scholarly journals A note on nondifferentiable symmetric duality

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Craven
Keyword(s):  
Usual Method ◽  
Dual Cone ◽  
Symmetric Duality ◽  
Minimization Problems ◽  
Nonsmooth Problems ◽  
Nonsmooth Problem ◽  
Constrained Minimization Problems ◽  
Second Derivatives ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
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Under suitable hypotheses on the function f, the two constrained minimization problems:are well known each to be dual to the other. This symmetric duality result is now extended to a class of nonsmooth problems, assuming some convexity hypotheses. The first problem is generalized to:in which T and S are convex cones, S* is the dual cone of S, and ∂y denotes the subdifferential with respect to y. The usual method of proof uses second derivatives, which are no longer available. Therefore a different method is used, where a nonsmooth problem is approximated by a sequence of smooth problems. This duality result confirms a conjecture by Chandra, which had previously been proved only in special cases.

The focusing of radiation by a random surface when the source is at a finite distance

1960 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Longuet-Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Total Curvature ◽  
Statistical Distribution ◽  
Constant Parameter ◽  
Random Surface ◽  
Second Derivatives ◽  
Finite Distance ◽  
The Mean ◽  
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Imagine a nearly horizontal, statistically uniform, random surface ζ(x, y), Gaussian in the sense that the second derivatives , , have a normal joint distribution. The problem considered is the statistical distribution of the quantitywhere J and Ω denote the mean curvature and total curvature of the surface, respectively, and ν is a constant parameter.

scholarly journals New inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard type for n-times differentiable convex and concave functions with applications

Filomat ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 2609-2621
Author(s):  
M.A. Latif ◽  
S.S. Dragomir
Keyword(s):  
Concave Functions ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Trapezoidal Formula ◽  
Special Means ◽  
Second Derivatives ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
New Inequalities

In this paper, a new identity for n-times differntiable functions is established and by using the obtained identity, some new inequalities Hermite-Hadamard type are obtained for functions whose nth derivatives in absolute value are convex and concave functions. From our results, several inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard type can be derived in terms of functions whose first and second derivatives in absolute value are convex and concave functions as special cases. Our results may provide refinements of some results already exist in literature. Applications to trapezoidal formula and special means of established results are given.

scholarly journals Positive solutions and eigenvalues of conjugate boundary value problems

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi P. Agarwal ◽  
Martin Bohner ◽  
Patricia J. Y. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Positive Solution ◽  
Positive Solutions ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
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We consider the following boundary value problemwhere λ > 0 and 1 ≤ p ≤ n – 1 is fixed. The values of λ are characterized so that the boundary value problem has a positive solution. Further, for the case λ = 1 we offer criteria for the existence of two positive solutions of the boundary value problem. Upper and lower bounds for these positive solutions are also established for special cases. Several examples are included to dwell upon the importance of the results obtained.

Connection formulae for spectral functions associated with singular Dirac equations

2004 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Riehl
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Equation ◽  
Spectral Function ◽  
Limit Point ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Spectral Functions ◽  
Dirac Equations ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Limit Point Case ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Connection Formulae

We consider the Dirac equation given by with initial condition y1 (0) cos α + y2(0) sin α = 0, α ε [0; π ) and suppose the equation is in the limit-point case at infinity. Using to denote the derivative of the corresponding spectral function, a formula for is given when is known and positive for three distinct values of α. In general, if is known and positive for only two distinct values of α, then is shown to be one of two possibilities. However, in special cases of the Dirac equation, can be uniquely determined given for only two values of α.

Some Properties of Generalized Euler Numbers

1981 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 606-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Leeming ◽  
R. A. Macleod
Keyword(s):  
Positive Integer ◽  
Roots Of Unity ◽  
Euler Numbers ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
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We define infinitely many sequences of integers one sequence for each positive integer k ≦ 2 by(1.1)where are the k-th roots of unity and (E(k))n is replaced by En(k) after multiplying out. An immediate consequence of (1.1) is(1.2)Therefore, we are interested in numbers of the form Esk(k) (s = 0, 1, 2, …; k = 2, 3, …).Some special cases have been considered in the literature. For k = 2, we obtain the Euler numbers (see e.g. [8]). The case k = 3 is considered briefly by D. H. Lehmer [7], and the case k = 4 by Leeming [6] and Carlitz ([1]and [2]).

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