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Stanford Spring 2024, 4 Applied mathematics, Sobolev spaces, variational formulation, coercivity

Consider the following problem on [0,1] with mixed boundary condition

βˆ’π‘’β€³(π‘₯)=𝑓(π‘₯),𝑒(0)=0,𝑒′(1)=0.

a. Identify an appropriate Sobolev space on [0,1] and derive the variational formulation of this problem using this space.

b. Show that the bilinear form of the variational formulation is coercive and bounded.

Stanford Spring 2024, 5 Applied mathematics, energy decay, divergence-form elliptic operators, parabolic PDE

Consider the equation

πœ•π‘‘π‘’(𝑑,π‘₯)=βˆ‘π‘–,𝑗=1π‘›πœ•π‘–(π‘Žπ‘–π‘—(π‘₯)πœ•π‘—π‘’)(𝑑,π‘₯),

where π‘Ž:Ω→ℝ𝑛×𝑛 is 𝐢∞ and satisfies βˆ‘π‘–,𝑗=0βˆžπ‘Žπ‘–π‘—(π‘₯)πœ‰π‘–πœ‰π‘—β‰₯πœ†|πœ‰|2 for all π‘₯∈Ω and πœ‰βˆˆβ„π‘›, with some πœ†>0. We define the energy as 𝐸[𝑒](𝑑)=12βˆ«Ξ©π‘’2(𝑑,π‘₯)dπ‘₯.

a. Let Ξ©βŠ‚β„π‘› be a bounded open set with smooth boundary and let 𝑒(𝑑,π‘₯) be a 𝐢2 solution to this equation with the boundary condition 𝑒|πœ•Ξ©=0, and an initial condition . Prove that there exists 𝑐1>0 (depending only on Ξ© and πœ†) such that

𝐸[𝑒](𝑑)≀𝐸[𝑒](0)π‘’βˆ’π‘1𝑑,βˆ€π‘‘β‰₯0.

b. Let Ξ©=ℝ𝑛 and 𝑒(𝑑,π‘₯) be a 𝐢∞(ℝ𝑛) solution in ℝ𝑛. Show that there is a constant 𝐢𝑛(πœ†) that depends only on πœ† and the dimension 𝑛 so that

𝐸(𝑑)≀𝐢𝑛(πœ†)𝑑𝑛/2(βˆ«β„π‘›|𝑒(0,π‘₯)|dπ‘₯)2.

Hint: part (a) of problem 2 might be useful for part b.

Stanford Spring 2024, 5 Applied mathematics, random covering, geometric probability, concentration bounds

Let 𝐡(π‘₯;π‘Ÿ) be the closed ball of radius π‘Ÿ and center π‘₯ in ℝ𝑑. Fix πœ€βˆˆ(0,1/2] and let {π‘₯π‘˜}π‘˜β‰₯1 be a sequence of points independently identically distributed according to the uniform distribution in the ball 𝐡(0;1+πœ€). Consider the random set 𝑆𝑛(πœ€)≔𝐡(0;1)βˆ–(⋃𝑖≀𝑛𝐡(π‘₯𝑖;πœ€)), and let 𝑁≔max{𝑛:𝑆𝑛(πœ€)β‰ βˆ…}.

a. Show that 𝑁<∞ almost surely.

b. Define π‘›βˆ—(πœƒ)=𝑑log(1/πœ€)(πœƒπœ€)𝑑. Show that, for any 𝛿>0, there is such that for all 𝑑β‰₯1, πœ€βˆˆ(0,1/2].

c. Show that, for any 𝛿>0, there exists such that for all 𝑑β‰₯1, πœ€βˆˆ(0,1/2].

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 1 Complex analysis, contour integrals, line integrals

Find the line integral

βˆ«π›Ύπ‘§sin𝑧d𝑧,

where 𝛾 is the curve from βˆ’1 to 1 taken along a semicircle.

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 2 Complex analysis, simply connected domains, Cauchy's theorem

A domain Ξ© in β„‚ is said to be holomorphically simply connected if for any holomorphic function 𝑓 on Ξ© and any simple closed piecewise 𝐢1 curve 𝛾 in Ξ©, one has

βˆ«π›Ύπ‘“(𝑧)d𝑧=0.

(a) Prove that

Ξ©={𝑧=π‘₯+π‘–π‘¦βˆˆβ„‚:𝑦>π‘₯}

is holomorphically simply connected.

(b) Prove that Ω=𝐷(0,1)\{0} is not holomorphically simply connected.

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 3 Complex analysis, power series, radius of convergence, analytic continuation

(a) Prove that the series

βˆ‘π‘›=0βˆžπ‘’π‘›(1+𝑖)𝑧

converges to a holomorphic function in a neighborhood of the point 𝑧0=𝑖.

(b) If

𝑓(𝑧)=βˆ‘π‘›=0βˆžπ‘’π‘›(1+𝑖)𝑧

is represented as a power series

𝑓(𝑧)=βˆ‘π‘›=0βˆžπ‘Žπ‘›(π‘§βˆ’π‘–)𝑛,

what is its radius of convergence?

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 4 Complex analysis, conformal maps, lens-shaped domains

Find an explicit conformal mapping of the domain

π‘ˆ={π‘§βˆˆβ„‚:|π‘§βˆ’π‘–|<2and|𝑧+𝑖|<2}

onto the unit disk.

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 5 Complex analysis, iterated composition, normal families

If 𝑓:β„‚β†’β„‚ is an entire function, define a sequence of functions 𝑓(𝑛) by

𝑓(1)=𝑓,𝑓(2)=π‘“βˆ˜π‘“,𝑓(3)=π‘“βˆ˜π‘“βˆ˜π‘“,…

Prove or disprove: for any entire function 𝑓:β„‚β†’β„‚, the sequence of restrictions

𝑓(𝑛)|𝐷(0,1)

forms a normal family.

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 6 Complex analysis, harmonic functions, boundary vanishing, uniqueness

(a) Suppose that 𝑒:ℂ→ℝ is a harmonic function such that 𝑒|ℝ=0. Does it imply that 𝑒≅0?

(b) Suppose that 𝑒:ℂ→ℝ is a harmonic function such that . Does it imply that 𝑒≅0?

UC Irvine Fall 2023, 7 Complex analysis, modulus squared, polynomial identities

Let 𝑓 be entire holomorphic such that

|𝑓(𝑧)|2=𝑝𝑛(π‘₯,𝑦),𝑧=π‘₯+𝑖𝑦,

where 𝑝𝑛(π‘₯,𝑦) is a polynomial in π‘₯ and 𝑦 of degree 𝑛. Prove that 𝑓 is a polynomial in 𝑧.

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