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We study a free boundary problem for a parabolic partial differential equation in which the solution is coupled to the moving boundary through an integral constraint. The problem arises as the hydrodynamic limit of an interacting particle system involving branching Brownian motion with selection, the so-called Brownian bees model which is studied in a companion paper. In this paper we prove existence and uniqueness of the solution to the free boundary problem, and we characterise the behaviour of the solution in the large time limit., Comment: 53 pages

In this paper we study the geodesic flow for a particular class of Riemannian non-compact manifolds with variable pinched negative sectional curvature. For a sequence of invariant measures we are able to prove results relating the loss of mass and bounds on the measure entropies. We compute the entropy contribution of the cusps. We develop and study the corresponding thermodynamic formalism. We obtain certain regularity results for the pressure of a class of potentials. We prove that the pressure is real analytic until it undergoes a phase transition, after which it becomes constant. Our techniques are based on the one side on symbolic methods and Markov partitions and on the other on geometric techniques and approximation properties at level of groups., 34 pages, 4 figures. In this new version we have improved the organization of the paper and the clarity of some statements

In this paper we study the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for a wave equation with multiplicities and space-dependent irregular coefficients. As in Garetto and Ruzhansky [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 217 (2015), pp. 113–154], in order to give a meaningful notion of solution, we employ the notion of very weak solution, which construction is based on a parameter dependent regularisation of the coefficients via mollifiers. We prove that, even with distributional coefficients, a very weak solution exists for our Cauchy problem and it converges to the classical one when the coefficients are smooth. The dependence on the mollifiers of very weak solutions is investigated at the end of the paper in some instructive examples.

We derive extrinsic curvature estimates for compact disks embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with nonzero constant mean curvature., Comment: We have separated the original paper into two parts. This new posting is the first part which is self-contained and deals with extrinsic curvature estimates for embedded nonzero constant mean curvature disks. The second part is now the paper arXiv:1609.08032

This paper is concerned with a non-conserved phase field system of Caginalp type in which the main operators are fractional versions of two fixed linear operators $A$ and $B$. The operators $A$ and $B$ are supposed to be densely defined, unbounded, self-adjoint, monotone in the Hilbert space $L^2(\Omega)$, for some bounded and smooth domain $\Omega$, and have compact resolvents. Our definition of the fractional powers of operators uses the approach via spectral theory. A nonlinearity of double-well type occurs in the phase equation and either a regular or logarithmic potential, as well as a non-differentiable potential involving an indicator function, is admitted in our approach. We show general well-posedness and regularity results, extending the corresponding results that are known for the non-fractional elliptic operators with zero Neumann conditions or other boundary conditions like Dirichlet or Robin ones. Then, we investigate the longtime behavior of the system, by fully characterizing every element of the $\omega$-limit as a stationary solution. In the final part of the paper we study the asymptotic behavior of the system as the parameter $\sigma$ appearing in the operator $B^{2\sigma}$ that plays in the phase equation decreasingly tends to zero. We can prove convergence to a phase relaxation problem at the limit, in which an additional term containing the projection of the phase variable on the kernel of $B$ appears., Comment: This paper is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Juergen Sprekels on the occasion of his 70th birthday, with best wishes from the authors. Key words: Fractional operators, Allen-Cahn equations, phase field system, well-posedness, regularity, asymptotics

In this paper, we generalize the concept of gamma bridge in the sense that the length will be random, that is, the time to reach the given level is random. The main objective of this paper is to show that certain basic properties of gamma bridges with deterministic length stay true also for gamma bridges with random length. We show that the gamma bridge with random length is a pure jump process and that its jumping times are countable and dense in the random interval bounded by 0 and the random length. Moreover, we prove that this process is a Markov process with respect to its completed natural filtration as well as with respect to the usual augmentation of this filtration, which leads us to conclude that its completed natural filtration is right continuous. Finally, we give its canonical decomposition with respect to the usual augmentation of its natural filtration.

This paper gives a first insight into making a mathematical bridge between the parabolic-parabolic signal-dependent chemotaxis system and its parabolic-elliptic version. To be more precise, this paper deals with convergence of a solution for the parabolic-parabolic chemotaxis system with strong signal sensitivity $$ (u_\lambda)_t = \Delta u_\lambda - \nabla \cdot (u_\lambda \chi(v_\lambda)\nabla u_\lambda), \quad \lambda (v_\lambda)_t = \Delta v_\lambda - v_\lambda +u_\lambda \quad \mbox{in} \ \Omega\times (0,\infty) $$ to that for the parabolic-elliptic chemotaxis system $$ u_t = \Delta u -\nabla \cdot (u\chi(v)\nabla v), \quad 0= \Delta v -v +u \quad \mbox{in} \ \Omega\times (0,\infty), $$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\in\mathbb{N}$) with smooth boundary, $\lambda>0$ is a constant and $\chi$ is a function generalizing $$ \chi(v) = \frac{\chi_0}{(1+v)^k} \quad (\chi_0>0,\ k>1).$$ In chemotaxis systems parabolic-elliptic systems often provided some guide to methods and results for parabolic-parabolic systems. However, the relation between parabolic-elliptic systems and parabolic-parabolic systems has not been studied. Namely, it still remains to analyze on the following question: Does a solution of the parabolic-parabolic system converge to that of the parabolic-elliptic system as $\lambda \searrow 0$? This paper gives some positive answer in the chemotaxis system with strong signal sensitivity., Comment: 17 pages

In this paper we first use the result in $[12]$ to remove the assumption of the $L^2$ boundedness of Weyl curvature in the gap theorem in $[9]$ and then obtain a gap theorem for a class of conformally compact Einstein manifolds with very large renormalized volume. We also uses the blow-up method to derive curvature estimates for conformally compact Einstein manifolds with large renormalized volume. The second part of this paper is on conformally compact Einstein manifolds with conformal infinities of large Yamabe constants. Based on the idea in $[15]$ we manage to give the complete proof of the relative volume inequality $(1.9)$ on conformally compact Einstein manifolds. Therefore we obtain the complete proof of the rigidity theorem for conformally compact Einstein manifolds in general dimensions with no spin structure assumption (cf. $[29, 15]$) as well as the new curvature pinch estimates for conformally compact Einstein manifolds with conformal infinities of very large Yamabe constant. We also derive the curvature estimates for conformally compact Einstein manifolds with conformal infinities of large Yamabe constant., Comment: 28 pages, 1 figure(with one sentence added)

In this paper we prove some results concerning stability of hypersurfaces in the four dimensional Euclidean space with zero scalar curvature. First we prove there is no complete stable hypersurface with zero scalar curvature, polynomial growth of integral of the mean curvature, and with the Gauss-Kronecker curvature bounded away from zero. We conclude this paper giving a sufficient condition for a regular domain to be stable in terms of the mean and the Gauss-Kronecker curvatures of the hypersurface and the radius of the smallest extrinsic ball which contains the domain., Comment: 7 pages. Accepted for publication at the Arkiv f\"or Matematik

One of the fundamental problems in communications is finding the energy distribution of signals in time and frequency domains. It should, therefore, be of great interest to find the most energy concentration hypercomplex signal. The present paper finds a new kind of hypercomplex signals whose energy concentration is maximal in both time and frequency under quaternionic Fourier transform. The new signals are a generalization of the prolate spheroidal wave functions (also known as Slepian functions) to quaternionic space, which are called quaternionic prolate spheroidal wave functions. The purpose of this paper is to present the definition and properties of the quaternionic prolate spheroidal wave functions and to show that they can reach the extreme case in energy concentration problem both from the theoretical and experimental description. In particular, these functions are shown as an effective method for bandlimited signals extrapolation problem., 36 pages, 4 figures

This is an expository paper on the theory of gradient flows, and in particular of those PDEs which can be interpreted as gradient flows for the Wasserstein metric on the space of probability measures (a distance induced by optimal transport). The starting point is the Euclidean theory, and then its generalization to metric spaces, according to the work of Ambrosio, Gigli and Savar{\'e}. Then comes an independent exposition of the Wasserstein theory, with a short introduction to the optimal transport tools that are needed and to the notion of geodesic convexity, followed by a precise desciption of the Jordan-Kinderleher-Otto scheme, with proof of convergence in the easiest case: the linear Fokker-Planck equation. A discussion of other gradient flows PDEs and of numerical methods based on these ideas is also provided. The paper ends with a new, theoretical, development, due to Ambrosio, Gigli, Savar{\'e}, Kuwada and Ohta: the study of the heat flow in metric measure spaces.

This is an expository paper, which provides a first approach to nearly Kenmotsu manifolds. The purpose of this paper is to focus on nearly Kenmotsu manifolds and get some new results from it. We prove that for a nearly Kenmotsu manifold is locally isometric to warped product of real line and nearly K\"ahler manifold. Finally, we prove that there exist no nearly Kenmotsu hypersurface of nearly K\"ahler manifold. It is shown that a normal nearly Kenmotsu manifold is Kenmotsu manifold.

The discrepancy function measures the deviation of the empirical distribution of a point set in $[0,1]^d$ from the uniform distribution. In this paper, we study the classical discrepancy function with respect to the BMO and exponential Orlicz norms, as well as Sobolev, Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin norms with dominating mixed smoothness. We give sharp bounds for the discrepancy function under such norms with respect to infinite sequences., A journal requested to split the first version of the paper arXiv:1601.07281 into two parts. This is the second part which contains the results on the BMO and exponential Orlicz norm of the discrepancy function. Further the discrepancy function in Sobolev-, Besov- and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces of dominating mixed smoothness is considered

This paper introduces a family of transportation costs between non-negative measures. This family is used to obtain parabolic and reaction-diffusion equations with drift, subject to Dirichlet boundary condition, as the gradient flow of the entropy functional $\int_{\Omega}\rho\log\rho+V\rho+1\hspace{1mm}dx$. In 2010, Alessio Figalli and Nicola Gigli introduced a transportation cost that can be used to obtain parabolic equations with drift subject to Dirichlet boundary condition. However, the drift and the boundary condition are coupled in their work. The costs in this paper allow the drift and the boundary condition to be detached.

In this paper, we revisit the analyses of Antonie Stern (1925) and Hans Lewy (1977) devoted to the construction of spherical harmonics with two or three nodal domains. Our method yields sharp quantitative results and a better understanding of the occurrence of bifurcations in the families of nodal sets.This paper is a natural continuation of our critical reading of A. Stern's results for Dirichlet eigenfunctions in the square, see arXiv:14026054., Comment: Accepted for publication in "Monatshefte f{\"u}r Mathematik"

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and $\Omega$ a compact domain of $M$ with smooth boundary. We study the solution of the heat equation on $\Omega$ having constant unit initial conditions and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The purpose of this paper is to study the geometry of domains for which, at any fixed value of time, the normal derivative of the solution (heat flow) is a constant function on the boundary. We express this fact by saying that such domains have the constant flow property. In constant curvature spaces known examples of such domains are given by geodesic balls and, more generally, by domains whose boundary is connected and isoparametric. The question is: are they all like that? In this paper we give an affirmative answer to this question: in fact we prove more generally that, if a domain in an analytic Riemannian manifold has the constant flow property, then every component of its boundary is an isoparametric hypersurface. For space forms, we also relate the order of vanishing of the heat content with fixed boundary data with the constancy of the $r$-mean curvatures of the boundary and with the isoparametric property. Finally, we discuss the constant flow property in relation to other well-known overdetermined problems involving the Laplace operator, like the Serrin problem or the Schiffer problem., Comment: 41 pages

In this paper, we obtain sharp Strichartz estimates for solutions of the wave equation $\square_\gg\phi=0$ where $\gg$ is a rough Lorentzian metric on a 4 dimensional space-time $\MM$. This is the last step of the proof of the bounded $L^2$ curvature conjecture proposed in [3], and solved by S. Klainerman, I. Rodnianski and the author in [8], which also relies on the sequence of papers [16][17][18][19]. Obtaining such estimates is at the core of the low regularity well-posedness theory for quasilinear wave equations. The difficulty is intimately connected to the regularity of the Eikonal equation $\gg^{\a\b}\pr_\a u\pr_\b u=0$ for a rough metric $\gg$. In order to be consistent with the final goal of proving the bounded $L^2$ curvature conjecture, we prove Strichartz estimates for all admissible Strichartz pairs under minimal regularity assumptions on the solutions of the Eikonal equation., Comment: 30 pages, 5 figures

In this paper, we consider a nonlinear interaction system between the barotropic mode and the first baroclinic mode of the tropical atmosphere with moisture; that was derived in [Frierson, D.M.W.; Majda, A.J.; Pauluis, O.M.: Dynamics of precipitation fronts in the tropical atmosphere: a novel relaxation limit, Commum. Math. Sci., 2 (2004), 591-626.] We establish the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to this system, with initial data in $H^1$, for each fixed convective adjustment relaxation time parameter $\varepsilon>0$. Moreover, if the initial data enjoy slightly more regularity than $H^1$, then the unique strong solution depends continuously on the initial data. Furthermore, by establishing several appropriate $\varepsilon$-independent estimates, we prove that the system converges to a limiting system, as the relaxation time parameter $\varepsilon$ tends to zero, with convergence rate of the order $O(\sqrt\varepsilon)$. Moreover, the limiting system has a unique global strong solution, for any initial data in $H^1$, and such unique strong solution depends continuously on the initial data if the the initial data posses slightly more regularity than $H^1$. Notably, this solves the VISCOUS VERSION of an open problem proposed in the above mentioned paper of Frierson, Majda and Pauluis.

We consider the nonlinear equation $-\frac{1}{m}=z+Sm$ with a parameter $z$ in the complex upper half plane $\mathbb{H} $, where $S$ is a positivity preserving symmetric linear operator acting on bounded functions. The solution with values in $ \mathbb{H}$ is unique and its $z$-dependence is conveniently described as the Stieltjes transforms of a family of measures $v$ on $\mathbb{R}$. In [AEK17a] we qualitatively identified the possible singular behaviors of $v$: under suitable conditions on $S$ we showed that in the density of $v$ only algebraic singularities of degree two or three may occur. In this paper we give a comprehensive analysis of these singularities with uniform quantitative controls. We also find a universal shape describing the transition regime between the square root and cubic root singularities. Finally, motivated by random matrix applications in the companion paper [AEK16b], we present a complete stability analysis of the equation for any $z\in \mathbb{H}$, including the vicinity of the singularities., Format and numbering was adjusted to the publication in Memoirs of the AMS

This paper is concerned with an abstract dissipative hyperbolic equation with time-dependent coefficient. Under an assumption which ensures that the energy does not decay, this paper provides a condition on the coefficient, which is necessary and sufficient so that the solutions tend to the solutions of the free wave equation., 27 pages, to appear in Asymptotic Analysis

It is well known that the standard Lipschitz space in Euclidean space, with exponent α ∈ (0, 1), can be characterized by means of the inequality , where is the Poisson integral of the function f. There are two cases: one can either assume that the functions in the space are bounded, or one can not make such an assumption. In the setting of the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck semigroup in ℝn, Gatto and Urbina defined a Lipschitz space by means of a similar inequality for the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Poisson integral, considering bounded functions. In a preceding paper, the authors characterized that space by means of a Lipschitz-type continuity condition. The present paper defines a Lipschitz space in the same setting in a similar way, but now without the boundedness condition. Our main result says that this space can also be described by a continuity condition. The functions in this space turn out to have at most logarithmic growth at infinity.

This is a continuation of our previous paper [Fourier expansion of Arakawa lifting I: An explicit formula and examples of non-vanishing lifts, Israel J. Math. 187 (2012) 317–369]. The aim of the paper here is to study the Fourier coefficients of Arakawa lifts in relation with central values of automorphic [Formula: see text]-functions. In the previous paper we provide an explicit formula for the Fourier coefficients in terms of toral integrals of automorphic forms on multiplicative groups of quaternion algebras. In this paper, after studying explicit relations between the toral integrals and the central [Formula: see text]-values, we explicitly determine the constant of proportionality relating the square norm of a Fourier coefficient of an Arakawa lift with the central [Formula: see text]-value. We can relate the square norm with the central value of some [Formula: see text]-function of convolution type attached to the lift and a Hecke character. We also discuss the existence of strictly positive central values of the [Formula: see text]-functions in our concern.

Whether, in the presence of a boundary, solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations converge to a solution to the Euler equations in the vanishing viscosity limit is unknown. In a seminal 1983 paper, Tosio Kato showed that the vanishing viscosity limit is equivalent to having sufficient control of the gradient of the Navier-Stokes velocity in a boundary layer of width proportional to the viscosity. In a 2008 paper, the present author showed that the vanishing viscosity limit is equivalent to the formation of a vortex sheet on the boundary. We present here several observations that follow on from these two papers. Compiled on Sunday 20 March 2016 1. Definitions and past results 3 2. A 3D version of vorticity accumulation on the boundary 6 3. L-norms of the vorticity blow up for p > 1 7 4. Improved convergence when vorticity bounded in L 8 5. Some kind of convergence always happens 9 6. Width of the boundary layer: 2D 10 7. Optimal convergence rate: 2D 12 8. A condition on the boundary equivalent to (V V ): 2D 14 9. Examples where condition on the boundary holds: 2D 17 10. On a result of Bardos and Titi: 2D 22 Appendix A. A Trace Lemma 23 Acknowledgements 25 References 26 The Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous incompressible fluid in a domain Ω ⊆ Rd, d ≥ 2, with no-slip boundary conditions can be written, (NS)  ∂tu+ u · ∇u+∇p = ν∆u+ f in Ω, div u = 0 in Ω, u = 0 on Γ := ∂Ω. Date: (compiled on Sunday 20 March 2016). 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 76D05, 76B99, 76D10.

Exterior channel of energy estimates for the radial wave equation were first considered in three dimensions by Duyckaerts, the first author, and Merle, and recently for the 5-dimensional case by the first, second, and fourth authors. In this paper we find the general form of the channel of energy estimate in all odd dimensions for the radial free wave equation. This will be used in a companion paper to establish soliton resolution for equivariant wave maps in 3 dimensions exterior to the ball B(0,1), and in all equivariance classes., 42 pages

This paper is concerned with transition fronts for reaction-diffusion equations of the Fisher-KPP type. Basic examples of transition fronts connecting the unstable steady state to the stable one are the standard traveling fronts, but the class of transition fronts is much larger and the dynamics of the solutions of such equations is very rich. In the paper, we describe the class of transition fronts and we study their qualitative dynamical properties. In particular, we characterize the set of their admissible asymptotic past and future speeds and their asymptotic profiles and we show that the transition fronts can only accelerate. We also classify the transition fronts in the class of measurable superpositions of standard traveling fronts.

This paper studies the space of $BV^2$ planar curves endowed with the $BV^2$ Finsler metric over its tangent space of displacement vector fields. Such a space is of interest for applications in image processing and computer vision because it enables piecewise regular curves that undergo piecewise regular deformations, such as articulations. The main contribution of this paper is the proof of the existence of a shortest path between any two $BV^2$ curves for this Finsler metric. % The method of proof relies on the construction of a martingale on a space satisfying the Radon-Nikodym property and on the invariance under reparametrization of the Finsler metric. This method applies more generally to similar cases such as the space of curves with $H^k$ metrics for $k\geq 2$ integer. When $k \geq 2$ is integer, this space has a strong Riemannian structure and is geodesically complete. Thus, our result shows that the exponential map is surjective, which is complementary to geodesic completeness in infinite dimensions. We propose a finite element discretization of the minimal geodesic problem, and use a gradient descent method to compute a stationary point of a regularized energy. Numerical illustrations shows the qualitative difference between $BV^2$ and $H^2$ geodesics.

In this paper we study mutual absolute continuity and singularity of probability measures on the path space which are induced by an isotropic stable L\'evy process and the purely discontinuous Girsanov transform of this process. We also look at the problem of finiteness of the relative entropy of these measures. An important tool in the paper is the question under which circumstances the a.s. finiteness of an additive functional at infinity implies the finiteness of its expected value., Comment: 30 pages; Lemma 3.3. and several typos corrected

The paper explores the possibility for summing Fourier series nonlinearly via the Pythagorean harmonic mean. It reports on new results for this summability with introduction of new concepts like the smoothing operator and semi-harmonic summation. The smoothing operator is demonstrated to be Kalman filtering for linear summability, logistic processing for Pythagorean harmonic summability and linearized logistic processing for semi-harmonic summability. An emerging direct inapplicability of harmonic summability to seismic-like signals is shown to be resolvable by means of a regularizational asymptotic approach., Comment: 20 pages, 0 figures

We introduce a measurement (the discrepancy ) of the minimum energy needed to transform from a standard parametrized planar curve c 0 to an observed curve c 1 . To this end, we say that a curve of transformations in the special Euclidean group SE(2) is admissible if it maps the source curve to the target curve under the point-wise action of SE(2) on the plane. After endowing the group SE(2) with a left-invariant metric, we define a relative geodesic in SE(2) to be a critical point of the energy functional associated to the metric, over all admissible curves. The discrepancy is then defined as the value of the energy of the minimizing relative geodesic. In the first part of the paper, we derive a scalar ODE which is a necessary condition for a curve in SE(2) to be a relative geodesic, and we discuss some of the properties of the discrepancy. In the second part of the paper, we consider discrete curves, and by means of a variational principle, we derive a system of discrete equations for the relative geodesics. We finish with several examples.

This paper deals with some geometrical properties of solutions of some semilinear elliptic equations in bounded convex domains or convex rings. Constant boundary conditions are imposed on the single component of the boundary when the domain is convex, or on each of the two components of the boundary when the domain is a convex ring. A function is called quasiconcave if its superlevel sets, defined in a suitable way when the domain is a convex ring, are all convex. In this paper, we prove that the superlevel sets of the solutions do not always inherit the convexity or ring-convexity of the domain. Namely, we give two counterexamples to this quasiconcavity property: the first one for some two-dimensional convex domains and the second one for some convex rings in any dimension.

This paper is devoted to the study of the low Mach number limit for the isentropic Euler system with axisymmetric initial data without swirl. In the first part of the paper we analyze the problem corresponding to the subcritical regularities, that is $H^s$ {with $s>\frac52$.} Taking advantage of the Strichartz estimates and using the special structure of the vorticity we show that the {lifespan $T_\epsilon$} of the solutions is bounded below by $\log\log\log\frac1\epsilon$, where $\epsilon$ denotes the Mach number. Moreover, we prove that the incompressible parts converge to the solution of the incompressible Euler system, when the parameter $\epsilon$ goes to zero. In the second part of the paper we address the same problem but for the Besov critical regularity $B_{2,1}^{\frac52}$. This case turns out to be more subtle at least due to two facts. The first one is related to the Beale-Kato-Majda criterion which is not known to be valid for rough regularities. The second one concerns the critical aspect of the Strichartz estimate $L^1_TL^\infty$ for the acoustic parts $(\nabla\Delta^{-1}\diver\vepsilon,\cepsilon)$: it scales in the space variables like the space of the initial data., Comment: 47 pages

This paper is devoted to the first systematic investigation of manifolds that are Einstein for a connection ∇ with skew-symmetric torsion. We derive the Einstein equation from a variational principle and prove that, for parallel torsion, any Einstein manifold with skew torsion has constant scalar curvature; and if it is complete of positive scalar ∇-curvature, it is necessarily compact and it has finite first fundamental group π1. The longest part of the paper is devoted to the systematic construction of large families of examples.We discuss when a Riemannian Einstein manifold can be Einstein with skew torsion.We give examples of almost Hermitian, almost metric contact, and G2 manifolds that are Einstein with skew torsion. For example, we prove that any Einstein–Sasaki manifold and any seven-dimensional 3-Sasakian manifolds admit deformations into an Einstein metric with parallel skew torsion., FCT, CMAT, PEst-C/MAT/UI0013/2011 and PTDC/MAT/118682/2010.

The aim of the present paper is to define a notion of weakly differentiable cochain in the generality of metric measure spaces and to study basic properties of such cochains. Our cochains are (sub)additive functionals on a subspace of chains, and a suitable notion of chains in metric spaces is given by Ambrosio–Kirchheimʼs theory of metric currents. The notion of weak differentiability we introduce is in analogy with Heinonen–Koskelaʼs concept of upper gradients of functions. In one of the main results of our paper, we prove continuity estimates for cochains with p-integrable upper gradient in n-dimensional Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant Finsler metric. Our result generalizes the well-known Morrey–Sobolev inequality for Sobolev functions. Finally, we prove several results relating capacity and modulus to Hausdorff dimension.

The goal of this paper is to develop some basic harmonic analysis tools for the Dirichlet Laplacian in the exterior domain associated to a smooth convex obstacle in dimensions $d\geq 3$. Specifically, we will discuss analogues of the Mikhlin Multiplier Theorem, Littlewood-Paley Theory, and Hardy inequalities, culminating in a proof that homogeneous Sobolev norms defined with respect to the Dirichlet and whole-space Laplacians are equivalent for the sharp ranges of integrability exponent $p$ and regularity $s$. Counterexamples are included to show that these results are indeed sharp. In particular, we precisely settle the question of boundedness of Riesz transforms on $L^p$, including the endpoint. The utility of such results in the study of nonlinear PDE is that they allow us to deduce important results, such as the fractional product and chain rules for the Dirichlet Laplacian, directly from the classical Euclidean setting. As an application, we discuss the local well-posedness and stability problems for energy-critical NLS. All the results of this paper play an essential role in the authors' proof of large-data global well-posedness and scattering for the energy-critical NLS in three dimensional exterior domains; see arXiv:1208:4904., 35pp

The present paper introduces an efficient and accurate numerical scheme for the solution of a highly anisotropic elliptic equation, the anisotropy direction being given by a variable vector field. This scheme is based on an asymptotic preserving reformulation of the original system, permitting an accurate resolution independently of the anisotropy strength and without the need of a mesh adapted to this anisotropy. The counterpart of this original procedure is the larger system size, enlarged by adding auxiliary variables and Lagrange multipliers. This Asymptotic-Preserving method generalizes the method investigated in a previous paper [arXiv:0903.4984v2] to the case of an arbitrary anisotropy direction field.

The present paper essentially contains two results that generalize and improve some of the constructions of [arXiv:0801.1493]. First of all, in the case of one derivation, we prove that the parameterized Galois theory for difference equations constructed in [arXiv:0801.1493] can be descended from a differentially closed to an algebraically closed field. In the second part of the paper, we show that the theory can be applied to deformations of q-series, to study the differential dependency with respect to x\frac{d}{dx} and q\frac{d}{dq}. We show that the parameterized difference Galois group (with respect to a convenient derivation defined in the text) of the Jacobi Theta function can be considered as the Galoisian counterpart of the heat equation., 17 pages. To appear in Pacific Journal of Mathematics

This paper resolves affirmatively Koplienko's conjecture of 1984 on existence of higher order spectral shift measures. Moreover, the paper establishes absolute continuity of these measures and, thus, existence of the higher order spectral shift functions $\eta_n$. We show the higher order spectral shift function is a $L^1$-function and prove an estimate on its $L^1$-norm. Existence and summability of $\eta_1$ and $\eta_2$ were established by Krein in 1953 and Koplienko in 1984, respectively, whereas for $n > 2$ the problem was unresolved. Our method is derived from [arXiv:0904.4095]; it also applies to the general semi-finite von Neumann algebra setting of the perturbation theory., Comment: Inventiones mathematicae (in press)

In this paper we establish optimal pointwise decay estimates for non-dispersive (compact) radial solutions to non-linear wave equations in 3 dimensions, in the energy supercritical range. As an application, we show for the full energy supercritical range, in the defocusing case, that if the scale invariant Sobolev norm of a radial solution remains bounded in its maximal interval of existence, then the solution must exist for all times and scatter., The new version fixes an error (pointed out by Chengbo Wang) in an incorrect use of the Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality or radial functions, in the previous version of the paper. The main results in the paper remain unchanged. In addition,we have provided additional comments and corrected some misprints

In this paper, we consider the modified quasi-geostrophic equation \begin{gather*} \del_t \theta + (u \cdot \grad) \theta + \kappa \Lambda^\alpha \theta = 0 u = \Lambda^{\alpha - 1} R^{\perp}\theta. \end{gather*} with $\kappa > 0$, $\alpha \in (0,1]$ and $\theta_0 \in \lp{2}(\R^2)$. We remark that the extra $\Lambda^{\alpha - 1}$ is introduced in order to make the scaling invariance of this system similar to the scaling invariance of the critical quasi-geostrophic equations. In this paper, we use Besov space techniques to prove global existence and regularity of strong solutions to this system., Comment: 9 pages

This paper deals with the global well-posedness of the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations for initial data lying in critical Besov spaces $B_{p,1}^{1+3/p}$. In this case the BKM criterion is not known to be valid and to circumvent this difficulty we use a new decomposition of the vorticity., 28 pages. This is an updated version of the paper (arXiv:math/0703144). The main result is improved

In this paper we deal with the following family of exponential maps $(f_\lambda:z\mapsto \lambda(e^z-1))_{\lambda\in [1,+\infty)}$. Denoting $d(\lambda)$ the hyperbolic dimension of $f_\lambda$. It is known that the function $\lambda\mapsto d(\lambda)$ is real analytic in $(1,+\infty)$, and that it is continuous in $[1,+\infty)$. In this paper we prove that this map is C$^1$ on $[1,+\infty)$, with $d'(1^+)=0$. Moreover, depending on the value of $d(1)$, we give estimates of the speed of convergence towards 0., Comment: 32 pages. A para\^itre dans Annales Academi{\ae} Scientiarum Fennic{\ae} Mathematica

This paper continues the study of a class of compact convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean space $R^{n+1}, ~n \geq 1$, which are boundaries of compact convex bodies obtained by taking the intersection of (solid) confocal paraboloids of revolution. Such hypersurfaces are called reflectors. In $R^3$ reflectors arise naturally in geometrical optics and are used in design of light reflectors and reflector antennas. They are also important in rendering problems in computer graphics. The notion of a focal function for reflectors plays a central role similar to that of the Minkowski support function for convex bodies. In this paper the basic question of when a given function is a focal function of a convex reflector is answered by establishing necessary and sufficient conditions. In addition, some smoothness properties of reflectors and of the associated directrix hypersurfaces are also etablished., 15 pages

Free interpolation in Hardy spaces is caracterized by the well-known Carleson condition. The result extends to Hardy-Orlicz spaces contained in the scale of classical Hardy spaces $H^p$, $p>0$. For the Smirnov and the Nevanlinna classes, interpolating sequences have been characterized in a recent paper in terms of the existence of harmonic majorants (quasi-bounded in the case of the Smirnov class). Since the Smirnov class can be regarded as the union over all Hardy-Orlicz spaces associated with a so-called strongly convex function, it is natural to ask how the condition changes from the Carleson condition in classical Hardy spaces to harmonic majorants in the Smirnov class. The aim of this paper is to narrow down this gap from the Smirnov class to ``big'' Hardy-Orlicz spaces. More precisely, we characterize interpolating sequences for a class of Hardy-Orlicz spaces that carry an algebraic structure and that are strictly bigger than $\bigcup_{p>0} H^p$. It turns out that the interpolating sequences are again characterized by the existence of quasi-bounded majorants, but now the weights of the majorants have to be in suitable Orlicz spaces. The existence of harmonic majorants in such Orlicz spaces will also be discussed in the general situation. We finish the paper with an example of a separated Blaschke sequence that is interpolating for certain Hardy-Orlicz spaces without being interpolating for slightly smaller ones., 19 pages, 2 figures

The $(k,a)$-generalised Fourier transform is the unitary operator defined using the $a$-deformed Dunkl harmonic oscillator.The main aim of this paper is to prove $L^p$-$L^q$ boundedness of $(k, a)$-generalised Fourier multipliers. To show the boundedness we first establish Paley inequality and Hausdorff-Young-Paley inequality for $(k, a)$-generalised Fourier transform. We also demonstrate applications of obtained results to study the well-posedness of nonlinear partial differential equations., 20 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2108.01146

This work presents a quantitative framework for describing the overcompleteness of a large class of frames. It introduces notions of localization and approximation between two frames $\mathcal{F} = \{f_i\}_{i \in I}$ and $\mathcal{E} = \{e_j\}_{j \in G}$ ($G$ a discrete abelian group), relating the decay of the expansion of the elements of $\mathcal{F}$ in terms of the elements of $\mathcal{E}$ via a map $a \colon I \to G$. A fundamental set of equalities are shown between three seemingly unrelated quantities: the relative measure of $\mathcal{F}$, the relative measure of $\mathcal{E}$ - both of which are determined by certain averages of inner products of frame elements with their corresponding dual frame elements - and the density of the set $a(I)$ in $G$. Fundamental new results are obtained on the excess and overcompleteness of frames, on the relationship between frame bounds and density, and on the structure of the dual frame of a localized frame. In a subsequent paper, these results are applied to the case of Gabor frames, producing an array of new results as well as clarifying the meaning of existing results. The notion of localization and related approximation properties introduced in this paper are a spectrum of ideas that quantify the degree to which elements of one frame can be approximated by elements of another frame. A comprehensive examination of the interrelations among these localization and approximation concepts is presented., 37 pages, 1 figure

This work developes a quantitative framework for describing the overcompleteness of a large class of frames. A previous paper introduced notions of localization and approximation between two frames $\mathcal{F} = \{f_i\}_{i \in I}$ and $\mathcal{E} = \{e_j\}_{j \in G}$ ($G$ a discrete abelian group), relating the decay of the expansion of the elements of $\mathcal{F}$ in terms of the elements of $\mathcal{E}$ via a map $a \colon I \to G$. This paper shows that those abstract results yield an array of new implications for irregular Gabor frames. Additionally, various Nyquist density results for Gabor frames are recovered as special cases, and in the process both their meaning and implications are clarified. New results are obtained on the excess and overcompleteness of Gabor frames, on the relationship between frame bounds and density, and on the structure of the dual frame of an irregular Gabor frame. More generally, these results apply both to Gabor frames and to systems of Gabor molecules, whose elements share only a common envelope of concentration in the time-frequency plane. The notions of localization and related approximation properties are a spectrum of ideas that quantify the degree to which elements of one frame can be approximated by elements of another frame. In this paper, a comprehensive examination of the interrelations among these localization and approximation concepts is made, with most implications shown to be sharp., 34 pages, 1 figure

This paper addresses the existence of codimension one stable manifolds for the pseudo-conformal blow-up solution for critical one-dimensional NLS. By the work of Perelman and Merle, Raphael, the blow-up rate of these solutions is far from the generic one. However, Bourgain,Wang and Perelman formulated the possibility of codimension one stable manifolds for the non-generic blow-up solutions. This paper established the existence of such manifolds, albeit only in the measurable category.

We define convex projective structures on 2D surfaces with holes and investigate their moduli space. We prove that this moduli space is canonically identified with the higher Teichmuller space for the group PSL_3 defined in our paper math/0311149. We define the quantum version of the moduli space of convex projective structures on surfaces with holes. The present paper can serve as an introduction to math/0311149. In the Appendix we show that the space of configurations of 5 flags in the projective plane is of cluster type E_7., Final version, to appear in Advances in Math. The appendix is new

In this note we show that Frobenius split smooth, projective threefolds are Hodge-Witt (using a criterion for the degeneration of the slope spectral sequence of smooth projective threefolds which we prove), and that smooth, projective Frobenius split varieties do not have exotic torsion in their slope spectral sequence. We also record a few simple observations on Frobenius split threefolds. This paper complements authors paper with C. S. Rajan ``On Frobenius splitting and ordinarity'' which is also available on this archive., AMSLaTeX

In this paper we study critial isometric and minimal isometric embeddings of classes of Riemannian metrics which we call {\it quasi-$k$-curved metrics}. Quasi-$k$-curved metrics generalize the metrics of space forms. We construct explicit examples and prove results about existence and rigidity., 21 pages, AMSTeX. Significantly changed version of paper originally Titled "On minimal isometric embeddings"