We introduce an infinite sequence of higher order Schwarzian derivatives closely related to the theory of monotone matrix functions. We generalize the classical Koebe lemma to maps with positive Schwarzian derivatives up to some order, obtaining control over derivatives of high order. For a large class of multimodal interval maps we show that all inverse branches of first return maps to sufficiently small neighbourhoods of critical values have their higher order Schwarzian derivatives positive up to any given order.
For every $minmathbb{N}$, we establish the equidistribution of the sequence of the averaged pull-backs of a Dirac measure at any given value in $mathbb{C}setminus{0}$ under the $m$-th order derivatives of the iterates of a polynomials $fin mathbb{C}[z]$ of degree $d>1$ towards the harmonic measure of the filled-in Julia set of $f$ with pole at $infty$. We also establish non-archimedean and arithmetic counterparts using the potential theory on the Berkovich projective line and the adelic equidistribution theory over a number field $k$ for a sequence of effective divisors on $mathbb{P}^1(overline{k})$ having small diagonals and small heights. We show a similar result on the equidistribution of the analytic sets where the derivative of each iterate of a Henon-type polynomial automorphism of $mathbb{C}^2$ has a given eigenvalue.
Motivated by a recent work of Ache and Chang concerning the sharp Sobolev trace inequality and Lebedev-Milin inequalities of order four on the Euclidean unit ball, we derive such inequalities on the Euclidean unit ball for higher order derivatives. By using, among other things, the scattering theory on hyperbolic spaces and the generalized Poisson kernel, we obtain the explicit formulas of extremal functions of such inequations. Moreover, we also derive the sharp trace Sobolev inequalities on half spaces for higher order derivatives. Finally, we compute the explicit formulas of adapted metric, introduced by Case and Chang, on the Euclidean unit ball, which is of independent interest.
We study Markov multi-maps of the interval from the point of view of topological dynamics. Specifically, we investigate whether they have various properties, including topological transitivity, topological mixing, dense periodic points, and specification. To each Markov multi-map, we associate a shift of finite type (SFT), and then our main results relate the properties of the SFT with those of the Markov multi-map. These results complement existing work showing a relationship between the topological entropy of a Markov multi-map and its associated SFT. We also characterize when the inverse limit systems associated to the Markov multi-maps have the properties mentioned above.
Let $(X,T)$ be a topological dynamical system, and $mathcal{F}$ be a family of subsets of $mathbb{Z}_+$. $(X,T)$ is strongly $mathcal{F}$-sensitive, if there is $delta>0$ such that for each non-empty open subset $U$, there are $x,yin U$ with ${ninmathbb{Z}_+: d(T^nx,T^ny)>delta}inmathcal{F}$. Let $mathcal{F}_t$ (resp. $mathcal{F}_{ip}$, $mathcal{F}_{fip}$) be consisting of thick sets (resp. IP-sets, subsets containing arbitrarily long finite IP-sets). The following Auslander-Yorkes type dichotomy theorems are obtained: (1) a minimal system is either strongly $mathcal{F}_{fip}$-sensitive or an almost one-to-one extension of its $infty$-step nilfactor. (2) a minimal system is either strongly $mathcal{F}_{ip}$-sensitive or an almost one-to-one extension of its maximal distal factor. (3) a minimal system is either strongly $mathcal{F}_{t}$-sensitive or a proximal extension of its maximal distal factor.
By using, among other things, the Fourier analysis techniques on hyperbolic and symmetric spaces, we establish the Hardy-Sobolev-Mazya inequalities for higher order derivatives on half spaces. The proof relies on a Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality on hyperbolic spaces which is of its independent interest. We also give an alternative proof of Benguria, Frank and Loss work concerning the sharp constant in the Hardy-Sobolev-Mazya inequality in the three dimensional upper half space. Finally, we show the sharp constant in the Hardy-Sobolev-Mazya inequality for bi-Laplacian in the upper half space of dimension five coincides with the Sobolev constant.