On the symmetry-breaking bifurcation of chaotic attractors

A new type of crisis is shown to exist in a broad class of systems (including the Lorenz model) which leads to an anomalous band splitting or to a symmetry-breaking bifurcation of the strange attractor, depending on the actual values of the control parameters. A piecewise linear model is used to understand the mechanism of this crisis and to obtain exact results.     

一类切换线性系统的动态输出反馈H_∞控制:LMIs方法

研究一类由任意有限多个线性子系统组成的切换系统的动态输出反馈H∞控制问题.利用共同Lyapunov函数方法和凸组合技术,给出由矩阵不等式表示的控制器存在的充分条件,并设计了相应的子控制器和切换规则.采用消元法,将该矩阵不等式转化为一组线性矩阵不等式(LMIs).最后给出一个数值仿真实例证明结论的有效性.     

Total curvatures of geodesic spheres associated to quadratic curvature invariants

Total scalar curvatures of geodesic spheres obtained by integrating the second-order scalar invariants of the curvature tensor are investigated. The first terms in their power-series expansions are derived and these results are used to characterize the two-point homogeneous spaces among Riemannian manifolds with adapted holonomy. Dedicated to Professor L. VanheckeMathematics Subject Classification (2000) 53C25, 53C30     

Solvable infinite-dimensional linear groups with restrictions on the nonabelian subgroups of infinite rank

Under study are the solvable nonabelian linear groups of infinite central dimension and sectional p-rank, p ≥ 0, in which all proper nonabelian subgroups of infinite sectional p-rank have finite central dimension. We describe the structure of the groups of this class.     

Polyhedral functions and multiparametric linear programming

In a linear programming problem with a vector parameter appearing on the right-hand side, the minimum value of the objective is a polyhedral function of this parameter. We show how different characterizations of a polyhedral function correspond to different ways of solving the right-hand side multiparameteric linear programming problem.     

A-Statistical extension of the Korovkin type approximation theorem

In this paper, using the concept ofA-statistical convergence which is a regular (non-matrix) summability method, we obtain a general Korovkin type approximation theorem which concerns the problem of approximating a functionf by means of a sequenceL _n f of positive linear operators.     

Absolute continuity of Wasserstein geodesics in the Heisenberg group

In this paper we answer to a question raised by Ambrosio and Rigot [L. Ambrosio, S. Rigot, Optimal mass transportation in the Heisenberg group, J. Funct. Anal. 208 (2) (2004) 261-301] proving that any interior point of a Wasserstein geodesic in the Heisenberg group is absolutely continuous if one of the end-points is. Since our proof relies on the validity of the so-called Measure Contraction Property and on the fact that the optimal transport map exists and the Wasserstein geodesic is unique, the absolute continuity of Wasserstein geodesic also holds for Alexandrov spaces with curvature bounded from below.     

Optimization using spreadsheets on a microcomputer

This paper discusses the advantages of using spreadsheets for problem specification and report generation in optimization projects. It summarizes some of the mathematical programming software which is compatible with popular spreadsheets. A small production planning problem is used to illustrate the steps in input and processing of the results. Two programs are compared in detail.     

On the subspaces of JF and JT with non-separable dual

It is proved that every subspace of James Tree space (JT) with non-separable dual contains an isomorph of James Tree complemented in JT. This yields that every complemented subspace of JT with non-separable dual is isomorphic to JT. A new JT like space denoted as TF is defined. It is shown that every subspace of James Function space (JF) with non-separable dual contains an isomorph of TF. The later yields that every subspace of JF with non-separable dual contains isomorphs of c₀ and ?p for 2?p<∞. The analogues of the above results for bounded linear operators are also proved.     

Linear quantum Enskog equation. I. Homogeneous quantum fluids

The quantum-statistical generalization of the well-known classical, linear revised Enskog equation is derived for spatially uniform systems. This new quantum kinetic equation allows the study of equilibrium time correlation functions and their associated transport coefficients of normal quantum fluids where static correlations and degeneracy effects due to particle statistics (both are treated exactly) are important. Furthermore, we derive the quantum-statistical analog of the classical ring operator. These microscopic and systematic derivations are based on a recently developed superoperator formalism (including cluster expansion techniques) that, as a main feature, allows a clear distinction between static and dynamic correlations, which is crucial in the discussion of the Enskog approximation.