On an elementary operator with M‐hyponormal operator entries

A Hilbert space operator is M‐hyponormal if there exists a positive real number M such that for all . Let be M‐hyponormal and let denote either the generalized derivation or the elementary operator . We prove that if are M‐hyponormal, then satisfies the generalized Weyl's theorem and satisfies the generalized a‐Weyl's theorem for every f that is analytic on a neighborhood of .     

Determinants of classical SG‐pseudodifferential operators

We introduce a generalized trace functional TR in the spirit of Kontsevich and Vishik's canonical trace for classical SG‐pseudodifferential operators on and suitable manifolds, using a finite‐part integral regularization technique. This allows us to define a zeta‐regularized determinant for parameter‐elliptic operators , , . For , the asymptotics of as and of as are derived. For suitable pairs we show that coincides with the so‐called relative determinant .     

Fractional integration operators of variable order: continuity and compactness properties

Let be a Lebesgue‐almost everywhere positive function. We consider the Riemann‐Liouville operator of variable order defined by as an operator from to . Our first aim is to study its continuity properties. For example, we show that is always bounded (continuous) in provided that . Surprisingly, this becomes false for . In order to be bounded in L₁[0, 1], the function has to satisfy some additional assumptions. In the second, central part of this paper we investigate compactness properties of . We characterize functions for which is a compact operator and for certain classes of functions we provide order‐optimal bounds for the dyadic entropy numbers .     

Semi‐classical resolvent estimates and regions free of resonances

We prove resolvent estimates for self‐adjoint operators of the form on , , where is a semi‐classical parameter and , , is a real‐valued potential. The potential is supposed to have very little regularity with respect to the radial variable, only. As a consequence, we obtain a region free of resonances in the case when V is of compact support.     

Extremal solutions to fourth order discontinuous functional boundary value problems

In this paper, given a L¹‐Carathéodory function, it is considered the functional fourth order equation together with the nonlinear functional boundary conditions Here , , satisfy some adequate monotonicity assumptions and are not necessarily continuous functions. It will be proved an existence and location result in presence of non ordered lower and upper solutions.     

Riesz minimal energy problems on ‐manifolds

In , , we study the constructive and numerical solution of minimizing the energy relative to the Riesz kernel , where , for the Gauss variational problem, considered for finitely many compact, mutually disjoint, boundaryless ‐dimensional ‐manifolds , , where , each being charged with Borel measures with the sign prescribed. We show that the Gauss variational problem over a convex set of Borel measures can alternatively be formulated as a minimum problem over the corresponding set of surface distributions belonging to the Sobolev–Slobodetski space , where and . An equivalent formulation leads in the case of two manifolds to a nonlinear system of boundary integral equations involving simple layer potential operators on Γ. A corresponding numerical method is based on the Galerkin–Bubnov discretization with piecewise constant boundary elements. Wavelet matrix compression is applied to sparsify the system matrix. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the approach.     

Regularity theory for a class of quasilinear equations

This paper addresses the analysis of the weak solution of in a bounded domain Ω subject to the boundary condition on , when the data f belongs to and . We prove existence and uniqueness of solution for this problem in the Nikolskii space . Moreover, we obtain energy estimates regarding the Nikolskii norm of ω in terms of the norm of f.     

Bilinear decompositions for the product space

In this paper, we improve a recent result by Li and Peng on products of functions in and , where is a Schrödinger operator with V satisfying an appropriate reverse Hölder inequality. More precisely, we prove that such products may be written as the sum of two continuous bilinear operators, one from into , the other one from into , where the space is the set of distributions f whose grand maximal function satisfies      

Lower bounds for the integration error for multivariate functions with mixed smoothness and optimal Fibonacci cubature for functions on the square

We prove lower bounds for the error of optimal cubature formulae for d‐variate functions from Besov spaces of mixed smoothness in the case , and , where is either the d‐dimensional torus or the d‐dimensional unit cube . In addition, we prove upper bounds for QMC integration on the Fibonacci‐lattice for bivariate periodic functions from in the case , and . A non‐periodic modification of this classical formula yields upper bounds for if . In combination these results yield the correct asymptotic error of optimal cubature formulae for functions from and indicate that a corresponding result is most likely also true in case . This is compared to the correct asymptotic of optimal cubature formulae on Smolyak grids which results in the observation that any cubature formula on Smolyak grids can never achieve the optimal worst‐case error.     

Well‐posedness of second order degenerate integro‐differential equations with infinite delay in vector‐valued function spaces

We study the well‐posedness of the second order degenerate differential equations with infinite delay: with periodic boundary conditions , where and M are closed linear operators in a Banach space satisfying , . Using operator‐valued Fourier multiplier techniques, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the well‐posedness of this problem in Lebesgue‐Bochner spaces , periodic Besov spaces and periodic Triebel‐Lizorkin spaces .     

Operators of Hadamard type on spaces of smooth functions

For an open set we study the algebra of continuous linear operators on admitting the monomials as eigenvectors. We give a concrete representation of these operators and evaluate it explicitly for the unit ball and the whole of . We also study the topology of and the algebra of eigenvalue sequences.     

Uniqueness results for semilinear elliptic systems on

In this paper we establish uniqueness criteria for positive radially symmetric finite energy solutions of semilinear elliptic systems of the form As an application we consider the nonlinear Schrödinger system for and exponents q which satisfy in case and in case . Generalizing the results of Wei and Yao for we find new sufficient conditions and necessary conditions on such that precisely one positive solution exists. Our results dealing with the special case are optimal. Finally, an application to a multi‐component nonlinear Schrödinger system is given.     

A compactness criterion and application to the commutators associated with Schrödinger operators

Let T be an integral operator. In this paper, we introduce a ‐compactness criterion of , where . As an application, we apply this criterion to deal with ‐compactness of commutators associated to Schrödinger operators with potentials in the reverse Hölder's class.     

Anti‐periodic solutions for a gradient system with resonance via a variational approach

In this paper, we investigate a second‐order resonance anti‐periodic boundary value problem where is the m‐th eigenvalue of the corresponding eigenvalue problem. By using the dual least action principle, we obtain an existence result. In addition, we obtain the existence of 2T‐periodic solutions for .     

Pre‐Hilbert spaces with anomalous splitting and orthogonally‐closed subspace structures

Four classes of closed subspaces of an inner product space S that can naturally replace the lattice of projections in a Hilbert space are: the complete/cocomplete subspaces , the splitting subspaces , the quasi‐splitting subspaces and the orthogonally‐closed subspaces . It is well‐known that in general the algebraic structure of these families differ remarkably and they coalesce if and only if S is a Hilbert space. It is also known that when S is a hyperplane in its completion i.e. then and . On the other extreme, when i.e. then and . Motivated by this and in contrast to it, we show that in general the codimension of S in bears very little relation to the properties of these families. In particular, we show that the equalities and can hold for inner product spaces with arbitrary codimension in . At the end we also contribute to the study of the algebraic structure of by testing it for the Riesz interpolation property. We show that may fail to enjoy the Riesz interpolation property in both extreme situations when S is “very small” (i.e. and when S is ‘very big’ (i.e. .     

Riemann boundary value problem for harmonic functions in Clifford analysis

In this article, we mainly deal with the boundary value problem for harmonic function with values in Clifford algebra: where is a Liapunov surface in , the Dirac operator , are unknown functions with values in a universal Clifford algebra Under some assumptions, we show that the boundary value problem is solvable.     

Boundaries for algebras of analytic functions on function module Banach spaces

We consider the uniform algebra of continuous and bounded functions that are analytic on the interior of the closed unit ball of a complex Banach function module X. We focus on norming subsets of , i.e., boundaries, for such algebra. In particular, if X is a dual complex Banach space whose centralizer is infinite‐dimensional, then the intersection of all closed boundaries is empty. This also holds in case that X is an ‐sum of infinitely many Banach spaces and further, the torus is a boundary.     

Hyponormality of bounded‐type Toeplitz operators

In this paper we deal with the hyponormality of Toeplitz operators with matrix‐valued symbols. The aim of this paper is to provide a tractable criterion for the hyponormality of bounded‐type Toeplitz operators (i.e., the symbol is a matrix‐valued function such that Φ and are of bounded type). In particular, we get a much simpler criterion for the hyponormality of when the co‐analytic part of the symbol Φ is a left divisor of the analytic part.     

On the order of the automorphism group of foliations

Let be a holomorphic foliation with ample canonical bundle on a smooth projective surface X. We obtain an upper bound on the order of its automorphism group which depends only on and provided this group is finite. Here, and are the canonical bundles of and X, respectively.     

On massive sets for subordinated random walks

We study massive (reccurent) sets with respect to a certain random walk defined on the integer lattice , . Our random walk is obtained from the simple random walk S on by the procedure of discrete subordination. can be regarded as a discrete space and time counterpart of the symmetric α‐stable Lévy process in . In the case we show that some remarkable proper subsets of , e.g. the set of primes, are massive whereas some proper subsets of such as the Leitmann primes are massive/non‐massive depending on the function h. Our results can be regarded as an extension of the results of McKean (1961) about massiveness of the set of primes for the simple random walk in . In the case we study massiveness of thorns and their proper subsets. The case is presented in the recent paper Bendikov and Cygan 2 .