Existence of Positive Solutions for Singular Second-order<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-Point Boundary Value Problems

Abstract   The singular second-order m-point boundary value problem

Positive Solutions for Semipositone <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-point Boundary-value Problems

Abstract   Let ξ _i ∈ (0, 1) with 0 < ξ₁ < ξ₂ < ··· < ξ _m−2 < 1, a _i , b _i ∈ [0,∞) with and . We consider the m-point boundary-value problem

The Average Widths of Sobolev-Wiener Classes and Besov-Wiener Classes

This paper concerns the problem of average σ-width of Sobolev-Wiener classes W^rpq(R^d),W^rpq(M,R^d),and Besov-Wiener classes S^rpqθb(R^d).S^rpqθB(R^d),S^rpqθb(M,R^d),S^rpqθB(R^d)in the metric Lq(R^d) for 1≤q≤p≤∞.The weak asymptotic results concerning the average linear widths,the average Bernstein widths and the infinite-dimensional Gel‘fand widths are obtained,respectively.     

From Ginzburg-Landau to Gross-Pitaevskii

(w, c) ? R², u ? L_loc³ (R^N, C)\font\Opr=msbm10 at 8pt \def\Op#1{\hbox{\Opr{#1}}}(\omega, c)\in {\Op R}^2, {\upsilon} \in L_{\rm loc}^3 ({\Op R}^N, {\bf C}) and x||j||_{L^￥(R^N×R)}² ￡ max{0, 1-w+[(c²)/4]}.\font\Opr=msbm10 at 8pt \def\Op#1{\hbox{\Opr{#1}}}\Vert\varphi\Vert_{L^\infty({\Op R}^N\times{\Op R})}^2 \le \max\bigg\{0, 1-\omega+{c^2\over 4}\bigg\}.     

Limits of Teichmüller mappings on trajectories

A classical Teichmüller sequence is a sequence of quasiconformal mapsf _i with complex dilatations of the form , where φ is a quadratic differential and 0≤k _i<1 are numbers such thatk _i→1 asi→∞. This situation occurs in the Teichmüller theory when one moves along a Teichmüller geodesic toward the boundary. The central result is that if τ is a vertical trajectory associated to φ, then there is often, for instance if the sequence is normalized so thatf _i fix 3 points, a subsequence such thatf _i tend either toward a constant or an injective map of τ (Theorem 4.1). If the limit is injective, it is an embedding of τ if τ does not contain points such that τ returns infinitely often to every neighborhood of the point. The main idea is to composef _i locally with a map ϱ_i so that the composed mapf _iϱ_i is conformal and coincides withf _i on τ. Normal family arguments are applied to the sequencef _iϱ_i. Various extensions are presented. The research for this paper has been supported by the project 51749 of the Academy of Finland.     

The Extremal Function For Noncomplete Minors

  We investigate the maximum number of edges that a graph G can have if it does not contain a given graph H as a minor (subcontraction). Let

Global Existence of Positive Periodic Solutions for a Distributed Delay Competition Model

By using the continuation theorem of Mawhin's coincidence degree theory, a sufficient condition is derived for the existence of positive periodic solutions for a distributed delay competition modelwhere ri and r2 are continuous w-periodic functions in R+=[0,∞) with ,ai,ci(i =1,2) are positive continuous w-periodic functions in R+=[0,∞),bi (i = 1,2) is nonnegative continuous w-periodic function in R+=[0,∞), w and T are positive constants. Ki,Lt ∈ C([-T,0], (01 88)) and Ki(s)ds = 1,ds - 1. i = 1,2. Some known results are improved and extended.     

On Stability and Trajectory Boundedness in Mean-square Sense for ARMA Processes

Abstract For the multidimensional ARMA system A(z)y_k=C(z)w_k it is shown that stability(det A(z)≠0,z:│z│≤1)of A(z) is equivalent to the trajectory boundedness in the mean square sense(MSS)which,as a rule,is a consequence of a successful stochastic adaptive control leading the closed-loop of an ARMAXsystem to a steady state ARMA system.In comparison with existing results the stability condition imposed onC(z)is no longer needed.The only structural requirement on the system is that det A(z) and det C(z) have nounstable common factor.     

Uniform Convergence Rate of Estimators of Autocovariances in Partly Linear Regression Models with Correlated Errors

Consider the partly linear regression model ,where yi's are responses, xi = (xi1, xi2,…,xip)' and ti ∈T are known and nonrandom design points, T is a compact set in the real line is an unknown parameter vector, g(·) is an unknown function and {Ei} isa linear process, i.e., random variables with zeromean and variance o2e. Drawing upon B-spline estimation of g(·) and least squares estimation of 0, we construct estimators of the autocovariances of {Ei}- The uniform strong convergence rate of these estimators to their true values is then established. These results not only are a compensation for those of [23], but also have some application in modeling error structure. When the errors {Ei} are an ARMA process, our result can be used to develop a consistent procedure for determining the order of the ARMA process and identifying the non-zero coefficients of the process. Moreover, our result can be used to construct the asymptotically efficient estimators for parameters in the ARMA error process.     

On the Complete Convergence of Moving Average Process with Banach Space Valued Random Elements

Let {Y _i ;−∞<i<∞} be a doubly infinite sequence of independent random elements taking values in a separable real Banach space and stochastically dominated by a random variable X. Let {a _i ;−∞<i<∞} be an absolutely summable sequence of real numbers and set V _i =∑ _k=−∞^∞ a _i+k Y _i ,i≥1. In this paper, we derive that if and E|X| ^μ log  ^ρ |X|<0, for some μ (0<μ<2, μ≠1) and ρ>0 then for all ε>0. This work was partially supported by the Korean Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (KRF-2006-353-C00006, KRF-2006-251-C00026).     

QUALITATIVE METHOD IN ANALYSIS OF A P-L-L WITH TANGENT CHARACTERISTIC AND FREQUENCY MODULATION INPUT

In analysis of p-L-L with tangent characteristic and frequency modulation input, we have obtained the following two types of the phase looked loop equation. \[\begin{array}{l} \frac{{{\partial ^2}\varphi }}{{\partial {t^2}}} + \alpha \frac{{d\varphi }}{{dt}} + \gamma \tan \varphi = {\beta _1} + {\beta _2}(\cos {\Omega _M}t + {\Omega _M}\sin {\Omega _M}t){\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} (I)\\frac{{{\partial ^2}\varphi }}{{\partial {t^2}}} + (\alpha + \eta {\sec ^2}\varphi )\frac{{d\varphi }}{{dt}} + \gamma \tan \varphi = {\beta _1} + {\beta _2}(\cos {\Omega _M}t - {\Omega _M}\sin {\Omega _M}t){\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} (II) \(\alpha > 0,\gamma > 0,\eta > 0,{\beta _1} > 0,{\beta _2} > 0,{\Omega _M} > 0) \end{array}\] In this paper, our aim is to explain the usual qualitative method and Lyapunov's function method, by which the existence of a periodic solution of (I), (II) is established. In addition, we especially point out: How is to construct the Lyapunovas function for the nonlinear and nonairtoiiomous system? This is a very important problem.     

Fourier and Hermite series estimates of regression functions

Summary In the paper we estimate a regressionm(x)=E {Y|X=x} from a sequence of independent observations (X ₁,Y ₁),…, (X _n, Y_n) of a pair (X, Y) of random variables. We examine an estimate of a type , whereN depends onn andϕ _N is Dirichlet kernel and the kernel associated with the hermite series. Assuming, that E|Y|<∞ and |Y|≦γ≦∞, we give condition for to converge tom(x) at almost allx, provided thatX has a density. if the regression hass derivatives, then converges tom(x) as rapidly asO(nC^{−(2s−1)/4s}) in probability andO(n ^{−(2s−1)/4s} logn) almost completely.     

INJECTIVE MAPS ON PRIMITIVE SEQUENCES OVER Z/（p^e）

Let Z/(pe) be the integer residue ring modulo pe with p an odd prime and integer e ≥ 3. For a sequence (a) over Z/(pe), there is a unique p-adic decomposition (a) = (a)0 (a)1·p … (a)e-1 ·pe-1, where each (a)i can be regarded as a sequence over Z/(p), 0 ≤ i ≤ e - 1. Let f(x) be a primitive polynomial over Z/(pe) and G' (f(x), pe) the set of all primitive sequences generated by f(x) over Z/(pe). For μ(x) ∈ Z/(p)[x] with deg(μ(x)) ≥ 2 and gcd(1 deg(μ(x)),p- 1) = 1,set ψe-1 (x0, x1,…, xe-1) = xe-1·[ μ(xe-2) ηe-3 (x0, x1,…, xe-3)] ηe-2 (x0, x1,…, xe-2),which is a function of e variables over Z/(p). Then the compressing map ψe-1: G'(f(x),pe) → (Z/(p))∞,(a) (→)ψe-1((a)0, (a)1,… ,(a)e-1) is injective. That is, for (a), (b) ∈ G' (f(x), pe), (a) = (b) if and only if ψe - 1 ((a)0, (a)1,… , (a)e - 1) =ψe - 1 ((b)0,(b)1,… ,(b)e-1). As for the case of e = 2, similar result is also given. Furthermore, if functions ψe-1 and ψe-1 over Z/(p) are both of the above form and satisfy ψe-1((a)0,(a)1,… ,(a)e-1) = ψe-1((b)0,(b)1,… ,(b)e-1) for (a),(b) ∈ G'(f(x),pe), the relations between (a) and (b), ψe-1 and ψe-1 are discussed.     

Addendum To Schrijver's Work On Minimum Permanents

Let denote the set of n×n binary matrices which have each row and column sum equal to k. For 2≤k≤n→∞ we show that is asymptotically equal to (k−1)^k−1k^2−k. This confirms Conjecture 23 in Minc's catalogue of open problems. * Written while the author was employed by the Department of Computer Science at the Australian National University.     

Precise Rates in the Law of Iterated Logarithm for the Moment of I.I.D. Random Variables

Let{X,Xn;n≥1} be a sequence of i,i.d, random variables, E X = 0, E X^2 = σ^2 〈 ∞.Set Sn=X1＋X2＋…＋Xn,Mn=max k≤n│Sk│,n≥1.Let an=O（1/loglogn）.In this paper,we prove that,for b〉-1,lim ε→0 →^2（b＋1）∑n=1^∞ （loglogn）^b/nlogn n^1/2 E{Mn-σ（ε＋an）√2nloglogn}＋σ2^-b/（b＋1）（2b＋3）E│N│^2b＋3∑k=0^∞ （-1）k/（2k＋1）^2b＋3 holds if and only if EX=0 and EX^2=σ^2〈∞.     

On some problems of weak consistency of quasi-maximum likelihood estimates in generalized linear models

In this paper,we explore some weakly consistent properties of quasi-maximum likelihood estimates(QMLE) concerning the quasi-likelihood equation in=1 Xi(yi-μ(Xiβ)) = 0 for univariate generalized linear model E(y |X) = μ(X'β).Given uncorrelated residuals {ei = Yi-μ(Xiβ0),1 i n} and other conditions,we prove that βn-β0 = Op(λn-1/2) holds,where βn is a root of the above equation,β0 is the true value of parameter β and λn denotes the smallest eigenvalue of the matrix Sn = ni=1 XiXi.We also show that the convergence rate above is sharp,provided independent non-asymptotically degenerate residual sequence and other conditions.Moreover,paralleling to the elegant result of Drygas(1976) for classical linear regression models,we point out that the necessary condition guaranteeing the weak consistency of QMLE is Sn-1→ 0,as the sample size n →∞.     

Teichmüller sequences on trajectories invariant under a Kleinian group

We extend the results of [T2] to the situation where there is a compatibility with the action of a Kleinian group. A classical Techmüller sequence is a sequence of quasiconformal mapsf _i with complex dilatations of the form , where ϕ is a quadratic differential and 0<-k _i<1 are numbers such thatk _i→1 asi→∞. We proved in [T2] that if τ is a vertical trajectory associated to ϕ, then there is often, for instance if the sequence is normalized so thatf _i fix 3 points, a subsequence such thatf _i tend either toward a constant or an injective map of τ. If there is compatibility with the action of a non-elementary finitely generated Kleinian groupG, we can given a precise characterization which of these cases occurs. Suppose thatf _i induce isomorphisms ϕ_i ofG onto another Kleinian group and that ϕ_i have algebraic limit ϕ. If the quadratic differential is defined on a component of the ordinary set ofG, if there are no parabolic elements, and if τ is extended maximally so that all branches coming together at a singular point are included, then we can state the main result as follows. The limit is a constantc if the stabilizerG _τ of τ is elementary; and, if it is non-elementary, then the limit is injective. In the first case, ϕ(g) is parabolic with fixpointc wheneverg∈G _τ is of infinite order; and in the latter case, the limitf is an embedding of τ in a natural topology of τ, andf embeds τ into a component of the limit set of ϕG whose stabilizer is ϕG _τ. Various extensions and generalizations are presented. The research for this paper has been supported by the project 51749 of the Academy of Finland.