Analytic functions over a field of power series

 We extend the notion of absolute convergence for real series in several variables to a notion of convergence for series in a power series field ℝ((t ^Γ)) with coefficients in ℝ. Subsequently, we define a natural notion of analytic function at a point of ℝ((t ^Γ))^m. Then, given a real function f analytic on a open box I of ℝ ^m , we extend f to a function f ^★ which is analytic on a subset of ℝ((t ^Γ)) ^m containing I. We prove that the functions f ^★ share with real analytic functions certain basic properties: they are , they have usual Taylor development, they satisfy the inverse function theorem and the implicit function theorem. Received: 5 October 2000 / Revised version: 19 June 2001 / Published online: 12 July 2002     

On periodic solutions of even-order ordinary differential equations

Optimal in a certain sense sufficient conditions are given for the existence and uniqueness of ω-periodic solutions of the nonautonomous ordinary differential equation u ^(2m) =f(t,u,...,u ^(m-1) ), where the function f:ℝ×ℝ ^m →ℝ is periodic with respect to the first argument with period ω. Received: December 21, 1999; in final form: August 12, 2000?Published online: October 2, 2001     

Darboux property of Gâteaux derivatives of functions on ℝ n

D. Preiss proved that the graph of the derivative of a continuous Gateaux-differentiable function f : ℝ² → ℝ is always connected. We show that this is no longer true in higher dimensions: we construct a continuous, Gateaux-differentiable function f : ℝ³ → ℝ for which the range of its gradient mapping {∇ f(x) : x ∈ ℝ³} is disconnected. We also give an example of an approximately differentiable continuous function on ℝ² such that the range of its gradient mapping is disconnected. The work is a part of the research project MSM 0021620839 financed by MSMT and it was also partly supported by GAČR 201/06/0198 and GAČR 201/06/0018.     

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     

On the existence and approximation of zeroes

In this paper we consider the problem of finding zeroes of a continuous functionf from a convex, compact subsetU of ℝ ⁿ to ℝ ⁿ . In the first part of the paper it is proved thatf has a computable zero iff:C ⁿ →ℝ ⁿ satisfies the nonparallel condition for any two antipodal points on bdC ⁿ, i.e. if for anyx∈bdC ⁿ ,f(x)≠αf(−x), α≥0, holds. Therefore we describe a simplicial algorithm to approximate such a zero. It is shown that generally the degree of the approximate zero depends on the number of reflection steps made by the algorithm, i.e. the number of times the algorithm switches from a face τ on bdC ⁿ to the face −τ. Therefore the index of a terminal simplex σ is defined which equals the local Brouwer degree of the function if σ is full-dimensional. In the second part of the paper the algorithm is used to generate possibly several approximate zeroes off. Two sucessive solutions may have both the same or opposite degrees, again depending on the number of reflection steps. By extendingf:U→ℝ ⁿ to a function g from a cube containingU to ℝ ⁿ , the procedure can be applied to any continuous functionf without having any information about the global and local Brouwer degrees a priori.     

On the total curvatures of a tame function

Given a definable function f: ℝ ⁿ ↦ ℝ, enough differentiable, we study the continuity of the total curvature function t → K(t), total curvature of the level f ⁻¹(t), and the total absolute curvature function t → |K|(t), total absolute curvature of the level f ⁻¹(t). We show they admits at most finitely many discontinuities. Partially supported by the European research network IHP-RAAG contract number HPRN-CT-2001-00271 and partially supported by Deutsche Forschungs-Gemeinschaft in the Priority Program Global Differential Geometry.     

Positive definite functions and stable random vectors

We say that a random vector X = (X ₁, …, X _n ) in ℝ ⁿ is an n-dimensional version of a random variable Y if, for any a ∈ ℝ ⁿ , the random variables Σa _i X _i and γ(a)Y are identically distributed, where γ: ℝ ⁿ → [0,∞) is called the standard of X. An old problem is to characterize those functions γ that can appear as the standard of an n-dimensional version. In this paper, we prove the conjecture of Lisitsky that every standard must be the norm of a space that embeds in L ₀. This result is almost optimal, as the norm of any finite-dimensional subspace of L _p with p ∈ (0, 2] is the standard of an n-dimensional version (p-stable random vector) by the classical result of P. Lèvy. An equivalent formulation is that if a function of the form f(‖ · ‖ _K ) is positive definite on ℝ ⁿ , where K is an origin symmetric star body in ℝ ⁿ and f: ℝ → ℝ is an even continuous function, then either the space (ℝ ⁿ , ‖·‖ _K ) embeds in L ₀ or f is a constant function. Combined with known facts about embedding in L ₀, this result leads to several generalizations of the solution of Schoenberg’s problem on positive definite functions.     

Dini Set-Valued Directional Derivative in Locally Lipschitz Vector Optimization

The present paper studies the following constrained vector optimization problem: min  _C f(x), g(x)∈−K, h(x)=0, where f:ℝ ⁿ →ℝ ^m , g:ℝ ⁿ →ℝ ^p and h:ℝ ⁿ →ℝ ^q are locally Lipschitz functions and C⊂ℝ ^m , K⊂ℝ ^p are closed convex cones. In terms of the Dini set-valued directional derivative, first-order necessary and first-order sufficient conditions are obtained for a point x ⁰ to be a w-minimizer (weakly efficient point) or an i-minimizer (isolated minimizer of order 1). It is shown that, under natural assumptions (given by a nonsmooth variant of the implicit function theorem for the equality constraints), the obtained conditions improve some given by Clarke and Craven. Further comparison is done with some recent results of Khanh, Tuan and of Jiiménez, Novo.     

Reconstruction of functions from their integrals over<Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-planes

Thek-plane Radon transform assigns to a functionsf(x) on ℝ ⁿ the collection of integralsf(τ)=∫ _τ f over allk-dimensional planesτ. We give a systematic treatment of two inversion methods for this transform, namely, the method of Riesz potentials, and the method of spherical means. We develop new analytic tools which allow to invertf(τ) under minimal assumptions forf. It is assumed thatfεL ^p , 1≤p<n/k, orf is a continuous function with minimal rate of decay at infinity. In the framework of the first method, our approach employs intertwining fractional integrals associated to thek-plane transform. Following the second method, we extend the original formula of Radon for continuous functions on ℝ² tofεL ^p (ℝ ⁿ ) and all 1≤k<n. New integral formulae and estimates, generalizing those of Fuglede and Solmon, are obtained. The work was supported in part by the Edmund Landau Center for Research in Mathematical Analysis and Related Areas, sponsored by the Minerva Foundation (Germany).     

On the range of the derivative of Gâteaux-smooth functions on separable banach spaces

We prove that there exists a Lipschitz function froml ¹ into ℝ² which is Gateaux-differentiable at every point and such that for everyx, y εl ¹, the norm off′(x) −f′(y) is bigger than 1. On the other hand, for every Lipschitz and Gateaux-differentiable function from an arbitrary Banach spaceX into ℝ and for everyε > 0, there always exist two pointsx, y εX such that ‖f′(x) −f′(y)‖ is less thanε. We also construct, in every infinite dimensional separable Banach space, a real valued functionf onX, which is Gateaux-differentiable at every point, has bounded non-empty support, and with the properties thatf′ is norm to weak* continuous andf′(X) has an isolated pointa, and that necessarilya ε 0. This work has been initiated while the second-named author was visiting the University of Bordeaux. The second-named author is supported by grant AV 1019003, A1 019 205, GA CR 201 01 1198.     

Recurrence in unipotent groups and ergodic nonabelian group extensions

LetT be a measure-preserving and ergodic transformation of a standard probability space (X,S, μ) and letf:X → SUT _d (ℝ) be a Borel map into the group of unipotent upper triangulard ×d matrices. We modify an argument in [12] to obtain a sufficient condition for the recurrence of the random walk defined byf, in terms of the asymptotic behaviour of the distributions of the suitably scaled mapsf(n,x)=(fT ⁿ⁻¹·fT ⁿ⁻²…fT·f). We give examples of recurrent cocycles with values in the continuous Heisenberg group H₁(ℝ)=SUT₃(ℝ), and we use a recurrent cocycle to construct an ergodic skew-product extension of an irrational rotation by the discrete Heisenberg group H₁(ℤ)=SUT₃(ℤ). The author was partially supported by the FWF research project P16004-MAT.     

Hardy spaces via distribution spaces

Let ℐ(ℝⁿ) be the Schwartz class on ℝⁿ and ℐ_∞(ℝⁿ) be the collection of functions ϕ ∊ ℐ(ℝⁿ) with additional property that

The Wave Front Set of the Wigner Distribution and Instantaneous Frequency

We prove a formula expressing the gradient of the phase function of a function f:ℝ ^d ↦ℂ as a normalized first frequency moment of the Wigner distribution for fixed time. The formula holds when f is the Fourier transform of a distribution of compact support, or when f belongs to a Sobolev space H ^d/2+1+ε (ℝ ^d ) where ε>0. The restriction of the Wigner distribution to fixed time is well defined provided a certain condition on its wave front set is satisfied. Therefore we first need to study the wave front set of the Wigner distribution of a tempered distribution.     

Holomorphic Cliffordian functions

The aim of this paper is to put the foundations of a new theory of functions, called holomorphic Cliffordian, which should play an essential role in the generalization of holomorphic functions to higher dimensions. Let ℝ_0,2m+1 be the Clifford algebra of ℝ^2m+1 with a quadratic form of negative signature, be the usual operator for monogenic functions and Δ the ordinary Laplacian. The holomorphic Cliffordian functions are functionsf: ℝ^2m+2 → ℝ_0,2m+1, which are solutions ofDδ ^m f = 0. Here, we will study polynomial and singular solutions of this equation, we will obtain integral representation formulas and deduce the analogous of the Taylor and Laurent expansions for holomorphic Cliffordian functions. In a following paper, we will put the foundations of the Cliffordian elliptic function theory.     

TheN −1-property of maps and Luzin's condition (N)

A functionf∶G→ℝ ⁿ , whereG is an open set in ℝ ⁿ , has theN ⁻¹-property if for allE⊂ℝ ⁿ we have {|E|=0⇒|f ⁻¹(E)|=0} (|·| is the Lebesgue measure). The article is concerned with the relations between theN ⁻¹-property of functions, the maximal rank of derivatives, and the differentiability almost everywhere of composite functions. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 58. No. 3, pp. 411–418, September, 1995.     

Regularity of solutions of Poisson’s equation in multiplier spaces

The most important result stated in this paper is to show that the solutions of the Poisson equation −Δu = f, where f ∈ (Ḣ¹(ℝ ^d ) → (Ḣ⁻¹(ℝ ^d )) is a complex-valued distribution on ℝ ^d , satisfy the regularity property D ^k u ∈ (Ḣ¹ → Ḣ⁻¹) for all k, |k| = 2. The regularity of this equation is well studied by Maz’ya and Verbitsky [12] in the case where f belongs to the class of positive Borel measures.      

Algebraic properties of Hamel functions

We say that f: ℝ → ℝ is LIF if it is linearly independent over ℚ as a subset of ℝ² and that it is a Hamel function (HF) if it is a Hamel basis of ℝ². We construct an example of HF bijection and use a similar method to prove that any function can be represented as the composition of three HF’s as well as the limit of uniformly convergent sequence of HF’s. Finally we consider products of HF’s, maximal invariant classes (with respect to several algebraic operations) and pose some open problems concerning sets of continuity points of HF’s.     

The Markov chain associated to a Pick function

To each function ϕ˜(ω) mapping the upper complex half plane ?⁺ into itself such that the coefficient of ω in the Nevanlinna integral representation is one, we associate the kernel p(y, dx) of a Markov chain on ℝ by

Algebraic methods in sum-product phenomena

We classify the polynomials f(x, y) ∈ ℝ[x, y] such that, given any finite set A ⊂ ℝ, if |A + A| is small, then |f(A,A)| is large. In particular, the following bound holds: |A + A‖f(A,A)| ≳ |A|^5/2. The Bezout theorem and a theorem by Y. Stein play an important role in our proof.     

A topological invariant for pairs of maps

In this paper we develop the notion of contact orders for pairs of continuous self-maps (f, g) from ℝⁿ, showing that the set Con(f, g) of all possible contact orders between f and g is a topological invariant (we remark that Con(f, id) = Per(f)). As an interesting application of this concept, we give sufficient conditions for the graphs of two continuous self-maps from ℝ intersect each other. We also determine the ordering of the sets Con(f, 0) and Con(f, h), for h ∈ Hom(ℝ) such that f ∘ h = h ∘ f. For this latter set we obtain a generalization of Sharkovsky’s theorem.