On dual holomorphically projectively flat affine connections

Given a complex Riemannian metrich and a torsion-free complex affine connection on a complex manifold, a dual holomorphically-planar curve of is defined as a curve whose tangent complex plane, generated by its tangent 1-form, is parallel along the curve. The corresponding dual holomorphically projective group is defined as a group of transformations of connections preserving dual holomorphically-planar curves. The class of connections complex semi-compatible with the metrich and pairs of complex semi-conjugate connections are defined using the relations between their holomorphically-planar curves and their dual holomorphically-planar curves. The dual holomorphically-projective curvature tensor for a connection complex semi-compatible withh is determined as an invariant of the dual holomorphically-projective group. Dual holomorphically-projectively flat connections complex semi-compatible withh are characterized as connections with vanishing dual holomorphically-projective curvature tensor.Research partialy supported by Contract MM 423/1994 with the Ministry of Science and Education of Bulgaria and by Contract 219/1994 with the University of Sofia St. Kl. Ohridski.I would like to thank the referee for indicating omissions in the text and for the helpful advices during the preparation of the final form of the paper.     

G-closure of some particular sets of admissible material characteristics for the problem of bending of thin elastic plates

In Ref. 1, we considered theG-closure of some initially given arbitrary setU of the positive-definite, symmetrical plane tensorsD of the 2nd rank, connected with the differential operator ·D · in two dimensions. Here, theG-closure procedure is applied to the 4th-order operator ··D ·· in a plane, arising in the theory of plates and containing self-adjoint tensorsD of the 4th rank. The paper generalizes some results obtained earlier in Refs. 2 and 3. The complete solution of the general problem of regularization, which presupposes the arbitrary character of the initially given setU, is not yet obtained.     

A comparison theorem in 115-01115-01115-01-adic cohomology

Summary We consider a 1-dimensional differential module (U, ) over an algebraic variety X. We assume the singularities of (U, ) at infinity to be separated and possibly irregular. We prove that the algebraic de Rham cohomology of X with coefficients in (U, ) can be calculated byP-adic analytic methods.     

On Non-Linear Rayleigh quotients

The stability with respect top of the non-linear eigenvalue problem div(|u| ^p–2u)+|u| ^p–2 u=0 is studied.     

A note on curvature of α-connections of a statistical manifold

The family of α-connections ∇^(α) on a statistical manifold equipped with a pair of conjugate connections and is given as . Here, we develop an expression of curvature R ^(α) for ∇^(α) in relation to those for . Immediately evident from it is that ∇^(α) is equiaffine for any when are dually flat, as previously observed in Takeuchi and Amari (IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 51:1011–1023, 2005). Other related formulae are also developed. The work was conducted when the author was on sabbatical leave as a visiting research scientist at the Mathematical Neuroscience Unit, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.     

On totally geodesic affine immersions

In this paper, totally geodesic affine immersionsf: (M, ) are studied in the case when is an affine manifold of recurrent curvature. It is proved that(M, ) if flat or of recurrent curvature. And iff is additionally umbilical with the shape tensorA 0 and dimM 3, then(M, ) is locally projectively flat. Examples of such immersions are also stated.     

Approximate Controllability for the Semilinear Heat Equation Involving Gradient Terms

This paper deals with the approximate controllability of the semilinear heat equation, when the nonlinear term depends on both the state y and its spatial gradient y and the control acts on any nonempty open subset of the domain. Our proof relies on the fact that the nonlinearity is globally Lipschitz with respect to (y, y). The approximate controllability is viewed as the limit of a sequence of optimal control problems. Another key ingredient is a unique continuation property proved by Fabre (Ref. 1) in the context of linear heat equations. Finally, we prove that approximate controllability can be obtained simultaneously with exact controllability over finite-dimensional subspaces.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">hp</Emphasis>-Discontinuous Galerkin methods for strongly nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems

In this paper, we have analyzed a one parameter family of hp-discontinuous Galerkin methods for strongly nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems with Dirichlet boundary conditions. These methods depend on the values of the parameter , where θ = + 1 corresponds to the nonsymmetric and θ = −1 corresponds to the symmetric interior penalty methods when and f(u,∇u) = −f, that is, for the Poisson problem. The error estimate in the broken H ¹ norm, which is optimal in h (mesh size) and suboptimal in p (degree of approximation) is derived using piecewise polynomials of degree p ≥ 2, when the solution . In the case of linear elliptic problems also, this estimate is optimal in h and suboptimal in p. Further, optimal error estimate in the L ² norm when θ = −1 is derived. Numerical experiments are presented to illustrate the theoretical results. Supported by DST-DAAD (PPP-05) project.     

Solving in the affirmative a conjecture about a limit of gradients

In this journal, Giannessi (Ref. 1) conjectured the existence of a convex function on , wheren 2, such that f(te) exists fort>0,e = (1, 0, ..., 0), but lim _t0 f(te) does not exist. Furthermore, he generalized the question by substituting the aforesaid ray with a curve having an endpoint at 0 (the origin) and by asking the question for the infinite-dimensional case. With the example in Section 1, we answer in the affirmative all parts of the conjecture. Section 2 (concerning curves) and Section 3 indicate conditions (asked in Ref. 1) under which the limit exists. In Section 4, an example peculiar to the infinite-dimensional case is given.This work is dedicated to the memory of Gianfranco Cimmino.     

Phragmén-Lindelöf theorems for second-order quasilinear elliptic equations

Analogues are formulated of the well-known, in the theory of analytic functions, Phragmen-Lindelöf theorem for the gradients of solutions of a broad class of quasilinear equations of elliptic type. Examples are given illustrating the accuracy of the results obtained for the gradients of solutions of the equations of the form div(|U|^–2u)=f(x, u, u), where f(x, u, u) is a function locally bounded in ²ⁿ⁺¹. f(x, 0, u)=0, uf(x, u, u) c¦u¦1+q(1+ ¦u|), > 1, c > 0, q > 0, is an arbitrary real number, and n >- 2. The basic role in the technique employed in the paper is played by the apparatus of capacitary characteristics.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1376–1381, October, 1992.The author sincerely appreciates E. M. Landis's permanent attention and numerous useful discussions.     

Random rotations of the Wiener path

Summary Let (W, H, ) be an abstract Wiener space and letR(w) be a strongly measurable random variable with values in the set of isometries onH. Suppose that Rh is smooth in the Sobolev sense and that it is a quasi-nilpotent operator onH for everyhH. It is shown that (R(w)h) is again a Gaussian (0, |h| _H ² )-random variable. Consequently, if (e _i ,i)W ^* is a complete, orthonormal basis ofH, then defines a measure preserving transformation, a rotation, onW. It is also shown that if for some strongly measurable, operator valued (onH) random variableR, (R(w+k)h) is (0, |h| _H ² )-Gaussian for allk, hH, thenR is an isometry and Rh is quasi-nilpotent for allHH. The relation between the stochastic calculi for these Wiener pathsw and , as well as the conditions of the inverbibility of the map are discussed and the problem of the absolute continuity of the image of the Wiener measure under Euclidean motion on the Wiener space (i.e. composed with a shift) is studied.The research of the second author was supported by the Fund for the Promotion of Research at the TechnionDedicated to the memory of Albert Badrikian     

Existence of compatible families of proper regular conditional probabilities

Summary Let (, , ) be a perfect probability space with countably generated, and let IB be a family of sub--fields of . Under a countability condition on the family IB, I show that there exists a family {}_IB of regular conditional probabilities which are everywhere compatible. Under a more stringent condition on IB, I show that the can furthermore be chosen to be everywhere proper. It follows that in the Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle formulation of the statistical mechanics of classical lattice systems, every (perfect) probability measure is a Gibbs measure for some specification.Research supported in part by NSF PHY-78-23952NSF Predoctoral Fellow (1976–79) and Danforth Fellow (1979–81).     

On the fundamental theorem for non-degenerate complex affine hypersurface immersions

Two geometric versions of the fundamental theorem for non-degenerate complex affine hypersurface immersions are proved. We consider non-degenerate complex affine hypersurface immersions with complex transversal connection form (or equivalently, with holomorphic normalization) and prove that the conormal map is a holomorphic map. These considerations inspired the definitions of complex semi-compatible and complex semi-conjugate connections. This allows us to formulate the integrability conditions of the fundamental theorem, on one hand in terms of the induced connection, which has to be complex semi-compatible and dualH-projective flat, and on the other hand, in terms of its semi-conjugate connection, which has to beH-projective flat. Using this results, we formulate the conditions of the fundamental theorem in terms of anyH-projective flat complex affine connection.Research partially supported by Contract MM 413/1994 with the Ministry of Science and Education of Bulgaria and by Contract 219/1994 with the University of Sofia St. Kl. Ohridcki.     

Circles and spheres in pseudo-Riemannian geometry

Summary A totally umbilical pseudo-Riemannian submanifold with the parallel mean curvature vector field is said to be an extrinsic sphere. A regular curve in a pseudo-Riemannian manifold is called a circle if it is an extrinsic sphere. LetM be ann-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian submanifold of index (0n) in a pseudo-Riemannian manifold with the metricg and the second fundamental formB. The following theorems are proved. For ₀ = +1 or –1, ₁ = +1, –1 or 0 (2–2 ₀+ ₁2n–2–2) and a positive constantk, every circlec inM withg(c, c) = ₀ andg( _c c, _c c) = ₁ k ² is a circle in iffM is an extrinsic sphere. For ₀ = +1 or –1 (–₀n–), every geodesicc inM withg(c, c) = ₀ is a circle in iffM is constant isotropic and B(x,x,x) = 0 for anyx T(M). In this theorem, assume, moreover, that 1n–1 and the first normal space is definite or zero at every point. Then we can prove thatM is an extrinsic sphere. When = 0 orn, this fact does not hold in general.     

Existence and nonexistence results for quasilinear elliptic equations involving the <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian with a critical potential

This paper deals with the existence and nonexistence results for quasilinear elliptic equations of the form -_pu=f(x, u), where _p:=div(|u|^p-2u), p>1, and the solutions are understood in the sense of renormalized or, equivalently, entropy solutions. In particular we prove nonexistence results in the case f(x,u)=u^p|x|^-p, that is related to a classical Hardy inequality. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 35D05, 35D10, 35J20, 35J25, 35J70     

On the existence and uniqueness of solutions for a class of a quasi-variational inequalities to solve reverse-biased semi-conductor devices

Summary This paper discusses existence and uniqueness for solutions of quasi-variational inequalities where the obstacle function w=M(z) satisfies an elliptic equation of the form -exp [kz] exp[–kw]=0. Verifying Joly-Mosco hypotheses for existence appear to depend on an a-priori estimate on w. Thus it was possible to obtain existence and uniqueness for certain cases of the applied biased potentials.     

Ōtsukische Räume mit Einem Zweifach Rekurrenten Metrischen Grundtensor

In this note necessary and sufficient conditions are determined for Weyl—tsukispaces to have a birecurrent metric, i.e., _{m k} g _ij = _km g _ij . It is proved that in this space the metric tensor is an eigen-tensor. The special caseP _j ⁱ = (x) _j ⁱ is examined and we prove that in this case the recurrent metric tensor is likewise birecurrent.

     

L ∞ stability of finite element approximations to elliptic gradient equations

Summary We examine theL stability of piecewise linear finite element approximationsU to the solutionu to elliptic gradient equations of the form –·[a(x)u]+f(x, u)=g(x) wheref is monotonically increasing inu. We identify a prioriL bounds for the finite element solutionU, which we call reduced bounds, and which are marginally weaker than those for the original differential equations. For the general,N-dimensionai, case we identify new conditions on the mesh, such that under the assumption thatf is Lipschitz continuous on a finite interval,U satisfies the reducedL bounds mentioned above. The new,N-dimensional regularity conditions preclude quasi-rectangular meshes.Moreover, we show thatU is stable inL in two dimensions for a discretization mesh on which –·[a(x)u] gives rise to anM-matrix, whileU is stable for any mesh in one dimension. The condition that the discretization of –·[a(x)u] has to be anM-matrix, still allows the inclusion of the important case of triangulating in a quasi-rectangular fashion.The results are valid for either the pure Neumann problem or the general mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary value problem, while interfaces may be present. The boundary conditions forU are obtained by use of (nonexpansive) pointwise projection operators.The first author is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant EET-8719100Research of the second author supported by National Science Foundation grant DMS.8420192     

Theorems on Lower Semicontinuity and Relaxation for Integrands with Fast Growth

We prove theorems on the lower semicontinuity and integral representations of the lower semicontinuous envelopes of integral functionals with integrands L of fast growth: c ₁ G(|Du|) + c ₂ L c ₃ G(|Du|) + c ₄ with c ₃ c ₁ > 0 and G : [0, [ [0, [ is an increasing convex function such that vG (v)/G(v) as v and is increasing for large v. Repeating the results for the case of the standard growth (G() = ||^p) the quasiconvexity of integrands characterizes the lower semicontinuity of integral functionals and their quasiconvexifications yield the integral functionals that are lower semicontinuous envelopes.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 Sychev M. A.The author was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 03-01-00162).__________Translated from Sibirskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 679–697, May–June, 2005.