General collision branching processes with two parameters

A new class of branching models, the general collision branching processes with two parameters, is considered in this paper. For such models, it is necessary to evaluate the absorbing probabilities and mean extinction times for both absorbing states. Regularity and uniqueness criteria are firstly established. Explicit expressions are then obtained for the extinction probability vector, the mean extinction times and the conditional mean extinction times. The explosion behavior of these models is investigated and an explicit expression for mean explosion time is established. The mean global holding time is also obtained. It is revealed that these properties are substantially different between the super-explosive and sub-explosive cases. This work was partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10771216), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Grant No. HKU 7010/06P) and Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry of China (Grant No. [2007]1108)     

On a lower bound for the extinction time of surfaces moved by mean curvature

This paper considers a generalized evolution of a compact closed (hyper)-surface moved by its mean curvature. By a comparison of a shrinking ball the surface extincts in a finite time. An estimate of the extinction time from above is given by L. C. Evans and J. Spruck. In this paper we give an estimate from blow. In fact we proved that the extinction time is estimated from below by to times the square of the volume of a set enclosed by the initial surface over the initial area of the surface. The constant two is optimal.Partly supported by the Inamori Foundation     

Local extinction of super-Brownian motion on Sierpinski gasket

The Brownian motion and super-Brownian motion on the Sierpinski gasket are studied. Firstly it is proved that the local extinction property is possessed by the super-Brownian motion on this fractal structure. This fact is also true even in the presence of catalyst. Secondly it is proved that the paths of the Brownian motion on the Sierpinski gasket are dense in some sense. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

The linear birth and death process under the influence of independently occurring disasters

Summary A population developing according to a time homogeneous linear birth and death process is subjected to an independently occurring random sequence of disasters. Using an embedded Galton-Watson process with random environments explicit results about the probability of extinction and the asymptotic behavior of the process are obtained.Dedicated to Klaus Krickeberg on the occasion of his 60th birthdayWork done while both authors were visiting professors at the Delhi Centre of the Indian Statistical InstituteThis author's research was supported in part by U.S. National Science Foundation Grant No: DMS-8504319 at Purdue University     

Properties of Super-Poisson Processes and Super-Random Walks with Spatially Dependent Branching Rates

The global supports of super-Poisson processes and super-random walks with a branching mechanism ψ（z）=z^2 and constant branching rate are known to be noncompact. It turns out that, for any spatially dependent branching rate, this property remains true. However, the asymptotic extinction property for these two kinds of superprocesses depends on the decay rate of the branching-rate function at infinity.     

Uniqueness and extinction properties of generalised Markov branching processes

This paper focuses on the basic problems regarding uniqueness and extinction properties for generalised Markov branching processes. The uniqueness criterion is firstly established and a differential-integral equation satisfied by the transition functions of such processes is derived. The extinction probability is then obtained. A closed form is presented for both the mean extinction time and the conditional mean extinction time. It turns out that these important quantities are closely related to the elementary gamma function.     

Persistence and extinction of a stochastic non-autonomous Gilpin–Ayala system driven by Lévy noise

In this paper, we consider the persistence and extinction of a stochastic non-autonomous Gilpin–Ayala system driven by Lévy noise. Sufficient criteria for extinction, non-persistence in the mean and weak persistence of the system are established. The threshold between weak persistence and extinction is obtained. From the results we can see that both persistence and extinction have close relationships with Lévy noise. Some simulation figures are introduced to demonstrate the analytical findings.     

ENDANGERED SPECIES AND NATURAL RESOURCE EXPLOITATION: EXTINCTION VS. COEXISTENCE

A model of renewable resource exploitation under event uncertainty is formulated. The model is applied to analyze the situation in which excessive water diversion for human needs can lead to the extinction of an animal population. Special attention is given to uncertainty regarding the conditions that lead to extinction. The manner in which the potential benefit foregone due to the species' extinction (the “extinction penalty”) induces more conservative exploitation policies is studied in detail. When the extinction penalty is ignored, the optimal policy is to drive the resource stock to a particular equilibrium level from any initial state. When the extinction penalty is accounted for and the conditions that lead to extinction are not fully understood (i.e., involve uncertainty), an interval of equilibrium states is identified, which depends on the penalty and on the immediate extinction risk.     

流行病灭绝时间和费用估计随机模型

本文用具有吸收状态的生灭马氏过程建立了流行病随机模型,研究了灭绝之前生灭过程的分布,发现初始分布是拟平稳分布时,其灭绝时间服从指数分布,并得到了灭绝时间与状态概率的关系式和费用估计的期望值.应用模型给出了一个固定人口为N的流行病灭绝时间和平均费用的数值模拟结果.     

Linear independence of refinable distributions supported on [0, 2]×[0, 2]

In this paper a necessary and sufficient condition on symbol is given for linear independence of refinable distributions supported on [0,2]×[0,2]. This project is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 69735020), the Tian Tuan Foundation, the Doctoral Bases Promotion Foundation of National Educational Commission of China (No. 97033519) and the Zhejiang Provincial Science Foundation of China (No. 196038).     

Compactly supported refinable distributions in Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and besov spaces

The aim of this article is to characterize compactly supported refinable distributions in Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and Besov spaces by projection operators on certain wavelet space and by some operators on a finitely dimensional space.Research partially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China # 69735020, the Tian Yuan Projection of the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China, the Doctoral Bases Promotion Foundation of National Educational Commission of China #97033519 and the Zhejiang Provincial Sciences Foundation of China # 196083, and by the Wavelets Strategic Research Program funded by the National Science and Technology Board and the Ministry of Education, Singapore.     

General A-P iterative algorithm in shift-invariant spaces

A general A-P iterative algorithm in a shift-invariant space is presented. We use the algorithm to show reconstruction of signals from weighted samples and also show that the general improved algorithm has better convergence rate than the existing one. An explicit estimate for a guaranteed rate of convergence is given.     

Permanence and extinction of a stochastic hybrid model for tumor growth

A tumor growth model perturbed by both white noise and Markov switching is formulated and explored. The threshold between permanence and extinction is obtained. Some effects of environmental stochasticity on permanence and extinction of the model are revealed.     

The structure of the rational point groups of simple abelian varieties of dimension two over finite fields

This research is supported by the Alexander von Houmboldt Foundation and the Chinese Natural Science Foundation.     

Persistence and extinction in stochastic non-autonomous logistic systems

This paper studies two widely used stochastic non-autonomous logistic models. For the first system, sufficient conditions for extinction, non-persistence in the mean, weak persistence and stochastic permanence are established. The critical number between weak persistence and extinction is obtained. For the second system, sufficient criteria for extinction, non-persistence in the mean, weak persistence in the mean, strong persistence in the mean and stochastic permanence are established. The critical number between weak persistence in the mean and extinction is obtained. It should be pointed out that this research is systematical and complete. In fact, the behaviors of the two models in every coefficient cases are cleared up by the results obtained in this paper.     

Algebraic maps from spheres to spheres

Some homotopy classes of the unit spheres are explicitly represented by entire rational maps. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19531050), the Special Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hong Kong Qiu-Shi Foundation and the Education Foundation of Tsinghua University.     

The threshold between permanence and extinction for a stochastic Logistic model with regime switching

A stochastic logistic model under regime switching is proposed and investigated. Sufficient conditions for extinction, non-persistence in the mean, weak persistence and stochastic permanence are established. The threshold between weak persistence and extinction is obtained. Then we show that this threshold also is the threshold between stochastic permanence and extinction under a simple additional condition. The results show that firstly, the stationary probability distribution of the Markov chain plays a key role in determining the permanence and extinction of the population. Secondly, different types of environmental noises have different effects on the permanence and extinction of the population. Thirdly, the more the stochastic noises, the easier the population goes to extinction.     

Mean convergence of hermite interpolation revisited

The first author is supported by the Hungarian National Foundation for Scientific Research Grant No. 1910 and No. T7570, and the second author is supported by the National Science Foundation Grant No. 9302721. The work was done during the first author's visit in Eugene, Oregon in 1993, and was completed during the second author's visit to the Mathematisches Institut, University of Erlange-Nürnberg, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.     

超布朗运动在临近灭绝时的行为

本文研究具有一类较广泛分支特征的超布朗运动在临近灭绝时的行为，主要得到了在临近灭绝时它的支撑的直径几乎处处收敛到零     

On pole assignment of distributed parameter systems with unbounded input elements

In this paper, the pole assignment problem is considered for a class of distributed parameter systems with unbounded input element and with multiple spectral structure. A formula on the spectrum of the closed loop operator is proved and a formula of pole assignment is obtained. Finally, an example concerning a beam vibration is given. This work is supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China and the National Key Project of China, and partly by the Post Doctoral Science Foundation of China and the Youth Science Foundation of Shanxi.