Transition probabilities are calculated which make the construction of diffusions on finitely ramified fractals straightforward. In contrast to former approaches using Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem, we consider an approximation procedure based on the iteration of a nonlinear map L. Physically, this is done by ‘coarse-graining-renormalisation of finite electric resistor networks’. Mathematically, it is a convergence problem for quotients of Dirichlet forms on finite graphs. These graphs approximate finitely ramified fractals. The basic tool is a contraction theorem for the renormalisation map L which allows the use of known results about nested fractals for non-nested (p.c.f. self-similar) ones. In general, the above contraction is not strict because several linear independent fixed points occur.

A construction is given for a trace function on the semigroup algebra of a certain type of E-unitary inverse semigroup over any subfield of the complex field that is closed under complex conjugation. In particular, the method applies to the semigroup algebras of free inverse semigroups of arbitrary rank.

We derive asymptotic formulae for the distribution functions of the real parts of the eigenvalues of an oblique derivative problem involving an indefinite weight function.

The objective is to derive a variation of constants formula for systems of functional differential equations (or delay differential equations) coupled with functional equations (or difference equations). The difficulties arise because of the constraints imposed by the functional equations.

A correspondence of a semigroup S is any subsemigroup of S × S, and the set of all correspondences of S, with the operations of composition and involution and the relation of set-theoretic inclusion, forms the bundle of correspondences of S, denoted by (S). For semigroups S and T, any isomorphism of (S) onto (T) is called a -isomorphism of S upon T. Similar notion can be introduced for other types of algebras and in the general frame of category theory. The principal goal of this paper is to study -isomorphisms of completely regular semigroups (that is, unions of groups) and of one other interesting class of semigroups.

In this paper we show that each quasiperiodic standing wave solution of the real Ginzburg–Landau equation which is on the global branch emanating from the Eckhaus unstable periodic orbit is itself unstable. A rigorous proof of the instability is given by showing that the linearised operator about such a solution has spectrum which contains an interval along the unstable axis of the spectral plane. The proof employs some geometric and topological methods arising from a dynamical systems approach to the analysis of the eigenvalue problem for the linearised operator.

Presentations of Coxeter type are defined for semigroups. Minimal right ideals of a semigroup defined by such a presentation are proved to be isomorphic to the group with the same presentation. A necessary and sufficient condition for these semigroups to be finite is found. The structure of semigroups defined by Coxeter-type presentations for the symmetric and alternating groups is examined in detail.

We investigate the Cauchy problem for a hydrodynamic model for semiconductors. An existence theorem of global weak solutions with large initial data is obtained by using the fractional step Lax—Friedrichs scheme and Godounov scheme.

In this paper we use arguments based on Picard-Fuchs equations and transversality of intersections of level curves to obtain an exact count of the number of stationary solutions of the one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation with a cubic nonlinearity.

Oscillation, comparison and asymptotic theory for the Sturm-Liouville problem

with 1/p, q, r ε L1 ([0, 1]), p, r > 0, are studied subject to eigenvalue-dependent boundary conditions

This continues previous work on cases with (− 1)j δj ≦ 0 where δj = ajdj − bjcj. We now consider the remaining sign conditions for δj, exploiting the interplay between the graph of cot θ− (λ, 1), for a modified Prüfer angle θ−, and the eigencurves of a related two-parameter problem.

Let R1(x),…, Rd(x) be rational functions in Iℚ(x), such that 1, R1(x),…, Rd(x) are linearly independent over Iℚ. For almost all primes p, their mod p reductions, are well-defined rational functions over Fp and are linearly independent over Fp We show that asymptotically the points

are uniformly distributed in [0, l)d.

In this work we study reaction–diffusion systems in fractional power spaces Xα which are embedded in L∞. We prove that the solution operators T(t) to these problems are globally defined, point dissipative, locally bounded and compact. That ensures the existence of global attractors. We also find a set containing the range of every function in the attractor, providing good estimates on asymptotic concentrations. This is done under very few hypotheses on the reaction term. These hypotheses are natural and easy to verify in many applications. The tools employed are the theory of invariant regions for systems of parabolic partial differential equations, the notion of contracting sets and the variation of constants formula. Several examples are considered to emphasise the applicability of these techniques.

This paper addresses the realisation of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by retarded functional differential equations (FDEs) in finite-dimensional invariant manifolds, locally around equilibrium points. A necessary and sufficient condition for realisability of C1 vector fields is established in terms of their linearisations at the equilibrium.

It is also shown that any arbitrary finite jet of vector fields of ODEs can be realised without any further restrictions than those imposed by the realisability of its linear term, a fact of relevance for discussing the flows defined by FDEs around singularities, and their bifurcations. Besides, it is proved that such a realisation can always be achieved with FDEs whose nonlinearities are defined in terms of a finite number of delayed values of the solutions.

We state a necessary and sufficient polyconvexity condition in R2X2 for functions of class C1. This condition is applied to f(X) = |X|2(|X|2 −2 det X) for obtaining a convex representation in R2X2 x R.

In this paper, the general ordinary quasidifferential expression M of nth order, with complex coefficients, and its formal adjoint M− are considered. It is shown in the case of two singular endpomts and when all solutions of the equation and the adjoint equation are in (the limit-circle case) that all well-posed extensions of the minimal operator T0(M) have resolvents which are Hilbert Schmidt integral operators and consequently have a wholly discrete spectrum. This implies that all the regularly solvable operators have all of the standard essential spectra to be empty. These results extend those for the formally symmetric expression M studied in [1] and [14], and also extend those proved in [8] for one singular endpoint.

Using the viscosity-capillarity admissibility criterion for shock waves, we solve the Riemann problem for the system of conservation laws

where σ(u) = u3 − u. This system is hyperbolic at (u, v) unless . We find that the Riemann problem has a unique solution for all data in the hyperbolic regions, except for a range of data in the same phase (i.e. on the same side of the nonhyperbolic strip). In the nonunique cases, there are exactly two admissible solutions. The analysis is based upon a formula describing all saddle-to-saddle heteroclinic orbits for a family of cubic vector fields in the plane.

In [3], uniform asymptotic expansions were derived for solutions of the oblate spheroidal wave equation (z2 − 1)d2p/dz2 + 2zdp/dz − (λ + μ2/(z2 − 1)) p = 0, for the case where the parameter μ is real and non-negative, the separation parameter λ is real and positive, and γ is purely imaginary (γ = iu). As u → ∞, uniform asymptotic expansions were derived involving elementary, Airy and Bessel functions, these being valid in certain subdomains of the complex z plane. In this paper the complementary case, where λ is real and negative, is considered. Asymptotic expansions are derived which are valid in certain subdomains of the half-plane |arg (z)| ≦ π/2, uniformly valid for u → ∞ with λ /u2 fixed and negative, and 0 ≦ μ/u ≦ − ½λ /u2 − δ, where δ is an arbitrary positive constant. Explicit error bounds are available for all the approximations.

The problem of approximation of attractors for semidynamical systems (SDSs) in a metric space is studied. Let some (exact) SDS possessing an attractor M be inaccurately defined, i.e. let another (approximate) SDS, which is close in some sense to the exact one, be given. The problem is to construct a set , which is close to M in the Hausdorff metric.

The suggested procedure for constructing is finite, which makes it possible to use it in computations. The results obtained are suitable for numerical approximation of attractors for a rather large class of semidynamical systems, including ones generated by the Lorenz equations and the Navier–Stokes equations.