Simultaneous bifurcation of limit cycles from a linear center with extra singular points

The period annuli of the planar vector field x^′=−yF(x,y)$x^{\prime }=-yF(x,y)$, y^′=xF(x,y)$y^{\prime }=xF(x,y)$, where the set {F(x,y)=0}$\{F(x,y)=0\}$ consists of k   different isolated points, is defined by k+1$k+1$ concentric annuli. In this paper we perturb it with polynomials of degree n and we study how many limit cycles bifurcate, up to a first order analysis, from all the period annuli simultaneously in terms of k and n  . Additionally, we prove that the associated Abelian integral is piecewise rational and, when k=1$k=1$, the provided upper bound is reached. Finally, the case k=2$k=2$ is also treated.     

Zero separation results for solutions of second order linear differential equations

The oscillation of solutions of f^″+Af=0$f^{″}+Af=0$ is discussed by focusing on four separate situations. In the complex case A$A$ is assumed to be either analytic in the unit disc D$\mathbb{D}$ or entire, while in the real case A$A$ is continuous either on (−1,1)$(-1,1)$ or on (0,∞)$(0,\infty )$. In all situations A$A$ is expected to grow beyond bounds that ensure finite oscillation for all (non-trivial) solutions, and the separation between distinct zeros of solutions is considered.     

Asymptotic average shadowing property on compact metric spaces

We prove that if for a continuous map f$f$ on a compact metric space X$X$, the chain recurrent set, R(f)$R\left(f\right)$ has more than one chain component, then f$f$ does not satisfy the asymptotic average shadowing property. We also show that if a continuous map f$f$ on a compact metric space X$X$ has the asymptotic average shadowing property and if A$A$ is an attractor for f$f$, then A$A$ is the single attractor for f$f$ and we have A=R(f)$A=R\left(f\right)$. We also study diffeomorphisms with asymptotic average shadowing property and prove that if M$M$ is a compact manifold which is not finite with dimM=2$dimM=2$, then the C¹$C^1$ interior of the set of all C¹$C^1$ diffeomorphisms with the asymptotic average shadowing property is characterized by the set of Ω$\Omega$-stable diffeomorphisms.     

Monotonicity of the reflected Bessel transition density on the diagonal

For α∈R$\alpha \in \mathbb{R}$, let p^R(t,x,x)$p^R(t,x,x)$ denote the diagonal of the transition density of the α$\alpha$-Bessel process in (0,1]$(0,1]$, killed at 0 and reflected at 1. As a function of x$x$, if either α≥3$\alpha \ge 3$ or α=1$\alpha =1$, then for t>0$t>0$, the diagonal is nondecreasing. This monotonicity property fails if 1≠α<3$1\ne \alpha <3$.     

An approximation method for strictly pseudocontractive mappings

Let K$K$ be a closed convex subset of a q$q$-uniformly smooth separable Banach space, T:K→K$T:K\to K$ a strictly pseudocontractive mapping, and f:K→K$f:K\to K$ an L$L$-Lispschitzian strongly pseudocontractive mapping. For any t∈(0,1)$t\in (0,1)$, let _xt$x_t$ be the unique fixed point of tf+(1-t)T$\mathit{tf}+(1-t)T$. We prove that if T$T$ has a fixed point, then {_xt}$\{x_t\}$ converges to a fixed point of T$T$ as t$t$ approaches to 0.     

Stable orbit equivalence of Bernoulli actions of free groups and isomorphism of some of their factor actions

We give an elementary proof for Lewis Bowen’s theorem saying that two Bernoulli actions of two free groups, each having arbitrary base probability spaces, are stably orbit equivalent. Our methods also show that for all compact groups K$K$ and every free product Γ$\Gamma$ of infinite amenable groups, the factor Γ?K^Γ/K$\Gamma ?K^{\Gamma }/K$ of the Bernoulli action Γ?K^Γ$\Gamma ?K^{\Gamma }$ by the diagonal K$K$-action is isomorphic with a Bernoulli action of Γ$\Gamma$.     

R-K type Landweber method for nonlinear ill-posed problems

In this paper we propose the R-K type Landweber iteration and investigate the convergence of the method for nonlinear ill-posed problem F(x)=y$F(x)=y$ where F:H→H$F:H\to H$ is a nonlinear operator between Hilbert space H  . Moreover, for perturbed data with noise level δ$\delta$ we prove that the convergence rate is O(δ^2/3)$\mathrm{O}({\delta }^{2/3})$ under appropriate conditions. Finally, the numerical performance of this R-K type Landweber iteration for a nonlinear convolution equation is compared with the Landweber iteration.     

On first-fit coloring of ladder-free posets

Bosek and Krawczyk exhibited an on-line algorithm for partitioning an on-line poset of width w$w$ into w^14lgw$w^{14lgw}$ chains. They also observed that the problem of on-line chain partitioning of general posets of width w$w$ could be reduced to First-Fit chain partitioning of 2w²+1$2w^2+1$-ladder-free posets of width w$w$, where an m$m$-ladder is the transitive closure of the union of two incomparable chains _x1≤?≤_xm$x_1\le ?\le x_m$, _y1≤?≤_ym$y_1\le ?\le y_m$ and the set of comparabilities {_x1≤_y1,…,_xm≤_ym}$\{x_1\le y_1,\dots ,x_m\le y_m\}$. Here, we provide a subexponential upper bound (in terms of w$w$ with m$m$ fixed) for the performance of First-Fit chain partitioning on m$m$-ladder-free posets, as well as an exact quadratic bound when m=2$m=2$, and an upper bound linear in m$m$ when w=2$w=2$. Using the Bosek–Krawczyk observation, this yields an on-line chain partitioning algorithm with a somewhat improved performance bound. More importantly, the algorithm and the proof of its performance bound are much simpler.     

Heat-kernel estimates for random walk among random conductances with heavy tail

We study models of discrete-time, symmetric, Z^d${\mathbb{Z}}^d$-valued random walks in random environments, driven by a field of i.i.d. random nearest-neighbor conductances _ωxy∈[0,1]${\omega }_{xy}\in [0,1]$, with polynomial tail near 0 with exponent γ>0$\gamma >0$. We first prove for all d≥5$d\ge 5$ that the return probability shows an anomalous decay (non-Gaussian) that approaches (up to sub-polynomial terms) a random constant times n⁻²$n^{-2}$ when we push the power γ$\gamma$ to zero. In contrast, we prove that the heat-kernel decay is as close as we want, in a logarithmic sense, to the standard decay n^−d/2$n^{-d/2}$ for large values of the parameter γ$\gamma$.     

Iterative approximation of solutions of nonlinear equations of Hammerstein type

Suppose X$X$ is a real q$q$-uniformly smooth Banach space and F,K:X→X$F,K:X\to X$ are Lipschitz ?$?$-strongly accretive maps with D(K)=F(X)=X$D\left(K\right)=F\left(X\right)=X$. Let u^∗$u^{\ast }$ denote the unique solution of the Hammerstein equation u+KFu=0$u+KFu=0$. An iteration process recently introduced by Chidume and Zegeye is shown to converge strongly to u^∗$u^{\ast }$. No invertibility assumption is imposed on K$K$ and the operators K$K$ and F$F$ need not be defined on compact subsets of X$X$. Furthermore, our new technique of proof is of independent interest. Finally, some interesting open questions are included.     

Quadrature rule for Abel’s equations: Uniformly approximating fractional derivatives

An automatic quadrature method is presented for approximating fractional derivative D^qf(x)$D^{q}f\left(x\right)$ of a given function f(x)$f\left(x\right)$, which is defined by an indefinite integral involving f(x)$f\left(x\right)$. The present method interpolates f(x)$f\left(x\right)$ in terms of the Chebyshev polynomials in the range [0, 1] to approximate the fractional derivative D^qf(x)$D^{q}f\left(x\right)$ uniformly for 0≤x≤1$0\le x\le 1$, namely the error is bounded independently of x$x$. Some numerical examples demonstrate the performance of the present automatic method.