Estimation of the measure of the image of the ball

Under study is the class of ring Q-homeomorphisms with respect to the p-module. We establish a criterion for a function to belong to the class and solve a problem that stems from M. A. Lavrentiev [1] on the estimation of the measure of the image of the ball under these mappings. We also address the asymptotic behavior of these mappings at a point.     

On the distributions of the ratios of the extreme roots to the trace of the Wishart matrix

In this paper, the authors cosider the derivation of the exact distributions of the ratios of the extreme roots to the trace of the Wishart matrix. Also, exact percentage points of these distributions are given and their applications are discussed.     

On the rational approximation of the sum of the reciprocals of the Fermat numbers

Let $\mathcal{G}(z):=\sum_{n\geqslant0} z^{2^{n}}(1-z^{2^{n}})^{-1}$ denote the generating function of the ruler function, and $\mathcal {F}(z):=\sum_{n\geqslant} z^{2^{n}}(1+z^{2^{n}})^{-1}$ ; note that the special value $\mathcal{F}(1/2)$ is the sum of the reciprocals of the Fermat numbers $F_{n}:=2^{2^{n}}+1$ . The functions $\mathcal{F}(z)$ and $\mathcal{G}(z)$ as well as their special values have been studied by Mahler, Golomb, Schwarz, and Duverney; it is known that the numbers $\mathcal {F}(\alpha)$ and $\mathcal{G}(\alpha)$ are transcendental for all algebraic numbers α which satisfy 0<α<1. For a sequence u, denote the Hankel matrix $H_{n}^{p}(\mathbf {u}):=(u({p+i+j-2}))_{1\leqslant i,j\leqslant n}$ . Let α be a real number. The irrationality exponent μ(α) is defined as the supremum of the set of real numbers μ such that the inequality |α?p/q|<q ^?μ has infinitely many solutions (p,q)∈?×?. In this paper, we first prove that the determinants of $H_{n}^{1}(\mathbf {g})$ and $H_{n}^{1}(\mathbf{f})$ are nonzero for every n?1. We then use this result to prove that for b?2 the irrationality exponents $\mu(\mathcal{F}(1/b))$ and $\mu(\mathcal{G}(1/b))$ are equal to 2; in particular, the irrationality exponent of the sum of the reciprocals of the Fermat numbers is 2.     

Refinement of the asymptotics of the power of the quantile test

One investigates the asymptotic properties of the quantile test, similar to the properties of the Pearson's chi-square test of fit.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 153, pp. 5–15, 1986.The author is grateful to D. M. Chibisov for useful remarks.     

Effect of the properties of the components and the geometric characteristics of the structure on the thermal-conductivity coefficients of glass-reinforced plastics

A method is proposed for estimating the thermal-conductivity coefficients of orthotropic composite glass-reinforced plastics with a structure composed of continually repeating units, in which the contours of the reinforcing elements can be described by a sinusoidal law. The arguments in the formulas are the relative content and thermophysical characteristics of the components and the parameters of the microstructure of the materials considered.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 18–23, 1968     

On the algorithm of the solution of the signorini problem

An algorithm is proposed for solving the Signorini problem /1/ in the formulation of a unilateral variational problem for the boundary functional in the zone of possible contact /2/. The algorithm is based on a dual formulation of Lagrange maximin problems for whose solution a decomposition approach is used in the following sense: a Ritz process in the basis functions that satisfy the linear constraint of the problem, the differential equation in the domain, is used in solving the minimum problem (with fixed Lagrange multipliers); the maximum problem is solved by the method of descent (a generalization of the Frank-Wolf method) under convexity constraints on the Lagrange multipliers. The algorithm constructed can be conisidered as a modification of the well-known algorithm to find the Udzawa-Arrow-Hurwitz saddle points /3, 4/. The convergence of the algorithm is investigated. A numerical analysis of the algorithm is performed in the example of a classical contact problem about the insertion of a stamp in an elastic half-plane under approximation of the contact boundary by isoparametric boundary elements. The comparative efficiency of the algorithm is associated with the reduction in the dimensionality of the boundary value problem being solved and the possibility of utilizing the calculation apparatus of the method of boundary elements to realize the solution.     

Effect of the properties of the material of the buckling of a plate

In [2] it was shown with reference to the cylindrical bending of a plate that the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis is asympototically accurate for determining the critical load irrespective of the properties of the material. However, the question of the dependence of the critical load on the material properties was left unexplored. This question is now numerically investigated. Curves characterizing the variation of the critical load with relative shear modulus are presented.Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 355–357. March–April, 1969.     

An estimate of the derivatives of the solutions of variational inequalities on the boundary of the domain

For the equation Au=f(x) in the domain Rⁿ, where A is a linear second-order elliptic operator, under conditions of Signorini type on the boundary of the domain , one proves the boundedness of the Hölder continuity of the first derivatives of the solution under the assumption that f L_q(), q>n. The results are applied to the investigation of the regularity of the solutions of variational inequalities in the case of quasilinear operators.Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, No. 10, pp. 92–105, 1986.     

A comparison of the solutions of the problems of the theory of shells and the three-dimensional theory of elasticity

By comparing with the results obtained by numerical solution of a three-dimensional problem of the theory of elasticity we evaluate the different versions of the theory of elastic orthotropic cylindrical shells.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 28, 1988, pp. 96–101.     

On the minimization of the product of the powers of several integrals

This paper considers the minimization of the product of the powers ofn integrals, each of which depends on a functiony(x) and its derivative . The necessary conditions for the extremum are derived within the frame of the Mayer-Bolza formulation of the calculus of variations, and it is shown that the extremal arc is governed by a second-order differential equation involvingn undetermined multipliers related to the unknown values of the integrals. After the general solution is combined with the definitions of the multipliers and the end conditions, a system ofn+2 algebraic equations is obtained; it involvesn+2 unknowns, that is, then undetermined multipliers and two integration constants.The procedure discussed here can be employed in the study of shapes which are aerodynamically optimum at supersonic, hypersonic, and free-molecular flow velocities, that is, wings and fuselages having the maximum lift-to-drag ratio or the minimum drag. The problem of a slender body of revolution having the minimum pressure drag in Newtonian hypersonic flow is developed as an example. First, a general solution is derived for any pair of conditions imposed on the length, the thickness, the wetted area, and the volume. Then, a particular case is treated, that in which the thickness and the wetted area are given, while the length and the volume are free; the shape minimizing the pressure drag is a cone.This research, supported by the Office of Scientific Research, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, Grant No. AF-AFOSR-828-67, is a condensed version of the investigation described in Ref. 1. The author is indebted to Messrs. H. Y. Huang, J. C. Heideman, and J. N. Damoulakis for analytical and numerical assistance.