Refinements of the generalised trapezoid and Ostrowski inequalities for functions of bounded variation

Refinements of the generalised trapezoid and Ostrowski inequalities for functions of bounded variation are given. Applications for the trapezoid and mid-point inequalities are also provided. Received: 19 May 2008     

Periodic functions with bounded remainder

Let F be the class of all 1-periodic real functions with absolutely convergent Fourier series expansion and let (x_n)_n ≧ 0 be the van der Corput sequence. In this paper results on the boundedness of

Function classes for double exponential integration formulas

The double exponential (DE) formulas for numerical integration are known to be highly efficient, more efficient than the single exponential (SE) formulas in many cases. Function classes suited to the SE formulas have already been investigated in the literature through rigorous mathematical analysis, whereas this is not the case with the DE formulas. This paper identifies function classes suited to the DE formulas in a way compatible with the existing theoretical results for the SE formulas. The DE formulas are good for more restricted classes of functions, but more efficient for such functions. Two concrete examples demonstrate the subtlety in the behavior of the DE formulas that is revealed by our theoretical analysis.     

Bifurcation problems for superlinear elliptic indefinite equations with exponential growth

This paper deals with the existence and the behaviour of global connected branches of positive solutions of the problem

Product set estimates for non-commutative groups

We develop the Plünnecke-Ruzsa and Balog-Szemerédi-Gowers theory of sum set estimates in the non-commutative setting, with discrete, continuous, and metric entropy formulations of these estimates. We also develop a Freiman-type inverse theorem for a special class of 2-step nilpotent groups, namely the Heisenberg groups with no 2-torsion in their centre. T. Tao is supported by a grant from the Packard Foundation.     

Using null strain energy functions in compressible finite elasticity to generate exact solutions

In this paper we characterize those strain energy functions in unconstrained nonlinear elasticity that satisfy the equations of equilibrium identically. The idea is to construct a useful, physically reasonable strain–energy function containing one or more components which are null, in such a way that exact solutions may be obtained from the resulting equilibrium equations. We show that the dilatation is a universal null energy while there may be others that depend on the actual problem. To obtain the null energies for a given problem it is often convenient to formulate the variational problem and look at the Euler–Lagrange equations. Specific examples are used to illustrate some of the potential uses of the method in finding exact solutions for physically meaningful constitutive models.      

A priori estimates for the vector p-Laplacian with potential boundary conditions

This paper deals with the solvability of the boundary value problem

Waring type congruences involving factorials modulo a prime

In this paper we prove that any residue class λ modulo a large prime number p can be represented in the form

Primes dividing both 2 n –3 and 3 n –2 are rare

Let S(x) denote the number of primes p < x which divide both 2ⁿ–3 and 3ⁿ–2 for some We prove that

Some properties and applications of weakly equicompact sets

Let X and Y be Banach spaces. A set (the space of all weakly compact operators from X into Y) is weakly equicompact if, for every bounded sequence (x _n) in X, there exists a subsequence (x _k(n)) so that (Tx_k(n)) is uniformly weakly convergent for T ∈ M. In this paper, the notion of weakly equicompact set is used to obtain characterizations of spaces X such that X ↩̸ ℓ₁, of spaces X such that B _X* is weak* sequentially compact and also to obtain several results concerning to the weak operator and the strong operator topologies. As another application of weak equicompactness, we conclude a characterization of relatively compact sets in when this space is endowed with the topology of uniform convergence on the class of all weakly null sequences. Finally, we show that similar arguments can be applied to the study of uniformly completely continuous sets. Received: 5 July 2006     

On the Schwarz reflection principle for monogenic functions

Let ∑ be either an oriented hyperplane or the unit sphere in , let be open and connected and let be an open and connected domain in such that . If in is a null solution of the Dirac operator (also called a monogenic function in ) which is continuously extendable to , then conditions upon are given enabling the monogenic extension of across . In such a way Schwarz reflection type principles for monogenic functions are established in the Spin (1) and Spin cases. The Spin (1) case includes the classical Schwarz reflection principle for holomorphic functions in the plane. The Spin case deals with so-called “half boundary value problems” for the Dirac operator. Received: 2 February 2006     

Sets with more differences than sums

We show that a random set of integers with density 0 has almost always more differences than sums.      

The distribution of values of the enumerating function of finite, non-isomorphic abelian groups in short intervals

The result is: The distribution of values of the enumerating function of finite, non-isomorphic abelian groups in short intervals is similar to the distribution of square-free numbers in short intervals. Moreover, a new estimate of the error term in the corresponding asymptotic formula is given, which improves former estimates.      

On values of n 2 + 1 free of large prime factors

Let P ⁺(m) denote the greatest prime factor of the positive integer m. Improving and simplifying work of Dartyge [3] we show that

Inequalities for the Volume of the Unit Ball in \mathbb {R}^{n}, II

We present several sharp inequalities for the volume of the unit ball in ,

Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation for a general class of SPDEs

We prove that the so-called Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation holds for a class of partial differential equations perturbed by a non-Gaussian noisy term. Namely, we show that the solution of the one-dimensional semi-linear stochastic damped wave equations , u(0) = u₀, u_t (0) = v₀, endowed with Dirichlet boundary conditions, converges as the parameter μ goes to zero to the solution of the semi-linear stochastic heat equation , u(0) = u₀, endowed with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Dedicated to Giuseppe Da Prato on the occasion of his 70th birthday     

A note on primes in short intervals

This paper is concerned with the number of primes in short intervals. We prove that , for θ > 1/2, with the assumption of an heuristic hypothesis weaker than the Lindel?f hypothesis. Received: 8 October 2007, Revised: 14 April 2008     

Certain invariants of extension algebras of C({\mathbb{T}}^{2})

In this paper, we compute certain invariants of extension algebras of the torus algebra by , where is the C*-algebra of compact operators on an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space H. These extension algebras are also constructed up to isomorphism. Received: 5 July 2007, Revised: 14 February 2008