Continuity of posets via Scott topology and sobrification

In this paper, posets which may not be dcpos are considered. The concept of embedded bases for posets is introduced. Characterizations of continuity of posets in terms of embedded bases and Scott topology are given. The main results are:

(1)

A poset is continuous iff it is an embedded basis for a dcpo up to an isomorphism;

(2)

A poset is continuous iff its Scott topology is completely distributive;

(3)

A topological T₀ space is a continuous poset equipped with the Scott topology in the specialization order iff its topology is completely distributive and coarser than or equal to the Scott topology;

(4)

A topological T₁ space is a discrete space iff its topology is completely distributive.

These results generalize the relevant results obtained by J.D. Lawson for dcpos.     

Graph operations that are good for greedoids

S is a local maximum stable set of a graph G, and we write S∈Ψ(G), if the set S is a maximum stable set of the subgraph induced by S∪N(S), where N(S) is the neighborhood of S. In Levit and Mandrescu (2002) [5] we have proved that Ψ(G) is a greedoid for every forest G. The cases of bipartite graphs and triangle-free graphs were analyzed in Levit and Mandrescu (2003) [6] and Levit and Mandrescu (2007) [7] respectively.In this paper we give necessary and sufficient conditions for Ψ(G) to form a greedoid, where G is:

(a)

the disjoint union of a family of graphs;

(b)

the Zykov sum of a family of graphs;

(c)

the corona X°{H₁,H₂,…,H_n} obtained by joining each vertex x of a graph X to all the vertices of a graph H_x.

     

Krasnosel’skii type fixed point theorems under weak topology features

In this paper we prove the following Krasnosel’skii type fixed point theorem: Let M be a nonempty bounded closed convex subset of a Banach space X. Suppose that A:M→X and B:X→X are two weakly sequentially continuous mappings satisfying:

(i)

AM is relatively weakly compact;

(ii)

B is a strict contraction;

(iii)

.

Then A+B has at least one fixed point in M.This result is then used to obtain some new fixed point theorems for the sum of a weakly compact and a nonexpansive mapping. The results presented in this paper encompass several earlier ones in the literature.     

Optimum quantization and its applications

Minimum sums of moments or, equivalently, distortion of optimum quantizers play an important role in several branches of mathematics. Fejes Tóth's inequality for sums of moments in the plane and Zador's asymptotic formula for minimum distortion in Euclidean d-space are the first precise pertinent results in dimension d?2. In this article these results are generalized in the form of asymptotic formulae for minimum sums of moments, resp. distortion of optimum quantizers on Riemannian d-manifolds and normed d-spaces. In addition, we provide geometric and analytic information on the structure of optimum configurations. Our results are then used to obtain information on

(i)

the minimum distortion of high-resolution vector quantization and optimum quantizers,

(ii)

the error of best approximation of probability measures by discrete measures and support sets of best approximating discrete measures,

(iii)

the minimum error of numerical integration formulae for classes of Hölder continuous functions and optimum sets of nodes,

(iv)

best volume approximation of convex bodies by circumscribed convex polytopes and the form of best approximating polytopes, and

(v)

the minimum isoperimetric quotient of convex polytopes in Minkowski spaces and the form of the minimizing polytopes.

     

CLP-compactness for topological spaces and groups

We study CLP-compact spaces (every cover consisting of clopen sets has a finite subcover) and CLP-compact topological groups. In particular, we extend a theorem on CLP-compactness of products from [J. Steprāns, A. Šostak, Restricted compactness properties and their preservation under products, Topology Appl. 101 (3) (2000) 213-229] and we offer various criteria for CLP-compactness for spaces and topological groups, that work particularly well for precompact groups. This allows us to show that arbitrary products of CLP-compact pseudocompact groups are CLP-compact. For every natural n we construct:

(i)

a totally disconnected, n-dimensional, pseudocompact CLP-compact group; and

(ii)

a hereditarily disconnected, n-dimensional, totally minimal, CLP-compact group that can be chosen to be either separable metrizable or pseudocompact (a Hausdorff group G is totally minimal when all continuous surjective homomorphisms G→H, with a Hausdorff group H, are open).

     

Finite sheeted covering maps over 2-dimensional connected, compact Abelian groups

Let G be a 2-dimensional connected, compact Abelian group and s be a positive integer. We prove that a classification of s-sheeted covering maps over G is reduced to a classification of s-index torsionfree supergroups of the Pontrjagin dual . Using group theoretic results from earlier paper we demonstrate its consequences. We also prove that for a connected compact group Y:

(1)

Every finite-sheeted covering map from a connected space over Y is equivalent to a covering homomorphism from a compact, connected group.

(2)

If two finite-sheeted covering homomorphisms over Y are equivalent, then they are equivalent as topological homomorphisms.

     

Locally compact abelian groups admitting non-trivial quasi-convex null sequences

In this paper, we show that, for every locally compact abelian group G, the following statements are equivalent:

(i)

G contains no sequence such that {0}∪{±x_n∣n∈N} is infinite and quasi-convex in G, and x_n?0;

(ii)

one of the subgroups {g∈G∣2g=0} or {g∈G∣3g=0} is open in G;

(iii)

G contains an open compact subgroup of the form or for some cardinal κ.

     

Norm continuity of weakly continuous mappings into Banach spaces

Let T be the class of Banach spaces E for which every weakly continuous mapping from an α-favorable space to E is norm continuous at the points of a dense subset. We show that:

•

T contains all weakly Lindelöf Banach spaces;

•

l^∞∉T, which brings clarity to a concern expressed by Haydon ([R. Haydon, Baire trees, bad norms and the Namioka property, Mathematika 42 (1995) 30-42], pp. 30-31) about the need of additional set-theoretical assumptions for this conclusion. Also, (l^∞/c₀)∉T.

•

T is stable under weak homeomorphisms;

•

E∈T iff every quasi-continuous mapping from a complete metric space to (E,weak) is densely norm continuous;

•

E∈T iff every quasi-continuous mapping from a complete metric space to (E,weak) is weakly continuous at some point.

     

Extending compact topologies to compact Hausdorff topologies in ZF

Within the framework of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory ZF, we investigate the set-theoretical strength of the following statements:

(1)

For every family(Ai)_i∈Iof sets there exists a family(Ti)_i∈Isuch that for everyi∈I(Ai,Ti)is a compactT₂space.

(2)

For every family(Ai)_i∈Iof sets there exists a family(Ti)_i∈Isuch that for everyi∈I(Ai,Ti)is a compact, scattered, T₂space.

(3)

For every set X, every compactR₁topology (itsT₀-reflection isT₂) on X can be enlarged to a compactT₂topology.

We show:

(a)

(1) implies every infinite set can be split into two infinite sets.

(b)

(2) iff AC.

(c)

(3) and “there exists a free ultrafilter” iff AC.

We also show that if the topology of certain compact T₁ spaces can be enlarged to a compact T₂ topology then (1) holds true. But in general, compact T₁ topologies do not extend to compact T₂ ones.     

On the minimal members of convex expectations

In this paper, we show that for a convex expectation E[⋅] defined on L¹(Ω,F,P), the following statements are equivalent:

(i)

E is a minimal member of the set of all convex expectations defined on L¹(Ω,F,P);

(ii)

E is linear;

(iii)

two-dimensional Jensen inequality for E holds.

In addition, we prove a sandwich theorem for convex expectation and concave expectation.     

Assouad-Nagata dimension of locally finite groups and asymptotic cones

In this paper we study two problems concerning Assouad-Nagata dimension:

(1)

Is there a metric space of positive asymptotic Assouad-Nagata dimension such that all of its asymptotic cones are of Assouad-Nagata dimension zero? (Dydak and Higes, 2008 [11, Question 4.5]).

(2)

Suppose G is a locally finite group with a proper left invariant metric dG. If dimAN(G,dG)>0, is dimAN(G,dG) infinite? (Brodskiy et al., preprint [6, Problem 5.3]).

The first question is answered positively. We provide examples of metric spaces of positive (even infinite) Assouad-Nagata dimension such that all of its asymptotic cones are ultrametric. The metric spaces can be groups with proper left invariant metrics.The second question has a negative solution. We show that for each n there exists a locally finite group of Assouad-Nagata dimension n. As a consequence this solves for non-finitely generated countable groups the question about the existence of metric spaces of finite asymptotic dimension whose asymptotic Assouad-Nagata dimension is larger but finite.     

An “almost” full embedding of the category of graphs into the category of groups

We construct a functor F:Graphs→Groups which is faithful and “almost” full, in the sense that every nontrivial group homomorphism FX→FY is a composition of an inner automorphism of FY and a homomorphism of the form Ff, for a unique map of graphs f:X→Y. When F is composed with the Eilenberg-Mac Lane space construction K(FX,1) we obtain an embedding of the category of graphs into the unpointed homotopy category which is full up to null-homotopic maps.We provide several applications of this construction to localizations (i.e. idempotent functors); we show that the questions:

(1)

Is every orthogonality class reflective?

(2)

Is every orthogonality class a small-orthogonality class?

have the same answers in the category of groups as in the category of graphs. In other words they depend on set theory: (1) is equivalent to weak Vopěnka's principle and (2) to Vopěnka's principle. Additionally, the second question, considered in the homotopy category, is also equivalent to Vopěnka's principle.     

From a Floyd-Auslander minimal system to an odd triangular map

In 1989 A.N. Sharkovsky asked the question which of the properties characterizing continuous maps of the interval with zero topological entropy remain equivalent for triangular maps of the square. The problem is difficult and only partial results are known. However, in the case of triangular maps with nondecreasing fibres there are only few gaps in a classification (given by Z. Ko?an) of a set of 24 of these conditions. In the present paper we remove these gaps by giving an example of a triangular map in the square with the following properties:

(1)

all fibre maps are nondecreasing,

(2)

all recurrent points of the map are uniformly recurrent, and

(3)

the restriction of the map to the set of recurrent points has an uncountable scrambled set (and so is Li-Yorke chaotic).

The example is obtained by taking an appropriate Floyd-Auslander minimal system and then taking its appropriate continuous extension to a triangular map of the square.     

Decomposition rank and absorbing extensions of type I algebras

We prove the following: Let A and B be separable C^*-algebras. Suppose that B is a type I C^*-algebra such that

(i)

B has only infinite dimensional irreducible *-representations, and

(ii)

B has finite decomposition rank.

If

0→B→C→A→0     

A thin-tall Boolean algebra which is isomorphic to each of its uncountable subalgebras

Theorem A ℵ_1?. There is a Boolean algebra B with the following properties:

(1)

B is thin-tall, and

(2)

B is downward-categorical.

That is, every uncountable subalgebra of B is isomorphic to B.     

Inversion arrangements and Bruhat intervals

Let W be a finite Coxeter group. For a given w∈W, the following assertion may or may not be satisfied:

(?)

The principal Bruhat order ideal of w contains as many elements as there are regions in the inversion hyperplane arrangement of w.

We present a type independent combinatorial criterion which characterises the elements w∈W that satisfy (?). A couple of immediate consequences are derived:

(1)

The criterion only involves the order ideal of w as an abstract poset. In this sense, (?) is a poset-theoretic property.

(2)

For W of type A, another characterisation of (?), in terms of pattern avoidance, was previously given in collaboration with Linusson, Shareshian and Sjöstrand. We obtain a short and simple proof of that result.

(3)

If W is a Weyl group and the Schubert variety indexed by w∈W is rationally smooth, then w satisfies (?).

     

The Fréchet-Urysohn property of Pixley-Roy hyperspaces

Let F[X] be the Pixley-Roy hyperspace of a regular space X. In this paper, we prove the following theorem.

Theorem. For a space X, the following are equivalent:

(1)

F[X]is a k-space;

(2)

F[X]is sequential;

(3)

F[X]is Fréchet-Urysohn;

(4)

Every finite power of X is Fréchet-Urysohn for finite sets;

(5)

Every finite power ofF[X]is Fréchet-Urysohn for finite sets.

As an application, we improve a metrization theorem onF[X].     

Banach spaces with the Daugavet property, and the centralizer

We introduce representable Banach spaces, and prove that the class R of such spaces satisfies the following properties:

(1)

Every member of R has the Daugavet property.

(2)

It Y is a member of R, then, for every Banach space X, both the space L(X,Y) (of all bounded linear operators from X to Y) and the complete injective tensor product lie in R.

(3)

If K is a perfect compact Hausdorff topological space, then, for every Banach space Y, and for most vector space topologies τ on Y, the space C(K,(Y,τ)) (of all Y-valued τ-continuous functions on K) is a member of R.

(4)

If K is a perfect compact Hausdorff topological space, then, for every Banach space Y, most C(K,Y)-superspaces (in the sense of [V. Kadets, N. Kalton, D. Werner, Remarks on rich subspaces of Banach spaces, Studia Math. 159 (2003) 195-206]) are members of R.

(5)

All dual Banach spaces without minimal M-summands are members of R.