Best approximation and best unilateral approximation of the kernel of a biharmonic equation and optimal renewal of the values of operators

For the classB _p , 0 < 1, 1p , of 2-periodic functions of the form f(t)=u(,t), whereu (,t) is a biharmonic function in the unit disk, we obtain the exact values of the best approximation and best unilateral approximation of the kernel K(t) of the convolution f= K *g, gl, with respect to the metric of L₁. We also consider the problem of renewal of the values of the convolution operator by using the information about the values of the boundary functions.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol.47, No. 11, pp. 1549–1557, November, 1995.     

Discrete Spectrum of Differential Operators in Spectral Gaps under Nonnegative Perturbations of High Order

Let A be a self-adjoint elliptic second-order differential operator, let (, ) be an inner gap in the spectrum of A, and let B(t) = A + tW ^* W, where W is a differential operator of higher order. Conditions are obtained under which the spectrum of the operator B(t) in the gap (, ) is either discrete, or does not accumulate to the right-hand boundary of the spectral gap, or is finite. The quantity N(, A, W, ), (, ), > 0 (the number of eigenvalues of the operator B(t) passing the point (, ) as t increases from 0 to ) is considered. Estimates of N(, A, W, ) are obtained. For the perturbation W ^* W of a special form, the asymptotics of N(, A, W, ) as + is given. Bibliography: 5 titles.     

Convergence of random products of compact contractions in Hilbert space

Let {T₁, ..., T_N} be a finite set of linear contraction mappings of a Hilbert space H into itself, and let r be a mapping from the natural numbers N to {1, ..., N}. One can form S_n=T_r(n)...T_r(1) which could be described as a random product of the T_i's. Roughly, the S_n converge strongly in the mean, but additional side conditions are necessary to ensure uniform, strong or weak convergence. We examine contractions with three such conditions. (W): x_n1, Tx_n1 implies (I-T)x_n0 weakly, (S): x_n1, Tx_n1 implies (I-T)x_n0 strongly, and (K): there exists a constant K>0 such that for all x, (I-T)x²K(x²–Tx²).We have three main results in the event that the T_i's are compact contractions. First, if r assumes each value infinitely often, then S_n converges uniformly to the projection Q on the subspace _i= ₁ ^N [x|T_ix=x]. Secondly we prove that for such compact contractions, the three conditions (W), (S), and (K) are equivalent. Finally if S=S(T₁, ..., T_N) denotes the algebraic semigroup generated by the T_i's, then there exists a fixed positive constant K such that each element in S satisfies (K) with that K.     

Holomorphe Funktionen auf Gebieten über Banach-Räumen zu vorgegebenen Konvergenzradien

Given a function: ₊ on a domain spread over an infinite dimensional complex Banach space E with a Schauder basis such that -log is plurisubharmonic and d (d denotes the boundary distance on ) one can find a holomorphic function f: with _f, where _f is the radius of convergence of f. If, in addition, is locally Lipschitz continuous with constant 1, f can be chosen so that (3M)^–1 _f, where M is the basis constant of E. In the particular case of E= ₁ there are holomorphic functions f on with= _f.     

Eine Kennzeichnung der nicht fanoschen Rechtseitebenen durch Inzidenz,Parallelität und Kongruenz

Rectangular planes of characteristic 2 in the sense of H. KARZEL [7] will be characterized as incidence spaces with parallelism and congruence .     

Bases in the spaces C and Lp

In this paper it is proved that for any numbers A and B, 0k(x), k=1, 2, ..., whose graphs lie in the strip 0x1, AyB. It is shown that for the space L_p, p>1, there is no analogous basis in a strip theorem.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 635–640, December, 1971.     

Equivalence Bimodule Between Non-Commutative Tori

The non-commutative torus C ^*(ⁿ,) is realized as the C*-algebra of sections of a locally trivial C*-algebra bundle over S with fibres isomorphic to C ^*n/S, ₁) for a totally skew multiplier ₁ on ⁿ/S. D. Poguntke [9] proved that A is stably isomorphic to C(S) C(^*( Zⁿ/S, ₁) C(S) A M_kl( C) for a simple non-commutative torus A and an integer kl. It is well-known that a stable isomorphism of two separable C*-algebras is equivalent to the existence of equivalence bimodule between them. We construct an A-C(S) A-equivalence bimodule.     

Infinitesimal,first order bendings of smooth,convex surfaces of revolution subject to conic,sleeve-like constraints along the boundary

We prove that on a closed, smooth, convex surface of revolution , whose poles are not flattening points, there exists only a countable set of parallels _n. Each of these parallels cuts surface into two parts so that one of the parts, , admits nontrivial, infinitesimal bendings in the process of which all the points of its boundary _n are displaced on a preassigned, conic sleeve K that is coaxial with the surface. The sequence of such parallels _n converges to parallel ^*, which has the following properties: 1) the tangent cone to surface along ^* is orthogonal to sleeve K; 2) surface , cut off from surface by parallel ^*, has rigidity of first order in the indicated class of bendings.Translated from Ukrainskii Geometricheskii Sbornik, No. 33, pp. 3–8, 1990.     

Optimal accuracy approximation of functions and their derivatives

We consider the approximation of the function (x) and its derivative '(x) on [a, b] given that (x)C _2,N, i.e., belongs to the class of functions f(x) that satisfy the conditions f(x)L, f(x_i)=y_i, i=1,,N, where L and y_i are given real numbers and x_i are the nodes of an arbitrary grid, a=x₁<x₂<<X_N=b. A solution algorithm on the class of functions C_2,L,N is proposed which has optimal accuracy with a constant not exceeding 2. A bound on the approximation error of the function and its derivative is derived.Translated from Vychislitel'naya i Prikladnaya Matematika, No. 56, pp. 57–61, 1985     

Duality for nonconvex optimization and its applications

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A graded scale of parametric families of distributions,and parameter estimates based on the sample mean

Summary Denote by _k a class of familiesP={P} of distributions on the line R¹ depending on a general scalar parameter , being an interval of R¹, and such that the moments µ₁()=xdP ,...,µ_2k ()=x ^2k dP are finite, ₁ (), ..., _k (), _k+1 () ..., _k () exist and are continuous, with ₁ () 0, and _j +1 ()= ₁ () _j () +[₂() -₁()²] _j ()/ ₁ (), J=2, ..., k. Let ₁=¯x=x ₁ + ... +x _n/n, ₂=x ₁ ² + ... +x _n ²/n, ..., _k =(x ₁ ^k + ... +x _n ^k/n denote the sample moments constructed for a sample x₁, ..., x_n from a population with distribution Pg. We prove that the estimator of the parameter by the method of moments determined from the equation ₁= ₁() and depending on the observations x₁, ..., x_n only via the sample mean ¯x is asymptotically admissible (and optimal) in the class _k of the estimators determined by the estimator equations of the form ₀ () + ₁ () ₁ + ... + _k () _k =0 if and only ifP _k .The asymptotic admissibility (respectively, optimality) means that the variance of the limit, as n (normal) distribution of an estimator normalized in a standard way is less than the same characteristic for any estimator in the class under consideration for at least one 9 (respectively, for every ).The scales arise of classes _{1 2}... of parametric families and of classes _{1 2} ... of estimators related so that the asymptotic admissibility of an estimator by the method of moments in the class _k is equivalent to the membership of the familyP in the class _k .The intersection consists only of the families of distributions with densities of the form h(x) exp {C₀() + C₁() x } when for the latter the problem of moments is definite, that is, there is no other family with the same moments ₁ (), ₂ (), ...Such scales in the problem of estimating the location parameter were predicted by Linnik about 20 years ago and were constructed by the author in [1] (see also [2, 3]) in exact, not asymptotic, formulation.Translated from Problemy Ustoichivosti Stokhasticheskikh Modelei, pp. 41–47, 1981.     

Attracting properties for one dimensional flows of a general barotropic viscous fluid. Periodic flows

Summary We consider the motion of a barotropic compressible fluid in a one dimensional bounded region with impermeable boundary, see equation (1.1). Here, u(t, q) denotes the velocity and v(t, q) the specific volume. The quantity log v(t, q) measures the displacement of v(t, q) with respect to the equilibrium v 1. For the sake of brevity we denote here different norms by the simbol . We show that there is a positive constant r₀=r₀(), a small ball B₁ (r) (with radius R₁ (r), ), and a large ball B(r) (with radius R(r), ) such that the following holds, for each r [0, r₀ [(i) If f(t) < r for all t 0, and if (u(0), log v(0))R(r) (i.e. (u(0), log v(0)) B(r)) then, for sufficiently large values of t, (u(t), log v(t))R₁ (r); (ii) The solutions starting at time t=0 from the large ball B(r) have all the same asymptotic behaviour (see (1.11)); (iii) If f is T-periodic then there is a (unique) T-periodic solution (u(t), log v(t)) inside the small ball B₁ (r). This periodic solution atracts all solutions which intersect the large ball B(r). Periodic solutions had been previously studied only for very specific pressure laws, namely p(v)-log v and p(v)-v^–1.     

On asymptotically efficient estimation for a semiparametric regression model

1.IntroductionConsiderthemodelY=X"0 g(T) E,(1'1)whereX"~(xl,',xo)areexplanatoryvariablesthatenterlinearly,Pisakx1vectorofunknownparameters,Tisanotherexplanatoryvariablesthatentersinanonlinearfashion,g')isanunknownsmoothfunctionofTinR',(X,T)andeareindependent,andeistheerrorwithmean0andvariancea2.Trangesoveranondegeneratecompact1-dimensionalilltervalC*;withoutlossofgenerality,C*=[0,1].Chenl2]discussedasymptoticnormalityofestimatorsP.of0byusingpiecewisepolynthacaltoapproximateg.Speckmanls…     

über straffe Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen im Raum der Schwartzschen Distributionen

Zusammenfassung In den letzten Jahren erschien eine Reihe von Arbeiten, die sich systematisch mit Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen auf topologischen Gruppen, Halbgruppen, topologischen RÄumen und topologischen linearen RÄumen beschÄftigten. Als besonders geeignet für eine topologische Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie erwiesen sich hierbei die sogenannten straffen (tight) Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen (vgl. Le Cam [3], Hildenbrand [11], Prochoeov [20], Varadarajan [25]).Die vorliegende Arbeit befa\t sich mit straffen Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen im Raum D, dem topologischen Dualraum des Raumes D der auf der reellen Zahlengeraden definierten beliebig oft differenzierbaren Funktionen mit kompaktem TrÄger Tr .Der Ausgangspunkt für die Untersuchung von Zufallselementen mit Werten in linearen RÄumen, die nicht notwendig BanachrÄume sind, war wohl der von GELFAND [8] eingeführte Begriff des verallgemeinerten stochastischen Prozesses (VSP). Solange man bei einem solchen Proze\ Eigenschaften untersucht, die sich mit Hilfe seiner endlichdimensionalen Randverteilungen Q_{1,...,n}, _i D, beschreiben lassen, wird man sich wie im Fall eines gewöhnlichen stochastischen Prozesses natürlich die Frage stellen, ob ein geeigneter Standard-stichprobenraum existiert, etwa der Raum D, so da\ sich jeder VSP auffassen lÄ\t als Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung auf einem geeigneten hinreichend umfangreichen -Ring von Teilmengen des Raumes D. Die fundamentale Arbeit von MINLOS [18] gab hierzu die Lösung: Durch ein vertrÄgliches System endlichdimensionaler Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen Q_{1,...,n}, _i D, mit gewissen Eigenschaften, die denen der Randverteilungen eines VSP entsprechen, lÄ\t sich auf dem SystemB der Zylindermengen des Raumes D eine sogenannte schwache Verteilung definieren, von der gezeigt wird, da\ sie -additiv ist. Durch EinschrÄnkung des Raumes der sogenannten Testfunktionen auf den metrisierbaren Teilraum D _K{ D:Tr K, K kompakt in } von D lÄ\t sich dieses Ergebnis wie folgt verschÄrfen: Die durch ein vertrÄgliches System endlichdimensionaler Randverteilungen Q_{1,...,n}, _i D, mit entsprechenden Eigenschaften, auf dem System B _K der Zylindermengen des Raumes D_K definierte schwache Verteilung K ist straff bezüglich der schwachen Topologie (D_K, D_K) in D_K.Die Frage nach der Gültigkeit einer entsprechenden VerschÄrfung für das Dualsystem >DD<, bzw. allgemeiner für ein Dualsystem E, F mit nicht notwendig metrisierbarem F, bildete den Gegenstand neuerer Untersuchungen, über deren Ergebnisse auf dem letzten Berkeley Symposium E. Mourier berichtete (vgl. [19]).Im ersten Kapitel der vorliegenden Arbeit des Verfassers wird demgegenüber eine Methode aufgezeigt, mit deren Hilfe, unter Verwendung des Minlosschen Satzes in seiner ursprünglichen Form, auf direktem Wege für das Dualsystem >D, D< der Nachweis gelingt, da\ eine schwache Verteilung auf B nicht nur -additiv, sondern automatisch straff ist (bzgl. der schwachen Topologie (D, D) in D) und sich somit eindeutig fortsetzen lÄ\t zu einer straffen Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung auf dem System 83 der Boreischen Mengen in D, welches den von den Zylindermengen erzeugten -Ring (B) umfa\t. Mit anderen Worten wird damit gezeigt, da\ man jeden VSP auffassen kann als straffe Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung auf den Boreischen Mengen in D. Wir sprechen dann auch von einer zufÄlligen Distribution.Im zweiten Kapitel betrachten wir spezielle zufÄllige Distributionen, nÄmlich Normal-verteilungen v, die aus Randverteilungen hervorgehen, welche n-dimensionale Normal-verteilungen sind, und beschÄftigen uns mit dem Problem der Äquivalenz und SingularitÄtzweier Normalverteilungen v₁ und v₂ in D. Für den Fall v₁ = v, v₂= v_{f 0}, wo v_{f 0}(Z) =v(Z – f₀), ZB fD, zeigte DUDLEY [6], da\ entweder Äquivalenz oder SingularitÄt vorliegt, wobei er ein notwendiges und hinreichendes Kriterium für den Fall der Äquivalenz angibt. Aus der Theorie der gewöhnlichen stochastischen Prozesse ist nun bekannt, da\ die beiden Wahrschein-lichkeitsma\e, die zwei beliebigen Gau\schen Prozessen auf dem Raum ihrer Realisierungen entsprechen, entweder Äquivalent oder singular sind. Es lag deshalb nahe, nach einem Kriterium zu suchen, welches es einerseits gestattet, im Fall zweier beliebiger Normalverteilungen v₁ und v₂ in D zu entscheiden, wann Äquivalenz vorliegt, und welches andererseits die naheliegende Vermutung bestÄtigt, da\ für zwei Normalverteilungen in D dieselbe Alternative wie im eben zitierten klassischen Fall vorliegt. Dieses Problem wird gelöst, indem wir zeigen, da\ sich ein von Kallianfur-Oodaira [13] aufgestelltes Kriterium für die Äquivalenz zweier Normalverteilungen auf den Boreischen Mengen eines separablen Hilbertraumes auf den Distributionsraum D übertragen lÄ\t.Im dritten Kapitel beschÄftigen wir uns mit der Frage der Äquivalenz zweier beliebiger (nicht notwendig normaler) Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen in D.Abschlie\end möchte der Autor Herrn Professor Dr. K. Krickeberg (Heidelberg) für die Anregung zu dieser Arbeit sowie für die Unterstützung wÄhrend ihrer Durchführung herzlich danken.     

On Shikata's distance between differentiable structures

Shikata proved: there is a number (n) with the following property: If two compact homeomorphic n-dimensional manifolds have a distance less than (n), then they are diffeomorphic. We improve the known lower bound (n!)^–n for (n) to 1/3n ^–2.This work was done under the program Sonderforschungsbereich Theoretische Mathematik (SFB 40) at Bonn University while Shikata was SFB-guest at Bonn.     

On the Cesàro summability of orthogonal sequences

(C, ). , . 0<<1. 1) - ( _k ), _k =a _k , (C, ), . 2) , , (C, ) ; _k = =¦a _k ¦.     

On cubature formulas on the basis of lattices

Q (.. , L). Q . P(S_r(2)) — 2 (S _r(2) (r — ). , M(P(S _r(m=sup{t(·)t(·)₁:t P(S _r(2)),t 0}. , /4+(1)M(P(S _r(2)))/r ²15/17+(1)(r+). (Q), Q L.     

A characterization of semimartingales on nuclear spaces

Summary This work is devoted to prove the following fact: Suppose that is a nuclear space whose dual is nuclear under the strong topology. IfX is a weakly adapted mapping with values in such that for any,X'() has a modification which is a semimartingale then there exists a unique projective system of Hubert space-valued semimartingales indexed by the Hilbert-Schmidt neighbourhood base of the dual space whose projective limit isX.In the last part we study in detail a semimartingale defined as the convolution of a distribution by a random Dirac measure whose support is determined by the trajectories of a real-valued semimartingale.     

Asymptotic properties of local densities of measures generated by semimartingales

For families of probability measures (P , )) generated by semimartingales, we consider the local density)(y, )= _t (y, )) _t0 of a, measureP _y with respect to the measureP whose logarithm is the difference of a local martingale and a positive predictable increasing locally bounded process. Conditions are obtained under which the relations and hold, wherey _t depends in some way ont, while _t ast . Applications of these relations are exhibited and an example is given when the hypotheses of the theorems proved can be verified.Translated fromTeoriya Sluchaínykh Protsessov, Vol. 14, pp. 48–55, 1986.     

The Spectral Theory of Amenable Actions and Invariants of Discrete Groups

Let G denote a semisimple group, a discrete subgroup, B=G/P the Poisson boundary. Regarding invariants of discrete subgroups we prove, in particular, the following:(1) For any -quasi-invariant measure on B, and any probablity measure on , the norm of the operator () on L ²(B,) is equal to (), where is the unitary representation in L ²(X,), and is the regular representation of .(2) In particular this estimate holds when is Lebesgue measure on B, a Patterson–Sullivan measure, or a -stationary measure, and implies explicit lower bounds for the displacement and Margulis number of (w.r.t. a finite generating set), the dimension of the conformal density, the -entropy of the measure, and Lyapunov exponents of .(3) In particular, when G=PSL₂() and is free, the new lower bound of the displacement is somewhat smaller than the Culler–Shalen bound (which requires an additional assumption) and is greater than the standard ball-packing bound.We also prove that ()=_G() for any amenable action of G and L ¹(G), and conversely, give a spectral criterion for amenability of an action of G under certain natural dynamical conditions. In addition, we establish a uniform lower bound for the -entropy of any measure quasi-invariant under the action of a group with property T, and use this fact to construct an interesting class of actions of such groups, related to 'virtual' maximal parabolic subgroups. Most of the results hold in fact in greater generality, and apply for instance when G is any semi-simple algebraic group, or when is any word-hyperbolic group, acting on their Poisson boundary, for example.