Theory of Valuations on Manifolds: A Survey

This is a non-technical survey of a recent theory of valuations on manifolds constructed in [A10], [A11], [AF] and [A12], and actually a guide to this series of articles. We also review some recent related results obtained by a number of people. Received: February 2006, Revision: June 2006, Accepted: June 2006     

Towards a new edition of the “Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement”

The “Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement” (GUM) is an extremely important document. It unifies methods for calculating measurement uncertainty and enables the consistent interpretation and comparison of measurement results, regardless of who obtained these measurements and where they were obtained. Since the document was published in 1995, it has been realised that its recommendations do not properly address an important class of measurements, namely, non-linear indirect measurements. This drawback prompted the initiation of the revision of the GUM in the Working Group 1 of the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology, which commenced in October 2006. The upcoming revision of the GUM provides the metrological community with an opportunity to improve this important document, in particular, to reflect developments in metrology that have occurred since the first GUM publication in 1995. Thus, a discussion of the directions for this revision is important and timely. By identifying several shortcomings of the GUM and proposing directions for its improvement, we hope this article will contribute to this discussion. Papers published in this section do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editors, the Editorial Board and the Publisher.     

Quasi-Normal Modes and Exponential Energy Decay for the Kerr-de Sitter Black Hole

We provide a rigorous definition of quasi-normal modes for a rotating black hole. They are given by the poles of a certain meromorphic family of operators and agree with the heuristic definition in the physics literature. If the black hole rotates slowly enough, we show that these poles form a discrete subset of \mathbb C{\mathbb C} . As an application we prove that the local energy of linear waves in that background decays exponentially once orthogonality to the zero resonance is imposed.     

Nonnegative Fourier–Jacobi Coefficients and Some Classes of Functions

Fourier–Jacobi series with nonnegative Fourier–Jacobi coefficients are considered. Under special restrictions on the Jacobi weight function, we establish in terms of Fourier–Jacobi coefficients a necessary and sufficient condition in order that the sum of the Fourier–Jacobi series should possess certain structural properties.     

On the least values of -norms for the Kontorovich–Lebedev transform and its convolution

We establish analogs of the Hausdorff–Young and Riesz–Kolmogorov inequalities and the norm estimates for the Kontorovich–Lebedev transformation and the corresponding convolution. These classical inequalities are related to the norms of the Fourier convolution and the Hilbert transform in L_p spaces, 1p∞. Boundedness properties of the Kontorovich–Lebedev transform and its convolution operator are investigated. In certain cases the least values of the norm constants are evaluated. Finally, it is conjectured that the norm of the Kontorovich–Lebedev operator is equal to . It confirms, for instance, by the known Plancherel-type theorem for this transform when p=2.     

On constants in some inequalities for intermediate derivatives on a finite interval

Let L_q (1q<∞) be the space of functions f measurable on I=[−1,1] and integrable to the power q, with normL_∞ is the space of functions measurable on I with normWe denote by AC the set of all functions absolutely continuous on I. For nN, q[1,∞] we setW_n,q={f:f⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾AC, f⁽ⁿ⁾L_q}.In this paper, we consider the problem of accuracy of constants A, B in the inequalities (1)|| f^(m)||_qA|| f||_p+B|| f^(m+k+1)||_r, mN, kW; p,q,r[1,∞], fW_m+k+1,r.     

Description of Continuous Isometry Covariant Valuations on Convex Sets

We present a characterization of continuous isometry covariant valuations on convex sets. The main result generalizes previous results of Hadwiger and Hadwiger and Schneider.     

New phosphonium salts based on 3-(diphenylphosphino)propanoic and ω-haloalkanoic acids

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