Asymptotic structural characteristics of fuzzy measure and their applications

In fuzzy measure theory, as Sugeno's fuzzy measures lose additivity in general, the concept ‘almost’, which is well known in classical measure theory, splits into two different concepts, ‘almost’ and ‘pseudo-almost’. In order to replace the additivity, it is quite necessary to investigate some asymptotic behaviors of a fuzzy measure at sequences of sets which are called ‘waxing’ and ‘waning’, and to introduce some new concepts, such as ‘autocontinuity’, ‘converse-autocontinuity’ and ‘pseudo-autocontinuity’. These concepts describe some asymptotic structural characteristics of a fuzzy measure.In this paper, by means of the asymptotic structural characteristics of fuzzy measure, we also give four forms of generalization for both Egoroff's theorem, Riesz's theorem and Lebesgue's theorem respectively, and prove the almost everywhere (pseudo-almost everywhere) convergence theorem, the convergence in measure (pseudo-in measure) theorem of the sequence of fuzzy integrals. In the last two theorems, the employed conditions are not only sufficient, but also necessary.     

Topological entropy for discontinuous semiflows

We study two variations of Bowen's definitions of topological entropy based on separated and spanning sets which can be applied to the study of discontinuous semiflows on compact metric spaces. We prove that these definitions reduce to Bowen's ones in the case of continuous semiflows. As a second result, we prove that our entropies give a lower bound for the τ-entropy defined by Alves, Carvalho and Vásquez (2015). Finally, we prove that for impulsive semiflows satisfying certain regularity condition, there exists a continuous semiflow defined on another compact metric space which is related to the first one by a semiconjugation, and whose topological entropy equals our extended notion of topological entropy by using separated sets for the original semiflow.     

An operator-valued Lyapunov theorem

We generalize Lyapunov's convexity theorem for classical (scalar-valued) measures to quantum (operator-valued) measures. In particular, we show that the range of a nonatomic quantum probability measure is a weak^?-closed convex set of quantum effects (positive operators bounded above by the identity operator) under a sufficient condition on the non-injectivity of integration. To prove the operator-valued version of Lyapunov's theorem, we must first define the notions of essentially bounded, essential support, and essential range for quantum random variables (Borel measurable functions from a set to the bounded linear operators acting on a Hilbert space).     

Cauchy and the infinitely small

We consider Cauchy's use of the infinitely small in his textbooks. He never examined fully his concept of variables with limit zero, and he sometimes argued as if he were using actual infinitesimals. Occasionally he adopted an epsilon-delta approach. The author argues that historical evaluations of mathematical analysis may and should be made in the light of both standard and non-standard analysis. From this point of view, Cauchy's move toward founding analysis entirely on the standard real number system does not seem to have been inevitable. Some historical observations by the founder of non-standard analysis, Abraham Robinson, are extended, and in one case contested. It is shown that some of Cauchy's alleged errors are explained if he is admitted to have been thinking of actual infinitesimals and infinitely large integers. Cauchy's definitions of differential in his textbooks are examined, and the author shows that the earlier of his two definitions of total differential works well, but the later does not.     

Solvability of an implicit fractional integral equation via a measure of noncompactness argument

In this paper, we study the existence of solutions to an implicit functional equation involving a fractional integral with respect to a certain function, which generalizes the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral and the Hadamard fractional integral. We establish an existence result to such kind of equations using a generalized version of Darbo's theorem associated to a certain measure of noncompactness. Some examples are presented.     

Products of Menger spaces: A combinatorial approach

We construct Menger subsets of the real line whose product is not Menger in the plane. In contrast to earlier constructions, our approach is purely combinatorial. The set theoretic hypothesis used in our construction is far milder than earlier ones, and holds in almost all canonical models of set theory of the real line. On the other hand, we establish productive properties for versions of Menger's property parameterized by filters and semifilters. In particular, the Continuum Hypothesis implies that every productively Menger set of real numbers is productively Hurewicz, and each ultrafilter version of Menger's property is strictly between Menger's and Hurewicz's classic properties. We include a number of open problems emerging from this study.     

The diameter of a fuzzy set

In pattern recognition one often wants to measure geometric properties of imprecisely defined subsets of an image. This paper proposes definitions of intrinsic and extrinsic diameter for fuzzy subsets which reduce to the ordinary definitions when the subsets are crisp. We also define height and width for a fuzzy subset and show how they relate to the area (i.e., integral of membership). For convex fuzzy subsets the intrinsic diameter cannot exceed the extrinsic diameter, but it can be smaller. Finally, for piecewise constant convex fuzzy subsets the intrinsic diameter cannot exceed half the fuzzy perimeter, but this need not be true in the nonconvex case.     

A canonical partition relation for finite subsets of ω

We prove a canonical partition relation for finite subsets of ω that generalizes Hindman's theorem in much the same way that the Erdös-Rado canonical partition relation generalizes Ramsey's theorem. As an application of this we establish a generalized pigeon-hole principle for infinite dimensional vector spaces over the two element field.     

DOUBLING MEASURES ON GENERALIZED CANTOR SETS

We study the doubling property of binomial measures on generalized ternary Cantor subsets of [0, 1]. We find some new phenomena. There are three different cases. In the first case, we obtain an equivalent condition for the measure to be doubling. In the other cases, we show that the condition is not necessary. Then facts and partial results are discussed.     

Sugeno's fuzzy measure and fuzzy clustering

This paper discusses in detail some properties of Sugeno's g_λ measure. A clustering algorithm making use of these properties is presented and its performance, when run on the well-known set of the iris data, is briefly described. The inherent advantages of the approach proposed are pointed out in the concluding part of the paper.     

The Hausdorff dimension of sets related to the general Sierpinski carpets

In this paper we study a class of subsets of the general Sierpinski carpets for which the allowed two digits in the expansions occur with proportional frequency. We calculate the Hausdorff and box dimensions of these subsets and give necessary and sufficient conditions for the corresponding Hausdorff measure to be positive finite.     

关于s－维Hausdorff测度的注记

本完善了s-维Hausdorff测度当s＝0时的一种定义形式，证明了修改后的定义与另外几种定义方式的等价性，从而得出结论：不同献中对应于不同定义方式的结论是一致的。     

Hausdorff dimension and measure of a class of subsets of the general Sierpinski carpets

In this paper we study a class of subsets of the general Sierpinski carpets for which two groups of allowed digits occur in the expansions with proportional frequency. We calculate the Hausdorff and Box dimensions of these subsets and give necessary and sufficient conditions for the corresponding Hausdorff measure to be positive and finite.     

Pointwise -convergence and -convergence in measure of sequences of functions

Let be an ideal. We say that a sequence of real numbers is -convergent to if for every neighborhood U of y the set of n's satisfying y_nU is in . Basing upon this notion we define pointwise -convergence and -convergence in measure of sequences of measurable functions defined on a measure space with finite measure. We discuss the relationship between these two convergences. In particular we show that for a wide class of ideals including Erdős–Ulam ideals and summable ideals the pointwise -convergence implies the -convergence in measure. We also present examples of very regular ideals such that this implication does not hold.     

The fuzzy integral

In this paper we define the fuzzy integral of a positive, measurable function, with respect to a fuzzy measure. We show that the monotone convergence theorem and Fatou's lemma are still true in this new setting. We study some of the properties of this integral, and show that it coincides with another fuzzy integral defined in the literature. Our main result is a convergence theorem, that is in a way stronger than the Lebesgue-dominated convergence theorem. This holds when the fuzzy measure is also assumed to be subadditive.     

A generalized multifractal spectrum of the general Sierpinski carpets

In this paper we study a class of subsets of the general Sierpinski carpets for which the limiting frequency of a horizontal fibre falls into a prescribed closed interval. We obtain the explicit expression for the Hausdorff dimension of these subsets in terms of the parameters of the construction and give necessary and sufficient conditions for the corresponding Hausdorff measure to be positive finite.     

The structure of the distribution of a couple of observable random variables in credibility theory

We consider Bühlmann's classical model in credibility theory and we assume that the set of possible values of the observable random variables X₁, X₂,… is finite, say with n elements. Then the distribution of a couple (X_r, X_s) (r ≠ s) amounts to a square real matrix of order n, that we call a credibility matrix. In order to estimate credibility matrices or to adjust roughly estimated credibility matrices, we study the set of all credibility matrices and some particular subsets of it.     

Langages sur des alphabets infinis

This paper proposes three possible definitions of context-free languages over infinite alphabets. These are proved to be non-equivalent and, in fact, of increasing power. For each of them, the classical results about CFL's as well as the usual closure properties are looked at. This work will be followed by two forthcoming papers using these notions: one for defining Languages' Form (similar to Grammars Form), the other for beginning the study of limits of languages which plays an important role in the theory of formal languages.     

Measures of Non-compactness of Operators on Banach Lattices

[Indag. Math.(N.S.) 2(2) (1991), 149–158; Uspehi Mat. Nauk 27(1(163)) (1972), 81–146] used representation spaces to study measures of non-compactness and spectral radii of operators on Banach lattices. In this paper, we develop representation spaces based on the nonstandard hull construction (which is equivalent to the ultrapower construction). As a particular application, we present a simple proof and some extensions of the main result of [J. Funct. Anal. 78(1) (1988), 31–55] on the monotonicity of the measure of non-compactness and the spectral radius of AM-compact operators. We also use the representation spaces to characterize d-convergence and discuss the relationship between d-convergence and the measures of non-compactness.     

Operators associated with the Jacobi semigroup

The aim of this paper is to introduce some operators induced by the Jacobi differential operator and associated with the Jacobi semigroup, where the Jacobi measure is considered in the multidimensional case.In this context, we introduce potential operators, fractional integrals, fractional derivates, Bessel potentials and give a version of Carleson measures.We establish a version of Meyer’s multiplier theorem and by means of this theorem, we study fractional integrals and fractional derivates.Potential spaces related to Jacobi expansions are introduced and using fractional derivates, we give a characterization of these spaces. A version of Calderon’s Reproduction Formula and a version of Fefferman’s theorem are given.Finally, we present a definition of Triebel–Lizorkin spaces and Besov spaces in the Jacobi setting.