Idempotent multipliers for LP (\Bbb R)(\Bbb R)

The algebra B_p(\Bbb R){\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}), p ? (1,￥)\{2}p\in (1,\infty )\setminus \{2\}, consisting of all measurable sets in \Bbb R{\Bbb R} whose characteristic function is a Fourier p-multiplier, forms an algebra of sets containing many interesting and non-trivial elements (e.g. all intervals and their finite unions, certain periodic sets, arbitrary countable unions of dyadic intervals, etc.). However, B_p(\Bbb R){\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}) fails to be a s\sigma -algebra. It has been shown by V. Lebedev and A. Olevskii [4] that if E ? B_p(\Bbb R)E\in {\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}), then E must coincide a.e. with an open set, a remarkable topological constraint on E. In this note we show if $2 < p < \infty $2 < p < \infty , then there exists E ? B_p(\Bbb R)E\in {\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}) which is not in B_q(\Bbb R){\cal B}_q({\Bbb R}) for any q > pq>p.     

Invariants of free Lie algebras

Let k be a principal ideal domain with identity and characteristic zero. For a positive integer n, with n \geqq 2n \geqq 2, let H(n) be the group of all n x n matrices having determinant ±1\pm 1. Further, we write SL(n) for the special linear group. Let L be a free Lie algebra (over k) of finite rank n. We prove that the algebra of invariants L^B(n) of B(n), with B(n) ? { H(n), SL(n)}B(n) \in \{ H(n), {\rm SL}(n)\} , is not a finitely generated free Lie algebra. Let us assume that k is a field of characteristic zero and let áSem(n) ?\langle {\rm Sem}(n) \rangle be the Lie subalgebra of L generated by the semi-invariants (or Lie invariants) Sem(n). We prove that áSem(n) ?\langle {\rm Sem}(n) \rangle is not a finitely generated free Lie algebra which gives a positive answer to a question posed by M. Burrow [4].     

Homogenization for strongly anisotropic nonlinear elliptic equations

In this paper we present homogenization results for elliptic degenerate differential equations describing strongly anisotropic media. More precisely, we study the limit as e? 0 \epsilon \to 0 of the following Dirichlet problems with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients:¶¶ . \cases {{ -div(\alpha(\frac{x}{\epsilon}}, \nabla u) A(\frac{x}{\epsilon}) \nabla u) = f(x) \in L^{\infty}(\Omega) \atop u = 0 su \eth\Omega\ } ¶¶where, p > 1,     a: \Bbb Rⁿ ×\Bbb Rⁿ ? \Bbb R,     a(y,x) ? áA(y)x,x?^p/2-1, A ? M^{n ×n}(\Bbb R) p>1, \quad \alpha : \Bbb R^n \times \Bbb R^n \to \Bbb R, \quad \alpha(y,\xi) \approx \langle A(y)\xi,\xi \rangle ^{p/2-1}, A \in M^{n \times n}(\Bbb R) , A being a measurable periodic matrix such that A^t(x) = A(x) 3 0A^t(x) = A(x) \ge 0 almost everywhere.¶¶The anisotropy of the medium is described by the following structure hypothesis on the matrix A:¶¶l^2/p(x) |x|² ￡ áA(x)x,x? ￡ L ^2/p(x) |x|², \lambda^{2/p}(x) |\xi|^2 \leq \langle A(x)\xi,\xi \rangle \leq \Lambda ^{2/p}(x) |\xi|^2, ¶¶where the weight functions l \lambda and L \Lambda (satisfying suitable summability assumptions) can vanish or blow up, and can also be "moderately" different. The convergence to the homogenized problem is obtained by a classical compensated compactness argument, that had to be extended to two-weight Sobolev spaces.     

Geometric progressions in sumsets over finite fields

Given two sets A, B í \Bbb F_q^d{\cal A}, {\cal B}\subseteq {\Bbb F}_q^d , the set of d dimensional vectors over the finite field \Bbb F_q{\Bbb F}_q with q elements, we show that the sumset A+B = {a+b | a ? A, b ? B}{\cal A}+{\cal B} = \{{\bf a}+{\bf b}\ \vert\ {\bf a} \in {\cal A}, {\bf b} \in {\cal B}\} contains a geometric progression of length k of the form vΛ ^j , where j = 0,…, k − 1, with a nonzero vector v ? \Bbb F_q^d{\bf v} \in {\Bbb F}_q^d and a nonsingular d × d matrix Λ whenever # A # B 3 20 q^2d-2/k\# {\cal A} \# {\cal B} \ge 20 q^{2d-2/k} . We also consider some modifications of this problem including the question of the existence of elements of sumsets on algebraic varieties.     

Amenable representations and dynamics of the unit sphere in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space

We establish a close link between the amenability property of a unitary representation p \pi of a group G (in the sense of Bekka) and the concentration property (in the sense of V. Milman) of the corresponding dynamical system (\Bbb S_p, G) ({\Bbb S}_{\pi}, G) , where \Bbb S_H {\Bbb S}_{\cal H} is the unit sphere the Hilbert space of representation. We prove that p \pi is amenable if and only if either p \pi contains a finite-dimensional subrepresentation or the maximal uniform compactification of (\Bbb S_p ({\Bbb S}_{\pi} has a G-fixed point. Equivalently, the latter means that the G-space (\Bbb S_p, G) ({\Bbb S}_{\pi}, G) has the concentration property: every finite cover of the sphere \Bbb S_p {\Bbb S}_{\pi} contains a set A such that for every e > 0 \epsilon > 0 the e \epsilon -neighbourhoods of the translations of A by finitely many elements of G always intersect. As a corollary, amenability of p \pi is equivalent to the existence of a G-invariant mean on the uniformly continuous bounded functions on \Bbb S_p {\Bbb S}_{\pi} . As another corollary, a locally compact group G is amenable if and only if for every strongly continuous unitary representation of G in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space H {\cal H} the system (\Bbb S_H, G) ({\Bbb S}_{\cal H}, G) has the property of concentration.     

Sharp bounds for the Bernoulli numbers

We determine the best possible real constants a\alpha and b\beta such that the inequalities [(2(2n)!)/((2p)²ⁿ)] [1/(1-2^a-2n)] \leqq |B_2n| \leqq [(2(2n)!)/((2p)²ⁿ)] [1/(1-2^b-2n)]{2(2n)! \over(2\pi)^{2n}} {1 \over 1-2^{\alpha -2n}} \leqq |B_{2n}| \leqq {2(2n)! \over (2\pi )^{2n}}\, {1 \over 1-2^{\beta -2n}}hold for all integers n\geqq 1n\geqq 1. Here, B₂, B₄, B₆,... are Bernoulli numbers.     

A rigidity theorem for the pair ${\cal q}{\Bbb C} P^n$ (complex hyperquadric, complex projective space)

Given a compact Kähler manifold M of real dimension 2n, let P be either a compact complex hypersurface of M or a compact totally real submanifold of dimension n. Let q\cal q (resp. \Bbb R Pⁿ{\Bbb R} P^n) be the complex hyperquadric (resp. the totally geodesic real projective space) in the complex projective space \Bbb C Pⁿ{\Bbb C} P^n of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4l \lambda . We prove that if the Ricci and some (n-1)-Ricci curvatures of M (and, when P is complex, the mean absolute curvature of P) are bounded from below by some special constants and volume (P) / volume (M) ￡\leq volume (q\cal q)/ volume (\Bbb C Pⁿ)({\Bbb C} P^n) (resp. ￡\leq volume (\Bbb R Pⁿ)({\Bbb R} P^n) / volume (\Bbb C Pⁿ)({\Bbb C} P^n)), then there is a holomorphic isometry between M and \Bbb C Pⁿ{\Bbb C} P^n taking P isometrically onto q\cal q (resp. \Bbb R Pⁿ{\Bbb R} P^n). We also classify the Kähler manifolds with boundary which are tubes of radius r around totally real and totally geodesic submanifolds of half dimension, have the holomorphic sectional and some (n-1)-Ricci curvatures bounded from below by those of the tube \Bbb R Pⁿ_r{\Bbb R} P^n_r of radius r around \Bbb R Pⁿ{\Bbb R} P^n in \Bbb C Pⁿ{\Bbb C} P^n and have the first Dirichlet eigenvalue not lower than that of \Bbb R Pⁿ_r{\Bbb R} P^n_r.     

On the quiver with relations of a repetitive algebra

Let A = kQ/ár?A = kQ/\langle \rho \rangle be a finite-dimensional k-algebra where r\rho is a set of relations for the quiver Q. Assume that r\rho contains only zero-relations or commutativity-relations. We describe explicitly the quiver with relations of the repetitive algebra  of A. The following well known result of D. Happel is one of the main reasons for studying Â: If A is of finite global dimension, then the stable module category of  and the derived category of A are equivalent.     

On formal quantum group laws

There exist natural generalizations of the concept of formal groups laws for noncommutative power series. This is a note on formal quantum group laws and quantum group law chunks. Formal quantum group laws correspond to noncommutative (topological) Hopf algebra structures on free associative power series algebras ká áx₁,...,x_m ? ?k\langle\! \langle x_1,\dots,x_m \rangle\! \rangle , k a field. Some formal quantum group laws occur as completions of noncommutative Hopf algebras (quantum groups). By truncating formal power series, one gets quantum group law chunks. ¶If the characteristic of k is 0, the category of (classical) formal group laws of given dimension m is equivalent to the category of m-dimensional Lie algebras. Given a formal group law or quantum group law (chunk), the corresponding Lie structure constants are determined by the coefficients of its chunk of degree 2. Among other results, a classification of all quantum group law chunks of degree 3 is given. There are many more classes of strictly isomorphic chunks of degree 3 than in the classical case.     

Idempotents in a complex group algebra, projective modules, and the von Neumann algebra

The complex group algebra \Bbb CG{\Bbb C}G of a countable group G can be imbedded in the von Neumann algebra NG of G. If G is torsion-free, and if P is a finitely generated projective module over \Bbb CG{\Bbb C}G it is proved that the central-valued trace of NG?_{\Bbb CG}PNG\otimes _{{\Bbb C}G}P, i.e. of an idempotent \Bbb CG{\Bbb C}G-matrix A defining P is equal to the canonical trace k(P)\kappa (P) times identity I. It follows that k(P)\kappa (P) characterizes the isomorphism type of NG?_{\Bbb CG}PNG\otimes _{{\Bbb C}G}P.¶If k(P)\kappa (P) is an integer, e.g., if the weak Bass conjecture holds for G then NG?_{\Bbb C G}PNG\otimes _{{\Bbb C} G}P is free. It is also shown that for certain classes of groups geometric arguments can be used to prove the Bass conjecture.     

Inequalities for irregular Gabor frames

In [C.K. Chui and X.L. Shi, Inequalities of Littlewood-Paley type for frames and wavelets, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 24 (1993), 263–277], the authors proved that if {e^imbxg(x-na): m,n ? \Bbb Z}\{e^{imbx}g(x-na): m,n\in{\Bbb Z}\} is a Gabor frame for L²(\Bbb R)L^2({\Bbb R}) with frame bounds A and B, then the following two inequalities hold: A ￡ \frac2pb?_{n ? \Bbb Z}|g(x-na)|² ￡ B,     a.e.A\le \frac{2\pi}{b}\sum_{n\in{\Bbb Z}}\vert g(x-na)\vert^2\le B, \quad a.e. and A ￡ \frac1a?_{m ? \Bbb Z}|[^(g)](w-mb)|² ￡ B,     a.e.A\le \frac{1}{a}\sum_{m\in{\Bbb Z}}\vert \hat{g}(\omega-mb)\vert^2\le B, \quad a.e. . In this paper, we show that similar inequalities hold for multi-generated irregular Gabor frames of the form è_{1 ￡ k ￡ r}{e^{iáx, l?}g_k(x-m): m ? D_k, l ? L_k }\bigcup_{1\le k\le r}\{e^{i\langle x, \lambda\rangle}g_{k}(x-\mu):\, \mu\in \Delta_k, \lambda\in\Lambda_k \} , where Δ _k and Λ _k are arbitrary sequences of points in \Bbb R^d{\Bbb R}^d and g_k ? L²(\Bbb R^d)g_k\in{L^2{(\Bbb R}^d)} , 1 ≤ k ≤ r.     

How quadratic are the natural numbers?

Abstract. For natural numbers n we inspect all factorizations n = ab of n with a ￡ ba \le b in \Bbb N\Bbb N and denote by n=a_n b_nn=a_n b_n the most quadratic one, i.e. such that b_n - a_nb_n - a_n is minimal. Then the quotient k(n) : = a_n/b_n\kappa (n) := a_n/b_n is a measure for the quadraticity of n. The best general estimate for k(n)\kappa (n) is of course very poor: 1/n ￡ k(n) ￡ 11/n \le \kappa (n)\le 1. But a Theorem of Hall and Tenenbaum [1, p. 29], implies(logn)^-d-e ￡ k(n) ￡ (logn)^-d(\log n)^{-\delta -\varepsilon } \le \kappa (n) \le (\log n)^{-\delta } on average, with d = 1 - (1+log₂  2)/log2=0,08607 ?\delta = 1 - (1+\log _2 \,2)/\log 2=0,08607 \ldots and for every e > 0\varepsilon >0. Hence the natural numbers are fairly quadratic.¶k(n)\kappa (n) characterizes a specific optimal factorization of n. A quadraticity measure, which is more global with respect to the prime factorization of n, is k^*(n): = ?_{1 ￡ a ￡ b, ab=n} a/b\kappa ^*(n):= \textstyle\sum\limits \limits _{1\le a \le b, ab=n} a/b. We show k^*(n) ~ \frac 12\kappa ^*(n) \sim \frac {1}{2} on average, and k^*(n)=W(2^{\frac 12(1-e) log n/log ₂n})\kappa ^*(n)=\Omega (2^{\frac {1}{2}(1-\varepsilon ) {\log}\, n/{\log} _2n})for every e > 0\varepsilon>0.     

Moser's second one-dimensional inequality for a class of integral operators

Suppose that $1 < p < \infty $1 < p < \infty , q=p/(p-1)q=p/(p-1), and for non-negative f ? L^p(-￥ ,￥)f\in L^p(-\infty\! ,\infty ) and any real x we let F(x)-F(0)=ò₀^xf(t) dtF(x)-F(0)=\int _0^xf(t)\ dt; suppose in addition that ò_-￥^￥ F(t)exp(-|t|) dt=0\int\limits _{-\infty }^\infty F(t)\exp (-|t|)\ dt=0. Moser's second one-dimensional inequality states that there is a constant C_pC_p, such that ò_-￥^￥ exp[a |F(x)|^q-|x|]  dx ￡ C_p\int\limits _{-\infty }^\infty \exp [a |F(x)|^q-|x|] \ dx\le C_p for each f with ||f||_p ￡ 1||f||_p\le 1 and every a ￡ 1a\le 1. Moreover the value a = 1 is sharp. We replace the operation connecting f with F by a more general integral operation; specifically we consider non-negative kernels K(t,x) with the property that xK(t,x) is homogeneous of degree 0 in t, x. We state an analogue of the inequality above for this situation, discuss some applications and consider the sharpness of the constant which replaces a.     

θ-Pairs for 2-maximal subgroups of finite groups

Let H, A and B be subgroups of a group G. We call the pair (A, B) a θ-pair for H in G if: (i) áH, A? = G{\langle H, A\rangle=G} and B = (A ∩ H) _G ; (ii) if A ₁/B is a proper subgroup of A/B and A₁/B \vartriangleleft G/B{{A_1/B \vartriangleleft G/B}}, then G 1 áH, A₁?{G\neq \langle H, A_1\rangle}. In this paper, we study the θ-pairs for 2-maximal subgroups of a group, which imply a group to be solvable or supersolvable.     

Two-dimensional complex tori with multiplication by $\sqrt {d}$

We give an elementary argument for the well known fact that the endomorphism algebra End(A)?\Bbb Q {\rm {End}}(A)\otimes {\Bbb Q } of a simple complex abelian surface A can neither be an imaginary quadratic field nor a definite quaternion algebra. Another consequence of our argument is that a two-dimensional complex torus T with \Bbb Q (?d)\hookrightarrow End_{\Bbb Q} (T){\Bbb Q }(\sqrt {d})\hookrightarrow {\rm{End_{{\Bbb Q }}}}(T) where \Bbb Q (?d){\Bbb Q }(\sqrt {d}) is real quadratic, is algebraic.     

On a Family of Thue Equations Over Function Fields

Many families of parametrized Thue equations over number fields have been solved recently. In this paper we consider for the first time a family of Thue equations over a polynomial ring. In particular, we calculate all solutions of X(X-Y)(X-(T+x)Y)+Y³=1+xT(1-T)X(X-Y)(X-(T+\xi)Y)+Y^3=1+\xi T(1-T) over \Bbb C[T]{\Bbb C}[T] for all x ? \Bbb C\xi\in{\Bbb C} .     

On the number of conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups in a finite soluble group

We show that for many formations \frak F\frak F, there exists an integer n = [`(m)](\frak F)n = \overline m(\frak F) such that every finite soluble group G not belonging to the class \frak F\frak F has at most n conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups belonging to the class \frak F\frak F. If \frak F\frak F is a local formation with formation function f, we bound [`(m)](\frak F)\overline m(\frak F) in terms of the [`(m)](f(p))(p ? \Bbb P )\overline m(f(p))(p \in \Bbb P ). In particular, we show that [`(m)](\frak N^k) = k+1\overline m(\frak N^k) = k+1 for every nonnegative integer k, where \frak N^k\frak N^k is the class of all finite groups of Fitting length ￡ k\le k.     

Conjugates of Rational Equivariant Holomorphic Maps of Symmetric Domains

Let t: D ?D￠\tau: {\cal D} \rightarrow{\cal D}^\prime be an equivariant holomorphic map of symmetric domains associated to a homomorphism r: \Bbb G ?\Bbb G￠{\bf\rho}: {\Bbb G} \rightarrow{\Bbb G}^\prime of semisimple algebraic groups defined over \Bbb Q{\Bbb Q} . If G ì \Bbb G (\Bbb Q)\Gamma\subset {\Bbb G} ({\Bbb Q}) and G￠ ì \Bbb G￠(\Bbb Q)\Gamma^\prime \subset {\Bbb G}^\prime ({\Bbb Q}) are torsion-free arithmetic subgroups with r (G) ì G￠{\bf\rho} (\Gamma) \subset \Gamma^\prime , the map G\D ?G￠\D￠\Gamma\backslash {\cal D} \rightarrow\Gamma^\prime \backslash {\cal D}^\prime of arithmetic varieties and the rationality of D{\cal D} and D￠{\cal D}^\prime as well as the commensurability groups of s ? Aut (\Bbb C)\sigma \in {\rm Aut} ({\Bbb C}) determines a conjugate equivariant holomorphic map t^s: D^s ?D^￠s\tau^\sigma: {\cal D}^\sigma \rightarrow{\cal D}^{\prime\sigma} of f^s: (G\D)^s ?(G￠\D￠)^s\phi^\sigma: (\Gamma\backslash {\cal D})^\sigma \rightarrow(\Gamma^\prime \backslash {\cal D}^\prime)^\sigma of . We prove that is rational if is rational.     

The influence of S-quasinormality of some subgroups of prime power order on the structure of finite groups

Let G be a finite group. Two subgroups H and K of G are said to permute if áH,K? = HK = KH\langle H,K\rangle = HK = KH. A subgroup H of G is S-quasinormal in G if it permutes with every Sylow subgroup of G. In this paper we investigate the influence of S-quasinormality of some subgroups of prime power order of a finite group on its supersolvability.     

Analytic Fourier integral operators, Monge-Ampère equation and holomorphic factorization

We will show that the factorization condition for the Fourier integral operators I_r ^m (X,Y;L )I_\rho ^\mu (X,Y;\it\Lambda ) leads to a parametrized parabolic Monge-Ampère equation. For an analytic operator, the fibration by the kernels of the Hessian of phase function is shown to be analytic in a number of cases, by considering a more general continuation problem for the level sets of a holomorphic mapping. The results are applied to obtain L^p-continuity for translation invariant operators in \Bbb Rⁿ{\Bbb R}^n with n ￡ 4n\leq 4 and for arbitrary \Bbb Rⁿ{\Bbb R}^n with dp_X×Y|_L ￡ n+2d\pi _{X\times Y}|_\Lambda \leq n+2.