A weighted Poincaré inequality and removable singularities for harmonic maps

We give a sufficient condition on a closed subset R ⁿ for the weighted Poincaré inequality (1.5) below to be valid. As an application, we prove that, for any 2p<n and any such closed subset R ⁿ , if uC ¹( , N) W ^1,p (, N) is a stationary p-harmonic map such that |Du| ^p (x) dx is sufficiently small, then uC ¹(, N). This extends previously known removal singularity theorems for p-harmonic maps. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):58E20, 58J05, 35J60This revised version was published online in September 2003 with a corrected date of receipt of the article.     

Ergodicity of nonlinear first order autoregressive models

Criteria are derived for ergodicity and geometric ergodicity of Markov processes satisfyingX _n+1 =f(X _n )+(X _n ) _n+1 , wheref, are measurable, { _n } are i.i.d. with a (common) positive density,E| _n |>. In the special casef(x)/x has limits, , asx– andx+, respectively, it is shown that <1, <1, <1 is sufficient for geometric ergodicity, and that <-1, 1, 1 is necessary for recurrence.     

On the growth order of partial sums of non-orthogonal series

a _k f _k , f _k L ₂, w-, (2), w(n) — . a _k f _k N {a _k }l ₂, {a _k }l ₂ ( 1, 2, 1a, 2a). ( 2) [8]. , {a _k } w-.     

On the stochastic independence properties of hard-core distributions

A probability measurep on the set of matchings in a graph (or, more generally 2-bounded hypergraph) ishard-core if for some : [0,), the probabilityp(M) ofM is proportional to . We show that such distributions enjoy substantial approximate stochastic independence properties. This is based on showing that, withM chosen according to the hard-core distributionp, MP () the matching polytope of , and >0, if the vector ofmarginals, (Pr(AM):A an edge of ), is in (1–) MP (), then the weights (A) are bounded by someA(). This eventually implies, for example, that under the same assumption, with fixed, as the distance betweenA, B tends to infinity.Thought to be of independent interest, our results have already been applied in the resolutions of several questions involving asymptotic behaviour of graphs and hypergraphs (see [14, 16], [11]–[13]).Supported in part by NSFThis work forms part of the author's doctoral dissertation [16]; see also [17]. The author gratefully acknowledges NSERC for partial support in the form of a 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship.     

Reverse Functional Inequalities and Their Applications to Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

We establish some reverse inequalities. We give applications to nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems containing a parameter which have two branches of solutions u (0) and U (>0) of which the first is continuous at the origin and the second increases indefinitely as 0.     

Weighted Composition Operators on Bergman and Dirichlet Spaces

Let H() denote a functional Hilbert space of analytic functions on a domain . Let w : C and : be such that w f is in H() for every f in H(). The operator wC given by f w f is called a weighted composition operator on H(). In this paper we characterize such operators and those for which (wC )* is a composition operator. Compact weighted composition operators on some functional Hilbert spaces are also characterized. We give sufficient conditions for the compactness of such operators on weighted Dirichlet spaces.     

Stationary Solutions of the Fractional Kinetic Equation with a Symmetric Power-Law Potential

The properties of stationary solutions of the one-dimensional fractional Einstein--Smoluchowski equation with a potential of the form x ^2m+2, m=1,2,..., and of the Riesz spatial fractional derivative of order , 12, are studied analytically and numerically. We show that for 1<2, the stationary distribution functions have power-law asymptotic approximations decreasing as x ^–(+2m+1) for large values of the argument. We also show that these distributions are bimodal.     

Convexity and <Emphasis Type="Italic">w</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">*</Emphasis></Superscript>-compactness in Banach spaces

Suppose X. We construct examples of bounded sets MX, such that These examples show that the previous results of the authors on quantitative versions of Kreins theorem are optimal.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):46B20, 46B26A. S. Granero supported by DGICYT grant BFM2001-1284. P. Hájek supported by GAR 201/01/1198, A 101 92 05 and UPV grant PPI-02-02.     

Almost Covers Of 2-Arc Transitive Graphs

Let be a G-symmetric graph whose vertex set admits a nontrivial G-invariant partition with block size v. Let be the quotient graph of relative to and [B,C] the bipartite subgraph of induced by adjacent blocks B,C of . In this paper we study such graphs for which is connected, (G, 2)-arc transitive and is almost covered by in the sense that [B,C] is a matching of v-1 2 edges. Such graphs arose as a natural extremal case in a previous study by the author with Li and Praeger. The case K _v+1 is covered by results of Gardiner and Praeger. We consider here the general case where K _v+1, and prove that, for some even integer n 4, is a near n-gonal graph with respect to a certain G-orbit on n-cycles of . Moreover, we prove that every (G, 2)-arc transitive near n-gonal graph with respect to a G-orbit on n-cycles arises as a quotient of a graph with these properties. (A near n-gonal graph is a connected graph of girth at least 4 together with a set of n-cycles of such that each 2-arc of is contained in a unique member of .)     

Spectral orders and convolution

. (R) _{– –} fg(y)h(x–y) dx dy _{– –} f ^{^} (x)g ^{^} (y)h ^{^} (x–y)dx dy (f,g0) —:f×gf ^{^} ×g ^{^}(f,g 0) f^{^} g^{^} f g -, X — . , - f ₁f ₂ , f ₁ ^{^} ×gf ₂×g 0g. .     

Equivalence Bimodule Between Non-Commutative Tori

The non-commutative torus C ^*(ⁿ,) is realized as the C*-algebra of sections of a locally trivial C*-algebra bundle over S with fibres isomorphic to C ^*n/S, ₁) for a totally skew multiplier ₁ on ⁿ/S. D. Poguntke [9] proved that A is stably isomorphic to C(S) C(^*( Zⁿ/S, ₁) C(S) A M_kl( C) for a simple non-commutative torus A and an integer kl. It is well-known that a stable isomorphism of two separable C*-algebras is equivalent to the existence of equivalence bimodule between them. We construct an A-C(S) A-equivalence bimodule.     

Parameter-dependent renewal theorems with applications

Let ₁, ₂, ... be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables with positive mean and finite variance and letr(b), b0, be real numbers tending to 0 asb . Definings _n=₁+...+_n andS _n=S_n(b)=s_n+r(b)n, the stopping time =(b)=inf {n>/1:S_n >b} whereb=b(b) , will be considered with special regard to the excess over the boundaryR _b=s+r(b)–b. It turns out that the limiting distribution ofR _b is the same as in the caser(b)0 for allb. Proving this, Blackwell's renewal theorem and its integral version have to be established first in the above stated situation. Finally, an expansion ofE to vanishing terms asb will be provided and applied to some examples arising in economics.

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Zusammenfassung Seien ₁, ₂, ... unabhängige identisch verteilte Zufallsgrößen mit positivem Erwartungswert und endlicher Varianz sowier(b), b0, reelle Zahlen mitr(b)0 für b. Sei ferners ₁, s₂, ... der zugehörige Summenprozeß,S _n= S_n(b)=s_n+r(b)n fürn1 und =(b)=inf {n1: S_n>b, wobeib=b(b) fürb . Es wird gezeigt, daß die asymptotische Verteilung des ExzessesR _b=s +r(b) –b mit der im Fallr(·)0 übereinstimmt. Dazu werden sowohl das Blackwellsche Erneuerungstheorem als auch seine Integralversion in der vorher beschriebenen parameterabhängigen Situation geeignet formuliert und bewiesen. Als Folgerung ergibt sich dann eine asymptotische Entwicklung vonE(b) fürb bis zu Termen o(1). Anh- and einiger Beispiele aus dem ökonomischen Bereich wird schließlich noch aufgezeigt, wo Approximationen fürE(b) von Interesse sein können.

     

On extremal perturbations of semi-Fredholm operators

Given a bounded linear operatorA in an infinite dimensional Banach space and a compact subset of a connected component of its semi-Fredholm domain, we construct a finite rank operatorF such that –A+F is bounded below (or surjective) for each ,F ²=0 and rankF=max min{dimN(–A), codimR(–A)}, if ind(–A)0 (or ind(–A)0, respectively) for each .     

On equivalence of rearrangements of the Haar system in dyadic Hardy and BMO spaces

H={h ₁,I } — , . : , I ¦(I)¦=¦I¦, ¦I¦ — I. H H ={h _(I),I} . , , . L ^p .

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Dedicated to Professor B. Szökefalvi-Nagy on his 75th birthday

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This research was supported in part by MTA-NSF Grants INT-8400708 and 8620153.     

A method to obtain some similarity solutions to the generalized Newtonian fluid

It is shown that a similarity solution to the Rayieigh flow problem for a generalized Newtonian fluid exists if the fluid boundary (y=0) is given a velocityU(t) t ^1/2. Furthermore, if the fluid is of the power-law type then similarity solutions exist ifU(t) t (orU(t) e ^t), where is any real number.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Methode wird aufgezeigt, wonach eine Ähnlichkeitslösung für das Rayleigh Strömungsproblem für eine allgemeine Newtonische Flüssigkeit besteht, falls der Flüssigkeitsgrenze (y=0) eine GeschwindigkeitU (t) t ^1/2 zugeordnet wird. Für Flüssigkeiten von Potenz-Gesetz-Charakter gibt es außerdem Ähnlichkeitslösungen, fallsU(t) t (orU(t) e ^t) gilt, wobei eine beliebige reelle Zahl darstellt.

     

Lacunary (0; 0, 1) interpolation on the roots of Jacobi polynomials and their derivatives,respectively. I (Existence,explicit formulae,unicity)

(0; 0, 1) , {x _k <x _k ^* <x _k+1} _k=1 ^n–1 {x _{k k=1} ⁿ }., I, , _n (x)=P _n ^{(, )} (x)–n- , =, n3 . , x ₀=+1 x _n+1= –1. II .

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The research was supported by the Hungarian National Foundation for Scientific Research under Grant # T 914 244.     

On rearrangements of orthogonal sets

{ _d } , c _{n n} (x) , {c _n }l ². () . , .. 1) ()< { _n} — , {_(n)} m .2) ()=, {_n {c_n}l ² , c _{n (n)} . , { _n } .     

Estimation of the Multivariate Normal Precision Matrix under the Entropy Loss

Let X ₁, , X _n (n > p) be a random sample from multivariate normal distribution N _p (, ), where R ^p and is a positive definite matrix, both and being unknown. We consider the problem of estimating the precision matrix ^–1. In this paper it is shown that for the entropy loss, the best lower-triangular affine equivariant minimax estimator of ^–1 is inadmissible and an improved estimator is explicitly constructed. Note that our improved estimator is obtained from the class of lower-triangular scale equivariant estimators.     

The Parametric Buffer Phenomenon for a Singularly Perturbed Telegraph Equation with a Pendulum Nonlinearity

We consider the boundary-value problem u _tt + u _t + (1 + cos2)sin u =² u _xx, u _x|_x=0=u_x|_x==0, where 0<1, =(1+)t, ,> 0, and the sign of is arbitrary. It is proved that for an appropriate choice of the external parameters and and for sufficiently small the number of exponentially stable solutions 2-periodic in can be made equal to an arbitrary predefined number.     

Upper bound for the size of quadratic Siegel disks

If is an irrational number, we let {p_n/q_n}_n0, be the approximants given by its continued fraction expansion. The Bruno series B() is defined as