Vanishing of cohomology over Gorenstein rings of small codimension

We prove that if , are finite modules over a Gorenstein local ring of codimension at most , then the vanishing of for is equivalent to the vanishing of for . Furthermore, if has no embedded deformation, then such vanishing occurs if and only if or has finite projective dimension.

     

Some finiteness conditions on the set of overrings of an integral domain

Let be an integral domain with quotient field and integral closure . An overring of is a subring of containing , and denotes the set of overrings of . We consider primarily two finiteness conditions on : (FO), which states that is finite, and (FC), the condition that each chain of distinct elements of is finite. (FO) is strictly stronger than (FC), but if , each of (FO) and (FC) is equivalent to the condition that is a Prüfer domain with finite prime spectrum. In general satisfies (FC) iff satisfies (FC) and all chains of subrings of containing have finite length. The corresponding statement for (FO) is also valid.

     

Every set of finite Hausdorff measure is a countable union of sets whose Hausdorff measure and content coincide

A set is -straight if has finite Hausdorff -measure equal to its Hausdorff -content, where is continuous and non-decreasing with . Here, if satisfies the standard doubling condition, then every set of finite Hausdorff -measure in is shown to be a countable union of -straight sets. This also settles a conjecture of Foran that when , every set of finite -measure is a countable union of -straight sets.

     

Directional convexity of level lines for functions convex in a given direction

Let be the class of functions which are holomorphic and convex in direction in the unit disk , i.e. the domain is such that the intersection of and any straight line is a connected or empty set. In this note we determine the radius of the biggest disk with the property that each function maps this disk onto the convex domain in the direction .

     

Approximation methods for nonlinear operator equations

Let be a real normed linear space and be a uniformly quasi-accretive map. For arbitrary define the sequence by where is a positve real sequence satisfying the following conditions: (i) ; (ii) . For , assume that 0$"> and that , where (the set of all positive integers): and is a strictly increasing function with . It is proved that a Mann-type iteration process converges strongly to . Furthermore if, in addition, is a uniformly continuous map, it is proved, without the condition on , that the Mann-type iteration process converges strongly to . As a consequence, corresponding convergence theorems for fixed points of hemi-contractive maps are proved.

     

Weighted holomorphic spaces with trivial closed range multiplication operators

We deal with the space consisting of those analytic functions on the unit disc such that , with . We determine the critical rate of decay of such that the pointwise multiplication operator , and analytic, has closed range in only in the trivial case that is the product of an invertible function in and a finite Blaschke product.

     

A partition relation using strongly compact cardinals

If If is strongly compact and \kappa $"> and is regular (or alternatively cf , then holds for .

     

On Schwarz type inequalities

We show Schwarz type inequalities and consider their converses. A continuous function is said to be semi-operator monotone on if is operator monotone on . Let be a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space and be the polar decomposition of . Let and for . (1) If a non-zero function is semi-operator monotone on , then for , where . (2) If are semi-operator monotone on , then for . Also, we show converses of these inequalities, which imply that semi-operator monotonicity is necessary.

     

Linear maps preserving invariants

Let be a complex reductive group. Let denote for all . We show that, ``in general', . In case is the adjoint group of a simple Lie algebra , we show that is an order 2 extension of . We also calculate for all representations of .

     

Wigner's theorem in Hilbert -algebras of compact operators

Let be a Hilbert -module over the -algebra of all compact operators on a Hilbert space. It is proved that any function which preserves the absolute value of the -valued inner product is of the form , where is a phase function and is an -linear isometry. The result generalizes Molnár's extension of Wigner's classical unitary-antiunitary theorem.

     

A weakly Stegall space that is not a Stegall space

A topological space is said to belong to the class of Stegall (weakly Stegall) spaces if for every Baire (complete metric) space and minimal usco , is single-valued at some point of . In this paper we show that under some additional set-theoretic assumptions that are equiconsistent with the existence of a measurable cardinal there is a Banach space whose dual, equipped with the weak topology, is in the class of weakly Stegall spaces but not in the class of Stegall spaces. This paper also contains an example of a compact space such that belongs to the class of weakly Stegall spaces but does not.

     

Weak unimodality of finite measures, and an application to potential theory of additive Lévy processes

A probability measure on is called weakly unimodal if there exists a constant such that for all 0$">,

(0.1)

Here, denotes the -ball centered at with radius 0$">.

In this note, we derive a sufficient condition for weak unimodality of a measure on the Borel subsets of . In particular, we use this to prove that every symmetric infinitely divisible distribution is weakly unimodal. This result is then applied to improve some recent results of the authors on capacities and level sets of additive Lévy processes.

     

On polynomial products in nilpotent and solvable Lie groups

We are dealing with Lie groups which are diffeomorphic to , for some . After identifying with , the multiplication on can be seen as a map . We show that if is a polynomial map in one of the two (sets of) variables or , then is solvable. Moreover, if one knows that is polynomial in one of the variables, the group is nilpotent if and only if is polynomial in both its variables.

     

Existence and nonexistence of global solutions of some non-local degenerate parabolic systems

This paper establishes a new criterion for global existence and nonexistence of positive solutions of the non-local degenerate parabolic system
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with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, where is a bounded domain with a smooth boundary and are positive constants. For all initial data, it is proved that there exists a global positive solution iff , where is the unique positive solution of the linear elliptic problem

     

On a theorem of R. Steinberg on rings of coinvariants

Let be a representation of a finite group over the field . Denote by the algebra of polynomial functions on the vector space . The group acts on and hence also on . The algebra of coinvariants is , where is the ideal generated by all the homogeneous -invariant forms of strictly positive degree. If the field has characteristic zero, then R. Steinberg has shown (this is the formulation of R. Kane) that is a Poincaré duality algebra if and only if is a pseudoreflection group. In this note we explore the situation for fields of nonzero characteristic. We prove an analogue of Steinberg's theorem for the case and give a counterexample in the modular case when .

     

Sur une question de capitulation

Let and be prime numbers such that and . Let , , and let be the 2-Hilbert class field of , the 2-Hilbert class field of and the Galois group of . The 2-part of the class group of is of type , so contains three extensions . Our goal is to study the problem of capitulation of the 2-classes of in , and to determine the structure of .

RSESUM´E. Soient et deux nombres premiers tels que et , , , , le 2-corps de classes de Hilbert de , le 2-corps de classes de Hilbert de et le groupe de Galois de . La 2-partie du groupe de classes de est de type , par suite contient trois extensions . On s'intéresse au problème de capitulation des 2-classes de dans , et à déterminer la structure de .

     

Graphs that are not complete pluripolar

Let be domains in . Under very mild conditions on we show that there exist holomorphic functions , defined on with the property that is nowhere extendible across , while the graph of over is not complete pluripolar in . This refutes a conjecture of Levenberg, Martin and Poletsky (1992).

     

Ordered group invariants for nonorientable one-dimensional generalized solenoids

Let be an edge-wrapping rule which presents a one-dimensional generalized solenoid , and let be the adjacency matrix of . When is a wedge of circles and leaves the unique branch point fixed, we show that the stationary dimension group of is an invariant of homeomorphism of even if is not orientable.

     

Volume preserving embeddings of open subsets of into manifolds

We consider a connected smooth -dimensional manifold endowed with a volume form , and we show that an open subset of of Lebesgue measure embeds into by a smooth volume preserving embedding whenever the volume condition is met.

     

Extremal metrics for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian in a conformal class

Let be a compact manifold. First, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a Riemannian metric on to be extremal for with respect to conformal deformations of fixed volume. In particular, these conditions show that for any lattice of , the flat metric induced on from the standard metric of is extremal (in the previous sense). In the second part, we give, for any , an upper bound of on the conformal class of and exhibit a class of lattices for which the metric maximizes on its conformal class.