Integral invariants of the Hamilton equations

Conditions are found for the existence of integral invariants of Hamiltonian systems. For two-degrees-of-freedom systems these conditions are intimately related to the existence of nontrivial symmetry fields and multivalued integrals. Any integral invariant of a geodesic flow on an analytic surface of genus greater than 1 is shown to be a constant multiple of the Poincaré-Cartan invariant. Poincaré's conjecture that there are no additional integral invariants in the restricted three-body problem is proved. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 379–393, September, 1995. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 242 93-013-16244), International Science Foundation (grant No. MCY 000), and INTAS (grant No. 93-339).     

Deformations of balls in Schiffer’s conjecture for Riemannian symmetric spaces

It is proved that geodesic balls in a Riemannian symmetric space of rank one arestable solutions to a free-boundary problem for the Laplace-Beltrami operator with constant Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions. This result supports Schiffer's conjecture that balls are the only solutions to the problem. The main ingredient of the proof is a characterization of geodesic balls by the multiplicity of eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Partially supported by a grant from the Academy of Sciences of Israel, no. 540/92-1 and by a grant from the US-Israel Science Foundation, no. 92-00246.     

Extremum problems for functions with small support

In this paper we consider an extremum problem for even periodic functions having small intervals as their supports and subject to restrictions on the sum of the absolute values of their Fourier coefficients. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 323–332, September, 1996. We wish to express our gratitude to S. B. Stechkin for his interest in our work. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00378, and the work of the first and second authors also by the International Science Foundation under grant No. MC5300.     

Denumerable controlled Markov chains with average reward criterion: Sample path optimality

We consider discrete-time nonlinear controlled stochastic systems, modeled by controlled Makov chains with denumerable state space and compact action space. The corresponding stochastic control problem of maximizing average rewards in the long-run is studied. Departing from the most common position which usesexpected values of rewards, we focus on a sample path analysis of the stream of states/rewards. Under a Lyapunov function condition, we show that stationary policies obtained from the average reward optimality equation are not only average reward optimal, but indeed sample path average reward optimal, for almost all sample paths.Research supported by a U.S.-México Collaborative Research Program funded by the National Science Foundation under grant NSF-INT 9201430, and by CONACyT-MEXICO.Partially supported by the MAXTOR Foundation for applied Probability and Statistics, under grant No. 01-01-56/04-93.Research partially supported by the Engineering Foundation under grant RI-A-93-10, and by a grant from the AT&T Foundation.     

Use of the Lagrange method in nonlinear analysis

The problem of the spectrum of a nonlinear system and its relation to ellipsoid transform widths are studied.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 334–342, March, 1996.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00237 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. MP1000.     

Asymptotics ast → ∞ of the solutions of nonlinear equations with nonsmall initial perturbations

A new method is proposed for finding asymptotics ast → ∞ of the solutions of the Cauchy problem for nonlinear evolution equations with nonsmall initial data. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 855–864, June, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-011-134 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. BX000.     

Reconstruction of Sturm-Liouville differential operators with singularities inside the interval

The inverse spectral problem for Sturm-Liouville differential operators on a finite interval is studied for an arbitrary and finite number of regular singular points inside the interval. A uniqueness theorem is proved; necessary and sufficient conditions and a procedure for the solution of the inverse problem are obtained.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 143–156, July, 1998.This research was supported by the Ministry of Education (KTsFE) under grant No. 96-1.7-4 and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 97-01-00566.     

Differentiability of convex measures

In this paper we consider convex measures on finite-dimensional spaces. We prove the differentiability of convex measures in the Skorokhod sense (and under some natural conditions, in the Fomin sense also). Simultaneously we give some additional results on differentiability of convex measures.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 862–871, December, 1995.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 94-01-01556, by the Ministry of Science under grant No. M38300 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. M38000.     

Solutions of the heat equation in domains with singularities

We study the asymptotics of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the heat equation in time-dependent domains with singular points.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 163–179, August, 1998.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00504 and by INTAS under grant No. 93-351.     

The number of periodic solutions of polynomial differential equations

We estimate the number of periodic solutions for special classes ofnth-order ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 720–727, November, 1998. The author thanks Yu. S. Il'yashenko for setting the problems, permanent advice, and overall support. The author is also thankful to D. A. Panov for numerous discussions. This research was supported by the CRDF Foundation under grant MR1-220, by the INTAS Foundation under grant No. 93-05-07, and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 95-01-01258.     

Nonindependent splittings and Gibbs states

We discuss a nonindependent (beam) splitting for which the related thinning leaves the class of equilibrium states for a one mode electromagnetic field invariant. The thinning affects only the parameters of the state, showing a nonlinear loss of energy. After the splitting, the energy values of both split parts are independent. This independence is a characteristic property of the geometric distribution, the distribution of energy values in the equilibrium state. Also, we observe that the class of states where the full states of the split parts are independent is formed by the so-called phase states.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 598–605, October, 1998.This research was partially supported by the International Science Foundation under grant No. 96-0698     

Holomorphic functions and embedded real surfaces

The paper is devoted to the study of necessary and sufficient topological conditions for an embedded real surface to lie in a strictly pseudoconvex domain on a complex surface. These results are used to construct Stein domains on algebraic manifolds and to describe envelopes of holomorphy of real surfaces in P ² and in some other complex surfaces.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 599–606, April, 1998.The author is grateful to A. Vitushkin for the statement of the problem and for constant encouragement.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-01002 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. a97-1850.     

Nonlinear Kolmogorov widths

We investigate a generalization of width in the sense of Kolmogorov suitable for estimating bestm-term approximations. We generalize Carl's inequality which gives lower estimate of Kolmogorov widths in terms of entropy numbers. Application of these new inequalities gives some progress in the problem of estimating bestm-term trigonometric approximations of multivariate functions.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 891–902, June, 1998.This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. DMS 9622925 and by the ONR foundation under grant No. N00014-96-1-1003.     

Integrals polynomial in velocity for two-degrees-of-freedom dynamical systems whose configuration space is a torus

We consider dynamical systems with two degrees of freedom whose configuration space is a torus and which admit first integrals polynomial in velocity. We obtain constructive criteria for the existence of conditional linear and quadratic integrals on the two-dimensional torus. Moreover, we show that under some additional conditions the degree of an irreducible integral of the geodesic flow on the torus does not exceed 2.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 37–44, July, 1998.The author wishes to express his thanks to V. V. Kozlov for his interest and his help in this work.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00747.     

A singularly perturbed boundary value problem for a second-order equation in the case of variation of stability

A boundary value problem for a second-order nonlinear singularly perturbed differential equation is considered for the case in which there is variation of stability caused by the intersection of roots of the degenerate equation. By the method of differential inequalities, we prove the existence of a solution such that the limit solution is nonsmooth. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 354–362, March, 1998. This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00694.     

Topological complexity and real roots of polynomials

The topological complexity of an algorithm is the number of its branchings. In the paper we prove that the minimal topological complexity of an algorithm that approximately computes a root of a real polynomial of degreed equalsd/2 for evend, is greater than or equal to 1 for oddd>–3, and equals 1 ford=3 or 5.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 670–680, November, 1996.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 95-01-00846a and by the INTAS under grant No. 4373.     

Strictly pseudoconvex domains and algebraic varieties

In the paper, we consider applications of strictly pseudoconvex domains to the problems of algebraicity and rationality. We give a new proof of the Kodaira theorem on the algebraicity of a surface and we also prove a multidimensional version of this theorem. Theorems analogous to the Hodge index theorem and the Lefschetz theorem about (1, 1)-classes are obtained for strictly pseudoconvex domains. Conjectures on the geometry of strictly pseudoconvex domains on algebraic surfaces are formulated. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 414–422, September, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00225 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. 508.     

The second initial boundary value problem for the gravitation-gyroscopic wave equation in exterior domains

We study the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the second initial boundary value problem for the gravitation-gyroscopic wave equation in an exterior multiply connected domain with various types of conditions at infinity. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 40–57, July, 1996. This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-01411.     

Integrable boundary conditions for many-component burgers equations

Infinite series of boundary conditions that are consistent with even-order higher symmetries and ensure the integrability of a Burgers type equation are constructed. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 888–901, December, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-011-16008 and by the International Science Foundation under grant Nos. MLY00 and RK2000.     

Solutions for the prescribing mean curvature equation

By variational methods, for a kind of Yamabe problem whose scalar curvature vanishes in the unit ball BN and on the boundary S^N-1 the mean curvature is prescribed, we construct multi-peak solutions whose maxima are located on the boundary as the parameter tends to 0^＋ under certain assumptions. We also obtain the asymptotic behaviors of the solutions.