On a waveguide with an infinite number of small windows

We consider a waveguide modeled by the Laplacian in a straight planar strip with the Dirichlet condition on the upper boundary, while on the lower one we impose periodically alternating boundary conditions with a small period. We study the case when the homogenization leads us to the Neumann boundary condition on the lower boundary. We establish the uniform resolvent convergence and provide the estimates for the rate of convergence. We construct the two-terms asymptotics for the first band functions of the perturbed operator and also the complete two-parametric asymptotic expansion for the bottom of its spectrum.     

Time asymptotics for some degenerate models of evolution of systems with an infinite number of particles

The paper is devoted to the problem of convergence to the equilibrium state in the motion of infinite systems of classical particles. Two models of the motion are considered: free motion of point particles in Euclidean spaceR ^v , 1, and motion of solid rods on the line R¹. The paper contains new results obtained by the authors and also a survey of previous results in this direction.K. Boldrigini took part in the work on the paper.Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennye Problemy Matematiki, Vol. 14, pp. 147–254, 1979     

Decomposition of infinite eulerian graphs with a small number of vertices of infinite degree

We consider the question whether an infinite eulerian graph has a decomposition into circuits and rays if the graph has only finitely many, say n, vertices of infinite degree, and only finitely many finite components after the removal of the vertices of infinite degree. It is known that the answer is affirmative for n2 and negative for n4. We settle the remaining case n=3, showing that a decomposition into circuits and rays also exists in this case.     

Ergodicity of a polling network with an infinite number of stations

A Markov polling system with infinitely many stations is studied. The topic is the ergodicity of the infinite-dimensional process of queue lengths. For the infinite-dimensional process, the usual type of ergodicity cannot prevail in general and we introduce a modified concept of ergodicity, namely, weak ergodicity. It means the convergence of finite-dimensional distributions of the process. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for weak ergodicity. Also, the “usual” ergodicity of the system is studied, as well as convergence of functionals which are continuous in some norm. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Neural networks with an infinite number of cells

We give existence and uniqueness results for the equations describing the dynamics of some neural networks for which there are infinitely many cells.     

On a market equilibrium theorem with an infinite number of commodities

A direct proof is given of the market equilibrium theorem of Gale, Nikaido and Debreu for an infinite-dimensional commodity space. The theorem is closely related to a recent result of Aliprantis and Brown, but allows for excess demand correspondences rather than excess demand functions.     

Homogenization of a model spectral problem for the Laplace operator in a domain with many closely located “ heavy” and “intermediate heavy” concentrated masses

We study the asymptotic behavior of eigenelements of boundary value problems in a domain Ω ⊂ ℝ^d, d ⩾ 3, with rapidly alternating type of boundary conditions. The density is equal to 1 outside tiny domains and is equal to ε^−m inside them, where ε is a small parameter. These domains (concentrated masses) of diameter εa are located on the boundary at a positive distance of order O(ε) from each other, where a = const. The Dirichlet boundary condition is on parts of ∂Ω that are tangent to concentrated masses, and the Neumann boundary condition is stated outside concentrated masses. We construct the limit (homogenized) operator, prove the convergence of eigenelements of the original problem to the eigenelements of the limit (homogenized) problem in the case m ⩾ 2, and estimate the difference between the eigenelements. Bibliography: 79 titles. Illustrations: 4 figures. __________ Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, No. 32, 2006, pp. 45–75.     

Exit asymptotics for small diffusion about an unstable equilibrium

A dynamical system perturbed by white noise in a neighborhood of an unstable fixed point is considered. We obtain the exit asymptotics in the limit of vanishing noise intensity. This is a refinement of a result by Kifer (1981).     

Differentiable mappings with an infinite number of critical points

In this paper we shall give some sufficient conditions in order that the so-called -category of a pair of differentiable manifolds be infinite.

     

Embedded minimal surfaces with an infinite number of ends

The research described in this paper was supported by research grant DE-FG02-86ER250125 of the Applied Mathematical Science subprogram of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation grants DMS-8503350 and DMS-8611574     

Subgradient methods for two-stage lexicographic optimization with an infinite number of constraints

Translated from Programmnoe Obespechenie i Modeli Issledovaniya Operatsii, pp. 138–155, 1986.     

Refined asymptotics for eigenvalues on domains of infinite measure

In this work we study the asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues in one-dimensional open sets. The method of proof is rather elementary, based on the Dirichlet lattice points problem, which enable us to consider sets with infinite measure. Also, we derive some estimates for the spectral counting function of the Laplace operator on unbounded two-dimensional domains.     

Convex games with an infinite number of players and sequencing situations

In this paper we study convex games with an infinite countable set of agents and provide characterizations of this class of games. To do so, and in order to overcome some shortcomings related to the difficulty of dealing with infinite orderings, we need to use a continuity property. Infinite sequencing situations where the number of jobs is infinite countable can be related to convex cooperative TU games. It is shown that some allocations turn out to be extreme points of the core of an infinite sequencing game.     

The number of endomorphisms of an infinite algebra

We describe completely the relationship between the multipiicity type and the cardinals of the endomorphism monoid and the universe of an infinite algebra, assuming the generalized continuum hypothesis.Presented by Bjarni Jönsson.     

The ergodicity of service systems with an infinite number of servomechanisms

Existence, uniqueness, and ergodicity are proved for a stationary distribution for a service system having countably many servomechanisms with input flow rate μ_k depending on the number k of servomechanisms occupied, and with arbitrary (identical) distribution of the service time with finite mean μ, under the condition \(\mu \mathop {\overline {\lim } }\limits_{k \to \infty } \frac{{\lambda _k }}{{k + 1}}< 1\) . For this system we have, in particular, Erlang's formula $$p_k (t)\mathop \to \limits_{k + \infty } p_k = \frac{{\lambda _0 ...\lambda _{k - 1} \mu ^k }}{{k!}}p_0 ,k = 0,1,...,p_0^{ - 1} = \sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^\infty {\frac{{\lambda _0 ...\lambda _{k - 1} \mu ^k }}{{k!}}} ,\lambda _{ - 1} = 1.$$