The Pseudo-differential Operator hμ,a on Hankel Invariant Spaces

Using Hankel transform the symbol 'a' is defined and the pseudo-differential operator (p.d.o.) h_μ,a associated with the Bessel operator d ²/dx ² + (1 ? 4μ ²)/4x ² in terms of this symbol is defined. It is shown that the operator h_μ,a is a continuous linear map of a Hankel invariant space into itself. A special pseudo-differential operator called the Hankel potential is defined and some of its properties are investigated.     

Some Q-Q Probability Plots to Test Spherical and Elliptical Symmetry

Abstract

This article proposes some probability plots are proposed to test spherical and elliptical symmetry in terms of some invariant statistics under orthogonal transformations. Some correlation coefficients as numerical measures of detecting deviation from spherical or elliptical symmetry are recommended, and the empirical percentiles of these correlation coefficients are calculated by simulation. The simulation results for data sets from 12 different populations show that the new plots are useful for testing spherical and elliptical symmetry. Some discussion is given also.     

On the Recursive Sequence x_{n + 1} = {{ \mgreek{g} x_{n-1} + \mgreek{d} x_{n-2}} \over {Cx_{n-1} + Dx_{n-2}}}

We investigate the global character of solutions of the equation in the title with positive parameters and positive initial conditions. We obtain results about the global attractivity of the equilibrium, the existence and attractivity of the period-two solution and the semicycles.     

Canards Solutions of Difference Equations with Small Step Size

We consider difference equations of the form     

Some Invariant Manifolds for Functional Difference Equations with Infinite Delay

For nonlinear autonomous functional difference equations, the existence of the local stable manifolds, together with the local unstable manifolds and the local center-unstable manifolds, is shown. As an application, the principle of linearization which states that stabilities and instabilities for the zero solution of nonlinear equations can be derived from those of the zero solution of the linearized equations under some circumstances is established for functional difference equations.     

The extension of the ILDM concept to reaction–diffusion manifolds

In the present work, the method of simplifying chemical kinetics based on Intrinsic Low-Dimensional Manifolds (ILDMs) is modified to deal with the coupling of reaction and diffusion processes. Several problems of the ILDM method are overcome by a relaxation to an invariant system manifold (Reaction–Diffusion Manifold – REDIM). This relaxation process is governed by a multidimensional parabolic partial differential equation system, where, as an initial solution, an extended ILDM is used. Furthermore, a method for the solution and tabulation of the manifold is proposed in terms of generalized coordinates, with a subsequent procedure for the integration of the reduced system on the found manifold. This modification of the ILDM significantly improves the performance of the concept and allows us to extend its area of applicability. Illustrative comparative calculations of detailed and reduced models of flat laminar flames verify the approach.     

Conformally Invariant Operators,Differential Forms,Cohomology and a Generalisation of Q-Curvature

On conformal manifolds of even dimension n ≥ 4 we construct a family of new conformally invariant differential complexes, each containing one coboundary operator of order greater than 1. Each bundle in each of these complexes appears either in the de Rham complex or in its dual (which is a different complex in the non-orientable case). Each of the new complexes is elliptic in case the conformal structure has Riemannian signature. We also construct gauge companion operators which (for differential forms of order k ≤ n/2) complete the exterior derivative to a conformally invariant and (in the case of Riemannian signature) elliptically coercive system. These (operator, gauge) pairs are used to define finite dimensional conformally stable form subspaces which are are candidates for spaces of conformal harmonics. This generalizes the n/2-form and 0-form cases, in which the harmonics are given by conformally invariant systems. These constructions are based on a family of operators on closed forms which generalize in a natural way Branson's Q-curvature. We give a universal construction of these new operators and show that they yield new conformally invariant global pairings between differential form bundles. Finally we give a geometric construction of a family of conformally invariant differential operators between density-valued differential form bundles and develop their properties (including their ellipticity type in the case of definite conformal signature). The construction is based on the ambient metric of Fefferman and Graham, and its relationship to the tractor bundles for the Cartan normal conformal connection. For each form order, our derivation yields an operator of every even order in odd dimensions, and even order operators up to order n in even dimension n. In the case of unweighted (or true) forms as domain, these operators are the natural form analogues of the critical order conformal Laplacian of Graham et al., and are key ingredients in the new differential complexes mentioned above.