In applying control (or feedback) theory to (mechanic) Lagrangian systems, so far forces have been generally used as values of the control $u(\cdot )$. However these values are those of a Lagrangian co-ordinate in various interesting problems with a scalar control $u=u(\cdot )$, where this control is carried out physically by adding some frictionless constraints. This pushed the author to consider a typical Lagrangian system $\mathrm{\Sigma }$, referred to a system $\chi$ of Lagrangian co-ordinates, and to try and write some handy...

Let $\mathrm{\Sigma }$ be a constrained mechanical system locally referred to state coordinates $(q^1,\mathrm{\dots },q^N,{\gamma }^1,\mathrm{\dots },{\gamma }^M)$. Let $({\tilde{\gamma }}^1\mathrm{\dots }{\tilde{\gamma }}^M)(\cdot )$ be an assigned trajectory for the coordinates ${\gamma }^{\alpha }$ and let $u(\cdot )$ be a scalar function of the time, to be thought as a control. In [4] one considers the control system ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_{\widehat{\gamma }}$, which is parametrized by the coordinates $(q^1,\mathrm{\dots },q^N)$ and is obtained from $\mathrm{\Sigma }$ by adding the time-dependent, holonomic constraints ${\gamma }^{\alpha }={\widehat{\gamma }}^{\alpha }(t):={\tilde{\gamma }}^{\alpha }(u(t))$. More generally, one can consider a vector-valued control $u(\cdot )=(u^1,\mathrm{\dots },u^M)(\cdot )$ which is directly identified with $\widehat{\gamma }(\cdot )=({\widehat{\gamma }}^1,\mathrm{\dots },{\widehat{\gamma }}^M)(\cdot )$. If one denotes the momenta...

In [1] I and II various equivalence theorems are proved; e.g. an ODE $(ℰ)\dot{z}=F(t,z,u,\dot{u})(\in {ℝ}^m)$ with a scalar control $u=u(\cdot )$ is linear w.r.t. $\dot{u}$ iff $(\alpha )$ its solution $z(u,\cdot )$ with given initial conditions (chosen arbitrarily) is continuous w.r.t. $u$ in a certain sense, or iff $(\beta )$ $z(u,\cdot )$ satisfies certain conditions by which $1^{st}$-order discontinuities of $u$ and $\dot{u}$ can be treated satisfactorily. In the case when, for $z=(q,p)$ equation $(ℰ)$ is a semi-Hamiltonian system, equivalent to a system of Lagrangian equations of a general type,...

See Summary in Note I. First, on the basis of some results in [2] or [5]-such as Lemmas 8.1 and 10.1-the general (mathematical) theorems on controllizability proved in Note I are quickly applied to (mechanic) Lagrangian systems. Second, in case $\mathrm{\Sigma }$, $\chi$ and $M$ satisfy conditions (11.7) when $𝒬$ is a polynomial in $\dot{\gamma }$, conditions (C)-i.e. (11.8) and (11.7) with $𝒬\equiv 0$-are proved to be necessary for treating satisfactorily $\mathrm{\Sigma }$'s hyper-impulsive motions (in which positions can suffer first order discontinuities)....

Sia $K\subset \subset {ℝ}^n$ un compatto, $f\ge 0$ una funzione analitica all'intorno di $K$, ed $m$ la massima molteplicità in $K$ degli zeri di $f$; si prova che la potenza $f^{\lambda }$ ($\lambda \in ℂ$, $Re\lambda >\mathrm{—}\frac{1}{m}$) è integrabile in $K$. L'estensione meromorfa dell'applicazione $\lambda \to f^{\lambda }$ da $Re\lambda >0$ a tutto $ℂ$ (con valori in ${𝒟}^{\prime }(K)$ anziché in $L^1(K)$) era già stata provata in [1] e [2].

It is proved that real functions on $ℝ$ which can be represented as the difference of two semiconvex functions with a general modulus (or of two lower $C^1$-functions, or of two strongly paraconvex functions) coincide with semismooth functions on $ℝ$ (i.e. those locally Lipschitz functions on $ℝ$ for which $f_{+}^{\text{'}}\left(x\right)={lim}_{t\to x+}{f}_{+}^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)$ and $f_{-}^{\text{'}}\left(x\right)={lim}_{t\to x-}{f}_{-}^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)$ for each $x$). Further, for each modulus $\omega$, we characterize the class $DS{C}_{\omega }$ of functions on $ℝ$ which can be written as $f=g-h$, where $g$ and $h$ are semiconvex with modulus $C\omega$ (for some $C>0$) using a new...

Given an integer $n\ge 3$, let $u_1,...,u_n$ be pairwise coprime integers $\ge 2$, $𝒟$ a family of nonempty proper subsets of $\{1,...,n\}$ with “enough” elements, and $\epsilon$ a function $𝒟\to \{\pm 1\}$. Does there exist at least one prime $q$ such that $q$ divides ${\prod }_{i\in I}{u}_i-\epsilon \left(I\right)$ for some $I\in 𝒟$, but it does not divide $u_1\cdots u_n$? We answer this question in the positive when the $u_i$ are prime powers and $\epsilon$ and $𝒟$ are subjected to certain restrictions. We use the result to prove that, if ${\epsilon }_0\in \{\pm 1\}$ and $A$ is a set of three or more primes that contains all prime divisors of any...

Let $G$ be a group and $\omega \left(G\right)$ be the set of element orders of $G$. Let $k\in \omega \left(G\right)$ and $m_k\left(G\right)$ be the number of elements of order $k$ in $G$. Let nse$\left(G\right)=\{m_k\left(G\right):k\in \omega \left(G\right)\}$. Assume $r$ is a prime number and let $G$ be a group such that nse$\left(G\right)=$ nse$\left(S_r\right)$, where $S_r$ is the symmetric group of degree $r$. In this paper we prove that $G\cong S_r$, if $r$ divides the order of $G$ and $r^2$ does not divide it. To get the conclusion we make use of some well-known results on the prime graphs of finite simple groups and their components.

See Summary in Note I. First, on the basis of some results in [2] or [5]-such as Lemmas 8.1 and 10.1-the general (mathematical) theorems on controllizability proved in Note I are quickly applied to (mechanic) Lagrangian systems. Second, in case $\mathrm{\Sigma }$, $\chi$ and $M$ satisfy conditions (11.7) when $𝒬$ is a polynomial in $\dot{\gamma }$, conditions (C)-i.e. (11.8) and (11.7) with $𝒬\equiv 0$-are proved to be necessary for treating satisfactorily $\mathrm{\Sigma }$'s hyper-impulsive motions (in which positions can suffer first order discontinuities)....

For the dynamics $x^{\text{'}\text{'}}=-{\nabla }_{x}V\left(x\right)$, an equilibrium point $\underline{x}$ are always unstable when on a neighborhood of $\underline{x}$ the non constant $V$ satisfies $P(x,\partial )V=0$ for a real second order elliptic $P$. The proof uses a result of Kozlov [6].

Sia $K\subset \subset {ℝ}^n$ un compatto, $f\ge 0$ una funzione analitica all'intorno di $K$, ed $m$ la massima molteplicità in $K$ degli zeri di $f$; si prova che la potenza $f^{\lambda }$ ($\lambda \in ℂ$, $Re\lambda >\mathrm{—}\frac{1}{m}$) è integrabile in $K$. L'estensione meromorfa dell'applicazione $\lambda \to f^{\lambda }$ da $Re\lambda >0$ a tutto $ℂ$ (con valori in ${𝒟}^{\prime }(K)$ anziché in $L^1(K)$) era già stata provata in [1] e [2].

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain of class $C^2$ in $ℝ$N and let $K$ be a compact subset of $\partial \Omega$. Assume that $q\ge (N+1)/\left(N-1\right)$ and denote by $U_K$ the maximal solution of $-\Delta u+u^q=0$ in $\Omega$ which vanishes on $\partial \Omega \setminus K$. We obtain sharp upper and lower estimates for $U_K$ in terms of the Bessel capacity $C_{2/q,q^{\text{'}}}$ and prove that $U_K$ is $\sigma$-moderate. In addition we describe the precise asymptotic behavior of $U_K$ at points $\sigma \in K$, which depends on the “density” of $K$ at $\sigma$, measured in terms of the capacity $C_{2/q,q^{\text{'}}}$.

Let $\mathbb{Z}$ be the set of integers, ${\mathbb{N}}_0$ the set of nonnegative integers and $F(x_1,x_2)=u_1{x}_1+u_2{x}_2$ be a binary linear form whose coefficients $u_1$, $u_2$ are nonzero, relatively prime integers such that $u_1{u}_2\ne \pm 1$ and $u_1{u}_2\ne -2$. Let $f:\mathbb{Z}\to {\mathbb{N}}_0\cup \left\{\infty \right\}$ be any function such that the set $f^{-1}\left(0\right)$ has asymptotic density zero. In 2007, M. B. Nathanson (2007) proved that there exists a set $A$ of integers such that $r_{A,F}\left(n\right)=f\left(n\right)$ for all integers $n$, where $r_{A,F}\left(n\right)=\left|\{(a,a^{\text{'}}):n=u_{1}a+u_2{a}^{\text{'}}:a,a^{\text{'}}\in A\}\right|$. We add the structure of difference for the binary linear form $F(x_1,x_2)$.

Siano $d$, $g$, $t$ interi con $0\le t\le g$; se esiste in ${\mathbb{P}}_3(ℂ)$ una curva connessa, non singolare di grado $d$ e genere $g$, allora esiste in ${\mathbb{P}}_3(ℂ)$ una curva irriducibile di grado $d$, genere aritmetico $g$ e $t$ nodi.

Si studiano esistenza, unicità e regolarità delle soluzioni strette, classiche e forti $u\in 𝐂([0,T],E)$ dell'equazione di evoluzione non autonoma $u^{\prime }(t)-A(t)u(t)=f(t)$ con il dato iniziale $u(0)=x$, in uno spazio di Banach $E$. Gli operatori $A(t)$ sono generatori infinitesimali di semi-gruppi analitici ed hanno dominio indipendente da $t$ e non necessariamente denso in $E$. Si danno condizioni necessarie e sufficienti per l'esistenza e la regolarità hölderiana della soluzione e della sua derivata.

Let $F\subset C^{\ast }(X)$ be a vector sublattice over $ℝ$ which separates points from closed sets of $X$. The compactification $e_{F}X$ obtained by embedding $X$ in a real cube via the diagonal map, is different, in general, from the Wallman compactification $\omega (Z(F))$. In this paper, it is shown that there exists a lattice $F_z$ containing $F$ such that $\omega (Z(F))=\omega (Z(F_z))=e_{F}X$. In particular this implies that $\omega (Z(F))\ge e_{F}X$. Conditions in order to be $\omega (Z(F))=e_{F}X$ are given. Finally we prove that, if $\alpha X$ is a compactification of $X$ such that $C{l}_{\alpha X}(\alpha X\setminus X)$ is $0$-dimensional, then there is an...

In this paper, we examine a natural question concerning the divisors of the polynomial $x^n-1$: “How often does $x^n-1$ have a divisor of every degree between $1$ and $n$?” In a previous paper, we considered the situation when $x^n-1$ is factored in $\mathbb{Z}\left[x\right]$. In this paper, we replace $\mathbb{Z}\left[x\right]$ with ${𝔽}_p\left[x\right]$, where $p$ is an arbitrary-but-fixed prime. We also consider those $n$ where this condition holds for all $p$.

Inspired by a result from Leibov, we find that the supremum defining the $BLO$ norm in $[0,1]$ is actually attained by a specific sub-interval of $[0,1]$ for $f\in VLO([0,1])$

Let d be a positive integer and μ a generalized Cantor measure satisfying $\mu ={\sum }_{j=1}^m{a}_j\mu \circ S_j^{-1}$, where $0<a_j<1$, ${\sum }_{j=1}^m{a}_j=1$, $S_j=\rho R+b_j$ with 0 < ρ < 1 and R an orthogonal transformation of ${ℝ}^d$. Then ⎧1 < p ≤ 2 ⇒ ⎨$su{p}_{r>0}{r}^{d(1/{\alpha }^{\text{'}}-1/p^{\text{'}})}({\int }_{J_x^r}{\left|\mu ̂\left(y\right)\right|}^{p^{\text{'}}}{dy)}^{1/p^{\text{'}}}\le D₁{\rho }^{-d/{\alpha }^{\text{'}}}$, $x\in {ℝ}^d$, ⎩ p = 2 ⇒ infr≥1 rd(1/α’-1/2) (∫J₀r|μ̂(y)|² dy)1/2 ≥ D₂ρd/α’$,$where $J_x^r={\prod }_{i=1}^d(x_i-r/2,x_i+r/2)$, α’ is defined by ${\rho }^{d/{\alpha }^{\text{'}}}={\left({\sum }_{j=1}^m{a}_j^p\right)}^{1/p}$ and the constants D₁ and D₂ depend only on d and p.

Si considera l’equazione astratta $B{A}_{1}u+A_{0}u=h$, dove $A_i$ $(i=0,1)$ e $B$ sono convenienti operatori lineari chiusi fra spazi di Banach, $A_i$ non è necessariamente invertibile, e $A_0$, $A_1$ non commutano con $B$. Si studiano esistenza ed unicità delle soluzioni. Si indicano alcune applicazioni a certe equazioni differenziali degeneri o singolari.

Let $G$ be a group and $m$ be an integer greater than or equal to $2$. $G$ is said to be $m$-permutable if every product of $m$ elements can be reordered at least in one way. We prove that, if $G$ has a centre of finite index $z$, then $G$ is $(1+[z/2])$-permutable. More bounds are given on the least $m$ such that $G$ is $m$-permutable.