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Marshall A. Whittlesey

Publications and source records attributed to Marshall A. Whittlesey.

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arXiv2004

Polynomial hulls and an optimization problem

Let T be the unit circle in the complex plane C. This paper proves the existence of analytic structure in a compact subset K of T X C^n, where K has so-called "lineally convex" or "hypoconvex" fibers over T. It also addresses a related H-infinity optimization problem. The theorems here remove a number of unnatural assumptions required in an earlier work by the same author, "Polynomial hulls and H-infinity control for a hypoconvex constraint." (See http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CV/0001039)

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arXiv2001

Foliation by graphs of CR mappings and a nonlinear Riemann-Hilbert problem for smoothly bounded domains

Let S be a generic C-infinity smooth CR manifold in C^n, n > 1, and let M be a generic C-infinity CR submanifold of S X C^m. We prescribe conditions on M so that it is the disjoint union of graphs of CR maps f:S-->C^m. We also consider the special case where S is the boundary of a bounded, smoothly bounded open set D in C^n, n > 1. In this case we obtain conditions which guarantee that such an f above extends to be analytic on D. This provides a solution to a particular nonlinear Riemann-Hilbert boundary value problem for analytic functions.

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arXiv2000

Polynomial hulls and H-infinity control for a hypoconvex constraint

We say that a subset of C^n is hypoconvex if its complement is the union of complex hyperplanes. Let D be the closed unit disk in C, T the unit circle. We prove two conjectures of Helton and Marshall. (See ``Frequency domain design and analytic selections,'' Indiana Univ. Math. J. 39, no. 1 (1990), 157-184.) Let p:T X C^n --> R+ be a smooth function whose sublevel sets have compact hypoconvex fibers over T. Then, with some restrictions on p, if Y is the set where p is less than or equal to 1, the polynomial convex hull of Y is the union of graphs of analytic vector-valued functions with boundary in Y. Furthermore, let t be the smallest real number such that the set where p is less than or equal to t contains the boundary of the graph of some analytic vector-valued function on the disk. Then there is only one analytic vector-valued function f such that p(z,f(z)) is less than or equal to t for all z in T. We show that f is smooth on T. We also prove that if p varies smoothly with respect to a parameter, so does the unique f just found.

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