Operator inclusions and operator-differential inclusions

In Chapter 2, we first introduce a generalized inverse differentiability for set-valued mappings and consider some of its properties. Then, we use this differentiability, Ekeland's Variational Principle and some fixed point theorems to consider constrained implicit function and open mapping theorems and surjectivity problems of set-valued mappings. The mapping considered is of the form F(x, u) + G (x, u). The inverse derivative condition is only imposed on the mapping x F(x, u), and the mapping x G(x, u) is supposed to be Lipschitz. The constraint made to the variable x is a closed convex cone if x F(x, u) is only a closed mapping, and in case x F(x, u) is also Lipschitz, the constraint needs only to be a closed subset. We obtain some constrained implicit function theorems and open mapping theorems. Pseudo-Lipschitz property and surjectivity of the implicit functions are also obtained. As applications of the obtained results, we also consider both local constrained controllability of nonlinear systems and constrained global controllability of semilinear systems. The constraint made to the control is a time-dependent closed convex cone with possibly empty interior. Our results show that the controllability will be realized if some suitable associated linear systems are constrained controllable. In Chapter 3, without defining topological degree for set-valued mappings of monotone type, we consider the solvability of the operator inclusion y0 N1(x) + N2 (x) on bounded subsets in Banach spaces with N1 a demicontinuous set-valued mapping which is either of class (S+) or pseudo-monotone or quasi-monotone, and N2 is a set-valued quasi-monotone mapping. Conclusions similar to the invariance under admissible homotopy of topological degree are obtained. Some concrete existence results and applications to some boundary value problems, integral inclusions and controllability of a nonlinear system are also given. In Chapter 4, we will suppose u A (t,u) is a set-valued pseudo-monotone mapping and consider the evolution inclusions x' (t) + A(t,x((t)) f (t) a.e. and (d)/(dt) (Bx(t)) + A (t,x((t)) f(t) a.e. in an evolution triple (V,H,V*), as well as perturbation problems of those two inclusions

Pseudo-holomorphic functions at the critical exponent

We study Hardy classes on the disk associated to the equation \bar\d w=\alpha\bar w for $\alpha\in L^r$ with $2\leq r<\infty$. The paper seems to be the first to deal with the case $r=2$. We prove an analog of the M.~Riesz theorem and a topological converse to the Bers similarity principle. Using the connection between pseudo-holomorphic functions and conjugate Beltrami equations, we deduce well-posedness on smooth domains of the Dirichlet problem with weighted $L^p$ boundary data for 2-D isotropic conductivity equations whose coefficients have logarithm in $W^{1,2}$. In particular these are not strictly elliptic. Our results depend on a new multiplier theorem for $W^{1,2}_0$-functions.Comment: 43 pages; to appear in the Journal of the European Mathematical Societ

Pr\"ufer intersection of valuation domains of a field of rational functions

Let $V$ be a rank one valuation domain with quotient field $K$. We characterize the subsets $S$ of $V$ for which the ring of integer-valued polynomials ${\rm Int}(S,V)=\{f\in K[X] \mid f(S)\subseteq V\}$ is a Pr\"ufer domain. The characterization is obtained by means of the notion of pseudo-monotone sequence and pseudo-limit in the sense of Chabert, which generalize the classical notions of pseudo-convergent sequence and pseudo-limit by Ostrowski and Kaplansky, respectively. We show that ${\rm Int}(S,V)$ is Pr\"ufer if and only if no element of the algebraic closure $\overline{K}$ of $K$ is a pseudo-limit of a pseudo-monotone sequence contained in $S$, with respect to some extension of $V$ to $\overline{K}$. This result expands a recent result by Loper and Werner.Comment: to appear in J. Algebra. All comments are welcome. Keywords: Pr\"ufer domain, pseudo-convergent sequence, pseudo-limit, residually transcendental extension, integer-valued polynomia

Product structure of heat phase space and branching Brownian motion

A generical formalism for the discussion of Brownian processes with non-constant particle number is developed, based on the observation that the phase space of heat possesses a product structure that can be encoded in a commutative unit ring. A single Brownian particle is discussed in a Hilbert module theory, with the underlying ring structure seen to be intimately linked to the non-differentiability of Brownian paths. Multi-particle systems with interactions are explicitly constructed using a Fock space approach. The resulting ring-valued quantum field theory is applied to binary branching Brownian motion, whose Dyson-Schwinger equations can be exactly solved. The presented formalism permits the application of the full machinery of quantum field theory to Brownian processes.Comment: 32 pages, journal version. Annals of Physics, N.Y. (to appear