“Potato kugel” for sub-Laplacians

In this note we extend, to the sub-Laplacian setting, a theorem of Aharonov, Schiffer and Zalcman regarding an inverse property for harmonic functions. As a byproduct, a harmonic characterization of the gauge balls is proved, thus extending a theorem of Kuran concerning the Euclidean balls.     

Analysis of a generalized Friedman’s urn with multiple drawings

We study a generalized Friedman’s urn model with multiple drawings of white and blue balls. After a drawing, the replacement follows a policy of opposite reinforcement. We give the exact expected value and variance of the number of white balls after a number of draws, and determine the structure of the moments. Moreover, we obtain a strong law of large numbers, and a central limit theorem for the number of white balls. Interestingly, the central limit theorem is obtained combinatorially via the method of moments and probabilistically via martingales. We briefly discuss the merits of each approach. The connection to a few other related urn models is briefly sketched.     

Carathéodory balls and norm balls of the domainsH n ={z ∈ ℂ n : |z 1|+…+|z n |<1}

In this short note we prove that the only Carathéodory balls in domains given in the title (forn≥2) which are the norm balls are the ones with the center at 0. It is a generalization of the result of B. Schwarz, who proved this theorem in casen=2.     

Covering theorems,inequalities on metric spaces and applications to PDE’s

We establish a covering lemma of Besicovitch type for metric balls in the setting of Hölder quasimetric spaces of homogenous type and use it to prove a covering theorem for measurable sets. For families of measurable functions, we introduce the notions of power decay, critical density and double ball property and with the aid of the covering theorem we show how these notions are related. Next we present an axiomatic procedure to establish Harnack inequality that permits to handle both divergence and non divergence linear equations.     

How to collect balls moving in the Euclidean plane

In this paper, we study how to collect n balls moving with a fixed constant velocity in the Euclidean plane by k robots moving on straight track-lines through the origin. Since all the balls might not be caught by robots, differently from Moving-target TSP, we consider the following 3 problems in various situations: (i) deciding if k robots can collect all n balls; (ii) maximizing the number of the balls collected by k robots; (iii) minimizing the number of the robots to collect all n balls. The situations considered in this paper contain the cases in which track-lines are given (or not), and track-lines are identical (or not). For all problems and situations, we provide polynomial time algorithms or proofs of intractability, which clarify the tractability-intractability frontier in the ball collecting problems in the Euclidean plane.     

Functional Limit Theorems for the Pólya Urn

Journal of Theoretical Probability - For the plain Pólya urn with two colors, black and white, we prove a functional central limit theorem for the number of white balls, assuming that the...     

Gaussian bounds and parabolic Harnack inequality on locally irregular graphs

A well known theorem of Delmotte is that Gaussian bounds, parabolic Harnack inequality, and the combination of volume doubling and Poincaré inequality are equivalent for graphs. In this paper we consider graphs for which these conditions hold, but only for sufficiently large balls, and prove a similar equivalence.     

Multiple Integral Inequalities for Schur Convex Functions on Symmetric and Convex Bodies

In this paper, by making use of Divergence theorem for multiple integrals, we establish some integral inequalities for Schur convex functions defined on bodies $B⊂\mathbb{R}^n$ that are symmetric, convex and have nonempty interiors. Examples for three dimensional balls are also provided.     

On the Kneser–Poulsen conjecture in elliptic space

The Kneser–Poulsen conjecture claims that if some balls of Euclidean space are rearranged in such a way that the distances between their centers do not increase, then neither does the volume of the union of the balls. A special case of the conjecture, when the balls move continuously in such a way that the distances between the centers (weakly) decrease during the motion, is known to hold not only in Euclidean, but also in spherical and hyperbolic spaces. In the present paper, we show that this theorem cannot be extended to elliptic space by constructing three smoothly moving congruent balls with centers getting closer to one another in such a way that the volume of the union of the balls strictly increase during the motion. In spite of this counterexample, it is true that n + 1 balls in n-dimensional elliptic space cover maximal volume if the distances between the centers are all equal to the diameter π/2 of the space. The second part of the paper is devoted to the proof of this fact.

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The authors were supported by the Hung. Nat. Sci. Found. (OTKA), grant no. T047102 and T037752.     

The closed embedded minimal surfaces in an almost positively curved three manifold

The compactness theorem of the closed embedded minimal surfaces of fixed genus in a 3-dimensional closed Riemannian manifoldN is proved, providedN is simply connected and the nonpositive value set of Ricci curvature is sufficiently concentrated within finite balls and the minimal surfaces are uniformly away from these balls.     

Convergence of the Newton method and uniqueness of zeros of vector fields on Riemannian manifolds

The estimates of the radii of convergence balls of the Newton method and uniqueness balls of zeroes of vector fields on the Riemannian manifolds are given under the assumption that the covariant derivatives of the vector fields satisfy some kind of general Lipschitz conditions. Some classical results such as the Kantorovich's type theorem and the Smale's γ-theory are extended.     

The class of tenable zero-balanced Pólya urns with an initially dominant subset of colors

In Kholfi and Mahmoud (2011) the class of tenable irreducible nondegenerate zero-balanced Pólya urn schemes is introduced and its asymptotic behavior in various phases is studied. In the absence of an initially dominant subset of colors, the counts of balls of all the colors satisfy multivariate central limit theorems. It is reported there that the case of an initially dominant subset of colors poses challenges requiring finer asymptotic analysis. In the present investigation we follow up on this. Indeed, we characterize noncritical cases with an initially dominant subset of colors in which not all ball counts satisfy one multivariate central limit theorem, but rather a subset of the ball counts satisfies a singular multivariate central limit theorem. The rest of the cases are critical, in which all the ball counts satisfy a multivariate central limit theorem, but under a different scaling. However, for these critical cases the Gaussian phases are delayed considerably.     

一类完备Riemann流形上的有界调和函数

本文我们将对一类完备Ｒｉｅｍａｎｎ流形上的有界调和函数所组成的线性空间的维数的上界进行估计，同时给出了一个关于测地球体积的Ｂｉｓｈｏｐ－Ｇｒｏｍｏｖ型体积比较定理。     

On weakly harmonic maps from Finsler to Riemannian manifolds

We prove global C0,α$C^{0,\alpha }$-estimates for harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds into regular balls of Riemannian target manifolds generalizing results of Giaquinta, Hildebrandt, and Hildebrandt, Jost and Widman from Riemannian to Finsler domains. As consequences we obtain a Liouville theorem for entire harmonic maps on simple Finsler manifolds, and an existence theorem for harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds into regular balls of a Riemannian target.     

多元积分中值定理的中间点(英文)

研究了多元球体上的积分中值定理的中间点的渐近性质,证明了当球体半径趋于0时,中间点近似落在过球体中心的切平面上.     

Noncommutative ball maps

In this paper, we analyze problems involving matrix variables for which we use a noncommutative algebra setting. To be more specific, we use a class of functions (called NC analytic functions) defined by power series in noncommuting variables and evaluate these functions on sets of matrices of all dimensions; we call such situations dimension-free. These types of functions have recently been used in the study of dimension-free linear system engineering problems. In this paper we characterize NC analytic maps that send dimension-free matrix balls to dimension-free matrix balls and carry the boundary to the boundary; such maps we call “NC ball maps”. We find that up to normalization, an NC ball map is the direct sum of the identity map with an NC analytic map of the ball into the ball. That is, “NC ball maps” are very simple, in contrast to the classical result of D'Angelo on such analytic maps in C. Another mathematically natural class of maps carries a variant of the noncommutative distinguished boundary to the boundary, but on these our results are limited. We shall be interested in several types of noncommutative balls, conventional ones, but also balls defined by constraints called Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI). What we do here is a small piece of the bigger puzzle of understanding how LMIs behave with respect to noncommutative change of variables.     

Pucci eigenvalues on geodesic balls

We study the eigenvalue problem for the Riemannian Pucci operator on geodesic balls. We establish upper and lower bounds for the principal Pucci eigenvalues depending on the curvature, extending Cheng’s eigenvalue comparison theorem for the Laplace–Beltrami operator. For manifolds with bounded sectional curvature, we prove Cheng’s bounds hold for Pucci eigenvalues on geodesic balls of radius less than the injectivity radius. For manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below, we prove Cheng’s upper bound holds for Pucci eigenvalues on certain small geodesic balls. We also prove that the principal Pucci eigenvalues of an \({O(n)}\)-invariant hypersurface immersed in \({{\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}}\) with one smooth boundary component are smaller than the eigenvalues of an \({n}\)-dimensional Euclidean ball with the same boundary.     

HOMOCENTRIC CONVERGENCE BALL OF THE SECANT METHOD

A local convergence theorem and five semi-local convergence theorems of the secant method are listed in this paper.For every convergence theorem,a convergence ball is respectively introduced,where the hypothesis conditions of the corresponding theorem can be satisfied.Since all of these convergence balls have the same center x~*,they can be viewed as a homocentric ball. Convergence theorems are sorted by the different sizes of various radii of this homocentric ball, and the sorted sequence represents the degree of weakness on the conditions of convergence theorems.     

Uniqueness of complex geodesics and characterization of circular domains

We study complex geodesics for complex Finsler metrics and prove a uniqueness theorem for them. The results obtained are applied to the case of the Kobayashi metric for which, under suitable hypotheses, we describe the exponential map and the relationship between the indicatrix and small geodesic balls. Finally, exploiting the connection between intrinsic metrics and the complex Monge-Ampère equation, we give characterizations for circular domains in ℂ ⁿ .