Weak Convergence of Topological Measures

Topological measures and deficient topological measures are defined on open and closed subsets of a topological space, generalize regular Borel measures, and correspond to (nonlinear in general) functionals that are linear on singly generated subalgebras or singly generated cones of functions. They lack subadditivity, and many standard techniques of measure theory and functional analysis do not apply to them. Nevertheless, we show that many classical results of probability theory hold for topological and deficient topological measures. In particular, we prove a version of Aleksandrov’s theorem for equivalent definitions of weak convergence of deficient topological measures. We also prove a version of Prokhorov’s theorem which relates the existence of a weakly convergent subsequence in any sequence in a family of topological measures to the characteristics of being a uniformly bounded in variation and uniformly tight family. We define Prokhorov and Kantorovich–Rubenstein metrics and show that convergence in either of them implies weak convergence of (deficient) topological measures on metric spaces. We also generalize many known results about various dense and nowhere dense subsets of deficient topological measures. The present paper constitutes a necessary step to further research in probability theory and its applications in the context of (deficient) topological measures and corresponding nonlinear functionals.

Periodic solutions with prescribed minimal period for second order even Hamiltonian systems

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On weak solutions to a dissipative Baer–Nunziato-type system for a mixture of two compressible heat conducting gases

In this paper, we consider a compressible dissipative Baer–Nunziato-type system for a mixture of two compressible heat conducting gases. We prove that the set of weak solutions is stable, meaning that any sequence of weak solutions contains a (weakly) convergent subsequence whose limit is again a weak solution to the original system. Such type of results is usually considered as the most essential step to the proof of the existence of weak solutions. This is the first result of this type in the mathematical literature. Nevertheless, the construction of weak solutions to this system however remains still an (difficult) open problem.

Taming the Natural Boundary of Centered Polygonal Lacunary Functions—Restriction to the Symmetry Angle Space

This work investigates centered polygonal lacunary functions restricted from the unit disk onto symmetry angle space which is defined by the symmetry angles of a given centered polygonal lacunary function. This restriction allows for one to consider only the p-sequences of the centered polygonal lacunary functions which are bounded, but not convergent, at the natural boundary. The periodicity of the p-sequences naturally gives rise to a convergent subsequence, which can be used as a grounds for decomposition of the restricted centered polygonal lacunary functions. A mapping of the unit disk to the sphere allows for the study of the line integrals of restricted centered polygonal that includes analytic progress towards closed form representations. Obvious closures of the domain obtained from the spherical map lead to four distinct topological spaces of the “broom topology” type.

EXISTENCE AND COMPACTNESS THEORY FOR ALE SCALAR-FLAT KÄHLER SURFACES

Our main result in this article is a compactness result which states that a noncollapsed sequence of asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) scalar-flat Kähler metrics on a minimal Kähler surface whose Kähler classes stay in a compact subset of the interior of the Kähler cone must have a convergent subsequence. As an application, we prove the existence of global moduli spaces of scalar-flat Kähler ALE metrics for several infinite families of Kähler ALE spaces.

Properties of Fuzzy Compact Linear Operators on Fuzzy Normed Spaces

In this paper the definition of fuzzy normed space is recalled and its basic properties. Then the definition of fuzzy compact operator from fuzzy normed space into another fuzzy normed space is introduced after that the proof of an operator is fuzzy compact if and only if the image of any fuzzy bounded sequence contains a convergent subsequence is given. At this point the basic properties of the vector space FC(V,U)of all fuzzy compact linear operators are investigated such as when U is complete and the sequence ( ) of fuzzy compact operators converges to an operator T then T must be fuzzy compact. Furthermore we see that when T is a fuzzy compact operator and S is a fuzzy bounded operator then the composition TS and ST are fuzzy compact operators. Finally, if T belongs to FC(V,U) and dimension of V is finite then T is fuzzy compact is proved.

Characterizations of ideal cluster points

Given an ideal {\mathcal{I}} on ω, we prove that a sequence in a topological space X is {\mathcal{I}} -convergent if and only if there exists a “big” {\mathcal{I}} -convergent subsequence. Then we study several properties and show two characterizations of the set of {\mathcal{I}} -cluster points as classical cluster points of a filter on X and as the smallest closed set containing “almost all” the sequence. As a consequence, we obtain that the underlying topology τ coincides with the topology generated by the pair {(\tau,\mathcal{I})} .

A simple model of production and trade in an oligopolistic market: back to basics

We provide a two good model of oligopolistic production and trade with one good being commodity money. There is the usual demand function of the consumers for the produced good that producer-sellers face. Each seller is a budget constrained preference maximizer and derives utility (or satisfaction) from consuming bundles comprising commodity money and the produced good. We define a competitive equilibrium strategy profile and a Cournotian equilibrium and show that under our assumptions both exist. We further show that at a competitive equilibrium strategy profile, each seller maximizes profits given his own consumption of the produced good and the price of the produced good, the latter being determined by the inverse demand function. Similarly we show that at a Cournotian the sellers are at a Cournot equilibrium given their own consumption of the produced good. Assuming sufficient differentiability of the cost functions we show that at a competitive equilibrium each seller either sets price equal to marginal cost or exhausts his capacity of production; at a Cournotian equilibrium each seller either sets marginal revenue equal to marginal cost or exhausts his capacity of production. We also study the evolution of Cournotian strategies as the sellers and buyers are replicated. As the number of buyers and sellers go to infinity any sequence of interior symmetric Cournotian equilibrium strategies admits a convergent subsequence, which converges to an interior symmetric competitive equilibrium strategy. In a final section we discuss the Bertrand Edgeworth price setting game and show that a Bertrand Edgeworth equilibrium must be a derived from a competitive equilibrium price. Here we show that if at a symmetric competitive equilibrium, the sellers consume positive quantities of the produced good then the competitive equilibrium cannot be a Bertrand Edgeworth equilibrium. Thus, if at all symmetric competitive equilibria the sellers consume positive amounts of the produced good, then a Bertrand Edgeworth equilibrium simply does not exist.

Evolving inextensible and elastic curves with clamped ends under the second-order evolution equation in ℝ2

For any given C2-smooth initial open curves with fixed position and fixed tangent at the boundary points, we obtain the long-time existence of smooth solutions under the second-order evolution of plane curves. Moreover, the asymptotic limit of a convergent subsequence is an inextensible elastica.

A variation on arithmetic continuity

A sequence $(x_{k})$ of points in $\R$, the set of real numbers, is called \textit{arithmetically convergent} if for each $\varepsilon > 0$ there is an integer $n$ such that for every integer $m$ we have $|x_{m} - x_{<m,n>}|<\varepsilon$, where $k|n$ means that $k$ divides $n$ or $n$ is a multiple of $k$, and the symbol $< m, n >$ denotes the greatest common divisor of the integers $m$ and $n$. We prove that a subset of $\R$ is bounded if and only if it is arithmetically compact, where a subset $E$ of $\R$ is arithmetically compact if any sequence of point in $E$ has an arithmetically convergent subsequence. It turns out that the set of arithmetically continuous functions on an arithmetically compact subset of $\R$ coincides with the set of uniformly continuous functions where a function $f$ defined on a subset $E$ of $\R$ is arithmetically continuous if it preserves arithmetically convergent sequences, i.e., $(f(x_{n})$ is arithmetically convergent whenever $(x_{n})$ is an arithmetic convergent sequence of points in $E$.