Linearization of analytic isochronous centers from a given commutator

In this paper we propose an algorithmic way to get the change of variables that linearizes an analytic isochronous center from a given commutator. Moreover, we use this method in order to obtain the linearization of some isochronous centers of the existent literature.     

Centers with degenerate infinity and their commutators

We study polynomial systems with degeneracy at infinity and a center-focus equilibrium at the origin. We give some general properties related to the existence of polynomial commutators and use these properties in order to characterize uniformly isochronous polynomial centers with polynomial commutator and, also, we show that the commutator of the centers of the analytic systems whose angular speed is constant can be chosen of radial form. Finally, we characterize the systems (−y+P_s+∑_j=kⁿ⁻¹xH_j,x+Q_s+∑_j=kⁿ⁻¹yH_j)^t with polynomial commutator, with P_j,Q_j,H_j and K_j homogeneous polynomials.     

Linear Estimation of the Number of Zeros of Abelian Integrals for Some Cubic Isochronous Centers

This paper consists of two parts. In the first part we study the relationship between conic centers (all orbits near a singular point of center type are conics) and isochronous centers of polynomial systems. In the second part we study the number of limit cycles that bifurcate from the periodic orbits of cubic reversible isochronous centers having all their orbits formed by conics, when we perturb such systems inside the class of all polynomial systems of degree n.     

An algorithm for computing Jordan chains and inverting analytic matrix functions

We present an efficient algorithm for obtaining a canonical system of Jordan chains for an n × n regular analytic matrix function A(λ) that is singular at the origin. For any analytic vector function b(λ), we show that each term in the Laurent expansion of A(λ)⁻¹b(λ) may be obtained from the previous terms by solving an (n + d) × (n+d) linear system, where d is the order of the zero of det A(λ) at λ = 0. The matrix representing this linear system contains A(0) as a principal submatrix, which can be useful if A(0) is sparse. The last several iterations can be eliminated if left Jordan chains are computed in addition to right Jordan chains. The performance of the algorithm in floating point and exact (rational) arithmetic is reported for several test cases. The method is shown to be forward stable in floating point arithmetic.     

The Ostaszewski square and homogeneous Souslin trees

Assume GCH and let λ denote an uncountable cardinal. We prove that if □_λ holds, then this may be witnessed by a coherent sequence 〈C _α|α < λ⁺〉 with the following remarkable guessing property For every sequence 〈A _i | i < λ〉 of unbounded subsets of λ ⁺, and every limit θ < λ, there exists some α < λ ⁺ such that otp(C _α)=θ and the (i + 1) _th -element of C _α is a member of A _i , for all i < θ. As an application, we construct a homogeneous λ ⁺-Souslin tree from □_λ + CH_λ, for every singular cardinal λ. In addition, as a by-product, a theorem of Farah and Veli?kovi?, and a theorem of Abraham, Shelah and Solovay are generalized to cover the case of successors of regulars.     

Local real analysis in locally homogeneous spaces

We introduce the concept of locally homogeneous space, and prove in this context L ^p and C ^α estimates for singular and fractional integrals, as well as L ^p estimates on the commutator of a singular or fractional integral with a BMO or VMO function. These results are motivated by local a priori estimates for subelliptic equations.     

Eventual stability properties in a non-autonomous model of population dynamics

We prove that (λ^∗,C/λ^∗) is an eventually uniform-asymptotically stable point in the large of the system

     

Positive solutions of singular Caputo fractional differential equations with integral boundary conditions

In this paper, we investigate the existence of positive solutions of singular super-linear (or sub-linear) integral boundary value problems for fractional differential equation involving Caputo fractional derivative. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of C³[0, 1] positive solutions are given by means of the fixed point theorems on cones. Our nonlinearity f(t, x) may be singular at t = 0 and/or t = 1.     

Topological-algebraic properties of function spaces with set-open topologies

For a Tychonoff space X, we denote by Cλ(X) the space of all real-valued continuous functions on X with set-open topology. In this paper, we study the topological-algebraic properties of Cλ(X). Our main results state that (1) Cλ(X) is a topological vector space (a topological group) iff λ is a family of C-compact sets and Cλ(X)=Cλ^′(X), where λ^′ consists of all C-compact subsets of every set of λ. In particular, if Cλ(X) is a topological group, then the set-open topology coincides with the topology of uniform convergence on a family λ; (2) a topological group Cλ(X) is ω-narrow iff λ is a family of metrizable compact subsets of X.     

Involutions and representations for reduced quantum algebras

In the context of deformation quantization, there exist various procedures to deal with the quantization of a reduced space Mred. We shall be concerned here mainly with the classical Marsden-Weinstein reduction, assuming that we have a proper action of a Lie group G on a Poisson manifold M, with a moment map J for which zero is a regular value. For the quantization, we follow Bordemann et al. (2000) [6] (with a simplified approach) and build a star product red_? on Mred from a strongly invariant star product ? on M. The new questions which are addressed in this paper concern the existence of natural ^∗-involutions on the reduced quantum algebra and the representation theory for such a reduced ^∗-algebra.We assume that ? is Hermitian and we show that the choice of a formal series of smooth densities on the embedded coisotropic submanifold C=J−1(0), with some equivariance property, defines a ^∗-involution for red_? on the reduced space. Looking into the question whether the corresponding ^∗-involution is the complex conjugation (which is a ^∗-involution in the Marsden-Weinstein context) yields a new notion of quantized modular class.We introduce a left (C^∞(M)?λ?,?)-submodule and a right (C^∞(Mred)?λ?,red_?)-submodule of C^∞(C)?λ?; we define on it a C^∞(Mred)?λ?-valued inner product and we establish that this gives a strong Morita equivalence bimodule between C^∞(Mred)?λ? and the finite rank operators on . The crucial point is here to show the complete positivity of the inner product. We obtain a Rieffel induction functor from the strongly non-degenerate ^∗-representations of (C^∞(Mred)?λ?,red_?) on pre-Hilbert right D-modules to those of (C^∞(M)?λ?,?), for any auxiliary coefficient ^∗-algebra D over C?λ?.     

Isochronous centers of Lienard type equations and applications

In this work we study Eq. (E) with a center at 0 and investigate conditions of its isochronicity. When f and g are analytic (not necessary odd) a necessary and sufficient condition for the isochronicity of 0 is given. This approach allows us to present an algorithm for obtained conditions for a point of (E) to be an isochronous center. In particular, we find again by another way the isochrones of the quadratic Loud systems (LD,F). We also classify a 5-parameters family of reversible cubic systems with isochronous centers.     

Dynamics of certain class of critically bounded entire transcendental functions

Let E denote the class of all transcendental entire functions for z∈C and an?0 for all n?0 such that f(x)>0 for x<0 and the set of all (finite) singular values of f forms a bounded subset of R. For each f∈E, one parameter family is considered. In this paper, we mainly study the dynamics of functions in the one parameter family S. If f(0)≠0, we show that there exists a positive real number λ^∗ (depending on f) such that the bifurcation and the chaotic burst occur in the dynamics of functions in the one parameter family S at the parameter value λ=λ^∗. If f(0)=0, it is proved that the Julia set of fλ is equal to the complement of the basin of attraction of the super attracting fixed point 0 for all λ>0. It is also shown that the Fatou set F(fλ) of fλ is connected whenever it is an attracting basin and the immediate basin contains all the finite singular values of fλ. Finally, a number of interesting examples of entire transcendental functions from the class E are discussed.     

On the existence of positive solutions for a class of singular boundary value problems

In this paper, by the use of a fixed point theorem, many new necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of positive solutions in C[0,1]∩C¹[0,1]∩C²(0,1) or C[0,1]∩C²(0,1) are presented for singular superlinear and sublinear second-order boundary value problems. Singularities at t=0, t=1 will be discussed.     

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).     

Propagation of boundary CR foliations and Morera type theorems for manifolds with attached analytic discs

We prove that homologically nontrivial generic smooth (2n−1)-parameter families of analytic discs in Cn, n?2, attached by their boundaries to a CR-manifold Ω, test CR-functions in the following sense: if a smooth function on Ω analytically extends into any analytic discs from the family, then the function satisfies tangential CR-equations on Ω. In particular, we give an answer (Theorem 1) to the following long standing open question, so called strip-problem, earlier solved only for special families (mainly for circles): given a smooth one-parameter family of Jordan curves in the plane and a function f admitting holomorphic extension inside each curve, must f be holomorphic on the union of the curves? We prove, for real-analytic functions and arbitrary generic real-analytic families of curves, that the answer is “yes,” if no point is surrounded by all curves from the family. The latter condition is essential. We generalize this result to characterization of complex curves in C² as real 2-manifolds admitting nontrivial families of attached analytic discs (Theorem 4). The main result implies fairly general Morera type characterization of CR-functions on hypersurfaces in C² in terms of holomorphic extensions into three-parameter families of attached analytic discs (Theorem 2). One of the applications is confirming, in real-analytic category, the Globevnik-Stout conjecture (Theorem 3) on boundary values of holomorphic functions. It is proved that a smooth function on the boundary of a smooth strictly convex domain in Cn extends holomorphically inside the domain if it extends holomorphically into complex lines tangent to a given strictly convex subdomain. The proofs are based on a universal approach, namely, on the reduction to a problem of propagation, from the boundary to the interior, of degeneracy of CR-foliations of solid torus type manifolds (Theorem 2.2).     

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.     

Positive solution of singular Dirichlet boundary value problems for second order differential equation system

This paper investigates the existence of positive solutions of singular Dirichlet boundary value problems for second order differential system. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of C[0,1]×C[0,1] positive solutions as well as C¹[0,1]×C¹[0,1] positive solutions is given by means of the method of lower and upper solutions and the fixed point theorems. Our nonlinearity fi(t,x₁,x₂) may be singular at x₁=0, x₂=0, t=0 and/or t=1, i=1,2.     

The center conditions and local bifurcation of critical periods for a Liénard system

In this paper we study the problems of centers and isochronous centers and the local bifurcation of critical periods for a Liénard system with forth damping. Calculating the singular point values and period constants, we find all center conditions and isochronous center conditions. Moreover, the numbers of local critical periods bifurcating from centers and isochronous centers is obtained by computing the orders of weak centers.     

Leading coefficient problem for polynomial-like iterative equations

Because of difficulties in applying fixed point theorems, most of known results on the polynomial-like iterative equation were given by assuming λ₁>0 and the existence of solutions under the most natural assumption λn>0 is an interesting problem, called “Leading Coefficient Problem”. For this problem locally expansive invertible C¹ solutions are obtained in the expansive case and the non-hyperbolic case in [W. Zhang, On existence for polynomial-like iterative equations, Results Math. 45 (2004) 185-194] and C⁰ increasing solutions are constructed in [B. Xu, W. Zhang, Construction of continuous solutions and stability for the polynomial-like iterative equation, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 325 (2007) 1160-1170]. In this paper we discuss C¹ solutions for more combinations between expansive mappings and contractive ones and combinations between increasing mappings and decreasing ones.     

On the period function of x″+f(x)x′+g(x)=0

We study the period function T of a center O of the title's equation. A sufficient condition for the monotonicity of T, or for the isochronicity of O, is given. Such a condition is also necessary, when f and g are odd and analytic. In this case a characterization of isochronous centers is given. Some classes of plane systems equivalent to such equation are considered, including some Kukles’ systems.