Let G be a linear group such that for every g ∈ G there is a finite set ${\cal R}(g)$ with the property that for every x ∈ G all sufficiently long commutators [g, x, x, …, x] belong to ${\cal R}(g)$. We prove that G is finite-by-hypercentral.

We study the existence, uniqueness and qualitative properties of global solutions of abstract differential equations with state-dependent delay. Results on the existence of almost periodic-type solutions (including, periodic, almost periodic, asymptotically almost periodic and almost automorphic solutions) are proved. Some examples of partial differential equations with state-dependent delay arising in population dynamics are presented.

A polarized variety is K-stable if, for any test configuration, the Donaldson–Futaki invariant is positive. In this paper, inspired by classical geometric invariant theory, we describe the space of test configurations as a limit of a direct system of Tits buildings. We show that the Donaldson–Futaki invariant, conveniently normalized, is a continuous function on this space. We also introduce a pseudo-metric on the space of test configurations. Recall that K-stability can be enhanced by requiring that the Donaldson–Futaki invariant is positive on any admissible filtration of the co-ordinate ring. We show that admissible filtrations give rise to Cauchy sequences of test configurations with respect to the above mentioned pseudo-metric.

In this paper, we investigate existence and non-existence of a nontrivial solution to the pseudo-relativistic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

$$\left( \sqrt{-c^2\Delta + m^2 c^4}-mc^2\right) u + \mu u = \vert u \vert^{p-1}u\quad {\rm in}~{\open R}^n~(n \ges 2) $$

Using a dual variational approach, we obtain nontrivial real-valued solutions of the critical nonlinear Helmholtz equation

$$-\Delta u-k^2u = Q(x) \vert u \vert ^{2^*-2}u,\quad u\in W^{2,2^*}({\open R}^{N})$$

$Q \in L^{\infty }({\open R}^{N}){\setminus }\{0\}$

We use a coarse version of the fundamental group first introduced by Barcelo, Kramer, Laubenbacher and Weaver to show that box spaces of finitely presented groups detect the normal subgroups used to construct the box space, up to isomorphism. As a consequence, we have that two finitely presented groups admit coarsely equivalent box spaces if and only if they are commensurable via normal subgroups. We also provide an example of two filtrations (Ni) and (Mi) of a free group F such that Mi > Ni for all i with [Mi:Ni] uniformly bounded, but with $\squ _{(N_i)}F$ not coarsely equivalent to $\squ _{(M_i)}F$. Finally, we give some applications of the main theorem for rank gradient and the first ℓ2 Betti number, and show that the main theorem can be used to construct infinitely many coarse equivalence classes of box spaces with various properties.

We prove some congruences on sums involving fourth powers of central q-binomial coefficients. As a conclusion, we confirm the following supercongruence observed by Long [Pacific J. Math. 249 (2011), 405–418]:

$$\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{((p^r-1)/(2))} {\displaystyle{{4k + 1} \over {{256}^k}}} \left( \matrix{2k \cr k} \right)^4\equiv p^r\quad \left( {\bmod p^{r + 3}} \right),$$

We finish the classification, begun in two earlier papers, of all simple fusion systems over finite nonabelian p-groups with an abelian subgroup of index p. In particular, this gives many new examples illustrating the enormous variety of exotic examples that can arise. In addition, we classify all simple fusion systems over infinite nonabelian discrete p-toral groups with an abelian subgroup of index p. In all of these cases (finite or infinite), we reduce the problem to one of listing all 𝔽pG-modules (for G finite) satisfying certain conditions: a problem which was solved in the earlier paper [15] using the classification of finite simple groups.

We prove new results on the existence, non-existence, localization and multiplicity of non-trivial radial solutions of a system of elliptic boundary value problems on exterior domains subject to non-local, nonlinear, functional boundary conditions. Our approach relies on fixed point index theory. As a by-product of our theory we provide an answer to an open question posed by do Ó, Lorca, Sánchez and Ubilla. We include some examples with explicit nonlinearities in order to illustrate our theory.

We devote this paper to proving non-existence and existence of stable solutions to weighted Lane-Emden equations on the Euclidean space ℝN, N ⩾ 2. We first prove some new Liouville-type theorems for stable solutions which recover and considerably improve upon the known results. In particular, our approach applies to various weighted equations, which naturally appear in many applications, but that are not covered by the existing literature. A typical example is provided by the well-know Matukuma's equation. We also prove an existence result for positive, bounded and stable solutions to a large family of weighted Lane–Emden equations, which indicates that our Liouville-type theorems are somehow sharp.

For the Choquard equation, which is a nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger type equation,

$$-\Delta u+V_{\mu, \nu} u=(I_\alpha\ast \vert u \vert ^{({N+\alpha})/{N}}){ \vert u \vert }^{{\alpha}/{N}-1}u,\quad {\rm in} \ {\open R}^N, $$

$N\ges 3$

$I_\alpha : {\open R}^N \to 0$

$N \ges 4$

$\ker (-\Delta + V_{\mu ,\nu }) = \{ 0\} $

In this paper, we revisit the theory of induced representations in the setting of locally compact quantum groups. In the case of induction from open quantum subgroups, we show that constructions of Kustermans and Vaes are equivalent to the classical, and much simpler, construction of Rieffel. We also prove in general setting the continuity of induction in the sense of Vaes with respect to weak containment.

In this work we are concerned with the existence of fixed points for multivalued maps defined on Banach spaces. Using the Banach spaces scale concept, we establish the existence of a fixed point of a multivalued map in a vector subspace where the map is only locally Lipschitz continuous. We apply our results to the existence of mild solutions and asymptotically almost periodic solutions of an abstract Cauchy problem governed by a first-order differential inclusion. Our results are obtained by using fixed point theory for the measure of noncompactness.

We exhibit the first explicit examples of Salem sets in ℚp of every dimension 0 < α < 1 by showing that certain sets of well-approximable p-adic numbers are Salem sets. We construct measures supported on these sets that satisfy essentially optimal Fourier decay and upper regularity conditions, and we observe that these conditions imply that the measures satisfy strong Fourier restriction inequalities. We also partially generalize our results to higher dimensions. Our results extend theorems of Kaufman, Papadimitropoulos, and Hambrook from the real to the p-adic setting.

We consider the parabolic, initial-boundary value problem1

$$\matrix{ {\displaystyle{{\partial v} \over {\partial t}} = \Delta _p(v) + f(x,v),} & {{\rm in}({\rm - 1},{\rm 1}) \times ({\rm 0},\infty ),} \cr {v( \pm 1,t) = 0,} \hfill \hfill \hfill & {{\rm t}\in [{\rm 0},\infty ),} \hfill \hfill \cr {v = v_0\in C_0^0 ([-1,1]),} & {{\rm in}[{\rm - 1},{\rm 1}] \times \{ {\rm 0}\} ,} \cr } $$

We also consider a bifurcation type problem similar to (1), having a line of trivial solutions. We characterize the stability or instability of the trivial solutions, and the bifurcating, non-trivial solutions, and show that there is an ‘exchange of stability’ at the bifurcation point, analogous to the well-known result when p = 2.

We investigate factoriality, Connes' type III invariants and fullness of arbitrary amalgamated free product von Neumann algebras using Popa's deformation/rigidity theory. Among other things, we generalize many previous structural results on amalgamated free product von Neumann algebras and we obtain new examples of full amalgamated free product factors for which we can explicitely compute Connes' type III invariants.

We analyse the effect of random initial conditions on the local well-posedness of semi-linear PDEs, to investigate to what extent recent ideas on singular stochastic PDEs can prove useful in this framework.

In particular, in some cases, stochastic initial conditions extend the validity of the fixed-point argument to larger spaces than deterministic initial conditions would allow, but in general, it is never possible to go beyond the threshold that is predicted by critical scaling, as in our general class of equations we are not exploiting any special structure present in the equation.

We also give a specific example where the level of regularity for the fixed-point argument reached by random initial conditions is not yet critical, but it is already sharp in the sense that we find infinitely many random initial conditions of slightly lower regularity, where there is no solution at all. Thus criticality cannot be reached even by random initial conditions.

The existence and uniqueness in a critical space is always delicate, but we can consider the Burgers equation in logarithmically sub-critical spaces, where existence and uniqueness hold, and again random initial conditions allow to extend the validity to spaces of lower regularity which are still logarithmically sub-critical.

Linear second order differential equations of the form d2w/dz2 − {u2f(u, z) + g(z)}w = 0 are studied, where |u| → ∞ and z lies in a complex bounded or unbounded domain D. If f(u, z) and g(z) are meromorphic in D, and f(u, z) has no zeros, the classical Liouville-Green/WKBJ approximation provides asymptotic expansions involving the exponential function. The coefficients in these expansions either multiply the exponential or in an alternative form appear in the exponent. The latter case has applications to the simplification of turning point expansions as well as certain quantum mechanics problems, and new computable error bounds are derived. It is shown how these bounds can be sharpened to provide realistic error estimates, and this is illustrated by an application to modified Bessel functions of complex argument and large positive order. Explicit computable error bounds are also derived for asymptotic expansions for particular solutions of the nonhomogeneous equations of the form d2w/dz2 − {u2f(z) + g(z)}w = p(z).

We consider a second-order elliptic operator L in skew product of an ordinary differential operator L1 on an interval (a, b) and an elliptic operator on a domain D2 of a Riemannian manifold such that the associated heat kernel is intrinsically ultracontractive. We give criteria for criticality and subcriticality of L in terms of a positive solution having minimal growth at η (η = a, b) to an associated ordinary differential equation. In the subcritical case, we explicitly determine the Martin compactification and Martin kernel for L on the basis of [24]; in particular, the Martin boundary over η is either one point or a compactification of D2, which depends on whether an associated integral near η diverges or converges. From this structure theorem we show a monotonicity property that the Martin boundary over η does not become smaller as the potential term of L1 becomes larger near η.

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions to a semilinear nonlocal elliptic problem with the fractional α-Laplacian on Rn, 0 < α < n. We show that the problem has infinitely many positive solutions in $ {C^\tau}({R^n})\bigcap H_{loc}^{\alpha /2}({R^n}) $. Moreover, each of these solutions tends to some positive constant limit at infinity. We can extend our previous result about sub-elliptic problem to the nonlocal problem on Rn. We also show for α ∊ (0, 2) that in some cases, by the use of Hardy’s inequality, there is a nontrivial non-negative $ H_{loc}^{\alpha /2}({R^n}) $ weak solution to the problem

$$ {( - \Delta )^{\alpha /2}}u(x) = K(x){u^p} \quad {\rm{ in}} \ {R^n}, $$