A result of Ambrosetti–Prodi type for first-order ODEs with cubic non-linearities. Part I

In this paper, we prove a result of Ambrosetti–Prodi type for the problem x′=f(t,x)+λx, where f(t,x) is T-periodic in t, f(t,0)≡0 and f(t,x) has “cubic nonlinearities”. Received: February 4, 2000?Published online: April 14, 2003 RID="*" ID="*"This paper was partially supported by CDCHT, Universidad de los Andes.     

An Application of a Mountain Pass Theorem

We are concerned with the following Dirichlet problem: −Δu(x) = f(x, u), x∈Ω, u∈H ¹ ₀(Ω), (P) where f(x, t) ∈C (×ℝ), f(x, t)/t is nondecreasing in t∈ℝ and tends to an L ^∞-function q(x) uniformly in x∈Ω as t→ + ∞ (i.e., f(x, t) is asymptotically linear in t at infinity). In this case, an Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz-type condition, that is, for some θ > 2, M > 0, 0 > θF(x, s) ≤f(x, s)s, for all |s|≥M and x∈Ω, (AR) is no longer true, where F(x, s) = ∫ ^s ₀ f(x, t)dt. As is well known, (AR) is an important technical condition in applying Mountain Pass Theorem. In this paper, without assuming (AR) we prove, by using a variant version of Mountain Pass Theorem, that problem (P) has a positive solution under suitable conditions on f(x, t) and q(x). Our methods also work for the case where f(x, t) is superlinear in t at infinity, i.e., q(x) ≡ +∞. Received June 24, 1998, Accepted January 14, 2000.     

Periodic solutions of non-smooth friction oscillators

We study the differential equation x"+g(x￠)+m(x) sgn x￠+f(x)=j(t)x''+g(x')+\mu(x)\,{\rm sgn}\, x'+f(x)=\varphi(t) with T-periodic right-hand side, which models e.g. a mechanical system with one degree of freedom subjected to dry friction and periodic external force. If, in particular, the damping term g is present and acts, up to a bounded difference, like a linear damping, we get existence of a T-periodic solution.¶In the more difficult case g = 0, we concentrate on the model equation x"+m(x) sgn x￠+x=j(t)x''+\mu(x)\,{\rm sgn}\,x'+x=\varphi(t) and obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of a T-periodic solution by application of Brouwer's fixed point theorem. For this purpose we show that a certain associated autonomous differential equation admits a periodic orbit such that the surrounded set (minus some neighborhood of the equilibria) is forward invariant for the equation above. Under additional assumptions on 7 we prove boundedness of all solutions.¶Finally, we provide a principle of linearized stability for periodic solutions without deadzones, where the "linearized" differential equation is an impulsive Hill equation.     

On the approximation of entire functions by trigonometric polynomials

Let a set B have the following properties: if z ∈ B, then z ± 2π ∈ B and the intersection of B with the vertical strip 0 ≤ Re x ≤ π is a closed and bounded set. In this paper we study the approximation of a continuous on B and 2π-periodic function f(z) by trigonometric polynomials T _n (z). We establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for the function f(z) to be entire and specify a formula for calculating its order. In addition, we describe some metric properties of periodic sets in a plane.     

T-Colorings and T-Edge Spans of Graphs

 Suppose G is a graph and T is a set of non-negative integers that contains 0. A T-coloring of G is an assignment of a non-negative integer f(x) to each vertex x of G such that |f(x)−f(y)|∉T whenever xy∈E(G). The edge span of a T-coloring−f is the maximum value of |f(x) f(y)| over all edges xy, and the T-edge span of a graph G is the minimum value of the edge span of a T-coloring of G. This paper studies the T-edge span of the dth power C ^d _n of the n-cycle C _n for T={0, 1, 2, …, k−1}. In particular, we find the exact value of the T-edge span of C _n ^d for n≡0 or (mod d+1), and lower and upper bounds for other cases. Received: May 13, 1996 Revised: December 8, 1997     

A Modification of the Lyons-Sullivan Discretization of Positive Harmonic Functions

A modification of the Lyons-Sullivan discretization of positive harmonic functions on a Riemannian manifold M is proposed. This modification, depending on a choice of constants C = {C _n :n = 1,2,..}, allows for constructing measures n_x^C, x ? M\nu_x^\mathbf{C},\ x\in M, supported on a discrete subset Γ of M such that for every positive harmonic function f on M

Cohomology classes of dynamically non-negative Ck functions

Let T:x↦2x (mod 1) be the doubling map of the circle ?=ℝ/ℤ. We construct a trigonometric polynomial f:?→ℝ with the following property: ∫f  dμ≥0 for every T-invariant probability measure μ, so that f is cohomologous to a non-negative Lipschitz function, yet f is not cohomologous to any non-negative C ¹ function. Oblatum 28-VI-2001 & 4-X-2001?Published online: 18 January 2002     

An Exceptional Set in the Ergodic Theory of Expanding Maps on Manifolds

Under a general hypothesis an expanding map T of a Riemannian manifold M is known to preserve a measure equivalent to the Liouville measure on that manifold. As a consequence of this and Birkhoff’s pointwise ergodic theorem, the orbits of almost all points on the manifold are asymptotically distributed with regard to this Liouville measure. Let T be Lipschitz of class τ for some τ in (0,1], let Ω(x) denote the forward orbit closure of x and for a positive real number δ and let E(x₀, δ) denote the set of points x in M such that the distance from x₀ to Ω is at least δ. Let dim A denote the Hausdorff dimension of the set A. In this paper we prove a result which implies that there is a constant C(T) > 0 such that dimE(x₀,d) 3 dimM - \fracC(T)|logd| \dim E(x_0,\delta) \ge \dim M - \frac{C(T)}{\vert\!\log \delta \vert} if τ = 1 and dimE(x₀,d) 3 dimM - \fracC(T)log|logd|\dim E(x_0,\delta) \ge \dim M - \frac{C(T)}{\log \vert \log \delta \vert} if τ < 1. This gives a quantitative converse to the above asymptotic distribution phenomenon. The result we prove is of sufficient generality that a similar result for expanding hyperbolic rational maps of degree not less than two follows as a special case.     

Homotopy Types of Stabilizers and Orbits of Morse Functions on Surfaces

Let M be a smooth compact surface, orientable or not, with boundary or without it, P either the real line ℝ ¹ or the circle S ¹, and D(M) the group of diffeomorphisms of M acting on C^∞(M, P) by the rule h⋅ f = f ∘ h ⁻¹ for h ∊ D(M) and f ∊ C^∞ (M,P). Let f: M → P be an arbitrary Morse mapping, Σ _f the set of critical points of f, D(M,Σ _f ) the subgroup of D(M) preserving Σ _f , and S(f), S (f,Σ _f ), O(f), and O(f,Σ _f ) the stabilizers and the orbits of f with respect to D(M) and D(M,Σ _f ). In fact S(f) = S(f,Σ _f ).In this paper we calculate the homotopy types of S(f), O(f) and O(f,Σ _f ). It is proved that except for few cases the connected components of S(f) and O(f,Σ _f ) are contractible, π _k O(f) = π _k M for k ≥ 3, π₂ O(f) = 0, and π₁ O(f) is an extension of π₁ D(M) ⊕ Z ^k (for some k ≥ 0) with a (finite) subgroup of the group of automorphisms of the Kronrod-Reeb graph of f.We also generalize the methods of F. Sergeraert to give conditions for a finite codimension orbit of a tame smooth action of a tame Lie group on a tame Fréchet manifold to be a tame Fréchet manifold itself. In particular, we obtain that O(f) and O(f, Σ _f ) are tame Fréchet manifolds. Communicated by Peter Michor Vienna Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 37C05, 57S05, 57R45.     

Characterising the Accuracy of Multivariable Refinable Functions via the Symbol Function

Suppose that f(x) = (f ₁(x),...,f _r (x)) ^T , x∈R ^d is a vector-valued function satisfying the refinement equation f(x) = ∑_Λ c _κ f(2x−κ) with finite set Λ of Z ^d and some r×r matricex c _κ. The requirements for f to have accuracy p are given in terms of the symbol function m(ξ). Supported by NSFC     

Global branches of periodic solutions for forced delay differential equations on compact manifolds

We prove a global bifurcation result for T-periodic solutions of the T-periodic delay differential equation x^′(t)=λf(t,x(t),x(t−1)) depending on a real parameter λ?0. The approach is based on the fixed point index theory for maps on ANRs.     

Ergodic averages on circles

LetT ₁ andT ₂ be commuting invertible ergodic measure preserving flows on a probability space (X, A, μ). For t = (u,ν) ∈ ℝ², letT ^t =T ₁ ^u T ₂ ^v . LetS ¹ denote the unit circle in ℝ² and σ the rotation invariant unit measure on it. Then, forf∈Lp(X) withp>2, the averagesA _t f(x) = ∫ _s ¹ f(T ^ts x)σ(ds) conver the integral off for a. e.x, ast tends to 0 or infinity. This extends a result of R. Jones [J], who treated the case of three or more dimensions.     

Periodic and almost periodic solutions of volterra integral differential equations with infinite memory

Conditions are given which guarantee that if T > 0 is sufficiently small, then x(t) = ∝₀^∞ [dE(s)] x(t — s)+ f(t) has a unique T-periodic solution x for each continuous T-periodic function f. The vectors x and f are n-dimensional; the matrix function E(s) is n × n with bounded total variation. The proof adapts readily to provide an analogous result when x and f are almost periodic functions whose non-zero Fourier frequencies are bounded away from zero. The results are applied to study certain perturbations of the above equation.     

Approximation error for linear polynomial interpolation onn-simplices

LetW _n ² M be the class of functionsf: Δ _n → ℝ (when Δ _n is ann-simplex) with bounded second derivative (whose absolute value does not exceedM>0) along any direction at an arbitrary point of the simplex Δ _n . LetP _1,n (f;x) be the linear polynomial interpolatingf at the vertices of the simplex. We prove that there exists a functiong ∈ W _n ² M such that for anyf ∈W _n ² M and anyx ∈ Δ _n one has |f (x)−P ₁, _n (f;x)|≤g(x). Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 504–510, October, 1996. I thank Yu. N. Subbotin for posing the problem and for his attention to my work.     

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.     

Adjoints of semigroups acting on vector-valued function spaces

LetT(t) be the translation group onY=C ₀(ℝ×K)=C ₀(ℝ)⊗C(K),K compact Hausdorff, defined byT(t)f(x, y)=f(x+t, y). In this paper we give several representations of the sun-dialY ^⊙ corresponding to this group. Motivated by the solution of this problem, viz.Y ^⊙=L ¹(ℝ)⊗M(K), we develop a duality theorem for semigroups of the formT ₀(t)⊗id on tensor productsZ⊗X of Banach spaces, whereT ₀(t) is a semigroup onZ. Under appropriate compactness assumptions, depending on the kind of tensor product taken, we show that the sun-dial ofZ⊗X is given byZ ^⊙⊗X*. These results are applied to determine the sun-dials for semigroups induced on spaces of vector-valued functions, e.g.C ₀(Ω;X) andL ^p (μ;X). This paper was written during a half-year stay at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science CWI in Amsterdam. I am grateful to the CWI and the Dutch National Science Foundation NWO for financial support.     

Complete rank theorem of advanced calculus and singularities of bounded linear operators

Let E and F be Banach spaces, f: U ⊂ E → F be a map of C ^r (r ⩾ 1), x ₀ ∈ U, and ft (x ₀) denote the FréLechet differential of f at x ₀. Suppose that f′(x ₀) is double split, Rank(f′(x ₀)) = ∞, dimN(f′(_{x 0})) > 0 and codimR(f′(x ₀)) s> 0. The rank theorem in advanced calculus asks to answer what properties of f ensure that f(x) is conjugate to f′(x ₀) near x ₀. We have proved that the conclusion of the theorem is equivalent to one kind of singularities for bounded linear operators, i.e., x ₀ is a locally fine point for f′(x) or generalized regular point of f(x); so, a complete rank theorem in advanced calculus is established, i.e., a sufficient and necessary condition such that the conclusion of the theorem to be held is given.      

On the existence of periodic solutions of Rayleigh equations

In this paper, we study the existence of periodic solutions of Rayleigh equation

On the almost monotone convergence of sequences of continuous functions

A sequence (f _n ) _n of functions f _n : X → ℝ almost decreases (increases) to a function f: X → ℝ if it pointwise converges to f and for each point x ∈ X there is a positive integer n(x) such that f _n+1(x) ≤ f _n (x) (f _n+1(x) ≥ f _n (x)) for n ≥ n(x). In this article I investigate this convergence in some families of continuous functions.     

Regressions and monotone chains: A ramsey-type extremal problem for partial orders

Aregression is a functiong from a partially ordered set to itself such thatg(x)≦x for allz. Amonotone k-chain is a chain ofk elementsx ₁<x ₂ <...<x _k such thatg(x ₁)≦g(x ₂)≦...≦g(x _k ). If a partial order has sufficiently many elements compared to the size of its largest antichain, every regression on it will have a monotone (k + 1)-chain. Fixingw, letf(w, k) be the smallest number such that every regression on every partial order with size leastf(w, k) but no antichain larger thanw has a monotone (k + 1)-chain. We show thatf(w, k)=(w+1) ^k . Dedicated to Paul Erdős on his seventieth birthday Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation under ISP-80-11451.