Démonstration de la conjecture de la masse positive

On a compact Riemannian manifold (Vn,g)(n>2), when the conformal Laplacian L is invertible, we show, under necessary hypotheses, that if the Green function GL of L is of the form (here r=d(P,Q)) GL(P,Q)=1/(n−2)ωn−1rn−2+H(P,Q) with H(P,Q) bounded on V, then

     

On deviations and strong asymptotic functions of meromorphic functions of finite lower order

Let f be a transcendental meromorphic function of finite lower order with N(r,f)=S(r,f), and let qν be distinct rational functions, 1?ν?k. For 0<γ<∞ put

     

A singular Sturm-Liouville equation under homogeneous boundary conditions

Given α>0 and f∈L²(0,1), we are interested in the equation

     

Intersection theory of algebraic obstructions

Let A be a noetherian commutative ring of dimension d and L be a rank one projectiveA-module. For 1≤r≤d, we define obstruction groups E^r(A,L). This extends the original definition due to Nori, in the case r=d. These groups would be called Euler class groups. In analogy to intersection theory in algebraic geometry, we define a product (intersection) E^r(A,A)×E^s(A,A)→E^r+s(A,A). For a projective A-module Q of rank n≤d, with an orientation , we define a Chern class like homomorphism

w(Q,χ):E^d−n(A,L^′)→E^d(A,LL^′),     

Comparison theorems for second order nonlinear difference equations

New oscillation results are obtained for the second order nonlinear difference equation

Δ(rnf(Δxn−1))+g(n,xn)=0,     

On the complexity of the gradient of a rational function

The Baur-Strassen method implies L(?f) ? 4L(f), where L(f) is the complexity of computing a rational function f by arithmetic circuits, and ?f is the gradient of f. We show that L(? f) ? 3L(f) + n, where n is the number of variables in f. In addition, the depth of a circuit for the gradient is estimated.     

Operator algebras associated with unitary commutation relations

We define nonselfadjoint operator algebras with generators Le₁,…,Len,Lf₁,…,Lfm subject to the unitary commutation relations of the form

     

Weak Harnack Estimates for Quasiminimizers with Non-Standard Growth and General Structure

We establish the weak Harnack estimates for locally bounded sub- and superquasiminimizers u of

$${\int}_{\Omega} f(x,u,\nabla u)\,dx $$

with f subject to the general structural conditions

$$|z|^{p(x)} - b(x)|y|^{p(x)}-g(x) \leq f(x,y,z) \leq \mu|z|^{p(x)} + b(x)|y|^{p(x)} + g(x), $$

where p : Ω →] 1, ∞[ is a variable exponent. The upper weak Harnack estimate is proved under the assumption that b, g ∈ L ^t (Ω) for some t > n/p ^?, and the lower weak Harnack estimate is proved under the stronger assumption that b, g ∈ L ^∞(Ω). As applications we obtain the Harnack inequality for quasiminimizers and the fact that locally bounded quasisuperminimizers have Lebesgue points everywhere whenever b, g ∈ L ^∞(Ω). Throughout the paper, we make the standard assumption that the variable exponent p is logarithmically Hölder-continuous.

     

Inequalities between best polynomial approximations and some smoothness characteristics in the space <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis> <Subscript>2</Subscript> and widths of classes of functions

We obtain exact constants in Jackson-type inequalities for smoothness characteristics Λ_k(f), k ∈ N, defined by averaging the kth-order finite differences of functions f ∈ L₂. On the basis of this, for differentiable functions in the classes L₂^r, r ∈ N, we refine the constants in Jackson-type inequalities containing the kth-order modulus of continuity ω_k. For classes of functions defined by their smoothness characteristics Λ_k(f) and majorants Φ satisfying a number of conditions, we calculate the exact values of certain n-widths.     

Embeddings between weak Orlicz martingale spaces

Let Φ be an increasing and convex function on [0,∞) with Φ(0)=0 satisfying that for any α>0, there exists a positive constant Cα such that Φ(αt)?CαΦ(t), t>0. Let wLΦ denote the corresponding weak Orlicz space. We obtain some embeddings between vector-valued weak Orlicz martingale spaces by establishing the wLΦ-inequalities for martingale transform operators with operator-valued multiplying sequences. These embeddings are closely related to the geometric properties of the underlying Banach space. In particular, for any scalar valued martingale f=(fn)_n?1, we claim that

     

Blowup for the Euler and Euler-Poisson equations with repulsive forces

In this paper, we study the blowup of the N-dim Euler or Euler-Poisson equations with repulsive forces, in radial symmetry. We provide a novel integration method to show that the non-trivial classical solutions (ρ,V), with compact support in [0,R], where R>0 is a positive constant and in the sense which ρ(t,r)=0 and V(t,r)=0 for r≥R, under the initial condition

(1)     

A functional equation originating from quadratic forms

In this paper, we obtain the general solution and the stability of the 2-variable quadratic functional equation

f(x+y,z+w)+f(x−y,z−w)=2f(x,z)+2f(y,w).     

Commutators with idempotent values on multilinear polynomials in prime rings

Let R be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2, C its extended centroid, d a nonzero derivation of R, f(x ₁, . . . , x _n ) a multilinear polynomial over C, ρ a nonzero right ideal of R and m > 1 a fixed integer such that

$$\qquad \left ([d(f(r_{1},\ldots ,r_{n})),f(r_{1},\ldots ,r_{n})]\right )^{m}=[d(f(r_{1},\ldots ,r_{n})),f(r_{1},\ldots ,r_{n})] $$

for all r ₁, . . . , r _n ∈ρ. Then either [f(x ₁,…,x _n ),x _n+1]x _n+2 is an identity for ρ or d(ρ)ρ = 0.

     

Upper and lower bounds on norms of functions of matrices

Given an n by n matrix A, we look for a set S in the complex plane and positive scalars m and M such that for all functions p bounded and analytic on S and throughout a neighborhood of each eigenvalue of A, the inequalities

m·inf{‖f‖_L^∞(S):f(A)=p(A)}?‖p(A)‖?M·inf{‖f‖_L^∞(S):f(A)=p(A)}     

A new infeasible-interior-point algorithm for linear programming over symmetric cones

In this paper we present an infeasible-interior-point algorithm, based on a new wide neighbourhood N(τ₁, τ₂, η), for linear programming over symmetric cones. We treat the classical Newton direction as the sum of two other directions. We prove that if these two directions are equipped with different and appropriate step sizes, then the new algorithm has a polynomial convergence for the commutative class of search directions. In particular, the complexity bound is O(r^1.5logε^?1) for the Nesterov-Todd (NT) direction, and O(r²logε^?1) for the xs and sx directions, where r is the rank of the associated Euclidean Jordan algebra and ε > 0 is the required precision. If starting with a feasible point (x⁰, y⁰, s⁰) in N(τ₁, τ₂, η), the complexity bound is \(O\left( {\sqrt r \log {\varepsilon ^{ - 1}}} \right)\) for the NT direction, and O(rlogε^?1) for the xs and sx directions. When the NT search direction is used, we get the best complexity bound of wide neighborhood interior-point algorithm for linear programming over symmetric cones.     

Generalizing the Krein–Rutman theorem,measures of noncompactness and the fixed point index

If L : Y → Y is a bounded linear map on a Banach space Y, the “radius of the essential spectrum” or “essential spectral radius” ρ(L) of L is well-defined and there are well-known formulas for ρ(L) in terms of measures of noncompactness. Now let \({C \subset D}\) be complete cones in a normed linear space (X, || · ||) and f : C → C a continuous map which is homogeneous of degree one and preserves the partial ordering induced by D. We prove (see Section 2) that various obvious analogs of the formulas for the essential spectral radius for the case f : C → C have serious defects, even when f is linear on C. We propose (see (3.5)) a definition for ρ _C (f), the “cone essential spectral radius of f,” which avoids these difficulties. If \({{\tilde r}_{C}(f)}\) denotes the (Bonsall) cone spectral radius of f, we conjecture (see Conjecture 4.1) that if \({\rho_{C}(f) < {\tilde r}_{C}(f)}\), then there exists \({u \in C {\backslash} \, \{0\}}\) with f(u) = ru where r ? r _C (f). If f satisfies certain additional conditions (for example, if f is a compact perturbation of a map which is linear on C), we obtain the conclusion of the conjecture; but in general we observe (Remark 4.7) that the conjecture is intimately related to old and difficult conjectures in asymptotic fixed point theory. In Section 5 we briefly discuss extensions of generalized max-plus operators which were our original motivation and for which Conjecture 4.1 is already nontrivial.     

Fixed points of asymptotic contractions

Let be a contractive gauge function in the sense that φ is continuous, φ(s)<s for s>0, and if f:M→M satisfies d(f(x),f(y))?φ(d(x,y)) for all x,y in a complete metric space (M,d), then f always has a unique fixed point. It is proved that if T:M→M satisfies

     

On the Nitsche conjecture for harmonic mappings in ℝ<Superscript>2</Superscript> and ℝ<Superscript>3</Superscript>

We give the new inequality related to the J. C. C. Nitsche conjecture (see [6]). Moreover, we consider the two- and three-dimensional case. LetA(r, 1)={z:r<|z|<1}. Nitsche's conjecture states that if there exists a univalent harmonic mapping from an annulusA(r, 1), to an annulusA(s, 1), thens is at most 2r/(r ²+1).Lyzzaik's result states thats<t wheret is the length of the Grötzsch's ring domain associated withA(r, 1) (see [5]). Weitsman's result states thats≤1/(1+1/2(r logr)²) (see [8]).Our result for two-dimensional space states thats≤1/(1+1/2 log² r) which improves Weitsman's bound for allr, and Lyzzaik's bound forr close to 1. For three-dimensional space the result states thats≤1/(r?logr).     

A very singular solution for the slow diffusion equation with nonlinear convection

We here investigate an existence and uniqueness of the nontrivial, nonnegative solution of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation:

(fm^)″+βrf^′+αf+σ(fq^)′=0