Boundedness of rough singular integral operators on the Triebel-Lizorkin spaces

We consider the singular integral operator T with kernel K(x)=Ω(x)/n|x| and prove its boundedness on the Triebel-Lizorkin spaces provided that Ω satisfies a size condition which contains the case Ω∈Lr(Sn−1), r>1.     

Standing waves for supercritical nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Let V(x) be a non-negative, bounded potential in RN, N?3 and p supercritical, . We look for positive solutions of the standing-wave nonlinear Schrödinger equation Δu−V(x)u+up=0 in RN, with u(x)→0 as |x|→+∞. We prove that if V(x)=o(⁻²|x|) as |x|→+∞, then for N?4 and this problem admits a continuum of solutions. If in addition we have, for instance, V(x)=O(|x|^−μ) with μ>N, then this result still holds provided that N?3 and . Other conditions for solvability, involving behavior of V at ∞, are also provided.     

Condition numbers of Hankel matrices for exponential weights

We obtain the rate of growth of the largest eigenvalues and Euclidean condition numbers of the Hankel matrices for a general class of even exponential weights W²=exp(−2Q) on an interval I. As particular examples, we discuss Q(x)=α|x| on I=R, and Q(x)=(d²−x²)^−α on I=[−d,d].     

Positive entire solutions of semilinear elliptic equations with quadratically vanishing coefficient

We establish that for n?3 and p>1, the elliptic equation Δu+K(x)up=0 in Rn possesses a continuum of positive entire solutions with logarithmic decay at ∞, provided that a locally Hölder continuous function K?0 in Rn?{0}, satisfies K(x)=O(σ|x|) at x=0 for some σ>−2, and ²|x|K(x)=c+O([log|x|]^−θ) near ∞ for some constants c>0 and θ>1. The continuum contains at least countably many solutions among which any two do not intersect. This is an affirmative answer to an open question raised in [S. Bae, T.K. Chang, On a class of semilinear elliptic equations in Rn, J. Differential Equations 185 (2002) 225-250]. The crucial observation is that in the radial case of K(r)=K(|x|), two fundamental weights, and , appear in analyzing the asymptotic behavior of solutions.     

Convergence theorems for fixed points of uniformly continuous generalized Φ-hemi-contractive mappings

Let E be a real normed linear space, K be a nonempty subset of E and be a uniformly continuous generalized Φ-hemi-contractive mapping, i.e., , and there exist x^∗∈F(T) and a strictly increasing function , Φ(0)=0 such that for all x∈K, there exists j(x−x^∗)∈J(x−x^∗) such that

〈Tx−x^∗,j(x−x^∗)〉?‖x−x^∗‖2−Φ(‖x−x^∗‖).     

Invariance of quasi-arithmetic means with function weights

Let I⊂R be a non-trivial interval and let . We present some results concerning the following functional equation, generalizing the Matkowski-Sutô equation,

λ(x,y)φ⁻¹(μ(x,y)φ(x)+(1−μ(x,y))φ(y))+(1−λ(x,y))ψ⁻¹(ν(x,y)ψ(x)+(1−ν(x,y))ψ(y))=λ(x,y)x+(1−λ(x,y))y,     

Support-type properties of convex functions of higher order and Hadamard-type inequalities

It is well known that every convex function (where I⊂R is an interval) admits an affine support at every interior point of I (i.e. for any x₀∈IntI there exists an affine function such that a(x₀)=f(x₀) and a?f on I). Convex functions of higher order (precisely of an odd order) have a similar property: they are supported by the polynomials of degree no greater than the order of convexity. In this paper the attaching method is developed. It is applied to obtain the general result—Theorem 2, from which the mentioned above support theorem and some related properties of convex functions of higher (both odd and even) order are derived. They are applied to obtain some known and new Hadamard-type inequalities between the quadrature operators and the integral approximated by them. It is also shown that the error bounds of quadrature rules follow by inequalities of this kind.     

Removable singularity of the polyharmonic equation

Let x₀∈Ω⊂Rⁿ, n≥2, be a domain and let m≥2. We will prove that a solution u of the polyharmonic equation Δ^mu=0 in Ω?{x₀} has a removable singularity at x₀ if and only if as |x−x₀|→0 for n≥3 and as |x−x₀|→0 for n=2. For m≥2 we will also prove that u has a removable singularity at x₀ if |u(x)|=o(|x−x₀|^2m−n) as |x−x₀|→0 for n≥3 and |u(x)|=o(|x−x₀|^2m−2log(|x−x₀|⁻¹)) as |x−x₀|→0 for n=2.     

Regularity results for a class of obstacle problems under nonstandard growth conditions

We prove regularity results for minimizers of functionals in the class , where is a fixed function and f is quasiconvex and fulfills a growth condition of the type

L⁻¹|z|^p(x)?f(x,ξ,z)?L(1+|z|^p(x)),     

Stable transition layers in a semilinear diffusion equation with spatial inhomogeneities in N-dimensional domains

We prove existence and establish the asymptotic behavior, as ε→0, of stable stationary solutions to the equation u_t=ε∇·[d(x)∇u]+(1−u²)[u−a(x)], for , where , N?2, with Neumann boundary condition. The function a(x)∈C0,ν(Ω) satisfies −1<a(x)<1 and vanishes on some hypersurfaces. The results generalize to N-dimensional domains and to variable diffusivity earlier paper by Angenent et al. (J. Differential Equations 67 (1987) 212).     

Rectifiable oscillations in second-order linear differential equations

We study the linear differential equation , on I=(0,1), where the coefficient f(x) is strictly positive and continuous on I, and satisfies the Hartman-Wintner condition at x=0. The four main results of the paper are: (i) a criterion for rectifiable oscillations of (P), characterized by the integrability of on I; (ii) a stability result for rectifiable and unrectifiable oscillations of (P), in terms of a perturbation on f(x); (iii) the s-dimensional fractal oscillations (for which we assume also f(x)∼cx−α when x→0, α>2, and s=max{1,3/2−2/α}); and (iv) the co-existence of rectifiable and unrectifiable oscillations in the absence of the Hartman-Wintner condition on f(x). Explicit examples related to the above results are given.     

Potential well method for Cauchy problem of generalized double dispersion equations

In this paper we study Cauchy problem of generalized double dispersion equations utt−uxx−uxxtt+uxxxx=f(u)_xx, where f(u)=p|u|, p>1 or u2k, . By introducing a family of potential wells we not only get a threshold result of global existence and nonexistence of solutions, but also obtain the invariance of some sets and vacuum isolating of solutions. In addition, the global existence and finite time blow up of solutions for problem with critical initial conditions E(0)=d, I(u₀)?0 or I(u₀)<0 are proved.     

Denjoy-Wolff theorems, Hilbert metric nonexpansive maps and reproduction-decimation operators

Let K be a closed cone with nonempty interior in a Banach space X. Suppose that is order-preserving and homogeneous of degree one. Let be a continuous, homogeneous of degree one map such that q(x)>0 for all x∈K?{0}. Let T(x)=f(x)/q(f(x)). We give conditions on the cone K and the map f which imply that there is a convex subset of ∂K which contains the omega limit set ω(x;T) for every x∈intK. We show that these conditions are satisfied by reproduction-decimation operators. We also prove that ω(x;T)⊂∂K for a class of operator-valued means.     

Self-similar singular solutions of a p-Laplacian evolution equation with absorption

We consider, for p∈(1,2) and q>1, self-similar singular solutions of the equation v_t=div(|∇v|^p−2∇v)−v^q in Rn×(0,∞); here by self-similar we mean that v takes the form v(x,t)=t^−αw(|x|t^−αβ) for α=1/(q−1) and β=(q+1−p)/p, whereas singular means that v is non-negative, non-trivial, and for all x≠0. That is, we consider the ODE problem

(0.1)     

Existence of entire explosive positive radial solutions for a class of quasilinear elliptic systems

We show the existence of entire explosive positive radial solutions for quasilinear elliptic systems div(|∇u|^m−2∇u)=p(|x|)g(v), div(|∇v|ⁿ⁻²∇v)=q(|x|)f(u) on , where f and g are positive and non-decreasing functions on (0,∞) satisfying the Keller-Osserman condition.     

A matroid invariant via the K-theory of the Grassmannian

Let G(d,n) denote the Grassmannian of d-planes in Cn and let T be the torus n(C^∗)/diag(C^∗) which acts on G(d,n). Let x be a point of G(d,n) and let be the closure of the T-orbit through x. Then the class of the structure sheaf of in the K-theory of G(d,n) depends only on which Plücker coordinates of x are nonzero - combinatorial data known as the matroid of x. In this paper, we will define a certain map of additive groups from K^○(G(d,n)) to Z[t]. Letting gx(t) denote the image of , gx behaves nicely under the standard constructions of matroid theory, such as direct sum, two-sum, duality and series and parallel extensions. We use this invariant to prove bounds on the complexity of Kapranov's Lie complexes [M. Kapranov, Chow quotients of Grassmannians I, Adv. Soviet Math. 16 (2) (1993) 29-110], Hacking, Keel and Tevelev's very stable pairs [P. Hacking, S. Keel, E. Tevelev, Compactification of the moduli space of hyperplane arrangements, J. Algebraic Geom. 15 (2006) 657-680] and the author's tropical linear spaces when they are realizable in characteristic zero [D. Speyer, Tropical linear spaces, SIAM J. Discrete Math. 22 (4) (2008) 1527-1558]. Namely, in characteristic zero, a Lie complex or the underlying (d−1)-dimensional scheme of a very stable pair can have at most strata of dimensions n−i and d−i, respectively. This prove the author's f-vector conjecture, from [D. Speyer, Tropical linear spaces, SIAM J. Discrete Math. 22 (4) (2008) 1527-1558], in the case of a tropical linear space realizable in characteristic 0.     

Positive definite matrices and differentiable reproducing kernel inequalities

Let I⊆R be a interval and be a reproducing kernel on I. By the Moore-Aronszajn theorem, every finite matrix k(xi,xj) is positive semidefinite. We show that, as a direct algebraic consequence, if k(x,y) is appropriately differentiable it satisfies a 2-parameter family of differential inequalities of which the classical diagonal dominance is the order 0 case. An application of these inequalities to kernels of positive integral operators yields optimal Sobolev norm bounds.