On the decomposable numerical range of λI-N

Let N be an nxn normal matrix. For 1≤m≤n we characterize the convexity of the mth decomposable numerical range of λI_n -N which is defined to be

{det(X?(λI_n ?N)X) [sdot] X?C _n×m X ^? X=I_m }.

A related problem on mixed decomposable numerical range of λI_n -N is also discussed.     

On algebraic points in the plane near smooth curves∗

In the paper, we solve the problem on the number of points with algebraic real coordinates near smooth curve. This question is a natural extension of the problems of number theory connected with integer points in the domains and the rational numbers near curves. The main idea of the proof is based on the metric theory on Diophantine approximations.     

On the existence of ɛ-fixed points

In this paper we prove some approximate fixed point theorems which extend, in a broad sense, analogous results obtained by Brânzei, Morgan, Scalzo and Tijs in 2003. By assuming also the weak demiclosedness property we state two fixed point theorems. Moreover, we study the existence of ?-Nash equilibria.     

On the distribution of periodic points for β-shifts

It is shown that for -shifts the periodic points are uniformly distributed with respect to the unique measure of maximal entropy, and that the invariant measures with support on a single periodic orbit are dense in the space of all invariant measures. Dedicated to Prof. Dr. E. Hlawka on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Asymptotic expansion of the solution of the first boundary value problem for the Schrödinger system near conical points of the boundary

We study the first initial-boundary value problem for the Schrödinger system in a cylindrical domain. It is assumed that the boundary contains a conical point. We obtain an asymptotic expansion of the solution in a neighborhood of such a point.     

When is the numerical range of a nilpotent matrix circular?

The problem formulated in the title is investigated. The case of nilpotent matrices of size at most 4 allows a unitary treatment. The numerical range of a nilpotent matrix M of size at most 4 is circular if and only if the traces tr M^∗M² and tr M^∗M³ are null. The situation becomes more complicated as soon as the size is 5. The conditions under which a 5×5 nilpotent matrix has circular numerical range are thoroughly discussed.     

On KKT points of Celis-Dennis-Tapia subproblem

The Celis-Dennis-Tapia(CDT) problem is a subproblem of the trust region algorithms for the constrained optimization. CDT subproblem is studied in this paper. It is shown that there exists the KKT point such that the Hessian matrix of the Lagrangian is positive semidefinite, if the multipliers at the global solution are not unique. Next the second order optimality conditions are also given, when the Hessian matrix of Lagrange at the solution has one negative eigenvalue. And furthermore, it is proved that all feasible KKT points satisfying that the corresponding Hessian matrices of Lagrange have one negative eigenvalue are the local optimal solutions of the CDT subproblem.     

On the points of order 3 of the period parallelogram of the Weierstrass elliptic function

We examine the significance of the values of the Weierstrass ℘ function at the points of order three in the period parallelogram. Based upon the well-known duplication formulae and the differential equation of the Weierstrass ℘ function, we derive a set of identities involving the values of ℘ at these points.      

On the numerical stability of Floater-Hormann’s rational interpolant

In this note we extend the definition of the first barycentric formula for Lagrange interpolation to Floater-Hormann interpolants and present an algorithm to evaluate it which is backward stable on the entire real line. We also discuss in detail the numerical stability of the second barycentric formula for Floater-Hormann interpolants.     

Indefinite numerical range of 3 × 3 matrices

The point equation of the associated curve of the indefinite numerical range is derived, following Fiedler’s approach for definite inner product spaces. The classification of the associated curve is presented in the 3 × 3 indefinite case, using Newton’s classification of cubic curves. Illustrative examples of all the different possibilities are given. The results obtained extend to Krein spaces results of Kippenhahn on the classical numerical range. The work of this author was partially supported by the Portuguese foundation FCT, in the scope of program POCI 2010.     

On the asymptotics of solutions to the second initial boundary value problem for Schrödinger systems in domains with conical points

In this paper, for the second initial boundary value problem for Schrödinger systems, we obtain a performance of generalized solutions in a neighborhood of conical points on the boundary of the base of infinite cylinders. The main result are asymptotic formulas for generalized solutions in case the associated spectrum problem has more than one eigenvalue in the strip considered.     

On the convergence of continued fractions at Runckel’s points

We consider the limit periodic continued fractions of Stieltjes type

On the semiboundedness ofδ-perturbations of the laplacian supported by curves with angle points

Elementary self-adjoint perturbations of the Laplacian supported by curves with singular angle points in ³ and ⁴ are studied. The perturbations are shown to be semibounded in ³ and not semibounded in ⁴. In the latter case semiboundedness may take place in subspaces with a given symmetry, as simple examples illustrate.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 105, No. 1, pp. 3–17, October, 1995.     

On the number of points of bounded height¶on arithmetic projective spaces

Let K be a number field and its ring of integers. Let be a Hermitian vector bundle over . In the first part of this paper we estimate the number of points of bounded height in (generalizing a result by Schanuel). We give then some applications: we estimate the number of hyperplanes and hypersurfaces of degree d>1 in of bounded height and containing a fixed linear subvariety and we estimate the number of points of height, with respect to the anticanonical line bundle, less then T (when T goes to infinity) of ℙ ^N _K blown up at a linear subspace of codimension two. Received: 20 February 1998 / Revised version: 9 November 1998     

On the asymptotics of the rows of the Padé table of analytic functions with logarithmic branch points

For the functions $ f(z) = \sum\nolimits_{n = 0}^\infty {z^{l_n } } /a_n $ , where l _n and a _n are arithmetic progressions and their Padé approximants π _n,m (z; f), we establish an asymptotics of the decrease of the difference f(z) ? π _n,m (z; f) for the case in which z ∈ D = {z: |z| < 1}, m is fixed, and n → ∞. In particular, we obtain proximate orders of decrease of best uniform rational approximations to the functions ln(1 ? z) and arctan z in the disk D _q = {z: |z| ≤ q < 1}.