MELNIKOV FUNCTIONS AND PERTURBATION OF A PLANAR HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM

In this paper, Melnikov functions which apper in the study of limit cycles of a perturbed planar Hamiltonlan system are studied. There are two main contributions here. The first one is related to the explicit formulae for these functions: a new method is developed to achieve the goal for the second one (Theorem A). the authors also discover a close relation between Melnlkov functions and focal qtmntities (Theorem 13). This relation is useful in both judging when a Melnikov function is identically zero and simplifying the computation of a Melnikov function (see §5). I)espite these results, this paper also includes other related resuEs, e.g. some estimations of the upper bound for the number of limit cycles in a perturbed Hamiltonian system.     

Cohomology of the moduli of parabolic vector bundles

The purpose of this paper is to compute the Betti numbers of the moduli space ofparabolic vector bundles on a curve (see Seshadri [7], [8] and Mehta & Seshadri [4]), in the case where every semi-stable parabolic bundle is necessarily stable. We do this by generalizing the method of Atiyah and Bott [1] in the case of moduli of ordinary vector bundles. Recall that (see Seshadri [7]) the underlying topological space of the moduli of parabolic vector bundles is the space of equivalence classes of certain unitary representations of a discrete subgroup Γ which is a lattice in PSL (2,R). (The lattice Γ need not necessarily be co-compact). While the structure of the proof is essentially the same as that of Atiyah and Bott, there are some difficulties of a technical nature in the parabolic case. For instance the Harder-Narasimhan stratification has to be further refined in order to get the connected strata. These connected strata turn out to have different codimensions even when they are part of the same Harder-Narasimhan strata. If in addition to ‘stable = semistable’ the rank and degree are coprime, then the moduli space turns out to be torsion-free in its cohomology. The arrangement of the paper is as follows. In § 1 we prove the necessary basic results about algebraic families of parabolic bundles. These are generalizations of the corresponding results proved by Shatz [9]. Following this, in § 2 we generalize the analytical part of the argument of Atiyah and Bott (§ 14 of [1]). Finally in § 3 we show how to obtain an inductive formula for the Betti numbers of the moduli space. We illustrate our method by computing explicitly the Betti numbers in the special case of rank = 2, and one parabolic point.     

Averaging of Backward Stochastic Differential Equations and Homogenization of Partial Differential Equations with Periodic Coefficients

Abstract

We study the limit of the solutions of systems of semi-linear partial differential equations (PDEs) of second order of parabolic type, with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients, a singular drift, and singular coefficients of the zero and second order terms. Our basic tool is the approach given by Pardoux [14 Pardoux , E. 1999 . Homogenization of linear and semilinear second order parabolic PDEs with periodic coefficients: a probabilistic approach . J. Funct. Anal. 167 : 498 – 520 . [CSA] [CROSSREF] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]. In particular, we use the weak convergence of an associated backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE).     

Regularity results for the gradient of solutions linear elliptic equations with L 1, λ data

We prove that if f belongs to the Morrey space , with λ ∊ [0, n−2], and u is the solution of the problem

Central Schur rings over the projective special linear groups

In [1 Bannai, E. (1991). Subschemes of some association schemes. J. Algebra 14:167–188.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], Bannai presents a fusion condition and uses this to consider central Schur rings (S-rings) over the simple groups PSL(2,q) where q is a prime power. In this paper, we concretely describe all such S-rings in terms of symmetric S-rings over cyclic groups. The final section discusses counting these.     

Products of regular cardinals and cardinal invariants of products of Boolean algebras

We answer some questions of Monk, and give some information on others concerning cardinal invariants of Boolean algebras under ultraproducts and products. The author would like to thank the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation for partially supporting this research, and Alice Leonhardt for the beautful typing. Publication no. 345. §1–4 of this paper are essentially the letters which the author sent in December 1987 to Monk solving problems from his notes on cardinal invariants of B.A.; §8 and §9 were written for §4; the other sections, §§5, 6 and 7, were completed in March 1988. Concerning §§5–9, for further results see Abstracts of AMS and subsequent papers. §10 was written during the Arcata meeting, summer 1985, and §11 in January 1986, after questions of Todorcevic.     

Vive la différence II. The Ax-Kochen isomorphism theorem

We show in §1 that the Ax-Kochen isomorphism theorem [AK] requires the continuum hypothesis. Most of the applications of this theorem are insensitive to set theoretic considerations. (A probable exception is the work of Moloney [Mo].) In §2 we give an unrelated result on cuts in models of Peano arithmetic which answers a question on the ideal structure of countable ultraproducts of ℤ posed in [LLS]. In §1 we also answer a question of Keisler regarding Scott complete ultrapowers of ℝ (see 1.18).      

Ricerche sopra il numero delle classi di forme aritmetiche di Hermite

Sommario Introduzione — Parte I.Forme definite ed indefinite di Hermite - § 1. Equivalenza delle sostituzioni aritmetiche a modulo indecomponibile - § 2. Il sistema completo normale di sostituzioni applicato alle forme di Hermite - § 3. Continuazione - § 4. Osservazione fondamentale — Parte II.Forme definite di Hermite - § 5. Le forme definite di Hermite nello spazio non euclideo - § 6. I gruppi automorfi aritmetici delle forme definite di Hermite — Parte III.Relazioni sopra il numero delle classi di forme definite di Hermite - § 7. I valori del numeron per le forme definite di Hermite - § 8. Forme definite di Hermite primitive di prima specie - § 9. Forme definite di Hermite primitive di seconda specie.     

Factor orbit equivalence of compact group extensions and classification of finite extensions of ergodic automorphisms

In §§1–5, we classifyn-point extensions of ergodic automorphisms up to factor orbit-equivalence (which is the natural analogue of factor isomorphism). This classification is in terms of conjugacy classes of subgroups of the symmetric group onn points, and parallels D. Rudolph’s classification ofn-point extensions of Bernoulli shifts up to factor isomorphism. In §6, we give another proof of A. Fieldsteel’s theorem on factor orbit-equivalence of compact group extensions.     

Corrigendum to “generalized martin’s axiom and souslin’s hypothesis for higher cardinals”

Correct proofs are given for Theorem 3 and the Propositions of §§5, 6 of [4]. For the latter, we must modify the principle (S)″ in a technical way. We prove a weaker version of Theorem 2, where □ is replaced by the stronger hypothesis PΓ_{N 1} ^b. Partially supported by NSF grant MCS 8301042.     

Corrispondenze birazionali e topologia di varietà algebriche

Sunto § 1:Introduzione. — Parte prima:Alcune proprietà di dilatazioni e contrazioni, nonché dei loro prodotti. § 2:Generalità sugli elementi irregolari delle corrispondenze birazionali. § 3:Influenza delle dilatazioni sopra la base per le varietà algebriche contenute in una data. § 4:Alcune proprietà delle transformazioni birazionali fra superficie. § 5:Estensioni alle varietà superiori. — Parte seconda:Topologia di varietà algebriche tagliate, ed applicazioni alle corrispondenze birazionali. § 6:Premesse. § 7:Proprietà omologiche d’immersione di una varietà algebrica in un’ altra. § 8:Alcune applicazioni alle trasformazioni birazionali.     

Highly oscillatory behavior of the activator in the Gierer and Meinhardt system

In this article we construct a new type of solutions for the Gierer and Meinhardt system

On subgroups of finite <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-groups

In §2, we prove that if a 2-group G and all its nonabelian maximal sub-groups are two-generator, then G is either metacyclic or minimal non-abelian. In §3, we consider a similar question for p > 2. In §4 the 2-groups all of whose minimal nonabelian subgroups have order 16 and a cyclic subgroup of index 2, are classified. It is proved, in §5, that if G is a nonmetacyclic two-generator 2-group and A, B, C are all its maximal subgroups with d(A) ≤ d(B) ≤ d(C), then d(C) = 3 and either d(A) = d(B) = 3 (this occurs if and only if G/G′ has no cyclic subgroup of index 2) or else d(A) = d(B) = 2. Some information on the last case is obtained in Theorem 5.3.     

Notes on monadic logic. Part B: Complexity of linear orders in ZFC

In those notes we prove in ZFC: (a) that the monadic theory of linear order (syntactically) interprets and has the same Lowenheim number as second order logic (the interpretation is semantical but not in the “classical” way), (b) a parallel (weaker) result for the monadic logic for completely metrizable spaces. The main results are in §§5, 6. The author would like to thank the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation for partially supporting this research, and Alice Leonhardt for the beautiful typing. Publication No. 284b.     

Quasi-interpolatory refinable functions and construction of biorthogonal wavelet systems

We present a new family of compactly supported and symmetric biorthogonal wavelet systems. Each refinement mask in this family has tension parameter ω. When ω = 0, it becomes the minimal length biorthogonal Coifman wavelet system (Wei et al., IEEE Trans Image Proc 7:1000–1013, 1998). Choosing ω away from zero, we can get better smoothness of the refinable functions at the expense of slightly larger support. Though the construction of the new biorthogonal wavelet systems, in fact, starts from a new class of quasi-interpolatory subdivision schemes, we find that the refinement masks accidently coincide with the ones by Cohen et al. (Comm Pure Appl Math 45:485–560, 1992, §6.C) (or Daubechies 1992, §8.3.5), which are designed for the purpose of generating biorthogonal wavelets close to orthonormal cases. However, the corresponding mathematical analysis is yet to be provided. In this study, we highlight the connection between the quasi-interpolatory subdivision schemes and the masks by Cohen, Daubechies and Feauveau, and then we study the fundamental properties of the new biorthogonal wavelet systems such as regularity, stability, linear independence and accuracy.     

Nonlinear Instability of the Two-Dimensional Striation Model About Smooth Steady States

The two-dimensional striation model consists of a nonlinear system of PDE's which arises in the modeling of the ionospheric plasma. The local-in-time existence of strong solutions is first proved using Banach's fixed point theorem. Then, under physically relevant assumptions, the system is shown to be nonlinearly unstable as soon as it is linearly unstable. Moreover, the instability occurs before the possible blow-up time of the solution. The proof relies on an earlier work of Hwang and Guo (2003 Hwang , H. J. , Guo , Y. ( 2003 ). On the dynamical Rayleigh–Taylor instability . Arch. of Rat. Mech. Anal. 167 : 235 – 253 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). The first step of the proof is to investigate under which conditions the linearized system is unstable and to prove that its spectrum is bounded, by means of a variational formulation. The second one consists in constructing a family of solutions depending on the parameter δ measuring the smallness of the perturbation to the steady-state. Thanks to the boundedness of the linearized spectrum, this family of solutions is shown to be unstable by means of a power series expansion in δ.     

DIRECT SUM DECOMPOSITION OF THE PRODUCT OF PREINJECTIVE MODULES OVER RIGHT PURE SEMISIMPLE HEREDITARY RINGS

ABSTRACT

In his recent work, [1] Simson, D. 2000. An Artin Problem for Division Ring Extensions and the Pure Semisimplicity Conjecture, II. J. Algebra, 227: 670–705. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] and [2] Simson, D. 2001. On Small Right Pure Semisimple Rings and the Structure of their Auslander-Reiten Quiver. Communic. in Algebra, 29 in press[Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], on the pure semisimplicity conjecture Simson raised two problems about the structure of the direct sum decomposition of the direct product modulo the direct sum of indecomposable preinjective modules over right pure semisimple hereditary rings. The main goal of this paper is the proof of a theorem that resolves one of these problems and provides a partial answer to the other.     

On the existence of large subsets of [λ]κ which contain no unbounded non-stationary subsets RID="★"ID="★" Publication number 698 in author's list. Partially supported by the Israel Science Foundation.

 Here we deal with some problems posed by Matet. The first section deals with the existence of stationary subsets of [λ]^<κ with no unbounded subsets which are not stationary, where, of course, κ is regular uncountable ≤λ. In the second section we deal with the existence of such clubs. The proofs are easy but the result seems to be very surprising. Theorem 1.2 was proved some time ago by Baumgartner (see Theorem 2.3 of [Jo88]) and is presented here for the sake of completeness. Received: 10 December 1998 / Revised version: 2 February 1999 / Published online: 27 March 2002 RID="&starf;" ID="&starf;" Publication number 698 in author's list. Partially supported by the Israel Science Foundation.     

On the Multiplicity of a C^∞-differentiable Function-germ

Risler ＆ Trotman in 1997 proved that the multiplicity of an analytic function germ is left-right lipschitz invariant, which provided a partial answer to Zariski conjecture. In this note, based on the recent work of Comte, Milman ＆ Trotman, we generalize the work of them to prove that the multiplicity of a C^∞ differentiable function germ is also left-right lipschitz invariant.