A sharp stability criterion for the Vlasov–Maxwell system

We consider the linear stability problem for a 3D cylindrically symmetric equilibrium of the relativistic Vlasov–Maxwell system that describes a collisionless plasma. For an equilibrium whose distribution function decreases monotonically with the particle energy, we obtained a linear stability criterion in our previous paper [24]. Here we prove that this criterion is sharp; that is, there would otherwise be an exponentially growing solution to the linearized system. We also treat the considerably simpler periodic D case. The new formulation introduced here is applicable as well to the non-relativistic case, to other symmetries, and to general equilibria.     

A four-point criterion for the Möbius property of a homeomorphism of plane domains

An ordered quadruple of pairwise distinct points T = {z ₁, z ₂, z ₃, z ₄} ? C is called regular whenever z ₂ and z ₄ lie at the opposite sides of the line through z ₁ and z ₃. Consider Φ(T) = ∠z ₁ z ₂ z ₃ + ∠z ₁ z ₄ z ₃ (the angles are undirected) as some geometric characteristic of a regular tetrad. We prove the following theorem: For every fixed α ∈ (0, 2π) the Möbius property of a homeomorphism f: D → D* of domains in C is equivalent to the requirement that each regular tetrad T ? D with Φ(T) = α whose image fT is also a regular tetrad satisfies Φ(fT) = α. In 1994 Haruki and Rassias established this criterion for the Möbius property only in the class of univalent analytic functions f(z).     

A logarithmically improved regularity criterion for the Navier–Stokes equations

In this note we prove a logarithmically improved regularity criterion in terms of the Besov space norm for the Navier–Stokes equations. The result shows that if a mild solution u satisfies ${\int_{0}^{T}\frac{\|u (t,\cdot)\|_{{\dot{B}}_{\infty,\infty}^{-r}}^{\frac{2}{1-r}}}{1+\ln(e+\| u(t,\cdot)\|_{H^{s}})}\text{d}t < \infty}$ for some 0?≤ r?<?1 and ${s\geq\frac{n}{2}-1}$ , then u is regular at t?=?T.     

A criterion for straightening a Lipschitz surface in the Lizorkin—Triebel sense. III

We obtain two new equivalent quasinorms for unweighted isotropic Besov and Lizorkin-Triebel spaces in the epigraph of a Lipschitz function. The question on the straightening is studied, i. e., the question on the existence of a diffeomorphism taking the epigraph into a halfspace which preserves the Lizorkin-Triebel spaces of the same indices. A criterion for the straightening is established in terms of dyadic weighted inequality where oscillations of a given function on stretched dyadic cubes are involved.     

A regularity criterion for the Navier–Stokes equations with mass diffusion

In this work, a regularity criterion is proved for local strong solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations in the presence of mass diffusion.     

A criterion for the existence of strong solutions for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations

In this note we provide a criterion for the existence of globally defined solutions for any regular initial data for the 3D Navier–Stokes system in Serrin’s classes.     

A correction term for Gauss–Gegenbauer quadrature

By means of Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind a correction term for Gauss–Gegenbauer quadrature is derived.     

Almost sure Kallianpur–Robbins laws for Brownian motion in the plane

The Kallianpur–Robbins law describes the long term asymptotic behaviour of integrable additive functionals of Brownian motion in the plane. In this paper we prove an almost sure version of this result. It turns out that, differently from many known results, this requires an iterated logarithmic average. A similar result is obtained for the small scales asymptotic by means of an ergodic theorem of Chacon–Ornstein type, which allows an exceptional set of scales. Received: 8 May 1998 / Revised version: 1 December 1999 / Published online: 8 August 2000     

A criterion for the convergence of the Mellin–Barnes integral for solutions to simultaneous algebraic equations

We obtain a criterion for the convergence of the Mellin–Barnes integral representing the solution to a general system of algebraic equations. This yields a criterion for a nonnegative matrix to have positive principal minors. The proof rests on the Nilsson–Passare–Tsikh Theorem about the convergence domain of the general Mellin–Barnes integral, as well as some theorem of a linear algebra on a subdivision of the real space into polyhedral cones.     

Estimates of the error in Gauss–Legendre quadrature for double integrals

Error estimates are a very important aspect of numerical integration. It is desirable to know what level of truncation error might be expected for a given number of integration points. Here, we determine estimates for the truncation error when Gauss–Legendre quadrature is applied to the numerical evaluation of two dimensional integrals which arise in the boundary element method. Two examples are considered; one where the integrand contains poles, when its definition is extended into the complex plane, and another which contains branch points. In both cases we obtain error estimates which agree with the actual error to at least one significant digit.     

A new regularity criterion for weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations

In this paper we obtain a new regularity criterion for weak solutions to the 3-D Navier–Stokes equations. We show that if any one component of the velocity field belongs to $L^{\alpha }([0,T);L^{\gamma }({\mathbb{R}}^3))$ with $\raisebox{1ex}{$2$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$\alpha $}\right.+\raisebox{1ex}{$3$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$\gamma $}\right.⩽\raisebox{1ex}{$1$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2$}\right.$, $6<\gamma ⩽\infty$, then the weak solution actually is regular and unique.     

A regularity criterion for axially symmetric solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations

The axially symmetric solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations are studied. Assume that either the radial component (v _r ) of the velocity belongs to L _∞(0, T;L ₃(Ω₀)) or v _r /r belongs to L _∞(0, T;L _3/2(Ω₀)), where Ω₀ is a neighborhood of the axis of symmetry. Assume additionally that there exist subdomains Ω _k , k = 1, . . . , N, such that W₀ ì è_{k = 1}^N W_k {Omega_0} subset bigcuplimits_{k = 1}^N {{Omega_k}} , and assume that there exist constants α ₁, α ₂ such that either || v_r ||_{L￥ ( 0,T;L3( Wk ) )} ￡ a₁ or  || fracv_rr ||_{L￥ ( 0,T;L3/2( Wk ) )} ￡ a₂ {left| {{v_r}} right|_{{L_infty }left( {0,T;{L_3}left( {{Omega_k}} right)} right)}} leq {alpha_1},or;{left| {frac{{{v_r}}}{r}} right|_{{L_infty }left( {0,T;{L_{3/2}}left( {{Omega_k}} right)} right)}} leq {alpha_2} for k = 1, . . . , N. Then the weak solution becomes strong ( v ? W₂^2,1( W×( 0,T ) ),?p ? L₂( W×( 0,T ) ) ) left( {v in W_2^{2,1}left( {Omega times left( {0,T} right)} right),nabla p in {L_2}left( {Omega times left( {0,T} right)} right)} right) . Bibliography: 28 titles.     

A Beale–Kato–Majda blow-up criterion for the 3-D compressible Navier–Stokes equations

We prove a blow-up criterion in terms of the upper bound of the density for the strong solution to the 3-D compressible Navier–Stokes equations. The initial vacuum is allowed. The main ingredient of the proof is a priori estimate for an important quantity under the assumption that the density is upper bounded, whose divergence can be viewed as the effective viscous flux.     

A Berry–Esseen Bound for U-Statistics in the Non-I.I.D. Case

Let X ₁,..., X _n be independent, not necessarily identically distributed random variables. An optimal Berry–Esseen bound is derived for U-statistics of order 2, that is, statistics of the form T=_1i<jn g _ij(X _i, X _j), where the g _ij are measurable functions such that |g _ij(X _i, X _j)|<. An application is given concerning Wilcoxon's rank-sum test.     

A blowup criterion for nonhomogeneous incompressible Navier–Stokes–Landau–Lifshitz system in 2-D

In this paper, we investigate nonhomogeneous incompressible Navier–Stokes–Landau–Lifshitz system in two-dimensional (2-D). This system consists of Navier–Stokes equations coupled with Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation, an evolutionary equation for the magnetization vector. We establish a blowup criterion for the 2-D incompressible Navier–Stokes–Landau–Lifshitz system with finite positive initial density.