The number of periodic solutions of polynomial differential equations

We estimate the number of periodic solutions for special classes ofnth-order ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 720–727, November, 1998. The author thanks Yu. S. Il'yashenko for setting the problems, permanent advice, and overall support. The author is also thankful to D. A. Panov for numerous discussions. This research was supported by the CRDF Foundation under grant MR1-220, by the INTAS Foundation under grant No. 93-05-07, and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 95-01-01258.     

Modal positive operators

For every modal positive operator, there exists a formula defining a least fixed point for that operator in partially ordered Kripke models with the property of being cofinal for every infinite ascending chain. A similar result obtains also for strict partially ordered Kripke models with the same property. Supported by the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation (RHSF), grant No. 97-03-04089, and by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science through PSO RAN No. 473, grant No. 3. Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 585–597, September–October, 1999.     

Differentiability of convex measures

In this paper we consider convex measures on finite-dimensional spaces. We prove the differentiability of convex measures in the Skorokhod sense (and under some natural conditions, in the Fomin sense also). Simultaneously we give some additional results on differentiability of convex measures.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 862–871, December, 1995.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 94-01-01556, by the Ministry of Science under grant No. M38300 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. M38000.     

Solutions of the heat equation in domains with singularities

We study the asymptotics of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the heat equation in time-dependent domains with singular points.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 163–179, August, 1998.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00504 and by INTAS under grant No. 93-351.     

Modules over quantum polynomials

We describe the structure of finitely generated modules over general quantum Laurent polynomials and prove that Artin modules over general quantum Laurent polynomials are cyclic. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 497–503, April, 1996. This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for the Basic Research under grant No. 93-011-1544 and by the INTAS program under grant No. 93-2618.     

Use of the Lagrange method in nonlinear analysis

The problem of the spectrum of a nonlinear system and its relation to ellipsoid transform widths are studied.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 334–342, March, 1996.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00237 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. MP1000.     

Extremum problems for functions with small support

In this paper we consider an extremum problem for even periodic functions having small intervals as their supports and subject to restrictions on the sum of the absolute values of their Fourier coefficients. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 323–332, September, 1996. We wish to express our gratitude to S. B. Stechkin for his interest in our work. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00378, and the work of the first and second authors also by the International Science Foundation under grant No. MC5300.     

On the quasistability of trajectory problems of vector optimization

We consider quasistable multicriteria problems of discrete optimization on systems of subsets (trajectory problems). We single out the class of problems for which new Pareto optima can appear, while other optima for the problems do not disappear when the coefficients of the objective functions are slightly perturbed (in the Chebyshev metric). For the case of linear criteria (MINSUM), we obtain a formula for calculating the quasistability radius of the problem. Translated fromMatemalicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 21–27, January, 1998. This research was supported by the Belarus Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. F95-70.     

Denumerable controlled Markov chains with average reward criterion: Sample path optimality

We consider discrete-time nonlinear controlled stochastic systems, modeled by controlled Makov chains with denumerable state space and compact action space. The corresponding stochastic control problem of maximizing average rewards in the long-run is studied. Departing from the most common position which usesexpected values of rewards, we focus on a sample path analysis of the stream of states/rewards. Under a Lyapunov function condition, we show that stationary policies obtained from the average reward optimality equation are not only average reward optimal, but indeed sample path average reward optimal, for almost all sample paths.Research supported by a U.S.-México Collaborative Research Program funded by the National Science Foundation under grant NSF-INT 9201430, and by CONACyT-MEXICO.Partially supported by the MAXTOR Foundation for applied Probability and Statistics, under grant No. 01-01-56/04-93.Research partially supported by the Engineering Foundation under grant RI-A-93-10, and by a grant from the AT&T Foundation.     

Nonlinear Kolmogorov widths

We investigate a generalization of width in the sense of Kolmogorov suitable for estimating bestm-term approximations. We generalize Carl's inequality which gives lower estimate of Kolmogorov widths in terms of entropy numbers. Application of these new inequalities gives some progress in the problem of estimating bestm-term trigonometric approximations of multivariate functions.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 891–902, June, 1998.This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. DMS 9622925 and by the ONR foundation under grant No. N00014-96-1-1003.     

Asymptotics ast → ∞ of the solutions of nonlinear equations with nonsmall initial perturbations

A new method is proposed for finding asymptotics ast → ∞ of the solutions of the Cauchy problem for nonlinear evolution equations with nonsmall initial data. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 855–864, June, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-011-134 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. BX000.     

Extension by zero of functions of several variables

We obtain sufficient conditions on a domainG ⊂ ℝn for functions defined onG to be extendable by zero to the entire space ℝn with smoothness preserved in an integral norm. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 351–365, September, 1998. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00243 and by program “Leading Science Schools” under grant No. 96-15-96102.     

Strictly pseudoconvex domains and algebraic varieties

In the paper, we consider applications of strictly pseudoconvex domains to the problems of algebraicity and rationality. We give a new proof of the Kodaira theorem on the algebraicity of a surface and we also prove a multidimensional version of this theorem. Theorems analogous to the Hodge index theorem and the Lefschetz theorem about (1, 1)-classes are obtained for strictly pseudoconvex domains. Conjectures on the geometry of strictly pseudoconvex domains on algebraic surfaces are formulated. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 414–422, September, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00225 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. 508.     

General change of variable formulas for semimartingales in one and finite dimensions

Summary A general one dimensional change of variables formula is established for continuous semimartingales which extends the famous Meyer-Tanaka formula. The inspiration comes from an application arising in stochastic finance theory. For functions mapping ⁿ to , a general change of variables formula is established for arbitrary semimartingales, where the usualC ² hypothesis is relaxed.Supported in part by NSF grant No. DMS-9103454Supported in part by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation award for US-Chile Scientific CooperationSupported in part by FONDECYT, grant 92-0881     

Integrable boundary conditions for many-component burgers equations

Infinite series of boundary conditions that are consistent with even-order higher symmetries and ensure the integrability of a Burgers type equation are constructed. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 888–901, December, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-011-16008 and by the International Science Foundation under grant Nos. MLY00 and RK2000.     

Two-point boundary value problems in relativistic dynamics

For gyro systems of relativistic type, we obtain solvability conditions for the two-point boundary value problem. We use the geodesic modeling method, in which the original problem is reduced to studying the existence of isotropic geodesic curves of the Kaluts-O. Klein Lorentz metric joining two fibers of a bundle over the configuration manifold of the system. As an example, we consider problems on the motion of charged test particles in an arbitrary electromagnetic field and in the outer Reissner-Nordstrem space-time in the field of a charged black hole and some external electromagnetic field.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 437–449, March, 1996.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 94-01-00492a and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. NP4000.     

Linear differential operators with unbounded operator coefficients and semigroups of bounded operators

Associated with a family of evolution operators in a complex Banach space is a linear unbounded operator, which is studied with the aid of a semigroup of difference operators and a difference operator in a sequence space. Some formulas for the spectra of the linear operators in question (in particular, for abstract hyperbolic differential operators) and the spectrum mapping theorem for the semigroup of difference operators are obtained. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 811–820, June, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 95-01-00032 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. NZA000 and grant No. NZA300.     

Integral invariants of the Hamilton equations

Conditions are found for the existence of integral invariants of Hamiltonian systems. For two-degrees-of-freedom systems these conditions are intimately related to the existence of nontrivial symmetry fields and multivalued integrals. Any integral invariant of a geodesic flow on an analytic surface of genus greater than 1 is shown to be a constant multiple of the Poincaré-Cartan invariant. Poincaré's conjecture that there are no additional integral invariants in the restricted three-body problem is proved. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 379–393, September, 1995. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 242 93-013-16244), International Science Foundation (grant No. MCY 000), and INTAS (grant No. 93-339).     

Critical cases of stability. Converse implicit function theorem for dynamical systems with cosymmetry

Stability criteria of boundary equilibria for dynamical systems in the three critical cases, (n, k)=(3, 0), (2, 1), and (1, 1), are obtained.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 572–578, April, 1998.The author wishes to thank V. I. Yudovich for useful discussions.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-01791 and by the International Science Foundation under grant NRQ000.     

Real hypersurfaces in complex two-plane Grassmannians with commuting normal Jacobi operator

We give a complete classification of -invariant real hypersurfaces in complex two-plane Grassmannians G ₂(C ^m+2) with commuting normal Jacobi operator . The first author was supported by MCYT-FEDER grant BFM 2001-2871-C04-01, the second author by grant Proj. No. KRF-2006-351-C00004 from Korea Research Foundation and the third author by grant Proj. No. R14-2002-003-01001-0 from Korea Research Foundation, Korea 2006 and Proj. No. R17-2007-006-01000-0 from KOSEF.