Short Book Reviews

Problems in Linear Algebra, by I. V. Proskuryakov. Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1978= 453 pp.

Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and its Applications. by A. W. Marshall and I. Olkin. Academic Press, 1979, 569 pp.

Problems in Linear Algebra, by I. V. Proskuryakov. Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1978. 453 pp. Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and its Applications. by A. W. Marshall and I. Olkin. Academic Press, 1979, 569 pp. Introduction to Numerical Analysis. by F. Stummel and K. Hainer. Scottish Academic Press (in United States, Columbia University Press), 1980. 282 pp., soft cover.

Introduction to Numerical Analysis. by F. Stummel and K. Hainer. Scottish Academic Press (in the United States, Columbia University Press), 1980. 282 pp., soft cover.     

Binary formally self-dual odd codes

Most of the research on formally self-dual (f.s.d.) codes has been developed for binary f.s.d. even codes, but only limited research has been done for binary f.s.d. odd codes. In this article we complete the classification of binary f.s.d. odd codes of lengths up to 14. We also classify optimal binary f.s.d. odd codes of length 18 and 24, so our result completes the classification of binary optimal f.s.d. odd codes of lengths up to 26. For this classification we first find a relation between binary f.s.d. odd codes and binary f.s.d. even codes, and then we use this relation and the known classification results on binary f.s.d. even codes. We also classify (possibly) optimal binary double circulant f.s.d. odd codes of lengths up to 40.     

Free boundary problems in the theory of fluid flow through porous media: Existence and uniqueness theorems

Summary Elliptic free boundary problems in the theory of fluid flow through porous media are studied by a new method, which reduces the problems to variational inequalities: existence and uniqueness theorems are proved. Entrata in Redazione il 3 agosto 1972. Research supported by C.N.R. in the frame of the collaboration between L.A.N. of Pavia and E.R.A. 215 of C.N.R.S. and of Paris University. ? Laboratorio di Analisi Numerica del C.N.R. di Pavia ? and ? Università di Pavia ?. ? Università di Pavia ? and ? G.N.A.F.A. del C.N.R. ?.     

Viscosity approximation methods for a finite family of nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces

By using viscosity approximation methods for a finite family of nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces, some sufficient and necessary conditions for the iterative sequence to converging to a common fixed point are obtained. The results presented in the paper extend and improve some recent results in [H.K. Xu, Viscosity approximation methods for nonexpansive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 298 (2004) 279-291; H.K. Xu, Remark on an iterative method for nonexpansive mappings, Comm. Appl. Nonlinear Anal. 10 (2003) 67-75; H.H. Bauschke, The approximation of fixed points of compositions of nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 202 (1996) 150-159; B. Halpern, Fixed points of nonexpansive maps, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 73 (1967) 957-961; J.S. Jung, Iterative approaches to common fixed points of nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 302 (2005) 509-520; P.L. Lions, Approximation de points fixes de contractions', C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. A 284 (1977) 1357-1359; A. Moudafi, Viscosity approximation methods for fixed point problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 241 (2000) 46-55; S. Reich, Strong convergence theorems for resolvents of accretive operators in Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 75 (1980) 128-292; R. Wittmann, Approximation of fixed points of nonexpansive mappings, Arch. Math. 58 (1992) 486-491].     

The multidimensional plateau problem in Riemannian varieties

This paper is the author's abstract of his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences. The dissertation was defended on September 29, 1972 at a session of the Council of the Mechanico-Mathematical Faculty of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow University. The official opponents were Prof. V. M. Alekseev, Doctor of Phys.-Mat. Sci.; Prof. D. V. Anosov, Doctor of Phys.-Mat. Sci.; and Prof. M. M. Postnikov, Doctor of Phys.-Mat. Sci.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 159–167, January, 1973.     

Sensitivity analysis for parametric generalized implicit quasi-variational-like inclusions involving P-η-accretive mappings

In this paper, using proximal-point mapping technique of P-η-accretive mapping and the property of the fixed-point set of set-valued contractive mappings, we study the behavior and sensitivity analysis of the solution set of a parametric generalized implicit quasi-variational-like inclusion involving P-η-accretive mapping in real uniformly smooth Banach space. Further, under suitable conditions, we discuss the Lipschitz continuity of the solution set with respect to the parameter. The technique and results presented in this paper can be viewed as extension of the techniques and corresponding results given in [R.P. Agarwal, Y.-J. Cho, N.-J. Huang, Sensitivity analysis for strongly nonlinear quasi-variational inclusions, Appl. Math. Lett. 13 (2002) 19-24; S. Dafermos, Sensitivity analysis in variational inequalities, Math. Oper. Res. 13 (1988) 421-434; X.-P. Ding, Sensitivity analysis for generalized nonlinear implicit quasi-variational inclusions, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2) (2004) 225-235; X.-P. Ding, Parametric completely generalized mixed implicit quasi-variational inclusions involving h-maximal monotone mappings, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 182 (2) (2005) 252-269; X.-P. Ding, C.L. Luo, On parametric generalized quasi-variational inequalities, J. Optim. Theory Appl. 100 (1999) 195-205; Z. Liu, L. Debnath, S.M. Kang, J.S. Ume, Sensitivity analysis for parametric completely generalized nonlinear implicit quasi-variational inclusions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 277 (1) (2003) 142-154; R.N. Mukherjee, H.L. Verma, Sensitivity analysis of generalized variational inequalities, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 167 (1992) 299-304; M.A. Noor, Sensitivity analysis framework for general quasi-variational inclusions, Comput. Math. Appl. 44 (2002) 1175-1181; M.A. Noor, Sensitivity analysis for quasivariational inclusions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 236 (1999) 290-299; J.Y. Park, J.U. Jeong, Parametric generalized mixed variational inequalities, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2004) 43-48].     

On the convergence of implicit iteration process with error for a finite family of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings

The purpose of this paper is to study the weak and strong convergence of implicit iteration process with errors to a common fixed point for a finite family of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings and nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces. The results presented in this paper extend and improve the corresponding results of [H. Bauschke, The approximation of fixed points of compositions of nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert space, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 202 (1996) 150-159; B. Halpern, Fixed points of nonexpansive maps, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 73 (1967) 957-961; P.L. Lions, Approximation de points fixes de contractions, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. A 284 (1977), 1357-1359; S. Reich, Strong convergence theorems for resolvents of accretive operators in Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 75 (1980) 287-292; Z.H. Sun, Strong convergence of an implicit iteration process for a finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 286 (2003) 351-358; R. Wittmann, Approximation of fixed points of nonexpansive mappings, Arch. Math. 58 (1992) 486-491; H.K. Xu, M.G. Ori, An implicit iterative process for nonexpansive mappings, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optimiz. 22 (2001) 767-773; Y.Y. Zhou, S.S. Chang, Convergence of implicit iterative process for a finite family of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optimiz. 23 (2002) 911-921].     

Recent advances in linear analysis of convergence for splittings for solving ODE problems

In the nineties, Van der Houwen et al. (see, e.g., [P.J. van der Houwen, B.P. Sommeijer, J.J. de Swart, Parallel predictor–corrector methods, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 66 (1996) 53–71; P.J. van der Houwen, J.J.B. de Swart, Triangularly implicit iteration methods for ODE-IVP solvers, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 18 (1997) 41–55; P.J. van der Houwen, J.J.B. de Swart, Parallel linear system solvers for Runge–Kutta methods, Adv. Comput. Math. 7 (1–2) (1997) 157–181]) introduced a linear analysis of convergence for studying the properties of the iterative solution of the discrete problems generated by implicit methods for ODEs. This linear convergence analysis is here recalled and completed, in order to provide a useful quantitative tool for the analysis of splittings for solving such discrete problems. Indeed, this tool, in its complete form, has been actively used when developing the computational codes BiM and BiMD [L. Brugnano, C. Magherini, The BiM code for the numerical solution of ODEs, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 164–165 (2004) 145–158. Code available at: http://www.math.unifi.it/~brugnano/BiM/index.html; L. Brugnano, C. Magherini, F. Mugnai, Blended implicit methods for the numerical solution of DAE problems, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 189 (2006) 34–50]. Moreover, the framework is extended for the case of special second order problems. Examples of application, aimed to compare different iterative procedures, are also presented.     

IFS on a metric space with a graph structure and extensions of the Kelisky-Rivlin theorem

We develop the Hutchinson-Barnsley theory for finite families of mappings on a metric space endowed with a directed graph. In particular, our results subsume a classical theorem of J.E. Hutchinson [J.E. Hutchinson, Fractals and self-similarity, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 30 (1981) 713-747] on the existence of an invariant set for an iterated function system of Banach contractions, and a theorem of L. Máté [L. Máté, The Hutchinson-Barnsley theory for certain non-contraction mappings, Period. Math. Hungar. 27 (1993) 21-33] concerning finite families of locally uniformly contractions introduced by Edelstein. Also, they generalize recent fixed point theorems of A.C.M. Ran and M.C.B. Reurings [A.C.M. Ran, M.C.B. Reurings, A fixed point theorem in partially ordered sets and some applications to matrix equations, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004) 1435-1443], J.J. Nieto and R. Rodríguez-López [J.J. Nieto, R. Rodríguez-López, Contractive mapping theorems in partially ordered sets and applications to ordinary differential equations, Order 22 (2005) 223-239; J.J. Nieto, R. Rodríguez-López, Existence and uniqueness of fixed point in partially ordered sets and applications to ordinary differential equations, Acta Math. Sin. (Engl. Ser.) 23 (2007) 2205-2212], and A. Petru?el and I.A. Rus [A. Petru?el, I.A. Rus, Fixed point theorems in ordered L-spaces, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006) 411-418] for contractive mappings on an ordered metric space. As an application, we obtain a theorem on the convergence of infinite products of linear operators on an arbitrary Banach space. This result yields new generalizations of the Kelisky-Rivlin theorem on iterates of the Bernstein operators on the space C[0,1] as well as its extensions given recently by H. Oruç and N. Tuncer [H. Oruç, N. Tuncer, On the convergence and iterates of q-Bernstein polynomials, J. Approx. Theory 117 (2002) 301-313], and H. Gonska and P. Pi?ul [H. Gonska, P. Pi?ul, Remarks on an article of J.P. King, Comment. Math. Univ. Carolin. 46 (2005) 645-652].     

Stability of iterative procedures with errors for approximating common fixed points of a couple of q-contractive-like mappings in Banach spaces

Recently, Agarwal, Cho, Li and Huang [R.P. Agarwal, Y.J. Cho, J. Li, N.J. Huang, Stability of iterative procedures with errors approximating common fixed points for a couple of quasi-contractive mappings in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 272 (2002) 435-447] introduced the new iterative procedures with errors for approximating the common fixed point of a couple of quasi-contractive mappings and showed the stability of these iterative procedures with errors in Banach spaces. In this paper, we introduce a new concept of a couple of q-contractive-like mappings (q>1) in a Banach space and apply these iterative procedures with errors for approximating the common fixed point of the couple of q-contractive-like mappings. The results established in this paper improve, extend and unify the corresponding ones of Agarwal, Cho, Li and Huang [R.P. Agarwal, Y.J. Cho, J. Li, N.J. Huang, Stability of iterative procedures with errors approximating common fixed points for a couple of quasi-contractive mappings in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 272 (2002) 435-447], Chidume [C.E. Chidume, Approximation of fixed points of quasi-contractive mappings in Lp spaces, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 22 (1991) 273-386], Chidume and Osilike [C.E. Chidume, M.O. Osilike, Fixed points iterations for quasi-contractive maps in uniformly smooth Banach spaces, Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 30 (1993) 201-212], Liu [Q.H. Liu, On Naimpally and Singh's open questions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 124 (1987) 157-164; Q.H. Liu, A convergence theorem of the sequence of Ishikawa iterates for quasi-contractive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 146 (1990) 301-305], Osilike [M.O. Osilike, A stable iteration procedure for quasi-contractive maps, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 27 (1996) 25-34; M.O. Osilike, Stability of the Ishikawa iteration method for quasi-contractive maps, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 28 (1997) 1251-1265] and many others in the literature.     

Su alcuni gruppi dellaK-teoria delle varietà affini

Lavoro eseguito nell'ambito della sezione n. 3 del G.N.S.A.G.A. del C.N.R.     

On convergence of a sequence in complete metric spaces and its applications to some iterates of quasi-nonexpansive mappings

The purpose of this paper is to establish some theorems on convergence of a sequence in complete metric spaces. As applications, some results of Ghosh and Debnath [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 207 (1997) 96-103], Kirk [Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Sk?odowska Sect. A LI.2, 15 (1997) 167-178] and Petryshyn and Williamson [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 43 (1973) 459-497] are obtained from our results as special cases. Also, we give comments on some results in [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 207 (1997) 96-103, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 43 (1973) 459-497]. Some examples are introduced to support our comments.     

On the non-polynomiality of the relaxation method for systems of linear inequalities

A class of linear programs is given in which the relaxation method for inequalities, under the same operating rules as Khacian's method, is not polynomial in the length of the input. This result holds for any value of the relaxation parameter.This research was supported in part by the D.G.E.S. (Quebec), the N.S.E.R.C. of Canada under grant A 4152, and the S.S.H.R.C. of Canada.     

Über die Äquivalenz des Perronschen und des Denjoyschen Integralbegriffes

Ohne ZusammenfassungO. Perron, Heidelberger Sitzungsberichte 1914. — H. Bauer, Monatsh. f. Math. u. Phys. 1915. — H. Hake, Math. Ann.83.Comptes rendus154 (1912), S. 859 und 1075.     

Structure of the acoustic field near the surface of a deep sea. I

A simple analytic expression is obtained for the acoustic field near the surface of a deep sea.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 117, pp. 98–111, 1981.The author is grateful to V. S. Buldyrev, D. M. Mil'rud, M. V. Perel', and especially M. I. Yavor for discussions of the results of the work.     

Classes of sequences of real numbers, games and selection properties

This is a continuation of our investigation of classes of sequences of positive real numbers satisfying some selection principles as well as having certain game-theoretic properties. We improve main results from [D. Djur?i?, Lj.D.R. Ko?inac, M.R. ?i?ovi?, Some properties of rapidly varying sequences, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 327 (2007) 1297-1306] and [D. Djur?i?, Lj.D.R. Ko?inac, M.R. ?i?ovi?, Rapidly varying sequences and rapid convergence, Topology Appl. (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.topol.2007.05.026, in press].     

Iterative approaches to common fixed points of nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces

The iteration scheme for families of nonexpansive mappings, essentially due to Halpern [Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 73 (1967) 957-961], is established in a Banach space. The main theorem extends a recent result of O'Hara et al. [Nonlinear Anal. 54 (2003) 1417-1426] to a Banach space setting. For the same iteration scheme, with finitely many mappings, a complementary result to a result of Jung and Kim [Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 34 (1997) 93-102] (also Bauschke [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 202 (1996) 150-159]) is obtained by imposing other condition on the sequence of parameters. Our results also improve results in [C. R. Acad. Sci. Sér A-B Paris 284 (1977) 1357-1359; J. Math. Anal. Appl. 211 (1997) 71-83; Arch. Math. 59 (1992) 486-491] in framework of a Hilbert space.     

Common fixed points in best approximation for Banach operator pairs with ?iri? type I-contractions

The common fixed point theorems, similar to those of ?iri? [Lj.B. ?iri?, On a common fixed point theorem of a Gregus type, Publ. Inst. Math. (Beograd) (N.S.) 49 (1991) 174-178; Lj.B. ?iri?, On Diviccaro, Fisher and Sessa open questions, Arch. Math. (Brno) 29 (1993) 145-152; Lj.B. ?iri?, On a generalization of Gregus fixed point theorem, Czechoslovak Math. J. 50 (2000) 449-458], Fisher and Sessa [B. Fisher, S. Sessa, On a fixed point theorem of Gregus, Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 9 (1986) 23-28], Jungck [G. Jungck, On a fixed point theorem of Fisher and Sessa, Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 13 (1990) 497-500] and Mukherjee and Verma [R.N. Mukherjee, V. Verma, A note on fixed point theorem of Gregus, Math. Japon. 33 (1988) 745-749], are proved for a Banach operator pair. As applications, common fixed point and approximation results for Banach operator pair satisfying ?iri? type contractive conditions are obtained without the assumption of linearity or affinity of either T or I. Our results unify and generalize various known results to a more general class of noncommuting mappings.     

Symmetric duality for a class of nondifferentiable multi-objective fractional variational problems

We introduce a symmetric dual pair for a class of nondifferentiable multi-objective fractional variational problems. Weak, strong, converse and self duality relations are established under certain invexity assumptions. The paper includes extensions of previous symmetric duality results for multi-objective fractional variational problems obtained by Kim, Lee and Schaible [D.S. Kim, W.J. Lee, S. Schaible, Symmetric duality for invex multiobjective fractional variational problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 289 (2004) 505-521] and symmetric duality results for the static case obtained by Yang, Wang and Deng [X.M. Yang, S.Y. Wang, X.T. Deng, Symmetric duality for a class of multiobjective fractional programming problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 274 (2002) 279-295] to the dynamic case.     

Quantum Floquet functions

The quantum analog of the Floquet solution of the auxiliary linear problem for the lattice model of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is constructed. Applications to the quantum Gel'fand-Levitan-Marchenko equations are discussed.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 131, pp. 128–141, 1983.The authors are grateful to L. D. Faddeev, P. P. Kulish, E. K. Sklyanin, and M. A. Semenov-Tyan-shanskii for useful and interesting discussions.