A general Trotter-Kato formula for a class of evolution operators

In this article we prove new results concerning the existence and various properties of an evolution system UA+B(t,s)_0?s?t?T generated by the sum −(A(t)+B(t)) of two linear, time-dependent and generally unbounded operators defined on time-dependent domains in a complex and separable Banach space B. In particular, writing L(B) for the algebra of all linear bounded operators on B, we can express UA+B(t,s)_0?s?t?T as the strong limit in L(B) of a product of the holomorphic contraction semigroups generated by −A(t) and −B(t), respectively, thereby proving a product formula of the Trotter-Kato type under very general conditions which allow the domain D(A(t)+B(t)) to evolve with time provided there exists a fixed set D⊂_?t∈[0,T]D(A(t)+B(t)) everywhere dense in B. We obtain a special case of our formula when B(t)=0, which, in effect, allows us to reconstruct UA(t,s)_0?s?t?T very simply in terms of the semigroup generated by −A(t). We then illustrate our results by considering various examples of nonautonomous parabolic initial-boundary value problems, including one related to the theory of time-dependent singular perturbations of self-adjoint operators. We finally mention what we think remains an open problem for the corresponding equations of Schrödinger type in quantum mechanics.     

A probabilistic variant of Chernoff's product formula

In this paper we present a version of Chernoff's product formula based on probabilistic representations for equi-bounded operator semigroups which covers e.g. Hille's first exponential formula as well as the Post-Widder real inversion formula. General rates of convergence are given in terms of the rectified modulus of continuity.     

Trotter-Kato product formula and fractional powers of self-adjoint generators

Let A and B be non-negative self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space such that their densely defined form sum obeys dom(H^α)⊆dom(A^α)∩dom(B^α) for some α∈(1/2,1). It is proved that if, in addition, A and B satisfy dom(A^1/2)⊆dom(B^1/2), then the symmetric and non-symmetric Trotter-Kato product formula converges in the operator norm:

||(e−tB/2ne−tA/ne−tB/2n)n−e−tH||=O(n−(2α−1))||(e−tA/ne−tB/n)n−e−tH||=O(n−(2α−1))     

A product formula for semigroups of Lipschitz operators associated with abstract quasilinear evolution equations

The notion of semigroups of Lipschitz operators associated with abstract quasilinear evolution equations is introduced and a product formula for such semigroups is established. The product formula obtained in the paper is applied to the solvability of the Cauchy problem for a first order quasilinear system through a finite difference scheme of the Lax‐Friedrichs type.     

Existence of periodic solutions for nonlinear evolution equations with pseudo monotone operators

In this paper, we study the existence of -periodic solutions for the problem

where is a -periodic, pseudo monotone mapping from a reflexive Banach space into its dual.

     

Fractional powers of self-adjoint operators and Trotter-Kato product formula

We study error bounds in the operator norm topology for the Trotter-Kato product formula. We prove that they depend on fractional power conditions (domains and relative boundedness) for operators involved in this formula.Dedicated to Professor M.Sh.BIRMAN on the occassion of his 70th birthday.     

A trace formula for Hankel operators

We show that if is an operator valued analytic function in the open right half plane such that the Hankel operator with symbol is of trace-class, then has continuous extension to the imaginary axis,

exists in the trace-class norm, and .

     

A combinatorial proof of the reduction formula for Littlewood-Richardson coefficients

There are well-known reduction formulas for the universal Schubert coefficients defined on Grassmannians. These coefficients are also known as the Littlewood-Richardson coefficients in the theory of symmetric functions. We restate the reduction formulas combinatorially and provide a combinatorial proof for them.     

Cores for parabolic operators with unbounded coefficients

Let be a family of elliptic differential operators with unbounded coefficients defined in RN+1. In [M. Kunze, L. Lorenzi, A. Lunardi, Nonautonomous Kolmogorov parabolic equations with unbounded coefficients, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., in press], under suitable assumptions, it has been proved that the operator G:=A−Ds generates a semigroup of positive contractions (Tp(t)) in Lp(RN+1,ν) for every 1?p<+∞, where ν is an infinitesimally invariant measure of (Tp(t)). Here, under some additional conditions on the growth of the coefficients of A, which cover also some growths with an exponential rate at ∞, we provide two different cores for the infinitesimal generator Gp of (Tp(t)) in Lp(RN+1,ν) for p∈[1,+∞), and we also give a partial characterization of D(Gp). Finally, we extend the results so far obtained to the case when the coefficients of the operator A are T-periodic with respect to the variable s for some T>0.     

A generalization of the formula for the triangular number of the sum and product of natural numbers

This note generalizes the formula for the triangular number of the sum and product of two natural numbers to similar results for the triangular number of the sum and product of r natural numbers. The formula is applied to derive formula for the sum of an odd and an even number of consecutive triangular numbers.     

A generalization of the Christoffel-Schwartz formula

As a generalization of the well-known Christoffel-Schwartz formula, a formula is obtained for mapping the interior of the unit disk onto a domain whose boundary consists of n arcs of curves, each of which, under the choice of some branch of the transformation ζ=w^m, m>0, passes through a rectilinear segment of the ζ-plane. It is shown that the class B_m of Bazilevich functions coincides with the class ¯L_m of functions representable by means of the obtained formula of the special type.     

A generalization of best approximation operators

Summary Let X be a rotund, reflexive Banach space, M⊆X a closed subspace and P_M: X→M the best approximation operator on M. This paper deals with some aspects of the general question of how P_M may be constructed out of simpler operators. A class of operators called B-operators, which generalize best approximation operators, is defined and conditions are given under which P_M is the limit of sequences of B-operators. Several examples and applications are also included. Entrata in Redazione il 20 novembre 1974.     

A product formula for semigroups of Lipschitz operators associated with semilinear evolution equations of parabolic type

A product formula for semigroups of Lipschitz operators associated with semilinear evolution equations of parabolic type is discussed under a new type of stability condition which admits “error term”. The result obtained here is applied to showing the convergence of approximate solutions constructed by a fractional step method to the solution of the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation.     

A Leibniz differentiation formula for positive operators

Is is shown that for n→+∞ the Leibnizian combination L′_n(fg)−fL′_n(g)−gL′_n(f) converges uniformly to zero on a compact interval W if the positive operators L_n belong to a certain class (including Bernstein, Gauss-Weierstrass and many others), and if the moduli of continuity of f,g satisfy ω_W(f;h)ω_W(g;h)=o(h) as h→0+. A counterexample shows that Lipschitz conditions are not appropriate to bring about a second-order version of this formula.     

A generalization of a formula of Steiner

Summary Combinatorial formulae for the numbers of cells of subdivision, of varying dimensions, when hyperplanes in general position intersect an open convex set of ^d, are derived. They coincide with basic formulae for the probabilities of combinations of events. The dual result is stated.I should like to thank a referee for drawing attention to the duality.     

A generalization of Newman’s formula

We give a determinant formula for the relative class number of an imaginary abelian number field, which is a generalization of Newman’s formula of 1970 and of Skula’s of 1981. By our formula we can determine the signs of these determinants, which these authors did not give. Received: 17 May 2007