Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Solvability of the Gauss Variational Problem

We investigate the well-known Gauss variational problem over classes of Radon measures associated with a system of sets in a locally compact space. Under fairly general assumptions, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for its solvability. As an auxiliary result, we describe the potentials of vague and (or) strong limit points of minimizing sequences of measures. The results obtained are also specified for the Newton kernel in ℝⁿ.__________Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 60–83, January, 2005.     

Representation of extremal functions in the classes Eq in terms of Green's and Neumann's functions

We consider extremal problems in the classes E_q, q≥1, in finitely connected domains and we establish a representation of extremal functions in terms of Green's and Neumann's functions. The equations which we obtain constitute an extension to the multiply connected case of known representation equations for extremal functions in the classes H_q in the unit disk.     

Extremal Problems in the Theory of Capacities of Condensers in Locally Compact Spaces. II

We continue the investigation of the problem of energy minimum for condensers began in the first part of the present work. Condensers are treated in a certain generalized sense. The main attention is given to the case of classes of measures noncompact in the vague topology. In the case of a positive-definite kernel, we develop an approach to this minimum problem based on the use of both strong and vague topologies in the corresponding semimetric spaces of signed Radon measures. We obtain necessary and (or) sufficient conditions for the existence of minimal measures. We describe potentials for properly determined extremal measures.     

Finite representation of Banach spaces-smoothness

We discuss the finite representability of a Banach space E in another Banach space F, assuming that F satisfies certain smoothness conditions. We apply these results to develop a classification of superreflexive spaces into isomorphic classes, called k-superreflexive spaces (k = 1, 2,…, ∞); and we derive a strong converse to Dvoretsky's near-sphericity theorem. Further, our main theorem complements an important recent result of Krivine.     

Uniform Distribution,Discrepancy, and Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces

In this paper we define a notion of uniform distribution and discrepancy of sequences in an abstract set E through reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces of functions on E. In the case of the finite-dimensional unit cube these discrepancies are very closely related to the worst case error obtained for numerical integration of functions in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. In the compact case we show that the discrepancy tends to zero if and only if the sequence is uniformly distributed in our sense. Next we prove an existence theorem for such uniformly distributed sequences and investigate the relation to the classical notion of uniform distribution. Some examples conclude this paper.     

Nonmonotone, nonlinear evolution inclusions

In this paper, we consider nonlinear evolution problems, defined on an evolution triple of spaces, driven by a nonmonotone operator, and with a perturbation term which is multivalued. We prove existence theorems for the cases of a convex and of a nonconvex valued perturbation term which is defined on all of T × H or only on T × X with values in H or even in X^* (here X - H - X^* is the evolution triple). Also, we prove the existence of extremal solutions, and for the “monotone” problem we have a strong relaxation theorem. Some examples of nonlinear parabolic problems are presented.     

Non-linear Elliptical Equations on the Sierpiński Gasket

This paper investigates properties of certain nonlinear PDEs on fractal sets. With an appropriately defined Laplacian, we obtain a number of results on the existence of non-trivial solutions of the semilinear elliptic equation with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions, where u is defined on the Sierpiński gasket. We use the mountain pass theorem and the saddle point theorem to study such equations for different classes of a and f. A strong Sobolev-type inequality leads to properties that contrast with those for classical domains.     

Existence results for evolutionary inclusions and variational–hemivariational inequalities

We consider an abstract first-order evolutionary inclusion in a reflexive Banach space. The inclusion contains the sum of L-pseudomonotone operator and a maximal monotone operator. We provide an existence theorem which is a generalization of former results known in the literature. Next, we apply our result to the case of nonlinear variational–hemivariational inequalities considered in the setting of an evolution triple of spaces. We specify the multivalued operators in the problem and obtain existence results for several classes of variational–hemivariational inequality problems. Finally, we illustrate our existence result and treat a class of quasilinear parabolic problems under nonmonotone and multivalued flux boundary conditions.     

Integration and approximation in arbitrary dimensions

We study multivariate integration and approximation for various classes of functions of d variables with arbitrary d. We consider algorithms that use function evaluations as the information about the function. We are mainly interested in verifying when integration and approximation are tractable and strongly tractable. Tractability means that the minimal number of function evaluations needed to reduce the initial error by a factor of ɛ is bounded by C(d)ɛ^−p for some exponent p independent of d and some function C(d). Strong tractability means that C(d) can be made independent of d. The ‐exponents of tractability and strong tractability are defined as the smallest powers of ɛ{^-1} in these bounds. We prove that integration is strongly tractable for some weighted Korobov and Sobolev spaces as well as for the Hilbert space whose reproducing kernel corresponds to the covariance function of the isotropic Wiener measure. We obtain bounds on the ‐exponents, and for some cases we find their exact values. For some weighted Korobov and Sobolev spaces, the strong ‐exponent is the same as the ‐exponent for d=1, whereas for the third space it is 2. For approximation we also consider algorithms that use general evaluations given by arbitrary continuous linear functionals as the information about the function. Our main result is that the ‐exponents are the same for general and function evaluations. This holds under the assumption that the orthonormal eigenfunctions of the covariance operator have uniformly bounded L∞ norms. This assumption holds for spaces with shift-invariant kernels. Examples of such spaces include weighted Korobov spaces. For a space with non‐shift‐invariant kernel, we construct the corresponding space with shift-invariant kernel and show that integration and approximation for the non-shift-invariant kernel are no harder than the corresponding problems with the shift-invariant kernel. If we apply this construction to a weighted Sobolev space, whose kernel is non-shift-invariant, then we obtain the corresponding Korobov space. This enables us to derive the results for weighted Sobolev spaces. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A Note on Sequential Properties of Noncompactness in Banach Spaces

We define two properties of sequences in Banach spaces that may be related to measures of noncompactness of subsets of these spaces. The first one concerns properties of sequences related to the strong topology, and the second one is related to the weak topology. Given a Banach space X, we introduce a new Banach space such that we can find a subset E in it that may be identified with the balls in the first one. We use compactness in this new space to characterize our sequential properties. In particular, we prove a general form of the Eberlein-Smulian theorem. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A continuous analogue of Sperner's theorem

One of the best-known results of extremal combinatorics is Sperner's theorem, which asserts that the maximum size of an antichain of subsets of an n-element set equals the binomial coefficient (n/(n/2)), that is, the maximum of the binomial coefficients. In the last twenty years, Sperner's theorem has been generalized to wide classes of partially ordered sets. It is the purpose of the present paper to propose yet another generalization that strikes in a different direction. We consider the lattice Mod(n) of linear subspaces (through the origin) of the vector space Rⁿ. Because this lattice is infinite, the usual methods of extremal set theory do not apply to it. It turns out, however, that the set of elements of rank k of the lattice Mod(n), that is, the set of all subspaces of dimension k of Rⁿ, or Grassmannian, possesses an invariant measure that is unique up to a multiplicative constant. Can this multiplicative constant be chosen in such a way that an analogue of Sperner's theorem holds for Mod(n), with measures on Grassmannians replacing binomial coefficients? We show that there is a way of choosing such constants for each level of the lattice Mod(n) that is natural and unique in the sense defined below and for which an analogue of Sperner's theorem can be proven. The methods of the present note indicate that other results of extremal set theory may be generalized to the lattice Mod(n) by similar reasoning. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

A theorem of Riesz type with Pettis integrals in topological vector spaces

Let X be a locally convex Hausdorff space and let C₀(S,X) be the space of all continuous functions f:S→X, with compact support on the locally compact space S. In this paper we prove a Riesz representation theorem for a class of bounded operators T:C₀(S,X)→X, where the representing integrals are X-valued Pettis integrals with respect to bounded signed measures on S. Under the additional assumption that X is a locally convex space, having the convex compactness property, or either, X is a locally convex space whose dual X^′ is a barrelled space for an appropriate topology, we obtain a complete identification between all X-valued Pettis integrals on S and the bounded operators T:C₀(S,X)→X they represent. Finally we give two illustrations of the representation theorem proved, in the particular case when X is the topological dual of a locally convex space.     

Strong Asymptotic Behavior and Weak Convergence of Polynomials Orthogonal on an Arc of the Unit Circle

Let σ be a finite positive Borel measure supported on an arc γ of the unit circle, such that σ′>0 a.e. on γ. We obtain a theorem about the weak convergence of the corresponding sequence of orthonormal polynomials. Moreover, we prove an analogue of the Szeg –Geronimus theorem on strong asymptotics of the orthogonal polynomials on the complement of γ, which completes to its full extent a result of N. I. Akhiezer. The key tool in the proofs is the use of orthogonality with respect to varying measures.     

Existence,uniqueness and stability of solutions for a class of nonlinear integral equations under generalized Lipschitz condition

In this paper, we prove the existence, uniqueness and the stability of solutions for some nonlinear functional-integral equations by using generalized Lipschitz condition. We prove a fixed point theorem to obtain the mentioned aims in Banach space X:= C([a, b],R). As application we study some Volterra integral equations with linear, nonlinear and singular kernel.     

A recurrence formula with respect to the Cameron–Storvick type theorem of the 𝒯-transform

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we define a transform which has the kernel in its definition and a concept of derivative for functionals on Wiener space. We then establish some results and formulas for the transforms of functionals on Wiener space. We also establish the Cameron–Storvick type theorem for the transform. Finally, we obtain the recurrence formula for the transforms to evaluate formulas involving the multi-dimensional derivative.     

On a class of extremal problems in statistics

Let m denote the infimum of the Integral of a function q w r t all probability measures with given marginals. The determination of m is of interest for a series of stochastic problems. In the present paper we prove a duality theorem for the determination of m and give some examples for its application. We consider especially the problem of extremal variance of sums of random variables and prove a theorem for the existence of random variables with given marginal distributions, such that their sum has variance zero.     

An analog of the Vitali-Hahn-Saks theorem

This paper considers N-triangular s-bounded set functions. We prove for these functions a fairly close analog both of the Vitali-Hahn-Saks theorem and of the corresponding results of Brooks and Darst for finitely additive vector measures. As simple corollaries, we obtain various modifications of the Vitali-Hahn-Saks theorem for certain classes of additive and nonadditive scalar and vector-valued set functions.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 641–652, April, 1976.     

Approximation by Nörlund means of Walsh-Fourier series

We study the rate of approximation by Nörlund means for Walsh-Fourier series of a function in L^p and, in particular, in Lip(α, p) over the unit interval [0, 1), where α > 0 and 1 p ∞. In case p = ∞, by L^p we mean C_W, the collection of the uniformly W-continuous functions over [0, 1). As special cases, we obtain the earlier results by Yano, Jastrebova, and Skvorcov on the rate of approximation by Cesàro means. Our basic observation is that the Nörlund kernel is quasi-positive, under fairly general assumptions. This is a consequence of a Sidon type inequality. At the end, we raise two problems.     

On exact order estimates of N-widths of classes of functions analytic in a simply connected domain

In the spaces E _q(Ω), 1 < q < ∞, introduced by Smirnov, we obtain exact order estimates of projective and spectral n-widths of the classes W ^r E _p(Ω) and W ^r E _p(Ω)Ф in the case where p and q are not equal. We also indicate extremal subspaces and operators for the approximative values under consideration.