Approximating derivations on ideals ofC *-algebras

For each^*-derivation of a separableC ^*-algebraA and each >0 there is an essential idealI ofA and a self-adjoint multiplierx ofI such that (–ad(ix))|I< and x.     

Jordan axioms for C*-algebras

A complex Banach spaceA which is also an associative algebra provided with a conjugate linear vector space involution * satisfying (a ²)^*=(a ^*)², aa ^* a=a³ and ab+ba2ab for alla, b inA is shown to be a C^*-algebra. The assumptions onA can be expressed in terms of the Jordan algebra obtained by symmetrization of the product ofA and are satisfied by any C^*-algebra. Thus we obtain a purely Jordan characterization of C^*-algebras.     

Some Landau's type inequalities for infinitesimal generators

Summary Lett T(t) be a strongly continuous contraction semigroup on a complex Banach space and letA be its infinitesimal generator. We prove that, forx D(A ³), the following inequalities hold true: Ax³ 243/8 x²A ³ x, A ² x 24 xA ³ x². Ift T(t) is a contraction group (resp. cosine function) we get the analogous but better inequalities with constants 9/8 and 3 (resp. 81/40 and 72/25) instead of 243/8 and 24. We consider also uniformly bounded semigroups, groups and cosine functions.     

Epsilon efficiency

This paper considers the extension of -optimality for scalar problems to vector maximization problems, or efficiency problems, which havem objective functions defined on a set .It is shown that the natural extension of the scalar -optimality concepts [viz, given >0, given a solution setS, ifxS there exists an efficient solutiony with f(x)–f(y), and given an efficient solutiony, there exists anxS with f(x)–f(y)] do not hold for some methods used. Six concepts of -efficient sets are introduced and examined, to a very limited extent, in the context of five methods used for generating efficient points or near efficient points.In doing so, a distinction is drawn between methods in which the surrogate optimizations are carried out exactly, and those where terminal -optimal solutions are obtained.The author would like to thank the referees whose thoroughness was extremely helpful for the revised paper.     

Daugavet type inequalities for operators on L p–spaces

Let T be a regular operator from L ^p L ^p. Then , where T_r denotes the regular norm of T, i.e., T_r=|T| where |T| denotes the modulus operator of a regular operator T. For p=1 every bounded linear operator is regular and T=T_r, so that the above inequality generalizes the Daugavet equation for operators on L ¹–spaces. The main result of this paper (Theorem 9) is a converse of the above result. Let T be a regular linear operator on L _p and denote by T _A the operator T_A. Then for all A with (A)>0 if and only if .     

High levelm-harmonic cardinal B-splines

We generalize the notion ofm-harmonic cardinal B-spline defined in [Rabut, [6c]] to obtain B-splines on an infinite regular grid, which are halfway between elementary B-splines and the Lagrangean cardinal spline function. We give the main properties of these functions: Fourier transform, decay when x , integration,P _k -reproduction (fork<-2m–1) of the associated B-spline approximation, etc. We show that, in some sense, high levelm-harmonic B-splines may be considered as a finer regular approximation of the Dirac distribution than the elementarym-harmonic B-splines are.     

Ein neues Surjektivitätskriterium im Hilbertraum

LetA, B andC be linearm-accretive operators in a Hilbert space. Suppose further thatC is bounded, thatb:=inf {Re (C y, y)| y=1}>0, thatA ^–1 exists as a bounded operator and that Re (B ^* x, A ^–1 x)+a x²0 holds for allxD (B ^*) and a constanta with 0a<b. ThenCA+B is surjective, (CA+B)^–1 exists and C Ax+Bx (b–a) A x holds for allxD (A) D (B). This criterion can be applied to evolution equations of the formdu/dt+C(t)A(t)u=f(t) whereB:=d/dt.     

Joint norm of operators and an investigation of nonlinear problems

Nonlinear operator equations of the form x=Fx in a real-valued Hilbert space H are studied. If the operator F is completely continuous and admits the bound Fx< Bx+b, where B is a continuous linear operator then for B<1 the Schauder principle is applicable to the equation x=Fx and this equation possesses at least one solution x H. If the bound Fx<,B₁x+B₂x+b is valid where B₁ and B₂ are bounded linear operators then the simplest conditions for solvability of the equation x=Fx is of the form B₁+B₂<1. This condition could be relaxed. The proposed method is applied to the investigation of a two-point boundary problem (cf., e.g., [1–3]). New conditions for the existence of solutions are obtained.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 1605–1616, December, 1990.     

Isometries of symmetric operator spaces associated with AFD factors of typeII and symmetric vector-valued spaces

If is a surjective isometry of the separable symmetric operator spaceE(M, ) associated with the approximately finite-dimensional semifinite factorM and if · _E(M,) is not proportional to · _{L 2}, then there exist a unitary operatorUM and a Jordan automorphismJ ofM such that(x)=UJ(x) for allxME(M, ). We characterize also surjective isometries of vector-valued symmetric spacesF((0, 1), E(M, )).Research supported by the Australian Research Council     

Sufficient conditions for bang-bang control in Hilbert space

Sufficient conditions for bang-bang and singular optimal control are established in the case of linear operator equations with cost functionals which are the sum of linear and quadratic terms, that is,Ax=u,J(u)=(r,x)+(x,x), >0. For example, ifA is a bounded operator with a bounded inverse from a Hilbert spaceH into itself and the control setU is the unit ball inH, then an optimal control is bang-bang (has norm l) if 0<1/2;A ^–1*r·A ^–1–2, but is singular (an interior point ofU) if >1/2A ^–1*r·A².This work was supported by NRC Grant No. A-4047 and NSF Grant No. GP-7445.     

On the minimum time map

Santo Si studiano alcune proprietà della funzione di tempo minimo per un'equazione differenziale multivoca su una varietà C. Si mette in relazione la funzione di tempo minimo per una famiglia di campi vettoriali con guella per l'equazione multivoca associata. Inoltre si prova che da una estensione alle varietà riemanniane complete della condizione classica F(t, x)(t)+v(t)x, si hanno le stesse conseguenze che in Rⁿ. Si prova, infine, sotto la stessa condizione, che la funzione che ad ogni t associa l'insieme raggiungibile al tempo t è localmente lipschitziana (rispetto alla metrica di Hausdorff).

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This work was performed under the auspices of the National Research Council of Italy (C.N.R.).     

Problem of instability in the first approximation

Let E be a Banach space, A be a continuous linear operator such that (A) ; Re>0 Ø, and F(t, x) be a continuous function on [0, )×E satisfying the condition F(t, x) q x (q= const). An example of a system dx/dt=Ax + F(t, x) is given which has an exponentially stable zero solution for certain F(t, x) with arbitrarily small q.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 721–723, May, 1978.     

Über die Existenz gemeinsamer Elemente bester Approximation bezüglich zweier Normen II

The present paper deals with the possibility of existence of best approximation elements, simultaneously with respect to two norms ·_i,i=1,2, for all the elements of a class of subspaces. In case this class in any of the following: (a) All n-dimensional subspaces, (b) All ·₁-or ·||₂-closed, n-codimensional subspaces, (c) All ·₁-or ·₂-closed subspaces with infinite dimension and codimension, we prove that the two norms differ at most by a constant factor.     

Theorem on a convergence condition in the spaces

For a given -function (u), a condition on a -function (u) is found such that it is necessary and sufficient for the following to hold: if f_n(x) f(x) and f _n (x)M (n=1, 2, ...) where M>0 is an absolute constant, then f _n (x)–f(x)0(n). An analogous condition for convergence in Orlicz spaces is obtained as a corollary.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 615–626, May, 1977.The author thanks V. A. Skvortsov for his constant attention and guidance on this paper.     

On trajectory convergence of dissipative flows in Banach spaces

LetX be a convex compact in a real Banach spaceE. An actionU(t) (t0) of the semigroup ₊ onX is called dissipative if allU(t) are nonexpanding: U(t)x ₁–U(t)x ₂x ₁–x ₂. Let the spaceE be strongly normed. We prove that all trajectoriestU(t)x of the dissipative flowU(t) are converging fort if there are no two-dimensional Euclidean subspaces in the spaceE. In every two dimensional non-Euclidean spaceE (not necessarily strongly normed) all trajectories of the flow under consideration are converging.     

Defining a metric in a linear space by means of a family of subsets

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given on a familyA _r ^r>0 of subsets of a real linear space X under which infr > 0 x A _r is a quasinorm [l] on X. It is shown that for any symmetric (about zero) closed set A in a normed space X containing the ball {x X: x l there exists a quasinorm ¦·¦ on X such that A = {x X ¦x¦ 1}. Examples are constructed of linear metric spaces in which there exists a Chebyshev line which is not an approximately compact set.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 237–246, February, 1976.     

Best approximation and best unilateral approximation of the kernel of a biharmonic equation and optimal renewal of the values of operators

For the classB _p , 0 < 1, 1p , of 2-periodic functions of the form f(t)=u(,t), whereu (,t) is a biharmonic function in the unit disk, we obtain the exact values of the best approximation and best unilateral approximation of the kernel K(t) of the convolution f= K *g, gl, with respect to the metric of L₁. We also consider the problem of renewal of the values of the convolution operator by using the information about the values of the boundary functions.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol.47, No. 11, pp. 1549–1557, November, 1995.     

Small Ball Probabilities Around Random Centers of Gaussian Measures and Applications to Quantization

Let be a centered Gaussian measure on a separable Hilbert space (E, ). We are concerned with the logarithmic small ball probabilities around a -distributed center X. It turns out that the asymptotic behavior of –log (B(X,)) is a.s. equivalent to that of a deterministic function _R (). These new insights will be used to derive the precise asymptotics of a random quantization problem which was introduced in a former article by Dereich, Fehringer, Matoussi, and Scheutzow.⁽⁸⁾     

An error analysis for absolute and relative approximation

We consider the vectorial algorithm for finding best polynomial approximationsp P _n to a given functionf C[a, b], with respect to the norm · _s , defined byp – f _s =w ₁ (p – f)+w ₂ (p – f) A bound for the modulus of continuity of the best vectorial approximation operator is given, and using the floating point calculus of J. H. Wilkinson, a bound for the rounding error in the algorithm is derived. For givenf, these estimates provide an indication of the conditioning of the problem, an estimate of the obtainable accuracy, and a practical method for terminating the iteration.This paper was supported in part by the Canadian NCR A-8108, FCAC 74-09 and G.E.T.M.A.Part of this research was done during the first-named author's visit to theB! Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of Athens, Spring term, 1975.     

A conditional dilatation equation

Summary The following theorem holds true. Theorem. Let X be a normed real vector space of dimension 3 and let k > 0 be a fixed real number. Suppose that f: X X and g: X × X are functions satisfying x – y = k f(x) – f(y) = g(x, y)(x – y) for all x, y X. Then there exist elements and t X such that f(x) = x + t for all x X and such that g(x, y) = for all x, y X with x – y = k.