On the well-posedness of a two-phase minimization problem

We prove a series of results concerning the emptiness and non-emptiness of a certain set of Sobolev functions related to the well-posedness of a two-phase minimization problem, involving both the p(x)-norm and the infinity norm. The results, although interesting in their own right, hold the promise of a wider applicability since they can be relevant in the context of other problems where minimization of the p-energy in a part of the domain is coupled with the more local minimization of the L^∞-norm on another region.     

Computational Construction as a Means to Coordinate Representations of Infinity

In this paper, we describe a design experiment aimed at helping students to explore and develop concepts of infinite processes and objects. Our approach is based on the design and development of a computational microworld, which afforded students the means to construct a range of representational models (symbolic, visual and numeric) of infinity-related objects (infinite sequences, in particular). We present episodes based on four students’ activities, seeking to illustrate how the available tools mediated students’ understandings of the infinite in rich ways, allowing them to discriminate subtle process-oriented features of infinite processes. We claim that the microworld supported students in the coordination of hitherto unconnected or conflicting intuitions concerning infinity, based on a constructive articulation of different representational forms we name as ‘representational moderation’.

On the dimension of trees

We consider isometric embedding of trees into the infinite graph Z_m whose vertices are the m-dimensional lattice points where two vertices a=(a₁,a₂,…,a_m) and b=(b₁,b₂,…,b_m) are adjacent if and only if |a_i-b_i|?1 for 1?i?m. Linial, London, and Rabinovich have shown that this can be done with , where t is the number of leaves. In this note, we sketch a proof that .     

Escape dynamics in collinear atomic-like three mass point systems

The present paper studies the escape mechanism in collinear three point mass systems with small-range-repulsive/large-range-attractive pairwise interaction. Specifically, we focus on the asymptotic behaviour for systems with non-negative total energy.On the zero energy level set there are two distinct asymptotic states, called 1+1+1escape configurations, where all the three separations infinitely increase as t→∞. We show that 1+1+1 escapes are improbable by proving that the set of initial conditions leading to such asymptotic configurations has zero Lebesgue measure. When the outer mass points are of the same kind we deduce the existence of a heteroclinic orbit connecting the 1+1+1 escape configurations. We further prove that this orbit is stable under parameter perturbation.In the positive energies’ case, we show that the set of initial conditions leading to 1+1+1 escape configurations has positive Lebesgue measure.     

一类五次多项式系统的奇点量与极限环分支

该文研究一类五次多项式微分系统在高次奇点与无穷远点的极限环分支问题. 该系统的原点是高次奇点, 赤道环上没有实奇点. 首先推导出计算高次奇点与无穷远点奇点量的代数递推公式,并用之计算系统原点、无穷远点的奇点量，然后分别讨论了系统原点、无穷远点中心判据. 给出了多项式系统在高次奇点分支出5个极限环同时在无穷远点分支出2个极限环的实例. 这是首次在同步扰动的条件下讨论高次奇点与无穷远点分支出极限环的问题.     

全能近似分析简介

根据无限的“无有终了”的事实，应当把无尽小数看作无穷数列简写，采用这种观点就可以得到实数的运算法则；如果用康托（Cantor，G）的“无限是现实的、完成了的、存在着的整体”的“实无限”观点就得不到这个法则．点是针对误差界的足够小，其中没有大小的点叫做理想点，有大小的点叫做近似点．理想点具有无法点出的性质．近似点的集合能够组成线段，但理想点的集合不能组成线段．绝对准确地讨论没有大小的理想瞬时上的速度没有实际意义，理想的瞬时速度依赖于近似瞬时的速度．对于点、线、面、实数、函数、导数、积分、积分变换、实数集等数学名词都需要提出近似、理想、全能近似三类技术术语，应用对立统一法则去阐述数学理论．     

Uniqueness of ∞-Harmonic Functions and the Eikonal Equation

Comparison results are obtained between infinity subharmonic and infinity superharmonic functions defined on unbounded domains. The primary new tool employed is an approximation of infinity subharmonic functions that allows one to assume that gradients are bounded away from zero. This approximation also demystifies the proof in the case of a bounded domain. A second, quite different, topic is also taken up. This is the uniqueness of absolutely minimizing functions with respect to other norms besides the Euclidean, norms that correspond to comparison results for partial differential equations which are quite discontinuous.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles and isochronous center at infinity for a class of differential systems

In this paper, we study a seventh degree polynomial differential system with full linear terms and cubic terms. The conditions of infinity to be a center and to be a fine focus of the highestorder are given and it is proved that this system has eight limit cycles in the neighborhood of infinity. Moreover, the conditions of infinity to be an isochronous center for a rational system associated the seventh degree polynomial differential system are obtained.     

A note on infinities in eternal inflation

In some well-known scenarios of open-universe eternal inflation, developed by Vilenkin and co-workers, a large number of universes nucleate and thermalize within the eternally inflating mega-universe. According to the proposal, each universe nucleates at a point, and therefore the boundary of the nucleated universe is a space-like surface nearly coincident with the future light cone emanating from the point of nucleation, all points of which have the same proper-time. This leads the authors to conclude that at the proper-time t  =  t _nuc at which any such nucleation occurs, an infinite open universe comes into existence. We point out that this is due entirely to the supposition of the nucleation occurring at a single point, which in light of quantum cosmology seems difficult to support. Even an infinitesimal space-like length at the moment of nucleation gives a rather different result—the boundary of the nucleating universe evolves in proper time and becomes infinite only in an infinite time. The alleged infinity is never attained at any finite time.