Equivalence after extension and Schur coupling coincide for inessential operators

In recent years the coincidence of the operator relations equivalence after extension (EAE) and Schur coupling (SC) was settled for the Hilbert space case. For Banach space operators, it is known that SC implies EAE, but the converse implication is only known for special classes of operators, such as Fredholm operators with index zero and operators that can in norm be approximated by invertible operators. In this paper we prove that the implication EAE $?$ SC also holds for inessential Banach space operators. The inessential operators were introduced as a generalization of the compact operators, and include, besides the compact operators, also the strictly singular and strictly co-singular operators; in fact they form the largest ideal such that the invertible elements in the associated quotient algebra coincide with (the equivalence classes of) the Fredholm operators.     

On certain degenerate and singular elliptic PDEs I: Nondivergence form operators with unbounded drifts and applications to subelliptic equations

We prove a Harnack inequality for nonnegative strong solutions to degenerate and singular elliptic PDEs modeled after certain convex functions and in the presence of unbounded drifts. Our main theorem extends the Harnack inequality for the linearized Monge–Ampère equation due to Caffarelli and Gutiérrez and it is related, although under different hypotheses, to a recent work by N.Q. Le.Since our results are shown to apply to the convex functions $|x{|}^p$ with $p\ge 2$ and their tensor sums, the degenerate elliptic operators that we can consider include subelliptic Grushin and Grushin-like operators as well as a recent example by A. Montanari of a nondivergence-form subelliptic operator arising from the geometric theory of several complex variables. In the light of these applications, it follows that the Monge–Ampère quasi-metric structure can be regarded as an alternative to the usual Carnot–Carathéodory metric in the study of certain subelliptic PDEs.     

A proof of Terras’ conjecture on the radius of convergence of the Ihara zeta function

We prove the conjecture by Audrey Terras (2011) on the inequalities among the spectral radius ${\rho }_X$ of a finite graph $X$, the radius of convergence $R$ of its Ihara zeta function $Z_X\left(u\right)$, and the average degree $\overline{d_X}$ of $X$. Relating to Terras’ conjecture, we propose a new conjecture between $R$ and certain Rayleigh quotients.     

Fractional partial differential equations with boundary conditions

We identify the stochastic processes associated with one-sided fractional partial differential equations on a bounded domain with various boundary conditions. This is essential for modelling using spatial fractional derivatives. We show well-posedness of the associated Cauchy problems in $C_0(\mathrm{\Omega })$ and $L_1(\mathrm{\Omega })$. In order to do so we develop a new method of embedding finite state Markov processes into Feller processes on bounded domains and then show convergence of the respective Feller processes. This also gives a numerical approximation of the solution. The proof of well-posedness closes a gap in many numerical algorithm articles approximating solutions to fractional differential equations that use the Lax–Richtmyer Equivalence Theorem to prove convergence without checking well-posedness.     

一类粗糙核奇异积分算子的端点估计

设T_Ω是带粗糙核的Calderón-Zygmund奇异积分算子,I为任意真包含在单位圆周S~1上的闭圆弧.本文证明,若Ω支在I上并在I上单调,那么T_Ω是从Hardy空间H~1(R~2)到L~1(R~2)的有界算子当且仅当‖Ω‖_(LlogL(S~1))∞.     

Sectorial extensions for ultraholomorphic classes defined by weight functions

We prove an extension theorem for ultraholomorphic classes defined by so-called Braun–Meise–Taylor weight functions ω and transfer the proofs from the single weight sequence case from V. Thilliez to the weight function setting. We are following a different approach than the results obtained in a recent paper by the authors, more precisely we are working with real methods by applying the ultradifferentiable Whitney-extension theorem. We are treating both the Roumieu and the Beurling case, the latter one is obtained by a reduction from the Roumieu case.     

Two-weight norm inequalities for fractional maximal functions and fractional integral operators on weighted Morrey spaces

In this paper, we consider weighted norm inequalities for fractional maximal operators and fractional integral operators. For suitable weights, we prove the two-weight norm inequalities for both operators on weighted Morrey spaces.     

Asymptotics of determinants of 4-th order operators at zero

We consider fourth order ordinary differential operators on the half-line and on the line, where the perturbation has compactly supported coefficients. The Fredholm determinant for this operator is an analytic function in the whole complex plane without zero. We describe the determinant at zero. We show that in the generic case it has a pole of order 4 in the case of the line and of order 1 in the case of the half-line.     

Fredholm property of non-smooth pseudodifferential operators

In this paper we prove sufficient conditions for the Fredholm property of a non-smooth pseudodifferential operator P which symbol is in a Hölder space with respect to the spatial variable. As a main ingredient for the proof we use a suitable symbol-smoothing.     

Expected utility approximation and portfolio optimisation

Classical portfolio selection problems that optimise expected utility can usually not be solved in closed form. It is natural to approximate the utility function, and we investigate the accuracy of this approximation when using Taylor polynomials. In the important case of a Merton market and power utility we show analytically that increasing the order of the polynomial does not necessarily improve the approximation of the expected utility. The proofs use methods from the theory of parabolic second-order partial differential equations. All results are illustrated by numerical examples.