By constructing an infinite graph-directed iterated iterated function system associated with a finite iterated function system, we develop a new approach for proving the differentiability of the $L^q$-spectrum and establishing the multifractal formalism of certain self-similar measures with overlaps, especially those defined by similitudes with different contraction ratios. We apply our technique to a well-known class of self-similar measures of generalized finite type.

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Suppose that$X$is a vector field on a manifold$M$whose flow, exp$tX$, exists for all time. If μ is a measure on$M$for which the induced measures$μ$_{$t$}≡(exp$tX$)_{*}$μ$are absolutely continuous with respect to μ, it is of interest to establish bounds on the$L$^{$p$}(μ) norm of the Radon-Nikodym derivative$dμ$_{$t$}/$dμ$. We establish such bounds in terms of the divergence of the vector field$X$. We then specilize$M$to be a complex manifold and derive reverse hypercontractivity bounds and reverse logarithmic Sololev inequalities in some holomorphic function spaces. We give examples on$C$^{m}and on the Riemann surface for$z$^{1/$n$}.

Factor models are a class of powerful statistical models that have been widely used to deal with dependent measurements that arise frequently from various applications from genomics and neuroscience to economics and finance. As data are collected at an ever-growing scale, statistical machine learning faces some new challenges: high dimensionality, strong dependence among observed variables, heavy-tailed variables and heterogeneity. High-dimensional robust factor analysis serves as a powerful toolkit to conquer these challenges.

Based on the fully compressible Navier-Stokes equations, the linear stability of thermal convection in rapidly rotating spherical shells of various radius ratios eta is studied for a wide range of Taylor number Ta, Prandtl number Pr and the number of density scale height N-rho. Besides the classical inertial mode and columnar mode, which are widely studied by the Boussinesq approximation and anelastic approximation, the quasi-geostrophic compressible mode is also identified in a wide range of N-rho and Pr for all eta considered, and this mode mainly occurs in the convection with relatively small Pr and large N.. The instability processes are classified into five categories. In general, for the specified wavenumber m, the parameter space (Pr, N-rho) of the fifth category, in which the base state loses stability via the quasi-geostrophic compressible mode and remains unstable, shrinks as eta increases. The asymptotic scaling behaviours of the critical Rayleigh numbers Ra-c and corresponding wavenumbers m(c) to Ta are found at different eta for the same instability mode. As eta increases, the flow stability is strengthened. Furthermore, the linearized perturbation equations and Reynolds-Orr equation are employed to quantitatively analyse the mechanical mechanisms and flow instability mechanisms of different modes. In the quasi-geostrophic compressible mode, the time-derivative term of disturbance density in the continuity equation and the diffusion term of disturbance temperature in the energy equation are found to be critical, while in the columnar and inertial modes, they can generally be ignored. Because the time-derivative term of the disturbance density in the continuity equation cannot be ignored, the anelastic approximation fails to capture the instability mode in the small-Pr and large-N-rho system, where convection onset is dominated by the quasi-geostrophic compressible mode. However, all the modes are primarily governed by the balance between the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient, based on the momentum equation. Physically, the most important difference between the quasi-geostrophic compressible mode and the columnar mode is the role played by the disturbance pressure. The disturbance pressure performs negative work for the former mode, which appears to stabilize the flow, while it destabilizes the flow for the latter mode. As eta increases, in the former mode the relative work performed by the disturbance pressure increases and in the latter mode decreases.