Approximation of Lipschitz Mappings

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B03We prove that any Lipschitz mapping from a separable Banach space into any Banach space can be approximated by uniformly Gâteaux differentiable Lipschitz mapping.Supported by grants GAUK 277/2001, GA CR 201-01-1198, AV 101-90-03. This paper is a part of PhD thesis prepared under the supervision of Professor Petr Hájek

A remark on the approximation theorems of Whitney and Carleman-Scheinberg

summary:We show that a $C^k$-smooth mapping on an open subset of $\mathbb R^n$, $k\in \mathbb N\cup\{0,\infty\}$, can be approximated in a fine topology and together with its derivatives by a restriction of a holomorphic mapping with explicitly described domain. As a corollary we obtain a generalisation of the Carleman-Scheinberg theorem on approximation by entire functions

Remarks on the point character of Banach spaces and non-linear embeddings into~c_0(\Ga)

We give a brief survey of the results on coarse or uniform embeddings of Banach spaces into c_0(\Ga) and the point character of Banach spaces. In the process we prove several new results in this direction (for example we determine the point character of the spaces $L_p(\mu)$, $1\le p\le2$) solving open problems posed by C.~Avart, P.~Komjath, and V.~Roedl and by G.~Godefroy, G.~Lancien, and V.~Zizler. In particular, we show that $X=L_p(\mu)$, $1\le p<\infty$, bi-Lipschitz embeds into c_0(\Ga) if and only if \dens X<\om_\om

The effect of fight cost structure on fighting behaviour

A common feature of animal populations is the stealing by animals of resources such as food from other animals. This has previously been the subject of a range of modelling approaches, one of which is the so called "producer-scrounger" model. In this model a producer finds a resource that takes some time to be consumed, and some time later a (generally) conspecific scrounger discovers the producer with its resource and potentially attempts to steal it. In this paper we consider a variant of this scenario where each individual can choose to invest an amount of energy into this contest, and the level of investment of each individual determines the probability of it winning the contest, but also the additional cost it has to bear. We analyse the model for a specific set of cost functions and maximum investment levels and show how the evolutionarily stable behaviour depends upon them. In particular we see that for high levels of maximum investment, the producer keeps the resource without a fight for concave cost functions, but for convex functions the scrounger obtains the resource (albeit at some cost)

The effect of fight cost structure on fighting behaviour involving simultaneous decisions and variable investment levels

In the “producer–scrounger” model, a producer discovers a resource and is in turn discovered by a second individual, the scrounger, who attempts to steal it. This resource can be food or a territory, and in some situations, potentially divisible. In a previous paper we considered a producer and scrounger competing for an indivisible resource, where each individual could choose the level of energy that they would invest in the contest. The higher the investment, the higher the probability of success, but also the higher the costs incurred in the contest. In that paper decisions were sequential with the scrounger choosing their strategy before the producer. In this paper we consider a version of the game where decisions are made simultaneously. For the same cost functions as before, we analyse this case in detail, and then make comparisons between the two cases. Finally we discuss some real examples with potentially variable and asymmetric energetic investments, including intraspecific contests amongst spiders and amongst parasitoid wasps. In the case of the spiders, detailed estimates of energetic expenditure are available which demonstrate the asymmetric values assumed in our models. For the wasps the value of the resource can affect the probabilities of success of the defender and attacker, and differential energetic investment can be inferred. In general for real populations energy usage varies markedly depending upon crucial parameters extrinsic to the individual such as resource value and intrinsic ones such as age, and is thus an important factor to consider when modelling

Some problems in smoothness and renormings in Banach spaces.

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A simple proof of the approximation by real analytic Lipschitz functions

AbstractA theorem in Azagra et al. (preprint) [1] asserts that on a real separable Banach space with separating polynomial every Lipschitz function can be uniformly approximated by real analytic Lipschitz function with a control over the Lipschitz constant. We give a simple proof of this theorem