Polya's inequalities, global uniform integrability and the size of plurisubharmonic lemniscates

First we prove a new inequality comparing uniformly the relative volume of a Borel subset with respect to any given complex euclidean ballB⊂C ⁿ with its relative logarithmic capacity inC ⁿ with respect to the same ballB. An analogous comparison inequality for Borel subsets of euclidean balls of any generic real subspace ofC ⁿ is also proved. Then we give several interesting applications of these inequalities. First we obtain sharp uniform estimates on the relative size of plurisubharmonic lemniscates associated to the Lelong class of plurisubharmonic functions of logarithmic singularities at infinity onC ⁿ as well as the Cegrell class of plurisubharmonic functions of bounded Monge-Ampère mass on a hyperconvex domain Ω⊂(C ⁿ . Then we also deduce new results on the global behaviour of both the Lelong class and the Cegrell class of plurisubharmonic functions. This work was partially supported by the programmes PARS MI 07 and AI.MA 180.     

The Geometry of <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-Hyperconvex Domains

We study the geometry of m-regular domains within the Caffarelli–Nirenberg–Spruck model in terms of barrier functions, envelopes, exhaustion functions, and Jensen measures. We prove among other things that every m-hyperconvex domain admits an exhaustion function that is negative, smooth, strictly m-subharmonic, and has bounded m-Hessian measure.     

Plurifinely Plurisubharmonic Functions and the Monge Ampère Operator

We will define the Monge-Ampère operator on finite (weakly) plurifinely plurisubharmonic functions in plurifinely open sets U???? ⁿ and show that it defines a positive measure. Ingredients of the proof include a direct proof for bounded strongly plurifinely plurisubharmonic functions, which is based on the fact that such functions can plurifinely locally be written as difference of ordinary plurisubharmonic functions, and an approximation result stating that in the Dirichlet norm weakly plurifinely plurisubharmonic functions are locally limits of plurisubharmonic functions. As a consequence of the latter, weakly plurifinely plurisubharmonic functions are strongly plurifinely plurisubharmonic outside of a pluripolar set.     

Approximation of Cauchy-Type Integrals

We investigate approximations of analytic functions determined by Cauchy-type integrals in Jordan domains of the complex plane. We develop, modify, and complete (in a certain sense) our earlier results. Special attention is given to the investigation of approximation of functions analytic in a disk by Taylor sums. In particular, we obtain asymptotic equalities for upper bounds of the deviations of Taylor sums on the classes of -integrals of functions analytic in the unit disk and continuous in its closure. These equalities are a generalization of the known Stechkin's results on the approximation of functions analytic in the unit disk and having bounded rth derivatives (here, r is a natural number).On the basis of the results obtained for a disk, we establish pointwise estimates for the deviations of partial Faber sums on the classes of -integrals of functions analytic in domains with rectifiable Jordan boundaries. We show that, for a closed domain, these estimates are exact in order and exact in the sense of constants with leading terms if and only if this domain is a Faber domain.     

Modulus of continuity of harmonic functions

LetG be a bounded plane domain, the diameters of whose boundary components have a fixed positive lower bound. Letu be harmonic inG and continuous in the closureG ofG. Suppose that the modulus of continuity ofu on the boundary ofG is majorized by a function of a suitable type. We shall then obtain upper bounds for the modulus of continuity ofu inG. Further, we shall show that in some situations these estimates cannot be essentially improved. We shall also consider the same problem for certain bounded domains in space. Research partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation. AMS (1980) Classification. Primary 31A05.     

On the Cegrell classes

The Cegrell classes with zero boundary data are defined by certain decreasing approximating sequences of functions with different properties depending on the class in question. It is different for Cegrell classes which are given by a continuous function f, these classes are defined by an inequality. It is proved in this article that it is possible to define the Cegrell classes which are given by f in a similar manner as those classes with zero boundary data. An existence result for the Dirichlet problem for certain singular measures is proved. The article ends with three applications. Results connected to convergence in capacity, subextension of plurisubharmonic functions and integrability are proved.     

Stability Constants in Linear Spaces

We investigate the stability constants of convex sets in linear spaces. We prove that the stability constants of affinity and of the Jensen equation are of the same order of magnitude for every convex set in arbitrary linear spaces, even for functions mapping into an arbitrary Banach space. We also show that the second Whitney constant corresponding to the bounded functions equals half of the stability constant of the Jensen equation whenever the latter is finite. We show that if a convex set contains arbitrarily long segments in every direction, then its Jensen and Whitney constants are uniformly bounded. We prove a result that reduces the investigation of the stability constants to the case when the underlying set is the unit ball of a Banach space. As an application we prove that if D is convex and every δ-Jensen function on D differs from a Jensen function by a bounded function, then the stability constants of D are finite.     

Weak*- convergence of Monge-Ampère measures

We study the convergence of sequences of Monge-Ampère measures (dd ^c u _j ) ⁿ where (u _j ) is a given sequence of plurisubharmonic functions. Our main theorem is about approximation by multipole pluricomplex Green functions. Partially supported by the Swedish Research Council contract no 621-2002-5308     

Bounds for a class of linear functionals with applications to Hermite interpolation

A general estimation theorem is given for a class of linear functionals on Sobolev spaces. The functionals considered are those which annihilate certain classes of polynomials. An interpolation scheme of Hermite type is defined inN-dimensions and the accuracy in approximation is bounded by means of the above mentioned theorem. In one and two dimensions our schemes reduce to the usual ones, however our estimates in two dimensions are new in that they involve only the pure partial derivatives.This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant number N.S.F.-G.P.-9467.     

Jensen measures and analytic multifunctions

This paper describes plurisubharmonic convexity and hulls, and also analytic multifunctions in terms of Jensen measures. In particular, this allows us to get a new proof of Słodkowski's theorem stating that multifunctions are analytic if and only if their graphs are pseudoconcave. We also show that multifunctions with plurisubharmonically convex fibers are analytic if and only if their graphs locally belong to plurisubharmonic hulls of their boundaries. In the last section we prove that minimal analytic multifunctions satisfy the maximum principle and give a criterion for the existence of holomorphic selections in the graphs of analytic multifunctions. The author was partially supported by an NSF Grant.     

Weak convergence of currents

We give certain conditions to guarantee weak convergence u _k T _k → uT, where u _k , u are plurisubharmonic functions and T _k , T are positive closed currents. As applications we obtain that convergence in capacity of plurisubharmonic functions u _k implies weak convergence of the complex Monge-Ampère measures (dd ^c u _k ) ⁿ if all of the plurisubharmonic functions u _k are bounded below by one of some sorts of plurisubharmonic functions.     

On Some Special Classes of Sequential Dynamical Systems

Sequential Dynamical Systems (SDSs) are mathematical models for analyzing simulation systems. We investigate phase space properties of some special classes of SDSs obtained by restricting the local transition functions used at the nodes. We show that any SDS over the Boolean domain with symmetric Boolean local transition functions can be efficiently simulated by another SDS which uses only simple threshold and simple inverted threshold functions, where the same threshold value is used at each node and the underlying graph is d-regular for some integer d. We establish tight or nearly tight upper and lower bounds on the number of steps needed for SDSs over the Boolean domain with 1-, 2- or 3-threshold functions at each of the nodes to reach a fixed point. When the domain is a unitary semiring and each node computes a linear combination of its inputs, we present a polynomial time algorithm to determine whether such an SDS reaches a fixed point. We also show (through an explicit construction) that there are Boolean SDSs with the NOR function at each node such that their phase spaces contain directed cycles whose length is exponential in the number of nodes of the underlying graph of the SDS.AMS Subject Classification: 68Q10, 68Q17, 68Q80.     

Vector-valued holomorphic functions revisited

Abstract. Let be open,X a Banach space and . We show that every is holomorphic if and only if every set inX is bounded. Things are different if we assume f to be locally bounded. Then we show that it suffices that is holomorphic for all , where W is a separating subspace of to deduce that f is holomorphic. Boundary Tauberian convergence and membership theorems are proved. Namely, if boundary values (in a weak sense) of a sequence of holomorphic functions converge/belong to a closed subspace on a subset of the boundary having positive Lebesgue measure, then the same is true for the interior points of , uniformly on compact subsets. Some extra global majorants are requested. These results depend on a distance Jensen inequality. Several examples are provided (bounded and compact operators; Toeplitz and Hankel operators; Fourier multipliers and small multipliers). Received January 29, 1998; in final form March 8, 1999 / Published online May 8, 2000     

On the representation by linear superpositions

In a number of papers, Y. Sternfeld investigated the problems of representation of continuous and bounded functions by linear superpositions. In particular, he proved that if such representation holds for continuous functions, then it holds for bounded functions. We consider the same problem without involving any topology and establish a rather practical necessary and sufficient condition for representability of an arbitrary function by linear superpositions. In particular, we show that if some representation by linear superpositions holds for continuous functions, then it holds for all functions. This will lead us to the analogue of the well-known Kolmogorov superposition theorem for multivariate functions on the d-dimensional unit cube.     

Criteria for (Sub-)Harmonicity and Continuation of (Sub-)Harmonic Functions

We obtain criteria for harmonicity and subharmonicity of a function in a domain in R ^d , d2, in terms of special Arens–Singer and Jensen measures. We also establish a criterion for (sub-)harmonicity of a -subharmonic function in terms of the associated Riesz charge and special Arens–Singer and Jensen functions. To this end, we use the theorem of this article on continuation of (sub-)harmonic functions to polar sets.     

A Discrete Korovkin Theorem and BKW-Operators

We give a functional Korovkin-type theorem onB(X), the space of bounded complex-valued functions on an arbitrary setXand investigate a BKW-operator onB(X) for a finite collection of test functions with a suitable property and a seminorm defined by a finite subset ofX.     

Families of functions with equiabsolutely continuous integrals

The approximation of functions from Hardy classes by bounded analytic functions is investigated. A theorem is proved, characterizing the sets of functions with equiabsolutely continuous integrals as limit points of the family of bounded subsets of the space H.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 178–184, February, 1992.     

q‐Voronovskaya type theorems for q‐Baskakov operators

In the present paper, we prove quantitative q‐Voronovskaya type theorems for q‐Baskakov operators in terms of weighted modulus of continuity. We also present a new form of Voronovskaya theorem, that is, q‐Grüss‐Voronovskaya type theorem for q‐Baskakov operators in quantitative mean. Hence, we describe the rate of convergence and upper bound for the error of approximation, simultaneously. Our results are valid for the subspace of continuous functions although classical ones is valid for differentiable functions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An approximate functional Radon-Nikodym theorem

We prove that for two linear and positive functionals (not necessarily Daniell)J andI on a lattice unitary algebraB of functions such thatJ is absolutely continuous with respect toI, one can expressJ as follows: , where (v _m)m is a fixed sequence inB, for allf inB. This result is the “functional” similar of a previous deep result due to C. Fefferman. The comments and the counterexamples which we are introducing show that the main result (i.e sequential approximation) cannot be improved.     

Approximation of a function of two variables by a product of functions of one variable on a given domain

We are concerned with the problem of uniform approximation of a continuous function of two variables by a product of continuous functions of one variable on some domain D. This problem have been examined so far only on a rectangular domain D = U × V, where U and V are compact sets. An algorithm to give a solution of this problem in the discrete case is available. We put forward an algorithm which in certain cases allows one to construct an approximate solution of the problem on a given domain (not necessarily rectangular). This approximate solution is built in the form of interpolating natural splines, which in turn are constructed by means of discrete approximation. Depending on the degree of the splines, the problem can be solved in classes of functions with appropriate degree of smoothness.