<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-Approximation of a linear combination of the poisson kernel and its conjugate kernel by trigonometric polynomials

A linear combination Π _q,α = cos(απ/2)P + sin(απ/2)Q of the Poisson kernel P(t) = 1/2 + q cos t + q ² cos 2t + ... and its conjugate kernel Q(t) = q sin t + q ² sin 2t + ... is considered for α ∈ ? and |q| < 1. A new explicit formula is found for the value E _n?1(Π _q,α ) of the best approximation in the space L = L _2π of the function Π _q,α by the subspace of trigonometric polynomials of order at most n ? 1. More exactly, it is proved that \(E_{n - 1} \left( {\prod _{q,\alpha } } \right) = \left. {\frac{{\left| q \right|^n \left( {1 - q^2 } \right)}}{{1 - q^{4n} }}} \right\|\left. {\frac{{\cos \left( {nt - {{\alpha \pi } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\alpha \pi } 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \right) - q^{2n} \cos \left( {nt + {{\alpha \pi } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\alpha \pi } 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \right)}}{{1 - q^2 - 2q \cos t}}} \right\|_L\). In addition, the value E _n?1(Π _q,α ) is represented as a rapidly convergent series.     

Several extremal approximation problems for the characteristic function of a spherical layer

We discuss three interrelated extremal problems on the set P _n,m of algebraic polynomials of a given degree n on the unit sphere \(\mathbb{S}^{m - 1}\) of the Euclidean space ? ^m of dimension m ≥ 2. (1) Find the norm of the functional \(F\left( \eta \right) = F_h P_n = \int_{\mathbb{G}\left( \eta \right)} {P_n (x)dx}\), which is the integral over the spherical layer \(\mathbb{G}\left( \eta \right) = \left\{ {x = \left( {x_1 , \ldots ,x_m } \right) \in \mathbb{S}^{m - 1} :h' \leqslant x_m \leqslant h''} \right\}\) defined by a pair of real numbers η = (h′, h″), ?1 ≤ h′ < h″ ≤ 1, on the set P _n,m with the norm of the space \(L\left( {\mathbb{S}^{m - 1} } \right)\) of functions summable on the sphere. (2) Find the best approximation in \(L_\infty \left( {\mathbb{S}^{m - 1} } \right)\) of the characteristic function χ _η of the layer \(\mathbb{G}\left( \eta \right)\) by the subspace P _n,m ^⊥ of functions from \(L_\infty \left( {\mathbb{S}^{m - 1} } \right)\) that are orthogonal to the space of polynomials P _n,m . (3) Find the best approximation in the space \(L\left( {\mathbb{S}^{m - 1} } \right)\) of the function χ _η by the space of polynomials P _n,m . We present a solution of all three problems for the values h′ and h″ that are neighboring roots of the polynomial in a single variable of degree n + 1 that deviates least from zero in the space L ₁ ^φ (?1, 1) of functions summable on the interval (?1, 1) with ultraspherical weight φ(t) = (1 ? t ²) ^α , α = (m ? 3)/2. We study the respective one-dimensional problems in the space of functions summable on (?1, 1) with an arbitrary not necessarily ultraspherical weight.     

Multiple recurrence and convergence for hardy sequences of polynomial growth

We study the limiting behavior of multiple ergodic averages involving sequences of integers that satisfy some regularity conditions and have polynomial growth. We show that for “typical” choices of Hardy field functions a(t) with polynomial growth, the averages

${1 \over N}\sum\nolimits_{n = 1}^N {{f_1}({T^{[a(n)]}}x) \cdots {f_\ell }({T^{\ell [a(n)]}}x)} $

converge in mean and we determine their limit. For example, this is the case if a(t) = t ^3/2, t log t, or t ² + (log t)². Furthermore, if {a ₁(t), …, a _? (t)} is a “typical” family of logarithmico-exponential functions of polynomial growth, then for every ergodic system, the averages

${1 \over N}\sum\nolimits_{n = 1}^N {{f_1}({T^{[{a_1}(n)]}}x) \cdots {f_\ell }({T^{[{a_\ell }(n)]}}x)} $

converge in mean to the product of the integrals of the corresponding functions. For example, this is the case if the functions a _i (t) are given by different positive fractional powers of t. We deduce several results in combinatorics. We show that if a(t) is a non-polynomial Hardy field function with polynomial growth, then every set of integers with positive upper density contains arithmetic progressions of the form {m,m + [a(n)], …, m + ?[a(n)]}. Under suitable assumptions, we get a related result concerning patterns of the form {m,m + [a ₁(n)], …,m + [a _? (n)]}.

     

Boundary value problems for complete quasi-parabolic differential equations of odd order with variable domains of operators

We prove the well-posed solvability in the strong sense of the boundary value Problems

$$\begin{gathered} ( - 1)\frac{{_m d^{2m + 1} u}}{{dt^{2m + 1} }} + \sum\limits_{k = 0}^{m - 1} {\frac{{d^{k + 1} }}{{dt^{k + 1} }}} A_{2k + 1} (t)\frac{{d^k u}}{{dt^k }} + \sum\limits_{k = 1}^m {\frac{{d^k }}{{dt^k }}} A_{2k} (t)\frac{{d^k u}}{{dt^k }} + \lambda _m A_0 (t)u = f, \hfill \\ t \in ]0,t[,\lambda _m \geqslant 1, \hfill \\ {{d^i u} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{d^i u} {dt^i }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {dt^i }}|_{t = 0} = {{d^j u} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{d^j u} {dt^j }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {dt^j }}|_{t = T} = 0,i = 0,...,m,j = 0,...,m - 1,m = 0,1,..., \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$

where the unbounded operators A _s (t), s > 0, in a Hilbert space H have domains D(A _s (t)) depending on t, are subordinate to the powers A ^1?(s?1)/2m (t) of some self-adjoint operators A(t) ≥ 0 in H, are [(s+1)/2] times differentiable with respect to t, and satisfy some inequalities. In the space H, the maximally accretive operators A ₀(t) and the symmetric operators A _s (t), s > 0, are approximated by smooth maximally dissipative operators B(t) in such a way that

$$\begin{gathered} \mathop {lim}\limits_{\varepsilon \to 0} Re(A_0 (t)B_\varepsilon ^{ - 1} (t)(B_\varepsilon ^{ - 1} (t))^ * u,u)_H = Re(A_0 (t)u,u)_H \geqslant c(A(t)u,u)_H \hfill \\ \forall u \in D(A_0 (t)),c > 0, \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$

, where the smoothing operators are defined by

$$B_\varepsilon ^{ - 1} (t) = (I - \varepsilon B(t))^{ - 1} ,(B_\varepsilon ^{ - 1} (t)) * = (I - \varepsilon B^ * (t))^{ - 1} ,\varepsilon > 0.$$

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On the nonexistence of solutions of some anisotropic elliptic and backward parabolic inequalities

We study the nonexistence of weak solutions of higher-order elliptic and parabolic inequalities of the following types: \(\sum {_{i = 1}^N\sum\nolimits_{{e_i} \leqslant {\alpha _i} \leqslant {m_i}} {D_{{x_i}}^{{\alpha _i}}\left( {{A_{{\alpha _i}}}\left( {x,u} \right)} \right)} \geqslant f\left( {x,u} \right),} x \in {\mathbb{R}^N}\), and \({u_t} + \sum {_{i = 1}^N\sum\nolimits_{{k_i} \leqslant {\beta _i} \leqslant {n_i}} {D_{{x_i}}^{{\beta _i}}\left( {{B_{{\beta _i}}}\left( {x,t,u} \right)} \right)} > g\left( {x,t,u} \right),\left( {x,t} \right)} \in {\mathbb{R}^N} \times {\mathbb{R}_ + }\), where l _i , m _i , k _i , n _i ∈ N satisfy the condition l _i , k _i > 1 for all i = 1,..., N, and A _αi (x, u), B _βi (x, t, u), f(x, u), and g(x, t, u) are some given Carathéodory functions. Under appropriate conditions on the functions A _αi , B _βi , f, and g, we prove theorems on the nonexistence of solutions of these inequalities.     

An extended class of stabilizable uncertain systems

The system of equations \(\frac{{dx}}{{dt}} = A\left( \cdot \right)x + B\left( \cdot \right)u\), where A(·) ∈ ?^{n × n}, B(·) ∈ ?^{n × m}, S(·) ∈ R^{n × m}, is considered. The elements of the matrices A(·), B(·), S(·) are uniformly bounded and are functionals of an arbitrary nature. It is assumed that there exist k elements \({\alpha _{{i_i}{j_l}}}\left( \cdot \right)\left( {l \in \overline {1,k} } \right)\) of fixed sign above the main diagonal of the matrix A(·), and each of them is the only significant element in its row and column. The other elements above the main diagonal are sufficiently small. It is assumed that m = n ?k, and the elements β_ij(·) of the matrix B(·) possess the property \(\left| {{\beta _{{i_s}s}}\left( \cdot \right)} \right| = {\beta _0} > 0\;at\;{i_s}\; \in \;\overline {1,n} \backslash \left\{ {{i_1}, \ldots ,{i_k}} \right\}\). The other elements of the matrix B(·) are zero. The positive definite matrix H = {h_ij} of the following form is constructed. The main diagonal is occupied by the positive numbers h_ii = h_i, \({h_{{i_l}}}_{{j_l}}\, = \,{h_{{j_l}{i_l}}}\, = \, - 0.5\sqrt {{h_{{i_l}}}_{{j_l}}} \,\operatorname{sgn} \,{\alpha _{{i_l}}}_{{j_l}}\left( \cdot \right)\). The other elements of the matrix H are zero. The analysis of the derivative of the Lyapunov function V(x) = x*H^–1x yields h_i\(\left( {i \in \overline {1,n} } \right)\) and λ_i ≤ 0 \(\left( {i \in \overline {1,n} } \right)\) such that for S(·) = H^?1ΛB(·), Λ = diag(λ₁, ..., λ_n), the system of the considered equations becomes globally exponentially stable. The control is robust with respect to the elements of the matrix A(·).     

Bimodule and twisted representation of vertex operator algebras

In this paper, for a vertex operator algebra V with an automorphism g of order T, an admissible V-module M and a fixed nonnegative rational number n ∈1/T Z_+, we construct an A_(g,n)(V)-bimodule Ag,n(M) and study its properties, discuss the connections between bimodule A_(g,n)(M) and intertwining operators. Especially, bimodule A _(g,n)-1T(M) is a natural quotient of A_(g,n)(M) and there is a linear isomorphism between the space IM~k M Mjof intertwining operators and the space of homomorphisms HomA_(g,n)(V)(A_(g,n)(M)  A_(g,n)(V)M~j(s), M~k(t)) for s, t ≤ n, M~j, M~k are g-twisted V modules, if V is g-rational.     

Carleson measures,BMO spaces and balayages associated to Schrdinger operators

Let L be a Schrdinger operator of the form L =-? + V acting on L~2(R~n), n≥3, where the nonnegative potential V belongs to the reverse Hlder class B_q for some q≥n. Let BMO_L(R~n) denote the BMO space associated to the Schrdinger operator L on R~n. In this article, we show that for every f ∈ BMO_L(R~n) with compact support, then there exist g ∈ L~∞(R~n) and a finite Carleson measure μ such that f(x) = g(x) + S_(μ,P)(x) with ∥g∥∞ + |||μ|||c≤ C∥f∥BMO_L(R~n), where S_(μ,P)=∫(R_+~(n+1))Pt(x,y)dμ(y, t),and Pt(x, y) is the kernel of the Poisson semigroup {e-~(t(L)~(1/2))}t0 on L~2(R~n). Conversely, if μ is a Carleson measure, then S_(μ,P) belongs to the space BMO_L(R~n). This extends the result for the classical John-Nirenberg BMO space by Carleson(1976)(see also Garnett and Jones(1982), Uchiyama(1980) and Wilson(1988)) to the BMO setting associated to Schrdinger operators.     

On the exceptional sets in Sylvester expansions*

For any x ?? (0, 1], let the series \( {\sum}_{n=1}^{\infty }1/{d}_n(x) \) be the Sylvester expansion of x, where {d _j (x),?j?≥?1} is a sequence of positive integers satisfying d₁(x)?≥?2 and d_j?+?1(x)?≥?d _j (x)(d _j (x)???1)?+?1 for j?≥?1. Suppose ? : ? → ?⁺ is a function satisfying ?(n+1) – ? (n) → ∞ as n → ∞. In this paper, we consider the set

$$ E\left(\phi \right)=\left\{x\kern0.5em \in \left(0,1\right]:\kern0.5em \underset{n\to \infty }{\lim}\frac{\log {d}_n(x)-{\sum}_{j=1}^{n-1}\log {d}_j(x)}{\phi (n)}=1\right\} $$

and quantify the size of the set in the sense of Hausdorff dimension. As applications, for any β > 1 and γ > 0, we get the Hausdorff dimension of the set \( \left\{x\in \kern1em \left(0,1\right]:\kern0.5em {\lim}_{n\to \infty}\left(\log {d}_n(x)-{\sum}_{j=1}^{n-1}\log {d}_j(x)\right)/{n}^{\beta }=\upgamma \right\}, \) and for any τ > 1 and η > 0, we get a lower bound of the Hausdorff dimension of the set \( \left\{x\kern0.5em \in \kern0.5em \left(0,1\right]:\kern1em {\lim}_{n\to \infty}\left(\log {d}_n(x)-{\sum}_{j=1}^{n-1}\log {d}_j(x)\right)/{\tau}^n=\eta \right\}. \)     

Weighted polyharmonic equation with Navier boundary conditions in a half space

We study positive solutions of the following polyharmonic equation with Hardy weights associated to Navier boundary conditions on a half space:?????(-?)~mu(x)=u~p(x)/|x|~s,in R_+~n,u(x)=-?u(x)=…=(-?)~(m-1)u(x)=0,on ?R_+~n,(0.1)where m is any positive integer satisfying 02mn.We first prove that the positive solutions of(0.1)are super polyharmonic,i.e.,(-?)~iu0,i=0,1,...,m-1.(0.2) For α=2m,applying this important property,we establish the equivalence between (0.1) and the integral equation u(x)=c_n∫R_+~n(1/|x-y|~(n-α)-1/|x~*-y|~(n-α))u~p(y)/|y|~sdy,(0.3) where x~*=(x1,...,x_(n-1),-x_n) is the reflection of the point x about the plane R~(n-1).Then,we use the method of moving planes in integral forms to derive rotational symmetry and monotonicity for the positive solution of(0.3),in whichαcan be any real number between 0 and n.By some Pohozaev type identities in integral forms,we prove a Liouville type theorem—the non-existence of positive solutions for(0.1).     

Stability of uncertain discrete systems

The uncertain system

$x_{n + 1} = A_n x_n , n = 0,1,2, \ldots ,$

is considered, where the coefficients a _ij (n) of the m×m matrix A _n are functionals of any nature subject to the constraints

$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {\left| {a_{i,i} (n)} \right| \leqslant \alpha _ * < 1,} \\ {\left| {a_{i,j} (n)} \right| \leqslant \alpha _0 for j \geqslant i + 1,} \\ {\left| {a_{i,j} (n)} \right| \leqslant \delta for j < i.} \\ \end{array} $

Such systems include, in particular, switched-type systems, whose matrix A can take values in a given finite set.By using a special Lyapunov function, a bound δ ≤ δ(α₀,α_*) ensuring the global asymptotic stability of the system is found. In particular, the system is stable if the last inequality is replaced by a _i,j (n) = 0 for j < i.It is shown that pulse-width modulated systems reduce to the uncertain systems under consideration; moreover, in the case of a pulse-width modulation of the first kind, the coefficients of the matrix A are functions of x(n), and in the case of a modulation of the second kind, they are functionals.     

Asymptotic behavior of the maximal zero of a polynomial orthogonal on a segment with a nonclassical weight

Let {p _n (t)} _n=0 ^t8 be a system of algebraic polynomials orthonormal on the segment [?1, 1] with a weight p(t); let {x _n,ν ^(p) } _ν=1 ⁿ be zeros of a polynomial p _n (t) (x _x,ν ^(p) = cosθ _n,ν ^(p) ; 0 < θ _n,1 ^(p) < θ _n,2 ^(p) < ... < θ _n,n ^(p) < π). It is known that, for a wide class of weights p(t) containing the Jacobi weight, the quantities θ _n,1 ^(p) and 1 ? x _n,1 ^(p) coincide in order with n ^?1 and n ^?2, respectively. In the present paper, we prove that, if the weight p(t) has the form p(t) = 4(1 ? t ²)^?1{ln²[(1 + t)/(1 ? t)] + π ²}^?1, then the following asymptotic formulas are valid as n → ∞:

$$\theta _{n,1}^{(p)} = \frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{{n\sqrt {\ln (n + 1)} }}\left[ {1 + {\rm O}\left( {\frac{1}{{\ln (n + 1)}}} \right)} \right],x_{n,1}^{(p)} = 1 - \left( {\frac{1}{{n^2 \ln (n + 1)}}} \right) + O\left( {\frac{1}{{n^2 \ln ^2 (n + 1)}}} \right).$$

     

Output stabilization for a class of uncertain systems

The system

$$\frac{{dx}}{{dt}} = A\left( \cdot \right)x + B\left( \cdot \right)u,{\kern 1pt} \frac{{dy}}{{dt}} = A\left( \cdot \right)y + B\left( \cdot \right)u + D\left( {C*y - v} \right)$$

where v = C*x is an output, u = S*y is a control, A(·) ∈ R ^{n × n} , B(·) ∈ R ^{n × (n–p)}, C ∈ R ^{n × (n–p)}, and D ∈ R ^{n × (n–p)}, is considered. The elements α_ij(·) and β_ij(·) of the matrices A(·) and B(·) are arbitrary functionals satisfying the conditions

$$\mathop {\sup }\limits_{\left( \cdot \right)} |{\alpha _{ij}}\left( \cdot \right)| < \infty \left( {i,j \in 1,n} \right),\mathop {\sup }\limits_{\left( \cdot \right)} |{\beta _{ij}}\left( \cdot \right)| < \infty \left( {i \in 1,n,j \in 1,n - p} \right).$$

It is assumed that A(·) ∈ Z ₁ ∪ Z ₃ and A*(·) ∈ Z ₁ ∪ Z ₃, where Z ₁ is the class of matrices in which the first p elements of the kth superdiagonal are sign-definite and the elements above them are sufficiently small. The class Z ₃ differs from Z _t1 in that the elements between this superdiagonal and the (k + 1)th row are sufficiently small. If k > p, then the elements of the p × p square in the upper left corner of the matrix are sufficiently small as well. By using special quadratic Lyapunov functions, a matrix D for which y(t)–x(t) → 0 exponentially as t → ∞ is first found, and then a matrix S for which the vectors x(t) and y(t) have the same property is constructed.

     

Extracting outer function part from Hardy space function

Any analytic signal fa(e~(it)) can be written as a product of its minimum-phase signal part(the outer function part) and its all-phase signal part(the inner function part). Due to the importance of such decomposition, Kumarasan and Rao(1999), implementing the idea of the Szeg?o limit theorem(see below),proposed an algorithm to obtain approximations of the minimum-phase signal of a polynomial analytic signal fa(e~(it)) = e~(iN0t)M∑k=0a_k~(eikt),(0.1)where a_0≠ 0, a_M≠ 0. Their method involves minimizing the energy E(f_a, h_1, h_2,..., h_H) =1/(2π)∫_0~(2π)|1+H∑k=1h_k~(eikt)|~2|fa(e~(it))|~2dt(0.2) with the undetermined complex numbers hk's by the least mean square error method. In the limiting procedure H →∞, one obtains approximate solutions of the minimum-phase signal. What is achieved in the present paper is two-fold. On one hand, we rigorously prove that, if fa(e~(it)) is a polynomial analytic signal as given in(0.1),then for any integer H≥M, and with |fa(e~(it))|~2 in the integrand part of(0.2) being replaced with 1/|fa(e~(it))|~2,the exact solution of the minimum-phase signal of fa(e~(it)) can be extracted out. On the other hand, we show that the Fourier system e~(ikt) used in the above process may be replaced with the Takenaka-Malmquist(TM) system, r_k(e~(it)) :=((1-|α_k|~2e~(it))/(1-α_ke~(it))~(1/2)∏_(j=1)~(k-1)(e~(it)-α_j/(1-α_je~(it))~(1/2), k = 1, 2,..., r_0(e~(it)) = 1, i.e., the least mean square error method based on the TM system can also be used to extract out approximate solutions of minimum-phase signals for any functions f_a in the Hardy space. The advantage of the TM system method is that the parameters α_1,..., α_n,...determining the system can be adaptively selected in order to increase computational efficiency. In particular,adopting the n-best rational(Blaschke form) approximation selection for the n-tuple {α_1,..., α_n}, n≥N, where N is the degree of the given rational analytic signal, the minimum-phase part of a rational analytic signal can be accurately and efficiently extracted out.     

The Joint Distribution of Running Maximum of a Slepian Process

Consider the Slepian process S defined by S(t) = B(t +?1) ? B(t),t ∈ [0, 1] with B(t), t ∈ ? a standard Brownian motion. In this contribution we analyze the properties between the maximum \(m_{s}=\max \limits _{0\leq u\leq s}S(u)\) and the maximum \(m_{t}=\max \limits _{0\leq u\leq t}S(u)\) for 0 ≤ s < t ≤?1 fixed. Explicit integral expressions are obtained for the joint distribution function between m _s and m _t and the distribution function of the partial maximum m _s . Further, we apply our results for the determination of the moments of m _s .     

Karhunen–Loève expansion for a generalization of Wiener bridge

We derive a Karhunen–Loève expansion of the Gauss process \( {B}_t-g(t){\int}_0^1{g}^{\hbox{'}}(u)\mathrm{d}{B}_u,t\in \left[0,1\right] \), where (B_t)_t?∈?[0,?1] is a standardWiener process, and g?:?[0,?1]?→?? is a twice continuously differentiable function with g(0) = 0 and \( {\int}_0^1{\left(g\hbox{'}(u)\right)}^2\mathrm{d}u=1 \). This process is an important limit process in the theory of goodness-of-fit tests. We formulate two particular cases with the functions \( g(t)=\left(\sqrt{2}/\pi \right)\sin \left(\pi t\right),t\in \left[0,1\right] \), and g(t)?=?t, t?∈?[0,?1]. The latter corresponds to the Wiener bridge over [0, 1] from 0 to 0.     

Divided differences for functions of two variables for irregularly spaced arguments

Divided differences forf (x, y) for completely irregular spacing of points (x _i ,y _i ) are developed here by a natural generalization of Newton's scheme. Existing bivariate schemes either iterate the one-dimensional scheme, thus constraining (x _i ,y _i ) to be at corners of rectangles, or give polynomials Σa _jk x ^j y ^k having more coefficients than interpolation conditions. Here the generalizedn ^th divided difference is defined by (1)\(\left[ {01... n} \right] = \sum\limits_{i = 0}^n {A_i f\left( {x_i , y_i } \right)} \) where (2)\(\sum\limits_{i = 0}^n {A_i x_i^j , y_i^k = 0} \), and 1 for the last or (n+1)^th equation, for every (j, k) wherej+k=0, 1, 2,... in the usual ascending order. The gen. div. diff. [01...n] is symmetric in (x _i ,y _i ), unchanged under translation, 0 forf (x, y) an, ascending binary polynomial as far asn terms, degree-lowering with respect to (X, Y) whenf(x, y) is any polynomialP(X+x, Y+y), and satisfies the 3-term recurrence relation (3) [01...n]=λ{[1...n]?[0...n?1]}, where (4) λ= |1...n|·|01...n?1|/|01...n|·|1...n?1|, the |...i...| denoting determinants inx _i ^j y _i ^k . The generalization of Newton's div. diff. formula is (5)

$$\begin{gathered} f\left( {x, y} \right) = f\left( {x_0 , y_0 } \right) - \frac{{\left| {\alpha 0} \right|}}{{\left| 0 \right|}}\left[ {01} \right] + \frac{{\left| {\alpha 01} \right|}}{{\left| {01} \right|}}\left[ {012} \right] - \frac{{\left| {\alpha 012} \right|}}{{\left| {012} \right|}}\left[ {0123} \right] + \cdots + \hfill \\ + \left( { - 1} \right)^n \frac{{\left| {\alpha 01 \ldots n - 1} \right|}}{{\left| {01 \ldots n - 1} \right|}}\left[ {01 \ldots n} \right] + \left( { - 1} \right)^{n + 1} \frac{{\left| {\alpha 01 \ldots n} \right|}}{{\left| {01 \ldots n} \right|}}\left[ {01 \ldots n} \right], \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$     

Continuous time random walks and the Cauchy problem for the heat equation

We deal with anomalous diffusions induced by continuous time random walks - CTRW in ?ⁿ. A particle moves in ?ⁿ in such a way that the probability density function u(·, t) of finding it in region Ω of ?ⁿ is given by ∫_Ωu(x, t)dx. The dynamics of the diffusion is provided by a space time probability density J(x, t) compactly supported in {t ≥ 0}. For t large enough, u satisfies the equation

$$u\left( {x,t} \right) = \left[ {\left( {J - \delta } \right)*u} \right]\left( {x,t} \right)$$

, where δ is the Dirac delta in space-time. We give a sense to a Cauchy type problem for a given initial density distribution f. We use Banach fixed point method to solve it and prove that under parabolic rescaling of J, the equation tends weakly to the heat equation and that for particular kernels J, the solutions tend to the corresponding temperatures when the scaling parameter approaches 0.

     

Removability of isolated singularities for anisotropic elliptic equations with gradient absorption

We study the well-posedness of the third-order degenerate differential equation \(\left( {{P_3}} \right):\alpha {\left( {Mu} \right)^{\prime \prime \prime }}\left( t \right) + {\left( {Mu} \right)^{\prime \prime }}\left( t \right) = \beta Au\left( t \right) + f\left( t \right)\), (t ∈ [0, 2p]) with periodic boundary conditions \(Mu\left( 0 \right) = Mu\left( {2\pi } \right),\;Mu'\left( 0 \right) = Mu'\left( {2\pi } \right),\;Mu''\left( 0 \right) = Mu''\left( {2\pi } \right)\), in periodic Lebesgue–Bochner spaces L^p(T,X), periodic Besov spaces B_p,q^s(T,X) and periodic Triebel–Lizorkin spaces F_p,q^s(T,X), where A, B and M are closed linear operators on a Banach space X satisfying D(A) \( \cap \)D(B) ? D(M) and α, β, γ ∈ R. Using known operator-valued Fourier multiplier theorems, we completely characterize the well-posedness of (P₃) in the above three function spaces.