Sufficient conditions for the existence of at least n or exactly n limit cycles for the Liénard differential systems

In this paper we study the limit cycles of the Liénard differential system of the form , or its equivalent system , . We provide sufficient conditions in order that the system exhibits at least n or exactly n limit cycles.     

On the parity of exponents in the standard factorization of n!

Let p₁,p₂,… be the sequence of all primes in ascending order. The following result is proved: for any given positive integer k and any given , there exist infinitely many positive integers n with

     

Norm estimates of almost Mathieu operators

We estimate the norm of the almost Mathieu operator , regarded as an element in the rotation C^*-algebra . In the process, we prove for every λ∈R and the inequality

     

Perturbations of subalgebras of type II1 factors

In this paper we consider two von Neumann subalgebras and of a type II₁ factor . For a map φ on , we define

     

Normal structure and some geometric parameters related to the modulus of U-convexity in banach spaces

We present a short and simple proof of the recent result of Yang and Wang [12]. Stimulated by their idea, two geometric parameters U~ax(ε) and βx (ε), both related to Gao’s modulus of U-convexity of a Banach space X, are introduced. Their properties and the relationships with normal structure are studied. Some existing results involving normal structure and fixed points for non-expansive mappings in Banach spaces are improved.     

When subset-sums do not cover all the residues modulo p

Let . We prove that a subset of , where p is a prime number, with cardinality larger than such that its subset sums do not cover has an automorphic image which is rather concentrated; more precisely, there exists s prime to p such that

     

On spaces which are D, linearly D and transitively D

In this note, we comment on D-spaces, linearly D-spaces and transitively D-spaces. We show that every meta-Lindelöf space is transitively D. If X is a weak -refinable TD-scattered space, then X is transitively D, where TD is the class of all transitively D-spaces. If X is a weak -refinable -scattered space, then X is a D-space, where is the class of all D-spaces, and hence every weak -refinable (or submetacompact) scattered space is a D-space. This gives a positive answer to a question mentioned by Martínez and Soukup. In the last part of this note, we show that if X is a weak -refinable space then X is linearly D.     

The solution manifold and C-smoothness for differential equations with state-dependent delay

Let h>0, open, and continuously differentiable. If f satisfies two mild additional smoothness conditions then the set

     

Existence and nonexistence of least energy solutions of the Neumann problem for a semilinear elliptic equation with critical Sobolev exponent and a critical lower-order perturbation

Let Ω be a smooth bounded domain in , with N?5, a>0, α?0 and . We show that the exponent plays a critical role regarding the existence of least energy (or ground state) solutions of the Neumann problem

     

An analytic characterization of the eigenvalues of self-adjoint extensions

Let be a self-adjoint extension in of a fixed symmetric operator A in . An analytic characterization of the eigenvalues of is given in terms of the Q-function and the parameter function in the Krein-Naimark formula. Here K and are Krein spaces and it is assumed that locally has the same spectral properties as a self-adjoint operator in a Pontryagin space. The general results are applied to a class of boundary value problems with λ-dependent boundary conditions.     

Cap pairings and spectral sequences

Let be a small category. For an -diagram X and -diagrams A and B of pointed spaces, each pairing X∧A→B satisfying the projection formula induces a pairing . In this note we show that there is an induced pairing of homotopy spectral sequences compatible with abutments in the sense that

     

Derivatives of the L-cosine transform

The L^p-cosine transform of an even, continuous function is defined by