Some properties for quaternionic slice regular functions on domains without real points

The theory of slice regular functions over the quaternions, introduced by Gentili and Struppa in 2007, was born on balls centred in the origin and has been extended to more general domains that intersect the real axis in a work of 2009 in collaboration with Colombo and Sabadini. This hypothesis can be overcome using the theory of stem functions introduced by Ghiloni and Perotti in 2011, in the context of real alternative algebras. In this paper, I will recall the notion and the main properties of stem functions. After that I will introduce the class of slice regular functions induced by stem functions and, in this set, I will extend the identity principle, the maximum and minimum modulus principles and the open mapping theorem. Differences will be shown between the case when the domain does or does not intersect the real axis.     

A surjectivity theorem for differential operators on spaces of regular functions

In this article we show that it is possible to construct a Koszul-type complex for maps given by suitable pairwise commuting matrices of polynomials. This result has applications to surjectivity theorems for constant coefficients differential operators of finite and infinite order. In particular, we construct a large class of constant coefficients differential operators which are surjective on the space of regular (or monogenic) functions on open convex sets.     

Singularities of slice regular functions

Beginning in 2006, G. Gentili and D. C. Struppa developed a theory of regular quaternionic functions with properties that recall classical results in complex analysis. For instance, in each Euclidean ball B(0, R) centered at 0 the set of regular functions coincides with that of quaternionic power series $\sum _{n \in {\mathbb {N}}} q^n a_n$ converging in B(0, R). In 2009 the author proposed a classification of singularities of regular functions as removable, essential or as poles and studied poles by constructing the ring of quotients. In that article, not only the statements, but also the proving techniques were confined to the special case of balls B(0, R). Quite recently, F. Colombo, G. Gentili and I. Sabadini (2010) and the same authors in collaboration with D. C. Struppa (2009) identified a larger class of domains, on which the theory of regular functions is natural and not limited to quaternionic power series. The present article studies singularities in this new context, beginning with the construction of the ring of quotients and of Laurent‐type expansions at points p other than the origin. These expansions, which differ significantly from their complex analogs, allow a classification of singularities that is consistent with the one given in 2009. Poles are studied, as well as essential singularities, for which a version of the Casorati‐Weierstrass Theorem is proven.     

Slice regular functions on real alternative algebras

In this paper we develop a theory of slice regular functions on a real alternative algebra A. Our approach is based on a well-known Fueter's construction. Two recent function theories can be included in our general theory: the one of slice regular functions of a quaternionic or octonionic variable and the theory of slice monogenic functions of a Clifford variable. Our approach permits to extend the range of these function theories and to obtain new results. In particular, we get a strong form of the fundamental theorem of algebra for an ample class of polynomials with coefficients in A and we prove a Cauchy integral formula for slice functions of class C¹.     

Partial differential equations with differential constraints

A geometric setting for constrained exterior differential systems on fibered manifolds with n-dimensional bases is proposed. Constraints given as submanifolds of jet bundles (locally defined by systems of first-order partial differential equations) are shown to carry a natural geometric structure, called the canonical distribution. Systems of second-order partial differential equations subjected to differential constraints are modeled as exterior differential systems defined on constraint submanifolds. As an important particular case, Lagrangian systems subjected to first-order differential constraints are considered. Different kinds of constraints are introduced and investigated (Lagrangian constraints, constraints adapted to the fibered structure, constraints arising from a (co)distribution, semi-holonomic constraints, holonomic constraints).     

BMO‐ and VMO‐spaces of slice hyperholomorphic functions

In this paper we continue the study of important Banach spaces of slice hyperholomorphic functions on the quaternionic unit ball by investigating the BMO‐ and VMO‐spaces of slice hyperholomorphic functions. We discuss in particular conformal invariance and a refined characterization of these spaces in terms of Carleson measures. Finally we show the relations with the Bloch and Dirichlet space and the duality relation with the Hardy space . The importance of these spaces in the classical theory is well known. It is therefore worthwhile to study their slice hyperholomorphic counterparts, in particular because slice hyperholomorphic functions were found to have several applications in operator theory and Schur analysis.     

Rigidity for regular functions over Hamilton and Cayley numbers and a boundary Schwarz' Lemma

A new theory of regular functions over the skew field of Hamilton numbers (quaternions) and in the division algebra of Cayley numbers (octonions) has been recently introduced by Gentili and Struppa (Adv. Math. 216 (2007) 279–301). For these functions, among several basic results, the analogue of the classical Schwarz' Lemma has been already obtained. In this paper, following an interesting approach adopted by Burns and Krantz in the holomorphic setting, we prove some boundary versions of the Schwarz' Lemma and Cartan's Uniqueness Theorem for regular functions. We are also able to extend to the case of regular functions most of the related “rigidity” results known for holomorphic functions.     

Trivial stationary solutions to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky and certain nonlinear elliptic equations

We show that the only locally integrable stationary solutions to the integrated Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation in R and R² are the trivial constant solutions. We extend our technique and prove similar results to other nonlinear elliptic problems in RN.     

Universality properties of the quaternionic power series and entire functions

In this paper we establish the existence of “almost universal” quaternionic power series and entire functions. Denoting by B(0, 1) the open unit ball in , this means that there exists a quaternionic power series with radius of convergence 1 such that, denoting by the n‐th partial sum of S, for every , for every axially symmetric open subset Ω of containing K and every f slice regular on Ω, there exists a subsequence of the partial sums of S such that uniformly on K, as . The symbol denotes the set of axially symmetric compact sets in such that is connected for some . This is a slightly weaker property than the classical universal power series phenomenon obtained for analytic only on the interior of K and continuous on K. We also generalize a result originally proven by Birkhoff and finally we show that there exists an entire quaternionic function whose set of derivatives is dense in the class of entire quaternionic functions.     

A Lax equivalence theorem for stochastic differential equations

In this paper, a stochastic mean square version of Lax’s equivalence theorem for Hilbert space valued stochastic differential equations with additive and multiplicative noise is proved. Definitions for consistency, stability, and convergence in mean square of an approximation of a stochastic differential equation are given and it is shown that these notions imply similar results as those known for approximations of deterministic partial differential equations. Examples show that the assumptions made are met by standard approximations.     

Schwarz problem for higher‐order complex partial differential equations in the upper half plane

Linear and nonlinear elliptic complex partial differential equations of higher‐order are considered under Schwarz conditions in the upper‐half plane. Firstly, using the integral representations for the solutions of the inhomogeneous polyanalytic equation with Schwarz conditions, a class of integral operators is introduced together with some of their properties. Then, these operators are used to transform the problem for linear equations into singular integral equations. In the case of nonlinear equations such a transformation yields a system of integro‐differential equations. Existence of the solutions of the relevant boundary value problems for linear and nonlinear equations are discussed via Fredholm theory and fixed point theorems, respectively.     

Reduction and quotient equations for differential equations with symmetries

The method of reduction previously known in the theory of Hamiltonian systems with symmetries is developed in order to obtain exact group-invariant solutions of systems of partial differential equations. This method leads to representations of quotient equations which are very convenient for the systematic analysis of invariant solutions of boundary value problems. In the case of partially invariant solutions, necessary and sufficient conditions of their invariance with respect to subalgebras of symmetry algebras are given. The concept of partial symmetries of differential equations is considered.     

On the bifurcation results for fractional Laplace equations

In this paper, we consider the bifurcation problem for the fractional Laplace equation where is an open bounded subset with smooth boundary,  stands for the fractional Laplacian. We show that a continuum of solutions bifurcates out from the principal eigenvalue λ₁ of the problem and, conversely.     

On the analyticity of solutions to semilinear differential equations degenerated on a submanifold

We investigate the analyticity of solutions to semilinear elliptic equations degenerated on a submanifold. We introduce a new weighted Sobolev space which is appropriate for studying such equations. The technique for linear equations using cut-off functions cannot be applied and we need to use a representation formula which requires a fundamental solution.     

Differentiable functions of quaternion variables

We investigate differentiability of functions defined on regions of the real quaternion field and obtain a noncommutative version of the Cauchy-Riemann conditions. Then we study the noncommutative analog of the Cauchy integral as well as criteria for functions of a quternion variable to be analytic. In particular, the quaternionic exponential and logarithmic functions are being considered. Main results include quaternion versions of Hurwitz' theorem, Mittag-Leffler's theorem and Weierstrass' theorem.     

Singularities of multivalued solutions of nonlinear differential equations,and nonlinear phenomena

The purpose of this paper is to use the geometrical theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and the theory of singularities of maps in order to obtain the general scheme for constructing shock waves from multivalued solutions, given by smooth integral manifolds. This scheme is illustrated by some examples from gas dynamics, mechanics, acoustics and thermodynamics.     

Interpolating varieties for entire functions of minimal type

We obtain both necessary and sufficient conditions for a discrete variety in Cⁿ to be an interpolating variety for entire functions of minimal type.