0000000001269404
AUTHOR
Patrizia Di Gironimo
Anisotropic Sobolev homeomorphisms
Let › ‰ R 2 be a domain. Suppose that f 2 W 1;1 loc (›;R 2 ) is a homeomorphism. Then the components x(w), y(w) of the inverse f i1 = (x;y): › 0 ! › have total variations given by jryj(› 0 ) = › fl fl @f fl fl dz; jrxj(› 0 ) = › fl fl @f @y fl fl dz:
Analysis of the Past Lifetime in a Replacement Model through Stochastic Comparisons and Differential Entropy
A suitable replacement model for random lifetimes is extended to the context of past lifetimes. At a fixed time u an item is planned to be replaced by another one having the same age but a different lifetime distribution. We investigate the past lifetime of this system, given that at a larger time t the system is found to be failed. Subsequently, we perform some stochastic comparisons between the random lifetimes of the single items and the doubly truncated random variable that describes the system lifetime. Moreover, we consider the relative ratio of improvement evaluated at x &isin