Interpolation problems and Toeplitz operators on multiply connected domains

LetR be a bounded domain in the complex plane bounded by n + 1 nonintersecting analytic Jordan curves, letE, F, andG be flat unitary vector bundles (in the sense of Abrahamse and Douglas) and let :F G and :E G be bounded analytic bundle maps. A condition is given for the existence of a bounded analytic map D:E F such that D = , together with an estimate for D. An interesting special case is the case whereE = G and = I _E , for which the condition involves a uniform lower bound for a class of Toeplitz operators overR, all of which are induced (formally) by the bundle map (N = rankE). When interpreted for a finite column of analytic scalar functions, this special case gives quantitative information on the corona theorem forR. The main tool is the Sz.Nagy-Foias commutant lifting theorem for regionsR recently obtained by the author.Research supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. MCS 77-00966.     

Periodic solutions of differential equations in Banach spaces

Let X be a Banach space, DX, f: [0,)xDX continuous and -periodic. In this paper we consider various conditions on D and f sufficient for existence of an -periodic solution of the differential equation u=f(t,u). In the main, we shall assume that D is closed bounded and convex and f satisfies a boundary condition at D such that D is flow invariant for u=f(t,u). The map f is assumed to be either compact or dissipative or a certain perturbation of such maps.     

A Selection Theorem for Strongly Regular Multivalued Mappings

We prove the following generalization of a theorem of Ferry concerning selections of strongly regular multivalued maps onto the class of paracompact spaces: Let : X (Z, ) be a map of a paracompact space X into a metric space (Z, ) whose values (x) are complete subspaces of Z and absolute extensors (AE), for every x X. Suppose that can be represented as = , where : X Y is a continuous singlevalued map of X onto some finite-dimensional paracompact space Y and : Y (Z, ) is a strongly regular map. Then for every closed subset A X and every selection r : A Z of the map |A : A Z, there exists an extension : X Z of r such that is a selection of the map . We also prove a local version of this theorem.     

A quasi-variational problem in nonlinear elasticity

Summary R³ and R² are bounded, connected, Lipschitz open sets. v: R is the vertical displacement of an elastic membrane stretched on and fixed at the boundary. The condition is imposed on the admissible deformations :R³ of a hyperelastic body whose reference configuration is . The additional constraint ³(x)v(^1,2(x)), forcing the body to stay above the membrane, is relaxed in order to show the existence of a minimizer of total energy of the mechanical sistem.     

Continuity of Stochastic Convolutions

Let B be a Brownian motion, and let be the space of all continuous periodic functions f with period 1. It is shown that the set of all f such that the stochastic convolution does not have a modification with bounded trajectories, and consequently does not have a continuous modification, is of the second Baire category.     

Sphere of Convergence of Newton's Method on Two Equivalent Systems from Nonlinear Programming

We study a local feature of two interior-point methods: a logarithmic barrier function method and a primal-dual method. In particular, we provide an asymptotic analysis on the radius of the sphere of convergence of Newton's method on two equivalent systems associated with the two aforementioned interior-point methods for nondegenerate nonlinear programs. We show that the radii of the spheres of convergence have different asymptotic behavior, as the two methods attempt to follow a solution trajectory {x } that, under suitable conditions, converges to a solution as 0. We show that, in the case of the barrier function method, the radius of the sphere of convergence of Newton's method is (), while for the primal-dual method the radius is bounded away from zero as 0. This work is an extension of the authors earlier work (Ref. 1) on linear programs.     

On a Unitary Transform in the Space L2(Ω\ℝ3) Connected with the Weyl Decomposition

In papers devoted to the dynamical inverse problem for the Naxwell system, in the context of the BC method, a unitary transform M: solenoidal field transversal field was introduced. In this paper, M is complemented by a transform N: potential field longitudinal field. Isometry and completeness of N are established. The transform U = M N mentioned in the title, turns out to be a unitary oprator. Bibliography: 5 titles.     

A conditional dilatation equation

Summary The following theorem holds true. Theorem. Let X be a normed real vector space of dimension 3 and let k > 0 be a fixed real number. Suppose that f: X X and g: X × X are functions satisfying x – y = k f(x) – f(y) = g(x, y)(x – y) for all x, y X. Then there exist elements and t X such that f(x) = x + t for all x X and such that g(x, y) = for all x, y X with x – y = k.     

Ein Homomorphiesatz und verwandte Operatoren in topologischen Vektorräumen

The following homomorphism theorem is proved: Let E be a sequentially complete topological vector space and let SL(E) be a certain bounded endomorphism on E. (I-S)L(E) is an open map if and only if (I-S)(E) is closed in E. The proof is based on the method of verwandte Operatoren introduced by Pietsch [6].     

Roots of Independence Polynomials of Well Covered Graphs

Let G be a well covered graph, that is, all maximal independent sets of G have the same cardinality, and let i_k denote the number of independent sets of cardinality k in G. We investigate the roots of the independence polynomial i(G, x) = i_kx^k. In particular, we show that if G is a well covered graph with independence number , then all the roots of i(G, x) lie in in the disk |z| (this is far from true if the condition of being well covered is omitted). Moreover, there is a family of well covered graphs (for each ) for which the independence polynomials have a root arbitrarily close to –.     

On Finite Morphisms of Ruled Surfaces

We prove that a surjective morphism :XX between ruled surfaces is finite and it descends to a finite morphism :CC between base curves of X and X. When is restricted to the fibres of X, it has a constant degree, say a, and then deg=a deg. In addition, we have several properties on the inverse image of a minimal section and a fibre of X as well as on the direct images. We also investigate precisely the case when both C and C are elliptic and X is the fibre product C ×_C X especially.     

Leaves in Representation Diagrams of Bipartite Distance-Regular Graphs

Let denote a bipartite distance-regular graph with diameter D 3 and valency k 3. Let ₀ > ₁ ··· > _D denote the eigenvalues of and let q ^h _ij (0 h, i, j D) denote the Krein parameters of . Pick an integer h (1 h D – 1). The representation diagram = _h is an undirected graph with vertices 0,1,...,D. For 0 i, j D, vertices i, j are adjacent in whenever i j and q ^h _ij 0. It turns out that in , the vertex 0 is adjacent to h and no other vertices. Similarly, the vertex D is adjacent to D – h and no other vertices. We call 0, D the trivial vertices of . Let l denote a vertex of . It turns out that l is adjacent to at least one vertex of . We say l is a leaf whenever l is adjacent to exactly one vertex of . We show has a nontrivial leaf if and only if is the disjoint union of two paths.     

Flache Konvexität und Schwache Differenzierbarkeit

For a convex continuous function f:XR, the smoothness of the set {xX|f(x)r} is characterized by a differentiability property of f. Questions of this kind arise from optimization problems and gauge functionals, e.g. in the theory of Orlicz spaces.     

Spectral properties of Neumann Laplacian of horns

We study the Neumann Laplacian of unbounded regions in ⁿ with cusps at infinity so that the corresponding Dirichlet Laplacian has compact resolvent. Typical of our results is that of the region {(x, y)²x, y|<1} the Neumann Laplacian has absolutely continuous spectrum [0, ) of uniform multiplicity four and an infinity of eigenvaluesE _o<E ₁... and that for the region {(x, y)²y|1}, it has absolutely continuous spectrum [1/4, ) of uniform multiplicity 2 and an infinity of eigenvaluesE ₀=0<E ₁.... We use the Enss theory with a suitable asymptotic dynamics.The second author's research is partially funded under NSF grand number DMS-8801918     

Asymptotics at t→∞ of the solution of the Cauchy problem for the Landau-Lifshitz equation

Conclusions The formulas obtained in the present paper for the leading term in the asymptotic behavior of the solution of the Cauchy problem for the LL equation subject to the boundary conditions L₃1, x± describe the solitonless sector. The transition to the general case, which takes into account the presence in the solution of soliton formations, can be made on the basis solely of algebraic considerations that use the procedure of soliton dressing developed in [17, 18] for the LL equation. In particular, applying to the obtained asymptotic formulas the procedure for a dressing of domain wall type (see [17]), we arrive at formulas that describe the asymptotic solution of the Cauchy problem for the LL equation with boundary conditions of the form L₃±1, x±.Leningrad State University. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 3–17, July, 1988.     

On Almost β-Continuous Functions

A subset A of a topological space is said to be -open [1] if A Cl(Int(Cl(A))). A function f : X Y is said to be almost -continuous [18] if for each point x X and each open neighbourhood V of f(x) there exists a -open set U containing x such that f(U) Int(Cl(V)). Some new characterizations and several fundamental properties are obtained.     

Computation of Almost Split Sequences with Applications to Relatively Projective and Prinjective Modules

Let be an Artin algebra, let mod be the category of finitely generated -modules, and let Amod be a contravariantly finite and extension closed subcategory. For an indecomposable and not Ext-projective module CA, we compute the almost split sequence 0ABC0 in A from the almost split sequence 0DTrCEC0 in mod. Since the computation is particularly simple if the minimal right A-approximation of DTrC is indecomposable for all indecomposable and not Ext-projective CA, we manufacture subcategories A with the desired property using orthogonal subcategories. The method of orthogonal subcategories is applied to compute almost split sequences for relatively projective and prinjective modules.     

On a one-dimensional version of the dynamical Marguerre-Vlasov system

A one-dimensional version of the so-called Marguerre-Vlasov system of equations describing the vibrations of shallow shells is considered. The system depends on a parameter 0 in a singular way and undergoes the effect of damping mechanisms. We show that the system converges to a nonlinear beam equation while the energy decays exponentially uniformly (on 0) as time goes to infinity.     

Subdifferential Evolution Inclusion in Nonconvex Analysis

Under quite general assumptions, we prove existence, uniqueness and regularity of a solution U to the evolution equation U'(t) + (g F)(U(t)) 0, U(0)=u₀, where g : X {} is a closed convex proper function, F : Y X is a continuously differentiable mapping whose Jacobian is locally Lipschitz continuous, X and Y being two Hilbert spaces. We also study the stability and the asymptotic behavior of U, and give various examples.     

Asymptotic behavior for t→∞ of the solutions of the equation ψxx+u(x,t)ψ+(λ/4)ψ=0 with a potential u,satisfying the Korteweg-de Vries equation. II

This is the third paper in a series of papers of the authors, devoted to a rigorous investigation of the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the KdV equation as t. The immediate purpose of the paper is the investigation of the solution of the Schrödinger equation in the neighborhood of the singular point x=3t for a special class of potentials, introduced in the previous papers. As it will be proved, in the final analysis this class of potentials describes the asymptotic behavior of the solutions, decreasing for x, of the KdV equation as t. The solution , far from the singular point, has been investigated earlier. In the paper we investigate a series which gives the solution of the Schrödinger equation and we consider the asymptotic properties of this series.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 138, pp. 8–32, 1984.