REPRESENTATION OF THE SPECTRAL SHIFT FUNCTION AND SPECTRAL ASYMPTOTICS FOR TRAPPING PERTURBATIONS

We obtain in the semi-classical setup of “black-box” long-range perturbations a representation for the derivative of spectral shift function ξ(λ) related to two self-adjoint operators L _j (h), j = 1,2. We show that the derivative ξ′(λ) is estimated by the norms of the cut-off resolvents of the operators L _j (h). Finally, we establish a Weyl type formula for the spectral shift function ξ(λ) generalizing the results of Robert [19] Robert, D. 1994. Relative time-delay for perturbations of elliptic operators and semiclassical asymptotics. J. Funct. Anal., 126: 36–82. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] and Christiansen [5] Christiansen, T. 1998. Spectral asymptotics for general compactly supported perturbations of the Laplacian on Rⁿ. Comm. P.D.E., 23: 933–947. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar].     

Stochastic motion under G-framework: II. Kinematics

Continuing the study of stochastic motion that we started [11 Zhang, H., and Kannan, D. 2014. Stochastic motion under G-framework: I. Nelson stochastic derivatives. Stoch Anal Appl 32:1067–1096.[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], we present in this article the kinematics of such a motion. We begin by defining the quadratic derivative of an S2-process, and show that this derivative of the Brownian motion captures the variance uncertainty. We show, under certain vanishing derivatives and independence conditions, the martingale properties of an S1-process. Starting with an S1-process, we derive the equation of motion, an Itô equation corresponding to a G-diffusion process.     

Efficient Implementations of the Generalized Lasso Dual Path Algorithm

We consider efficient implementations of the generalized lasso dual path algorithm given by Tibshirani and Taylor in 2011 Tibshirani, R.J., Taylor, J. (2011), The Solution Path of the Generalized Lasso, Annals of Statistics, 39, 1335–1371.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]. We first describe a generic approach that covers any penalty matrix D and any (full column rank) matrix X of predictor variables. We then describe fast implementations for the special cases of trend filtering problems, fused lasso problems, and sparse fused lasso problems, both with X = I and a general matrix X. These specialized implementations offer a considerable improvement over the generic implementation, both in terms of numerical stability and efficiency of the solution path computation. These algorithms are all available for use in the genlasso R package, which can be found in the CRAN repository.     

THE NICHOLS ZOELLER THEOREM FOR HOPF ALGEBRAS IN THE CATEGORY OF YETTER DRINFELD MODULES

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ON THE NORM OF THE FOURIER-JACOBI PROJECTION

We extend the results of Pollard [7] Pollard, H. 1949. The mean convergence of orthogonal series. III. Duke Math. J., 16: 189–191. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] and give asymptotic estimates for the norm of the Fourier-Jacobi projection operator in the appropriate weighted L_p space.     

Scaling Limits for Some P.D.E. Systems with Random Initial Conditions

Let X = {X(x, t), x ? R ⁿ , t ? R ₊} be the R ²-valued spatial-temporal random field X = (u, v) arising from a certain two-equation system of parabolic linear partial differential equations with a given random initial condition X ₀ = (u ₀, v ₀). We discuss the scaling limit of X under suitable conditions on X ₀. Since the component fields u, v are dependent, even when the initial data u ₀, v ₀ are independent, the scaling limit is not readily reduced to the known single equation case. The correlated structure of random vector (u(x, t), v(x′, t′)) and the Hermite expansion associated with (u ₀, v ₀) play the essential roles in our study. The work shows, in particular, the non-Gaussian scenario proposed by Anh and Leonenko [2 Anh , V.V. , and Leonenko , N.N. 1999 . Non-Gaussian scenarios for the heat equation with singular initial data . Stochastic Process. Appl. 84 : 91 – 114 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] for the single heat equation can be discussed for the two-equation system, in a significant way.     

Asymptotic results for finite superpositions of Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes

A model of intermittency based on superposition of Lévy driven Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes is studied in [6 Grahovac, D., Leonenko, N., Sikorskii, A., and Te?niak, I. 2016. Intermittency of superpositions of Ornstein–Uhlenbeck type processes. J. Stat. Phys. 165:390–408.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]. In particular, as shown in Theorem 5.1 in that paper, finite superpositions obey a (sample path) central limit theorem under suitable hypotheses. In this paper we prove large (and moderate) deviation results associated with this central limit theorem.     

On a discrete-time model with replicator dynamics in renewable resource exploitation

We consider a discrete-time version of the model proposed by Lamantia and Radi [15 F. Lamantia, and D. Radi, Exploitation of renewable resources with differentiated technologies: an evolutionary analysis, Math. Comput. Simulation 108 (2015), pp. 155–174. doi:10.1016/j.matcom.2013.09.013.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] to describe a fishery where a population regulated by a logistic growth function is exploited by a pool of agents that can choose, at each time period, between two different harvesting strategies according to a profit-driven evolutionary selection rule. The resulting discrete dynamical system, represented by a two-dimensional nonlinear map, is characterized by the presence of invariant lines on which the dynamics are governed by one-dimensional restrictions that represent pure, i.e. adopted by all players, strategies. However, interesting dynamics related to interior attractors, where players playing both strategies coexist, are evidenced by analytical as well as numerical methods that reveal local and global bifurcations.     

A note on rings with McCoy-like properties

According to Nielsen [10 Nielsen, P. P. (2006). Semi-commutativity and the McCoy condition. J. Algebra 298:134–141.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], a ring R is called right McCoy if for every nonzero f(x),g(x) in the polynomial ring R[x], f(x)g(x) = 0 implies that there exists a nonzero s in R such that f(x)s = 0. In this work, we state two notes on rings with McCoy-like conditions.     

Grouped Functional Time Series Forecasting: An Application to Age-Specific Mortality Rates

Age-specific mortality rates are often disaggregated by different attributes, such as sex, state, and ethnicity. Forecasting age-specific mortality rates at the national and sub-national levels plays an important role in developing social policy. However, independent forecasts at the sub-national levels may not add up to the forecasts at the national level. To address this issue, we consider reconciling forecasts of age-specific mortality rates, extending the methods of Hyndman et al. in 2011 Hyndman, R. J., Ahmed, R. A., Athanasopoulos, G., and Shang, H. L. (2011), “Optimal Combination Forecasts for Hierarchical Time Series,” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 55, 2579–2589.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] to functional time series, where age is considered as a continuum. The grouped functional time series methods are used to produce point forecasts of mortality rates that are aggregated appropriately across different disaggregation factors. For evaluating forecast uncertainty, we propose a bootstrap method for reconciling interval forecasts. Using the regional age-specific mortality rates in Japan, obtained from the Japanese Mortality Database, we investigate the one- to ten-step-ahead point and interval forecast accuracies between the independent and grouped functional time series forecasting methods. The proposed methods are shown to be useful for reconciling forecasts of age-specific mortality rates at the national and sub-national levels. They also enjoy improved forecast accuracy averaged over different disaggregation factors. Supplementary materials for the article are available online.     

PROJECTIVITY AND FLATNESS OF A MODULE OVER THE SUBRING OF INVARIANTS

Let k be a field and H a Hopf k-algebra with bijective antipode, R an H-module algebra over k and A = R#H the associated smash product. The fixed subring of R under H is denoted by S. Let P be an R#H-module. Thus P is an S-module. The aim of this paper is to study the projectivity of P as a module over S. We get a generalization of some results of J.J. Garcia and Angel Del Rio [4] Garcia, J. J. and Del Rio, A. 1995. On Flatness and Projectivity of a Ring as a Module Over a Fixed Subring. Mathem. Scandin., 76: 179–192.  [Google Scholar] of Ida Doraiswamy [8] Doraiswamy, I. 1982. Projectivity of Modules Over Rings with Suitable Group Action. Comm. Algebra, 10(8): 787–795. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] and of ours [[7] Guédénon, T. 1997. Algèbre Homologique Dans la Catégorie Mod_(R#U(g)). J. Algebra, 197(2): 584–614.  [Google Scholar], section 5].     

GRADE AND GORENSTEIN DIMENSION

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring and let M be a finite (that is, finitely generated) R-module. The notion grade of M, grade M, has been introduced by Rees as the least integer t ≥ 0 such that Ext ^t _R (M,R) ≠ 0, see [11] Rees, D. 1957. The Grade of an Ideal or Module. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 53: 28–42. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]. The Gorenstein dimension of M, G-dim M, has been introduced by Auslander as the largest integer t ≥ 0 such that Ext ^t _R (M, R) ≠ 0, see [3] Auslander, M. 1967. Anneaux De Gorenstein Et Torsion En Algebre Commutative Edited by: Mangeney, M., Peskine, C. and Szpiro, L. Paris: Ecole Normale Superieure de Jeunes Filles.  [Google Scholar]. In this paper the R-module M is called G-perfect if grade M = G-dim M. It is a generalization of perfect module. We prove several results for the new concept similar to the classical results.     

Semiclassical L p Estimates of Quasimodes on Submanifolds

Let P = P(h) be a semiclassical pseudodifferential operator on a Riemannian manifold M. Suppose that u(h) is a localized, L ² normalized family of functions such that P(h)u(h) is O(h) in L ², as h → 0. Then, for any submanifold Y ? M, we obtain estimates on the L ^p norm of u(h) restricted to Y, with exponents that are sharp for h → 0. These results generalize those of Burq et al. [4 Burq , N. , Gérard , P. , Tzvetkov , N. ( 2007 ). Restrictions of the Laplace–Beltrami eigenfunctions to submanifolds . Duke Math. J. 138 : 445 – 486 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] on L ^p norms for restriction of Laplacian eigenfunctions. As part of the technical development we prove some extensions of the abstract Strichartz estimates of Keel and Tao [8 Keel , M. , Tao , T. ( 1998 ). Endpoint Strichartz estimates . Amer. J. Math. 120 : 955 – 980 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]].     

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GORENSTEIN TILED ORDERS

Let Λ = {O, E(Λ)} be a reduced tiled Gorenstein order with Jacobson radical R and J a two-sided ideal of Λ such that Λ ? R ² ? J ? Rⁿ (n ≥ 2). The quotient ring Λ/J is quasi-Frobenius (QF) if and only if there exists p ∈ R ² such that J = pΛ = Λp. We prove that an adjacency matrix of a quiver of a cyclic Gorenstein tiled order is a multiple of a double stochastic matrix. A requirement for a Gorenstein tiled order to be a cyclic order cannot be omitted. It is proved that a Cayley table of a finite group G is an exponent matrix of a reduced Gorenstein tiled order if and only if G = G_k = (2) × ? × (2).

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Geometric aspects of robust testing for normality and sphericity

Stochastic robustness of control systems under random excitation motivates challenging developments in geometric approach to robustness. The assumption of normality is rarely met when analyzing real data and thus the use of classic parametric methods with violated assumptions can result in the inaccurate computation of p-values, effect sizes, and confidence intervals. Therefore, quite naturally, research on robust testing for normality has become a new trend. Robust testing for normality can have counterintuitive behavior, some of the problems have been introduced in Stehlík et al. [Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 130 (2014 Stehlík, M., St?elec, L., and Thulin, M. 2014. On robust testing for normality in chemometrics. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 130:98–108.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]): 98–108]. Here we concentrate on explanation of small-sample effects of normality testing and its robust properties, and embedding these questions into the more general question of testing for sphericity. We give geometric explanations for the critical tests. It turns out that the tests are robust against changes of the density generating function within the class of all continuous spherical sample distributions.