Ordinary and strong density continuity of complex analytic functions

In the paper we prove that the complex analytic functions are (ordinarily) density continuous. This stays in contrast with the fact that even such a simple function asG:²²,G(x,y)=(x,y ³ ), is not density continuous [1]. We will also characterize those analytic functions which are strongly density continuous at the given pointa . From this we conclude that a complex analytic functionf is strongly density continuous if and only iff(z)=a+bz, wherea, b andb is either real or imaginary.     

The critical exponent conjecture for powers of doubly nonnegative matrices

Doubly nonnegative matrices arise naturally in many setting including Markov random fields (positively banded graphical models) and in the convergence analysis of Markov chains. In this short note, we settle a recent conjecture by C.R. Johnson et al. [Charles R. Johnson, Brian Lins, Olivia Walch, The critical exponent for continuous conventional powers of doubly nonnegative matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 435 (9) (2011) 2175–2182] by proving that the critical exponent beyond which all continuous conventional powers of n-by-n   doubly nonnegative matrices are doubly nonnegative is exactly n−2$n-2$. We show that the conjecture follows immediately by applying a general characterization from the literature. We prove a stronger form of the conjecture by classifying all powers preserving doubly nonnegative matrices, and proceed to generalize the conjecture for broad classes of functions. We also provide different approaches for settling the original conjecture.     

Preserving affine baire classes by perfect affine maps

Let ? : X → Y be an affine continuous surjection between compact convex sets. Suppose that the canonical copy of the space of real-valued affine continuous functions on Y in the space of real-valued affine continuous functions on X is complemented. We show that if F is a topological vector space, then f : Y → F is of affine Baire class α whenever the composition f ? ? is of affine Baire class α. This abstract result is applied to extend known results on affine Baire classes of strongly affine Baire mappings.     

Opial-type inequalities for differential operators

Some continuous and discrete versions of Opial-type inequalities which are readily applicable to differential and difference operators are established. These generalize earlier results of Anastassiou and Pe?ari?, and of Koliha and Pe?ari?.     

Range universal spaces

We characterize those topological spaces Y for which the Isbell and finest splitting topologies on the set C(X,Y) of all continuous functions from X into Y coincide for all topological spaces X. We also consider the same question for the coincidence of the restriction of the finest splitting topology on the upper semicontinuous set-valued functions to C(X,Y) and the finest splitting topology on C(X,Y). In the first case, the spaces in question are, after identifying points that are in each others closures, subsets of the two point Sierpiński space, which gives a converse and generalization of a result of S. Dolecki, G.H. Greco, and A. Lechicki. In the second case, the spaces in question are, after identifying points that are in each others closures, order bases for bounded complete continuous DCPOs with the Scott topology.     

STRONGLY SEQUENTIALLY CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS

Abstract

Given a topological abelian group G, we study the class of strongly sequentially continuous functions on G. Strong sequential continuity is a property intermediate between sequential continuity and uniform sequential continuity, which appeared naturally in the study of smooth functions on Banach spaces. In this paper, we shall mainly concentrate on the gap between strong sequential continuity and uniform sequential continuity. It turns out that if G has some completeness property—for example, if it is completely metrizable—then all strongly sequentially continuous functions on G are uniformly sequentially continuous. On the other hand, we exhibit a large and natural class of groups for which the two notions differ. This class is defined by a property reminiscent of the classical Dirichlet theorem; it includes all dense sugroups of R generated by an increasing sequence of Dirichlet sets, and groups of the form (X, w), where X is a separable Banach space failing the Schur property. Finally, we show that the family of bounded, real-valued strongly sequentially continuous functions on G is a closed subalgebra of l∞(G).     

Typical dimension of the graph of certain functions

Most functions from the unit interval to itself have a graph with Hausdorff and lower entropy dimension 1 and upper entropy dimension 2. The same holds for several other Baire spaces of functions. In this paper it will be proved that this is the case also in the spaces of all mappings that are Lebesgue measurable, Borel measurable, integrable in the Riemann sense, continuous, uniform distribution preserving (and continuous).     

On the Durrmeyer-type modification of some discrete approximation operators

In [10], for continuous functionsf from the domain of certain discrete operatorsL _n the inequalities are proved concerning the modulus of continuity ofL _nf. Here we present analogues of the results obtained for the Durrmeyer-type modification $\tilde L_n $ ofL _n. Moreover, we give the estimates of the rate of convergence of $\tilde L_n f$ in Hölder-type norms     

Comparisons of relative BV-capacities and Sobolev capacity in metric spaces

We study relations between the variational Sobolev 1-capacity and versions of variational BV-capacity in a complete metric space equipped with a doubling measure and supporting a weak (1,1)-Poincaré inequality. We prove the equality of 1-modulus and the continuous 1-capacity, extending the known results for 1<p<∞ to also cover the more geometric case p=1. Then we give alternative definitions for variational BV-capacities and obtain equivalence results between them. Finally we study relations between total 1-capacity and versions of BV-capacity.     

Characterizations of ultrabarrelledness and barrelledness involving the singularities of families of convex mappings

Summary The paper reveals that ultrabarrelled spaces (respectively barrelled spaces) can be characterized by means of the density of the so-called weak singularities of families consisting of continuous convex mappings that are defined on an open absolutely convex set and take values in a locally full ordered topological linear space (respectively locally full ordered locally convex space). The idea to establish such characterizations arose from the observation that, in virtue of well-known results, the density of the singularities of families of continuous linear mappings allows to characterize both the ultrabarrelled spaces and the barrelled spaces.     

Boundedness and continuity of additive and convex functionals

Summary It is shown that for any real Baire topological vector spaceX the set classesA(X):={T : for any open and convex setD T, every Jensen-convex functional, defined onD and bounded from above onT, is continuous} andB(X):={T : every additive functional onX, bounded from above onT, is continuous} are equal. This generalizes a result of Marcin E. Kuczma (1970) who has shown the equalityA( ⁿ )=B( ⁿ ) However, the infinite dimensional case requires completely different methods; therefore, even in the caseX = ⁿ we obtain a new (and perhaps simpler) proof than that given by M. E. Kuczma.     

The Hausdorff dimension of the level sets of Takagi’s function

Recently, Maddock (2006) [12] has conjectured that the Hausdorff dimension of each level set of Takagi’s function is at most 1/2. We prove this conjecture using the self-affinity of the function of Takagi and the existing relationship between the Hausdorff and box-counting dimensions.     

Refinement equations with nonnegative coefficients

In this paper we analyze solutions of the n-scale functional equation Ф(x) = Σ_k∈ℤ ^Pk Ф(nx−k), where n≥2 is an integer, the coefficients {P_k} are nonnegative and Σpk = 1. We construct a sharp criterion for the existence of absolutely continuous solutions of bounded variation. This criterion implies several results concerning the problem of integrable solutions of n-scale refinement equations and the problem of absolutely continuity of distribution function of one random series. Further we obtain a complete classification of refinement equations with positive coefficients (in the case of finitely many terms) with respect to the existence of continuous or integrable compactly supported solutions.     

Rational Unfoldings of ± X k and their relation with geometric equilibrium theory

In this paper, two theorems determine the locus B (buoyancy locus) of the centre of gravity of the displaced water of a ship with any number of 2n sides, as a function of the arbitrary continuous curves that make up those sides, and that generalize the classical wall-sided case (n=1). Although the theorems may have interest from the pure geometrical point of view, they have been obtained with a view to simulate processes in biology that, in analogy to the self-righting of ships, are self-regulating, such as the neural control of body heat and the servo-control of the heart rate.     

Dimension gap under Sobolev mappings

We prove an essentially sharp estimate in terms of generalized Hausdorff measures for the images of boundaries of Hölder domains under continuous Sobolev mappings, satisfying suitable Orlicz–Sobolev conditions. This estimate marks a dimension gap, which was first observed in [2] for conformal mappings.     

Embeddability of mean-type mappings in a continuous iteration semigroup

We characterize iterability in the class of homogeneous symmetric strict mean-type mappings and determine all continuous iteration semigroups of such functions in which the given mean-type mapping can be embedded.     

Nonsymmetric and symmetric fractional calculi on arbitrary nonempty closed sets

We introduce a nabla, a delta, and a symmetric fractional calculus on arbitrary nonempty closed subsets of the real numbers. These fractional calculi provide a study of differentiation and integration of non‐integer order on discrete, continuous, and hybrid settings. Main properties of the new fractional operators are investigated and some fundamental results presented, illustrating the interplay between discrete and continuous behaviors. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

SMOOTHNESS PROPERTIES OF REAL-VALUED FUNCTIONS BASED ON THEIR OSCILLATION

Abstract

We consider the following two selection principles for topological spaces:

Principle 1: For each sequence of dense subsets, there is a sequence of points from the space, the n-th point coming from the n-th dense set, such that this set of points is dense in the space;

Principle 2: For each sequence of dense subsets, there is a sequence of finite sets, the n-th a subset of the n-th dense set, such that the union of these finite sets is dense in the space.

We show that for separable metric space X one of these principles holds for the space C_p (X) of realvalued continuous functions equipped with the pointwise convergence topology if, and only if, a corresponding principle holds for a special family of open covers of X. An example is given to show that these equivalences do not hold in general for Tychonoff spaces. It is further shown that these two principles give characterizations for two popular cardinal numbers, and that these two principles are intimately related to an infinite game that was studied by Berner and Juhász.     

Geometric and transformational properties of Lipschitz domains,Semmes-Kenig-Toro domains,and other classes of finite perimeter domains

In the first part of this article we give intrinsic characterizations of the classes of Lipschitz and C¹ domains. Under some mild, necessary, background hypotheses (of topological and geometric measure theoretic nature), we show that a domain is Lipschitz if and only if it has a continuous transversal vector field. We also show that if the geometric measure theoretic unit normal of the domain is continuous, then the domain in question is of class C¹. In the second part of the article, we study the invariance of various classes of domains of locally finite perimeter under bi-Lipschitz and C¹ diffeomorphisms of the Euclidean space. In particular, we prove that the class of bounded regular SKT domains (previously called chord-arc domains with vanishing constant, in the literature) is stable under C¹ diffeomorphisms. A number of other applications are also presented. Acknowledgements and Notes. The work of the authors was supported in part by NSF grants DMS-0245401, DMS-0653180, DMS-FRG0456306, and DMS-0456861.