Über die Existenz gemeinsamer Elemente bester Approximation bezüglich zweier Normen II

The present paper deals with the possibility of existence of best approximation elements, simultaneously with respect to two norms ·_i,i=1,2, for all the elements of a class of subspaces. In case this class in any of the following: (a) All n-dimensional subspaces, (b) All ·₁-or ·||₂-closed, n-codimensional subspaces, (c) All ·₁-or ·₂-closed subspaces with infinite dimension and codimension, we prove that the two norms differ at most by a constant factor.     

Theorem on a convergence condition in the spaces

For a given -function (u), a condition on a -function (u) is found such that it is necessary and sufficient for the following to hold: if f_n(x) f(x) and f _n (x)M (n=1, 2, ...) where M>0 is an absolute constant, then f _n (x)–f(x)0(n). An analogous condition for convergence in Orlicz spaces is obtained as a corollary.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 615–626, May, 1977.The author thanks V. A. Skvortsov for his constant attention and guidance on this paper.     

Joint norm of operators and an investigation of nonlinear problems

Nonlinear operator equations of the form x=Fx in a real-valued Hilbert space H are studied. If the operator F is completely continuous and admits the bound Fx< Bx+b, where B is a continuous linear operator then for B<1 the Schauder principle is applicable to the equation x=Fx and this equation possesses at least one solution x H. If the bound Fx<,B₁x+B₂x+b is valid where B₁ and B₂ are bounded linear operators then the simplest conditions for solvability of the equation x=Fx is of the form B₁+B₂<1. This condition could be relaxed. The proposed method is applied to the investigation of a two-point boundary problem (cf., e.g., [1–3]). New conditions for the existence of solutions are obtained.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 1605–1616, December, 1990.     

Sufficient conditions for bang-bang control in Hilbert space

Sufficient conditions for bang-bang and singular optimal control are established in the case of linear operator equations with cost functionals which are the sum of linear and quadratic terms, that is,Ax=u,J(u)=(r,x)+(x,x), >0. For example, ifA is a bounded operator with a bounded inverse from a Hilbert spaceH into itself and the control setU is the unit ball inH, then an optimal control is bang-bang (has norm l) if 0<1/2;A ^–1*r·A ^–1–2, but is singular (an interior point ofU) if >1/2A ^–1*r·A².This work was supported by NRC Grant No. A-4047 and NSF Grant No. GP-7445.     

Stationary Gaussian processes with a finite correlation function

If the correlation function vanishes outside the segment [–R, R], then an upper estimate (uniform with respect to all such processes) is possible for the probability of the fact that on an other segment [–r, r] the process remains between – and . Such an estimate is obtained, decreasing for 0 asexp(–f(r/R ln ²+ ) and, moreover,r/R may be either 0 or +. The proof is based on an estimate of the form P_mQ_n c_mn P_m Q_n for norms of polynomials on a circle in the complex plane.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Vol. 184, pp. 279–288, 1990.     

On the exactness of a theorem of Mazur and Orlicz

For a preassigned unbounded sequence {S_n} of complex numbers, and preassigned complex numbers z₁ and z₂z₁ we construct: 1) regular matrices A=a_nk and B=b_nk such that the same bounded sequences are summable by these matrices and that , and ; 2) regular matrices A⁽¹⁾)=a _nk ⁽¹⁾ and B⁽¹⁾=b _nk ⁽¹⁾ such that B⁽¹⁾ A⁽¹⁾, and, . Our results show that the well known theorem of MazurOrlicz on the bounded consistency of two regular matrices, one of which is boundedly stronger than the other, is exact.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 431–436, April, 1972.     

An error analysis for absolute and relative approximation

We consider the vectorial algorithm for finding best polynomial approximationsp P _n to a given functionf C[a, b], with respect to the norm · _s , defined byp – f _s =w ₁ (p – f)+w ₂ (p – f) A bound for the modulus of continuity of the best vectorial approximation operator is given, and using the floating point calculus of J. H. Wilkinson, a bound for the rounding error in the algorithm is derived. For givenf, these estimates provide an indication of the conditioning of the problem, an estimate of the obtainable accuracy, and a practical method for terminating the iteration.This paper was supported in part by the Canadian NCR A-8108, FCAC 74-09 and G.E.T.M.A.Part of this research was done during the first-named author's visit to theB! Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of Athens, Spring term, 1975.     

Upper bounds for the best one-sided approximation by splines of the classes WrL1

In the present note we will investigate the problem of the one-sided approximation of functions by n-dimensional subspaces. In particular, we will find the exact value of the best one-sided approximation of the class W^rL₁ (r=1, 2, ...) of all periodic functions f(x) of period 2 for which f^(r–1)(x) (f⁽⁰⁾(x)=f(x)) is absolutely continuous and f^(r)L₁1 by periodic spline functions S_2n ( = 0, 1, ..., n=1, 2, ...) of period 2, order ,and deficiency 1.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 11–17, January, 1976.     

Approximating derivations on ideals ofC *-algebras

For each^*-derivation of a separableC ^*-algebraA and each >0 there is an essential idealI ofA and a self-adjoint multiplierx ofI such that (–ad(ix))|I< and x.     

Ein neues Surjektivitätskriterium im Hilbertraum

LetA, B andC be linearm-accretive operators in a Hilbert space. Suppose further thatC is bounded, thatb:=inf {Re (C y, y)| y=1}>0, thatA ^–1 exists as a bounded operator and that Re (B ^* x, A ^–1 x)+a x²0 holds for allxD (B ^*) and a constanta with 0a<b. ThenCA+B is surjective, (CA+B)^–1 exists and C Ax+Bx (b–a) A x holds for allxD (A) D (B). This criterion can be applied to evolution equations of the formdu/dt+C(t)A(t)u=f(t) whereB:=d/dt.     

On the rank of a spectral function

Let P(x), 0 x 1, be an absolutely continuous spectral function in the separable Hilbert spacesS. If the vectors h_j, j=1, 2, ..., s; s are such that the set P(x)h_j is complete inS, then the rank of the function P(x) equals the general rank of the matrix-function d/dxP(x)h_i,h_js₁.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 457–460, April, 1969.     

A correction theorem and the dyadic space H1, ∞

It is shown that for every l-function f and for every , >0, there exists a function g such that mes {t=g} <, while the partial sums of the Fourier and Fourier-Walsh series of the function g are uniformly bounded by the number C log (^–1)f. In the proof we make use of the characterization of the dyadic space H^1, in terms of atomic decompositions (it is, apparently, new).Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 149, pp. 67–75, 1986.     

Symmetrization of functions in Sobolev spaces and the isoperimetric inequality

A positive measurable function f on R^d can be symmetrized to a function f^* depending only on the distance r, and with the same distribution function as f. If the distribution derivatives of f are Radon measures then we have the inequality f^*f, where f is the total mass of the gradient. This inequality is a generalisation of the classical isoperimetric inequality for sets. Furthermore, and this is important for applications, if f belongs to the Sobolev space H¹,P then f^* belongs to H¹,P and f^*_pf_p.     

Quasi-additive functions

Summary Let 0 < 1 and letX, Y be real normed spaces. In this paper we consider the following functional inequality:f(x + y) – f(x) – f(y) min{f(x + y), f(x) + f(y)} forx, y R, wheref: X Y. Mainly continuous solutions are investigated. In the case whereY = R some necessary and some sufficient conditions for this inequality are given.Let 0 <1. The following functional inequality has been considered in [5]:f(x + y) – f(x) – f(y) min{f(x + y), f(x) + f(y)} forx, y R, wheref: R R. It appeared that the solutions of this inequality have properties very similar to those of additive functions (cf. [1], [2], [3]). The inequality under consideration seems to be interesting also because of its physical interpretation (cf. [5]). In this paper we shall consider this inequality in a more general case, wheref is defined on a real normed space and takes its values in another real normed space.The first part of the paper concerns the general case; in the second part we assume that the range off is inR.     

Lipschitz functions of self-adjoint operators in perturbation theory

Let A be a self-adjoint operator in a Hubert space. In order that for each differentiable function f and for each self-adjoint operator B one should have the estimate f(B)–f(A) c_f B–A it is necessary and sufficient that the spectrum. of the operator A be a finite set. If m is the number of points of the spectrum of the operator A, then for the constant cf one can take 8(log₂m+2)² [f], where [f] is the Lipschitz constant of the function f.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 141, pp. 176–182, 1985.     

On trajectory convergence of dissipative flows in Banach spaces

LetX be a convex compact in a real Banach spaceE. An actionU(t) (t0) of the semigroup ₊ onX is called dissipative if allU(t) are nonexpanding: U(t)x ₁–U(t)x ₂x ₁–x ₂. Let the spaceE be strongly normed. We prove that all trajectoriestU(t)x of the dissipative flowU(t) are converging fort if there are no two-dimensional Euclidean subspaces in the spaceE. In every two dimensional non-Euclidean spaceE (not necessarily strongly normed) all trajectories of the flow under consideration are converging.     

A spectral condition for strong convergence of Markov operators

Summary If P is a conservative Markov operator on L ₁(m) with no unimodular spectral points except 1, then u(I–P)Pⁿ₁0 for every uL ₁.     

Iterative refinement implies numerical stability

Suppose that a method computes an approximation of the exact solution of a linear systemAx=b with the relative errorq,q<1. We prove that if all computations are performed in floating point arithmeticfl and single precision, then with iterative refinement is numerically stable and well-behaved wheneverqA A ^–1 is at most of order unity.     

Localization of the spectrum of certain non-self-adjoint operators

Let the self-adjoint operator A and the bounded operator B be specified in Hilbert space We let denote the spectral family of the operator A. If (E – E _N ) B ₂+E–_NB ² 0 npnN , then in the complex plane z=+ there will exist the curve ¦ ¦ =f (), limf () = 0 for ± such that the entire spectrum of the operator A+B lies within the region ¦ ¦ f(). In particular, the condition of the theorem will be satisfied when B is a completely continuous operator.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 415–420, April, 1968.The author expresses his appreciation to R. S. Ismagilov for his discussion of the results.     

D'Alembert's functional equation on restricted domains

Summary In the class of functionalsf:X , whereX is an inner product space with dimX 3, we study the D'Alembert functional equationf(x + y) + f(x – y) = 2f(x)f(y) (1) on the restricted domainsX ₁ = {(x, y) X ²/x, y = 0} andX ₂ = {(x, y) X ²/x = y}. In this paper we prove that the equation (1) restricted toX ₁ is not equivalent to (1) on the whole spaceX. We also succeed in characterizing all common solutions if we add the conditionf(2x) = 2f²(x) – 1. Using this result, we prove the equivalence between (1) restricted toX ₂ and (1) on the whole spaceX. This research follows similar previous studies concerning the additive, exponential and quadratic functional equations.