Random nonlinear Hammerstein equations

We prove existence theorems for random differential equations defined in a separable reflexive Banach space. These theorems are proved through the use of theory of random analysis established in [X. Z. Yuan, Random nonlinear mappings of monotone type, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 19] which differs from the other means, for example in [R. Kannan and H. Salehi, Random nonlinear equations and monotonic nonlinearities, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 57 (1977), 234–256; D. Kravvaritis, Existence theorems for nonlinear random equations and inequalities, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86 (1982), 61–73; D. A. Kandilakis and N. S. Papageorgious, On the existence of solutions for random differential inclusions in a Banach space, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 126 (1987), 11–23].     

Asymptotic behaviour of certain second order integro-differential equations

The asymptotic behaviour of certain second order integro-differential equations which are more general than those equations studied in [R. P. Agarwal, J. Math. Anal. Appl.86 (1982), 471–475] and [S. R. Grace and B. S. Lalli, J. Math. Anal. Appl.76 (1980), 84–90] are discussed. It is pointed out that a defect appeared in the basic Assumption 1 made in both papers, and we avoid this defect in our discussion by using more natural conditions.     

Some convergence theorems for total asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces

The purpose of this paper is to establish some new approximation theorems of common fixed points for a countable family of total asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces which generalize and improve the corresponding theorems of Chidume et al. [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 333 (2007), 128–141], [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 326 (2007), 960–973], [Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2009, Article ID 615107, 17 pp.] and others.     

Strong convergence theorems for strictly asymptotically pseudocontractive mappings in Hilbert spaces

The purpose of this paper is by using CSQ method to study the strong convergence problem of iterative sequences for a pair of strictly asymptotically pseudocontractive mappings to approximate a common fixed point in a Hilbert space. Under suitable conditions some strong convergence theorems are proved. The results presented in the paper are new which extend and improve some recent results of Acedo and Xu [Iterative methods for strict pseudo-contractions in Hilbert spaces. Nonlinear Anal., 67(7), 2258??271 (2007)], Kim and Xu [Strong convergence of modified Mann iterations for asymptotically nonexpansive mappings and semigroups. Nonlinear Anal., 64, 1140??152 (2006)], Martinez-Yanes and Xu [Strong convergence of the CQ method for fixed point iteration processes. Nonlinear Anal., 64, 2400??411 (2006)], Nakajo and Takahashi [Strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings and nonexpansive semigroups. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 279, 372??79 (2003)], Marino and Xu [Weak and strong convergence theorems for strict pseudocontractions in Hilbert spaces. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 329(1), 336??46 (2007)], Osilike et al. [Demiclosedness principle and convergence theorems for k-strictly asymptotically pseudocontractive maps. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 326, 1334??345 (2007)], Liu [Convergence theorems of the sequence of iterates for asymptotically demicontractive and hemicontractive mappings. Nonlinear Anal., 26(11), 1835??842 (1996)], Osilike et al. [Fixed points of demi-contractive mappings in arbitrary Banach spaces. Panamer Math. J., 12 (2), 77??8 (2002)], Gu [The new composite implicit iteration process with errors for common fixed points of a finite family of strictly pseudocontractive mappings. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 329, 766??76 (2007)].     

Characterization of fuzzy measures constructed by means of triangular norms

Following the ideas presented by the author (E. P. Klement, J. Math. Anal. Appl.85 (1982), 543–565) finite T-fuzzy measures are introduced, T being a measurable triangular norm. We show that a T-fuzzy measure is always a fuzzy measure, as considered earlier (E. P. Klement, J. Math. Anal. Appl.25 (1980), 330–339). Then we study the relation to the integral with respect to some classical measure. Finally, for some special triangular norms T, we give precise characterizations of the corresponding classes of T-fuzzy measures.     

Applications of autoreproducing kernel grammian moduli to S (U,H)-valued stationary random functions

It is shown that the analytical characterizations of q-variate interpolable and minimal stationary processes obtained by H. Salehi (Ark. Mat., 7 (1967), 305–311; Ark. Mat., 8 (1968), 1–6; J. Math. Anal. Appl., 25 (1969), 653–662), and later by A. Weron (Studia Math., 49 (1974), 165–183), can be easily extended to Hilbert space valued stationary processes when using the two grammian moduli that respectively autoreproduce their correlation kernel and their spectral measure. Furthermore, for these processes, a Wold-Cramér concordance theorem is obtained that generalizes an earlier result established by H. Salehi and J. K. Scheidt (J. Multivar. Anal., 2 (1972), 307–331) and by A. Makagon and A. Weron (J. Multivar. Anal., 6 (1976), 123–137).     

Additive fuzzy measures and integrals,III

This paper is the third in a series of works dealing with a class of fuzzy measures and with their corresponding fuzzy integrals. Its aim is to present some important properties of the additive fuzzy integrals introduced in (Butnariu, J. Math. Anal. Appl., in press; J. Math. Anal. Appl. 117 (1986), 385–410) (e.g., the Lebesgue-Beppo-Levi theorem, etc.). These properties are used to explain some applications of the additive fuzzy integrals in proving a Radon-Nikodym representation theorem for additive fuzzy measures and in constructing solutions for fuzzy games.     

Random Coincidence Point Theorem in Fréchet Spaces with Applications

Abstract

We proved a random coincidence point theorem for a pair of commuting random operators in the setup of Fréchet spaces. As applications, we obtained random fixed point and best approximation results for *-nonexpansive multivalued maps. Our results are generalizations or stochastic versions of the corresponding results of Shahzad and Latif [Shahzad, N.; Latif, A. A random coincidence point theorem. J. Math. Anal. Appl. 2000, 245, 633–638], Khan and Hussain [Khan, A.R.; Hussain, N. Best approximation and fixed point results. Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 2000, 31 (8), 983–987], Tan and Yaun [Tan, K.K.; Yaun, X.Z. Random fixed point theorems and approximation. Stoch. Anal. Appl. 1997, 15 (1), 103–123] and Xu [Xu, H.K. On weakly nonexpansive and *-nonexpansive multivalued mappings. Math. Japon. 1991, 36 (3), 441–445].     

Stability and forced oscillations

In this paper we derive a differential-difference equation for a circuit involving a lossless transmission line and we give conditions for global asymptotic stability of an equilibrium point, existence and stability of forced oscillations. Some of such problems have been investigated for an equation obtained by R. K. Brayton [Quart. J. Appl. Math.24 (1967), 289–301; O. Lopes, SIAM J. Appl. Math., to appear; M. Slemrod, J. Math. Anal. Appl.36 (1971), 22–40] but, for ours (which governs the same physical problem), better results can be proved. By using suitable Liapunov functionals, we reduce the problem of stability and uniform ultimate boundedness to a scalar ordinary differential inequality.     

Viscosity methods for common solutions for equilibrium and hierarchical fixed point problems

Implicit and explicit viscosity methods for finding common solutions of equilibrium and hierarchical fixed points are presented. These methods are used to solve systems of equilibrium problems and variational inequalities where the involving operators are complements of nonexpansive mappings. The results here are situated on the lines of the research of the corresponding results of Moudafi [Krasnoselski-Mann iteration for hierarchical fixed-point problems, Inverse Probl. 23 (2007), pp. 1635–1640; Weak convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings and equilibrium problems, to appear in JNCA], Moudafi and Maingé [Towards viscosity approximations of hierarchical fixed-points problems, Fixed Point Theory Appl. Art ID 95453 (2006), 10 pp.; Strong convergence of an iterative method for hierarchical fixed point problems, Pac. J. Optim. 3 (2007), pp. 529–538; Coupling viscosity methods with the extragradient algorithm for solving equilibrium problems, to appear in JNCA], Yao and Liou [Weak and strong convergence of Krasnosel'ski?–Mann iteration for hierarchical fixed point problems, Inverse Probl. 24 (2008), 015015 8 pp.], S. Takahashi and W. Takahashi [Viscosity approximation methods for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 331 (2006), pp. 506–515], Xu [Viscosity method for hierarchical fixed point approach to variational inequalities, preprint.], Combettes and Hirstoaga [Equilibrium programming in Hilbert spaces, J. Nonlinear Convex Anal. 6 (2005), pp. 117–136] and Plubtieng and Pumbaeang [A general iterative method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2007), pp. 455–469.].     

Orthonormal Compactly Supported Wavelets with Optimal Sobolev Regularity: Numerical Results

Numerical optimization is used to construct new orthonormal compactly supported wavelets with a Sobolev regularity exponent as high as possible among those mother wavelets with a fixed support length and a fixed number of vanishing moments. The increased regularity is obtained by optimizing the locations of the roots the scaling filter has on the interval (π/2,π). The results improve those obtained by I. Daubechies (1988, Comm. Pure Appl. Math.41, 909–996), H. Volkmer (1995, SIAM J. Math. Anal.26, 1075–1087), and P. G. Lemarié-Rieusset and E. Zahrouni (1998, Appl. Comput. Harmon. Anal.5, 92–105).     

Schur-convexity for A-optimal designs

In a regression setting, Chan (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 87 (1982), 45–50) gave a lower bound for the trace of the covariance matrix of the simple least squares estimate. For the case in which this lower bound cannot be reached, a sharper lower bound and a necessary and sufficient condition for its attainment are obtained using the idea of Schur-convexity.     

Stability of iterative procedures with errors for approximating common fixed points of a couple of q-contractive-like mappings in Banach spaces

Recently, Agarwal, Cho, Li and Huang [R.P. Agarwal, Y.J. Cho, J. Li, N.J. Huang, Stability of iterative procedures with errors approximating common fixed points for a couple of quasi-contractive mappings in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 272 (2002) 435-447] introduced the new iterative procedures with errors for approximating the common fixed point of a couple of quasi-contractive mappings and showed the stability of these iterative procedures with errors in Banach spaces. In this paper, we introduce a new concept of a couple of q-contractive-like mappings (q>1) in a Banach space and apply these iterative procedures with errors for approximating the common fixed point of the couple of q-contractive-like mappings. The results established in this paper improve, extend and unify the corresponding ones of Agarwal, Cho, Li and Huang [R.P. Agarwal, Y.J. Cho, J. Li, N.J. Huang, Stability of iterative procedures with errors approximating common fixed points for a couple of quasi-contractive mappings in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 272 (2002) 435-447], Chidume [C.E. Chidume, Approximation of fixed points of quasi-contractive mappings in Lp spaces, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 22 (1991) 273-386], Chidume and Osilike [C.E. Chidume, M.O. Osilike, Fixed points iterations for quasi-contractive maps in uniformly smooth Banach spaces, Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 30 (1993) 201-212], Liu [Q.H. Liu, On Naimpally and Singh's open questions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 124 (1987) 157-164; Q.H. Liu, A convergence theorem of the sequence of Ishikawa iterates for quasi-contractive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 146 (1990) 301-305], Osilike [M.O. Osilike, A stable iteration procedure for quasi-contractive maps, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 27 (1996) 25-34; M.O. Osilike, Stability of the Ishikawa iteration method for quasi-contractive maps, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 28 (1997) 1251-1265] and many others in the literature.     

On the rate of convergence in the strong law of large numbers for martingales

The aim of this note is to establish the Baum–Katz type rate of convergence in the Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund strong law of large numbers for martingales, which improves the recent works of Stoica [Series of moderate deviation probabilities for martingales, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2005), pp. 759–763; Baum–Katz–Nagaev type results for martingales, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2007), pp. 1489–1492; A note on the rate of convergence in the strong law of large numbers for martingales, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 381 (2011), pp. 910–913]. Furthermore, we also study some relevant limit behaviours for the uniform mixing process. Under some uniform mixing conditions, the sufficient and necessary condition of the convergence of the martingale series is established.     

Global existence and nonexistence of the non-Newtonian polytropic filtration equations coupled with nonlinear boundary conditions

In this article, we deal with the global existence and nonexistence of solutions to the non-Newtonian polytropic filtration equations coupled with nonlinear boundary conditions. By constructing various kinds of sub- and super-solutions and using the basic properties of M-matrix, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for global existence of nonnegative solutions. The critical curve of Fujita type is conjectured with the aid of some new results, which extend the recent results of Zheng, Song, and Jiang [Critical Fujita exponents for degenerate parabolic equations coupled via nonlinear boundary flux, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 298 (2004), pp. 308–324], Zhou and Mu [Critical curve for a non-Newtonian polytropic filtration system coupled via nonlinear boundary flux, Nonlinear Anal. 68 (2008), pp. 1–11], and Zhou and Mu [Algebraic criteria for global existence or blow-up for a boundary coupled system of nonlinear diffusion equations, Appl. Anal. 86 (2007), pp. 1185–1197] to more general equations.     

Some common fixed point theorems for Banach operator pairs with applications in best approximation

The ordered pair (T,I) of two self-maps of a metric space (X,d) is called a Banach operator pair if the set F(I) of fixed points of I is T-invariant i.e. T(F(I))⊆F(I). Some common fixed point theorems for a Banach operator pair and the existence of common fixed points of best approximation are presented in this paper. The results prove, generalize and extend some results of Al-Thagafi [M.A. Al-Thagafi, Common fixed points and best approximation, J. Approx. Theory 85 (1996) 318-323], Carbone [A. Carbone, Applications of fixed point theorems, Jnanabha 19 (1989) 149-155], Chen and Li [J. Chen, Z. Li, Common fixed points for Banach operator pairs in best approximations, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2007) 1466-1475], Habiniak [L. Habiniak, Fixed point theorems and invariant approximation, J. Approx. Theory 56 (1989) 241-244], Jungck and Sessa [G. Jungck, S. Sessa, Fixed point theorems in best approximation theory, Math. Japon. 42 (1995) 249-252], Sahab, Khan and Sessa [S.A. Sahab, M.S. Khan, S. Sessa, A result in best approximation theory, J. Approx. Theory 55 (1988) 349-351], Shahzad [N. Shahzad, Invariant approximations and R-subweakly commuting maps, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 257 (2001) 39-45] and of few others.     

An existence result for optimal economic growth problems

An existence result for optimal control problems of Lagrange type with unbounded time domain is derived very directly from a corresponding result for problems with bounded time domain. This subsumes the main existence result of R. F. Baum ¦J. Optim. Theory Appl.19 (1976), 89–116¦ and has the existence results for optimal economic growth problems of S.-I. Takekuma ¦J. Math. Econom.7 (1980), 193–208¦ and M. J. P. Magill ¦Econometrica49 (1981), 679–711; J. Math. Anal. Appl.82 (1981), 66–74¦ as simple corollaries. In addition, a new notion of uniform integrability is used, which coincides with the classical notion if the time domain is bounded.     

Logarithmically improved regularity criterion for the 3D generalized magneto-hydrodynamic equations

This article proves the logarithmically improved Serrin's criterion for solutions of the 3D generalized magneto-hydrodynamic equations in terms of the gradient of the velocity field, which can be regarded as improvement of results in [10] (Luo Y W. On the regularity of generalized MHD equations. J Math Anal Appl, 2010, 365: 806–808) and [18] (Zhang Z J. Remarks on the regularity criteria for generalized MHD equations. J Math Anal Appl, 2011, 375: 799–802).     

Estimates for Wallis’ ratio and related functions

We present improvements of approximation formula for Wallis ratio related to a class of inequalities stated in [D.-J. Zhao, On a two-sided inequality involving Wallis’s formula, Math. Practice Theory, 34 (2004), 166-168], [Y. Zhao and Q. Wu, Wallis inequality with a parameter, J. Inequal. Pure Appl. Math., 7(2) (2006), Art. 56] and [C. Mortici, Completely monotone functions and the Wallis ratio, Applied Mathematics Letters, 25 (2012), 717-722]. Some sharp inequalities are obtained as a result of monotonicity of some functions involving gamma function.     

Mond–Weir type second order symmetric duality in non-differentiable minimax mixed integer programming problems

A pair of Mond–Weir type non-differentiable second order symmetric minimax mixed integer primal and dual problems in mathematical programming is formulated. Symmetric and self-duality theorems are then established under second order F-pseudo-convexity assumptions. Several known results including that of Gulati and Ahmad [Eur. J. Oper. Res. 101 (1997) 122], Hou and Yang [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 255 (2001) 491] and Mond and Schechter [Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 53 (1996) 177], as well as others are obtained as special cases.