卷 50, 编号 3 (2017)

The concept of replacement of the initial stationary optimization problem with some nonstationary mechanical system tending with time to the position of equilibrium, which coincides with the solution of the initial problem, makes it possible to construct effective numerical algorithms. First, differential equations of the movement should be derived. Then we pass to the difference scheme and define the iteration algorithm. There is a wide class of optimization methods constructed in such a way. One of the most known representatives of this class is the heavy ball method. As a rule, such type of algorithms includes parameters that highly affect the convergence rate. In this paper, the charged ball method, belonging to this class, is proposed and investigated. It is a new effective optimization method that allows solving some computational geometry problems. A problem of orthogonal projection of a point onto a convex closed set with a smooth boundary and the problem of finding the minimum distance between two such sets are considered in detail. The convergence theorems are proved, and the estimates for the convergence rate are found. Numerical examples illustrating the work of the proposed algorithms are given.

Small periodic (with respect to time) perturbations of an essentially nonlinear differential equation of the second order are studied. It is supposed that the restoring force of the unperturbed equation contains both a conservative and a dissipative part. It is also supposed that all solutions of the unperturbed equation are periodic. Thus, the unperturbed equation is an oscillator. The peculiarity of the considered problem is that the frequency of oscillations is an infinitely small function of the amplitude. The stability problem for the zero solution is considered. Lyapunov investigated the case of autonomous perturbations. He showed that the asymptotic stability or the instability depends on the sign of a certain constant and presented a method to compute it. Liapunov’s approach cannot be applied to nonautonomous perturbations (in particular, to periodic ones), because it is based on the possibility to exclude the time variable from the system. Modifying Lyapunov’s method, the following results were obtained. “Action–angle” variables are introduced. A polynomial transformation of the action variable, providing a possibility to compute Lyapunov’s constant, is presented. In the general case, the structure of the polynomial transformation is studied. It turns out that the “length” of the polynomial is a periodic function of the exponent of the conservative part of the restoring force in the unperturbed equation. The least period is equal to four.

Let m ≥ 2, the numbers p₁,…, p_m ∈ (1, +∞] satisfy the inequality \(\frac{1}{{{p_1}}} + ...\frac{1}{{{p_m}}} < 1\), and γ₁ ∈ L^p1(ℝ¹), …, γ_m ∈ \({L^{{p_m}}}\)(ℝ¹). We prove that, if the set of “resonance” points of each of these functions is nonempty and the “nonresonance” condition holds (both concepts have been introduced by the author for functions of spaces L^p(ℝ¹), p ∈ (1, +∞]), we have the inequality \(\mathop {\sup }\limits_{a,b \in {R^1}} \left| {\int\limits_a^b {\prod\limits_{k = 1}^m {\left[ {{\gamma _k}\left( \tau \right) + \Delta {\gamma _k}\left( \tau \right)} \right]} d\tau } } \right| \leqslant C{\prod\limits_{k = 1}^m {\left\| {{\gamma _k} + \Delta {\gamma _k}} \right\|} _{L_{{a_k}}^{{p_k}}}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)\), where the constant C > 0 is independent of functions \(\Delta {\gamma _k} \in L_{{a_k}}^{{p_k}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)\) and \(L_{{a_k}}^{{p_k}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right) \subset {L^{{p_k}}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)\), 1 ≤ k ≤ m are some specially constructed normed spaces. In addition, we give a boundedness condition for the integral of the product of functions over a subset of ℝ¹.

Different record achievements are fixed in many domains of human activities. This process very often happens with some rate of digitization (up to seconds, meters, or thousands of individuals) of the observed results. By the examples of exponential and geometrical distributions, it is shown how such a type of the transitions from continuous to discrete distributions may vary the numbers of the record values in the corresponding sequences of the random variables.

The kinematics and dynamics of a Stewart platform supported by six pneumocylinders are considered. The differential equations of motion are written, and the forces providing the fulfillment of the formulated law of motion are calculated. The inertia and weight of pneumocylinders are introduced into consideration to refine the equations of motion. The obtained equations are used to study the motion of a loaded Stewart platform, providing the stability of this motion by means of feedback control. Some numerical examples are given.

The theory of equilibrium figures was actively developed in the 19th century, when it was found that the observed massive celestial bodies (the Sun, planets, and satellites) had an almost ellipsoidal form. The existence of exactly ellipsoidal figures was also established. The gravitational potential of these figures is represented by a Laplace series with its coefficients (Stokes’ constants I_n) determined by some integral operator. The general term of the series was found for a homogeneous ellipsoid of revolution and the first terms of the series were found for some other mass distributions. Here, we have obtained the general term of the series for an arbitrary mass distribution given that the equidensites (surfaces of equal density) are homothetic to the outer surface of the ellipsoid of revolution. Simple estimates and an asymptotics of I_n have also been obtained.