Eine Bemerkung über a-priori-fixpunkte nicht-expansiver Abbildungen

For a certain class of convex sets K in normed spaces a generalized center isdefined such that every non-expansive mapping :KK with co (K)K has this center as a fixed point.     

Decompositions of factor maps involving bi-closing maps

We describe all possible decompositions of a finite-to-one factor map : _A S, from an irreducible shift of finite type onto a sofic shift, into two maps =, such that the range of is a shift of finite type, and is bi-closing. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for to be almost topologically conjugate overS to a bi-closing map.     

Jensen inequalities for functions with higher monotonicities

Summary We investigate generalizations of the classical Jensen and Chebyshev inequalities. On one hand, we restrict the class of functions and on the other we enlarge the class of measures which are allowed. As an example, consider the inequality (J)(f(x) d) A (f(x) d, d d = 1. Iff is an arbitrary nonnegativeL _x function, this holds if 0, is convex andA = 1. Iff is monotone the measure need not be positive for (J) to hold for all convex withA = 1. If has higher monotonicity, e.g., is also convex, then we get a version of (J) withA < 1 and measures that need not be positive.     

The integrability of conjugate functions

For any functionf of L(0, 2), we prove that there is a function L(0, 2) such that ¦(x)¦ = ¦f(x)¦ almost everywhere and L(0, 2), where is the conjugate of.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 461–465, October, 1968.     

Quasisimilarity of model contractions with unequal defects

Let T and T be C₁₀ contractions with characteristic functions H (ⁿⁿ⁺¹), H (^mm+1). The fundamental result is: T and T are quasisimilar if and only if The paper contains an analysis of this condition; examples are given.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 149, pp. 24–37, 1986.     

A lower closure theorem for abstract control problems withL p-bounded controls

A lower closure theorem for an abstract control problem is proved. The functional isJ(,u)= _G f ⁰(t, (M)(t),u(t))dt and the state equations areN(t)=f(t, (M)(t),u(t)). It is shown that, if {( _k ,u _k)} is a sequence of admissible controlsu _k and corre-sponding trajectories _k such that lim infJ( _k ,u _k)<+ and such that _k weakly,M _k M strongly,N _k N weakly, and {u _k} is bounded in someL _p norm, then there is a controlu such that (,u) is admissible and lim infJ( _k ,u _k)J(,u).Dedicated to Professor M. R. HestenesThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. GP-33551X.     

Free Algebras over Biregularizations of Varieties

Let : F N be a type of algebras, where F is a set of fundamental operation symbols and N is the set of nonnegative integers. An identity of type is called biregular if the sets of variables in and are identical and the sets of fundamental operation symbols in and are identical. If K is a variety of type , we denote by K_b the variety of type defined by all biregular identities from Id(K). K_b will be called the biregularization of K. In this paper we give a representation of free algebras over K_b by means of free algebras over K.     

A characterization of multivariate quasi-interpolation formulas and its applications

Summary Let be a compactly supported function on ^s andS () the linear space withgenerator ; that is,S () is the linear span of the multiinteger translates of . It is well known that corresponding to a generator there are infinitely many quasi-interpolation formulas. A characterization of these formulas is presented which allows for their direct calculation in a variety of forms suitable to particular applications, and in addition, provides a clear formulation of the difficult problem of minimally supported quasi-interpolants. We introduce a generalization of interpolation called -interpolation and a notion of higher order quasi-interpolation called -approximation. A characterization of -approximants similar to that of quasi-interpolants is obtained with similar applications. Among these applications are estimating least-squares approximants without matrix inversion, surface fitting to incomplete or semi-scattered discrete data, and constructing generators with one-point quasi-interpolation formulas. It will be seen that the exact values of the generator at the multi-integers ^s facilitates the above study. An algorithm to yield this information for box splines is discussed.Supported by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army Research Office     

Eine Charakterisierung unendlich oft teilbarer Verteilungen auf [0, ∞)

A function : [0, )(-,0] is the logarithm of the Laplace transform of an infinitely divisible probability measure on [0,) if and only if (0)=0, is continuous and conditionally positiv semi-definite.     

Resolvent of the Toeplitz operator may increase arbitrarily fast

It is proved that for every sequence of points _n from the unit circle, _n1, and for an arbitrary sequence of positive numbers A_n, A_n, there exists a continuous real function u, such that for the Toeplitz operator T (acting in the Hardy space H²) with the symbol =e ^iu we have the estimates (T–_nI)^–1>A_n, n.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova, AN SSSR, Vol. 157, pp. 175–177, 1987.