Shock reflection for a system of hyperbolic balance laws

This paper concerns shock reflection for a system of hyperbolic balance laws in one space dimension. It is shown that the generalized nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem for a system of hyperbolic balance laws with nonlinear boundary conditions in the half space admits a unique global piecewise C¹ solution u=u(t,x) containing only shocks with small amplitude and this solution possesses a global structure similar to that of self-similar solution of the corresponding homogeneous Riemann problem, if each characteristic field with positive velocity is genuinely nonlinear and the corresponding homogeneous Riemann problem has only shocks but no centered rarefaction waves and contact discontinuities. This result is also applied to shock reflection for the flow equations of a model class of fluids with viscosity induced by fading memory.     

Atsuji completions vis-à-vis hyperspaces

A metric space (X, d) is called an Atsuji space if every real-valued continuous function on (X, d) is uniformly continuous. It is well-known that an Atsuji space must be complete. A metric space (X, d) is said to have an Atsuji completion if its completion (, d) is an Atsuji space. In this paper, we study twelve equivalent (external) characterizations for a metric space to have an Atsuji completion in terms of hyperspace topologies. We also characterize topologically those metrizable spaces whose completions are Atsuji spaces. The first author was supported by the SPM fellowship awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, during the work of this paper.     

Polyhedral hyperbolic metrics on surfaces

Let S be a topologically finite surface, and g be a hyperbolic metric on S with a finite number of conical singularities of positive singular curvature, cusps and complete ends of infinite area. We prove that there exists a convex polyhedral surface P in hyperbolic space and a group G of isometries of such that the induced metric on the quotient P/G is isometric to g. Moreover, the pair (P, G) is unique among a particular class of convex polyhedra.      

概率度量空间在分形图理论中的应用

给出广义概率度量空间上的随机压缩映射的新定义,统一了概率度量空间中的概率压缩,E-空间中的强压缩,随机度量空间中的几乎处处压缩和均匀压缩的定义.在广义概率度量空间上给出几个新的不动点定理,将概率度量空间中的一些熟知的不动点定理作为推论得到.利用这些不动点定理,得到分形图理论中随机迭代函数系统的遍历性定理.     

Lines of Minima and Teichmüller Geodesics

For two measured laminations ν⁺ and ν⁻ that fill up a hyperbolizable surface S and for , let be the unique hyperbolic surface that minimizes the length function e ^t l(ν⁺) + e ^-t l(ν⁻) on Teichmüller space. We characterize the curves that are short in and estimate their lengths. We find that the short curves coincide with the curves that are short in the surface on the Teichmüller geodesic whose horizontal and vertical foliations are respectively, e ^t ν⁺ and e ^t ν⁻. By deriving additional information about the twists of ν⁺ and ν⁻ around the short curves, we estimate the Teichmüller distance between and . We deduce that this distance can be arbitrarily large, but that if S is a once-punctured torus or four-times-punctured sphere, the distance is bounded independently of t. Received: May 2006, Revision: November 2006, Accepted: February 2007     

Differential structure of the Thompson components of selfadjoint operators

Different equivalence relations are defined in the set of selfadjoint operators of a Hilbert space in order to extend a very well known relation in the cone of positive operators. As in the positive case, for the equivalence class admits a differential structure, which is compatible with a complete metric defined on . This metric coincides with the Thompson metric when is positive.

     

容有半对称度量联络的广义复空间中子流形上的Chen-Ricci不等式

本文研究了容有半对称度量联络的广义复空间中的子流形上的Chen-Ricci不等式.利用代数技巧,建立了子流形上的Chen-Ricci不等式.这些不等式给出了子流形的外在几何量-关于半对称联络的平均曲率与内在几何量-Ricci曲率及k-Ricci曲率之间的关系,推广了Mihai和Özgür的一些结果.     

Asset allocation,sustainable withdrawal,longevity risk and non-exponential discounting

The present paper studies an optimal withdrawal and investment problem for a retiree who is interested in sustaining her retirement consumption above a pre-specified minimum consumption level. Apparently, the withdrawal and investment policy depends substantially on the retiree’s health condition and her time preferences (subjective discount factor). We assume that the health of the retiree can worsen or improve in an unpredictable way over her lifetime and model the retiree’s mortality intensity by a stochastic process. In order to make the decision about the consumption and investment policy more realistic, we assume that the retiree applies a non-exponential discount factor (an exponential discount factor with a small amount of hyperbolic discounting) to value her future income. In other words, we consider an optimization problem by combining four important aspects: asset allocation, sustainable withdrawal, longevity risk and non-exponential discounting. Due to the non-exponential discount factor, we have to solve a time-inconsistent optimization problem. We derive a non-local HJB equation which characterizes the equilibrium optimal investment and consumption strategy. We establish the first-order expansions of the equilibrium value function and the equilibrium strategies by applying expansion techniques. The expansion is performed on the parameter controlling the degree of discounting in the hyperbolic discounting that is added to the exponential discount factors. The first-order equilibrium investment and consumption strategies can be calculated in a feasible way by solving PDEs.