The Besov Space B^{{0,1}}_{1} on Domains

Let Ω be a bounded Lipschitz domain. Define B ^0,1 _{1, r} (Ω) = {f∈L ¹ (Ω): there is an F∈B ^0,1 ₁ (ℝ ⁿ ) such that F|_Ω = f} and B ^0,1 _{1 z} (Ω) = {f∈B ^0,1 ₁ (ℝ ⁿ ) : f = 0 on ℝ ⁿ \}. In this paper, the authors establish the atomic decompositions of these spaces. As by-products, the authors obtained the regularity on these spaces of the solutions to the Dirichlet problem and the Neumann problem of the Laplace equation of ℝ ⁿ ₊. Received June 8, 2000, Accepted October 24, 2000     

Convergence of mock Fourier series

For certain Cantor measures μ on ℝⁿ, it was shown by Jorgensen and Pedersen that there exists an orthonormal basis of exponentialse ^2πiγ·x for λεΛ. a discrete subset of ℝⁿ called aspectrum for μ. For anyL ¹ functionf, we define coefficientsc _γ(f)=∝f(y)e ^−2πiγiy dμ(y) and form the Mock Fourier series ∑_λ∈Λ^cλ(f)e ^2πiλ·x . There is a natural sequence of finite subsets Λ_n increasing to Λ asn→∞, and we define the partial sums of the Mock Fourier series by We prove, under mild technical assumptions on μ and Λ, thats _n(f) converges uniformly tof for any continuous functionf and obtain the rate of convergence in terms of the modulus of continuity off. We also show, under somewhat stronger hypotheses, almost everywhere convergence forfεL ¹. Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant DMS-0140194.     

On uniform approximation of abstract functions on convex polygons

Approximation aggregates of summatory type are constructed for functions f: Q → X, where Q is a convex polygon in ℝ² and X is a real Banach space. An assertion providing an accuracy estimate for an uniform approximation in terms of the modulus of continuity of the second order for f is proved. Differential properties of such aggregates are studied. Bibliography: 7 titles. __________ Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, No. 35, 2007, pp. 59–77     

Coconvex approximation of periodic functions

The Jackson inequality relates the value of the best uniform approximation E _n (f) of a continuous 2π-periodic function f: ℝ → ℝ by trigonometric polynomials of degree ≤ n − 1 to its third modulus of continuity ω ₃(f, t). In the present paper, we show that this inequality is true if continuous 2π-periodic functions that change their convexity on [−π, π) only at every point of a fixed finite set consisting of an even number of points are approximated by polynomials coconvex to them. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 29–43, January, 2007.     

Nonlocal problems for the equations of Kelvin-Voight fluids and their ɛ-approximations in classes of smooth functions

Existence theorems are proved for the solutions of the first and second initial boundary-value problems for the equations of Kelvin-Voight fluids and for the penalized equations of Kelvin-Voight fluids in the smoothness classes W _∞ ^r (ℝ⁺;W ₂ ^2+k (Ω)), W ₂ ^r (ℝ⁺;W ₂ ^2+k (Ω)) and S ₂ ^r (ℝ⁺;W ₂ ^2+k (Ω)) (r=1,2; k=0,1,2, …) under the condition that the right-hand sides f(x,t) belong to the classes W _∞ ^r-1 (ℝ⁺;W ₂ ^k (Ω)), W ₂ ^r-1 (ℝ⁺;W ₂ ^k (Ω)) and S ₂ ^r-1 (ℝ⁺;W ₂ ^k (Ω)), respectively, and for the solutions of the first and second T-periodic boundary-value problems for the same equations in the smoothness classes W _∞ ^r−1 (ℝ; W ₂ ^2+k (Ω)) and W ₂ ^r−1 (0, T; W ₂ ^2+k (Ω)) (r=1,2, k=0,1,2…) under the condition that f(x,t) are T-periodic and belong to the spaces W _∞ ^r−1 (ℝ⁺; W ₂ ^k (Ω)) and W ₂ ^r−1 (0,T; W ₂ ^k (Ω)), respectively. It is shown that as ɛ→0, the smooth solutions {v^ɛ} of the perturbed initial boundary-value and T-periodic boundary-value problems for the penalized equations of Kelvin-Voight fluids converge to the corresponding smooth solutions (v,p) of the initial boundary-value and T-periodic boundary-value problems for the equations of Kelvin-Voight fluids. Bibliography: 27 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 230, 1995, pp. 214–242. Translated by T. N. Surkova.     

Hypersurfaces of prescribed mean curvature enclosing a given body

Given a smooth domain Ω in ℝ ^m+1 with compact closure and a smooth integrable functionh: ℝ ^m+1→ℝ satisfyingh(x)≥H _∂Ω (x) on ∂Ω whereH _∂ω denotes the mean curvature of ∂Ω calculated w.r.t. the interior unit normal we show that there is a setA⊂ℝ ^m+1 with the properties andH _∂A=h on ∂A.     

Positive definite functions and stable random vectors

We say that a random vector X = (X ₁, …, X _n ) in ℝ ⁿ is an n-dimensional version of a random variable Y if, for any a ∈ ℝ ⁿ , the random variables Σa _i X _i and γ(a)Y are identically distributed, where γ: ℝ ⁿ → [0,∞) is called the standard of X. An old problem is to characterize those functions γ that can appear as the standard of an n-dimensional version. In this paper, we prove the conjecture of Lisitsky that every standard must be the norm of a space that embeds in L ₀. This result is almost optimal, as the norm of any finite-dimensional subspace of L _p with p ∈ (0, 2] is the standard of an n-dimensional version (p-stable random vector) by the classical result of P. Lèvy. An equivalent formulation is that if a function of the form f(‖ · ‖ _K ) is positive definite on ℝ ⁿ , where K is an origin symmetric star body in ℝ ⁿ and f: ℝ → ℝ is an even continuous function, then either the space (ℝ ⁿ , ‖·‖ _K ) embeds in L ₀ or f is a constant function. Combined with known facts about embedding in L ₀, this result leads to several generalizations of the solution of Schoenberg’s problem on positive definite functions.     

Existence of limits of maximal means

For the class II(ℝ ^m ) of continuous almost periodic functionsf: ℝ ^m → ℝ, we consider the problem of the existence of the limit

On the behavior of solutions of a semilinear parabolic or elliptic equation satisfying a nonlinear boundary condition in a cylindrical domain

One considers a semilinear parabolic equation u _t = Lu − a(x)f(u) or an elliptic equation u _tt + Lu − a(x)f(u) = 0 in a semi-infinite cylinder Ω × ℝ₊ with the nonlinear boundary condition , where L is a uniformly elliptic divergent operator in a bounded domain Ω ∈ ℝⁿ; a(x) and b(x) are nonnegative measurable functions in Ω. One studies the asymptotic behavior of solutions of such boundary-value problems for t → ∞. __________ Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 26, pp. 368–389, 2007.     

Generalization of one Poletskii lemma to classes of space mappings

The paper is devoted to investigations in the field of space mappings. We prove that open discrete mappings f ∈ W ^1,n _loc such that their outer dilatation K _O (x, f) belongs to L ⁿ⁻¹ _loc and the measure of the set B _f of branching points of f is equal to zero have finite length distortion. In other words, the images of almost all curves γ in the domain D under the considered mappings f : D → ℝ ⁿ , n ≥ 2, are locally rectifiable, f possesses the (N)-property with respect to length on γ, and, furthermore, the (N)-property also holds in the inverse direction for liftings of curves. The results obtained generalize the well-known Poletskii lemma proved for quasiregular mappings.     

N-widths of Ω r ′ in L p

Let Ω _ϕ ^r ={f:f ^(r-1) abs. cont. on [0,1], ‖q_r(D)f‖_p≤1, f^(2K+σ) (0)=f^(2K+σ)=0, (k)=0,...,l-1}. where , and I is an identical operator. Denote Kolmogorov, linear, Geelfand and Bernstein n-widths of Ω _ϕ ^r in L^p byd _n (Ω _ϕ ^r ;L ^p ),δ _n (Ω _ϕ ^r ;L ^p ),d ⁿ (Ω _p ^r ;L ^p ) andb _n (Ω _p ^r ;L ^p ), respectively. In this paper, we find a method to get an exact estimation of these n-widths. Related optimal subspaces and an optimal linear operator are given. For another subset , similar results are also derrived.     

Measured creatures

We prove that two basic questions on outer measure are undecidable. First we show that consistently every sup-measurable functionf: ℝ² → ℝ is measurable. The interest in sup-measurable functions comes from differential equations and the question for which functionsf: ℝ² → ℝ the Cauchy problemy′=f(x,y), y(x₀)=y₀ has a unique almost-everywhere solution in the classAC _t(ℝ) of locally absolutely continuous functions on ℝ. Next we prove that consistently every functionf: ℝ → ℝ is continuous on some set of positive outer Lebesgue measure. This says that in a strong sense the family of continuous functions (from the reals to the reals) is dense in the space of arbitrary such functions. For the proofs we discover and investigate a new family of nicely definable forcing notions (so indirectly we deal with nice ideals of subsets of the reals—the two classical ones being the ideal of null sets and the ideal of meagre ones). Concerning the method, i.e., the development of a family of forcing notions, the point is that whereas there are many such objects close to the Cohen forcing (corresponding to the ideal of meagre sets), little has been known on the existence of relatives of the random real forcing (corresponding to the ideal of null sets), and we look exactly at such forcing notions. The first author thanks The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for support during his visits to Jerusalem and the KBN (Polish Committee of Scientific Research) for partial support through grant 2P03A03114. The research of the second author was partially supported by the Israel Science Foundation. Publication 736.     

Inertial manifold for a hyperbolic equation with dissipation

Sufficient conditions for the existence of an inertial manifold are found for the equation u _tt + 2γu _t − Δu = f(u, u _t ), u = u(x, t), x ∈ Ω ⋐ ℝ ^N , u| _∂Ω = 0, t > 0 under the assumption that the function f satisfies the Lipschitz condition.     

A Fully Nonlinear Nonhomogeneous Neumann Problem

Let Ω be an open bounded set in ℝ^N, N≥3, with connected Lipschitz boundary ∂Ω and let a(x,ξ) be an operator of Leray–Lions type (a(⋅,∇u) is of the same type as the operator |∇u|^p−2∇u, 1<p<N). If τ is the trace operator on ∂Ω, [φ] the jump across ∂Ω of a function φ defined on both sides of ∂Ω, the normal derivative ∂/∂ν_a related to the operator a is defined in some sense as 〈a(⋅,∇u),ν〉, the inner product in ℝ^N, of the trace of a(⋅,∇u) on ∂Ω with the outward normal vector field ν on ∂Ω. If β and γ are two nondecreasing continuous real functions everywhere defined in ℝ, with β(0)=γ(0)=0, f∈L¹(ℝ^N), g∈L¹(∂Ω), we prove the existence and the uniqueness of an entropy solution u for the following problem,

γ-Convergence of integral functionals and the variational dirichlet problem in variable domains

By using special local characteristics of domains Ω _s ⊂Ω,s=12,..., we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the γ-convergence of sequences of integral functionalsI _λs :W ^k,m (Ω _s )→ℝ, λ⊂Ω to interal functionals defined on W ^k,m (Ω). Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Donetsk. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 1236–1254, September, 1996.     

Potential space estimates in local Hardy spaces for Green potentials in convex domains

Let Ω be a bounded co.nvex domain in Rn(n≥3) and G(x,y) be the Green function of the Laplace operator -△ on Ω. Let hrp(Ω) = {f ∈ D'(Ω) :(E)F∈hp(Rn), s.t. F|Ω = f}, by the atom characterization of Local Hardy spaces in a bounded Lipschitz domain, the bound of f→(△)2(Gf) for every f ∈ hrp(Ω) is obtained, where n/(n 1)＜p≤1.     

Holomorphic Cliffordian functions

The aim of this paper is to put the foundations of a new theory of functions, called holomorphic Cliffordian, which should play an essential role in the generalization of holomorphic functions to higher dimensions. Let ℝ_0,2m+1 be the Clifford algebra of ℝ^2m+1 with a quadratic form of negative signature, be the usual operator for monogenic functions and Δ the ordinary Laplacian. The holomorphic Cliffordian functions are functionsf: ℝ^2m+2 → ℝ_0,2m+1, which are solutions ofDδ ^m f = 0. Here, we will study polynomial and singular solutions of this equation, we will obtain integral representation formulas and deduce the analogous of the Taylor and Laurent expansions for holomorphic Cliffordian functions. In a following paper, we will put the foundations of the Cliffordian elliptic function theory.     

Left-inverses of fractional Laplacian and sparse stochastic processes

The fractional Laplacian (-\triangle)^g/2(-\triangle)^{\gamma/2} commutes with the primary coordination transformations in the Euclidean space ℝ ^d : dilation, translation and rotation, and has tight link to splines, fractals and stable Levy processes. For 0 < γ < d, its inverse is the classical Riesz potential I _γ which is dilation-invariant and translation-invariant. In this work, we investigate the functional properties (continuity, decay and invertibility) of an extended class of differential operators that share those invariance properties. In particular, we extend the definition of the classical Riesz potential I _γ to any non-integer number γ larger than d and show that it is the unique left-inverse of the fractional Laplacian (-\triangle)^g/2(-\triangle)^{\gamma/2} which is dilation-invariant and translation-invariant. We observe that, for any 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ and γ ≥ d(1 − 1/p), there exists a Schwartz function f such that I _γ f is not p-integrable. We then introduce the new unique left-inverse I _{γ, p} of the fractional Laplacian (-\triangle)^g/2(-\triangle)^{\gamma/2} with the property that I _{γ, p} is dilation-invariant (but not translation-invariant) and that I _{γ, p} f is p-integrable for any Schwartz function f. We finally apply that linear operator I _{γ, p} with p = 1 to solve the stochastic partial differential equation (-\triangle)^g/2 F = w(-\triangle)^{\gamma/2} \Phi=w with white Poisson noise as its driving term w.     

Partial regularity of solutions to the magnetohydrodynamic equations

We study the local smoothness of solutions to the magnetohydrodynamic equations

Decompositions of the Hardy space Hz^1（Ω）

We give a decomposition of the Hardy space Hz^1（Ω） into ＂div-curl＂ quantities for Lipschitz domains in R^n. We also prove a decomposition of Hz^1（Ω） into Jacobians det Du, u ∈ W0^1,2 （Ω,R^2） for Ω in R^2. This partially answers a well-known open problem.