Couplings and Strong Approximations to Time-Dependent Empirical Processes Based on I.I.D. Fractional Brownian Motions

We define a time-dependent empirical process based on n i.i.d. fractional Brownian motions and establish Gaussian couplings and strong approximations to it by Gaussian processes. They lead to functional laws of the iterated logarithm for this process.     

Vertices of FFLV polytopes

FFLV polytopes describe monomial bases in irreducible representations of \(\mathfrak {sl}_n\) and \(\mathfrak {sp}_{2n}\). We study various sets of vertices of FFLV polytopes. First, we consider the special linear case. We prove the locality of the set of vertices with respect to the type A Dynkin diagram. Then we describe all the permutation vertices and after that we describe all the simple vertices and prove that their number is equal to the large Schröder number. Finally, we derive analogous results for symplectic Lie algebras.     

On Some Electroconvection Models

We consider a model of electroconvection motivated by studies of the motion of a two-dimensional annular suspended smectic film under the influence of an electric potential maintained at the boundary by two electrodes. We prove that this electroconvection model has global in time unique smooth solutions.     

High-Energy Waves in Superpolynomial FPU-Type Chains

We consider periodic traveling waves in FPU-type chains with superpolynomial interaction forces and derive explicit asymptotic formulas for the high-energy limit as well as bounds for the corresponding approximation error. In the proof we adapt twoscale techniques that have recently been developed by Herrmann and Matthies for chains with singular potential and provide an asymptotic ODE for the scaled distance profile.