We present two types of representation theorems: one for linear continuous operators on space of Banach valued regulated functions of several real variables and the other for bilinear continuous operators on cartesian products of spaces of regulated functions of a real variable taking values on Banach spaces. We use generalizations of the notions of functions of bounded variation in the sense of Vitali and Fréchet and the Riemann-Stieltjes-Dushnik or interior integral. A few applications using geometry...

A major obstacle in extending the theory of well-bounded operators to cover operators whose spectrum is not necessarily real has been the lack of a suitable variation norm applicable to functions defined on an arbitrary nonempty compact subset σ of the plane. In this paper we define a new Banach algebra BV(σ) of functions of bounded variation on such a set and show that the function-theoretic properties of this algebra make it better suited to applications in spectral theory than those used previously....

We prove a correspondence principle between multivariate functions of bounded variation in the sense of Hardy and Krause and signed measures of finite total variation, which allows us to obtain a simple proof of a generalized Koksma-Hlawka inequality for non-uniform measures. Applications of this inequality to importance sampling in Quasi-Monte Carlo integration and tractability theory are given. We also discuss the problem of transforming a low-discrepancy sequence with respect to the uniform measure...

We introduce a notion of a function of finite fractional variation and characterize such functions together with their weak $\sigma$-additive fractional derivatives. Next, we use these functions to study differential equations of fractional order, containing a $\sigma$-additive term—we prove existence and uniqueness of a solution as well as derive a Cauchy formula for the solution. We apply these results to impulsive equations, i.e. equations containing the Dirac measures.

Some differentiability properties of functions of several variables of finite variation are investigated.

The aim of this paper is to prove that the relaxation of the elastic-perfectly plastic energy (of a solid made of a Hencky material) is the lower semicontinuous regularization of the plastic energy. We find the integral representation of a non-locally coercive functional. In part II, we will show that the set of solutions of the relaxed problem is equal to the set of solutions of the relaxed problem proposed by Suquet. Moreover, we will prove the existence theorem for the limit analysis problem.

The aim of this paper is to prove that the relaxation of the elastic-perfectly plastic energy (of a solid made of a Hencky material) is the lower semicontinuous regularization of the plastic energy. We find the integral representation of a non-locally coercive functional. We show that the set of solutions of the relaxed problem is equal to the set of solutions of the relaxed problem proposed by Suquet. Moreover, we prove an existence theorem for the limit analysis problem.

The aim of this paper is to prove that the relaxation of the elastic-perfectly plastic energy (of a solid made of a Hencky material with the Signorini constraints on the boundary) is the weak* lower semicontinuous regularization of the plastic energy. We consider an elastic-plastic solid endowed with the von Mises (or Tresca) yield condition. Moreover, we show that the set of solutions of the relaxed problem is equal to the set of solutions of the relaxed problem proposed by Suquet. We deduce that...

We introduce the space $GBD$ of generalized functions of bounded deformation and study the structure properties of these functions: the rectiability and the slicing properties of their jump sets, and the existence of their approximate symmetric gradients. We conclude by proving a compactness results for $GBD$, which leads to a compactness result for the space $GSBD$ of generalized special functions of bounded deformation. The latter is connected to the existence of solutions to a weak formulation of some variational...

We investigate the convergence behavior of the family of double sine integrals of the form ${\int }_0^{\infty }{\int }_0^{\infty }f(x,y)sinuxsinvydxdy$, where (u,v) ∈ ℝ²₊:= ℝ₊ × ℝ₊, ℝ₊:= (0,∞), and f: ℝ²₊ → ℂ is a locally absolutely continuous function satisfying certain generalized monotonicity conditions. We give sufficient conditions for the uniform convergence of the remainder integrals ${\int }_{a₁}^{b₁}{\int }_{a₂}^{b₂}$ to zero in (u,v) ∈ ℝ²₊ as maxa₁,a₂ → ∞ and $b_j>a_j\ge 0$, j = 1,2 (called uniform convergence in the regular sense). This implies the uniform convergence of the partial integrals...

Theorems stating sufficient conditions for the inequivalence of the d-variate Haar wavelet system and another wavelet system in the spaces $L₁\left({ℝ}^d\right)$ and $BV\left({ℝ}^d\right)$ are proved. These results are used to show that the Strömberg wavelet system and the system of continuous Daubechies wavelets with minimal supports are not equivalent to the Haar system in these spaces. A theorem stating that some systems of smooth Daubechies wavelets are not equivalent to the Haar system in $L₁\left({ℝ}^d\right)$ is also shown.

Analogues of the classical Banach-Stone theorem for spaces of continuous functions are studied in the context of the spaces of absolutely continuous functions introduced by Ashton and Doust. We show that if AC(σ₁) is algebra isomorphic to AC(σ₂) then σ₁ is homeomorphic to σ₂. The converse however is false. In a positive direction we show that the converse implication does hold if the sets σ₁ and σ₂ are confined to a restricted collection of compact sets, such as the set of all simple polygons.

We prove necessary and sufficient conditions for the validity of the classical chain rule in the Sobolev space $W_{\text{loc}}^{1,1}({ℝ}^N;{ℝ}^d)$ and in the space $B{V}_{\text{loc}}({ℝ}^N;{ℝ}^d)$ of functions of bounded variation.