On Osgood theorem in Banach spaces

Let X be a real Banach space, ω : [0, +∞) → ? be an increasing continuous function such that ω(0) = 0 and ω(t + s) ≤ ω(t) + ω(s) for all t, s ∈ [0, +∞). According to the infinite dimensional analog of the Osgood theorem if ∫¹₀ (ω(t))^?1 dt = ∞, then for any (t₀, x₀) ∈ ?×X and any continuous map f : ?×X → X such that ∥f(t, x) – f(t, y)∥ ≤ ω(∥x – y∥) for all t ∈ ?, x, y ∈ X, the Cauchy problem (t) = f(t, x(t)), x(t₀) = x₀ has a unique solution in a neighborhood of t₀. We prove that if X has a complemented subspace with an unconditional Schauder basis and ∫¹₀ (ω(t))^?1 dt < ∞ then there exists a continuous map f : ? × X → X such that ∥f(t, x) – f(t, y)∥ ≤ ω(∥x – y∥) for all (t, x, y) ∈ ? × X × X and the Cauchy problem (t) = f(t, x(t)), x(t₀) = x₀ has no solutions in any interval of the real line.     

Bounded solutions of the Golab—Schinzel equation

Summary. Let \Bbb K {\Bbb K} be either the field of reals or the field of complex numbers, X be an F-space (i.e. a Fréchet space) over \Bbb K {\Bbb K} n be a positive integer, and f : X ? \Bbb K f : X \to {\Bbb K} be a solution of the functional equation¶¶f(x + f(x)ⁿ y) = f(x) f(y) f(x + f(x)^n y) = f(x) f(y) .¶We prove that, if there is a real positive a such that the set { x ? X : |f(x)| ? (0, a)} \{ x \in X : |f(x)| \in (0, a)\} contains a subset of second category and with the Baire property, then f is continuous or { x ? X : |f(x)| ? (0, a)} \{ x \in X : |f(x)| \in (0, a)\} for every x ? X x \in X . As a consequence of this we obtain the following fact: Every Baire measurable solution f : X ? \Bbb K f : X \to {\Bbb K} of the equation is continuous or equal zero almost everywhere (i.e., there is a first category set A ì X A \subset X with f(X \A) = { 0 }) f(X \backslash A) = \{ 0 \}) .     

Cut points in metric spaces

In this note, we will define topological and virtual cut points of finite metric spaces and show that, though their definitions seem to look rather distinct, they actually coincide. More specifically, let X denote a finite set, and let denote a metric defined on X. The tight span T(D) of D consists of all maps for which f(x)=sup_yX(xy−f(x)) holds for all xX. Define a map fT(D) to be a topological cut point of D if T(D)−{f} is disconnected, and define it to be a virtual cut point of D if there exists a bipartition (or split) of the support of f into two non-empty sets A and B such that ab=f(a)+f(b) holds for all points aA and bB. It will be shown that, for any given metric D, topological and virtual cut points actually coincide, i.e., a map fT(D) is a topological cut point of D if and only if it is a virtual cut point of D.     

Localization and Locality for Resistance Forms

For a resistance form ${(X, \mathcal{D}(\varepsilon),\varepsilon)}For a resistance form (X, D(e),e){(X, \mathcal{D}(\varepsilon),\varepsilon)} and a point x₀ ? X{x_0 \in X} as boundary, on the space X₀:=X \{x₀}{X_0:=X {\setminus}\{x_0\}} we consider the Dirichlet space D_x0:={f ? D(e) | f(x₀)=0}{\mathcal{D}_{x_0}:=\{f\in\mathcal{D}(\varepsilon)\, |\, f(x_0)=0\}} and we develop a good potential theory. For any finely open subset D of X ₀ we consider a localized resistance form (D_{X0 \ D},e_D{\mathcal{D}_{X_0 {\setminus} D},\varepsilon_{D}}) where D_{X0 \ D}:={f ? D_x0 | f=0{\mathcal{D}_{X_0 {\setminus} D}:=\{f\in\mathcal{D}_{x_0}\, |\, f=0} on X₀ \ D}, e_D(f,g):=e(f,g){X_0 {\setminus} D\},\, \varepsilon_D(f,g):=\varepsilon(f,g)} for all f,g ? D_{X0 \ D}{f,g\in\mathcal{D}_{X_0 {\setminus} D}}. The main result is the equivalence between the local property of the resistance form and the sheaf property for the excessive elements on finely open sets.     

Generalized Derivations with Engel Conditions on Polynomials

Let R be a noncommutative prime ring with extended centroid C, and let D: R → R be a nonzero generalized derivation, f(X ₁,…, X _t ) a nonzero polynomial in noncommutative indeterminates X ₁,…, X _t over C with zero constant term, and k ≥ 1 a fixed integer. In this article, D and f(X ₁,…, X _t ) are characterized if the Engel identity is satisfied: [D(f(x ₁,…, x _t )), f(x ₁,…, x _t )] _k  = 0 for all x ₁,…, x _t  ∈ R.     

Kernel-type density and failure rate estimation for associated sequences

Let {X _n ,n1} be a strictly stationary sequence of associated random variables defined on a probability space (,B, P) with probability density functionf(x) and failure rate functionr(x) forX ₁. Letf _n (x) be a kerneltype estimator off(x) based onX ₁,...,X _n . Properties off _n (x) are studied. Pointwise strong consistency and strong uniform consistency are established under a certain set of conditions. An estimatorr _n (x) ofr(x) based onf _n (x) andF _n (x), the empirical survival function, is proposed. The estimatorr _n (x) is shown to be pointwise strongly consistent as well as uniformly strongly consistent over some sets.     

Right ideals generated by an idempotent of finite rank

Let R be a K-algebra acting densely on V_D, where K is a commutative ring with unity and V is a right vector space over a division K-algebra D. Let f(X₁,…,X_t) be an arbitrary and fixed polynomial over K in noncommuting indeterminates X₁,…,X_t with constant term 0 such that for some μK occurring in the coefficients of f(X₁,…,X_t). It is proved that a right ideal ρ of R is generated by an idempotent of finite rank if and only if the rank of f(x₁,…,x_t) is bounded above by a same natural number for all x₁,…,x_tρ. In this case, the rank of the idempotent that generates ρ is also explicitly given. The results are then applied to considering the triangularization of ρ and the irreducibility of f(ρ), where f(ρ) denotes the additive subgroup of R generated by the elements f(x₁,…,x_t) for x₁,…,x_tρ.     

Outer Γ-Convexity in Vector Spaces

A subset S of some vector space X is said to be outer Γ-convex w.r.t. some given balanced subset Γ ? X if for all x ₀, x ₁ ? S there exists a closed subset Λ ? [0,1] such that {x _λ | λ ? Λ} ? S and [x ₀, x ₁] ? {x _λ | λ ? Λ} + 0.5 Γ, where x _λ: = (1 ? λ)x ₀ + λ x ₁. A real-valued function f:D → ? defined on some convex D ? X is called outer Γ-convex if for all x ₀, x ₁ ? D there exists a closed subset Λ ? [0,1] such that [x ₀, x ₁] ? {x _λ | λ ? Λ} + 0.5 Γ and f(x _λ) ≤ (1 ? λ)f(x ₀) + λ f(x ₁) holds for all λ ? Λ. Outer Γ-convex functions possess some similar optimization properties as these of convex functions, e.g., lower level sets of outer Γ-convex functions are outer Γ-convex and Γ-local minimizers are global minimizers. Some properties of outer Γ-convex sets and functions are presented, among others a simplex property of outer Γ-convex sets, which is applied for establishing a separation theorem and for proving the existence of modified subgradients of outer Γ-convex functions.     

Points of joint continuity and large oscillations

For topological spaces X and Y and a metric space Z, we introduce a new class N( X ×Y, Z ) \mathcal{N}\left( {X \times Y,\,Z} \right) of mappings f: X × Y → Z containing all horizontally quasicontinuous mappings continuous with respect to the second variable. It is shown that, for each mapping f from this class and any countable-type set B in Y, the set C _B (f) of all points x from X such that f is jointly continuous at any point of the set {x} × B is residual in X: We also prove that if X is a Baire space, Y is a metrizable compact set, Z is a metric space, and f ? N( X ×Y, Z ) f \in \mathcal{N}\left( {X \times Y,\,Z} \right) , then, for any ε > 0, the projection of the set D ^ε (f) of all points p ∈ X × Y at which the oscillation ω _f (p) ≥ ε onto X is a closed set nowhere dense in X.     

A Nim-like Game and Dynamic Recurrence Relations

The nim-like game 〈n, f; X, Y〉 is defined by an integer n ≥ 2 a constraint function f, and two players and X and Y. Players X and Y alternate taking coins from a pile of n coins, with X taking the first turn. The winner is the one who takes the last coin. On the kth turn, a player may remove t_k coins, where 1 ≤ t₁ ≤ n ? 1 and 1 ≤ t_k ≤ max{1, f(t_k?1) for k > 1. Let the set S_f = {1} ∪ {n| there is a winning strategy for Y in the nim-like game 〈n, f; X, Y〉}. In this paper, an algorithm is provided to construct the set S_f = {a₁, a₂,…} in an increasing sequence when the function f(x) is monotonic. We show that if the function f(x) is linear, then there exist integers n₀ and m such that a_n+1 = a_n + a_n?m for n > n₀ and we give upper and lower bounds for m (dependent on f. A duality is established between the asymptotic order of the sequence of elements in S_f and the degree of the function f(x). A necessary and sufficient condition for the sequence {a₀, a₁, a₂,…} of elements in S_f to satisfy a regular recurrence relation is described as well.     

New bounds for the broadcast domination number of a graph

A dominating broadcast on a graph G = (V, E) is a function f: V → {0, 1, ..., diam G} such that f(v) ≤ e(v) (the eccentricity of v) for all v ∈ V and such that each vertex is within distance f(v) from a vertex v with f(v) > 0. The cost of a broadcast f is σ(f) = Σ _v∈V f(v), and the broadcast number λ _b (G) is the minimum cost of a dominating broadcast. A set X ? V(G) is said to be irredundant if each x ∈ X dominates a vertex y that is not dominated by any other vertex in X; possibly y = x. The irredundance number ir (G) is the cardinality of a smallest maximal irredundant set of G. We prove the bound λ_b(G) ≤ 3 ir(G)/2 for any graph G and show that equality is possible for all even values of ir (G). We also consider broadcast domination as an integer programming problem, the dual of which provides a lower bound for λ_b.     

Uniqueness properties in finite-continuous additive measurement

Let ? be a binary relation on A×X, and suppose that there are real valued functions f on A and g on X such that, for all ax, by ∈ A×X, ax ? by if and only if f (a)+g(x) ? f(b)+g(y). This paper establishes uniqueness properties for f and g when A is a finite set, X is a real interval with g increasing on X, and for any a, b and x there is a y for which f(a)+g(x)=f(b)+g(y). The resultant uniqueness properties occupy an intermediate position among uniqueness properties for other structural cases of two-factor additive measurement.It is shown that f is unique up to a positive affine transformation (αf+β₁ with α > 0), but that g is unique up to a similar positive affine transformation (αg+β₂) if and only if the ratio [f(a)?f(b)]/[f(a)?f(c)] is irrational for some a, b, c ∈ A. When the f ratios are rational for all cases where they are defined, there will be a half-open interval (x₀, x₁) in X such that the restriction of g on (x₀, x₁) can be any increasing function for which sup {g(x)?g(x₀): x₀ ? x < x₁} does not exceed a specified bound, and, when g is thus defines on (x₀, x₁), it will be uniquely determined on the rest of X. In general, g must be continuous only in the ‘irrational’ case.     

A new domination conception

Let f be an integer valued function defined on the vertex set V(G) of a simple graph G. We call a subset D_f of V(G) a f-dominating set of G if |N(x, G) ∩ D_f| ≥ f(x) for all x ∈ V(G) — D_f, where N(x, G) is the set of neighbors of x. D_f is a minimum f-dominating set if G has no f-dominating set D′_f with |D_f| < |D_f|. If j, k ∈ N₀ = {0,1,2,…} with j ≤ k, then we define the integer valued function f_j,k on V(G) by . By μ_j,k(G) we denote the cardinality of a minimum f_j,k-dominating set of G. A set D ? V(G) is j-dominating if every vertex, which is not in D, is adjacent to at least j vertices of D. The j-domination number γ_j(G) is the minimum order of a j-dominating set in G. In this paper we shall give estimations of the new domination number μ_j,k(G), and with the help of these estimations we prove some new and some known upper bounds for the j-domination number. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

An Algebraic Characterization of Blumberg Spaces

Abstract

Let X be a topological space and let C(X) be the ring of continuous real-valued functions on X. We study T′(X) as an over-ring of C(X), where T′(X) denotes the set of all real-valued functions on X such that for each f ∈ T′(X) there exists a dense open subspace D of X such that f|D ∈ C(D). In this paper new algebraic characterizations of discrete spaces, open-hereditarily irresolvable spaces, and Blumberg spaces are obtained.     

Distinguishing labeling of the actions of almost simple groups

Suppose Γ is a group acting on a set X, written as (Γ,X). An r-labeling f: X→{1,2, ..., r} of X is called distinguishing for (Γ,X) if for all σ∈Γ,σ≠1, there exists an element x∈X such that f(x)≠f(x ^σ ). The distinguishing number d(Γ,X) of (Γ,X) is the minimum r for which there is a distinguishing r-labeling for (Γ,X). If Γ is the automorphism group of a graph G, then d(Γ,V (G)) is denoted by d(G), and is called the distinguishing number of the graph G. The distinguishing set of Γ-actions is defined to be D*(Γ)={d(Γ,X): Γ acts on X}, and the distinguishing set of Γ-graphs is defined to be D(Γ)={d(G): Aut(G)≅Γ}. This paper determines the distinguishing set of Γ-actions and the distinguishing set of Γ-graphs for almost simple groups Γ.     

Nonemptiness of Approximate Subdifferentials of Midpoint δ-Convex Functions

ABSTRACT

For some given positive δ, a function f:D ? X → ? is called midpoint δ-convex if it satisfies the Jensen inequality f[(x ₀ + x ₁)/2] ≤ [f(x ₀) + f(x ₁)]/2 for all x ₀, x ₁ ∈ D satisfying ‖x ₁ ? x ₀‖ ≥ δ (Hu, Klee, and Larman, SIAM J. Control Optimiz. Vol. 27, 1989). In this paper, we show that, under some assumptions, the approximate subdifferentials of midpoint δ-convex functions are nonempty.     

Multipliers of classes of cauchy transforms

The analytic map g on the unit disk D is said to induce a multiplication operator L from the Banach space X to the Banach space Y if L(f)=f·g∈Y for all f∈X. For z ∈ D and α>0 the families of weighted Cauchy transforms F_α are defined by ?(z) = ∫_T K_x ^α (z)dμ(x) where μ(x) is complex Borel measures, x belongs to the unit circle T and the kernel K_x (z) = (1- xz)^?1. In this article we will explore the relationship between the compactness of the multiplication operator L acting on F ₁ and the complex Borel measures μ(x). We also give an estimate for the essential norm of L     

Legendre polynomial kernel estimation of a density function with censored observations and an application to clinical trials

Let f(x), x ∈ ?^M, M ≥ 1, be a density function on ?^M, and X₁, …., X_n a sample of independent random vectors with this common density. For a rectangle B in ?^M, suppose that the X's are censored outside B, that is, the value X_k is observed only if X_k ∈ B. The restriction of f(x) to x ∈ B is clearly estimable by established methods on the basis of the censored observations. The purpose of this paper is to show how to extrapolate a particular estimator, based on the censored sample, from the rectangle B to a specified rectangle C containing B. The results are stated explicitly for M = 1, 2, and are directly extendible to M ≥ 3. For M = 2, the extrapolation from the rectangle B to the rectangle C is extended to the case where B and C are triangles. This is done by means of an elementary mapping of the positive quarter‐plane onto the strip {(u, v): 0 ≤ u ≤ 1, v > 0}. This particular extrapolation is applied to the estimation of the survival distribution based on censored observations in clinical trials. It represents a generalization of a method proposed in 2001 by the author [2]. The extrapolator has the following form: For m ≥ 1 and n ≥ 1, let K_{m, n}(x) be the classical kernel estimator of f(x), x ∈ B, based on the orthonormal Legendre polynomial kernel of degree m and a sample of n observed vectors censored outside B. The main result, stated in the cases M = 1, 2, is an explicit bound for E|K_{m, n}(x) ? f(x)| for x ∈ C, which represents the expected absolute error of extrapolation to C. It is shown that the extrapolator is a consistent estimator of f(x), x ∈ C, if f is sufficiently smooth and if m and n both tend to ∞ in a way that n increases sufficiently rapidly relative to m. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On coefficient estimates for a class of holomorphic mappings

Let X be a complex Banach space with norm ‖ · ‖, B be the unit ball in X, D ⁿ be the unit polydisc in ℂ ⁿ . In this paper, we introduce a class of holomorphic mappings on B or D ⁿ . Let f(x) be a normalized locally biholomorphic mapping on B such that (Df(x))⁻¹ f(x) ∈ and f(x) − x has a zero of order k + 1 at x = 0. We obtain coefficient estimates for f(x). These results unify and generalize many known results. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10571164), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20050358052), the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2007GZS0177) and Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Jiangxi Normal University.     

On a pexiderized conditional exponential functional equation

We study the exponential functional equation f(x+y) = f(x)f(y) for (x; y) ∈ D ? X × X, where X is the domain of f. Regardless of the solutions of this equation, which in many special cases are already known, we investigate its stability and consider its pexiderized version. The intention of the paper is to give quite general approach to the studies of this subject as well as to describe the properties of D so that the results include those concerning orthogonal and some other conditional exponential equations.