Compactness of Hardy-Steklov operator

Pair of weights u, v is characterized so that the Hardy-Steklov operator is compact between weighted Lebesgue spaces L^p(u) and L^q(v), where 1<p,q<∞, a,b are certain increasing functions and f?0. The compactness of the conjugate operator is also studied.     

Towards a maximal extension of Pe?czyński's decomposition method in Banach spaces

Suppose that X, Y, A and B are Banach spaces such that X is isomorphic to Y⊕A and Y is isomorphic to X⊕B. Are X and Y necessarily isomorphic? In this generality, the answer is no, as proved by W.T. Gowers in 1996. In the present paper, we provide a very simple necessary and sufficient condition on the 10-tuples (k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,u,v) in N with p+q+u?3, r+s+v?3, uv?1, (p,q)≠(0,0), (r,s)≠(0,0) and u=1 or v=1 or (p,q)=(1,0) or (r,s)=(0,1), which guarantees that X is isomorphic to Y whenever these Banach spaces satisfy

     

Bernstein widths of Hardy-type operators in a non-homogeneous case

Let I=[a,b]⊂R, let 1<p?q<∞, let u and v be positive functions with u∈Lp^′(I), v∈Lq(I) and let be the Hardy-type operator given by

     

Uniform convexity of ψ-direct sums of Banach spaces

Let X and Y be Banach spaces and ψ a continuous convex function on the unit interval [0,1] satisfying certain conditions. Let X⊕_ψY be the direct sum of X and Y equipped with the associated norm with ψ. We show that X⊕_ψY is uniformly convex if and only if X,Y are uniformly convex and ψ is strictly convex. As a corollary we obtain that the ?_p,q-direct sum (not p=q=1 nor ∞), is uniformly convex if and only if X,Y are, where ?_p,q is the Lorentz sequence space. These results extend the well-known fact for the ?_p-sum . Some other examples are also presented.     

A hypercyclicity criterion with applications

A continuous linear operator on a topological vector space X is called hypercyclic if there is x∈X such that the orbit {Tnx}_n?0 is dense in X. We establish a criterion for hypercyclicity, and study some applications. In particular, we establish hypercyclic left-multipliers on the space L(X,Y) of continuous linear operators between X and Y, provided with the topology of uniform convergence on bounded sets, for some spaces X,Y of holomorphic functions.     

On the monotone likelihood ratio property for the convolution of independent binomial random variables

Given that r and s are natural numbers and and are independent random variables where q,p∈(0,1), we prove that the likelihood ratio of the convolution Z=X+Y is decreasing, increasing, or constant when q<p, q>p or q=p, respectively.     

Weighted differentiation composition operators from mixed-norm spaces to weighted-type spaces

Motivated by the recent paper [X. Zhu, Products of differentiation composition and multiplication from Bergman type spaces to Bers spaces, Integral Transform. Spec. Funct. 18 (3) (2007) 223-231], we study the boundedness and compactness of the weighted differentiation composition operator , where u is a holomorphic function on the unit disk D, φ is a holomorphic self-map of D and n∈N₀, from the mixed-norm space H(p, q, ?), where p,q > 0 and ? is normal, to the weighted-type space or the little weighted-type space . For the case of the weighted Bergman space , p > 1, some bounds for the essential norm of the operator are also given.     

Sturm-Liouville operators and their spectral functions

Assume that the differential operator −DpD+q in L²(0,∞) has 0 as a regular point and that the limit-point case prevails at ∞. If p≡1 and q satisfies some smoothness conditions, it was proved by Gelfand and Levitan that the spectral functions σ(t) for the Sturm-Liouville operator corresponding to the boundary conditions (pu′)(0)=τu(0), , satisfy the integrability condition . The boundary condition u(0)=0 is exceptional, since the corresponding spectral function does not satisfy such an integrability condition. In fact, this situation gives an example of a differential operator for which one can construct an analog of the Friedrichs extension, even though the underlying minimal operator is not semibounded. In the present paper it is shown with simple arguments and under mild conditions on the coefficients p and q, including the case p≡1, that there exists an analog of the Friedrichs extension for nonsemibounded second order differential operators of the form −DpD+q by establishing the above mentioned integrability conditions for the underlying spectral functions.     

Likelihood ratio orderings of spacings of heterogeneous exponential random variables

Let X₁,X₂,…,X_n be independent exponential random variables such that X_i has failure rate λ for i=1,…,p and X_j has failure rate λ^* for j=p+1,…,n, where p≥1 and q=n-p≥1. Denote by D_i:n(p,q)=X_i:n-X_i-1:n the ith spacing of the order statistics , where X_0:n≡0. It is shown that D_i:n(p,q)?_lrD_i+1:n(p,q) for i=1,…,n-1, and that if λ?λ^* then , and for i=1,…,n, where ?_lr denotes the likelihood ratio order. The main results are used to establish the dispersive orderings between spacings.     

Mixed lower bounds for quantum transport

Let H be a self-adjoint operator on a separable Hilbert space , . Given an orthonormal basis of , we consider the time-averaged moments 〈|X|_ψ^p〉(T) of the position operator associated to . We derive lower bounds for the moments in terms of both spectral measure μ_ψ and generalized eigenfunctions u_ψ(n,x) of the state ψ. As a particular corollary, we generalize the recently obtained lower bound in terms of multifractal dimensions of μ_ψ and give some equivalent forms of it which can be useful in applications. We establish, in particular, the relations between the L^q-norms (q>1/2) of the imaginary part of Borel transform of probability measures and the corresponding multifractal dimensions.     

Stable isomorphism of dual operator spaces

We prove that two dual operator spaces X and Y are stably isomorphic if and only if there exist completely isometric normal representations ? and ψ of X and Y, respectively, and ternary rings of operators M₁, M₂ such that and . We prove that this is equivalent to certain canonical dual operator algebras associated with the operator spaces being stably isomorphic. We apply these operator space results to prove that certain dual operator algebras are stably isomorphic if and only if they are isomorphic. Consequently, we obtain that certain complex domains are biholomorphically equivalent if and only if their algebras of bounded analytic functions are Morita equivalent in our sense. Finally, we provide examples motivated by the theory of CSL algebras.     

Locally bounded set-valued mappings and monotone countable paracompactness

We prove that the following statements are equivalent for a space X: (1) X is monotonically countably paracompact; (2) for every metric space Y there exists an operator Φ assigning to each locally bounded mapping , a locally bounded l.s.c. mapping with ?⊂Φ(?) such that Φ(?)⊂Φ(?^′) whenever ?⊂?^′, where B(Y) is the set of all non-empty closed bounded sets of Y; (3) for every metric space Y, there exist operators Φ and Ψ assigning to each u.s.c. mapping , an l.s.c. mapping and a u.s.c. mapping with ?⊂Φ(?)⊂Ψ(?) such that Φ(?)⊂Φ(?^′) and Ψ(?)⊂Ψ(?^′) whenever ?⊂?^′.     

Minimizing a monotone concave function with laminar covering constraints

Let V be a finite set with |V|=n. A family F⊆2^V is called laminar if for all two sets X,Y∈F, X∩Y≠∅ implies X⊆Y or X⊇Y. Given a laminar family F, a demand function , and a monotone concave cost function , we consider the problem of finding a minimum-cost such that x(X)?d(X) for all X∈F. Here we do not assume that the cost function F is differentiable or even continuous. We show that the problem can be solved in O(n²q) time if F can be decomposed into monotone concave functions by the partition of V that is induced by the laminar family F, where q is the time required for the computation of F(x) for any . We also prove that if F is given by an oracle, then it takes Ω(n²q) time to solve the problem, which implies that our O(n²q) time algorithm is optimal in this case. Furthermore, we propose an algorithm if F is the sum of linear cost functions with fixed setup costs. These also make improvements in complexity results for source location and edge-connectivity augmentation problems in undirected networks. Finally, we show that in general our problem requires Ω(2^n/2q) time when F is given implicitly by an oracle, and that it is NP-hard if F is given explicitly in a functional form.     

Operator space structure and amenability for Figà-Talamanca-Herz algebras

Column and row operator spaces—which we denote by COL and ROW, respectively—over arbitrary Banach spaces were introduced by the first-named author; for Hilbert spaces, these definitions coincide with the usual ones. Given a locally compact group G and p,p′∈(1,∞) with , we use the operator space structure on to equip the Figà-Talamanca-Herz algebra A_p(G) with an operator space structure, turning it into a quantized Banach algebra. Moreover, we show that, for p?q?2 or 2?q?p and amenable G, the canonical inclusion A_q(G)⊂A_p(G) is completely bounded (with cb-norm at most , where is Grothendieck's constant). As an application, we show that G is amenable if and only if A_p(G) is operator amenable for all—and equivalently for one—p∈(1,∞); this extends a theorem by Ruan.     

Existence, uniqueness, and quenching properties of solutions for degenerate semilinear parabolic problems with second boundary conditions

Let q?0, p?0, T?∞, D=(0,a), , Ω=D×(0,T), and Lu=xqut−uxx. This article considers the following degenerate semilinear parabolic initial-boundary value problem,

     

Some estimates for Bochner-Riesz operators on the weighted Herz-type Hardy spaces

In this paper, by using the atomic decomposition and molecular characterization of the homogeneous and non-homogeneous weighted Herz-type Hardy spaces , we obtain some weighted boundedness properties of the Bochner-Riesz operator and the maximal Bochner-Riesz operator on these spaces for α=n(1/p−1/q), 0<p?1 and 1<q<∞.     

Blow-up behavior for a nonlinear heat equation with a localized source in a ball

In this paper, we consider the initial-boundary value problem of a semilinear parabolic equation with local and non-local (localized) reactions in a ball: u_t=Δu+u^p+u^q(x^*,t) in B(R) where p,q>0,B(R)={x∈R^N:|x|<R} and x^*≠0. If max(p,q)>1, there exist blow-up solutions of this problem for large initial data. We treat the radially symmetric and one peak non-negative solution of this problem. We give the complete classification of total blow-up phenomena and single point blow-up phenomena according to p and q.

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If or p=q>2, then single point blow-up occurs whenever solutions blow up.

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If 1<p<q, both phenomena, total blow-up and single point blow-up, occur depending on the initial data.

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If p?1<q, total blow-up occurs whenever solutions blow up.

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If max(p,q)?1, every solution exists globally in time.

     

Conjugate operators that preserve the nonconvergence of bounded martingales

We show that the conjugate T^∗ of an operator , with X and Y Banach spaces, satisfies the following dichotomy: either T^∗ preserves the nonconvergence of bounded martingales in Y^∗, or there exists a compact operator such that the kernel N(T^∗+K^∗) fails the Radon-Nikodým property.     

On T-sequences and characterized subgroups

Let X be a compact metrizable abelian group and u={un} be a sequence in its dual group X^∧. Set su(X)={x:(un,x)→1} and . Let G be a subgroup of X. We prove that G=su(X) for some u iff it can be represented as some dually closed subgroup Gu of . In particular, su(X) is polishable. Let u={un} be a T-sequence. Denote by the group X^∧ equipped with the finest group topology in which un→0. It is proved that and . We also prove that the group generated by a Kronecker set cannot be characterized.