Stability of steady rotations in the nonholonomic Routh problem

We have discovered a new first integral in the problem of motion of a dynamically symmetric ball, subject to gravity, on the surface of a paraboloid. Using this integral, we have obtained conditions for stability (in the Lyapunov sense) of steady rotations of the ball at the upmost, downmost and saddle point.      

Proof of Stability in the Brower–Paul Problem

Doklady Mathematics - We study the stability of equilibrium in the problem known as “a ball on a rotating saddle,” which was first considered by the famous Dutch mathematician Brauer in...     

Rolling of a non-homogeneous ball over a sphere without slipping and twisting

Consider the problem of rolling a dynamically asymmetric balanced ball (the Chaplygin ball) over a sphere. Suppose that the contact point has zero velocity and the projection of the angular velocity to the normal vector of the sphere equals zero. This model of rolling differs from the classical one. It can be realized, in some approximation, if the ball is rubber coated and the sphere is absolutely rough. Recently, J. Koiller and K. Ehlers pointed out the measure and the Hamiltonian structure for this problem. Using this structure we construct an isomorphism between this problem and the problem of the motion of a point on a sphere in some potential field. The integrable cases are found.      

旋转抛物面的新定义及其性质

从点的轨迹的角度,将R<'3>中的旋转抛物面定义为:R<'3>中到一定点与到一定平面(点不在平面上)距离相等的点的轨迹.同时引入旋转抛物面的焦点、准平面、准线等概念,并在此基础上证明关于旋转抛物面的焦点弦、准平面、顶点、对称轴、切平面之间的若干重要性质.     

A preconditioning technique for a class of PDE-constrained optimization problems

We investigate the use of a preconditioning technique for solving linear systems of saddle point type arising from the application of an inexact Gauss?CNewton scheme to PDE-constrained optimization problems with a hyperbolic constraint. The preconditioner is of block triangular form and involves diagonal perturbations of the (approximate) Hessian to insure nonsingularity and an approximate Schur complement. We establish some properties of the preconditioned saddle point systems and we present the results of numerical experiments illustrating the performance of the preconditioner on a model problem motivated by image registration.     

Breaking hyperbolicity for smooth symplectic toral diffeomorphisms

We study a smooth symplectic 2-parameter unfolding of an almost hyperbolic diffeomorphism on two-dimensional torus. This diffeomorphism has a fixed point of the type of the degenerate saddle. In the parameter plane there is a bifurcation curve corresponding to the transition from the degenerate saddle into a saddle and parabolic fixed point, separatrices of these latter points form a channel on the torus. We prove that a saddle period-2 point exists for all parameter values close to the co-dimension two point whose separatrices intersect transversely the boundary curves of the channel that implies the existence of a quadratic homoclinic tangency for this period-2 point which occurs along a sequence of parameter values accumulating at the co-dimension 2 point. This leads to the break of stable/unstable foliations existing for almost hyperbolic diffeomorphism. Using the results of Franks [1] on π ₁-diffeomorphisms, we discuss the possibility to get an invariant Cantor set of a positive measure being non-uniformly hyperbolic.     

A lattice point problem on the regular tree

Huber (1956) [8] considered the following problem on the hyperbolic plane H. Consider a strictly hyperbolic subgroup of automorphisms on H with compact quotient, and choose a conjugacy class in this group. Count the number of vertices inside an increasing ball, which are images of a fixed point x∈H under automorphisms in the chosen conjugacy class, and describe the asymptotic behaviour of this number as the size of the ball goes to infinity. We use a well-known analogy between the hyperbolic plane and the regular tree to solve this problem on the regular tree.     

On the volume functional of compact manifolds with boundary with constant scalar curvature

We study the volume functional on the space of constant scalar curvature metrics with a prescribed boundary metric. We derive a sufficient and necessary condition for a metric to be a critical point, and show that the only domains in space forms, on which the standard metrics are critical points, are geodesic balls. In the zero scalar curvature case, assuming the boundary can be isometrically embedded in the Euclidean space as a compact strictly convex hypersurface, we show that the volume of a critical point is always no less than the Euclidean volume bounded by the isometric embedding of the boundary, and the two volumes are equal if and only if the critical point is isometric to a standard Euclidean ball. We also derive a second variation formula and apply it to show that, on Euclidean balls and “small” hyperbolic and spherical balls in dimensions 3 ≤ n ≤ 5, the standard space form metrics are indeed saddle points for the volume functional.     

Unitarizable representations and fixed points of groups of biholomorphic transformations of operator balls

We show that the open unit ball of the space of operators from a finite-dimensional Hilbert space into a separable Hilbert space (we call it “operator ball”) has a restricted form of normal structure if we endow it with a hyperbolic metric (which is an analogue of the standard hyperbolic metric on the unit disc in the complex plane). We use this result to get a fixed point theorem for groups of biholomorphic automorphisms of the operator ball. The fixed point theorem is used to show that a bounded representation in a separable Hilbert space which has an invariant indefinite quadratic form with finitely many negative squares is unitarizable (equivalent to a unitary representation). We apply this result to find dual pairs of invariant subspaces in Pontryagin spaces. In Appendix A we present results of Itai Shafrir about hyperbolic metrics on the operator ball.     

向量最优化问题的Lagrange对偶与择一定理

本文讨论无限维向量最优化问题的Lagrange对偶与弱对偶，建立了若干鞍点定理与弱鞍点定理．作为研究对偶问题的工具，建立了一个新的择一定理．     

On some problems in geometric game theory

Several problems of dynamic systems control can be reduced to geometric games. The problem of stabilization is an example. In this paper, the criteria of a saddle point in a geometric game is proved under more general conditions than earlier. Algorithms for finding a saddle point are given in cases where the strategy set of one of the players is (1) a ball in ℝ ⁿ , (2) a closed interval, (3) a polyhedral, and the strategy set of the other player is an arbitrary convex set. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 131–137, 2005.     

Minimax feature selection problem for constructing a classifier using support vector machines

A minimax feature selection problem for constructing a classifier using support vector machines is considered. Properties of the solutions of this problem are analyzed. An improvement of the saddle point search algorithm based on extending the bound for the step parameter is proposed. A new nondifferential optimization algorithm is developed that, together with the saddle point search algorithm, forms a hybrid feature selection algorithm. The efficiency of the algorithm for computing Dykstra’s projections as applied for the feature selection problem is experimentally estimated.     

Local analytic reduction of families of diffeomorphisms

We study local analytic simplification of families of analytic maps near a hyperbolic fixed point. A particularly important application of the main result concerns families of hyperbolic saddles, where Siegel's theorem is too fragile, at least in the analytic category. By relaxing on the formal normal form we obtain analytic conjugacies. Since we consider families, it is more convenient to state some results for analytic maps on a Banach space; this gives no extra complications. As an example we treat a family passing through a 1:−1 resonant saddle.     

Le bas du spectre d'une variété hyperbolique est un point selle

Besson, Courtois and Gallot proved that on a compact manifold, a hyperbolic metric has minimal entropy among the metrics of same volume. Here we show that a hyperbolic metric is a saddle point for the bottom of spectrum of the universal cover. More precisely, the bottom of its spectrum is maximal among the conformal metrics of same volume, and minimal in its Ebin class.     

Higher Order Efficiency,Saddle Point Optimality,and Duality for Vector Optimization Problems

In this paper, we intend to characterize the strict local efficient solution of order m for a vector minimization problem in terms of the vector saddle point. A new notion of strict local saddle point of higher order of the vector-valued Lagrangian function is introduced. The relationship between strict local saddle point and strict local efficient solution is derived. Lagrange duality is formulated, and duality results are presented.     

The dynamics of the chaplygin ball with a fluid-filled cavity

We consider the problem of rolling of a ball with an ellipsoidal cavity filled with an ideal fluid, which executes a uniform vortex motion, on an absolutely rough plane. We point out the case of existence of an invariant measure and show that there is a particular case of integrability under conditions of axial symmetry.     

Computations on thin non‐inhibited hyperbolic elastic shells. Bench‐marks for membrane locking

We study the bending limit problem of shells in relation to the membrane locking, encountered in finite element computation of non‐inhibited very thin shells. Using a new approach of the theory of inextensional displacements (or infinitesimal bendings) we solve the bending limit problem in the case of a clamped hyperbolic paraboloid. We then use this solution to validate computations which can be used as bench‐marks for the membrane locking. Such configuration, non‐inhibited hyperbolic very thin shells, usually lacks numerical ‘validation’. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

半参数两样本密度比率模型估计问题的一点注记

In this paper,a semiparametric two-sample density ratio model is considered and the empirical likelihood method is applied to obtain the parameters estimation.A commonly occurring problem in computing is that the empirical likelihood function may be a concaveconvex function.Here a simple Lagrange saddle point algorithm is presented for computing the saddle point of the empirical likelihood function when the Lagrange multiplier has no explicit solution.So we can obtain the maximum empirical likelihood estimation (MELE) of parameters.Monte Carlo simulations are presented to illustrate the Lagrange saddle point algorithm.     

A Note on the Estimation of Semiparametric Two-Sample Density Ratio Models

In this paper,a semiparametric two-sample density ratio model is considered and the empirical likelihood method is applied to obtain the parameters estimation.A commonly occurring problem in computing is that the empirical likelihood function may be a concaveconvex function.Here a simple Lagrange saddle point algorithm is presented for computing the saddle point of the empirical likelihood function when the Lagrange multiplier has no explicit solution.So we can obtain the maximum empirical likelihood estimation (MELE) of parameters.Monte Carlo simulations are presented to illustrate the Lagrange saddle point algorithm.     

Saddle points for vector valued functions: existence, necessary and sufficient theorems

Necessary and sufficient conditions for a point to be a weak saddle point of a vector valued function (i.e. to be a solution of the vector saddle point problem) are given. Also, an existence result for a vector saddle point to have a solution is given.