Generic positivity and foliations in positive characteristic

We prove generic semipositivity of the tangent bundle of a non-uniruled Calabi–Yau variety in positive characteristic. We also construct an example of a nef line bundle in characteristic zero, whose each reduction to positive characteristic is not nef.     

On the number of Galois points for a plane curve in positive characteristic,II

For a smooth plane curve , we call a point a Galois point if the point projection at P is a Galois covering. We study Galois points in positive characteristic. We give a complete classification of the Galois group given by a Galois point and estimate the number of Galois points for C in most cases.      

Critical points and positive solutions of singular elliptic boundary value problems

Usually we do not think there is variational structure for singular elliptic boundary value problems, so it cannot be considered by using critical points theory. In this paper, we use critical theory on certain convex closed sets to solve positive solutions for singular elliptic boundary value problems, especially use the ordinary differential equation theory of Banach spaces to obtain new results on the existence of multiple positive solutions. The method is useful for other singular problems.     

Holonomic -modules and positive characteristic

We discuss a hypothetical correspondence between holonomic -modules on an algebraic variety X defined over a field of zero characteristic, and certain families of Lagrangian subvarieties in the cotangent bundle to X. The correspondence is based on the reduction to positive characteristic. This article is based on the 5th Takagi Lectures that the author delivered at the University of Tokyo on October 4 and 5, 2008.     

Surfaces violating Bogomolov-Miyaoka-Yau in positive characteristic

The Bogomolov-Miyaoka-Yau inequality asserts that the Chern numbers of a surface of general type in characteristic 0 satisfy the inequality , a consequence of which is . This inequality fails in characteristic , and here we produce infinite families of counterexamples for large . Our method parallels a construction of Hirzebruch, and relies on a construction of abelian covers due to Catanese and Pardini.

     

Multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of elliptic equations in divergence form

We prove results concerning the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the quasilinear equation

     

Involutions of reductive Lie algebras in positive characteristic

Let G be a reductive group over a field k of characteristic ≠2, let , let θ be an involutive automorphism of G and let be the associated symmetric space decomposition. For the case of a ground field of characteristic zero, the action of the isotropy group G^θ on is well understood, since the well-known paper of Kostant and Rallis [B. Kostant, S. Rallis, Orbits and representations associated with symmetric spaces, Amer. J. Math. 93 (1971) 753–809]. Such a theory in positive characteristic has proved more difficult to develop. Here we use an approach based on some tools from geometric invariant theory to establish corresponding results in (good) positive characteristic.Among other results, we prove that the variety of nilpotent elements of has a dense open orbit, and that the same is true for every fibre of the quotient map . However, we show that the corresponding statement for G, conjectured by Richardson, is not true. We provide a new, (mostly) calculation-free proof of the number of irreducible components of , extending a result of Sekiguchi for . Finally, we apply a theorem of Skryabin to describe the infinitesimal invariants .     

Uniqueness of positive solutions for quasilinear boundary value problems

Sufficient conditions for the uniqueness of positive solutions of boundary value problems for quasilinear differential equations of the type

(|u′|^m−2u′)′ + f(t,u,u′)=0, m 2

are established. These problems arise, for example, in the study of the m-Laplace equation in annular regions.     

Reducing model risk via positive and negative dependence assumptions

We give analytical bounds on the Value-at-Risk and on convex risk measures for a portfolio of random variables with fixed marginal distributions under an additional positive dependence structure. We show that assuming positive dependence information in our model leads to reduced dependence uncertainty spreads compared to the case where only marginals information is known. In more detail, we show that in our model the assumption of a positive dependence structure improves the best-possible lower estimate of a risk measure, while leaving unchanged its worst-possible upper risk bounds. In a similar way, we derive for convex risk measures that the assumption of a negative dependence structure leads to improved upper bounds for the risk while it does not help to increase the lower risk bounds in an essential way. As a result we find that additional assumptions on the dependence structure may result in essentially improved risk bounds.     

Sparse quasi-Newton updates with positive definite matrix completion

Quasi-Newton methods are powerful techniques for solving unconstrained minimization problems. Variable metric methods, which include the BFGS and DFP methods, generate dense positive definite approximations and, therefore, are not applicable to large-scale problems. To overcome this difficulty, a sparse quasi-Newton update with positive definite matrix completion that exploits the sparsity pattern of the Hessian is proposed. The proposed method first calculates a partial approximate Hessian , where , using an existing quasi-Newton update formula such as the BFGS or DFP methods. Next, a full matrix H _k+1, which is a maximum-determinant positive definite matrix completion of , is obtained. If the sparsity pattern E (or its extension F) has a property related to a chordal graph, then the matrix H _k+1 can be expressed as products of some sparse matrices. The time and space requirements of the proposed method are lower than those of the BFGS or the DFP methods. In particular, when the Hessian matrix is tridiagonal, the complexities become O(n). The proposed method is shown to have superlinear convergence under the usual assumptions.      

Multiple positive solutions for a functional second-order boundary value problem

By using the Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem on cones in Banach spaces some existence results of positive solutions of a boundary value problem concerning a second-order functional differential equation are given.     

The existence of positive solutions for some nonlinear equation systems

In this paper we consider the existence of positive solutions of the following boundary value problem:

     

Moduli spaces for principal bundles in arbitrary characteristic

In this article, we solve the problem of constructing moduli spaces of semistable principal bundles (and singular versions of them) over smooth projective varieties over algebraically closed ground fields of positive characteristic.     

Low-dimensional projective manifolds with nef tangent bundle in positive characteristic

We classify smooth projective varieties with nef tangent bundle in positive characteristic, when the varieties are surfaces or Fano 3-folds. Furthermore, some related problems will be discussed.     

On existence of positive solutions of Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems for a nonlinear singular differential system

By employing the fixed point theorem of cone expansion and compression of norm type, we investigate the existence of positive solutions of Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems for a nonlinear singular differential system. Some well-known results in the literature are generalized and improved. An example is presented to illustrate the application of our main result.     

Uniqueness and parameter dependence of positive solutions to higher order boundary value problems with fractional $q$-derivatives

The authors study a class of nonlinear higher order boundary value problem with fractional $q$-erivativesand dependence on a positive parameter $\lm$.The existence, uniqueness, and dependence of positive solutions on $\lm$ are discussed.Two sequences are constructed so that they converge uniformly to the unique solution of the problems.Two examples are included in the paper. Numerical computations of the examples confirm their theoretical results.