Characterizations of orthonormal scale functions: A probabilistic approach

The construction of a multiresolution analysis starts with the specification of a scale function. The Fourier transform of this function is defined by an infinite product. The convergence of this product is usually discussed in the context of L ²(R).Here, we treat the convergence problem by viewing the partial products as probabilities, converging weakly to a probability defined on an appropriate sequence space. We obtain a sufficient condition for this convergence, which is also necessary in the case where the scale function is continuous. These results extend and clarify those of Cohen [2] and Hernández et al. [4]. The method also applies to more general dilation schemes that commute with translations by Z ^d .     

Trajectories of the zeros of hypergeometric polynomials F(−n, b; 2b; z) for b < − 1/2

In a previous paper [2] we studied the zeros of hypergeometric polynomials F(−n, b; 2b; z), where b is a real parameter. Making connections with ultraspherical polynomials, we showed that for b > − 1/2 all zeros of F(−n, b; 2b; z) lie on the circle |z − 1| = 1, while for b < 1 − n all zeros are real and greater than 1. Our purpose now is to describe the trajectories of the zeros as b descends below the critical value − 1/2 to 1 − n. The results have counterparts for ultraspherical polynomials and may be said to “explain” the classical formulas of Hilbert and Klein for the number of zeros of Jacobi polynomials in various intervals of the real axis. These applications and others are discussed in a further paper [3].     

Higher order recurrences for analytical functions of Tchebysheff type

Relation of hyperbolons of volume one to generalized Clifford algebras is described in [1b] and there some applications are listed. In this note which is an extension of [8] we use the one parameter subgroups of the group of hyperbolons of volume one in order to define and investigate generalization of Tchebysheff polynomial system. Parallely functions of roots of polynomials of any degree are studied as possible generalization of symmetric functions considered by Eduard Lucas. It is found how functions of roots of polynomial of any degree are related to this generalization of Tchebysheff polynomials. The relation is explicit. In a primary sense the considered generalization is in passing fromZ ₂ toZ _n group decomposition of the exponential. We end up with an application of the discovered generalization to quite large class of dynamical systems with iteration.     

On Limit Cycles Appearing by Polynomial Perturbation of Darbouxian Integrable Systems

We prove an existential finiteness result for integrals of rational 1-forms over the level curves of Darbouxian integrals. Received: May 2007, Revision: March 2008, Accepted: March 2008     

Necessary and sufficient conditions for mean convergence of orthogonal expansions for Freud weights

A classic 1970 paper of B. Muckenhoupt established necessary and sufficient conditions for weightedL _p convergence of Hermite series, that is, orthogonal expansions corresponding to the Hermite weight. We generalize these to orthogonal expansions for a class of Freud weightsW ²:=e ^–2Q , by first proving a bound for the difference of the orthonormal polynomials of degreen+1 andn–1 of the weightW ². Our identical necessary and sufficient conditions close a slight gap in Muckenhoupt's conditions for the Hermite weight at least forp>1. Moreover, our necessary conditions apply whenQ(x)=|x|, >1 while our sufficient conditions apply at least for =2,4,6,....Communicated by Vilmos Totik.     

A characterization of the Chebyshev and Fibonacci polynomials

We consider sequences of polynomials of hypergeometric type satisfying a three-term recurrence relation with constant coefficients and general initial conditions. We characterize among these the Chebyshev and Fibonacci polynomials. Furthermore, we show some necessary conditions and links between the coefficients of the recurrence relation and initial conditions, and the coefficients of the hypergeometric type differential equation in order that this is satisfied by a sequence of polynomials.     

Norm behavior and zero distribution for orthogonal polynomials with nonsymmetric weights

The asymptotic behavior of thenth root of the leading coefficient of orthogonal polynomials on (–,) and the distribution of their zeros is studied for nonsymmetric weights that behave like exp(–2B|x|) whenx>0 and exp(–2Ax ) whenx<0,>AB. These results generalize previous investigations of Rakhmanov and Mhaskar and Saff who handle the symmetric caseA=B.Communicated by Paul Nevai.     

Ratio asymptotics and quadrature formulas

A technique to find the asymptotic behavior of the ratio between a polynomialss _n and thenth orthonormal polynomial with respect to a positive measureμ is shown. Using it, some new results are found and a very simple proof for other classics is given.     

On the preservation of periodic monotonicity

A 2-periodic continuous real functionf is said to beperiodically monotone if it has the following property: there exist numbert ₁t ₂t ₃t ₁+2 such thatf is nonincreasing fort ₁t ₂ and nondecreasing int ₂tt ₃. For any 2-periodic, integrable real functiong with ₀ ² |g(t|dt) we define

Mutually Independent Hamiltonian Connectivity of (n, k)-Star Graphs

A graph G is hamiltonian connected if there exists a hamiltonian path joining any two distinct nodes of G. Two hamiltonian paths and of G from u to v are independent if u = u ₁ = v ₁, v = u _v(G) = v _v(G) , and u _i ≠ v _i for every 1 < i < v(G). A set of hamiltonian paths, {P ₁, P ₂, . . . , P _k }, of G from u to v are mutually independent if any two different hamiltonian paths are independent from u to v. A graph is k mutually independent hamiltonian connected if for any two distinct nodes u and v, there are k mutually independent hamiltonian paths from u to v. The mutually independent hamiltonian connectivity of a graph G, IHP(G), is the maximum integer k such that G is k mutually independent hamiltonian connected. Let n and k be any two distinct positive integers with n–k ≥ 2. We use S _n,k to denote the (n, k)-star graph. In this paper, we prove that IHP(S _n,k ) = n–2 except for S _4,2 such that IHP(S _4,2) = 1.      

Best polynomial approximation in Sobolev-Laguerre and Sobolev-Legendre spaces

We investigate limiting behavior as γ tends to ∞ of the best polynomial approximations in the Sobolev-Laguerre space W^N,2([0, ∞); e^−x) and the Sobolev-Legendre space W^N,2([−1, 1]) with respect to the Sobolev-Laguerre inner product

Lyapunov modular functions

We prove a Lyapunov type theorem for modular functions on complemented lattices.     

Local and improper Daniell-Loomis integrals

In this paper we start from previous results obtained in [7] on the abstract space of Daniell-Loomis integrable functionsL, which is constructed like to the Daniell extension process, but without continuity assumptions on the elementary integral. The localized integral is used to prove thatL consists of those functions whose local upper and lower integrals are equal and finite, or thatL is closed with respect to improper integration. Our results are also holded in integration with respect to finitely additive measures.     

Moduli of smoothness andK-functionals inL p, 0<p<1

It is shown that forL _p, 0p<1, the=">K-functional betweenL _p andW _p ^r is identically zero. Useful measures that are equivalent to the moduli of smoothness are found. The equivalence results that are given are valid for 0p.Communicated by Vilmos Totik.     

Unitary invariants of spectral measures with the CGS-property

A «CGS-property» for the spectral measures is introduced and the classical results of determining complete systems of unitary invariants for self-adjoint and bounded normal operators on separable Hilbert spaces are extended to the class of spectral measures with this property. As a consequence, the above mentioned results are extended to unbounded normal operators on separable Hilbert spaces. Moreover, three different kinds of multiplicity are defined and it is shown that for the measures with the «CGS-property» they all coincide. In the last section some analogues of the multiplicity functions defined by Stone [14] are related to the total multiplicity.     

The construction of single wavelets in d-dimensions

Sets K in d-dimensional Euclidean space are constructed with the property that the inverse Fourier transform of the characteristic function 1 _K is a single dyadic orthonormal wavelet. The construction is characterized by its generality in the procedure, by its computational implementation, and by its simplicity. The general case in which the inverse Fourier transforms of the characteristic functions 1K ¹, ..., 1K ^L are a family of orthonormal wavelets is treated in [27].     

Stabilization of linear control systems in Hilbert space with nonlinear feedback

This paper considers the problem of stabilization of linear control systems in Hilbert space with nonlinear feedback. Extensions of known results in the linear feedback case to the nonlinear one are given.     

Riesz sequences of translates and generalized duals with support on [0, 1]

If the integer translates of a function ø with compact support generate a frame for a subspace W of L ²(?),then it is automatically a Riesz basis for W, and there exists a unique dual Riesz basis belonging to W. Considerable freedom can be obtained by considering oblique duals, i.e., duals not necessarily belonging to W. Extending work by Ben-Artzi and Ron, we characterize the existence of oblique duals generated by a function with support on an interval of length one. If such a generator exists, we show that it can be chosen with desired smoothness. Regardless whether ø is polynomial or not, the same condition implies that a polynomial dual supported on an interval of length one exists.     

Construction of wavelet sets with certain self-similarity properties

A measurable set Q ⊂ R ⁿ is a wavelet set for an expansive matrix A if F ⁻¹ _(ΧQ) is an A-dilation wavelet. Dai, Larson, and Speegle [7] discovered the existence of wavelet sets in R _n associated with any real n ×n expansive matrix. In this work, we construct a class of compact wavelet sets which do not contain the origin and which are, up to a certain linear transformation, finite unions of integer translates of an integral selfaffine tile associated with the matrix B = A ^t. Some of these wavelet sets may have good potential for applications because of their tractable geometric shapes.     

A characterization of wavelets on general lattices

In the context of a general lattice Γ in Rⁿ and a strictly expanding map M which preserves the lattice, we characterize all the wavelet families. This result generalizes the characterization of Frazier, Garrigós, Wang, and Weis about the wavelet families with Γ = Zⁿ and M = 21. In the second part of the paper, we characterize all the MSF wavelets. Moreover, we give a constructive method for the support of the Fourier transform of an MSF wavelet and apply this method by giving examples with particular attention to the quincunx lattice.