Iterative approximation of solutions of nonlinear equations of Hammerstein type

Suppose X$X$ is a real q$q$-uniformly smooth Banach space and F,K:X→X$F,K:X\to X$ are Lipschitz ?$?$-strongly accretive maps with D(K)=F(X)=X$D\left(K\right)=F\left(X\right)=X$. Let u^∗$u^{\ast }$ denote the unique solution of the Hammerstein equation u+KFu=0$u+KFu=0$. An iteration process recently introduced by Chidume and Zegeye is shown to converge strongly to u^∗$u^{\ast }$. No invertibility assumption is imposed on K$K$ and the operators K$K$ and F$F$ need not be defined on compact subsets of X$X$. Furthermore, our new technique of proof is of independent interest. Finally, some interesting open questions are included.     

Approximation of solutions of Hammerstein equations with bounded strongly accretive nonlinear operators

Suppose X$X$ is a real q$q$-uniformly smooth Banach space and F,K:X→X$F,K:X\to X$ are bounded strongly accretive maps with D(K)=F(X)=X$D\left(K\right)=F\left(X\right)=X$. Let u^∗$u^{\ast }$ denote the unique solution of the Hammerstein equation u+KFu=0$u+KFu=0$. A new explicit coupled iteration process is shown to converge strongly to u^∗$u^{\ast }$. No invertibility assumption is imposed on K$K$ and the operators K$K$ and F$F$ need not be defined on compact subsets of X$X$. Furthermore, our new technique of proof is of independent interest. Finally, some interesting open questions are included.     

Asymptotic average shadowing property on compact metric spaces

We prove that if for a continuous map f$f$ on a compact metric space X$X$, the chain recurrent set, R(f)$R\left(f\right)$ has more than one chain component, then f$f$ does not satisfy the asymptotic average shadowing property. We also show that if a continuous map f$f$ on a compact metric space X$X$ has the asymptotic average shadowing property and if A$A$ is an attractor for f$f$, then A$A$ is the single attractor for f$f$ and we have A=R(f)$A=R\left(f\right)$. We also study diffeomorphisms with asymptotic average shadowing property and prove that if M$M$ is a compact manifold which is not finite with dimM=2$dimM=2$, then the C¹$C^1$ interior of the set of all C¹$C^1$ diffeomorphisms with the asymptotic average shadowing property is characterized by the set of Ω$\Omega$-stable diffeomorphisms.     

Fixed point theorems for Reich type contractions on metric spaces with a graph

Let (X,d)$(X,d)$ be a metric space endowed with a graph G$G$ such that the set V(G)$V\left(G\right)$ of vertices of G$G$ coincides with X$X$. We define the notion of G$G$-Reich type maps and obtain a fixed point theorem for such mappings. This extends and subsumes many recent results which were obtained for other contractive type mappings on ordered metric spaces and for cyclic operators.     

A note on Schweizer–Smital chaos

In this paper, we consider a continuous map f:X→X$f:X\to X$, where X$X$ is a compact metric space, and prove that for any positive integer N$N$, f$f$ is Schweizer–Smital chaotic if and only if f^N$f^N$ is too.     

Fixed point theorem for generalized Φ -pseudocontractive mappings

Let E$E$ be a real Banach space, C$C$ be a nonempty closed convex subset of E$E$ and T:C→C$T:C\to C$ be a continuous generalized Φ$\Phi$-pseudocontractive mapping. It is proved that T$T$ has a unique fixed point in C$C$.     

Nadler’s type principle with high order of convergence

Recently Proinov [P.D. Proinov, A generalization of the Banach contraction principle with high order of convergence of successive approximations, Nonlinear Analysis (2006), doi:10.1016/j.na.2006.09.008] generalized Banach contraction principle with high order of convergence. We extend some results of Proinov to the case of multi-valued maps from a complete metric space X$X$ into the space of all nonempty proximinal closed subsets of X$X$. Our results not only generalize Nadler’s fixed-point theorem (in the case when T$T$ is a mapping from a complete metric space X$X$ into the space of all nonempty proximinal closed subsets of X$X$) but also gives high order of convergence. As an application, we obtain an existence theorem for first-order initial value problem.     

Cone monotone mappings: Continuity and differentiability

We generalize some results of Borwein, Burke, Lewis, and Wang to mappings with values in metric (resp. ordered normed linear) spaces, and we define two classes of monotone mappings between an ordered linear space and a metric space (resp. ordered linear space): K$K$-monotone dominated and cone-to-cone monotone mappings. K$K$-monotone dominated mappings naturally generalize mappings with finite variation (in the classical sense) and K$K$-monotone functions defined by Borwein, Burke and Lewis to mappings with domains and ranges of higher dimensions. First, using results of Veselý and Zají?ek, we show some relationships between these classes. Then, we show that every K$K$-monotone function f:X→R$f:X\to \mathbb{R}$, where X$X$ is any Banach space, is continuous outside of a set which can be covered by countably many Lipschitz hypersurfaces. This sharpens a result due to Borwein and Wang. As a consequence, we obtain a similar result for K$K$-monotone dominated and cone-to-cone monotone mappings. Finally, we prove several results concerning almost everywhere differentiability (also in metric and w^∗$w^{\ast }$-senses) of these mappings.     

A new approach to fixed point theorems on G-metric spaces

In this paper, we introduce the metric d^G$d^G$ on a G  -metric space (X,G)$(X,G)$ and use this notion to show that many contraction conditions for maps on the G  -metric space (X,G)$(X,G)$ reduce to certain contraction conditions for maps on the metric space (X,d^G)$(X,d^G)$. As applications, the proofs of many fixed point theorems for maps on the G  -metric space (X,G)$(X,G)$ may be simplified, and many fixed point theorems for maps on the G  -metric space (X,G)$(X,G)$ are direct consequences of preceding results for maps on the metric space (X,d^G)$(X,d^G)$.     

The approximate fixed point property in product spaces

In this paper we generalize to unbounded   convex subsets C$C$ of hyperbolic   spaces results obtained by W.A. Kirk and R. Espínola on approximate fixed points of nonexpansive mappings in product spaces _(C×M)∞${(C\times M)}_{\infty }$, where M$M$ is a metric space and C$C$ is a nonempty, convex, closed and bounded subset of a normed or a CAT(0)-space. We extend the results further, to families _(Cu)u∈M${\left(C_u\right)}_{u\in M}$ of unbounded convex subsets of a hyperbolic space. The key ingredient in obtaining these generalizations is a uniform quantitative version of a theorem due to Borwein, Reich and Shafrir, obtained by the authors in a previous paper using techniques from mathematical logic. Inspired by that, we introduce in the last section the notion of uniform approximate fixed point property   for sets C$C$ and classes of self-mappings of C$C$. The paper ends with an open problem.     

Abelian theorems for stochastic volatility models with application to the estimation of jump activity

In this paper, we prove a kind of Abelian theorem for a class of stochastic volatility models (X,V)$(X,V)$ where both the state process X$X$ and the volatility process V$V$ may have jumps. Our results relate the asymptotic behavior of the characteristic function of _XΔ$X_{\Delta }$ for some Δ>0$\Delta >0$ in a stationary regime to the Blumenthal–Getoor indexes of the Lévy processes driving the jumps in X$X$ and V$V$. The results obtained are used to construct consistent estimators for the above Blumenthal–Getoor indexes based on low-frequency observations of the state process X$X$. We derive convergence rates for the corresponding estimator and show that these rates cannot be improved in general.     

Parametric inference for discretely observed multidimensional diffusions with small diffusion coefficient

We consider a multidimensional diffusion X$X$ with drift coefficient b(α,_Xt)$b(\alpha ,X_t)$ and diffusion coefficient ?σ(β,_Xt)$?\sigma (\beta ,X_t)$. The diffusion sample path is discretely observed at times _tk=kΔ$t_k=k\Delta$ for k=1…n$k=1\dots n$ on a fixed interval [0,T]$[0,T]$. We study minimum contrast estimators derived from the Gaussian process approximating X$X$ for small ?$?$. We obtain consistent and asymptotically normal estimators of α$\alpha$ for fixed Δ$\Delta$ and ?→0$?\to 0$ and of (α,β)$(\alpha ,\beta )$ for Δ→0$\Delta \to 0$ and ?→0$?\to 0$ without any condition linking ?$?$ and Δ$\Delta$. We compare the estimators obtained with various methods and for various magnitudes of Δ$\Delta$ and ?$?$ based on simulation studies. Finally, we investigate the interest of using such methods in an epidemiological framework.     

Oscillation of harmonic functions for subordinate Brownian motion and its applications

In this paper, we establish an oscillation estimate of nonnegative harmonic functions for a pure-jump subordinate Brownian motion. The infinitesimal generator of such subordinate Brownian motion is an integro-differential operator. As an application, we give a probabilistic proof of the following form of relative Fatou theorem for such subordinate Brownian motion X$X$ in a bounded κ$\kappa$-fat open set; if u$u$ is a positive harmonic function with respect to X$X$ in a bounded κ$\kappa$-fat open set D$D$ and h$h$ is a positive harmonic function in D$D$ vanishing on D^c$D^c$, then the non-tangential limit of u/h$u/h$ exists almost everywhere with respect to the Martin-representing measure of h$h$.