New index transforms of the Lebedev–Skalskaya type

New index transforms, involving the real part of the modified Bessel function of the first kind as the kernel are considered. Mapping properties such as the boundedness and invertibility are investigated for these operators in the Lebesgue spaces. Inversion theorems are proved. As an interesting application, a solution of the initial value problem for the second-order partial differential equation, involving the Laplacian, is obtained. It is noted that the corresponding operators with the imaginary part of the modified Bessel function of the first kind lead to the familiar Kontorovich–Lebedev transform and its inverse.     

Convolution theorems associated with some integral operators and convolutions

In this article, various convolution theorems involving certain weight functions and convolution products are derived. The convolution theorems we obtain are more general, convenient, and efficient than the complicated convolution theorem of the Hartley transform. Further results involving new variants of generalizations of Fourier and Hartley transforms are also discussed.     

Convolution kernels in Clifford analysis: old and new

New singular integral operators are constructed involving the so‐called spherical monogenics of Clifford analysis, as special cases of broad families of specific Clifford distributions. They constitute refinements of the classical singular integral operators involving spherical harmonics and give rise to generalized Hilbert transforms. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On a sum with a three-parameter Mittag-Leffler function

The bounding of the two-parameter Mittag-Leffler function is discussed. As a particular consequence, we present two proofs for a sum involving a three-parameter Mittag-Leffler function. This sum can be seen as a generalization of a relation involving a product of two exponential functions. Particular cases are recovered.     

More on Electrostatic Models for Zeros of Orthagonal Polynomials

Representations for inverses of Toeplitz-plus-Hankel matrices and more general Bezoutians involving only discrete Hartley transforms and diagonal matrices are presented. Using these representations a column vector can be multiplied by the inverse of a Toeplitz-plus-Hankel matrix with the help of only 6 Hartley transforms plus O(n) operations. This complexity estimate is significantly better than previous ones.     

Self-similar Solutions for a Transport Equation with Non-local Flux

The authors construct self-similar solutions for an N-dimensional transport equation, where the velocity is given by the Riezs transform. These solutions imply non-uniqueness of weak solution. In addition, self-similar solution for a one-dimensional conservative equation involving the Hilbert transform is obtained.     

Tests of fit for the Rayleigh distribution based on the empirical Laplace transform

In this paper a class of goodness-of-fit tests for the Rayleigh distribution is proposed. The tests are based on a weighted integral involving the empirical Laplace transform. The consistency of the tests as well as their asymptotic distribution under the null hypothesis are investigated. As the decay of the weight function tends to infinity the test statistics approach limit values. In a particular case the resulting limit statistic is related to the first nonzero component of Neyman’s smooth test for this distribution. The new tests are compared with other omnibus tests for the Rayleigh distribution.     

On the boundedness result of wavelet transform associated with fractional Hankel transform

This article is concerned with the study of the continuity of wavelet transform involving fractional Hankel transform on certain function spaces. The n-dimensional boundedness property of the fractional wavelet transform is also discussed on Sobolev type space. Particular cases are also considered.     

Fast Wavelet Transform for Toeplitz Matrices and Property Analysis

Fast wavelet transform algorithms for Toeplitz matrices are proposed in this paper. Distinctive from the well known discrete trigonometric transforms, such as the discrete cosine transform （DCT） and the discrete Fourier transform （DFT） for Toeplitz matrices, the new algorithms are achieved by compactly supported wavelet that preserve the character of a Toeplitz matrix after transform, which is quite useful in many applications involving a Toeplitz matrix. Results of numerical experiments show that the proposed method has good compression performance similar to using wavelet in the digital image coding. Since the proposed algorithms turn a dense Toeplitz matrix into a band-limited form, the arithmetic operations required by the new algorithms are O（N） that are reduced greatly compared with O（N log N） by the classical trigonometric transforms.     

Index transforms with the squares of Kelvin functions

New index transforms, involving squares of Kelvin functions, are investigated. Mapping properties and inversion formulas are established for these transforms in Lebesgue spaces. The results are applied to solve a boundary value problem on the wedge for a fourth order partial differential equation.     

Fractional differential equations solved by using Mellin transform

In this paper, the solution of the multi-order differential equations, by using Mellin transform, is proposed. It is shown that the problem related to the shift of the real part of the argument of the transformed function, arising when the Mellin integral operates on the fractional derivatives, may be overcame. Then, the solution may be found for any fractional differential equation involving multi-order fractional derivatives (or integrals). The solution is found in the Mellin domain, by solving a linear set of algebraic equations, whose inverse transform gives the solution of the fractional differential equation at hands.     

On two-scale convergence and related sequential compactness topics

A general concept of two-scale convergence is introduced and two-scale compactness theorems are stated and proved for some classes of sequences of bounded functions in L ²(Ω) involving no periodicity assumptions. Further, the relation to the classical notion of compensated compactness and the recent concepts of two-scale compensated compactness and unfolding is discussed and a defect measure for two-scale convergence is introduced.     

Classroom note: Polynomial solutions of the Laguerre equation and other differential equations near a singular point

It can be shown that if a differential equation is analytic near a point, then it is always possible to select a forcing term along with initial conditions that will ensure the solution to the new non-homogeneous equation is a polynomial that is the finite, truncated portion of the (infinite) series solution of the original equation. It turns out that this result can be extended to expansions about a singular point. The conditions under which such a polynomial truncation can be accomplished about a singular point are presented in the Appendix. A brief algorithm is described that enables one to choose the appropriate forcing term and initial conditions. Following this, an example involving Laguerre's equation is presented.     

Linear independence of root equations forM/G/1 type Markov chains

There is a classical technique for determining the equilibrium probabilities ofM/G/1 type Markov chains. After transforming the equilibrium balance equations of the chain, one obtains an equivalent system of equations in analytic functions to be solved. This method requires finding all singularities of a given matrix function in the unit disk and then using them to obtain a set of linear equations in the finite number of unknown boundary probabilities. The remaining probabilities and other measures of interest are then computed from the boundary probabilities. Under certain technical assumptions, the linear independence of the resulting equations is established by a direct argument involving only elementary results from matrix theory and complex analysis. Simple conditions for the ergodicity and nonergodicity of the chain are also given.     

A partial differential equation related to a problem in atmospheric pollution

We investigate a generalized form of a partial differential equation governing the diffusion of heavy pollutants into the atmosphere. In earlier treatments of the equation, the vertical component of turbulent exchange coefficient was assumed to be linear. Our generalization takes into account the nonlinear case of this component. Furthermore, two general identities involving the confluent hypergeometric function of the second kind are derived in the course of solving the given PDE.     

Constrained duality via unconstrained duality in generalized geometric programming

A specialization of unconstrained duality (involving problems without explicit constraints) to constrained duality (involving problems with explicit constraints) provides an efficient mechanism for extending to the latter many important theorems that were previously established for the former.This research was sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Systems Command, USAF, under Grant No. AFOSR-73-2516.     

Limiting behavior of the approximate second-order subdifferential of a convex function

Hiriart-Urruty and the author recently introduced the notions of Dupin indicatrices for nonsmooth convex surfaces and studied them in connection with their concept of a second-order subdifferential for convex functions. They noticed that second-order subdifferentials can be viewed as limit sets of difference quotients involving approximate subdifferentials. In this paper, we elaborate this point in a more detailed way and discuss some related questions.The author is grateful to the referees for their helpful comments.     

The Kontorovich‐Lebedev transform and its associated pseudodifferential operator

In this paper, we obtained some useful estimates for convolution corresponding to Kontorovich‐Lebedev transform (KL‐transform) in Lebesgue space. Some continuity theorems for translation, convolution, and KL‐transform in test function space are discussed. Then an integral representation of pseudodifferential operator involving KL‐transform is found out, and its estimates in Lebesgue space is obtained. At the end, some applications of KL‐transform and its convolution are discussed.     

Diffraction by an Acoustic Grating Perturbed by a Bounded Obstacle

An original approach to solve 2D time harmonic diffraction problems involving locally perturbed gratings is proposed. The propagation medium is composed of a periodically stratified half-space and a homogeneous half-space containing a bounded obstacle. Using Fourier and Floquet transforms and integral representations, the diffraction problem is formulated as a coupled problem of Fredholm type with two unknowns: the trace of the diffracted field on the interface separating the two half-spaces on one hand, and the restriction of the diffracted field to a bounded domain surrounding the obstacle, on the other hand.