DeWitt-Schwinger expansion for projective and Grassmann spaces

We propose a method of calculating the heat kernel expansion of coset spaces. The five first coefficients of this expansion on symmetric spaces of dimension d8 are obtained.     

Quantum Berezinian and the classical capelli identity

We study a superanalogue of the Yangian of the Lie algebra gl _m . We apply our constructions to invariant theory.     

Linear operators in Clifford algebras

We consider the real vector space structure of the algebra of linear endomorphisms of a finite-dimensional real Clifford algebra (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). A basis of that space is constructed in terms of the operators M _{eI, eJ} defined by xe _I · x · e _J , where the e _I are the generators of the Clifford algebra and I is a multi-index (3, 7).In particular, it is shown that the family (M _{eI, eJ} ) is exactly a basis in the even case.     

On coherent states for the simplest quantum groups

The coherent states for the simplest quantum groups (q-Heisenberg-Weyl, SU _q (2) and the discrete series of representations of SU _q (1, 1)) are introduced and their properties investigated. The corresponding analytic representations, path integrals, and q-deformation of Berezin's quantization on , a sphere, and the Lobatchevsky plane are discussed.     

P-polarized nonlinear surface polaritons near the surface of a saturable self-defocusing medium: Threshold case

We have obtained the solution of the stationary problem for P-polarized nonlinear surface polaritons (NLSP) near the interface of two media, one of which is optically linear and the other having an optical nonlinearity with saturation and a dielectric function of the form: =_xx=_zz=₀+a|E|²/(1+b|E|²), where E is the amplitude of the electric field. On this basis the NLSP energy and propagation properties, the polarization structure and the localization depth of the NLSP field as well as the physically allowed region in the parameter space have been investigated for the case in which the parameter ₀ is positive, b is non-negative, and a and ₁ are negative (₁ is the dielectric function of the linear medium); ₀>|₁|.     

On error estimates of some higher order projection and penalty-projection methods for Navier-Stokes equations

Summary This paper is a continuation of our previous work [10] on projection methods. We study first existing higher order projection schemes in the semidiscretized form for the Navier-Stokes equations. One error analysis suggests that the precision of these schemes is most likely plagued by the inconsistent Neumann boundary condition satisfied by the pressure approximations. We then propose a penalty-projection scheme for which we obtain improved error estimates.This work is partially supported by NSF grant MS-8802596.     

Evaluating the Frechet derivative of the matrix exponential

LetM _n denote the space ofn×n matrices. GivenX, ZM _n define

Oscillations of certain second order nonlinear differential equations

A second order nonlinear differential equation

A functional inequality for real-analytic functions

Summary Forf ( C ⁿ() and 0 t x letJ _n (f, t, x) = (–1)ⁿ f(–x)f ⁽ⁿ⁾(t) +f(x)f ⁽ⁿ⁾ (–t). We prove that the only real-analytic functions satisfyingJ _n (f, t, x) 0 for alln = 0, 1, 2, are the exponential functionsf(x) = c e ^x,c, . Further we present a nontrivial class of real-analytic functions satisfying the inequalitiesJ ₀ (f, x, x) 0 and ₀ ^x (x – t)^{n – 1}J_n(f, t, x)dt 0 (n 1).     

On Jensen's functional equation

Summary Letf be a map from a groupG into an abelian groupH satisfyingf(xy) + f(xy ^–1) = 2f(x), f(e) = 0, wherex, y G ande is the identity inG. A set of necessary and sufficient conditions forS(G, H) = Hom(G, H) is given whenG is abelian, whereS(G, H) denotes all the solutions of the functional equation. The case whenG is non-abelian is also discussed.