On the Schrödinger Equation for Time-Dependent Hamiltonians with a Constant Form Domain

We study two seminal approaches, developed by B. Simon and J. Kisyński, to the well-posedness of the Schrödinger equation with a time-dependent Hamiltonian. In both cases, the Hamiltonian is assumed to be semibounded from below and to have a constant form domain, but a possibly non-constant operator domain. The problem is addressed in the abstract setting, without assuming any specific functional expression for the Hamiltonian. The connection between the two approaches is the relation between sesquilinear forms and the bounded linear operators representing them. We provide a characterisation of the continuity and differentiability properties of form-valued and operator-valued functions, which enables an extensive comparison between the two approaches and their technical assumptions.

Estimates of Generalized Hessians for Optimal Value Functions in Mathematical Programming

We consider the optimal value function of a parametric optimization problem. A large number of publications have been dedicated to the study of continuity and differentiability properties of the function. However, the differentiability aspect of works in the current literature has mostly been limited to first order analysis, with focus on estimates of its directional derivatives and subdifferentials, given that the function is typically nonsmooth. With the progress made in the last two to three decades in major subfields of optimization such as robust, minmax, semi-infinite and bilevel optimization, and their connection to the optimal value function, there is a need for a second order analysis of the generalized differentiability properties of this function. This could enable the development of robust solution algorithms, such as the Newton method. The main goal of this paper is to provide estimates of the generalized Hessian for the optimal value function. Our results are based on two handy tools from parametric optimization, namely the optimal solution and Lagrange multiplier mappings, for which completely detailed estimates of their generalized derivatives are either well-known or can easily be obtained.

Asymptotic Properties of Discrete Minimal s,logt-Energy Constants and Configurations

We investigated the energy of N points on an infinite compact metric space (A,d) of a diameter less than 1 that interact through the potential (1/ds)(log1/d)t, where s,t≥0 and d is the metric distance. With Elogts(A,N) denoting the minimal energy for such N-point configurations, we studied certain continuity and differentiability properties of Elogts(A,N) in the variable s. Then, we showed that in the limits, as s→∞ and as s→s0>0,N-point configurations that minimize the s,logt-energy tends to an N-point best-packing configuration and an N-point configuration that minimizes the s0,logt-energy, respectively. Furthermore, we considered when A are circles in the Euclidean space R2. In particular, we proved the minimality of N distinct equally spaced points on circles in R2 for some certain s and t. The study on circles shows a possibility for the utilization of N points generated through such new potential to uniformly discretize on objects with very high symmetry.

On the improved interior regularity of the solution of a fourth order elliptic problem modelling the displacement of a linearly elastic shallow shell lying subject to an obstacle

In this paper we show that the solution of an obstacle problem for linearly elastic shallow shells enjoys higher differentiability properties in the interior of the domain where it is defined.

Strict pure strategy Nash equilibria in large finite‐player games

In the context of anonymous games (i.e., games where the payoff of a player is, apart from his/her own action, determined by the distribution of the actions made by the other players), we present a model in which, generically (in a precise sense), finite‐player games have strict pure strategy Nash equilibria if the number of agents is large. A key feature of our model is that payoff functions have differentiability properties. A consequence of our existence result is that, in our model, equilibrium distributions of non‐atomic games are asymptotically implementable by pure strategy Nash equilibria of large finite‐player games.

On the improved interior regularity of a boundary value problem modelling the displacement of a linearly elastic elliptic membrane shell subject to an obstacle

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>In this paper we show that the solution of an obstacle problem for linearly elastic elliptic membrane shells enjoys higher differentiability properties in the interior of the domain where it is defined.</p>

Unstable pressure and u-equilibrium states for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms

Unstable pressure and u-equilibrium states are introduced and investigated for a partially hyperbolic diffeomorphism f. We define the unstable pressure $P^{u}(f, \varphi )$ of f at a continuous function $\varphi $ via the dynamics of f on local unstable leaves. A variational principle for unstable pressure $P^{u}(f, \varphi )$ , which states that $P^{u}(f, \varphi )$ is the supremum of the sum of the unstable entropy and the integral of $\varphi $ taken over all invariant measures, is obtained. U-equilibrium states at which the supremum in the variational principle attains and their relation to Gibbs u-states are studied. Differentiability properties of unstable pressure, such as tangent functionals, Gateaux differentiability and Fréchet differentiability and their relations to u-equilibrium states, are also considered.

Principles of rational analysis - derivatives and integrals

Продолжается построение основ рационального анализа. Предлагаются два понятия мягкой производной. Доказан аналог теоремы Ферма. Для обоих вариантов мягкой производной построены обратные операции мягкого интегрирования. Доказаны теоремы существования и аналоги свойств дифференцируемости классического интеграла по верхнему пределу. Building on the basics of rational analysis is ongoing. Two concepts of a soft derivative are proposed. An analogue of Fermat's theorem is proved. For both variants of the soft derivative, the inverse operations of soft integration are constructed. Existence theorems and analogues of the differentiability properties of the classical upper limit integral are proved.