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For such functions, the pointwise regularity may change widely from a point to another. Therefore, it is more interesting to ... [more ▼]Multifractal analysis is concerned with the study of very irregular signals. For such functions, the pointwise regularity may change widely from a point to another. Therefore, it is more interesting to determine the spectrum of singularities of the signal, which is the Hausdorff dimension of the set of points which have the same Hölder exponent. The spectrum of singularities of many mathematical functions can be determined directly from its definition. However, for many real-life signals, the numerical determination of their Hölder regularity is not feasible. Therefore, one cannot expect to have a direct access to their spectrum of singularities and one has to find an indirect way to compute it. A multifractal formalism is a formula which is expected to yield the spectrum of singularities from quantities which are numerically computable. Several multifractal formalisms based on the wavelet coefficients of a signal have been proposed to estimate its spectrum. The most widespread of these formulas is the so-called thermodynamic multifractal formalism, based on the Frish-Parisi conjecture. This formalism presents two drawbacks: it can hold only for spectra that are concave and it can yield only the increasing part of the spectrum. This first problem can be avoided using Snu spaces. The second one can be avoided using a formalism based on wavelet leaders of the signal. In this talk, we propose a new multifractal formalism, based on a generalization of the Snu spaces using wavelet leaders. It allows to detect non concave and non increasing spectra. An implementation of this method is presented in the talk "A new multifractal formalism based on wavelet leaders: detection of non concave and non increasing spectra (Part II)" of T. Kleyntssens. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 12 (6 ULg) A new multifractal formalism based on wavelet leaders: detection of non concave and non increasing spectra (Part II)Kleyntssens, Thomas ; Esser, Céline ; Nicolay, Samuel Conference (2014, March 25)This talk follows "A new multifractal formalism based on wavelet leaders: detection of non concave and non increasing spectra (Part I)" given by Céline Esser. For real-life signals, it is impossible to ... [more ▼]This talk follows "A new multifractal formalism based on wavelet leaders: detection of non concave and non increasing spectra (Part I)" given by Céline Esser. For real-life signals, it is impossible to compute the spectrum of singularities by using its definition. A multifractal formalism is used to approximate this spectrum. We present a new multifractal formalism for non concave and non increasing spectra based on wavelet leaders. In this talk, an implementation of this formalism is given and several numerical examples are presented. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 21 (11 ULg) About the Multifractal Nature of Cantor's BijectionSimons, Laurent ; Nicolay, Samuel Conference (2014, March 25)In this talk, we present the Cantor's bijection between the irrational numbers of the unit interval [0,1] and the irrational numbers of the unit square [0,1]². We explore the regularity and the fractal ... [more ▼]In this talk, we present the Cantor's bijection between the irrational numbers of the unit interval [0,1] and the irrational numbers of the unit square [0,1]². We explore the regularity and the fractal nature of this map. This talk is based on a joint work with S. Nicolay. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 13 (2 ULg) Analysis of PSII antenna size heterogeneity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during state transitionsde Marchin, Thomas ; Ghysels, Bart ; Nicolay, Samuel et alin Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics (2014), 1837(1), 121-130PSII antenna size heterogeneity has been intensively studied in the past. Based on DCMU fluorescence rise kinetics, multiple types of photosystems with different properties were described. However, due to ... [more ▼]PSII antenna size heterogeneity has been intensively studied in the past. Based on DCMU fluorescence rise kinetics, multiple types of photosystems with different properties were described. However, due to the complexity of fluorescence signal analysis, multiple questions remain unanswered. The number of different types of PSII is still debated as well as their degree of connectivity. In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii we found that PSIIα possesses a high degree of connectivity and an antenna 2-3 times larger than PSIIβ, as described previously. We also found some connectivity for PSIIβ in contrast with the majority of previous studies. This is in agreement with biochemical studies which describe PSII mega-, super- and core- complexes in Chlamydomonas. In these studies, the smallest unit of PSII in vivo would be a dimer of two core complexes hence allowing connectivity. We discuss the possible relationships between PSIIα and PSIIβ and the PSII mega-, super- and core- complexes. We also showed that strain and medium dependent variations in the half-time of the fluorescence rise can be explained by variations in the proportions of PSIIα and PSIIβ. When analyzing the state transition process in vivo, we found that this process induces an inter-conversion of PSIIα and PSIIβ. During a transition from state 2 to state 1, DCMU fluorescence rise kinetics are satisfactorily fitted by considering two PSII populations with constant kinetic parameters. We discuss our findings about PSII heterogeneity during state transitions in relation with recent results on the remodeling of the pigment-protein PSII architecture during this process. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 45 (15 ULg) Generalized Pointwise Hölder SpacesNicolay, Samuel ; Kreit, DamienConference (2013, October 31)In [8,7], the properties of generalized uniform Hölder spaces have been investigated. The idea underlying the definition is to replace the exponent α of the usual spaces Λ^α(R^d) (see e.g. [6]) with a ... [more ▼]In [8,7], the properties of generalized uniform Hölder spaces have been investigated. The idea underlying the definition is to replace the exponent α of the usual spaces Λ^α(R^d) (see e.g. [6]) with a sequence σ satisfying some conditions. The so-obtained spaces Λ^σ(R^d) generalize the spaces Λ^α(R^d); the spaces Λ^σ(R^d) are actually the spaces B^{1/σ_{∞,∞}(R^d), but they present specific properties (induced by L^∞-norms) when compared to the more general spaces B^{1/σ}_{p,q}(R^d) studied in [2,4,1,5,9,10] for example. Indeed it is shown in [8,7] that most of the usual properties holding for the spaces Λ^α(R^d) can be transposed to the spaces Λ^σ(R^d). Here, we introduce the pointwise version of these spaces: the spaces Λ^{σ,M}(x_0), with x_0∈R^d. Let us recall that a function f∈L^∞_loc(R^d) belongs to the usual pointwise Hölder space Λ^α(x_0) (α>0) if and only if there exist C,J>0 and a polynomial P of degree at most α such that sup_{|h|≤2^{−j}} |f(x_0+h)−P(h)|≤C2^{−jα}. As in [8,7], the idea is again to replace the sequence (2^{−jα})_j appearing in this inequality with a positive sequence (σ_j)j such that σ_{j+1}/σ_j is bounded (for any j); the number M stands for the maximal degree of the polynomial (this degree can not be induced by a sequence σ). By doing so, one tries to get a better characterization of the regularity of the studied function f. Generalizations of the pointwise Hölder spaces have already been proposed (see e.g. [3]), but, to our knowledge, the definition we give here is the most general version and leads to the sharpest results. [1] Alexandre Almeida. Wavelet bases in generalized Besov spaces. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 304(1):198–211, 2005. [2] António M. Caetano and Susana D. Moura. Local growth envelopes of spaces of generalized smoothness: the critical case. Math. Inequal. Appl., 7(4):573–606, 2004. [3] Marianne Clausel. Quelques notions d'irrégularité uniforme et ponctuelle : le point de vue ondelettes. PhD thesis, University of Paris XII, 2008. [4] Walter Farkas. Function spaces of generalised smoothness and pseudo-differential operators associated to a continuous negative definite function. Habilitation Thesis, 2002. [5] Walter Farkas and Hans-Gerd Leopold. Characterisations of function spaces of generalised smoothness. Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., IV. Ser., 185(1):1–62, 2006. [6] Steven G. Krantz. Lipschitz spaces, smoothness of functions, and approximation theory. Exposition. Math., 1(3):193–260, 1983. [7] Damien Kreit and Samuel Nicolay. Characterizations of the elements of generalized Hölder-Zygmund spaces by means of their representation. J. Approx. Theory, to appear, 10.1016/j.jat.2013.04.003. [8] Damien Kreit and Samuel Nicolay. Some characterizations of generalized Hölder spaces. Math. Nachr., 285(17-18):2157–2172, 2012. [9] Thomas Kühn, Hans-Gerd Leopold, Winfried Sickel, and Leszek Skrzypczak. Entropy numbers of embeddings of weighted Besov spaces II. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (Series 2), 49(02):331–359, 2006. [10] Susana D. Moura. On some characterizations of Besov spaces of generalized smoothness. Math. Nachr., 280(9-10):1190–1199, 2007. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 6 (1 ULg) Snu Spaces, from Theory to PracticeKleyntssens, Thomas ; Nicolay, Samuel Poster (2013, October 29)Computing the spectrum of singularities of a real-life signal by using the definition is impossible. One rather uses an indirect way to compute it: the multifractal formalism. The first multifractal ... [more ▼]Computing the spectrum of singularities of a real-life signal by using the definition is impossible. One rather uses an indirect way to compute it: the multifractal formalism. The first multifractal formalism was introduced by Frisch and Parisi in the context of fully developped turbulence (1985). Its main default is that it always leads to a concave spectrum. For this reason, Stéphane Jaffard has introduced the Snu spaces (2004). They lead to a new multifractal formalism which can detect non concave spectra. In practice, one has to avoid the concept of limit and to deal with finite size effects. I present a method to determine the spectrum based on the Snu spaces and I illustrate it numerically on theoretical functions. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 14 (8 ULg) On generalized Hölder-Zygmund spacesKreit, Damien ; Nicolay, Samuel Poster (2013, October 29)The Hölder spaces provide a natural way for measuring the smoothness of a function. These spaces appear in different areas such as approximation theory and multifractal analysis. The purpose of this ... [more ▼]The Hölder spaces provide a natural way for measuring the smoothness of a function. These spaces appear in different areas such as approximation theory and multifractal analysis. The purpose of this poster is to present a generalization of such spaces as well as some recent results about their characterizations. These spaces are a particular case of a generalization of Besov Spaces who have recently been extensively studied. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 24 (5 ULg) Mise en oeuvre du formalisme multifractal sur les espaces SnuKleyntssens, Thomas ; Nicolay, Samuel Conference (2013, September 24)When considering very irregular functions, it does not make sense to try to characterize the pointwise irregularity because it can change from one point to another. It is more interesting to compute the ... [more ▼]When considering very irregular functions, it does not make sense to try to characterize the pointwise irregularity because it can change from one point to another. It is more interesting to compute the spectrum of singularities, ie "the size'' of the set of points which share the same pointwise irregularity; by size, one means the Hausdorff dimension. To compute the spectrum of singularities in practice, we use a multifractal formalism. In 1885, Frisch and Parisi have proposed a first formalism. Its main default is that it always leads to a concave spectrum. In 2004, Stéphane Jaffard has introduced the Snu spaces. They lead to a new multifractal formalism which can detect non concave spectra. In practice, one has to avoid the concept of limit and to deal with finite size effects (for example, one can only calculate a finite number of wavelet coefficients). I present a method to determine the spectrum based on the Snu spaces and I illustrate it numerically on theoretical functions. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 10 (4 ULg) Implementation of the Multifractal Formalism on Snu SpacesKleyntssens, Thomas ; Nicolay, Samuel Conference (2013, September 09)A multifractal formalism is a formula, numerically computable, which approximate the spectrum of singularities of a function. The first multifractal formalism (Frisch and Parisi, 1985) has the main ... [more ▼]A multifractal formalism is a formula, numerically computable, which approximate the spectrum of singularities of a function. The first multifractal formalism (Frisch and Parisi, 1985) has the main default is that it always leads to a concave spectrum. In 2004, Stéphane Jaffard has introduced a new multifractal formalism, based on the Snu spaces, which can detect non concave spectra. In practice, one has to avoid the concept of limit and to deal with finite size effects. In this talk, I present the first results of an implementation of the multifractal formalism on Snu spaces on several theoretical functions. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 13 (3 ULg) Analysis of PSII antenna size heterogeneity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during state transitions - Colloque annuel de la Société Française de Photosynthèsede Marchin, Thomas ; Ghysels, Bart ; Nicolay, Samuel et alConference (2013, June 18)PSII antenna size heterogeneity has been extensively studied in the past. Based on in vivo DCMU fluorescence rise kinetics, at least two types of photosystems were described. They differ by their apparent ... [more ▼]PSII antenna size heterogeneity has been extensively studied in the past. Based on in vivo DCMU fluorescence rise kinetics, at least two types of photosystems were described. They differ by their apparent antenna size and connectivity (this last term refers to the transfer of absorbed energy from a closed PSII unit to an open neighboring unit). In this study, we analysed PSII heterogeneity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using non-linear linear regression fitting on in vivo DCMU fluorescence rise kinetics, with a focus on changes in PSII heterogeneity associated with state transitions. We found that PSIIα possesses a high degree of connectivity and an antenna about 3 times larger than PSIIβ, as described previously. In contrast with most earlier studies, we found some connectivity for PSIIβ (although it was highly variable). This is in agreement with recent models based on biochemical and structural analysis of PSII after gel filtration separation which describe PSII mega-, super- and core- complexes in Chlamydomonas. According to these studies, the smallest unit of PSII in vivo would be a dimer of two core complexes hence still allowing connectivity. We also showed that strain and medium dependent variations in the half-time of the fluorescence rise, generally taken as an indicator of the average cross-section of PSII, can be explained by variations in the proportions of PSIIα and PSIIβ. When analyzing the state transition process, we showed for the first time in vivo that it induces an inter-conversion of PSIIα and PSIIβ. These findings are discussed with respect to the latest insights on the remodeling of the pigment-protein PSII architecture during this process. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 72 (23 ULg) An adaptation of $S^{\nu}$ spacesSimons, Laurent ; Bastin, Françoise ; Nicolay, Samuel Scientific conference (2013, May 31)The $S^\nu$ spaces have been introduced in 2004 by S. Jaffard in the context of multifractal analysis. In comparison with Besov spaces (the classical functional setting to study signals), these spaces of ... [more ▼]The $S^\nu$ spaces have been introduced in 2004 by S. Jaffard in the context of multifractal analysis. In comparison with Besov spaces (the classical functional setting to study signals), these spaces of functions related to the distribution of wavelet coefficients allow to obtain more information on the Hölder regularity of a signal. From a point of view of functional analysis, the $S^nu$ spaces can be considered as sequence spaces (because they are robust). Some properties (topology, complete metric, $p$-locally convexity,...) have been studied. The purpose of the talk is to present the beginning of an adaptation of the $S^nu$ spaces when the discrete wavelet coefficients are replaced by continuous wavelet transform coefficients. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 26 (8 ULg) Régularité de la fonction de CantorSimons, Laurent ; Nicolay, Samuel Scientific conference (2013, January 28)La fonction de Cantor, bijection entre $[0,1]$ et $[0,1]^2$, est définie via les fractions continues. Par conséquent, il est assez difficile d'avoir une quelconque intuition sur son comportement. Le but ... [more ▼]La fonction de Cantor, bijection entre $[0,1]$ et $[0,1]^2$, est définie via les fractions continues. Par conséquent, il est assez difficile d'avoir une quelconque intuition sur son comportement. Le but de cet exposé est de présenter cette fonction particulière ainsi que sa régularité (continuité et régularité höldérienne). [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 15 (5 ULg) Characterizations of the elements of generalized Hölder-Zygmund spaces by means of their representationKreit, Damien ; Nicolay, Samuel in Journal of Approximation Theory (2013), 172We give three characterizations of the elements of generalized Hölder-Zygmund spaces. The first one, based on the Littlewood-Paley decomposition is already known, but the proof given here is much simpler ... [more ▼]We give three characterizations of the elements of generalized Hölder-Zygmund spaces. The first one, based on the Littlewood-Paley decomposition is already known, but the proof given here is much simpler. The second one, based on the wavelet decompositions generalizes a result obtained by Jaffard and Meyer. The third one uses generalized interpolation spaces. These results naturally extend the ones holding for the classical Hölder-Zygmund spaces. The manuscript has been accepted for publication in Journal of Approximation Theory. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 52 (7 ULg) Several years El Niño forecast using a wavelet-based mode decompositionNicolay, Samuel ; Fettweis, Xavier Conference (2012, September 10)Detailed reference viewed: 23 (8 ULg) About Generic Properties of "Nowhere Analyticity"Bastin, Françoise ; Nicolay, Samuel ; Esser, Céline Conference (2012, May 08)A infinitely differentiable function f is is analytic at a point x if its Taylor series at this point converges to f on an open neighbourhood of x; if this is not the case, f has a singularity at x. A ... [more ▼]A infinitely differentiable function f is is analytic at a point x if its Taylor series at this point converges to f on an open neighbourhood of x; if this is not the case, f has a singularity at x. A function with a singularity at each point of the interval is called nowhere analytic on the interval. In this talk, we show that the set of nowhere analytic functions is prevalent in the Frechet space C([0;1]). We get then a deeper result using Gevrey classes. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 34 (19 ULg) About the Regularity of Cantor's BijectionSimons, Laurent ; Nicolay, Samuel Conference (2012, May 07)Multifractal analysis has been introduced in the context of turbulence. Some tools have been developed to study the solutions of some PDEs. In this talk, we will examine the regularity of Cantor's ... [more ▼]Multifractal analysis has been introduced in the context of turbulence. Some tools have been developed to study the solutions of some PDEs. In this talk, we will examine the regularity of Cantor's bijection between the irrational numbers of the unit interval [0,1] and the irrational numbers of the unit square [0,1]^2. We will particularly show that its H older exponent is equal to 1/2 almost everywhere (with respect to the Lebesgue measure). [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 20 (5 ULg) Several years El Niño forecast using a wavelet-based mode decompositionNicolay, Samuel ; Fettweis, Xavier Conference (2012, April 23)Detailed reference viewed: 9 (3 ULg) Découverte d’un nouveau cycle du climatMabille, Georges ; Nicolay, Samuel Article for general public (2012)L'outil mathématique "transformée en ondelettes" est appliqué ici à des séries de températures de l'air au sol et met en évidence un cycle de l'ordre de 30 mois. Ce cycle s’observe sur une part importante ... [more ▼]L'outil mathématique "transformée en ondelettes" est appliqué ici à des séries de températures de l'air au sol et met en évidence un cycle de l'ordre de 30 mois. Ce cycle s’observe sur une part importante de la surface de la planète. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 47 (6 ULg) Prevalence of ''nowhere analyticity''Bastin, Françoise ; Esser, Céline ; Nicolay, Samuel in Studia Mathematica (2012), 210(3), This note brings a complement to the study of genericity of functions which are nowhere analytic mainly in a measure-theoretic sense. We extend this study in Gevrey classes of functions.Detailed reference viewed: 34 (12 ULg) 1 2 3 4