Related papers: Fixed points of inhomogeneous smoothing transforms

This paper is devoted to the study of the stochastic fixed-point equation X \stackrel{d}{=} \inf_{i \geq 1: T_i > 0} X_i/T_i and the connection with its additive counterpart $X \stackrel{d}{=} \sum_{i\ge 1}T_{i}X_{i}$ associated with the…

Given a sequence $(C,T) = (C,T_1,T_2,...)$ of real-valued random variables with $T_j \geq 0$ for all $j \geq 1$ and almost surely finite $N = \sup\{j \geq 1: T_j > 0\}$, the smoothing transform associated with $(C,T)$, defined on the set…

Given a sequence $(C_1,\ldots,C_d,T_1,T_2,\ldots)$ of real-valued random variables with $N := \#\{j \geq 1: T_j \not = 0\} < \infty$ almost surely, there is an associated smoothing transformation which maps a distribution $P$ on…

Given a sequence $(T_1, T_2, ...)$ of random $d \times d$ matrices with nonnegative entries, suppose there is a random vector $X$ with nonnegative entries, such that $ \sum_{i \ge 1} T_i X_i $ has the same law as $X$, where $(X_1, X_2,…

At each time $n\in\mathbb{N}$, let $\bar{Y}^{(n)}=(y_{1}^{(n)},y_{2}^{(n)},\cdots)$ be a random sequence of non-negative numbers that are ultimately zero in a random environment $\xi=(\xi_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ in time, which satisfies for…

Given a sequence $T=(T_i)_{i\geq1}$ of nonnegative random variables, a function f on the positive halfline can be transformed to $\mathbb{E}\prod_{i\geq1}f(tT_i)$. We study the fixed points of this transform within the class of decreasing…

Let $N,d > 1$ be fixed integers, let $(T_1, ..., T_N)$ be random d-by-d matrices with nonnegative entries and $Q$ a random d-vector with nonnegative entries. This induces a mapping (the multivariate smoothing transform) on probability laws…

Consider the multivariate smoothing transform fixed-point equation: $\eta =$ law of $ \sum_{i=1}^N A_i Z_i$, where $N \geq 0$ is a random integer, $(A_i)_{i \geq 1}$ are $d \times d$ random nonnegative matrices, $(Z_i)_{i \geq 1}$ is a…

Given $d \ge 1$, let $(A_i)_{i\ge 1}$ be a sequence of random $d\times d$ real matrices and $Q$ be a random vector in $\mathbb{R}^d$. We consider fixed points of multivariate smoothing transforms, i.e. random variables $X\in \mathbb{R}^d$…

For a given random sequence $(C,T_{1},T_{2},\ldots)$ with nonzero $C$ and a.s. finite number of nonzero $T_{k}$, the nonhomogeneous smoothing transform $\mathcal{S}$ maps the law of a real random variable $X$ to the law of $\sum_{k\ge…

If $f:[a,b]\to \mathbb{R}$, with $a<b$, is continuous and such that $a$ and $b$ are mapped in opposite directions by $f$, then $f$ has a fixed point in $I$. Suppose that $f:\mathbb{C}\to\mathbb{C}$ is map and $X$ is a continuum. We extend…

This paper concerns piecewise-smooth maps on $\mathbb{R}^d$ that are continuous but not differentiable on switching manifolds (where the functional form of the map changes). The stability of fixed points on switching manifolds is…

We deal with the equation $Y \stackrel{\rm d}{=} \frac{1}{b} \sum_{1\le j\le N} W_jY_j$, where the unknown is the distribution of $Y$, the variables in the right hand side are independent, the $Y_j$ are equidistributed with $Y$, $N$ is an…

Given any finite or countable collection of real numbers $T_j,j\in J$, we find all solutions $F$ to the stochastic fixed point equation \[W\stackrel{\mathrm {d}}{=}\inf_{j\in J}T_jW_j,\] where $W$ and the $W_j,j\in J$, are independent…

We consider solutions of the stochastic equation $R=_d\sum_{i=1}^NA_iR_i+B$, where $N>1$ is a fixed constant, $A_i$ are independent, identically distributed random variables and $R_i$ are independent copies of $R$, which are independent…

Inhomogeneities and junctions in wires are natural sources of scattering, and hence resistance. A conducting fixed point usually requires an adiabatically smooth system. One notable exception is "healing", which has been predicted in…

We consider smoothing equations of the form $$X ~\stackrel{\mathrm{law}}{=}~ \sum_{j \geq 1} T_j X_j + C$$ where $(C,T_1,T_2,\ldots)$ is a given sequence of random variables and $X_1,X_2,\ldots$ are independent copies of $X$ and independent…

The limiting distribution \mu of the normalized number of key comparisons required by the Quicksort sorting algorithm is known to be the unique fixed point of a certain distributional transformation T -- unique, that is, subject to the…

A well-known result from Brouwer states that any orientation preserving homeomorphism of the plane with no fixed points has an empty non-wandering set. In particular, an invariant compact set implies the existence of a fixed point. In this…

We prove that on closed manifolds of odd Euler characteristic fixed point sets of involutions are smoothly nondisplaceable.