Cocycles with one exponent over partially hyperbolic systems

We consider Hölder continuous linear cocycles over partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms. For fiber bunched cocycles with one Lyapunov exponent we show continuity of measurable invariant conformal structures and sub-bundles. Further, we establish a continuous version of Zimmer’s Amenable Reduction Theorem. For cocycles over hyperbolic systems we also obtain polynomial growth estimates for the norm and the quasiconformal distortion from the periodic data.     

Perturbing PLA

We proved earlier that every measurable function on the circle, after a uniformly small perturbation, can be written as a power series (i.e., a series of exponentials with positive frequencies), which converges almost everywhere. Here, we show that this result is basically sharp: the perturbation cannot be made smooth or even Hölder. We also discuss a similar problem for perturbations with lacunary spectrum.     

Livsic theorems for hyperbolic flows

We consider Hölder cocycle equations with values in certain Lie groups over a hyperbolic flow. We extend Livsic's results that measurable solutions to such equations must, in fact, be Hölder continuous.

     

First cohomology of Anosov actions of higher rank abelian groups and applications to rigidity

This is the first in a series of papers exploring rigidity properties of hyperbolic actions ofZ ^k orR ^k fork ≥ 2. We show that for all known irreducible examples, the cohomology of smooth cocycles over these actions is trivial. We also obtain similar Hölder and C¹ results via a generalization of the Livshitz theorem for Anosov flows. As a consequence, there are only trivial smooth or Hölder time changes for these actions (up to an automorphism). Furthermore, small perturbations of these actions are Hölder conjugate and preserve a smooth volume.     

Hölder estimates for solutions of the Cauchy problem for the porous medium equation with external forces

We study the interior Hölder regularity problem for weak solutions of the porous medium equation with external forces. Since the porous medium equation is the typical example of degenerate parabolic equations, Hölder regularity is a delicate matter and does not follow by classical methods. Caffrelli-Friedman, and Caffarelli-Vazquez-Wolansky showed Hölder regularity for the model equation without external forces. DiBenedetto and Friedman showed the Hölder continuity of weak solutions with some integrability conditions of the external forces but they did not obtain the quantitative estimates. The quantitative estimates are important for studying the perturbation problem of the porous medium equation. We obtain the scale invariant Hölder estimates for weak solutions of the porous medium equations with the external forces. As a particular case, we recover the well known Hölder estimates for the linear heat equation.     

Rigidity of fiber bunched cocycles

We prove a rigidity theorem for fiber bunched matrix-valued Hölder cocycles over hyperbolic homeomorphisms. More precisely, we show that two such cocycles are cohomologous if and only if they have conjugated periodic data.     

Cohomology of permutative cellular automata

We examineU(d) valued cocycles for a ?²⁺ action generated by a mixing, permutative cellular automaton and show that the set of Hölder continuous cocycles (for a given Hölder order) which are cohomologous to constant cocycles is both open and closed in the appropriate topology. A continuous dimension function with values in {0, 1,…,d} is defined on cocycles; a cocycle is cohomologous to a constant precisely when the value isd. Whend=1 (the abelian case) the first (essential) cohomology group is countable. IfU(1)? circle is replaced by a finite subgroup, this cohomology group is finite.     

Covering theorems,inequalities on metric spaces and applications to PDE’s

We establish a covering lemma of Besicovitch type for metric balls in the setting of Hölder quasimetric spaces of homogenous type and use it to prove a covering theorem for measurable sets. For families of measurable functions, we introduce the notions of power decay, critical density and double ball property and with the aid of the covering theorem we show how these notions are related. Next we present an axiomatic procedure to establish Harnack inequality that permits to handle both divergence and non divergence linear equations.     

Hölder Continuity of Homeomorphisms with Controlled Growth of Their Spherical Means

We continue the study of homeomorphisms preserving integrally controlled weighted p-module of the ring domains. It was established earlier that under appropriate growth condition for the spherical mean of the weight such mappings are locally Hölder continuous with respect to logarithms of the distances. In this paper, we consider much more general growth conditions and derive the differentiability almost everywhere, local Lipschitz and Hölder continuity. The sharpness of these results is illustrated by several examples. The distortion estimates for measures under such mappings are also established.     

Large deviations and rates of convergence in the Birkhoff ergodic theorem: From Hölder continuity to continuity

It is established that, for ergodic dynamical systems, upper estimates for the decay of large deviations of ergodic averages for (non-Hölder) continuous almost everywhere averaged functions have the same asymptotics as in the Hölder continuous case. The results are applied to obtaining the corresponding estimates for large deviations and rates of convergence in the Birkhoff ergodic theorem with non-Hölder averaged functions in certain popular chaotic billiards, such as the Bunimovich stadiums and the planar periodic Lorentz gas.     

Livšic theorems for Banach cocycles: Existence and regularity

We prove a nonuniformly hyperbolic version Liv?ic theorem, with cocycles taking values in the group of invertible bounded linear operators on a Banach space. The result holds without the ergodicity assumption of the hyperbolic measure. Moreover, we also prove that a μ-continuous solution of the cohomological equation is actually Hölder continuous for the uniform hyperbolic system, where a map is called μ-continuous if there exists a sequence of compact subsets whose union is of μ-full measure, such that the restriction of the map to each of these compact subsets is continuous.     

Hölder continuity of the solutions for a class of nonlinear SPDE’s arising from one dimensional superprocesses

The Hölder continuity of the solution X _t (x) to a nonlinear stochastic partial differential equation (see (1.2) below) arising from one dimensional superprocesses is obtained. It is proved that the Hölder exponent in time variable is arbitrarily close to 1/4, improving the result of 1/10 in Li et al. (to appear on Probab. Theory Relat. Fields.). The method is to use the Malliavin calculus. The Hölder continuity in spatial variable x of exponent 1/2 is also obtained by using this new approach. This Hölder continuity result is sharp since the corresponding linear heat equation has the same Hölder continuity.     

Non-differentiability and Hölder properties of self-affine functions

We consider the class of self-affine functions. Firstly, we characterize all nowhere differentiable self-affine continuous functions. Secondly, given a self-affine continuous function $?$, we investigate its Hölder properties. We find its best uniform Hölder exponent and when $?$ is $C^1$, we find the best uniform Hölder exponent of ${?}^{\prime }$. Thirdly, we show that the Hölder cut of $?$ takes the same value almost everywhere for the Lebesgue measure. This last result is a consequence of the Borel strong law of large numbers.     

Hölder Continuity of Adjoint States and Optimal Controls for State Constrained Problems

We investigate Hölder regularity of adjoint states and optimal controls for a Bolza problem under state constraints. We start by considering any optimal solution satisfying the constrained maximum principle in its normal form and we show that whenever the associated Hamiltonian function is smooth enough and has some monotonicity properties in the directions normal to the constraints, then both the adjoint state and optimal trajectory enjoy Hölder type regularity. More precisely, we prove that if the state constraints are smooth, then the adjoint state and the derivative of the optimal trajectory are Hölder continuous, while they have the two sided lower Hölder continuity property for less regular constraints. Finally, we provide sufficient conditions for Hölder type regularity of optimal controls.     

Hölder continuous periodic solution of Boussinesq equation with partial viscosity

We show the existence of Hölder continuous periodic solution with compact support in time of the Boussinesq equations with partial viscosity. The Hölder regularity of the solution we constructed is anisotropic which is compatible with partial viscosity of the equations.     

Hausdorff Measures versus Equilibrium States of Conformal Infinite Iterated Function Systems

Dealing with infinite iterated function systems we introduce and develop the ergodic theory of Hölder systems of functions similarly as in [HU] and [HMU]. In the context of conformal infinite iterated function systems we prove the volume lemma for the Hausdorff dimension of the projection onto the limit set of a shift invariant measure. This can be considered as a Billingsley type result. Our cenral goal is to demonstrate the appearance of the "singularity-absolute continuity" dichotomy for equilibrium states of Hölder systems of functions which has been observed in [PUZ,I] and [PUZ,II] (see also [DU1] and [DU2]) in the setting of rational functions of the Riemann sphere.     

Commutators and singular integral operators in Clifford analysis

In this paper we develop a method for setting the compactness of the commutator relative to the singular integral operator acting on Hölder continuous functions over Ahlfors David regular surfaces in R ⁿ⁺¹ . This method is based on the essential use of the monogenic decomposition of Hölder continuous functions. We also set forth explicit representations of the adjoints of the singular Cauchy type integral operators, relative to a total subset of real functionals.     

Some sharp Hölder estimates for two-dimensional elliptic equations

We present some recent sharp estimates for the Hölder exponent of solutions of linear second order elliptic equations in divergence form with measurable coefficients. We apply such results to planar Beltrami equations, and we exhibit a mapping of the “angular stretching” type for which our estimates are attained.     

The parametrix method for parabolic SPDEs

We consider the Cauchy problem for a linear stochastic partial differential equation. By extending the parametrix method for PDEs whose coefficients are only measurable with respect to the time variable, we prove existence, regularity in Hölder classes and estimates from above and below of the fundamental solution. This result is applied to SPDEs by means of the Itô–Wentzell formula, through a random change of variables which transforms the SPDE into a PDE with random coefficients.     

Everywhere Regularity of Solutions to a Class of Strongly Coupled Degenerate Parabolic Systems

A class of strongly coupled degenerate parabolic system is considered. Sufficient conditions will be given to show that bounded weak solutions are Hölder continuous everywhere. The general theory will be applied to a generalized porous media type Shigesada-Kawasaki-Teramoto model in population dynamics.