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Let A be a uniform algebra on a compact space X, and let M denote the maximal ideal space of A. In this chapter, we continue the line of investigation begun in Chapters 1 and 2. We will introduce and treat various classes of “quasi-subharmonic” functions. The lower semi-continuous, quasi-subharmonic functions will be the log-envelope functions introduced in Chapter 2. The upper semi-continuous, quasi-subharmonic functions will be called simply “subharmonic”. The subharmonic functions in this context correspond to the subharmonic functions on an open subset of ¢, or to the plurisubharmonic functions on an open subset of ¢n.
The main theorems of this chapter are Theorems 5.9 and 5.10, asserting that a locally subharmonic function is subharmonic, while a bounded, locally log-envelope function is a log-envelope function. Our exposition will be based on work of the author and N.Sibony[3,4].
Quasi-subharmonic Functions
Let u be a Borel function from a subset S of MA to [-∞, +∞]. We say that u is quasi-subharmonic on S if u(φ) ≤ ∫udσ for all φ ∈ S and all Jensen measures σ for φ supported on a compact subset of S It is understood implicitly that the negative part of u min(u,0), is integrable with respect to the Jensen measures σ for those φ ∈ S satisfying u(φ) > -∞.
Evidently u is quasi-subharmonic on S if and only if u is quasi-subharmonic on each compact subset of S
A function u from S to [-∞, +∞) is subharmonic if u is upper semi-continuous and quasi-subharmonic.
Suppose H and K are Hilbert spaces and H′0, H′ are closed subspaces of H so that H′0 ⊂ H′. Denote by P the orthogonal projection of H onto H′0, denote by g an element of k and by C a bounded linear transformation from H to K so that CC* = I, the identity on K. Denote CPC* by M. Given w in H′ one has the problem of finding u in H′ so that
There are given conditions on M (or certain operators related to M) which imply convergence of a certain iteratively generated sequence to a solution to this problem. The equation Cu = g represents an inhomogeneous system of linear differential equations (ordinary, partial or functional) and the condition P(u − w) = u − w is an abstract representation of inhomogeneous boundary conditions for u.
Formulae are derived for the first two approximations to the radiation pattern of a penetrable body in the long wavelength limit. They are expressed in terms of a solution of Laplace's equation satisfying certain boundary conditions. Various inequalities and principles which help fix this solution are given.
By adapting its well-known proof, the Poincaré–Bendixson theorem, on the existence of periodic orbits of plane autonomous systems, is extended to vector differential equations of the form f(D)x + bφ(g(D)x) = 0. The only restrictions placed on the vector function φ(y) are that its Jacobian matrix should be continuous and lie within a suitably chosen ellintic ball.
In 1932, Hardy and Littlewood proved the inequalities
The best possible values of the constants K1 and K2 being 1 and 4 respectively. The object of this paper is to prove analogous results for infinite series in which the derivative of the real function f is replaced by the finite difference
In the Inverse Spectral Theorem in the form given by Levitan and Gasymov, necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a non-decreasing function, p(ℷ), to be the spectral function of a Sturm–Liouville problem. In these conditions, p(ℷ) is compared with the spectral function for the particular Strum–Liouville problem
If the method of Levitan and Gasymov's proof is slightly adapted, the necessary and sufficient conditions can be stated in a more general form in which p(ℷ) is compared with the spectral function for any problem of the form
We give in this note a second order singular differential expression of the form Lf = −f″ + qf on [0, ∞) that satisfies the Dirichlet condition but that is not bounded below.