A local compactness theorem for Maxwell's equations

The paper gives a proof, valid for a large class of bounded domains, of the following compactness statements: Let G be a bounded domain, β be a tensor-valued function on G satisfying certain restrictions, and let {_n} be a sequence of vector-valued functions on G where the L₂-norms of {_n}, {curl _n}, and {div(β _n)} are bounded, and where all _n either satisfy x _n = 0 or (β F_n) = 0 at the boundary ?G of G ( = normal to ?G): then {_n} has a L₂-convergent subsequence. The first boundary condition is satisfied by electric fields, the second one by magnetic fields at a perfectly conducting boundary ?G if β is interpreted as electric dielectricity ? or as magnetic permeability μ, respectively. These compactness statements are essential for the application of abstract scattering theory to the boundary value problem for Maxwell's equations.     

The isoperimetric constant of the random graph process

The isoperimetric constant of a graph G on n vertices, i(G), is the minimum of , taken over all nonempty subsets S ⊂ V (G) of size at most n/2, where ∂S denotes the set of edges with precisely one end in S. A random graph process on n vertices, , is a sequence of graphs, where is the edgeless graph on n vertices, and is the result of adding an edge to , uniformly distributed over all the missing edges. The authors show that in almost every graph process equals the minimal degree of as long as the minimal degree is o(log n). Furthermore, it is shown that this result is essentially best possible, by demonstrating that along the period in which the minimum degree is typically Θ(log n), the ratio between the isoperimetric constant and the minimum degree falls from 1 to , its final value. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2008     

Hamilton decompositions of complete multipartite graphs with any 2-factor leave

For m ≥ 1 and p ≥ 2, given a set of integers s₁,…,s_q with for and , necessary and sufficient conditions are found for the existence of a hamilton decomposition of the complete p-partite graph , where U is a 2-factor of consisting of q cycles, the jth cycle having length s_j. This result is then used to completely solve the problem when p = 3, removing the condition that . © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 44: 208–214, 2003     

Subgraphs smaller than the girth

For graphs A, B, let () denote the number of subsets of nodes of A for which the induced subgraph is B. If G and H both have girth > k, and if () = () for every k-node tree T, then for every k-node forest F, () = (). Say the spread of a tree is the number of nodes in a longest path. If G is regular of degree d, on n nodes, with girth > k, and if F is a forest of total spread ≤k, then the value of () depends only on n and d.     

On Mean Convergence of Fourier-Bessel Series of Negative Order

The expansion of f ∈ L^p(0, 1) Fourier series of Bessel functions of order converges to f in L^p whenever Let be the space of p-integrable functions with respect to the measure t dt and where {s_n}, n = 1, 2, …, is the set of positive zeros of J_v. Then, the expansion of in a Fourier series of functions ψ_n, ?1 < ν < ?½, converges to in whenever      

Strengths and Weaknesses of LH Arithmetic

In this paper we provide a new arithmetic characterization of the levels of the og‐time hierarchy (LH). We define arithmetic classes and that correspond to ‐LOGTIME and ‐LOGTIME, respectively. We break and into natural hierarchies of subclasses and . We then define bounded arithmetic deduction systems ′ whose ‐definable functions are precisely B( ‐LOGTIME). We show these theories are quite strong in that (1) LIOpen proves for any fixed m that , (2) TAC, a theory that is slightly stronger than ′ whose (LH)‐definable functions are LH, proves LH is not equal to ‐TIME(s) for any m> 0, where 2^s ∈L, s(n) ∈ ω(log n), and (3) TAC proves LH ≠ for all k and m. We then show that the theory TAC cannot prove the collapse of the polynomial hierarchy. Thus any such proof, if it exists, must be argued in a stronger systems than ours.     

A list analogue of equitable coloring

Given lists of available colors assigned to the vertices of a graph G, a list coloring is a proper coloring of G such that the color on each vertex is chosen from its list. If the lists all have size k, then a list coloring is equitable if each color appears on at most vertices. A graph is equitably k-choosable if such a coloring exists whenever the lists all have size k. We prove that G is equitably k-choosable when unless G contains or k is odd and . For forests, the threshold improves to . If G is a 2-degenerate graph (given k ≥ 5) or a connected interval graph (other than ), then G is equitably k-choosable when . © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 44: 166–177, 2003     

The circular chromatic number of the Mycielskian of G

In a search for triangle-free graphs with arbitrarily large chromatic numbers, Mycielski developed a graph transformation that transforms a graph G into a new graph μ(G), we now call the Mycielskian of G, which has the same clique number as G and whose chromatic number equals χ(G) + 1. Chang, Huang, and Zhu [G. J. Chang, L. Huang, & X. Zhu, Discrete Math, to appear] have investigated circular chromatic numbers of Mycielskians for several classes of graphs. In this article, we study circular chromatic numbers of Mycielskians for another class of graphs G. The main result is that χ_c(μ(G)) = χ(μ(G)), which settles a problem raised in [G. J. Chang, L. Huang, & X. Zhu, Discrete Math, to appear, and X. Zhu, to appear]. As χ_c(G) = and χ(G) = , consequently, there exist graphs G such that χ_c(G) is as close to χ(G) − 1 as you want, but χ_c(μ(G)) = χ(μ(G)). © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 32: 63–71, 1999     

Several Dimensional θ-Summability and Hardy Spaces

The d-dimensional Hardy spaces H_p ( T × … × T ) (d = d₁ + … + d_kand a general summability method of Fourier series and Fourier transforms are introduced with the help of integrable functions θ_j having integrable Fourier transforms. Under some conditions on θ_j we show that the maximal operator of the θ-means of a distribution is bounded from H_p ( T × … × T ) to L_p ( T ^d) where p₀ < p < ∞ and p₀ < 1 is depending only on the functions θ_j. By an interpolation theorem we get that the maximal operator is also of weak type ( L₁) (i = 1, …, k) where the Hardy space is defined by a hybrid maximal function and if k = 1. As a consequence we obtain that the θ-means of a function (log L)^k–1 converge a.e. to the function in question. If k = 1 then we get this convergence result for all f ∈ L₁. Moreover, we prove that the θ-means are uniformly bounded on the spaces H_p ( T × … × T ) whenever p₀ <p < ∞, thus the θ-means converge to f in ( T × … × T ) norm. The same results are proved for the conjugate θ-means and for d-dimensional Fourier transforms, too. Some special cases of the θ-summation are considered, such as the Weierstrass, Picar, Bessel, Fejér, Riemann, de La Vallée-Poussin, Rogosinski and Riesz summations.     

Quasilinear degenerate parabolic equations of Kirchhoff type

We investigate the evolution problem where H is a Hilbert space, A is a self‐adjoint linear non‐negative operator on H with domain D(A), and is a continuous function. We prove that if , and , then there exists at least one global solution, which is unique if either m never vanishes, or m is locally Lipschitz continuous. Moreover, we prove that if for all , then this problem is well posed in H. On the contrary, if for some it happens that for all , then this problem has no solution if with β small enough. We apply these results to degenerate parabolic PDEs with non‐local non‐linearities. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The multiplier conjecture for elementary abelian groups

Applying the method that we presented in [19], in this article we prove: “Let G be an elementary abelian p-group. Let n = dn₁. If d(≠ p) is a prime not dividing n₁, and the order w of d mod p satisfies $ w > \frac{{d^2}}{3} $, then the Second Multiplier Theorem holds without the assumption n₁ > λ, except that only one case is yet undecided: w ≤ d², and $ \frac{{p - 1}}{{2w}} \ge 3 $, and t is a quadratic residue mod p, and t is not congruent to $ x^{\frac{{p - 1}}{{2w}}j} $ (mod p) (1 ≤ j < 2w), where t is an integer meeting the conditions of Second Multiplier Theorem, and x is a primitive root of p.”. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

On a free boundary problem in electrostatics

Let Ω_i ? ?^N, i = 0, 1, be two bounded separately star-shaped domains such that $ \Omega _0 \supset \bar \Omega _1 $. We consider the electrostatic potential u defined in $ \Omega : = \Omega _0 \backslash \bar \Omega _1 $: The geometry of the two boundary components Γ₀ and Γ₁ is not given, but instead the electrostatic potential u is supposed to satisfy the further boundary conditions Using a best possible maximum principle, we show that this free boundary problem has a unique solution which is radially symmetric.     

A note on backward errors for structured linear systems

Let x? be a computed solution to a linear system Ax=b with , where is a proper subclass of matrices in . A structured backward error (SBE) of x? is defined by a measure of the minimal perturbations and such that (1) and that the SBE can be used to distinguish the structured backward stability of the computed solution x?. For simplicity, we may define a partial SBE of x? by a measure of the minimal perturbation such that (2) Can one use the partial SBE to distinguish the structured backward stability of x?? In this note we show that the partial SBE may be much larger than the SBE for certain structured linear systems such as symmetric Toeplitz systems, KKT systems, and dual Vandermonde systems. Besides, certain backward errors for linear least squares are discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparing Packing Measures to Hausdorff Measures on the Line

For each 0 < s < 1, define where , denote respectively the s‐dimensional packing measure and Hausdorff measure, and the infimum is taken over all the sets E ⊂ R with . In this paper we give a nontrivial estimation of c(s), namely, for each 0 < s < 1, where . As an application, we obtain a lower density theorem for Hausdorff measures.     

Uniqueness of Integrable Solutions ∇ζ = Gζ, ζ∣Γ = 0 for Integrable Tensor-Coefficients G and Applications to Elasticity

Let be bounded Lipschitz and relatively open. We show that the solution to the linear first order system 1 : (1) vanishes if and , (e.g. ). We prove to be a norm if with , for some p, q > 1 with 1/p + 1/q = 1 and . We give a new proof for the so called ‘in-finitesimal rigid displacement lemma’ in curvilinear coordinates: Let , satisfy for some with . Then there are and a constant skew-symmetric matrix , such that . (© 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Asymptotic Estimates of Stirling Numbers

New asymptotic estimates are given of the Stirling numbers and , of first and second kind, respectively, as n tends to infinity. The approximations are uniformly valid with respect to the second parameter m.     

Convergence of boundary optimal controls in mixed elliptic problems

We consider a steady-state heat conduction problem P_α withmixed boundary conditions for the Poisson equation in a bounded multidimensional domain Ω depending of a positive parameter α which represents the heat transfer coefficient on a portion Γ₁ of the boundary of Ω. We consider, for each α > 0, a cost function J_α and we formulate boundary optimal control problems with restrictions over the heat flux q on a complementary portion Γ₂ of the boundary of Ω. We obtain that the optimality conditions are given by a complementary free boundary problem in Γ₂ in terms of the adjoint state. We prove that the optimal control q and its corresponding system state u and adjoint state p for each α are strongly convergent to q_op, u and p in L²(Γ₂), H¹(Ω), and H¹(Ω) respectively when α → ∞. We also prove that these limit functions are respectively the optimal control, the system state and the adjoint state corresponding to another boundary optimal control problem with restrictions for the same Poisson equation with a different boundary condition on the portion Γ₁. We use the elliptic variational inequality theory in order to prove all the strong convergences. In this paper, we generalize the convergence result obtained in Ben Belgacem-El Fekih-Metoui, ESAIM:M2AN, 37 (2003), 833-850 by considering boundary optimal control problems with restrictions on the heat flux q defined on Γ₂ and the parameter α (which goes to infinity) is defined on Γ₁. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On the Points on the Unit Circle with Finite b–Adic Expansions

Let be an arbitrary integer base and let be the number of different prime factors of with , . Further let be the set of points on the unit circle with finite –adic expansions of their coordinates and let be the set of angles of the points . Then is an additive group which is the direct sum of infinite cyclic groups and of the finite cyclic group . If in case of the points of are arranged according to the number of digits of their coordinates, then the arising sequence is uniformly distributed on the unit circle. On the other hand, in case of the only points in are the exceptional points (1, 0), (0, 1), (–1, 0), (0, –1). The proofs are based on a canonical form for all integer solutions of .     

Entropy Numbers in Weighted Function Spaces and Eigenvalue Distributions of Some Degenerate Pseudodifferential Operators II

This paper is the continuation of [17]. We investigate mapping and spectral properties of pseudodifferential operators of type Ψ with χ χ ? ? and 0 ≤ γ ≤ 1 in the weighted function spaces B (?ⁿ, w(x)) and F (?ⁿ, w(x)) treated in [17]. Furthermore, we study the distribution of eigenvalues and the behaviour of corresponding root spaces for degenerate pseudodifferential operators preferably of type b₂(x) b(x, D) b₁(x), where b₁(x) and b₂(x) are appropriate functions and b(x, D) ? Ψ. Finally, on the basis of the Birman-Schwinger principle, we deal with the “negative spectrum” (bound states) of related symmetric operators in L₂.