Remarks on g-functions on H^n

In this paper, the authors study some properties of Littlewood-Paley g-functions gψ（f）,Lusin area functions Sψ,α（f） and Littlewood-Paley gψ^＊,λ（f） functions defined on H^n, where α,λ 〉 0 and ψ, f are suitable functions. They are the generalization of the corresponding operators on R^n.     

A Wiener–Wintner theorem for the Hilbert transform

We prove the following extension of the Wiener–Wintner theorem and the Carleson theorem on pointwise convergence of Fourier series: For all measure-preserving flows (X,μ,T _t ) and f∈L ^p (X,μ), there is a set X _f ⊂X of probability one, so that for all x∈X _f ,

On the estimation of the regression coefficients of a continuous parameter process with stationary residual

The asymptotic expressions of the covariance matrices for both the least square estimates _L α _T and Markov (best linear) estimates are obtained, based on a sample in a finite interval (0, T) of the regression co-efficients α = (α ₁, …, α _{m 0})′ of a parameter-continuous process with a stationary residual. We assume that the regression variables φ _ν(t), t ⩾ 0, ν = 1, …, m ₀, are continuous in t, and satisfy conditions (3.1)–(3.3). For the residual, we assume that it is a stationary process that possesses a bounded continuous spectral density f(λ). Under these assumptions, it is proven that

Optimal decompositions for theK-functional for a couple of Banach lattices

Letf=g _t+h _t be the optimal decomposition for calculating the exact value of theK-functionalK(t, f; ) of an elementf with respect to a couple =(X ₀ ,X ₁) of Banach lattices of measurable functions. It is shown that this decomposition has a rather simple form in many cases where one of the spacesX ₀ andX ₁ is eitherL ^∞ orL ¹. Many examples are given of couples of lattices for which |g _t| increases monotonically a.e. with respect tot. It is shown that this property implies a sharpened estimate from above for the Brudnyi-KrugljakK-divisibility constant γ( ) for the couple. But it is also shown that certain couples do not have this property. These also provide examples of couples of lattices for which γ( ). Research supported by the Technion V. P. R. Fund.     

Optimal interpolation of convergent algebraic series

Let , –1<x ₁<...<x _n <1. Denote , t∈(–1,1). Given a function f∈W we try to recover f(ζ) at fixed point ζ∈(–1,1) by an algorithm A on the basis of the information f(x ₁),...,f(x _n ). We find the intrinsic error of recovery . This work is supported by RFBR (grant 07-01-00167-a and grant 06-01-00003).     

Asymptotic stability of solitons of the gKdV equations with general nonlinearity

We consider the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation (gKdV)

Prediction Problems for Square-Transformed Stationary Processes

This paper discusses the prediction problems for square-transformed process, Y _t = X _t ², where X _t is a stationary process with spectral density g(). The square-transformation is important in prediction of the volatility of ARCH models. First, we evaluate the mean square prediction error for square-transformed process when the predictor is constructed from the true spectral density g(). However, it is often that the true structure g() is not completely specified. Hence, we consider the problem of misspecified prediction when a conjectured spectral density f (), , is fitted to g(). Then, constructing the best linear predictor based on f (), we can evaluate the prediction error for square-transformed process. Also, we consider a bias adjusted prediction problem for the above two cases. Furthermore, we may suppose that X _t is a non-Gaussian process. Then, we evaluate the mean square prediction errors when the best linear predictor is constructed by the true spectral density g() and the conjectured spectral density f (), respectively. Since is usually unknown we estimate it by a quasi-MLE . The second-order asymptotic approximations of the mean square errors of the predictors based on g() and f () are given. Finally, we provide some numerical examples, which show some unexpected features.     

Asymptotic normality and efficiency of a weighted correlogram

For a process X(t)=Σ _j=1 ^M g _j (t)ξ _j (), where g_j(t) are nonrandom given functions, is a stationary vector-valued Gaussian process, Eξ_k(t) = 0, and Eξ_k(0) Eξ_l(τ) = r _kl(τ), we construct an estimate for the functions r _kl(τ) on the basis of observations X(t), t ∈ [0, T]. We establish conditions for the asymptotic normality of as T → ∞. We consider the problem of the optimal choice of parameters of the estimate depending on observations. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 937–947, July, 1998.     

The ratio of the extreme to the sum in a random sequence

For X ₁ , X ₂ , ..., X _n a sequence of non-negative independent random variables with common distribution function F(t), X _(n) denotes the maximum and S _n denotes the sum. The ratio variate R _n  = X _(n) / S _n is a quantity arising in the analysis of process speedup and the performance of scheduling. O’Brien (J. Appl. Prob. 17:539–545, 1980) showed that as n → ∞, R _n →0 almost surely iff is finite. Here we show that, provided either (1) is finite, or (2) 1 − F (t) is a regularly varying function with index ρ < − 1, then . An integral representation for the expected ratio is derived, and lower and upper asymptotic bounds are developed to obtain the result. Since is often known or estimated asymptotically, this result quantifies the rate of convergence of the ratio’s expected value. The result is applied to the performance of multiprocessor scheduling.      

Periodic points of nonexpansive maps and nonlinear generalizations of the Perron-Frobenius theory

Let and suppose that f : K ⁿ →K ⁿ is nonexpansive with respect to the l ₁-norm, , and satisfies f (0) = 0. Let P ₃(n) denote the (finite) set of positive integers p such that there exists f as above and a periodic point of f of minimal period p. For each n≥ 1 we use the concept of 'admissible arrays on n symbols' to define a set of positive integers Q(n) which is determined solely by number theoretical and combinatorial constraints and whose computation reduces to a finite problem. In a separate paper the sets Q(n) have been explicitly determined for 1 ≤n≤ 50, and we provide this information in an appendix. In our main theorem (Theorem 3.1) we prove that P ₃(n) = Q(n) for all n≥ 1. We also prove that the set Q(n) and the concept of admissible arrays are intimately connected to the set of periodic points of other classes of nonlinear maps, in particular to periodic points of maps g : D _g→D _g, where is a lattice (or lower semilattice) and g is a lattice (or lower semilattice) homomorphism.     

Immersions of spheres and algebraically constructible functions

Let Λ be an algebraic set and let (n is even) be a polynomial mapping such that for each there is r(λ) > 0 such that the mapping g _λ  =  g(· , λ) restricted to the sphere S ⁿ (r) is an immersion for every 0  <  r  <  r (λ), so that the intersection number I(g _λ|S ⁿ (r)) is defined. Then is an algebraically constructible function. I. Karolkiewicz and A. Nowel supported by the grant BW/5100-5-0286-7.     

Further properties of a function of Ogg and Ligozat

Certain identities of Ramanujan may be succinctly expressed in terms of the rational function on the modular curve X ₀(N), where and f _χ is a certain modular unit on the Nebentypus cover X _χ (N) introduced by Ogg and Ligozat for prime and w _N is the Fricke involution. These correspond to levels N=5,13, where the genus g _N of X ₀(N) is zero. In this paper we study slightly more general kind of relations for each such that X ₀(N) has genus g _N =1,2, and also for each such that the Atkin–Lehner quotient X ₀⁺(N) has genus g _N ⁺=1,2. Finally we study the normal closure of the field of definition of the zeros of the latter.      

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">Γ</Emphasis>-convergence of quadratic functionals in the plane

In this paper, we prove that if a sequence of homeomorphisms , with bounded planar domains, of Sobolev space has uniformly equibounded distortions in EXP(Ω) and weakly converges to f in then the matrices A(x, f _j ) of the corresponding Laplace-Beltrami operators Γ-converge in the Orlicz–Sobolev space , where Q(t) = t ²log(e + t), to the matrix A(x, f) of the Laplace-Beltrami operator associated to f.      

Asymptotic Expansions in Non-central Limit Theorems for Quadratic Forms

We consider quadratic forms of the type

Rationally convex sets on the unit sphere in ℂ2

Let X be a rationally convex compact subset of the unit sphere S in ?², of three-dimensional measure zero. Denote by R(X) the uniform closure on X of the space of functions P/Q, where P and Q are polynomials and Q≠0 on X. When does R(X)=C(X)? Our work makes use of the kernel function for the $\bar{\delta}_{b}Let X be a rationally convex compact subset of the unit sphere S in ℂ², of three-dimensional measure zero. Denote by R(X) the uniform closure on X of the space of functions P/Q, where P and Q are polynomials and Q≠0 on X. When does R(X)=C(X)? Our work makes use of the kernel function for the operator on S, introduced by Henkin in [5] and builds on results obtained in Anderson–Izzo–Wermer [3]. We define a real-valued function ε _X on the open unit ball intB, with ε _X (z,w) tending to 0 as (z,w) tends to X. We give a growth condition on ε _X (z,w) as (z,w) approaches X, and show that this condition is sufficient for R(X)=C(X) (Theorem 1.1). In Section 4, we consider a class of sets X which are limits of a family of Levi-flat hypersurfaces in intB. For each compact set Y in ℂ², we denote the rationally convex hull of Y by . A general reference is Rudin [8] or Aleksandrov [1].     

Resolvent estimates and local energy decay for hyperbolic equations

Abstract We examine the cut-off resolvent R_χ(λ) = χ (–Δ_D – λ²)^–1χ, where Δ_D is the Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary condition and equal to 1 in a neighborhood of the obstacle K. We show that if R_χ(λ) has no poles for , then This estimate implies a local energy decay. We study the spectrum of the Lax-Phillips semigroup Z(t) for trapping obstacles having at least one trapped ray. Keywords: Trapping obstacles, Resonances, Local energy decay, Cut-off resolvent     

Discretization of Compact Riemannian Manifolds Applied to the Spectrum of Laplacian

For κ ⩾ 0 and r₀ > 0 let ℳ(n, κ, r₀) be the set of all connected, compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds (Mⁿ, g) with Ricci (M, g) ⩾ −(n−1) κ g and Inj (M) ⩾ r₀. We study the relation between the kth eigenvalue λ_k(M) of the Laplacian associated to (Mⁿ,g), Δ = −div(grad), and the kth eigenvalue λ_k(X) of a combinatorial Laplacian associated to a discretization X of M. We show that there exist constants c, C > 0 (depending only on n, κ and r₀) such that for all M ∈ ℳ(n, κ, r₀) and X a discretization of for all k < |X|. Then, we obtain the same kind of result for two compact manifolds M and N ∈ ℳ(n, κ, r₀) such that the Gromov–Hausdorff distance between M and N is smaller than some η > 0. We show that there exist constants c, C > 0 depending on η, n, κ and r₀ such that for all . Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 58J50, 53C20 Supported by Swiss National Science Foundation, grant No. 20-101 469     

Sharp Jackson-Stechkin inequality inL2 for multidimensional spheres

In this paper we prove the Jackson-Stechkin inequalityE _n−1(f)<ω _n (f, 2τ _n ,λ),n≥1,m≥5,r≥1, f ∈L2( ),f ≢ const, which is sharp for eachn=2, 3, ...; hereE _n−1 (f) is the best approximation of a functionf by spherical polynomials of degree ≤n−1, ω _n (f, τ) is theτth modulus of continuity off based on the translations ,t ∈ ℝ,x ∈ , , is the measure of the unit Euclidean sphere , , andτ _n ,λ is the first positive zero of the Gegenbauer cosine polynomial (cost). Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 333–355, September, 1996. The present paper was discussed at Ural State University in a seminar headed by Professor Arestov. The author is grateful to Professor Arestov and Associate Professor Popov for useful conversations. This research was supported by the State Commission for Higher Education of the Russian Federation under grant No. 2-16-5-31 and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-011-196.     

Total Domination in Partitioned Graphs

We present results on total domination in a partitioned graph G = (V, E). Let γ _t (G) denote the total dominating number of G. For a partition , k ≥ 2, of V, let γ _t (G; V _i ) be the cardinality of a smallest subset of V such that every vertex of V _i has a neighbour in it and define the following