Normalizers of the congruence subgroups of the Hecke group II

Let . Let be an ideal of and let be the maximal ideal of such that . Then . In particular, if is square free, then is self-normalized in .

     

Existence and uniqueness theorems for singular anisotropic quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems

On bounded domains we consider the anisotropic problems in with 1$"> and on and in with and on . Moreover, we generalize these boundary value problems to space-dimensions 2$">. Under geometric conditions on and monotonicity assumption on we prove existence and uniqueness of positive solutions.     

On the parametrization of self-similar and other fractal sets

We prove for many self-similar, and some more general, sets that if is the Hausdorff dimension of and is Hölder continuous with exponent , then the -dimensional Hausdorff measure of is .

     

A counterexample for approximable functions

Let be the unit disk. We show that for some relatively closed set there is a function that can be uniformly approximated on by functions of , but such that cannot be written as , with and uniformly continuous on . This answers a question of Stray.

     

The Dedekind-Mertens lemma and the contents of polynomials

Let be a commutative ring, let be an indeterminate, and let . There has been much recent work concerned with determining the Dedekind-Mertens number =min , especially on determining when = . In this note we introduce a universal Dedekind-Mertens number , which takes into account the fact that deg() + for any ring containing as a subring, and show that behaves more predictably than .

     

Operators with bounded conjugation orbits

For a bounded invertible operator on a complex Banach space let be the set of operators in for which Suppose that and is in A bound is given on in terms of the spectral radius of the commutator. Replacing the condition in by the weaker condition as for every 0$">, an extension of the Deddens-Stampfli-Williams results on the commutant of is given.

     

Convex curves, Radon transforms and convolution operators defined by singular measures

Let be a convex curve in the plane and let be the arc-length measure of Let us rotate by an angle and let be the corresponding measure. Let . Then This is optimal for an arbitrary . Depending on the curvature of , this estimate can be improved by introducing mixed-norm estimates of the form where and are conjugate exponents.     

Finite dimensional injective operator spaces

We show that finite dimensional injective operator spaces are corners of finite dimensional -algebras .

     

Principal values for the Cauchy integral and rectifiability

We give a geometric characterization of those positive finite measures on with the upper density finite at -almost every , such that the principal value of the Cauchy integral of ,

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exists for -almost all . This characterization is given in terms of the curvature of the measure . In particular, we get that for , -measurable (where is the Hausdorff -dimensional measure) with , if the principal value of the Cauchy integral of exists -almost everywhere in , then is rectifiable.

     

Sets of minimal Hausdorff dimension for quasiconformal maps

For any , there is a compact set of (Hausdorff) dimension whose dimension cannot be lowered by any quasiconformal map . We conjecture that no such set exists in the case . More generally, we identify a broad class of metric spaces whose Hausdorff dimension is minimal among quasisymmetric images.

     

An -dimensional space that admits a Poincaré inequality but has no manifold points

For each integer we construct a compact, geodesic metric space which has topological dimension , is Ahlfors -regular, satisfies the Poincaré inequality, possesses as a unique tangent cone at almost every point, but has no manifold points.

     

On the divergence of the means of double Walsh-Fourier series

In 1992, Móricz, Schipp and Wade proved the a.e. convergence of the double means of the Walsh-Fourier series () for functions in ( is the unit square). This paper aims to demonstrate the sharpness of this result. Namely, we prove that for all measurable function we have a function such as and does not converge to a.e. (in the Pringsheim sense).

     

Fixed point results for generalized contractions in gauge spaces and applications

In this paper, we present fixed point results for generalized contractions defined on a complete gauge space . Also, we consider families of generalized contractions where is closed and can have empty interior. We give conditions under which the existence of a fixed point for some imply the existence of a fixed point for every . Finally, we apply those results to infinite systems of first order nonlinear differential equations and to integral equations on the real line.

     

Weak type estimates for cone multipliers on

We consider operators associated with the Fourier multipliers and show that is of weak type on , , for the critical value .

     

Embedding obstructions and -complexes

The vanishing of Van Kampen's obstruction is known to be necessary and sufficient for embeddability of a simplicial -complex into for , and it was recently shown to be incomplete for . We use algebraic-topological invariants of four-manifolds with boundary to introduce a sequence of higher embedding obstructions for a class of -complexes in .

     

Radical and cyclotomic extensions of the rational numbers

A radical extension of the rational numbers is a field generated by an element having a power in , and a cyclotomic extension is an extension generated by a root of unity. We show that a radical extension that is almost Galois over is almost cyclotomic. More precisely, we prove that if is radical with Galois closure , then contains a cyclotomic field such that the degree is bounded above by an almost linear function of . In particular, if is Galois, it contains a cyclotomic field such that .

     

Subgroup growth in some pro- groups

For a group let be the number of subgroups of index and let be the number of normal subgroups of index . We show that for 2$">. If and does not divide or if and or , we show that for all sufficiently large . On the other hand if and divides , then is not even bounded as a function of .

     

Cardinal spline interpolation from

Let be the discrete Hardy space, consisting of those sequences , such that , where , , is the discrete Hilbert transform of . For a sequence , let be the unique cardinal spline of degree interpolating to at the integers. The norm of this operator, , is called a Lebesgue constant from to , and it was proved that .

It is proved in this paper that

     

Universal -lattices of minimal rank

Let be the minimal rank of -universal -lattices, by which we mean positive definite -lattices which represent all positive -lattices of rank . It is a well known fact that for . In this paper, we determine and find all -universal lattices of rank for .

     

Conormal varieties and characteristic varieties

We show that the conormal variety of a quasihomogeneous hypersurface in , for , whose link is a -homology sphere is not the characteristic variety of any -module.