On the Generation of Mean Flows by the Interaction of Görtler Vortices and Tollmien-Schlichting Waves in Curved Channel Flows

There are many fluid flows where the onset of transition can be caused by different instability mechanisms which compete in the nonlinear regime. Here the interaction of a centrifugal instability mechanism with the viscous mechanism which causes Tollmien-Schlichting waves is discussed. The interaction between these modes can be strong enough to drive the mean state; here the interaction is investigated in the context of curved channel flows so as to avoid difficulties associated with boundary layer growth. Essentially it is found that the mean state adjusts itself so that any modes present are neutrally stable even at finite amplitude. In the first instance the mean state driven by a vortex of short wavelength in the absence of a Tollmien-Schlichting wave is considered. It is shown that for a given channel curvature and vortex wavelength there is an upper limit to the mass flow rate which the channel can support as the pressure gradient is increased. When Tollmien-Schlichting waves are present then the nonlinear differential equation to determine the mean state is modified. At sufficiently high Tollmien-Schlichting amplitudes it is found that the vortex flows are destroyed, but there is a range of amplitudes where a fully nonlinear mixed vortex-wave state exists and indeed drives a mean state having little similarity with the flow which occurs without the instability modes. The vortex and Tollmien-Schlichting wave structure in the nonlinear regime has viscous wall layers and internal shear layers; the thickness of the internal layers is found to be a function of the Tollmien-Schlichting wave amplitude.     

Generalized Hankel operators on the Fock space

In this paper we study generalized Hankel operators ofthe form : ?²(|z |²) → L²(|z |²). Here, (f):= (Id–P_l )( ^kf) and Pl is the projection onto A_l ²(?, |z |²):= cl(span{ ^m zⁿ | m, n ∈ N, m ≤ l }). The investigations in this article extend the ones in [11] and [6], where the special cases l = 0 and l = 1 are considered, respectively. The main result is that the operators are not bounded for l < k – 1. The proof relies on a combinatoric argument and a generalization to general conjugate holomorphic L² symbols, generalizing arguments from [6], seems possible and is planned for future work (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Orthosymplectic Quantum Function Superalgebras OSPq（2l＋ 1｜2n）

By the R-matrix of orthosymplectic quantum superalgebra U _q (osp(2l+1|2n)) in the vector representation, we establish the corresponding quantum Hopf superalgebra OSP _q (2l + 1|2n). Furthermore, it is shown that OSP _q (2l + 1|2n) is coquasitriangular.     

Distortion Properties of Holomorphic Functions of Several Complex Variables

Let Q(D) be a class of functions q, q(0) = 0, |q(z)| < 1 holomorphic in the Reinhardt domain D ? C ⁿ, a and b — arbitrary fixed numbers satisfying the condition — 1 ≤ b < a ≤ 1. ??(a, b; D) — the class of functions p such that p ? ??(a, b; D) iff for some q ? Q(D) and every z ? D. S*(a, b; D) — the class of functions f such that f ? S*(a, g; D) iff S^c(a, b; D) — the class of functions q such that q ? S^c(a, b; D) iff , where p ε ??(a, b; D) and K is an operator of the form for z=z₁,z₂,…z_n. The author obtains sharp bounds on |p(z)|, f(z)| g(z)| as well as sharp coefficient inequalities for functions in ??(a, b; D), S*(a, b; D) and S^c(a, b; D).     

Existence and modulation of traveling waves in particles chains

We consider an infinite particle chain whose dynamics are governed by the following system of differential equations: where q_n(t) is the displacement of the n^th particle at time t along the chain axis and denotes differentiation with respect to time. We assume that all particles have unit mass and that the interaction potential V between adjacent particles is a convex C∞ function. For this system, we prove the existence of C∞, time‐periodic, traveling‐wave solutions of the form q_n(t) = q(wt kn + where q is a periodic function q(z) = q(z+1) (the period is normalized to equal 1), ω and k are, respectively, the frequency and the wave number, is the mean particle spacing, and can be chosen to be an arbitrary parameter. We present two proofs, one based on a variational principle and the other on topological methods, in particular degree theory. For small‐amplitude waves, based on perturbation techniques, we describe the form of the traveling waves, and we derive the weakly nonlinear dispersion relation. For the fully nonlinear case, when the amplitude of the waves is high, we use numerical methods to compute the traveling‐wave solution and the non‐linear dispersion relation. We finally apply Whitham's method of averaged Lagrangian to derive the modulation equations for the wave parameters α, β, k, and ω. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

On the radii of convexity and starlikeness for some special classes of analytic functions in a disk

We introduce the class O _α, 0≤α≤1, of functions w=?(z), ?(0)=0, ?′(0)=0,..., ? ₍₀₎ ^(n?1) =0, f ⁽ⁿ⁾(0)=(n-l)! analytic in the disk |z|<1 and satisfying the condition $$\operatorname{Re} \left( {\frac{{1 - 2z^n \cos \Theta + z^{2n} }}{{z^{n - 1} }}f'(z)} \right) > \alpha , 0 \leqslant \Theta \leqslant \pi , n = 1,2,3,... .$$ We establish the radius of convexity in the class Oα and the radius of starlikeness in the class Uα of functions σ(z)=z?′(z), ?(z)?O _α.     

Toeplitz Operators on Generalized Bergman Spaces

We consider the weighted Bergman spaces HL²(\mathbb B^d, m_l){\mathcal {H}L^{2}(\mathbb {B}^{d}, \mu_{\lambda})}, where we set dm_l(z) = c_l(1-|z|²)^l dt(z){d\mu_{\lambda}(z) = c_{\lambda}(1-|z|^2)^{\lambda} d\tau(z)}, with τ being the hyperbolic volume measure. These spaces are nonzero if and only if λ > d. For 0 < λ ≤ d, spaces with the same formula for the reproducing kernel can be defined using a Sobolev-type norm. We define Toeplitz operators on these generalized Bergman spaces and investigate their properties. Specifically, we describe classes of symbols for which the corresponding Toeplitz operators can be defined as bounded operators or as a Hilbert–Schmidt operators on the generalized Bergman spaces.     

Long time existence for a slightly perturbed vortex sheet

Consider a flat two-dimensional vortex sheet perturbed initially by a small analytic disturbance. By a formal perturbation analysis, Moore derived an approximate differential equation for the evolution of the vortex sheet. We present a simplified derivation of Moore's approximate equation and analyze errors in the approximation. The result is used to prove existence of smooth solutions for long time. If the initial perturbation is of size ? and is analytic in a strip |??m γ| < ρ, existence of a smooth solution of Birkhoff's equation is shown for time t < k2p, if ? is sufficiently small, with κ → 1 as ? → 0. For the particular case of sinusoidal data of wave length π and amplitude e, Moore's analysis and independent numerical results show singularity development at time t^c = |log ?| + O(log|log ?|. Our results prove existence for t < κ|log ?|, if ? is sufficiently small, with k κ → 1 as ? → 0. Thus our existence results are nearly optimal.     

The Perturbed Plane-Wave Solutions of the Cubic Schrödinger Equation

A detailed analysis is given to the solution of the cubic Schrödinger equation iq_t + q_xx + 2|q|²q = 0 under the boundary conditions as |x|→∞. The inverse-scattering technique is used, and the asymptotic state is a series of solitons. However, there is no soliton whose amplitude is stationary in time. Each soliton has a definite velocity and “pulsates” in time with a definite period. The interaction of two solitons is considered, and a possible extension to the perturbed periodic wave [q(x + T,t) = q(x,t) as |x|→∞] is discussed.     

On Classes of Functions Related to Starlike Functions with Respect to Symmetric Conjugate Points Defined by a Fractional Differential Operator

Let A denote the class of analytic functions f, in the open unit disk E = {z : |z| < 1}, normalized by f(0) = f′(0) − 1 = 0. In this paper, we introduce and study the class ST^n,a_l,m(h){ST^{n,\alpha}_{\lambda,m}(h)} of functions f ? A{f\in A}, with \fracD^n,a_l f_m(z)z 1 0{\frac{D^{n,\alpha}_\lambda f_m(z)}{z}\neq 0}, satisfying

The riesz turndown collar theorem giving an asymptotic estimate of the powers of an operator under the ritt condition

For Banach space operatorsT satisfying the Tadmor-Ritt condition ‖(zI−T)⁻¹‖≤C|z−1|⁻¹, |z|>1, we show how to use the Riesz turndown collar theorem to estimate sup _n≥0‖T ⁿ‖. A similar estimate is shown for lim sup _n ‖T ⁿ‖ in terms of the Ritt constantM=lim sup _z→1‖(1−z)(zI−T)⁻¹‖. We also obtain an estimate of the functional calculus for these operators proving, in particular, that ‖f(T)‖≤C _q‖f‖ _Mult , where ‖·‖ _Mult stands for the multiplier norm of the Cauchy-Stieltjes integrals over a Lusin type cone domain depending onC and a parameterq, 0<q<1. Notation.D denotes the open unit disc of the complex plane,D={z∈ℂ:|z|<1}, andT={z∈ℂ:|z|=1} is the unit circle.H ^∞ is the Banach algebra of bounded analytic functions onD equipped with the supremum norm ‖.‖_∞.     

Visibility queries in a polygonal region

In this paper, we consider the problem of computing the region visible to a query point located in a given polygonal domain. The polygonal domain is specified by a simple polygon with m holes and a total of n vertices. We provide two bounds on the complexity of this problem. One approach constructs a data structure with space complexity O(n²) in time O(n²lgn) and yields a query time of O((1+min(m,|V(q)|))lg²n+m+|V(q)|). Here, V(q) represents the set of vertices of the visibility polygon of a query point q, and |E| denotes the number of edges in the visibility graph. The other approach provides a data structure with space complexity O(min(|E|,mn)+n) in time O(T+|E|+nlgn) with the query time of O(|V(q)|lgn+m). Here, T is the time to triangulate the given polygonal region (which is O(n+mlg¹⁺m) for a small positive constant >0). In both of these approaches, O(m) additive factor in the query time is eliminated with an additional O((min(|E|,mn))²) space and an additional O(m(min(|E|,mn))²) preprocessing time.     

Generalized Hankel operators and the generalized solution operator to $ \bar \partial $ on the Fock space and on the Bergman space of the unit disc

In this paper we consider Hankel operators = (Id – P ₁) from A ²(?, |z |²) to A ^2,1(?, |z |²)^⊥. Here A ²(?, |z |²) denotes the Fock space A ²(?, |z |²) = {f: f is entire and ‖f ‖² = ∫_? |f (z)|² exp (–|z |²) dλ (z) < ∞}. Furthermore A ^2,1(?, |z |²) denotes the closure of the linear span of the monomials { z ⁿ : n, l ∈ ?, l ≤ 1} and the corresponding orthogonal projection is denoted by P ₁. Note that we call these operators generalized Hankel operators because the projection P ₁ is not the usual Bergman projection. In the introduction we give a motivation for replacing the Bergman projection by P ₁. The paper analyzes boundedness and compactness of the mentioned operators. On the Fock space we show that is bounded, but not compact, and for k ≥ 3 that is not bounded. Afterwards we also consider the same situation on the Bergman space of the unit disc. Here a completely different situation appears: we have compactness for all k ≥ 1. Finally we will also consider an analogous situation in the case of several complex variables. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Riesz potential and Sobolev embeddings on generalized Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces Lp(·) and Wk,p(·)

We study the Riesz potentials I_αf on the generalized Lebesgue spaces L^p(·)(?^d), where 0 < α < d and I_αf(x) ? ∫equation/tex2gif-inf-3.gif |f(y)| |x – y|^{α – d} dy. Under the assumptions that p locally satisfies |p(x) – p(x)| ≤ C/(– ln |x – y|) and is constant outside some large ball, we prove that I_α : L^p(·)(?^d) → L^p?(·)(?^d), where . If p is given only on a bounded domain Ω with Lipschitz boundary we show how to extend p to on ?^d such that there exists a bounded linear extension operator ? : W^1,p(·)(Ω) ? (?^d), while the bounds and the continuity condition of p are preserved. As an application of Riesz potentials we prove the optimal Sobolev embeddings W^k,p(·)(?^d) ?L^p*(·)(R^d) with and W^1,p(·)(Ω) ? L^p*(·)(Ω) for k = 1. We show compactness of the embeddings W^1,p(·)(Ω) ? L^q(·)(Ω), whenever q(x) ≤ p*(x) – ε for some ε > 0. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Semiboolean SQS-skeins

We will present a counter example to the conjecture that the class of boolean SQS-skeins is defined by the equation q(x, u, q(y, u, z)) = q(q(x, u, y), u, z ). The SQS-skeins satisfying this equation will be seen to be exactly those SQS-skeins that correspond to Steiner quadruple systems whose derived Steiner triple systems are all projective geometries.     

The boundary trace and generalized boundary value problem for semilinear elliptic equations with coercive absorption

In the first part of the paper we establish the existence of a boundary trace for positive solutions of the equation ?Δu + g(x, u) = 0 in a smooth domain Ω ? ?^N, for a general class of positive nonlinearities. This class includes every space independent, monotone increasing g which satisfies the Keller‐Osserman condition as well as degenerate nonlinearities g_α,q of the form g_α,q (x, u) = d(x, ?Ω)^α |u|^q?1 u, with α > ?2 and q > 1. The boundary trace is given by a positive regular Borel measure which may blow up on compact sets. In the second part we concentrate on the family of nonlinearities {g_α,q}, determine the critical value of the exponent q (for fixed α > ?2) and discuss (a) positive solutions with an isolated singularity, for subcritical nonlinearities and (b) the boundary value problem for ?Δu + g_α,q (x, u) = 0 with boundary data given by a positive regular Borel measure (possibly unbounded). We show that, in the subcritical case, the problem possesses a unique solution for every such measure. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A linear functional equation with a singularity at a fixed point

Summary. Local solutions of the functional equation¶¶z^k f( z) = ?_k=1ⁿG_k( z) f( s_kz ) +g( z) z{^\kappa} \phi \left( z\right) =\sum_{k=1}^nG_k\left( z\right) \phi \left( s_kz \right) +g\left( z\right) ¶with k > 0 \kappa > 0 and | s_k| \gt 1 \left| s_k\right| \gt 1 are considered. We prove that the equation is solvable if and only if a certain system of k \kappa conditions on G_k (k = 1, 2, ... , n) and g is fulfilled.     

The distribution of dense Sidon subsets of $ \mathbb{Z}_m $

Let S \subseteqq \mathbbZ_m S \subseteqq \mathbb{Z}_m be a Sidon set of cardinality | S | = m^1/₂ + O(1) \mid S \mid = m^{1 \over 2} + O(1) . It is proved, in particular, that for any interval á = {a, a + 1, ?, a + l- 1} {\cal I} = \{a, a + 1, \ldots, a + \ell - 1\} in \mathbbZ_m \mathbb{Z}_m , 0 \leqq l 0 \leqq \ell < m, we have | | S ?á | - | S | l/m | = O( | S | ^1/₂ln m) \big| {\mid S \cap {\cal I} \mid - \mid S \mid \ell/m} \big| = O(\mid S \mid^{1 \over 2}\textrm{ln}\, m) .     

Asymptotic Behavior of Sobolev-Type Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle

We study the asymptotic behavior of the sequence of polynomials orthogonal with respect to the discrete Sobolev inner product on the unit circle

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where f(Z)=(f(z₁), …, f^(l₁)(z₁), …, f(z_m), …, f^(l_m)(z_m)), A is a M×M positive definite matrix or a positive semidefinite diagonal block matrix, M=l₁+…+l_m+m, dμ belongs to a certain class of measures, and |z_i|>1, i=1, 2, …, m.     

Entire functions that share a polynomial with their derivatives

Let f be a nonconstant entire function, k and q be positive integers satisfying k>q, and let Q be a polynomial of degree q. This paper studies the uniqueness problem on entire functions that share a polynomial with their derivatives and proves that if the polynomial Q is shared by f and f^′ CM, and if f^(k)(z)−Q(z)=0 whenever f(z)−Q(z)=0, then f≡f^′. We give two examples to show that the hypothesis k>q is necessary.