On Controllability of an Elastic Ring

We study the exact controllability problem for a ring under stretching tension that varies in time. We are looking for a couple of forces, which drive the state solution to rest. We show that applying two forces is necessary for controllability and the ring is controllable in the time interval greater than the optical length of the string. We also explain why one force would not be enough to control the ring. We use the method of moments to reduce the controllability problem to a moment problem for the controlling forces. The solution of that problem is based on an auxiliary basis property result. Both method of moments and proof of the basis property are developed for the model with time-dependent parameters. S.A.’s research was supported in part by the NSF, grant ARC–0724860. B.B.’s research was supported in part by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Research Grant. S.I.’s research was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grants 08-01-00595a and 08-01-00676a.     

On a rearrangement-invariant function set that appears in optimal Sobolev embeddings

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the set of measurable functions to be a normable linear space. We also give a complete characterization of all spaces B that can be represented in the form B=Y(A) for some space A and of all spaces A that can appear in such representations.     

Controllability of a multichannel system

We consider the system consisting of K coupled acoustic channels with the different sound velocities $c_j$. Channels are interacting at any point via the pressure and its time derivatives. Using the moment approach and the theory of exponential families with vector coefficients we establish two controllability results: the system is exactly controllable if(i) the control $u_j$ in the jth channel acts longer than the double travel time of a wave from the start to the end of the j-th channel;(ii) all controls $u_j$ act more than or equal to the maximal double travel time.     

On SPDEs with Variable Coefficients in One Space Dimension

Stochastic second-order partial differential equations of evolution type are considered in one space dimension. Existence and uniqueness results are given in weighted Sobolev spaces of functions given on an interval in the space variable.     

On the embedding of BV space into Besov-Orlicz space

We give a sufficient (and, in the case of a compact domain, a necessary) condition for the embedding of Sobolev space of functions with integrable gradient into Besov-Orlicz spaces to be bounded. The condition has a form of a simple integral inequality involving Young and weight functions. We provide an example with Matuszewska-Orlicz indices of involved Orlicz norm equal to one. The main tool is the molecular decomposition of functions from a BV space.     

Relative asymptotics and Fourier series of orthogonal polynomials with a discrete Sobolev inner product

Let μ be a finite positive Borel measure supported in [−1,1] and introduce the discrete Sobolev-type inner product

where the mass points a_k belong to [−1,1], M_k,i0, i=0,…,N_k−1, and M_k,Nk>0. In this paper, we study the asymptotics of the Sobolev orthogonal polynomials by comparison with the orthogonal polynomials with respect to the measure μ and we prove that they have the same asymptotic behaviour. We also study the pointwise convergence of the Fourier series associated to this inner product provided that μ is the Jacobi measure. We generalize the work done by F. Marcellán and W. Van Assche where they studied the asymptotics for only one mass point in [−1,1]. The same problem with a finite number of mass points off [−1,1] was solved by G. López, F. Marcellán and W. Van Assche in a more general setting: they consider the constants M_k,i to be complex numbers. As regards the Fourier series, we continue the results achieved by F. Marcellán, B. Osilenker and I.A. Rocha for the Jacobi measure and mass points in .     

On a Property of Continuous Operators in $$L^p (\mathbb{R}) $$ -Space

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Remarks on Vanishing Viscosity Limits for the 3D Navier-Stokes Equations with a Slip Boundary Condition

The authors study vanishing viscosity limits of solutions to the 3-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes system in general smooth domains with curved boundaries for a class of slip boundary conditions. In contrast to the case of flat boundaries, where the uniform convergence in super-norm can be obtained, the asymptotic behavior of viscous solutions for small viscosity depends on the curvature of the boundary in general. It is shown, in particular, that the viscous solution converges to that of the ideal Euler equations in C([0, T];H1(Ω)) provided that the initial vorticity vanishes on the boundary of the domain.     

Blowup in solutions of a quasilinear wave equation with variable‐exponent nonlinearities

We consider, in this paper, the following nonlinear equation with variable exponents: where a,b>0 are constants and the exponents of nonlinearity m,p, and r are given functions. We prove a finite‐time blow‐up result for the solutions with negative initial energy and for certain solutions with positive energy.     

On the Summing Property of the Sobolev Embedding Operators

We prove that the Sobolev embedding operator S _d,k,p : , where 1/s=1/p-k/d , is (v,1) -absolutely summing for appropriate v > 1 . The result is optimal for s 2 .     

Well-posedness of equations with fractional derivative

We study the well-posedness of the equations with fractional derivative D^αu（t） = Au（t） ＋ f（t）,0≤ t ≤ 2π, where A is a closed operator in a Banach space X, α 〉 0 and D^α is the fractional derivative in the sense of Weyl. Using known results on LP-multipliers, we give necessary and/or sufficient conditions for the LP-well-posedness of this problem. The conditions we give involve the resolvent of A and the Rademacher boundedness. Corresponding results on the well-posedness of this problem in periodic Besov spaces, periodic Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and periodic Hardy spaces are also obtained.     

Computing a family of reproducing kernels for statistical applications

For an open subset of , an integer,m, and a positive real parameter , the Sobolev spacesH ^m () equipped with the norms: u²=u(t)²dt+(1/^2m u ^(m)(t)² constitute a family of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. When is an open interval of the real line, we describe the computation of their reproducing kernels. We derive explicit formulas for these kernels for all values ofm in the case of the whole real line, and form=1 andm=2 in the case of a bounded open interval.This research was partly supported by NSF Grant DMS-9002566.     

On pole assignment of distributed parameter systems with unbounded input elements

In this paper, the pole assignment problem is considered for a class of distributed parameter systems with unbounded input element and with multiple spectral structure. A formula on the spectrum of the closed loop operator is proved and a formula of pole assignment is obtained. Finally, an example concerning a beam vibration is given. This work is supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China and the National Key Project of China, and partly by the Post Doctoral Science Foundation of China and the Youth Science Foundation of Shanxi.     

On the controllability of predator-prey systems

In this paper, we obtain both global and local controllability results for a general nonautonomous predator-prey system using some techniques of nonlinear functional analysis such as the Schauder fixed-point theorem and contraction mapping principle.The first author would like to thank the Department of Science and Technology of India for sponsoring part of this work through Grant No. DST 12(21)/84-STP II.     

Solvability,controllability, and observability of singular systems

The problems of solvability, controllability, and observability for the singular systemKx(t)=Ax(t)+Bu(t) are studied, whereK is a singular, square matrix andu(t) is a complex vector function sufficiently differentiable. The classical theories of matrix pencils are first related to the solvability of singular systems. Then, the concepts of reachability, controllability, and observability of regular systems are extended to singular systems. Finally, the set of reachable states is described. The proposed matrix conditions for testing the controllability and observability of singular systems are simple and always feasible.     

On the Propagation of Regularity and Decay of Solutions to the k-Generalized Korteweg-de Vries Equation

We study special regularity and decay properties of solutions to the IVP associated to the k-generalized KdV equations. In particular, for datum u ₀ ∈ H ^3/4+ (?) whose restriction belongs to H ^l ((b, ∞)) for some l ∈ ?⁺ and b ∈ ? we prove that the restriction of the corresponding solution u(·, t) belongs to H ^l ((β, ∞)) for any β ∈ ? and any t ∈ (0, T). Thus, this type of regularity propagates with infinite speed to its left as time evolves.     

On the 0-local controllability of a linear control system

The problem of the 0-local controllability of a linear control system when the origin does not belong to the constraint set is considered. Sufficient conditions for the 0-local controllability are presented here, extending a previous theorem by Saperstone and connecting this property with the distance of the constraint set from the origin.