to the exponential function. We present an alternative algorithm for their computation, based on the representation of HPF in terms of integral remainders with B-splines as Peano kernels. Using the good properties of discrete B-splines, this algorithm gives rise to a great variety of representations of HPF of higher orders in terms of HPF of lower orders, and in particular of classical Padé forms. We give some examples illustrating this algorithm, in particular, another way of constructing quadratic HPF already described by different authors. Finally, we briefly study a family of cubic HPF.     

Value distribution of the fifth Painlevé transcendents in sectorial domains

This article is concerned with a value distribution of the fifth Painlevé transcendents in sectorial domains around a fixed singular point. We show that the cardinality of the 1-points of a fifth Painlevé transcendent in a sector has an asymptotic growth of finite order, thereby giving an improvement of the known estimates.     

On the Domain of Divergence of Hermite–Fejér Interpolating Polynomials

Recently, the study of the behavior of the Hermite–Fejér interpolants in the complex plane was initiated by L. Brutman and I. Gopengauz (1999, Constr. Approx.15, 611–617). It was shown that, for a broad class of interpolatory matrices on [−1, 1], the sequence of polynomials induced by Hermite–Fejér interpolation to f(z)≡z diverges everywhere in the complex plane outside the interval of interpolation [−1, 1]. In this note we amplify this result and prove that the divergence phenomenon takes place without any restriction on the interpolatory matrices.     

Small-time expansions for the transition distributions of Lévy processes

Let X=(X_t)_t≥0 be a Lévy process with absolutely continuous Lévy measure ν. Small-time expansions of arbitrary polynomial order in t are obtained for the tails , y>0, of the process, assuming smoothness conditions on the Lévy density away from the origin. By imposing additional regularity conditions on the transition density p_t of X_t, an explicit expression for the remainder of the approximation is also given. As a byproduct, polynomial expansions of order n in t are derived for the transition densities of the process. The conditions imposed on p_t require that, away from the origin, its derivatives remain uniformly bounded as t→0. Such conditions are then shown to be satisfied for symmetric stable Lévy processes as well as some tempered stable Lévy processes such as the CGMY one. The expansions seem to correct the asymptotics previously reported in the literature.     

Asymptotic behavior of Solutions for Hénon systems with nearly critical exponent

We consider in this paper the problem

(0.1)

where Ω is the unit ball in centered at the origin, 0α<pN, β>0, N8, p>1, q_ε>1. Suppose q_ε→q>1 as ε→0⁺ and q_ε,q satisfy respectively

we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the ground state solutions (u_ε,v_ε) of (0.1) as ε→0⁺. We show that the ground state solutions concentrate at a point, which is located at the boundary. In addition, the ground state solution is non-radial provided that ε>0 is small.     

Continuous dependence on spatial geometry for the generalized Maxwell–Cattaneo system

In this paper the authors establish continuous dependence of the temperature on the spatial geometry in an initial‐boundary value problem for the generalized Maxwell–Cattaneo system of equations. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A remark on the definitions of viscosity solutions for the integro-differential equations with Lévy operators

We prove the equivalence of the three different definitions of the viscosity solution for the integro-differential equation with the Lévy operator. The two of the definitions are known in the preceding works of the author and the others, and the last one is new. A construction of a sequence of the approximating test functions to the subsolution (or the supersolution) is indispensable for the proof, and it is done explicitly in the paper.