The existence of a unique local generalized solution for the abstract functional evolution problem of the type $$ (FDE:\phi) x'(t) + A(t, x_t)x(t) \ni G(t, x_t), t \in [0, T], x_0 = \phi $$ in a general Banach spaces is considered. It is shown that $(FDE:\phi)$ could be considered with well-known fixed point theory and recent results for the functional differential equations involving the operator A(t).

In this paper, finite difference method is applied to approximate the generalized solutions of Sobolev equations. Using the Steklov mollifier and Bramble-Hilbert Lemma, a priori error estimates in discrete $L^2$ as well as in discrete $H^1$ norms are derived frist for the semidiscrete methods. For the fully discrete schemes, both backward Euler and Crank-Nicolson methods are discussed and related error analyses are also presented.

Unique factorization of 2-dimensional complete intersection is investiagted by using the determinant method introduced by D. Eisenbud.

We prove a norm inequality of the form $\left\$\mid$ \upsilon \right\$\mid$ \leq (r - 1) \left\$\mid$ u \right\$\mid$_p, 1 < p < \infty$, between a non-negative subharmonic function u and a smooth function $\upsilon$ satisfying $$\mid$\upsilon(0)$\mid$ \leq u(0), $\mid$\nabla\upsilon$\mid$ \leq \nabla u$\mid$$ and $\mid$\Delta\upsilon$\mid$ \leq \alpha\Delta u$, where $\alpha$ is a constant with $0 \leq \alpha \leq 1$. This inequality extends Burkholder's inequality where $\alpha = 1$.

This paper is concerned with the control problem $$ \dot{x}(t) = F(x) + u(t)G(x), t \in [0,T], x(0) = 0, $$ where F and G are smooth vector fields on $R^n$, and the admissible controls u satisfy the constraint $$\mid$u(t)$\mid$ \leq 1$. We provide the sufficient condition that the bang-bang trajectories having different switching orders intersect.

We investigate the existence of the operator-valued Feynman integral when a Wiener functional is given by a Fourier transform of complex Borel measure.

This paper is concerned with the impulsive control problem $$ \dot{x}(t) = f(t, x) + g(t, x)\dot{u}(t), t \in [0, T], x(0) = \overline{x}, $$ where u is a possibly discontinuous control function of bounded variation, $f : R \times R^n \mapsto R^n$ is a bounded and Lipschitz continuous function, and $g : R \times R^n \mapsto R^n$ is continuously differentiable w.r.t. the variable x and satisfies $\mid$g(t,\cdot) - g(s,\cdot)$\mid$ \leq \phi(t) - \phi(s)$, for some increasing function $\phi$ and every s < t. We show that the map $u \mapsto x_u$ is Lipschitz continuous when u ranges in the set of step functions whose total variations are uniformly bounded, where $x_u$ is the solution of the impulsive control system corresponding to u. We also define the generalized solution of the impulsive control system corresponding to a measurable control functin of bounded variation.

In this paper we give a generalization of the well-known Borsuk-Ulam theorem and its extensions to countably many products of spheres.

We investigate the existence of solutions of the nonlinear beam equation under the Dirichlet boundary condition on the interval $-\frac{2}{\pi}, \frac{2}{\pi}$ and periodic condition on the varible t, $Lu + bu^+ -au^- = f(x, t)$, when the jumping nonlinearity crosses the first positive eigenvalue.

In this paper, the nonexistence of the global solutions of semilinear wave equations with damping terms in the boundary conditions is investigated.

For a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form $\sigma$ on a finite dimensional vector space E, the Jordan algebra of $\sigma$-symmetric operators has a symmetric cone $\Omega_\sigma$ of positive definite operators with respect to $\sigma$. The cone $C_\sigma$ of elements (x,y) \in E \times E with \sigma(x,y) \geq 0$ gives the compression semigroup. In this work, we show that in the sutomorphism group of the tube domain over $\Omega_\sigma$, this semigroup has a UDL and Ol'shanskii decompositions and is exactly the compression semigroup of $\Omega_sigma$.

In this paper, we extend the Gottlieb groups of a space to the Gottlieb groups of a map and show some properties of those groups. Especially, We show the 2nd Gottlieb group of a map is contained in the center of the homotopy group of the map and show $G_n(F) = \pi_n(f)$ for an H-map f between H-spaces. We also show the Gottlieb subgroups $G_n(A), G_n(X) and G_n(f)$ make a sequence if the map $f : A \to X$ has a right homotopy inverse.

In this paper we introduce the semidiscrete solution of a single-phase nonlinear Stefan problem We analyze the optimal convergence of the semidiscrete solution in $H^1$ and $H^2$ normed spaces and also we derive the error estimates in $L^2$ normed space.

In this work, the irreducible complex representations of degree 4 of $B_4$, the braid group on 4 strings, are classified. There are 4 families of representations: A two-parameter family of representations for which the image of $P_4$, the pure braid group on 4 strings, is abelian; two families of representations which are the composition of an irreducible representation of $B_3$, the braid group on 3 strings, with a certain special homomorphism $\pi : B_4 \longrightarrow B_3$; a family of representations which are the tensor product of 2 irreducible two-dimensional representations of $B_4$.

We investigate the bahivor of the gradient of solutions to the refraction equation $div(( 1+ (k - 1)_\chi D)\nabla u) = 0$ under perturbation of domain D. If $u_h$ are solutions to the refraction equation corresponding to subdomains D and $D_h$ of a domain $\Omega$ in 2 dimensional plane with the same Neumann data on $\partial\Omega$, respectively, we prove that $\left\$\mid$ \nabla(u - u_h) \right\$\mid$_{L^2(\Omega)} \leq C\sqrt{dist(D, D_h)}$ where $dist(D, D_h)$ is the Hausdorff distance between D and $D_h$. We also show that this is the best possible result.

The square of Brownian density process $Q^\lambda$ is defined where $\lambda$ is a parameter. Applying limit theorems of stochastic integrals w.r.t. martingale measure, we prove a weak limit theorem for $Q^\lambda$ in $D_{S'(R^d)}[0,1]$.

From a minimax inequality related to admissible multimaps, we deduce generalized versions of lopsided saddle point theorems, fixed point theorems, existence of maximizable linear functionals, the Walras excess demand theorem, and the Gale-Nikaido-Debreu theorem.

We study Diriclet forms and related subjects for the Gibbs measures of classical unbounded sping systems interacting via potentials which are superstable and regular. For any Gibbs measure $\mu$, we construct a Dirichlet form and the associated diffusion process on $L^2(\Omega, d\mu), where \Omega = (R^d)^Z^\nu$. Under appropriate conditions on the potential we show that the Dirichlet operator associated to a Gibbs measure $\mu$ is essentially self-adjoint on the space of smooth bounded cylinder functions. Under the condition of uniform log-concavity, the Gibbs measure exists uniquely and there exists a mass gap in the lower end of the spectrum of the Dirichlet operator. We also show that under the condition of uniform log-concavity, the unique Gibbs measure satisfies the log-Sobolev inequality. We utilize the general scheme of the previous works on the theory in infinite dimensional spaces developed by e.g., Albeverio, Antonjuk, Hoegh-Krohn, Kondratiev, Rockner, and Kusuoka, etc, and also use the equilibrium condition and the regularity of Gibbs measures extensively.