On existence and nonexistence of some harmonic maps

LetS ^1.1 denote the submanifold of Lorentz spaceR ^2.1, which is composed of all pointsl withl ²=1 and letT ^1.1=R ^1.1/Z×Z. In this paper we study the existence of nontrivial harmonic maps fromT ^1.1 toS ^1.1 andH ², and construct a harmonic map for any homotopy class of maps fromT ² toS ^1.1.     

Grothendieck’s theorem for operator spaces

We prove several versions of Grothendieck’s Theorem for completely bounded linear maps T:E→F ^*, when E and F are operator spaces. We prove that if E, F are C ^*-algebras, of which at least one is exact, then every completely bounded T:E→F ^* can be factorized through the direct sum of the row and column Hilbert operator spaces. Equivalently T can be decomposed as T=T _r +T _c where T _r (resp. T _c ) factors completely boundedly through a row (resp. column) Hilbert operator space. This settles positively (at least partially) some earlier conjectures of Effros-Ruan and Blecher on the factorization of completely bounded bilinear forms on C ^*-algebras. Moreover, our result holds more generally for any pair E, F of “exact” operator spaces. This yields a characterization of the completely bounded maps from a C ^*-algebra (or from an exact operator space) to the operator Hilbert space OH. As a corollary we prove that, up to a complete isomorphism, the row and column Hilbert operator spaces and their direct sums are the only operator spaces E such that both E and its dual E ^* are exact. We also characterize the Schur multipliers which are completely bounded from the space of compact operators to the trace class. Oblatum 31-I-2002 & 3-IV-2002?Published online: 17 June 2002     

Density results relative to the Dirichlet energy of mappings into a manifold

Let ?? be a smooth, compact, oriented Riemannian manifold without boundary. Weak limits of graphs of smooth maps u_k:Bⁿ → ?? with an equibounded Dirichlet integral give rise to elements of the space cart^2,1 (Bⁿ × ??). Assume that ?? is 1‐connected and that its 2‐homology group has no torsion. In any dimension n we prove that every element T in cart^2,1 (Bⁿ × ??) with no singular vertical part can be approximated weakly in the sense of currents by a sequence of graphs of smooth maps u_k:Bⁿ → ?? with Dirichlet energies converging to the energy of T. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On open problems concerning distributional chaos for triangular maps

We show that in the class T of the triangular maps (x,y)?(f(x),g_x(y)) of the square there is a map of type 2^∞ with non-minimal recurrent points which is not DC3. We also show that every DC1 continuous map of a compact metric space has a trajectory which cannot be (weakly) approximated by trajectories of compact periodic sets. These two results make possible to answer some open questions concerning classification of maps in T with zero topological entropy, and contribute to an old problem formulated by A.N. Sharkovsky.     

The Relative Brauer Group of an Affine Double Plane

We study algebra classes and divisor classes on a normal affine surface of the form z ² = f(x, y). The affine coordinate ring is T = k[x, y, z]/(z ² ? f), and if R = k[x, y][f ^?1] and S = R[z]/(z ² ? f), then S is a quadratic Galois extension of R. If the Galois group is G, we show that the natural map H¹(G, Cl(T)) → H¹(G, Pic(S)) factors through the relative Brauer group B(S/R) and that all of the maps are onto. Sufficient conditions are given for H¹(G, Cl(T)) to be isomorphic to B(S/R). The groups and maps are computed for several examples.     

Laminar currents in ℙ<Superscript>2</Superscript>

 In this paper we study laminar currents in ℙ². Given a sequence of irreducible algebraic curves (C _n ) converging in the sense of currents to T, we find geometric conditions on the curves ensuring that the limit current T is laminar. This criterion is then applied to meromorphic dynamical systems in ℙ², and laminarity of the dynamical ``Green' current is obtained for a wide class of meromorphic self maps of ℙ², as well as for all bimeromorphic maps of projective surfaces. Received: 24 September 2001 / Published online: 10 February 2003 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 32U40, 37Fxx, 32H50     

Linear preservers of matrices of rank-2

Let T be a linear operator on the space of all m×n matrices over any field. we prove that if T maps rank-2 matrices to rank-2 matrices then there exist nonsingular matrices U and V such that either T(X)=UXV for all matrices X, or m=n and T(X)=UX^tV for all matrices X where X^t denotes the transpose of X.     

Optimal maps for the multidimensional Monge-Kantorovich problem

Let μ₁,…, μ_N be Borel probability measures on ℝ^d. Denote by Γ(μ₁,…, μ_N) the set of all N-tuples T=(T₁,…, T_N) such that T_i:ℝ^d ↔ ℝ^d (i = 1,…, N) are Borel-measurable and satisfy μ₁ = μ_i[V] for all Borel V ⊂ ℝ^d. The multidimensional Monge-Kantorovich problem investigated in this paper consists of finding S=(S₁,…, S_N) ∈ Γ(μ₁,…, μ_N) minimizing over the set Γ(μ₁, ···, μ_N). We study the case where the μ_i's have finite second moments and vanish on (d - 1)-rectifiable sets. We prove existence and uniqueness of optimal maps S when we impose that S₁( x ) ≡ x and give an explicit form of the maps S_i. The result is obtained by variational methods and to the best of our knowledge is the first available in the literature in this generality. As a consequence, we obtain uniqueness and characterization of an optimal measure for the multidimensional Kantorovich problem. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

AK-automorphism with non-isomorphicZ×Z 2 actions

We construct a measure space (X, T) with aK-automorphism. We define two different order two maps on (X, T),S ₁ andS ₂. These maps commute withT. We show two group actions {T, S ₁} and {T, S ₂} are not isomorphic.     

On a partially isometric transform of divergence-free vector fields

The paper deals with the so-called M-transform, which maps divergence-free vector fields in Ω ^T := {x ∈ Ω| dist(x, ∂Ω) < T}, Ω ⊂⊂ \mathbbR \mathbb{R} ³, to the space of transversal fields. The latter space consists of vector fields in Ω ^T tangential to the equidistant surfaces of the boundary ∂Ω. In papers devoted to the dynamical inverse problem for the Maxwell system, in the framework of the BC-method, the operator M ^T was defined for T < T _ω, where T _ω depends on the geometry of Ω. This paper provides a generalization for arbitrary T. It is proved that M ^T is partially isometric, and its intertwining properties are established. Bibliography: 6 titles.     

A Boundedness Criterion via Atoms for Linear Operators in Hardy Spaces

Let p∈(0,1] and s≥[n(1/p−1)], where [n(1/p−1)] denotes the maximal integer no more than n(1/p−1). In this paper, the authors prove that a linear operator T extends to a bounded linear operator from the Hardy space H ^p (ℝ ⁿ ) to some quasi-Banach space ℬ if and only if T maps all (p,2,s)-atoms into uniformly bounded elements of ℬ.      

Additive Maps Preserving Nilpotent Operators or Spectral Radius

Let X be a （real or complex） Banach space with dimension greater than 2 and let B0（X） be the subspace of B（X） spanned by all nilpotent operators on X. We get a complete classification of surjective additive maps Ф on B0（X） which preserve nilpotent operators in both directions. In particular, if X is infinite-dimensional, we prove that Ф has the form either Ф（T） = cATA^-1 or Ф（T） = cAT＇A^-1, where A is an invertible bounded linear or conjugate linear operator, c is a scalar, T＇ denotes the adjoint of T. As an application of these results, we show that every additive surjective map on B（X） preserving spectral radius has a similar form to the above with ｜c｜ = 1.     

Some results in asymptotic field point theory

In 1944, Levinson ([22]) introduced the concept of dissipativeness for a map T in a finite-dimensional space which leads to the existence of a fixed point of some iterate T ⁿ for n large, rather than a fixed point of T. Browder ([3]) gave an asymptotic field point theorem which proved that T itself had a field point. Although Browder’s result was a big step, it was not suitable for hyperbolic PDEs and neutral functional differential equations because, in those cases, the map T is not compact. For α-contraction maps the result was extended by Nussbaum ([25]) and Hale and Lopes ([13]) using different methods. In this paper, we review these ideas and some more recent applications. Dedicated to Felix Browder on the occasion of his 80th birthday     

Small Stochastic Perturbations of Random Maps with Position Dependent Probabilities

Abstract

A position dependent random map is a dynamical system consisting of a collection of maps such that, at each iteration, a selection of a map is made randomly by means of probabilities which are functions of position. Let f* be an invariant density of the position dependent random map T. We consider a model of small random perturbations 𝔗_? of the random map T. For each ? > 0, 𝔗_? has an invariant density function f ^?. We prove that f ^? → f* as ? → 0.     

Maps preserving square-zero matrices on the algebra consisting of all upper triangular matrices

Let F be a field, T _n (F) (respectively, N _n (F)) the matrix algebra consisting of all n × n upper triangular matrices (respectively, strictly upper triangular matrices) over F. A ∈ T _n (F) is said to be square zero if A ² = 0. In this article, we firstly characterize non-singular linear maps on N _n (F) preserving square-zero matrices in both directions, then by using it we determine non-singular linear maps on T _n (F) preserving square-zero matrices in both directions.     

On the double commutant of Cowen-Douglas operators

Let T be a Cowen-Douglas operator. In this paper, we study the von Neumann algebra V^?(T) consisting of operators commuting with both T and T^? from a geometric viewpoint. We identify operators in V^?(T) with connection-preserving bundle maps on E(T), the holomorphic Hermitian vector bundle associated to T. By studying such bundle maps, the structure of V^?(T) as well as information on reducing subspaces of T can be determined.     

A canonical structure theorem for finite joining-rank maps

A numerical isomorphism invariant,joining-rank, was introduced in [1] as a quantitative generalization of Rudolph’s property of minimal selfjoinings. Therein, a structure theory was developed for those transformationsT whose joining-rank, jr (T), is finite. Here, we sharpen the theorem and show it to be canonical: If jr (T)<∞ then there is a unique triple 〈e, p, S〉 wheree andp are natural numbers andS is a map with minimal self-joinings, such thatT is ane-point extension ofS ^P. Furthermore, the producte·p equals the joining-rank ofT. This theorem applies to any finite-rank mixing map, since for such maps the rank dominates the joining-rank. Another corollary is that any rank-1 transformation which is partial-mixing has minimal self-joinings. This partially answers a question of [3]. Partially supported by a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.     

A generalization of peripherally-multiplicative surjections between standard operator algebras

Let A and B be standard operator algebras on Banach spaces X and Y, respectively. The peripheral spectrum σ_π (T) of T is defined by σ_π (T) = z ∈ σ(T): |z| = max_w∈σ(T) |w|. If surjective (not necessarily linear nor continuous) maps φ, ϕ: A → B satisfy σ_π (φ(S)ϕ(T)) = σ_π (ST) for all S; T ∈ A, then φ and ϕ are either of the form φ(T) = A ₁ TA ₂ ⁻¹ and ϕ(T) = A ₂ TA ₁ ⁻¹ for some bijective bounded linear operators A ₁; A ₂ of X onto Y, or of the form φ(T) = B ₁ T*B ₂ ⁻¹ and ϕ(T) = B ₂ T*B ⁻¹ for some bijective bounded linear operators B ₁;B ₂ of X* onto Y.      

Biholomorphically invariant families amongst Carleson class

Given α (0, 1), let T_α be the Carleson class of all meromorphic maps ƒ from the unit disk to the extended complex plane with

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where ƒ^# and dm mean the spherical derivative of ƒ and Lebesgue area measure on separately. And, let BIT_α and BIT_α,0 be the biholomorphically invariant families (amongst the Carleson class) consisting of those ƒ T_α with sup and lim_{|w| → 1} ||ƒ ο φ_w||_Tα = 0 respectively, where

. The main purpose of this article is to study BIT_α and BIT_α,0 via the Ahlfors-Shimizu characteristic, canonical factorization and bounded holomorphic maps.