Bounds on orthogonal arrays and resilient functions

The only known general bounds on the parameters of orthogonal arrays are those given by Rao in 1947 [J. Roy. Statist. Soc. 9 (1947), 128–139] for general OA_γ(t,k,v) and by Bush [Ann. Math. Stat. 23, (1952), 426–434] [3] in 1952 for the special case γ = 1. We present an algebraic method based on characters of homocyclic groups which yields the Rao bounds, the Bush bound in case t ? v, and more importantly a new explicit bound which for large values of t (the strength of the array) is much better than the Rao bound. In the case of binary orthogonal arrays where all rows are distinct this bound was previously proved by Friedman [Proc. 33rd IEEE Symp. on Foundations of Comput. Sci., (1992), 314–319] in a different setting. We also note an application to resilient functions. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, inc.     

Decompositions and characterizations of finite-meromorphic operator functions

A certain broad class of finite-meromorphic operator functions is characterized by the existence of local representations as the product or sum of two operator functions with special properties. Similar global decompositions are also obtained. The class studied includes, for example, all finite-meromorphic operator functions whose values are semi-Fredholm operators.     

Second-order characterizations of pseudoconvex quadratic functions

The paper deals with strictly pseudoconvex quadratic functions on open convex sets. It presents second-order conditions in terms of an extended Hessian and in terms of bordered determinants. All of the conditions are both necessary and sufficient.The author wishes to thank Professor M. Avriel, visiting Stanford University, for helpful discussions. He is also grateful to Professor R. W. Cottle, Stanford University, for his suggestions.     

Axiomatic characterizations of continuum structure functions

A continuum structure function is a non-decreasing mapping from the unit hypercube to the unit interval. Axiomatic characterizations of the continuum structure functions based on the Barlow-Wu and Natvig multistate structure functions are derived.     

Some characterizations of strongly preinvex functions

In this paper, a new class of generalized convex function is introduced, which is called the strongly α-preinvex function. We study some properties of strongly α-preinvex function. In particular, we establish the equivalence among the strongly α-preinvex functions, strongly α-invex functions and strongly αη-monotonicity under some suitable conditions. As special cases, one can obtain several new and previously known results for α-preinvex (invex) functions.     

Second order characterizations of pseudoconvex functions

Second order characterizations for (strictly) pseudoconvex functions are derived in terms of extended Hessians and bordered determinants. Additional results are presented for quadratic functions.     

Some characterizations of unimodal distribution functions

Let F be a distribution function and let Q _F(l)=0 for l<0 and Q _F(l)= sup {F(x+l)–F(x): x} for l0 be its Lévy concentration function. This paper has two purposes: to give a characterization of unimodal distribution functions (Theorem 3.5) and a representation theorem for the class of unimodal distribution functions (Theorem 6.2), both in terms of their Lévy concentration functions.Work supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada Grants A-7339 and A-7223, by the Québec Action Concertée Grant ER-1023, and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

Generalized second-order characterizations of convex functions

We introduce a second-order upper Dini-directional derivative and obtain a second-order characterization for a continuously Gâteaux differentiable function to be a convex function.This research was done under the supervision of Dr. V. Jeyakumar whose helpful guidance and valuable suggestions are much appreciated. The author is thankful to the referee for providing a simplication of the original proof of Theorem 2.1.     

Some characterizations for SOC-monotone and SOC-convex functions

We provide some characterizations for SOC-monotone and SOC-convex functions by using differential analysis. From these characterizations, we particularly obtain that a continuously differentiable function defined in an open interval is SOC-monotone (SOC-convex) of order n ≥ 3 if and only if it is 2-matrix monotone (matrix convex), and furthermore, such a function is also SOC-monotone (SOC-convex) of order n ≤ 2 if it is 2-matrix monotone (matrix convex). In addition, we also prove that Conjecture 4.2 proposed in Chen (Optimization 55:363–385, 2006) does not hold in general. Some examples are included to illustrate that these characterizations open convenient ways to verify the SOC-monotonicity and the SOC-convexity of a continuously differentiable function defined on an open interval, which are often involved in the solution methods of the convex second-order cone optimization.     

Three characterizations of polyhedral Banach spaces

Three new criteria for the polyhedrality of a Banach space are given in terms of norms, locally dependent on a finite number of coordinates, tilings of the space, and coverings of the sphere by a sequence of cuts.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 1286–1290, September, 1990.     

Coefficient characterizations and sections for some univalent functions

Let (α) denote the class of locally univalent normalized analytic functions f in the unit disk |z| < 1 satisfying the condition $Re\left( {1 + \frac{{zf''(z)}} {{f'(z)}}} \right) < 1 + \frac{\alpha } {2}for|z| < 1 $ and for some 0 < α ≤ 1. We firstly prove sharp coefficient bounds for the moduli of the Taylor coefficients a _n of f ∈ (α). Secondly, we determine the sharp bound for the Fekete-Szegö functional for functions in (α) with complex parameter λ. Thirdly, we present a convolution characterization for functions f belonging to (α) and as a consequence we obtain a number of sufficient coefficient conditions for f to belong to (α). Finally, we discuss the close-to-convexity and starlikeness of partial sums of f ∈ (α). In particular, each partial sum s _n (z) of f ∈ (1) is starlike in the disk |z| ≤ 1/2 for n ≥ 11. Moreover, for f ∈ (1), we also have Re(s′ _n (z)) > 0 in |z| ≤ 1/2 for n ≥ 11.     

Scalar characterizations of weakly cone-convex and weakly cone-quasiconvex functions

The principal aim of this paper is to show that weakly cone-convex vector-valued functions, as well as weakly cone-quasiconvex vector-valued functions, can be characterized in terms of usual weakly convexity and weakly quasiconvexity of certain real-valued functions, defined by means of the extreme directions of the polar cone or by Gerstewitz’s scalarization functions.     

Generalized arcwise-connected functions and characterizations of local-global minimum properties

In this paper, new classes of generalized convex functions are introduced, extending the concepts of quasi-convexity, pseudoconvexity, and their associate subclasses. Functions belonging to these classes satisfy certain local-global minimum properties. Conversely, it is shown that, under some mild regularity conditions, functions for which the local-global minimum properties hold must belong to one of the classes of functions introduced.Dedicated to R. BellmanThe authors are indebted to I. Kozma, N. Megiddo, and A. Tamir for valuable discussions and to S. Schaible for valuable remarks. This research was partially supported by the Fund for the Encouragement of Research at the Technion.     

一类非线性弹性函数的构造

In this paper the decomposition formula of Walsh spectrum of boolean functions is used to construct a class of nonlinear resilient functions.     

Three general multivariate semi-Pareto distributions and their characterizations

Three general multivariate semi-Pareto distributions are developed in this paper. First one—GMP^(k)(III) has univariate Pareto (III) marginals, it is characterized by the minimum of two independent and identically distributed random vectors. Second one—GMSP has univariate semi-Pareto marginals and it is characterized by finite sample minima. Third one—MSP is characterized through a geometric minimization procedure. All these three characterizations are based on the general and the particular solutions of the Euler's functional equations of k-variates.     

Arithmetically homogeneous functions: characterizations,stability and hyperstability

A function between two Abelian semigroups is arithmetically homogeneous of degree n if \( h(ix)=i^{n}h(x)\) for all positive integers i. We give new functional characterizations for arithmetically homogeneous functions, for polynomials of arithmetically homogeneous functions, and for Fréchet monomials. We also give large classes of control functions that provide generalized stability, or hyperstability for a homogeneous equation, and, consequently, new similar classes for classical monomial equations, so extending some known stability results.