On discrete and continuous norms in Paley-Wiener spaces and consequences for exponential frames

It is well known that for certain sequences {t_n}_n the usual L^p norm ·_p in the Paley-Wiener space PW ^p is equivalent to the discrete norm f_p,{tn}:=( _n=– |f(t_n)|^p)^1/p for 1 p = < and f_,{tn}:=sup _n|f(t_n| for p=). We estimate f_p from above by Cf_p, _n and give an explicit value for C depending only on p, , and characteristic parameters of the sequence {t_n}_n. This includes an explicit lower frame bound in a famous theorem of Duffin and Schaeffer.     

Large deviations for the invariant measure of a reaction-diffusion equation with non-Gaussian perturbations

Summary In this paper we establish a large deviations principle for the invariant measure of the non-Gaussian stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) _t v =v +f(x,v )+(x,v ) . Here is a strongly-elliptic second-order operator with constant coefficients, h:=DH _xx-h, and the space variablex takes values on the unit circleS ¹. The functionsf and are of sufficient regularity to ensure existence and uniqueness of a solution of the stochastic PDE, and in particular we require that 0<mM wherem andM are some finite positive constants. The perturbationW is a Brownian sheet. It is well-known that under some simple assumptions, the solutionv ² is aC ^k (S ¹)-valued Markov process for each 0<1/2, whereC (S ¹) is the Banach space of real-valued continuous functions onS ¹ which are Hölder-continuous of exponent . We prove, under some further natural assumptions onf and which imply that the zero element ofC (S ¹) is a globally exponentially stable critical point of the unperturbed equation _t ⁰ = ⁰ +f(x,⁰), that has a unique stationary distributionv ^K, on (C (S ¹), (C ^K (S ¹))) when the perturbation parameter is small enough. Some further calculations show that as tends to zero,v ^K, tends tov ^K,0, the point mass centered on the zero element ofC (S ¹). The main goal of this paper is to show that in factv ^K, is governed by a large deviations principle (LDP). Our starting point in establishing the LDP forv ^K, is the LDP for the process , which has been shown in an earlier paper. Our methods of deriving the LDP forv ^K, based on the LDP for are slightly non-standard compared to the corresponding proofs for finite-dimensional stochastic differential equations, since the state spaceC (S ¹) is inherently infinite-dimensional.This work was performed while the author was with the Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA     

Perturbation of the Laplacian by the Coulomb potential and a point interaction in L p (ℝ)3

Perturbations of -+/|x| (with >0) by a point interaction centered at zero are defined in L ^p(³). This is done for 3/20 (³{0}), such that the extension is the negative generator of an analytic semigroup on L ^p(³).     

A property of nonlinear elliptic equations when the right-hand side is a measure

LetA(u)=–diva(x, u, Du) be a Leray-Lions operator defined onW ₀ ^1,p () and be a bounded Radon measure. For anyu SOLA (Solution Obtained as Limit of Approximations) ofA(u)= in ,u=0 on , we prove that the truncationsT _k(u) at heightk satisfyA(T _k(u)) A(u) in the weak * topology of measures whenk + .

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Résumé SoitA(u)=–diva(x, u, Du) un opérateur de Leray-Lions défini surW ₀ ^1,p () et une mesure de Radon bornée. Pour toutu SOLA (Solution Obtenue comme Limite d'Approximations) deA(u)= dans ,u=0 sur , nous démontrons que les troncaturesT _k(u) à la hauteurk vérifientA(T _k(u)) A(u) dans la topologie faible * des mesures quandk + .

     

A degenerate and strongly coupled quasilinear parabolic system not in divergence form

This paper deals with positive solutions of degenerate and strongly coupled quasi-linear parabolic system not in divergence form: u_t=v^p(u+au), v_t=u^q (v+bv) with null Dirichlet boundary condition and positive initial condition, where p, q, a and b are all positive constants, and p, q 1. The local existence of positive classical solution is proved. Moreover, it will be proved that: (i) When min {a, b} ₁ then there exists global positive classical solution, and all positive classical solutions can not blow up in finite time in the meaning of maximum norm (we can not prove the uniqueness result in general); (ii) When min {a, b} > ₁, there is no global positive classical solution (we can not still prove the uniqueness result), if in addition the initial datum (u₀v₀) satisfies u₀ + au₀ 0, v₀+bv₀ 0 in , then the positive classical solution is unique and blows up in finite time, where ₁ is the first eigenvalue of – in with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition.This project was supported by PRC grant NSFC 19831060 and 333 Project of JiangSu Province.     

Convergence to equilibrium for classical and quantum spin systems

Summary The paper is devoted to stochastic equations describing the evolution of classical and quantum unbounded spin systems on discrete lattices and on Euclidean spaces. Existence and asymptotic properties of the corresponding transition semigroups are studied in a unified way using the theory of dissipative operators on weighted Hilbert and Banach spaces. This paper is an enlarged and rewritten version of the paper [7].Partially supported by the Italian National Project MURST Problemi nonlinearinell' Analisi... and by DRET under contract 901636/A000/DRET/DSISR.Partially sponsored by the KBN grant 2 2003 91 02 and by the KBN grant 2PO3A 082 08     

Measures induced on Wiener space by monotone shifts

Summary In this work we study the absolute continuity of the image of the Wiener measure under the transformations of the formT()=+u(), the shiftu is a random variable with values in the Cameron-Martin spaceH and is monotone in the sense that (T(+h-T(),h) _H 0 a.s. for allh inH.     

Nonlinear potential theory and PDEs

We consider equations like -div(|u| ^p–2u)=, where is a nonnegative Radon measure and 1u and the measure are reviewed. A link between potential estimates and the boundary regularity of the Dirichlet problem is established.     

On spectral variations under bounded real matrix perturbations

Summary In this paper we investigate the set of eigenvalues of a perturbed matrix {ie509-1} whereA is given and ^{n × n}, ||< is arbitrary. We determine a lower bound for thisspectral value set which is exact for normal matricesA with well separated eigenvalues. We also investigate the behaviour of the spectral value set under similarity transformations. The results are then applied tostability radii which measure the distance of a matrixA from the set of matrices having at least one eigenvalue in a given closed instability domain _b.     

On the asymptotic and invariantσ-algebras of random walks on locally compact groups

Summary Consider a random walk of law on a locally compact second countable groupG. Let the starting measure be equivalent to the Haar measure and denote byQ the corresponding Markov measure on the space of pathsG . We study the relation between the spacesL (G , ^a ,Q) andL (G , ⁱ ,Q) where ^a and ⁱ stand for the asymptotic and invariant -algebras, respectively. We obtain a factorizationL (G , ^a ,Q) L (G , ⁱ ,Q)L (C) whereC is a cyclic group whose order (finite or infinite) coincides with the period of the Markov shift and is determined by the asymptotic behaviour of the convolution powers ⁿ.     

Some remarks on Rademacher's theorem in infinite dimensions

We provide an infinite dimensional version of Rademacher's theorem in a linear space provided with a bounded Radon measure . The underlying concepts of the Lipschitz property and differentiability hold -almost everywhere and only in the linear subspace of directions along which is quasiinvariant. The particular case where (X, ) is the Wiener space (and for which the subspace of quasiinvariance coincides with the Cameron-Martin space) was proved in Enchev and Stroock (1993).Partially supported by the fund for promotion of research at the Technion.     

Perfect cocycles through stochastic differential equations

Summary We prove that if is a random dynamical system (cocycle) for whicht(t, )x is a semimartingale, then it is generated by a stochastic differential equation driven by a vector field valued semimartingale with stationary increment (helix), and conversely. This relation is succinctly expressed as semimartingale cocycle=exp(semimartingale helix). To implement it we lift stochastic calculus from the traditional one-sided time to two-sided timeT= and make this consistent with ergodic theory. We also prove a general theorem on the perfection of a crude cocycle, thus solving a problem which was open for more than ten years.This article was processed by the author using the latex style filepljour Im from Springer-Verlag.     

Asymptotic limit law for the close approach of two trajectories in expanding maps of the circle

Summary Given two pointsx, yS ¹ randomly chosen independently by a mixing absolutely continuous invariant measure of a piecewise expanding and smooth mapf of the circle, we consider for each >0 the point process obtained by recording the timesn>0 such that |f ⁿ (x)–f ⁿ (y)|. With the further assumption that the density of is bounded away from zero, we show that when tends to zero the above point process scaled by –1 converges in law to a marked Poisson point process with constant parameter measure. This parameter measure is given explicity by an average on the rate of expansion off.Partially supported by FAPESP grant number 90/3918-5     

A symmetry problem in the calculus of variations

Let be a ball in ^N, centered at zero, and letu be a minimizer of the nonconvex functional over one of the classesC _M := {w W _loc ^1, () 0 w(x) M in,w concave} orE _M := {w W _loc ^1,2 () 0 w(x) M in,w 0 inL()}of admissible functions. Thenu is not radial and not unique. Therefore one can further reduce the resistance of Newton's rotational body of minimal resistance through symmetry breaking.     

Semistable measures and limit theorems on real andp-adic groups

For any locally compact groupG, we show that any locally tight homomorphism from a real directed semigroup intoM ¹ (G) (semigroup of probability measures onG) has a shift which extends to a continuous one-parameter semigroup. IfG is ap-adic algebraic group then the above holds even iff is not locally tight. These results are applied to give sufficient conditions for embeddability of some translate of limits of sequences of the form {v _n ^kn } and M ¹ (G) such that ()= ^M , for somek>1 and AutG (cf. Theorems 2.1, 2.4, 3.7).     

The normal subgroup lattice of 2-transitive automorphism groups of linearly ordered sets

Using combinatorial and model-theoretic means, we examine the structure of normal subgroup lattices N(A()) of 2-transitive automorphism groups A() of infinite linearly ordered sets (, ). Certain natural sublattices of N(A()) are shown to be Stone algebras, and several first order properties of their dense and dually dense elements are characterized within the Dedekind-completion of (, ). As a consequence, A() has either precisely 5 or at least 2²¹ (even maximal) normal subgroups, and various other group- and lattice-theoretic results follow.     

A characterization of generalized inner product spaces (ϕ-orthogonally additive mappings,III)

Summary The conditional Cauchy functional equation for a mappingF: (X, +, ) (Y, +), i.e.,F(x + y) = F(x) + F(y) for allx, y X withx y, (*) on a real vector space equipped with an abstract relation (calledorthogonality), was first studied by Gudder and Strawther in 1975. They defined by a system consisting of five axioms and described the general hemi-continuous real valued solution of (*) showing that the existence of non-trivial even ones characterize inner product orthogonality. Using the more restrictive axioms of Rätz (introduced in 1980 to obtain the general solution without regularity conditions: odd solutions are additive, while the even ones are quadratic), recently we have proved the same assuming arbitrary mappingsF with values in an abelian group but for dimX 3. In 1989, Rätz and the author modified the system of axioms so that it should include the orthogonality induced by an isotropic symmetric bilinear form and still ensure the additive/quadratic representation.In this context, the main purpose of this note is to characterize on a real vector space the symmetric bilinear orthogonality as the essentially unique extension of an orthogonality relation satisfying certain weak axioms and admitting non-trivial even hemi-continuous solutions of (*) with values in a Hausdorff topological abelian group.Dedicated to the memory of Alexander M. Ostrowski on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth     

Quasi-coherence of Hardy spaces in several complex variables

In this paper, we prove that the Hardy spaceH ^p (), 1p<, over a strictly pseudoconvex domain in ⁿ with smooth boundary is quasi-coherent. More precisely, we show that Toeplitz tuplesT with suitable symbols onH ^p () have property (). This proof is based on a well known exactness result for the tangential Cauchy-Riemann complex.     

The support of the solution to a hyperbolic SPDE

Summary In this paper we prove Stroock-Varadhan type theorems for the topological support of a hyperbolic stochastic partial differential equation in the -Hölder norm, for (0, 1/2). Our approach is based on absolutely continuous transformations of defined using non-homogeneous approximations of the Brownian sheet.Partially supported by a grant of the DGICYT n^o PB 90–0452. This work has been partially done while the author was visiting the Laboratoire de Probabilités at Paris VI     

The threshold contact process: A continuum limit

Summary In the threshold contact process on thed-dimensional integer lattice with ranger, healthy sites become infected at rate if they have at least one infectedr-neighbour, and recover at rate 1. We show that the critical value _c (r) is asymptotic tor ^–d _c asr, where _c is the critical value of the birth rate for a continuum threshold contact process which may be described in terms of an oriented continuous percolation model driven by a Poisson process of rate ind+1 dimensions. We have bounds of 0.7320 < _c < 3 ford=1.