Smoothness,asymptotic smoothness and the Blum-Hanson property

We isolate various sufficient conditions for a Banach space X to have the so-called Blum-Hanson property. In particular, we show that X has the Blum-Hanson property if either the modulus of asymptotic smoothness of X has an extremal behaviour at infinity, or if X is uniformly Gâteaux smooth and embeds isometrically into a Banach space with a 1-unconditional finite-dimensional decomposition.     

Second-order asymptotic differential properties and optimality conditions for weak vector variational inequalities

In this paper, by virtue of an asymptotic second-order contingent derivative and an asymptotic second-order Φ-contingent cone, differential properties of a class of set-valued maps are investigated and an explicit expression of their asymptotic second-order contingent derivatives is established. Then, second-order necessary optimality conditions of solutions are obtained for weak vector variational inequalities.     

On smoothness properties of spatial processes

For inferential analysis of spatial data, probability modelling in the form of a spatial stochastic process is often adopted. In the univariate case, a realization of the process is a surface over the region of interest. The specification of the process has implications for the smoothness of process realizations and the existence of directional derivatives. In the context of stationary processes, the work of Kent (Ann. Probab. 17 (1989) 1432) pursues the notion of a.s. continuity while the work of Stein (Interpolation of Spatial Data; Some Theory for Kriging, Springer, New York, 1999) follows the path of mean square continuity (and, more generally, mean square differentiability). Our contribution is to clarify and extend these ideas in various ways. Our presentation is self-contained and not at a deep mathematical level. It will be of primary value to the spatial modeller seeking greater insight into these smoothness issues.     

A sufficient condition for smoothness of solutions of Navier-Stokes equations

The main theorem in this paper states that if a certan bound is imposed on the associated pressure pertaining to a weak solution of the Navier-Stokes equation then the solution is actually smooth. The proof uses the fact that such a bound implies a bound on the first derivatives of the solution which, in turn, leads to smoothness.     

A uniform condition of local asymptotic normality

Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for uniform local asymptotic normality of experiments generated by a sequence of independent homogeneous observations.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 74, pp. 108–117, 1977.     

Differential and smoothness properties of continuous functions

Necessary and sufficient conditions on functions and are found in order for the classes of functions andH ^+k to coincide (k and r are natural numbers).These results are generalizations of [1–4].Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 785–794, December, 1977.The authors thank V. V. Salaev for his unflagging interest in their work.     

Constructive properties of functions with variable smoothness

Analogs of theorems of Jensen and Weierstrass are proven for functions of variable smoothness, defined on the real line.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 443–449, October, 1970.In conclusion I wish to express my gratitude to S. M. Nikol'skii and S. B. Stechkin for their valuable advice concerning this work.     

On smoothness and invariance properties of the gauss-newton method

We consider systems of m nonlinear equations in m + p unknowns which have p-dimensional solution manifolds. It is well-known that the Gauss-Newton method converges locally and quadratically to regular points on this manifold. We investigate in detail the mapping which transfers the starting point to its limit on the manifold. This mapping is shown to be smooth of one order less than the given system. Moreover, we find that the Gauss-Newton method induces a foliation of the neighborhood of the manifold into smooth submanifolds. These submanifolds are of dimension m, they are invariant under the Gauss-Newton iteration, and they have orthogonal intersections with the solution manifold.     

Fractal and smoothness properties of space-time Gaussian models

Spatio-temporal models are widely used for inference in statistics and many applied areas. In such contexts, interests are often in the fractal nature of the sample surfaces and in the rate of change of the spatial surface at a given location in a given direction. In this paper, we apply the theory of Yaglom (1957) to construct a large class of space-time Gaussian models with stationary increments, establish bounds on the prediction errors, and determine the smoothness properties and fractal properties of this class of Gaussian models. Our results can be applied directly to analyze the stationary spacetime models introduced by Cressie and Huang (1999), Gneiting (2002), and Stein (2005), respectively.     

On the asymptotic properties of non-autonomous systems

By giving a new method, we study asymptotic behavior of weakly almost nonexpansive sequences and curves introduced by Djafari Rouhani (J Differ Equ 229:412–425, 2006) in a reflexive Banach space X. Subsequently, we apply our results to study the asymptotic properties of unbounded trajectories for the quasi-autonomous dissipative system ${du/dt +Au\ni f}By giving a new method, we study asymptotic behavior of weakly almost nonexpansive sequences and curves introduced by Djafari Rouhani (J Differ Equ 229:412–425, 2006) in a reflexive Banach space X. Subsequently, we apply our results to study the asymptotic properties of unbounded trajectories for the quasi-autonomous dissipative system du/dt +Au ' f{du/dt +Au\ni f}, where A is an accretive (possibly multivalued) operator in X × X, and for some f_￥ ? X{f_{\infty}\in X} and 1 ≤ p < ∞ we have g ? L^p((1,+￥);X){g\in L^p((1,+\infty);X)}, so that g(θ) = (f(θ) − f _∞)/θ, ${(\forall \theta > 1)}${(\forall \theta > 1)}. Our results extend and improve many previously known results. Moreover, we answer an open question raised by B. Djafari Rouhani.     

Boundary smoothness properties of Lipα analytic functions

LetU be an open set andb ∈ bdy(U). Let 0 < α< 1. Let A(U) denote the space of Lipα functions that are analytic onU, and a(U) the subspace lipα ∩ A(U). The space a(U ∪b), consisting of the functions that are analytic nearb, is dense in a(U). Letk be a natural number. We say that a(U) admits ak-th order continuous point derivation (cpd) atb if the functionalf → f^{(k) (b)} is continuous on a(U ∪b), with respect to the Lipα norm.     

High‐energy and smoothness asymptotic expansion of the scattering amplitude for the Dirac equation and application

We obtain an explicit formula for the diagonal singularities of the scattering amplitude for the Dirac equation with short‐range electromagnetic potentials. Using this expansion we uniquely reconstruct an electric potential and magnetic field from the high‐energy limit of the scattering amplitude. Moreover, supposing that the electric potential and magnetic field are asymptotic sums of homogeneous terms we give the unique reconstruction procedure for these asymptotics from the scattering amplitude, known for some energy E. Furthermore, we prove that the set of the averaged scattering solutions to the Dirac equation is dense in the set of all solutions to the Dirac equation that are in L²(Ω), where Ω is any connected bounded open set in with smooth boundary, and we show that if we know an electric potential and a magnetic field for , then the scattering amplitude, given for some energy E, uniquely determines these electric potential and magnetic field everywhere in . Combining this uniqueness result with the reconstruction procedure for the asymptotics of the electric potential and the magnetic field we show that the scattering amplitude, known for some E, uniquely determines a electric potential and a magnetic field, that are asymptotic sums of homogeneous terms, which converges to the electric potential and the magnetic field respectively. Moreover, we discuss the symmetries of the kernel of the scattering matrix, which follow from the parity, charge‐conjugation and time‐reversal transformations for the Dirac operator. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.