A <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-adic hard-core model with three states on a Cayley tree

We examine the p-adic hard-core model with three states on a Cayley tree. Translationinvariant and periodic p-adic Gibbs measures are studied for the hard-core model for k = 2. We prove that every p-adic Gibbs measure is bounded for p ≠ 2. We show in particular that there is no strong phased transition for a hard-core model on a Cayley tree of order k.     

On periodic Gibbs measures of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-adic Potts model on a Cayley tree

In the present paper, we study the existence of periodic p-adic quasi Gibbs measures of p-adic Potts model over the Cayley tree of order two. We first prove that the renormalized dynamical system associated with the model is conjugate to the symbolic shift. As a consequence of this result we obtain the existence of countably many periodic p-adic Gibbs measures for the model.     

Generalized quasi-maximum likelihood inference for periodic conditionally heteroskedastic models

This paper establishes consistency and asymptotic normality of the generalized quasi-maximum likelihood estimate (GQMLE) for a general class of periodic conditionally heteroskedastic time series models (PCH). In this class of models, the volatility is expressed as a measurable function of the infinite past of the observed process with periodically time-varying parameters, while the innovation is an independent and periodically distributed sequence. In contrast with the aperiodic case, the proposed GQMLE is rather based on S instrumental density functions where S is the period of the model while the corresponding asymptotic variance is in a “sandwich” form. Application to the periodic asymmetric power GARCH model is given. Moreover, we also discuss how to apply the GQMLE to the prediction of power problem in a one-step framework and to PCH models with complex periodic patterns such as high frequency seasonality and non-integer seasonality.     

Weakly Periodic Gibbs Measures for HC-Models on Cayley Trees

We study hard-core (HC) models on Cayley trees. Given a 2-state HC-model, we prove that exactly two weakly periodic (aperiodic) Gibbs measures exist under certain conditions on the parameters. Moreover, we consider fertile 4-state HC-models with the activity parameter λ > 0. The three types of these models are known to exist. For one of the models we show that the translationinvariant Gibbs measure is not unique.     

Asymptotic analysis of the diffusion-absorption equation with fast and strongly oscillating absorbtion coefficient in the two-dimensional case

The Helmholtz equation with fast oscillating absorbtion coefficient and constant reflection coefficient is considered. The equation models light absorption in a medium containing a periodic set of fine blood vessels. It is assumed that the absorption takes place only inside the vessels. It is also assumed that the reflection coefficient is constant whereas the absorbtion coefficient is small everywhere except for a set of periodic thin strips modeling blood vessels, where the absorption coefficient equals a large parameter ω. There are two other parameters in the problem: ? is the ratio of the distance between the vessel axes to the characteristic macroscopic size, and δ is the ratio of the width of the fine vessels to the period. Both parameters ? and δ are assumed to be small. The main result is the construction of an asymptotic solution.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Adic solid-on-solid model on a Cayley tree

We consider a p-adic solid-on-solid (SOS) model with a nearest-neighbor coupling, m+1 spins, and a coupling constant J ∈ Q _p on a Cayley tree. We find conditions under which a phase transition does not occur in the model. We show that if p | m + 1 for some J, then a phase transition occurs. Moreover, we formulate a criterion for the boundedness of p-adic Gibbs measures for the (m+1)-state SOS model.     

Minimal <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>-symmetric period problem of first-order autonomous Hamiltonian systems

Let P ∈ Sp(2n) satisfying P ^k = I _2n . We consider the minimal P-symmetric period problem of the autonomous nonlinear Hamiltonian system \(\dot x\left( t \right) = JH'\left( {x\left( t \right)} \right)\). For some symplectic matrices P, we show that for any τ > 0, the above Hamiltonian system possesses a kτ periodic solution x with kτ being its period provided H satis Fies Rabinowitz's conditions on the minimal minimal P-symmetric period conjecture, together with that H is convex and H(Px) = H(x).     

Phase Transition of Mixed Type <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Adic λ-Ising Model on Cayley Tree

In the present paper, we consider an interaction of the nearest-neighbors and next nearest-neighbors for the mixed type p-adic λ-Ising model with spin values {?1, +1} on the Cayley tree of order two.We obtained the uniqueness and existence of the p-adic quasi Gibbs measures for the model. Thereafter, as a main result, we proved the occurrence of phase transition for the p-adic λ-Ising model on the Cayley tree of order two. To establish the results, we employed some properties of p-adic numbers. Therefore, our results are not valid in the real case.     

Existence of Words over Tree-Letter Alphabet not Containing Squares with Replacement Errors

The paper concerns some issues related to the existence of periodic structures in words from formal languages. Squares, i.e., fragments of the form xx, where x is some word, and ?-squares, i.e., fragments of the form xy, where the word x is different from the word y by not more than ? letters, are considered as periodic structures. We show the existence of arbitrarily long words over three-letter alphabet not Containing ?-Squares with the period exceeding ?. In particular, such words are constructed for all possible values ?.     

The normalizers of free subgroups in free burnside groups of odd period <Emphasis Type="Italic">n ≥</Emphasis> 1003

Let B(m, n) be a free periodic group of arbitrary rank m with period n. In this paper, we prove that for all odd numbers n ≥ 1003 the normalizer of any nontrivial subgroup N of the group B(m, n) coincides with N if the subgroup N is free in the variety of all n-periodic groups. From this, there follows a positive answer for all prime numbers n > 997 to the following problem set by S. I. Adian in the Kourovka Notebook: is it true that none of the proper normal subgroups of the group B(m, n) of prime period n > 665 is a free periodic group? The obtained result also strengthens a similar result of A. Yu. Ol’shanskii by reducing the boundary of exponent n from n > 10⁷⁸ to n ≥ 1003. For primes 665 < n ≤ 997, the mentioned question is still open.     

Two-particle scattering in a periodic medium

We consider a two-particle Schrödinger difference operator with a periodic potential perturbed by an exponentially decaying interaction potential for particles on a one-dimensional lattice. We obtain rigorous results for the two-particle scattering problem in the case of a small interaction and low velocities. Here, as in other quasi-one-dimensional models, small interactions can significantly affect the scattering pattern. In particular, we find the probability that the velocities of two particles in a periodic medium (e.g., they can be ultracold atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice) change their signs during a collision. This probability increases as the relative velocity decreases and also as the absolute value of the matrix element between single-particle unperturbed Bloch states increases.     

Gibbs measures for fertile hard-core models on the Cayley tree

We study fertile hard-core models with the activity parameter λ > 0 and four states on the Cayley tree. It is known that there are three types of such models. For each of these models, we prove the uniqueness of the translation-invariant Gibbs measure for any value of the parameter λ on the Cayley tree of order three. Moreover, for one of the models, we obtain critical values of λ at which the translation-invariant Gibbs measure is nonunique on the Cayley tree of order five. In this case, we verify a sufficient condition (the Kesten–Stigum condition) for a measure not to be extreme.     

Asymptotic Properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">QML</Emphasis> Estimation of Multivariate Periodic <Emphasis Type="Italic">CCC</Emphasis> − <Emphasis Type="Italic">GARCH</Emphasis> Models

In this paper, we explore some probabilistic and statistical properties of constant conditional correlation (CCC) multivariate periodic GARCH models (CCC ? PGARCH for short). These models which encompass some interesting classes having (locally) long memory property, play an outstanding role in modelling multivariate financial time series exhibiting certain heteroskedasticity. So, we give in the first part some basic structural properties of such models as conditions ensuring the existence of the strict stationary and geometric ergodic solution (in periodic sense). As a result, it is shown that the moments of some positive order for strictly stationary solution of CCC ? PGARCH models are finite.Upon this finding, we focus in the second part on the quasi-maximum likelihood (QML) estimator for estimating the unknown parameters involved in the models. So we establish strong consistency and asymptotic normality (CAN) of CCC ? PGARCH models.     

Well-posedness and stability for an elliptic-parabolic free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors

In this paper we study a free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors. This free boundary problem contains one parabolic equation and one elliptic equation, defined on an unbounded domain in R2 of the form 0 〈 y 〈p（x,t）, where p（x,t） is an unknown function. Unlike previous works on this tumor model where unknown functions are assumed to be periodic and only elliptic equations are evolved in the model, in this paper we consider the case where unknown functions are not periodic functions and both elliptic and parabolic equations appear in the model. It turns out that this problem is more difficult to analyze rigorously. We first prove that this problem is locally well-posed in little H61der spaces. Next we investigate asymptotic behavior of the solution. By using the principle of linearized stability, we prove that if the surface tension coefficient y is larger than a threshold value y〉0, then the unique flat equilibrium is asymptotically stable provided that the constant c representing the ratio between the nutrient diffusion time and the tumor-cell doubling time is sufficiently small.     

On λ-Fold Equipartite Oberwolfach Problem with Uniform Table Sizes

We consider the following generalization of the Oberwolfach problem:”At a gathering there are n delegations each having m people. Is it possible to arrange a seating of mn people present at s round tables T ₁, T ₂, . . . , T _s (where each T _i can accommodate \( t_i\geq3 \) people and \( \sum t_i = mn \)) for k different meals so that each person has every other person not in the same delegation for a neighbor exactly λ times?” For λ= 1, Liu has obtained the complete solution to the problem when all tables accommodate the same number t of people. In this paper, we give the completesolution to the problem for \( \lambda\geq2 \) when all tables have uniform sizes t.     

Neighbor sum distinguishing edge coloring of subcubic graphs

A proper edge-k-coloring of a graph G is a mapping from E(G) to {1, 2,..., k} such that no two adjacent edges receive the same color. A proper edge-k-coloring of G is called neighbor sum distinguishing if for each edge uv ∈ E(G), the sum of colors taken on the edges incident to u is different from the sum of colors taken on the edges incident to v. Let χ_Σ'(G) denote the smallest value k in such a coloring of G. This parameter makes sense for graphs containing no isolated edges(we call such graphs normal). The maximum average degree mad(G) of G is the maximum of the average degrees of its non-empty subgraphs. In this paper, we prove that if G is a normal subcubic graph with mad(G) 5/2,then χ_Σ'(G) ≤ 5. We also prove that if G is a normal subcubic graph with at least two 2-vertices, 6 colors are enough for a neighbor sum distinguishing edge coloring of G, which holds for the list version as well.     

Method of generalized integral guiding functions in the problem of the existence of periodic solutions for functional-differential inclusions

We suggest new methods for the solution of a periodic problem for a nonlinear object described by the differential inclusion x′(t) ∈ F(t, x_t) under the assumption that the multimapping F has convex compact values and satisfies the upper Carathéodory conditions. We also study the case in which this multimapping is not convex-valued but is normal. The class of normal multimappings includes, for example, bounded almost lower semicontinuous multimappings with compact values and mappings satisfying the Carathéodory conditions. In both cases, a generalized integral guiding function is used to study the problem.     

The number of eigenvalues of the two-particle discrete Schrödinger operator

We consider the two-particle discrete Schrödinger operator associated with the Hamiltonian of a system of two particles (fermions) interacting only at the nearest neighbor sites. We find the number and the location of the eigenvalues of this operator depending on the particle interaction energy, the system quasimomentum, and the dimension of the lattice ? ^ν , ν ≥ 1.     

Gibbs <Emphasis Type="Italic">u</Emphasis>-states for the foliated geodesic flow and transverse invariant measures

This paper is devoted to the study of Gibbs u-states for the geodesic flow tangent to a foliation F of a manifold M having negatively curved leaves. By definition, they are the probability measures on the unit tangent bundle to the foliation that are invariant under the foliated geodesic flow and have Lebesgue disintegration in the unstable manifolds of this flow. p]On the one hand we give sufficient conditions for the existence of transverse invariant measures. In particular we prove that when the foliated geodesic flow has a Gibbs su-state, i.e. an invariant measure with Lebesgue disintegration both in the stable and unstable manifolds, then this measure has to be obtained by combining a transverse invariant measure and the Liouville measure on the leaves. p]On the other hand we exhibit a bijective correspondence between the set of Gibbs u-states and a set of probability measure on M that we call φ ^u -harmonic. Such measures have Lebesgue disintegration in the leaves and their local densities have a very specific form: they possess an integral representation analogue to the Poisson representation of harmonic functions.     

The unique trace property of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-periodic product of groups

In this paper we prove the unique trace property of C*-algebras of n-periodic products of arbitrary family of groups without involutions. We show that the free Burnside groups B(m, n) and their automorphism groups also possess the unique trace property. Also, we show that every countable group is embedded into some 3-generated group with the unique trace property, while every countable periodic group of bounded period and without involutions is embedded into some 3- generated periodic group G of bounded period with the unique trace property. Moreover, as a group G can be chosen both simple and not simple group.