TY - INPR A1 - Dyachenko, Evgueniya A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - Degeneration of boundary layer at singular points N2 - We study the Dirichlet problem in a bounded plane domain for the heat equation with small parameter multiplying the derivative in t. The behaviour of solution at characteristic points of the boundary is of special interest. The behaviour is well understood if a characteristic line is tangent to the boundary with contact degree at least 2. We allow the boundary to not only have contact of degree less than 2 with a characteristic line but also a cuspidal singularity at a characteristic point. We construct an asymptotic solution of the problem near the characteristic point to describe how the boundary layer degenerates. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)23 KW - Heat equation KW - Dirichlet problem KW - characteristic points KW - boundary layer Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60135 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - A simple numerical approach to the Riemann hypothesis N2 - The Riemann hypothesis is equivalent to the fact the the reciprocal function 1/zeta (s) extends from the interval (1/2,1) to an analytic function in the quarter-strip 1/2 < Re s < 1 and Im s > 0. Function theory allows one to rewrite the condition of analytic continuability in an elegant form amenable to numerical experiments. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1 (2012) 9 Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57645 SN - 2193-6943 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Alsaedy, Ammar A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - Spectral projection for the dbar-Neumann problem N2 - We show that the spectral kernel function of the dbar-Neumann problem on a non-compact strongly pseudoconvex manifold is smooth up to the boundary. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)12 KW - dbar-Neumann problem KW - strongly pseudoconvex domains KW - spectral kernel function Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-58616 SN - 2193-6943 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Blanchard, Gilles A1 - Delattre, Sylvain A1 - Roquain, Étienne T1 - Testing over a continuum of null hypotheses N2 - We introduce a theoretical framework for performing statistical hypothesis testing simultaneously over a fairly general, possibly uncountably infinite, set of null hypotheses. This extends the standard statistical setting for multiple hypotheses testing, which is restricted to a finite set. This work is motivated by numerous modern applications where the observed signal is modeled by a stochastic process over a continuum. As a measure of type I error, we extend the concept of false discovery rate (FDR) to this setting. The FDR is defined as the average ratio of the measure of two random sets, so that its study presents some challenge and is of some intrinsic mathematical interest. Our main result shows how to use the p-value process to control the FDR at a nominal level, either under arbitrary dependence of p-values, or under the assumption that the finite dimensional distributions of the p-value process have positive correlations of a specific type (weak PRDS). Both cases generalize existing results established in the finite setting, the latter one leading to a less conservative procedure. The interest of this approach is demonstrated in several non-parametric examples: testing the mean/signal in a Gaussian white noise model, testing the intensity of a Poisson process and testing the c.d.f. of i.i.d. random variables. Conceptually, an interesting feature of the setting advocated here is that it focuses directly on the intrinsic hypothesis space associated with a testing model on a random process, without referring to an arbitrary discretization. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1 (2012) 1 Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-56877 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Grudsky, Serguey A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - Conformal reduction of boundary problems for harmonic functions in a plane domain with strong singularities on the boundary N2 - We consider the Dirichlet, Neumann and Zaremba problems for harmonic functions in a bounded plane domain with nonsmooth boundary. The boundary curve belongs to one of the following three classes: sectorial curves, logarithmic spirals and spirals of power type. To study the problem we apply a familiar method of Vekua-Muskhelishvili which consists in using a conformal mapping of the unit disk onto the domain to pull back the problem to a boundary problem for harmonic functions in the disk. This latter is reduced in turn to a Toeplitz operator equation on the unit circle with symbol bearing discontinuities of second kind. We develop a constructive invertibility theory for Toeplitz operators and thus derive solvability conditions as well as explicit formulas for solutions. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)10 KW - singular integral equations KW - nonsmooth curves KW - boundary value problems Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57745 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Klein, Markus A1 - Rosenberger, Elke T1 - Tunneling for a class of difference operators N2 - We analyze a general class of difference operators containing a multi-well potential and a small parameter. We decouple the wells by introducing certain Dirichlet operators on regions containing only one potential well, and we treat the eigenvalue problem as a small perturbation of these comparison problems. We describe tunneling by a certain interaction matrix similar to the analysis for the Schrödinger operator, and estimate the remainder, which is exponentially small and roughly quadratic compared with the interaction matrix. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1 (2012) 5 KW - semi-classical difference operator KW - tunneling KW - interaction matrix Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-56989 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Keller, Peter A1 - Roelly, Sylvie A1 - Valleriani, Angelo T1 - On time duality for quasi-birth-and-death processes N2 - We say that (weak/strong) time duality holds for continuous time quasi-birth-and-death-processes if, starting from a fixed level, the first hitting time of the next upper level and the first hitting time of the next lower level have the same distribution. We present here a criterion for time duality in the case where transitions from one level to another have to pass through a given single state, the so-called bottleneck property. We also prove that a weaker form of reversibility called balanced under permutation is sufficient for the time duality to hold. We then discuss the general case. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1 (2012) 4 KW - continuous time Markov chain KW - hitting times KW - time duality KW - absorbing boundary Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-56973 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich A1 - Wallenta, Daniel T1 - The Lefschetz number of sequences of trace class curvature N2 - For a sequence of Hilbert spaces and continuous linear operators the curvature is defined to be the composition of any two consecutive operators. This is modeled on the de Rham resolution of a connection on a module over an algebra. Of particular interest are those sequences for which the curvature is "small" at each step, e.g., belongs to a fixed operator ideal. In this context we elaborate the theory of Fredholm sequences and show how to introduce the Lefschetz number. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1 (2012) 3 KW - Perturbed complexes KW - curvature KW - Lefschetz number Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-56969 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Koppitz, Jörg A1 - Musunthia, Tiwadee T1 - Maximal subsemigroups containing a particular semigroup N2 - We study maximal subsemigroups of the monoid T(X) of all full transformations on the set X = N of natural numbers containing a given subsemigroup W of T(X), where each element of a given set U is a generator of T(X) modulo W. This note continues the study of maximal subsemigroups of the monoid of all full transformations on an infinite set. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1 (2012) 8 Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57465 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Murr, Rüdiger T1 - Reciprocal classes of Markov processes : an approach with duality formulae N2 - In this work we are concerned with the characterization of certain classes of stochastic processes via duality formulae. First, we introduce a new formulation of a characterization of processes with independent increments, which is based on an integration by parts formula satisfied by infinitely divisible random vectors. Then we focus on the study of the reciprocal classes of Markov processes. These classes contain all stochastic processes having the same bridges, and thus similar dynamics, as a reference Markov process. We start with a resume of some existing results concerning the reciprocal classes of Brownian diffusions as solutions of duality formulae. As a new contribution, we show that the duality formula satisfied by elements of the reciprocal class of a Brownian diffusion has a physical interpretation as a stochastic Newton equation of motion. In the context of pure jump processes we derive the following new results. We will analyze the reciprocal classes of Markov counting processes and characterize them as a group of stochastic processes satisfying a duality formula. This result is applied to time-reversal of counting processes. We are able to extend some of these results to pure jump processes with different jump-sizes, in particular we are able to compare the reciprocal classes of Markov pure jump processes through a functional equation between the jump-intensities. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)26 KW - Duality formula KW - reciprocal class KW - Levy process KW - infinite divisibility KW - counting process KW - Malliavin calculus Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63018 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Antoniouk, Alexandra Viktorivna A1 - Kiselev, Oleg A1 - Stepanenko, Vitaly A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - Asymptotic solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the heat equation at a characteristic point N2 - The Dirichlet problem for the heat equation in a bounded domain is characteristic, for there are boundary points at which the boundary touches a characteristic hyperplane t = c, c being a constant. It was I.G. Petrovskii (1934) who first found necessary and sufficient conditions on the boundary which guarantee that the solution is continuous up to the characteristic point, provided that the Dirichlet data are continuous. This paper initiated standing interest in studying general boundary value problems for parabolic equations in bounded domains. We contribute to the study by constructing a formal solution of the Dirichlet problem for the heat equation in a neighbourhood of a characteristic boundary point and showing its asymptotic character. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)25 KW - Heat equation KW - the first boundary value problem KW - characteristic boundary point KW - cusp Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-61987 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Shlapunov, Alexander A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - On completeness of root functions of Sturm-Liouville problems with discontinuous boundary operators N2 - We consider a Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem in a bounded domain D of R^n. By this is meant that the differential equation is given by a second order elliptic operator of divergent form in D and the boundary conditions are of Robin type on bD. The first order term of the boundary operator is the oblique derivative whose coefficients bear discontinuities of the first kind. Applying the method of weak perturbation of compact self-adjoint operators and the method of rays of minimal growth, we prove the completeness of root functions related to the boundary value problem in Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces of various types. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)11 KW - Sturm-Liouville problems KW - discontinuous Robin condition KW - root functions KW - Lipschitz domains Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57759 SN - 2193-6943 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Nehring, Benjamin T1 - Construction of point processes for classical and quantum gases N2 - We propose a new construction of point processes, which generalizes the class of infinitely divisible point processes. Examples are the quantum Boson and Fermion gases as well as the classical Gibbs point processes, where the interaction is given by a stable and regular pair potential. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)14 KW - Gibbs point processes KW - permanental- KW - determinantal point processes KW - cluster expansion KW - Lévy measure KW - infinitely divisible point processes Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-59648 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian A1 - Ballmann, Werner T1 - Boundary value problems for elliptic differential operators of first order N2 - We study boundary value problems for linear elliptic differential operators of order one. The underlying manifold may be noncompact, but the boundary is assumed to be compact. We require a symmetry property of the principal symbol of the operator along the boundary. This is satisfied by Dirac type operators, for instance. We provide a selfcontained introduction to (nonlocal) elliptic boundary conditions, boundary regularity of solutions, and index theory. In particular, we simplify and generalize the traditional theory of elliptic boundary value problems for Dirac type operators. We also prove a related decomposition theorem, a general version of Gromov and Lawson's relative index theorem and a generalization of the cobordism theorem. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)18 KW - Elliptic operators KW - elliptic boundary conditions KW - completeness KW - coercivity KW - boundary regularity Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60023 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Pfäffle, Frank A1 - Stephan, Christoph A. T1 - Chiral asymmetry and the spectral action N2 - We consider orthogonal connections with arbitrary torsion on compact Riemannian manifolds. For the induced Dirac operators, twisted Dirac operators and Dirac operators of Chamseddine-Connes type we compute the spectral action. In addition to the Einstein-Hilbert action and the bosonic part of the Standard Model Lagrangian we find the Holst term from Loop Quantum Gravity, a coupling of the Holst term to the scalar curvature and a prediction for the value of the Barbero-Immirzi parameter. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)20 Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60046 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian T1 - Renormalized integrals and a path integral formula for the heat kernel on a manifold N2 - We introduce renormalized integrals which generalize conventional measure theoretic integrals. One approximates the integration domain by measure spaces and defines the integral as the limit of integrals over the approximating spaces. This concept is implicitly present in many mathematical contexts such as Cauchy's principal value, the determinant of operators on a Hilbert space and the Fourier transform of an L^p function. We use renormalized integrals to define a path integral on manifolds by approximation via geodesic polygons. The main part of the paper is dedicated to the proof of a path integral formula for the heat kernel of any self-adjoint generalized Laplace operator acting on sections of a vector bundle over a compact Riemannian manifold. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)21 KW - Renormalized integral KW - path integral KW - Feynman-Kac formula KW - generalized Laplace operator KW - Riemannian manifold Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60052 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian T1 - Some properties of solutions to weakly hypoelliptic equations N2 - A linear differential operator L is called weakly hypoelliptic if any local solution u of Lu = 0 is smooth. We allow for systems, i.e. the coefficients may be matrices, not necessarily of square size. This is a huge class of important operators which covers all elliptic, overdetermined elliptic, subelliptic and parabolic equations. We extend several classical theorems from complex analysis to solutions of any weakly hypoelliptic equation: the Montel theorem providing convergent subsequences, the Vitali theorem ensuring convergence of a given sequence, and Riemann's first removable singularity theorem. In the case of constant coefficients we show that Liouville's theorem holds, any bounded solution must be constant and any L^p solution must vanish. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)22 KW - Hypoelliptic operators KW - hypoelliptic estimate KW - Montel theorem KW - Vitali theorem KW - Liouville theorem Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60064 ER -