Unital affine semigroups

Affine semigroups are convex sets on which there exists an associative binary operation which is affine separately in either variable. They were introduced by Cohen and Collins in 1959. We look at examples of affine semigroups which are of interest to matrix and operator theory and we prove some new results on the extreme points and the absorbing elements of certain types of affine semigroups. Most notably we improve a result of Wendel that every invertible element in a compact affine semigroup is extreme by extending this result to linearly bounded affine semigroups.     

A general approach to analyse preconditioners for two‐by‐two block matrices

Two‐by‐two block matrices arise in various applications, such as in domain decomposition methods or when solving boundary value problems discretised by finite elements from the separation of the node set of the mesh into ‘fine’ and ‘coarse’ nodes. Matrices with such a structure, in saddle point form arise also in mixed variable finite element methods and in constrained optimisation problems. A general algebraic approach to construct, analyse and control the accuracy of preconditioners for matrices in two‐by‐two block form is presented. This includes both symmetric and nonsymmetric matrices, as well as indefinite matrices. The action of the preconditioners can involve element‐by‐element approximations and/or geometric or algebraic multigrid/multilevel methods. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fixed point theorems in homotopically trivial spaces

We introduce a new concept of generalized Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz (KKM) family of sets and related to this we obtain fixed point theorems and sections results in homotopically trivial spaces.     

Newton-like methods for solving vector optimization problems

In the context of Euclidean spaces, we present an extension of the Newton-like method for solving vector optimization problems, with respect to the partial orders induced by a pointed, closed and convex cone with a nonempty interior. We study both exact and inexact versions of the Newton-like method. Under reasonable hypotheses, we prove stationarity of accumulation points of the sequences produced by Newton-like methods. Moreover, assuming strict cone-convexity of the objective map to the vector optimization problem, we establish convergence of the sequences to an efficient point whenever the initial point is in a compact level set.     

一类五次微分系统的定性分析

对一类五次平面多项式微分系统进行了定性分析.给出原点的中心与等时中心条件及极限环的存在性.研究了此系统无穷远点的性态,该无穷远点是高次奇点,并运用把大角域分为若干小角域的方法对此高次奇点在不定号情形下轨线的分布情况进行讨论.     

On a Parabolic Type Fredholm Integrodifferential Equation

In this paper we study some basic properties of solutions of a parabolic-type Fredholm integrodifferential equation. The Banach fixed point theorem and the variant of a certain integral inequality with explicit estimate are used to establish the results.     

Inverse Problems for Multidimensional Heat Equations by Measurements at a Single Point on the Boundary

In this article we recover a coefficient in a multidimensional inverse problem for a heat equation. We show that a sequence of measurements taken at the same point on the boundary but at different times is enough to determine the coefficient uniquely. We provide an identifiability algorithm for both Dirichlet and Neumann lateral boundary conditions and we examine the smoothness of the recovered coefficient.     

Two Strong Convergence Theorems for a Proximal Method in Reflexive Banach Spaces

Two strong convergence theorems for a proximal method for finding common zeroes of maximal monotone operators in reflexive Banach spaces are established. Both theorems take into account possible computational errors.     

关于一族有限ξ严格伪压缩映射不动点问题和平衡问题混合投影下的强收敛性

为找到一族有限ξ严格伪压缩映射不动点集及平衡问题解集的公共元素,该文利用两种混合投影方法引入了一种迭代方案,且在给与参数适当的假设下,作者得到了两个强收敛性定理.