Comparison of Exact Constants in Inequalities for Derivatives of Functions Defined on the Real Axis and a Circle

We investigate the relationship between the constants K(R) and K(T), where is the exact constant in the Kolmogorov inequality, R is the real axis, T is a unit circle,

Equivalent Norms in Spaces of Functions of Fractional Smoothness on Arbitrary Domains

In this paper, we study the spaces B _pq ^s (G) and L _pq ^s (G) of functions f with positive exponent of smoothness s > 0 given on a domain . The norms on these spaces are defined via integral norms of the difference of the function f of order m > s treated as a function of the point of the domain and of the difference increment. For an arbitrary domain , we characterize these spaces in terms of the local approximations of the function by polynomials of degree m – 1.     

The Binet-Pexider functional equation for rectangular matrices

IfK is a field of characteristic 0 then the following is shown. Iff, g, h: M _n (K) K are non-constant solutions of the Binet—Pexider functional equation

Degenerate Principal Series Representations of U(p, q) and Spin0(p, q)

Let p>q and let G be the group U(p, q) or Spin₀(p, q). Let P=LN be the maximal parabolic subgroup of G with Levi subgroup where

Relative MilnorK-theory

LetR be a commutative, semi-local ring,I ₁, ...,I _s ideals. In this paper, we define therelative Milnor K-groups of (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ),K _p ^M (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ), and show that these groups have many of the properties of the usual MilnorK-groups of a field. In particular, assuming a weak condition on the ideals, we show thatK _p ^M (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ) is isomorphic to the weightp portion of the relative QuillenK-groupK _p (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ), after inverting (p–1)!. We also define the relative group homology of GL _n (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ), and show thatK _p ^M (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ) is isomorphic toH _p (GL_p(R;I ₁, ...,I _s ))/Im(H _p (GL _p–1 (R;I ₁, ...,I _s ))). Finally, we consider a generalization to the relative setting of Kato's conjecture asserting that the Galois symbol gives an isomorphism fromK _p ^M (F)/l ^v to , and show that this relative version of Kato's conjecture implies the Quillen-Lichtenbaum conjectures asserting the Chern class:

First Exit Time from a Bounded Interval for a Certain Class of Additive Functionals of Brownian Motion

Let (B _t) _t0 be standard Brownian motion starting at y, X _t = x + ^t ₀ V(B _s) ds for x (a, b), with V(y) = y if y0, V(y)=–K(–y) if y0, where >0 and K is a given positive constant. Set _ab=inf{t>0: X _t(a, b)} and ₀=inf{t>0: B _t=0}. In this paper we give several informations about the random variable _ab. We namely evaluate the moments of the random variables , and also show how to calculate the expectations . Then, we explicitly determine the probability laws of the random variables as well as the probability by means of special functions.     

On the Jump Number of Lexicographic Sums of Ordered Sets

Let Q be the lexicographic sum of finite ordered sets Q _x over a finite ordered set P. For some P we can give a formula for the jump number of Q in terms of the jump numbers of Q _x and P, that is, , where s(X) denotes the jump number of an ordered set X. We first show that where w(X) denotes the width of an ordered set X. Consequently, if P is a Dilworth ordered set, that is, s(P) = w(P)–1, then the formula holds. We also show that it holds again if P is bipartite. Finally, we prove that the lexicographic sum of certain jump-critical ordered sets is also jump-critical.     

Complete Minors In <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">s,s</Emphasis></Subscript>-Free Graphs

We prove that for a fixed integer s2 every K _s,s -free graph of average degree at least r contains a K _p minor where . A well-known conjecture on the existence of dense K _s,s -free graphs would imply that the value of the exponent is best possible. Our result implies Hadwigers conjecture for K _s,s -free graphs whose chromatic number is sufficiently large compared with s.     

Limit theorems for the ratio of the empirical distribution function to the true distribution function

Summary We consider almost sure limit theorems for and where _n is the empirical distribution function of a random sample ofn uniform (0, 1) random variables anda _n 0. It is shown that (1) ifna _n /log₂ n then both and converge to 1 a.s.; (2) ifna _n /log₂ n=d>0 (d>1) then has an almost surely finite limit superior which is the solution of a certain transcendental equation; and (3) ifna _n /log₂ n0 then and have limit superior + almost surely. Similar results are established for the inverse function _n ^–1 .Supported by the National Science Foundation under MCS 77-02255     

An Extension of a Class of Iterative Procedures for Nonlinear Quasivariational Inequalities

Consider the convergence of the projection methods based on an extension of a special class of algorithms for the approximation--solvability of the following class of nonlinear quasivariational inequality (NQVI) problems: find an element such that and

Some greedyt-intersecting families of finite sequences

Letn, s ₁,s ₂, ... ands _n be positive integers. Assume is an integer for eachi}. For , , and , denotes _p (a)={j|1jn,a _j p}, , and . is called anI _t ^p -intersecting family if, for any a,b ,a _i b _i =min(a _i ,b _i )p for at leastt i's. is called a greedyI _t ^P -intersecting family if is anI _t ^p -intersecting family andW _p (A)W _p (B+A ^c ) for anyAS _p ( ) and any with |B|=t–1.In this paper, we obtain a sharp upper bound of | | for greedyI _t ^p -intersecting families in for the case 2ps _i (1in) ands ₁>s ₂>...>s _n .This project is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.19401008) and by Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China.     

Elliptic Systems with Nonlinearities of Arbitrary Growth

In this paper we study the existence of nontrivial solutions for the following system of coupled semilinear Poisson equations: where is a bounded domain in We assume that and the function f is superlinear and with no growth restriction (for example f(s) = s e^s); then the system has a nontrivial (strong) solution.     

Polynomial and Regular Maps into Grassmannians

We find a regular deformation retraction _n,r (K): Idem _n,r (K) G _n,r (K) from the manifold Idem _n,r (K) of idempotent n × n matrices with rank r to the Grassmannian manifold G _n,r (K) over K the reals, complex numbers or quaternions. Then we derive an injection from the sets of homotopy classes of complex-valued polynomial to such a set of real-valued regular maps, where denotes the Zariski closure in the affine space ⁿ of a subset ⁿ . Furthermore, we list complex-valued polynomial maps ^{2 2} of any Brouwer degree and deduce that the map ()_2,1: Idem()_2,1 G()_2,1 yields an isomorphism [ ² ] [ ², ²] of cyclic infinite homotopy groups. Finally, we show that every nonzero even Brouwer degree of the spheres ⁿ and ⁿ cannot be realized by a real-valued (resp. complex-valued) homogeneous polynomial map provided that n is even.     

Some remarks on Vinogradov's mean value theorem and Tarry's problem

LetW(k, 2) denote the, least numbers for which the system of equations has a solution with . We show that for largek one hasW(k, 2)1/2k ²(logk+loglogk+O(1)), and moreover that whenK is large, one hasW(k, 2)1/2k(k+1)+1 for at least one valuek in the interval [K, K ^3/4+]. We show also that the leasts for which the expected asymptotic formula holds for the number of solutions of the above system of equations, inside a box, satisfiessk ²(logk+O(loglogk).Research supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9303505, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and a Fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.     

On Fraenkel’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Heap Wythoff’s Conjectures

The N-heap Wythoffs game is a two-player impartial game with N piles of tokens of sizes Players take turns removing any number of tokens from a single pile, or removing (a₁,..., a_N) from all piles - a_i tokens from the i-th pile, providing that where is the nim addition. The first player that cannot make a move loses. Denote all the P-positions (i.e., losing positions) by Two conjectures were proposed on the game by Fraenkel [7]. When are fixed, i) there exists an integer N₁ such that when . ii) there exist integers N₂ and _2 such that when , the golden section.In this paper, we provide a sufficient condition for the conjectures to hold, and subsequently prove them for the three-heap Wythoffs game with the first piles having up to 10 tokens.AMS Subject Classification: 91A46, 68R05.     

Central limit theorems for nonlinear functionals of stationary Gaussian processes

Let X=(X _t ,t) be a stationary Gaussian process on (, ,P), letH(X) be the Hilbert space of variables inL ² (,P) which are measurable with respect toX, and let (U _s ,s) be the associated family of time-shift operators. We sayYH(X) (withE(Y)=0) satisfies the functional central limit theorem or FCLT [respectively, the central limit theorem of CLT if in [respectively,], where

A Limit Result for U-Statistics of Binary Variables

Define , where is a symmetric U-type statistic, H _k() is the Hermite polynomial of degree k, and {X, X _n, n1} are independent identically distributed binary random variables with Pr(X{–1, 1}})=1. We show that according as EX=0 or EX0, respectively.     

Existence of Minimizers for Nonconvex Variational Problems with Slow Growth

Consider the minimization problem

Extremal Distances between Sections of Convex Bodies

Let K, D be centrally symmetric convex bodies in Let k < n and let d_k(K, D) be the smallest Banach–Mazur distance between k-dimensional sections of K and D. Define

Spherical elastic-plastic waves

Zusammenfassung Es wird die Fortpflanzung elastisch-plastischer Spannungswellen in einem unendlichen Medium betrachtet, welches einer idealen Spannungs-Verformungs-Kurve folgt, Trescas Fliesskriterium unterworfen ist und einen sphärischen Hohlraum enthält, wobei an der Fläche des Hohlraumes ein Stoss angenommen wird. Ein rechnerisches Verfahren, basiert auf endliche Differenzen, wird entwickelt and ein Beispiel gegeben.

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Notation radial stress - tangential stress - K yield stress - _rr non-dimensional radial stress ( /K) - non-dimensional tangential stress ( /K) - , Lame's constants - K _b Bulk constant (=(3+2)/3) - v Poisson's constant - Material density - C Elastic wave velocity (=((+2)/)^1/2) - C _p Plastic wave velocity (=(K _b /)^1/2) - distance from center of cavity - r ₀ cavity radius - v non-dimensional radial co-ordinate (= /r ₀) - time - t non-dimensional time (=C /r ₀) - radial displacement - u non-dimensional radial displacement (=/r ₀) - particle velocity - v non-dimensional particle velocity (= /C) - pressure - P(t) non-dimensional pressure (= /K)