Functional calculi of second-order elliptic partial differential operators with bounded measurable coefficients

Consider a second-order elliptic partial differential operatorL in divergence form with real, symmetric, bounded measurable coefficients, under Dirichlet or Neumann conditions on the boundary of a strongly Lipschitz domain Ω. Suppose that 1 <p < ∞ and μ > 0. ThenL has a bounded H_∞ functional calculus in L^p(Ω), in the sense that ¦¦f (L +cI)u¦¦_p ≤C sup_¦arλ¦<μ ^¦f¦ ¦‖u¦‖_p for some constantsc andC, and all bounded holomorphic functionsf on the sector ¦ argλ¦ < μ that contains the spectrum ofL +cI. We prove this by showing that the operatorsf(L + cI) are Calderón-Zygmund singular integral operators.     

A characterization for the boundedness of positive operators in a filtered measure space

In terms of a Sawyer type checking condition, a necessary and sufficient condition is obtained under which the positive operator in a filtered measure space is bounded from L ^p (d μ) to L ^q (dμ) with 1 < p ≤ q < ∞.     

Θ-type Calderón-Zygmund operators with non-doubling measures

Let µ be a Radon measure on ? ^d which may be non-doubling. The only condition that µ must satisfy is µ(B(x, r)) ≤ Cr ⁿ for all x∈? ^d , r > 0 and for some fixed 0 < n ≤ d. In this paper, under this assumption, we prove that θ-type Calderón-Zygmund operator which is bounded on L ²(µ) is also bounded from L ^∞(µ) into RBMO(µ) and from H _atb ^1,∞ (µ) into L ¹(µ). According to the interpolation theorem introduced by Tolsa, the L ^p (µ)-boundedness (1 < p < ∞) is established for θ-type Calderón-Zygmund operators. Via a sharp maximal operator, it is shown that commutators and multilinear commutators of θ-type Calderón-Zygmund operator with RBMO(µ) function are bounded on L ^p (µ) (1 < p < ∞).     

On the absolute continuity of Schrödinger operators with spherically symmetric,long-range potentials,II

Let H = ?Δ + V, where the potential V is spherically symmetric and can be decomposed as a sum of a short-range and a long-range term, V(r) = V_S(r) + V_L. Let λ = lim sup_r→∞V_L(r) < ∞ (we allow λ = ? ∞) and set λ⁺ = max(λ, 0). Assume that for some r₀, V_L(r) ?C^2k(r₀, ∞) and that there exists δ > 0 such that $\text{(}\text{d}\text{dr}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{j}}\text{V}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>L</mtext>}}\text{(r) · (λ}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{? V}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>L</mtext>}}\text{(r) + 1)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{= O(r}{}^{\mathrm{?j\delta }}\text{), j = 1,…, 2k,}\text{as}\text{r → ∞}$. Assume further that $\text{∝}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(}\text{dr}\text{¦ V}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>L</mtext>}}\text{(r)¦}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{) = ∞}$ and that 2kδ > 1. It is shown that: (a) The restriction of H to C^∞(Rⁿ) is essentially self-adjoint, (b) The essential spectrum of H contains the closure of (λ, ∞). (c) The part of H over (λ, ∞) is absolutely continuous.     

Nonlinear integration on Lp-spaces

For a Banach space E and for 1 ? p < ∞ let ?p<∞ let L_E^p(μ) = L_E^p(S,B,μ) denote all Bochner p-integrable E-valued functions on a measure space (S,B,μ). Under study are convergence theorems for integrals of functions in L_E^p(μ) with respect to Nemytskii measures. Weak integrals are then denoted to Hammerstein operators, and a study of topologies generated by vector measures leads to a characterization of compact Hammerstein operators.     

Growth rate of the functions in Bergman type spaces

For 0<p,α<∞, let ‖f‖_p,α be the L^p-norm with respect the weighted measure . We define the weighted Bergman space A_α^p(D) consisting of holomorphic functions f with ‖f‖_p,α<∞. For any σ>0, let A^−σ(D) be the space consisting of holomorphic functions f in D with . If D has C² boundary, then we have the embedding A_α^p(D)⊂A^−(n+α)/p(D). We show that the condition of C²-smoothness of the boundary of D is necessary by giving a counter-example of a convex domain with C^1,λ-smooth boundary for 0<λ<1 which does not satisfy the embedding.     

Some Results for Decomposition Numbers for the Hecke Algebra of Type A with q = −1

Let ? = ?_{?, ?1}(𝔖 _n ) be the Hecke algebra of the symmetric group 𝔖 _n . For partitions λ and ν with ν 2 ? regular, define the Specht module S(λ) and the irreducible module D(ν). Define d _λν = [S(λ): D(ν)] to be the composition multiplicity of D(ν) in S(λ). In this paper we compute the decomposition numbers d _λν for all partitions of the form λ = (a, c, 1 ^b ) and ν 2 ? regular.     

Greedy bases in L p spaces

We consider a weighted L ^p space L ^p (w) with a weight function w. It is known that the Haar system H _p normalized in L ^p is a greedy basis of L ^p , 1 < p < ∞. We study a question of when the Haar system H _p ^w normalized in L ^p (w) is a greedy basis of L ^p (w), 1 < p < ∞. We prove that if w is such that H _p ^w is a Schauder basis of L ^p (w), then H _p ^w is also a greedy basis of L ^p (w), 1 < p < ∞. Moreover, we prove that a subsystem of the Haar system obtained by discarding finitely many elements from it is a Schauder basis in a weighted norm space L ^p (w); then it is a greedy basis.     

Orthogonal exponentials on the ball

We show that there does not exist an infinite sequence of vectors λ_n in ℝ^d, d > 1, such that the corresponding exponentials eⁱ〈λ_n,x〉, x ∈ ℝ^d, when considered on the unit ball B in ℝ^d, are pairwise orthogonal in L²(B) (B being endowed with Lebesgue measure). The weaker result that L²(B) does not have an infinite orthogonal base of exponentials has recently been established by A. Iosevich, N. Katz, and S. Pedersen in [2]. For d = 2 the present result was announced in the author's 1974 paper [1].     

Blowup stability of solutions of the nonlinear heat equation with a large life span

We study the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear heat equation u_t-?u=|u|^p-1u in R^N. The initial data is of the form u₀=λ?, where ?∈C₀(R^N) is fixed and λ>0. We first take 1<p<p_f, where p_f is the Fujita critical exponent, and ?∈C₀(R^N)∩L¹(R^N) with nonzero mean. We show that u(t) blows up for λ small, extending the H. Fujita blowup result for sign-changing solutions. Next, we consider 1<p<p_s, where p_s is the Sobolev critical exponent, and ?(x) decaying as |x|^-σ at infinity, where p<1+2/σ. We also prove that u(t) blows up when λ is small, extending a result of T. Lee and W. Ni. For both cases, the solution enjoys some stable blowup properties. For example, there is single point blowup even if ? is not radial.     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions of the functional differential equation x′(t) = Ax(λt) + Bx(t), λ>0

The author discusses the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the functional differential equation x′(t) = Ax(λt) + Bx(t), λ>0 (1) where x(t) is an n-dimensional column vector and A, B are n × n matrices with complex constant entries. He obtains the following results for the case 0 < λ < 1: (i) If B is diagonalizable with eigenvalues b_i such that Re b_i < 0 for all i, then there is a constant α such that every solution of (1) is O(t^α) as t → ∞. (ii) If B is diagonalizable with eigenvalues b_i such that 0 < Re b₁ ? Re b₂ ? ··· ? Re b_n and λ times Re b_n < Re b₁, then every solution of (1) is O(e^bn^t) as t → ∞. For the case λ>1, he has the following results: (i) If B is diagonalizable with eigenvalues b_i such that Re b_i>0 for all i, then there is a constant α such that no solution x(t) of (1), except the identically zero solution, is 0(t^α) as t → ∞. (ii) If B is diagonalizable with eigenvalues b_i such that Re b₁ ? Re b₂ ? ··· ? Re b_n < 0 and λ Re b_n < Re b₁, then no solution x(t) of (1), except the identically zero solution, is 0(e^b1^t) as t → ∞.     

Friedrichs extensions of Schrödinger operators with singular potentials

The Friedrichs extension for the generalized spiked harmonic oscillator given by the singular differential operator −d²/dx²+Bx²+Ax⁻²+λx^−α (B>0, A?0) in L₂(0,∞) is studied. We look at two different domains of definition for each of these differential operators in L₂(0,∞), namely C₀^∞(0,∞) and D(T_2,F)∩D(M_λ,α), where the latter is a subspace of the Sobolev space W_2,2(0,∞). Adjoints of these differential operators on C₀^∞(0,∞) exist as result of the null-space properties of functionals. For the other domain, convolutions and Jensen and Minkowski integral inequalities, density of C₀^∞(0,∞) in D(T_2,F)∩D(M_λ,α) in L₂(0,∞) lead to the other adjoints. Further density properties C₀^∞(0,∞) in D(T_2,F)∩D(M_λ,α) yield the Friedrichs extension of these differential operators with domains of definition D(T_2,F)∩D(M_λ,α).     

Potential theory associated with Uhlenbeck-Ornstein process

Some parallel results of Gross' paper (Potential theory on Hilbert space, J. Functional Analysis1 (1967), 123–181) are obtained for Uhlenbeck-Ornstein process U(t) in an abstract Wiener space (H, B, i). Generalized number operator $\text{N}$ is defined by $\text{N}$f(x) = ?lim_∈←0{E[f($\text{U}$(τ^∈_ξ))] ? f(x)}/E[τ^∈_ξ, where τ_x^? is the first exit time of U(t) starting at x from the ball of radius ? with center x. It is shown that $\text{N}$f(x) = ?trace D²f(x)+〈Df(x),x〉 for a large class of functions f. Let r_t(x, dy) be the transition probabilities of U(t). The λ-potential G_λf, λ > 0, and normalized potential Rf of f are defined by G_λf(X) = ∫₀^∞e^?λtr_tf(x) dt and Rf(x) = ∫₀^∞ [r_tf(x) ? r_tf(0)] dt. It is shown that if f is a bounded Lip-1 function then trace D²G_λf(x) ? 〈DG_λf(x), x〉 = ?f(x) + λG_λf(x) and trace D²Rf(x) ? 〈DRf(x), x〉 = ?f(x) + ∫_Bf(y)p₁(dy), where p₁ is the Wiener measure in B with parameter 1. Some approximation theorems are also proved.     

Some exact distributions of the number of one-sided deviations and the time of the last such deviation in the simple random walk

For every positive integer n, let S_n be the n-th partial sum of a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables, each assuming the values +1 and −1 with respective probabilities p (0<p<1)) and q (= 1 −p) and having mean μ = p − q. For a fixed positive real number λ, let N⁺[N1] be the total number of values of n for which S_n > (μ + λ)n [S_n⩾(μ + λ)n] and let L⁺[L1] be the supremum of the values of n for which S_n > (μ + λ)n [S_n⩾(μ + λ)n], where sup Oslash; = 0. Explicit expressions for the exact distributions of N⁺, N1, L⁺ and L1 are given when μ + λ = ±k/(k + 2) for any nonnegative integer k.     

The annihilator of Bergman space

LetD be a bounded plane domain (with some smoothness requirements on its boundary). LetB _p(D), 1≤p<∞, be the Bergmanp-space ofD. In a previous paper we showed that the “natural projection”P, involving the Bergman kernel forD, is a bounded projection fromL _p(D) ontoB _p(D), 1<p<∞. With this we have the decompositionL _p(D)=B _p(D)⊕B _q ^⊥ (D,p ^–1+q ^–=1, 1<p< ∞. Here, we show that the annihilatorB _q ^⊥ (D) is the space of allL _p-complex derivatives of functions belonging to Sobolev space and which vanish on the boundary ofD. This extends a result of Schiffer for the casep=2. We also study certain operators onL _p(D). Especially, we show that , whereI is the identity operator and ? is an operator involving the adjoint of the Bergman kernel. Other relationships relevant toB _q ^⊥ (D) are studied.     

Equivalent boundedness of Marcinkiewicz integrals on non-homogeneous metric measure spaces

Let(X,d,μ)be a metric measure space satisfying the upper doubling condition and the geometrically doubling condition in the sense of Hyto¨nen.We prove that the L p(μ)-boundedness with p∈(1,∞)of the Marcinkiewicz integral is equivalent to either of its boundedness from L1(μ)into L1,∞(μ)or from the atomic Hardy space H1(μ)into L1(μ).Moreover,we show that,if the Marcinkiewicz integral is bounded from H1(μ)into L1(μ),then it is also bounded from L∞(μ)into the space RBLO(μ)(the regularized BLO),which is a proper subset of RBMO(μ)(the regularized BMO)and,conversely,if the Marcinkiewicz integral is bounded from L∞b(μ)(the set of all L∞(μ)functions with bounded support)into the space RBMO(μ),then it is also bounded from the finite atomic Hardy space H1,∞fin(μ)into L1(μ).These results essentially improve the known results even for non-doubling measures.     

On Hille-Tamarkin operators and Schatten classes

We determine the smallest Schatten class containing all integral operators with kernels inL _p(L_{p', q})^symm, where 2 <p∞ and 1≦q≦∞. In particular, we give a negative answer to a problem posed by Arazy, Fisher, Janson and Peetre in [1].     

Layer potentials and regularity for the Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation in Lipschitz domains

For D, a bounded Lipschitz domain in Rⁿ, n ? 2, the classical layer potentials for Laplace's equation are shown to be invertible operators on L²(?D) and various subspaces of L²(?D). For 1 < p ? 2 and data in L^p(?D) with first derivatives in L^p(?D) it is shown that there exists a unique harmonic function, u, that solves the Dirichlet problem for the given data and such that the nontangential maximal function of ▽u is in L^p(?D). When n = 2 the question of the invertibility of the layer potentials on every L^p(?D), 1 < p < ∞, is answered.     

More DD difference sets

Dillon and Dobbertin proved that if L := GF(2 ^m ), gcd(k, m) = 1, d := 4 ^k ? 2 ^k + 1 and Δ _k (x) := (x + 1) ^d + x ^d + 1, then B _k := L\Δ _k (L) is a difference set in the cyclic multiplicative group L  ^×  of L. Used in the proof were the auxiliary functions $c_k^{\gamma}(x) := b_k(\gamma x^{2^k+1})$ , where γ is in L  ^×  and b _k is the characteristic function of B _k on L. When m is odd $c_k^{\gamma}$ is itself the characteristic function of a cyclic difference set which is equivalent to B _k . In this paper we point out that when m is even and γ is not a cube in L then $c_k^{\gamma}$ is the characteristic function of a difference set in the elementary abelian additive group of L; i.e. $c_k^{\gamma}$ is a bent function.     

A pointwise abelian Ergodic theorem for Lp semigroups, 1 ⩽ p < ∞

Let (X, ∑, μ) be a σ-finite measure space and L_p(μ) = L_p(X, ∑, μ), 1 ? p ? ∞, the usual Banach spaces of complex-valued functions. Let {T_t: t ? 0} be a strongly continuous semigroup of positive L_p(μ) operators for some 1 ? p < ∞. Denote by R_λ the resolvent of {T_t}. We show that f?L_p(μ) implies λR_λf(x) → f(x) a.e. as λ → ∞.