Optimal bound on high stresses occurring between stiff fibers with arbitrary shaped cross-sections

We consider high stresses in stiff-fiber reinforced materials, which increase rapidly as fibers approximate to one another. This paper presents the optimal blow-up rate of the stresses with respect to the distance between a pair of stiff fibers in R³. The blow-up result plays an important role in our understanding of low strengths of fiber-reinforced composites. Referring to a problem of anti-plane shear, the stresses can be interpreted as the electric fields outside closely spaced perfect conductors in R², under the action of applied electric field ∇H. It has been shown by Ammari, Kang et al. that in the particular case of circular inclusions, the electric field blows up at the optimal rate ?−1/2 as ?→0, where ? is the distance between conductors. Recently, Yun has extended the blow-up result to pairs of conductors associated with a large class of shapes whose complements can be transformed conformally to the outside of a circle with C² mapping. However, it presented a suboptimal result that only for a special uniform field ∇H=(1,0), the electric fields blow up at the exact rate ?−1/2. In this paper, an upper bound with the rate ?−1/2 of electric field for any harmonic function H is established. This yields the optimal blow-up rate ?−1/2 for the inclusions in the same class of shapes as Yun.     

Standard Classes on the Blow-Up of ℙ n at Points in Very General Position

We study (?1)-classes on the blow-up X of ? ⁿ at points in very general position; in the case n = 2, we give a new proof of the equivalence of two conjectures about the dimension of the class of a divisor on X, and we prove that h ¹(D) = 0 for any nef D which is a nonnegative sum of (?1)-curves. For n = 3, we fill a gap in the formulation of a conjecture about the dimension of a class. We provide algorithms and Maple code based on these conjectures.     

Meromorphic Continuation of Scattering Matrices: Long Range,Stark Case

Long range quantum mechanical scattering in the presence of a constant electric field of strength F > 0 is discussed. It is shown that the scattering matrix, as a function of energy, has a meromorphic continuation to the entire complex plane as a bounded operator on L(? ^n?1) where n is the space dimension. There is a marked contrast between this result and the comparable result in the Schrödinger case (F = 0). The scattering matrix is constructed using two Hilbert space wave operators and time dependent modified wave operators both and the constructions are compared.     

Hilbert Scheme of a Pair of Codimension Two Linear Subspaces

We study the component H _n of the Hilbert scheme whose general point parameterizes a pair of codimension two linear subspaces in ? ⁿ for n ≥ 3. We show that H _n is smooth and isomorphic to the blow-up of the symmetric square of 𝔾(n ? 2, n) along the diagonal. Further H _n intersects only one other component in the full Hilbert scheme, transversely. We determine the stable base locus decomposition of its effective cone and give modular interpretations of the corresponding models, hence conclude that H _n is a Mori dream space.     

Completeness of Averaged Scattering Solutions and Inverse Scattering at a Fixed Energy

We prove that the averaged scattering solutions to the Schrödinger equation with short-range electromagnetic potentials (V, A) where V(x) = O(|x|^?ρ), A(x) = O(|x|^?ρ), |x| → ∞, ρ > 1, are dense in the set of all solutions to the Schrödinger equation that are in L ²(K) where K is any connected bounded open set in ? ⁿ ,n ≥ 2, with smooth boundary. We use this result to prove that if two short-range electromagnetic potentials (V ₁, A ₁) and (V ₂, A ₂) in ? ⁿ , n ≥ 3, have the same scattering matrix at a fixed positive energy and if the electric potentials V _j and the magnetic fields F _j : = curl A _j , j = 1, 2, coincide outside of some ball they necessarily coincide everywhere. In a previous paper of Weder and Yafaev the case of electric potentials and magnetic fields that are asymptotic sums of homogeneous terms at infinity was studied. It was proven that all these terms can be uniquely reconstructed from the singularities in the forward direction of the scattering amplitude at a fixed positive energy. The combination of the new uniqueness result of this paper and the result of Weder and Yafaev implies that the scattering matrix at a fixed positive energy uniquely determines electric potentials and magnetic fields that are a finite sum of homogeneous terms at infinity, or more generally, that are asymptotic sums of homogeneous terms that actually converge, respectively, to the electric potential and to the magnetic field.     

Localization on the Boundary of Blow-up for Reaction–Diffusion Equations with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions

Abstract

In this work we analyze the existence of solutions that blow-up in finite time for a reaction–diffusion equation u _t  ? Δu = f(x, u) in a smooth domain Ω with nonlinear boundary conditions ?u/?n = g(x, u). We show that, if locally around some point of the boundary, we have f(x, u) = ?βu ^p , β ≥ 0, and g(x, u) = u ^q then, blow-up in finite time occurs if 2q > p + 1 or if 2q = p + 1 and β < q. Moreover, if we denote by T _b the blow-up time, we show that a proper continuation of the blowing up solutions are pinned to the value infinity for some time interval [T, τ] with T _b  ≤ T < τ. On the other hand, for the case f(x, u) = ?βu ^p , for all x and u, with β > 0 and p > 1, we show that blow-up occurs only on the boundary.     

Interior hölder estimates for solutions of schrödinger equations and the regularity of nodal sets

Abstract

Motivated by the study of selfdual vortices in gauge field theory, we consider a class of Mean Field equations of Liouville-type on compact surfaces involving singular data assigned by Dirac measures supported at finitely many points (the so called vortex points). According to the applications, we need to describe the blow-up behavior of solution-sequences which concentrate exactly at the given vortex points. We provide accurate pointwise estimates for the profile of the bubbling sequences as well as “sup + inf” estimates for solutions. Those results extend previous work of Li [Li, Y. Y. (1999). Harnack type inequality: The method of moving planes. Comm. Math. Phys. 200:421–444] and Brezis et al. [Brezis, H., Li, Y. Shafrir, I. (1993). A sup + inf inequality for some nonlinear elliptic equations involving the exponential nonlinearities. J. Funct. Anal. 115: 344–358] relative to the “regular” case, namely in absence of singular sources.     

Gradient Estimates for the Perfect and Insulated Conductivity Problems with Multiple Inclusions

In this paper, we study the perfect and the insulated conductivity problems with multiple inclusions imbedded in a bounded domain in ? ⁿ , n ≥ 2. For these two extreme cases of the conductivity problems, the gradients of their solutions may blow up as two inclusions approach each other. We establish the gradient estimates for the perfect conductivity problems and an upper bound of the gradients for the insulated conductivity problems in terms of the distances between any two closely spaced inclusions.     

Semiclassical Pseudodifferential Calculus and the Reconstruction of a Magnetic Field

We give a procedure for reconstructing a magnetic field and electric potential from boundary measurements given by the Dirichlet to Neumann map for the magnetic Schrödinger operator in R ⁿ , n ≥ 3. The magnetic potential is assumed to be continuous with L ^∞ divergence and zero boundary values. The method is based on semiclassical pseudodifferential calculus and the construction of complex geometrical optics solutions in weighted Sobolev spaces.     

On Commuting Graphs of Finite Matrix Rings

The commuting graph of a ring R, denoted by Γ(R), is a graph whose vertices are all noncentral elements of R and two distinct vertices are joint by an edge whenever they commute. It is conjectured that if R is a ring with identity such that Γ(R) ≈ Γ(M _n (F)), for a finite field F and n ≥ 2, then R ≈ M _n (F). Here we prove this conjecture when n = 2.     

Dispersive Estimates of Solutions to the Wave Equation with a Potential in Dimensions n ≥ 4

We prove dispersive estimates for solutions to the wave equation with a real-valued potential V ∈ L ^∞(R ⁿ ), n ≥ 4, satisfying V(x) = O(?x?^?(n+1)/2?ε), ε > 0.     

Strichartz Estimates for Non-selfadjoint Operators and Applications

Abstract

We prove Strichartz type estimates for non-selfadjoint pseudo-differential operators of order m with a curvature condition on the characteristic set. Local solvability results for the corresponding equations with L ^n/m potential (where n > m stands for the number of variables) and for the corresponding semi-linear equations with a non-linearity of order m/n ≤ α ≤ 2m/(n ? m) follow. This is achieved using a parametrix construction and a Brenner inequality for Fourier integral operators with complex phase.     

Low Frequency Estimates and Local Energy Decay for Asymptotically Euclidean Laplacians

For Riemannian metrics G on ? ^d which are long range perturbations of the flat one, we prove estimates for (? Δ _G  ? λ ?iε)^?n as λ → 0, which are uniform with respect to ε, for all n ≤ [d/2] +1 in odd dimension and n ≤ d/2 in even dimension. We also give applications to the time decay of Schrödinger and Wave (or Klein–Gordon) equations.     

Orthogonal Groups 𝒪(n) over GF(2) as Automorphisms

Let (V, Q) be a quadratic vector space over a fixed field. Orthogonal group 𝒪(V, Q) is defined as automorphisms on (V, Q). If Q = I, it is 𝒪(V, I) = 𝒪(n). There is a nice result that 𝒪(n) ? Aut(𝔬(n)) over ? or ?, where 𝔬(n) is the Lie algebra of n × n alternating matrices over the field. How about another field The answer is “Yes” if it is GF(2). We show it explicitly with the combinatorial basis ?. This is a verification of Steinberg's main result in 1961, that is, Aut(𝔬(n)) is simple over the square field, with a nonsimple exception Aut(𝔬(5)) ? 𝒪(5) ? 𝔖₆.     

Commuting Graphs of Matrix Algebras

The commuting graph of a ring R, denoted by Γ(R), is a graph whose vertices are all noncentral elements of R, and two distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if xy = yx. The commuting graph of a group G, denoted by Γ(G), is similarly defined. In this article we investigate some graph-theoretic properties of Γ(M _n (F)), where F is a field and n ≥ 2. Also we study the commuting graphs of some classical groups such as GL _n (F) and SL _n (F). We show that Γ(M _n (F)) is a connected graph if and only if every field extension of F of degree n contains a proper intermediate field. We prove that apart from finitely many fields, a similar result is true for Γ(GL _n (F)) and Γ(SL _n (F)). Also we show that for two fields F and E and integers n, m ≥ 2, if Γ(M _n (F))?Γ(M _m (E)), then n = m and |F|=|E|.     

On Generators of the Tame Automorphism Group of Free Metabelian Lie Algebras

We prove that the tame automorphism group TAut(M _n ) of a free metabelian Lie algebra M _n in n variables over a field k is generated by a single nonlinear automorphism modulo all linear automorphisms if n ≥ 4 except the case when n = 4 and char(k) ≠ 3. If char(k) = 3, then TAut(M ₄) is generated by two automorphisms modulo all linear automorphisms. We also prove that the tame automorphism group TAut(M ₃) cannot be generated by any finite number of automorphisms modulo all linear automorphisms.     

Linear Restriction Estimates for Schrödinger Equation on Metric Cones

In this paper, we study some modified linear restriction estimates of the dynamics generated by Schrödinger operator on metric cone M, where the metric cone M is of the form M = (0, ∞) _r  × Σ, with the cross section Σ being a compact (n ? 1)-dimensional Riemannian manifold (Σ, h) and the equipped metric being g = dr ² + r ² h. Assuming the initial data possesses additional regularity in angular variable θ ∈ Σ, we show some linear restriction estimates for the solutions. In terms of their applications, we obtain global-in-time Strichartz estimates for radial initial data and show small initial data scattering theory for the mass-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation on two-dimensional metric cones.     

Catenarian Numbers

An integer n is called catenarian if, whenever L/K is an n-dimensional field extension, all maximal chains of fields going from K to L have the same length. Catenarian field extensions and catenarian groups are defined analogously. If n is an even positive integer, 6n is non-catenarian. If n ≥ 3 is odd, there exist infinitely many odd primes p such that p ² n is non-catenarian. A finite-dimensional field extension is catenarian iff its maximal separable subextension is. If q < p are odd primes where q divides p ? 1 (resp., q divides p + 1), every (resp., not every) group of order p ² q is catenarian.