Nowhere monotone functions and functions of nonmonotonic type

We investigate the relationships between the notions of a continuous function being monotone on no interval, monotone at no point, of monotonic type on no interval, and of monotonic type at no point. In particular, we characterize the set of all points at which a function that has one of the weaker properties fails to have one of the stronger properties. A theorem of Garg about level sets of continuous, nowhere monotone functions is strengthened by placing control on the location in the domain where the level sets are large. It is shown that every continuous function that is of monotonic type on no interval has large intersection with every function in some second category set in each of the spaces , and .

     

A monotone finite element scheme for convection-diffusion equations

A simple technique is given in this paper for the construction and analysis of a class of finite element discretizations for convection-diffusion problems in any spatial dimension by properly averaging the PDE coefficients on element edges. The resulting finite element stiffness matrix is an -matrix under some mild assumption for the underlying (generally unstructured) finite element grids. As a consequence the proposed edge-averaged finite element scheme is particularly interesting for the discretization of convection dominated problems. This scheme admits a simple variational formulation, it is easy to analyze, and it is also suitable for problems with a relatively smooth flux variable. Some simple numerical examples are given to demonstrate its effectiveness for convection dominated problems.

     

On oscillatory solutions of fourth order ordinary differential equations

The paper deals with the oscillation of a differential equation L ₄ y + P(t)L ₂ y + Q(t)y 0 as well as with the structure of its fundamental system of solutions.     

On a Primal-Dual Analytic Center Cutting Plane Method for Variational Inequalities

We present an algorithm for variational inequalities VI( , Y) that uses a primal-dual version of the Analytic Center Cutting Plane Method. The point-to-set mapping is assumed to be monotone, or pseudomonotone. Each computation of a new analytic center requires at most four Newton iterations, in theory, and in practice one or sometimes two. Linear equalities that may be included in the definition of the set Y are taken explicitly into account.We report numerical experiments on several well—known variational inequality problems as well as on one where the functional results from the solution of large subproblems. The method is robust and competitive with algorithms which use the same information as this one.     

2-阶邻域连通无爪图的Hamilton性

设Ｇ是无爪图．对ｘ∈Ｖ（Ｇ），若Ｇ［Ｎ（ｘ）］不连通，则存在ｙｉ∈Ｖ（Ｇ）－｛ｘ｝（ｉ－１，２），使｜Ｎ（ｙｉ）∩Ｋｉ（ｘ）｜≥２，且｜Ｎ（ｙｉ）∩Ｎ（Ｋｉ＋１（ｘ））｛ｘ｝｜≥２（ｉ模２），那么称无爪图Ｇ是强２－阶邻域连通的，其中Ｋ１（ｘ），Ｋ２（ｘ）分别表示Ｇ［Ｎ（ｘ）］的两个分支．本文证明了：连通且强２－阶邻域连通的无爪图是Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ图．     

一类2阶边值问题的分歧点

本文考虑以下２阶边值问题：其中．在关于Ａ，Ｂ；Ｐ，Ｑ，ｆ的一定条件下，证明了以上问题存在分歧点．所用的主要工具是Ｋｒａｓｎｏｓｅｌｓｋｉｉ的局部分歧定理与ＫｒｅｉｎＲｕｔｍａｎ定理．     

Countably compact extensions of topological spaces

We study the question whether a topological space X with a property $\text{P}$ can be embedded in a countably compact space X? with the same property $\text{P}$.     

Limit distributions and one-parameter groups of linear operators on Banach spaces

Let = {U_t: t > 0} be a strongly continuous one-parameter group of operators on a Banach space X and Q be any subset of a set (X) of all probability measures on X. By (Q; ) we denote the class of all limit measures of {U_tn(μ₁ * μ₂*…*μ_n)*δ_xn}, where {μ_n}Q, {x_n}X and measures U_tnμ_j (j=1, 2,…, n; N=1, 2,…) form an infinitesimal triangular array. We define classes L_m( ) as follows: L₀( )= ( (X); ), L_m( )= (L_m−1( ); ) for m=1, 2,… and L_∞( )=_m=0^∞L_m( ). These classes are analogous to those defined earlier by Urbanik on the real line. Probability distributions from L_m( ), m=0, 1, 2,…, ∞, are described in terms of their characteristic functionals and their generalized Poisson exponents and Gaussian covariance operators.