The Polynomial Degree of the Grassmannian {\mathcal G_{\bf 1,}{\bf n,}{\bf 2}}

For a subset ψ of PG(N, 2) a known result states that ψ has polynomial degree ≤ r, r≤ N, if and only if ψ intersects every r-flat of PG(N, 2) in an odd number of points. Certain refinements of this result are considered, and are then applied in the case when ψ is the Grassmannian , to show that for n <8 the polynomial degree of is .     

Large solutions for equations involving the p-Laplacian and singular weights

In this paper we consider the boundary blow-up problem Δ_pu = a(x)u^q in a smooth bounded domain Ω of , with u = +∞ on ∂Ω. Here is the well-known p-Laplacian operator with p > 1, q > p − 1, and a(x) is a nonnegative weight function which can be singular on ∂Ω. Our results include existence, uniqueness and exact boundary behavior of positive solutions.      

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,

Approximately Linear Mappings in Banach Modules over a C^＊-algebra

Let X and Y be vector spaces. The authors show that a mapping f ： X →Y satisfies the functional equation 2d f（∑^2d j=1（-1）^j＋1xj/2d）=∑^2dj=1（-1）^j＋1f（xj） with f（0） = 0 if and only if the mapping f ： X→ Y is Cauchy additive, and prove the stability of the functional equation （≠） in Banach modules over a unital C^＊-algebra, and in Poisson Banach modules over a unital Poisson C＊-algebra. Let A and B be unital C^＊-algebras, Poisson C^＊-algebras or Poisson JC^＊- algebras. As an application, the authors show that every almost homomorphism h ： A →B of A into is a homomorphism when h（（2d-1）^nuy） =- h（（2d-1）^nu）h（y） or h（（2d-1）^nuoy） = h（（2d-1）^nu）oh（y） for all unitaries u ∈A, all y ∈ A, n = 0, 1, 2,.... Moreover, the authors prove the stability of homomorphisms in C^＊-algebras, Poisson C^＊-algebras or Poisson JC^＊-algebras.     

Regularity of Weak Solutions of Nonlinear Equations with Discontinuous Coefficients

In this paper, we prove that the weak solutions u∈Wloc^1, p （Ω） （1 〈p〈∞） of the following equation with vanishing mean oscillation coefficients A（x）： -div[（A（x）△↓u·△↓u）p-2/2 A（x）△↓u＋│F（x）│^p-2 F（x）]=B（x, u, △↓u）, belong to Wloc^1, q （Ω）（A↓q∈（p, ∞）, provided F ∈ Lloc^q（Ω） and B（x, u, h） satisfies proper growth conditions where Ω ∪→R^N（N≥2） is a bounded open set, A（x）=（A^ij（x）） N×N is a symmetric matrix function.     

The product of two von Neumann n-frames, its characteristic, and modular fractal lattices

Let L be a bounded lattice. If for each a₁ < b₁ ∈ L and a₂ < b₂ ∈ L there is a lattice embedding ψ: [a₁, b₁] → [a₂, b₂] with ψ(a₁) = a₂ and ψ(b₁) = b₂, then we say that L is a quasifractal. If ψ can always be chosen to be an isomorphism or, equivalently, if L is isomorphic to each of its nontrivial intervals, then L will be called a fractal lattice. For a ring R with 1 let denote the lattice variety generated by the submodule lattices of R-modules. Varieties of this kind are completely described in [16]. The prime field of characteristic p will be denoted by F_p. Let be a lattice variety generated by a nondistributive modular quasifractal. The main theorem says that is neither too small nor too large in the following sense: there is a unique , a prime number or zero, such that and for any n ≥ 3 and any nontrivial (normalized von Neumann) n-frame of any lattice in , is of characteristic p. We do not know if in general; however we point out that, for any ring R with 1, implies . It will not be hard to show that is Arguesian. The main theorem does have a content, for it has been shown in [2] that each of the is generated by a single fractal lattice L_p; moreover we can stipulate either that L_p is a continuous geometry or that L_p is countable. The proof of the main theorem is based on the following result of the present paper: if is a nontrivial m-frame and is an n-frame of a modular lattice L with m, n ≥ 3 such that and , then these two frames have the same characteristic and, in addition, they determine a nontrivial mn-frame of the same characteristic in a canonical way, which we call the product frame. Presented by E. T. Schmidt.     

On formulas for the index of the circular distributions

A circular distribution is a Galois equivariant map ψ from the roots of unity μ _∞ to an algebraic closure of such that ψ satisfies product conditions, for ϵ ∈ μ _∞ and , and congruence conditions for each prime number l and with (l, s) = 1, modulo primes over l for all , where μ _l and μ _s denote respectively the sets of lth and sth roots of unity. For such ψ, let be the group generated over by and let be , where U _s denotes the global units of . We give formulas for the indices and of and inside the circular numbers P _s and units C _s of Sinnott over . This work was supported by the SRC Program of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MOST) (No. R11-2007-035-01001-0). This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund) (KRF-2006-312-C00455).     

Variationally harmonic maps with general boundary conditions: Boundary regularity

Let and be Riemannian manifolds, compact without boundary. We develop a definition of a variationally harmonic map with respect to a general boundary condition of the kind u(x)∊Γ(x) for a.e. , where are given submanifolds depending smoothly on x. The given definition of variationally harmonic maps is slightly more restrictive, but also more natural than the usual definition of stationary harmonic maps. After deducing an energy monotonicity formula, it is possible to derive a regularity theory for variationally harmonic maps with general boundary data. The results include full boundary regularity in the Dirichlet boundary case Γ(x) = {g(x)} for if does not carry a nonconstant harmonic 2-sphere.     

Blow-up criterion for 2-D Boussinesq equations in bounded domain

We extend the results for 2-D Boussinesq equations from ℝ² to a bounded domain Ω. First, as for the existence of weak solutions, we transform Boussinesq equations to a nonlinear evolution equation U _t + A(t, U) = 0. In stead of using the methods of fundamental solutions in the case of entire ℝ², we study the qualities of F(u, υ) = (u · ▽)υ to get some useful estimates for A(t, U), which helps us to conclude the local-in-time existence and uniqueness of solutions. Second, as for blow-up criterions, we use energy methods, Sobolev inequalities and Gronwall inequality to control and by and . Furthermore, can control by using vorticity transportation equations. At last, can control . Thus, we can find a blow-up criterion in the form of .      

On groups of type Φ

We define a group G to be of type Φ if it has the property that for every -module G, proj. G < ∞ iff proj. H G < ∞ for every finite subgroup H of G. We conjecture that the type Φ is an algebraic characterization of those groups G which admit a finite dimensional model for , the classifying space for the family of the finite subgroups of G. We also conjecture that the type Φ is equivalent to spli being finite, where spli is the supremum of the projective lengths of the injective -modules. Here we prove certain parts of these conjectures. The project is cofounded by the European Social Fund and National Resources–EPEAK II–Pythagoras. Received: 21 June 2006     

Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Class of Inhomogeneous Neumann Problems Involving the p(x)-Laplacian

We study the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the inhomogeneous Neumann boundary value problems involving the p(x)-Laplacian of the form

Metric Diophantine approximation and ‘absolutely friendly’ measures

Let W(ψ) denote the set of ψ-well approximable points in and let K be a compact subset of which supports a measure μ. In this short article, we show that if μ is an ‘absolutely friendly’ measure and a certain μ-volume sum converges then The result obtained is in some sense analogous to the convergence part of Khintchine’s classical theorem in the theory of metric Diophantine approximation. The class of absolutely friendly measures is a subclass of the friendly measures introduced in [2] and includes measures supported on self-similar sets satisfying the open set condition. We also obtain an upper bound result for the Hausdorff dimension of      

Sufficient conditions for the convexity of the level sets of ground-state solutions

Let Ω be a bounded convex domain in . We consider constrained minimization problems related to the Euler-Lagrange equation

Fourth order equations of critical Sobolev growth. Energy function and solutions of bounded energy in the conformally flat case

Given (M,g) a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension n ≥ 5, we consider equations like

Strong convergence of viscosity approximation methods with strong pseudocontraction for Lipschitz pseudocontractive mappings

In this paper, for a Lipschitz pseudocontractive mapping T, we study the strong convergence of iterative schemes generated by

Simplicity of principal eigenvalue for p-Laplace operator with singular indefinite weight

Given a connected open set and a function w ∈L^N/p(Ω) if 1 < p < N and w ∈L^r (Ω) for some r ∈(1, ∞) if p ≧ N, with we prove that the positive principal eigenvalue of the problem

Some properties of essential spectra of a positive operator, II

Let T be a positive operator on a Banach lattice E. Some properties of Weyl essential spectrum σ_ew(T), in particular, the equality , where is the set of all compact operators on E, are established. If r(T) does not belong to Fredholm essential spectrum σ_ef(T), then for every a ≠ 0, where T₋₁ is a residue of the resolvent R(., T) at r(T). The new conditions for which implies , are derived. The question when the relation holds, where is Lozanovsky’s essential spectrum, will be considered. Lozanovsky’s order essential spectrum is introduced. A number of auxiliary results are proved. Among them the following generalization of Nikol’sky’s theorem: if T is an operator of index zero, then T = R + K, where R is invertible, K ≥ 0 is of finite rank. Under the natural assumptions (one of them is ) a theorem about the Frobenius normal form is proved: there exist T-invariant bands such that if , where , then an operator on D_i is band irreducible.      

Sobolev spaces with only trivial isometries, II

In this article, we obtain a canonical form for surjective linear isometries provided U is an open, bounded, connected, domain with Lipschitz boundary, and . We will show there exists |c| = 1 and mapping τ that is a composition of a translation and a sign-changing permutation of coordinates such that Tf = cf(τ). As a corollary, if , all surjective isometries have this trivial form by the Sobolev Imbedding Theorem.      

Standing waves in the Maxwell-Schrödinger equation and an optimal configuration problem

We study the following system of Maxwell-Schrödinger equations $ \Delta u - u - \delta u \psi+ f(u)=0, \quad \Delta \psi + u^2 = 0 \mbox{in} {\mathbb R}^N , u, \;\psi > 0, \quad u, \;\psi \to 0 \ \mbox{as} \ |x| \to + \infty, $ where δ > 0, u, ψ : $\psi: {\mathbb R}^N \to {\mathbb R}We study the following system of Maxwell-Schr?dinger equations where δ > 0, u, ψ : , f : , N ≥ 3. We prove that the set of solutions has a rich structure: more precisely for any integer K there exists δ_K > 0 such that, for 0 < δ < δ_K, the system has a solution (u_δ, ψ_δ) with the property that u_δ has K spikes centered at the points . Furthermore, setting , then, as δ → 0, approaches an optimal configuration for the following maximization problem: Subject class: Primary 35B40, 35B45; Secondary 35J55, 92C15, 92C40     

On the nuclearity of integral operators

Let X be a nonempty measurable subset of and consider the restriction of the usual Lebesgue measure σ of to X. Under the assumption that the intersection of X with every open ball of has positive measure, we find necessary and sufficient conditions on a L²(X)-positive definite kernel in order that the associated integral operator be nuclear. Taken nuclearity for granted, formulas for the trace of the operator are derived. Some of the results are re-analyzed when K is just an element of .