Geometry of Two- and Three-Dimensional Minkowski Spaces

A class of centrally-symmetric convex 12-topes (12-hedrons) in is described such that for an arbitrary prescribed norm on each polyhedron in the class can be inscribed in (circumscribed about) the -ball via an affine transformation, and this can be done with large degree of freedom. Bibliography: 5 titles.     

On K3 of Witt Vectors of Length Two Over Finite Fields

We prove that for W₂ the Witt vectors of length two over the finite field , we have in characteristic at least 5 and for (3,f) = 1. The result is proved by using the identity and calculating the right term with a group homology spectral sequence. Some information on the spectral sequence is achieved by using the action of the outer automorphism of SL on the homology groups and recent results on K-groups of local rings and the ring of dual numbers over finite fields.     

Sequence Spaces l p,q in Probabilistic Characterizations of Weak Type Operators

We study operators (not necessarily linear) defined on a quasi-Bahach space X and taking values in the space of real-valued Lebesgue-measurable functions. Factorization theorems for linear and superlinear operators with values in the space are proved with the help of the Lorentz sequence spaces . Sequences of functions belonging to fixed bounded sets in the spaces are characterized for and . The possibility of distinguishing weak type operators (bounded in the space ) from operators factorizable through is obtained in terms of sequences of independent random variables. A criterion under which an operator is symmetrically bounded in order in , is established. Some refinements of the above-mentioned results are obtained for translation shift-invariant sets and operators. Bibliography: 30 titles.     

Extremal Decompositions of Riemann Surfaces and Quasiconformal Mappings of Special Form. II

Let be a finite Riemann surface. For a quadratic differential on associated with a certain problem on extremal decomposition of into n domains, a parametric family of quasiconformal mappings , is defined. These mappings map the domains of the extremal decomposition of onto the domains of the extremal decomposition of ._K This allows one to study the functional dependence of the problem on the parameters. Bibliography: 6 titles.     

Orientations of Spines of Homology Balls

Oriented special spines of 3-manifolds are studied. (Orientation is an additional structure on the spine, and each 3-manifold possesses a special spine with such a structure.) The transformations (moves) and of special spines, which do not change the manifold, are well known. It is proved that and preserve orientability of a spine, while and do not. For spines of homology balls, a class of moves is described allowing one to pass from a given orientation of a spine to any other orientation of the spine. Bibliography: 6 titles.     

A Uniqueness Theorem for the Dual Problem Associated to a Variational Problem with Linear Growth

Uniqueness is proved for solutions of the dual problem that is associated with the minimum problem among the mappings with prescribed Dirichlet boundary data and for smooth strictly convex integrands f of linear growth. No further assumptions on f or its conjugate function are imposed, in particular, is not assumed to be strictly convex. A special solution of the dual problem is seen to be a mapping into the image of , which immediately implies uniqueness. Bibliography: 13 titles.     

Temperature-Dependence of Equilibrium States of a Two-Phase Elastic Medium with the Zero Surface Tension Coefficient

We consider the energy functional of a two-phase elastic medium with quadratic energy densities defined for such that ,where is a measurable characteristic function. Under some natural conditions on the data of the problem, we prove the existence of an interval (t ^-,t ⁺) of the change of temperature such that the energy functional has only a minimizer such that for or such that t^ + $$ " align="middle" border="0"> . The energy functional has no minimizers such that or if . We derive two-sided estimates for the numbers in terms of the characteristics of the two-phase elastic medium and the boundary condition. Bibliography: 3 titles.     

Quadratic Property of the Rational Semicharacteristic

Let . Assume that V is a manifold, is the set of germs of n-dimensional oriented submanifolds of V, and is the ₂-module of all ₂-valued functions on E _n (V). If is an oriented submanifold, let be the indicator function of the set of germs of X. It is proved that there exists a quadratic map such that for any compact oriented submanifold one has the relation , where is the (rational) semicharacteristic of , i.e., the residue class defined by the formula

Intersections of Convex Bodies

Let be nonempty convex bodies in . Let be vectors in , let , and let . Then is a convex set, and the family of sets is concave. Let . Then for the mean cross-sectional measures W_v (\Phi (\rho )), , the functions are concave on D. (Note that % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8srps0lbbf9q8WrFfeuY-Hhbbf9v8qqaq% Fr0xc9pk0xbba9q8WqFfea0-yr0RYxir-Jbba9q8aq0-yq-He9q8qq% Q8frFve9Fve9Ff0dmeaabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaaca% WGxbWaaSbaaSqaaiaaicdaaeqaaOGaaiikaiabfA6agjaacIcacqaH% bpGCcaGGPaGaaiykaiabg2da9iaabAfacaqGVbGaaeiBamaaBaaale% aatCvAUfKttLearyqr1ngBPrgaiuGacqWFRbWAaeqaaOGaeuOPdyKa% aiikaiabeg8aYjaacMcaaaa!4EE7!\[W_0 (\Phi (\rho )) = {\text{Vol}}_k\Phi (\rho )\] is the k-volume.) Bibliography: 2 titles.     

Boundary Estimates for Solutions of the Parabolic Free Boundary Problem

Let u and solve the problem

The Fourier Formula for Discontinuous Functions of Several Variables

An analog of the classical Fourier formula for the characteristic function of a convex compact set is considered:

Groupe modulaire, fractions continues et approximation diophantienne en caractéristique p

The aim of this paper is to give a geometric interpretation of the continued fraction expansion in the field of formal Laurent series in X ^–1 over , in terms of the action of the modular group on the Bruhat–Tits tree of , and to deduce from it some corollaries for the diophantine approximation of formal Laurent series in X ^–1 by rational fractions in X.     

Dynamic ℤ d -Random Walks in a Random Scenery: A Strong Law of Large Numbers

In this paper, we study a _d -random walk on nearest neighbours with transition probabilities generated by a dynamical system . We prove, at first, that under some hypotheses, verifies a local limit theorem. Then, we study these walks in a random scenery , a sequence of independent, identically distributed and centred random variables and show that for certain dynamic random walks, satisfies a strong law of large numbers.     

Monotonicity of Average Power Means

A new numerical inequality for average power means is presented. Let and let be a sequence of positive numbers. Consider the operator . We denote by the superposition of these operators. The following assertion is proved: if . Bibliography: 2 titles.     

Sharp Constant in a Jackson-Type Inequality for Approximation by Positive Linear Operators

In what follows, C is the space of -periodic continuous real-valued functions with uniform norm, is the first continuity modulus of a function with step h, H _n is the set of trigonometric polynomials of order at most n, is the set of linear positive operators (i.e., of operators such that for every ), is the space of square-integrable functions on ,

Problems on Extremal Decomposition of the Riemann Sphere

We apply a variant of the method of the extremal metric to some problems concerning extremal decompositions and related problems. Let be a system of distinct points on and let be the family of all systems of nonoverlapping simply connected domains on such that . Let

On Asymptotic Behavior of Increments of Sums Along Head Runs

Let be a sequence of independent equidistributed random vectors with . Let , where and denotes the indicator function of the event in brackets. If, for example, are the gains and are the indicators of success in repetitions of a game of chance, then is the maximal gain along head runs (sequences of successes without interruptions) of length j. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the values , , where is the length of the longest head run in . We show that the asymptotics of the values depend significantly on the growth rate of j and that these asymptotics vary from the strong noninvariance (as in the ErdsRéenyi law of large numbers) to the strong invariance (as in the CsöorgRévész strong approximation laws). We also consider the Shepp-type statistics. Bibliography: 17 titles.     

On the Similarity of Some Differential Operators to Self-Adjoint Ones

The paper is devoted to the study of the similarity to self-adjoint operators of operators of the form , in the space with weight . As is well known, the answer to this problem in the case is positive; it was obtained by using delicate methods of the theory of Hilbert spaces with indefinite metric. The use of a general similarity criterion in combination with methods of perturbation theory for differential operators allows us to generalize this result to a much wider class of weight functions .     

Polynomial Approximations on a Family of Two Segments

Introduce the notation: ,is the union of two segments [- 1,1] and is the Holder class with exponent on is the Green function of the set with a logarithmic pole at infinity, 0,\rho _h (z,\varepsilon ) = {\text{dist(}}z,L_h (\varepsilon ))$$ " align="middle" border="0"> . We prove the following result: There exist positive constants b()and a() depending only on such that if

Homological Dimensions of the Algebra Formed by Entire Functions of Elements of a Nilpotent Lie Algebra

This note deals with homological characteristics of algebras of holomorphic functions of noncommuting variables generated by a finite-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra . It is proved that the embedding of the universal enveloping algebra of into its Arens–Michael hull is an absolute localization in the sense of Taylor provided that