On the homology groups of arrangements of complex planes of codimension two

In the study of two-dimensional compact toric varieties, there naturally appears a set of coordinate planes of codimension two $ Z = {*{20}c} \cup \\ {1 < \left| {i - j} \right| < d - 1} \\ \{ z_i = z_j = 0\} $ Z = \begin{array}{*{20}c} \cup \\ {1 < \left| {i - j} \right| < d - 1} \\ \end{array} \{ z_i = z_j = 0\} in ℂ ^d . Based on the Alexander-Pontryagin duality theory, we construct a cycle that is dual to the generator of the highest dimensional nontrivial homology group of the complement in ℂ ^d of the set of planes Z. We explicitly describe cycles that generate groups H _d+2(ℂ ^d \ Z) and H _d−3($ \bar Z $ \bar Z ), where $ \bar Z $ \bar Z = Z ∪ {∞}.     

Quasi-convex Mappings on the Unit Polydisk in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$

In this paper, the sharp estimates of all homogeneous expansions for f are established, where f(z) = (f ₁(z), f ₂(z), …, f _n (z))′ is a k-fold symmetric quasi-convex mapping defined on the unit polydisk in ℂ ⁿ and

Convergence rates of the LIL for random fields in Hilbert spaces

Considering the positive d-dimensional lattice point Z ₊ ^d (d ≥ 2) with partial ordering ≤, let {X _k: k ∈ Z ₊ ^d } be i.i.d. random variables taking values in a real separable Hilbert space (H, ‖ · ‖) with mean zero and covariance operator Σ, and set $ S_n = \sum\limits_{k \leqslant n} {X_k } $ S_n = \sum\limits_{k \leqslant n} {X_k } , n ∈ Z ₊ ^d . Let σ _i ², i ≥ 1, be the eigenvalues of Σ arranged in the non-increasing order and taking into account the multiplicities. Let l be the dimension of the corresponding eigenspace, and denote the largest eigenvalue of Σ by σ ². Let logx = ln(x ∨ e), x ≥ 0. This paper studies the convergence rates for $ \sum\limits_n {\frac{{\left( {\log \log \left| n \right|} \right)^b }} {{\left| n \right|\log \left| n \right|}}} P\left( {\left\| {S_n } \right\| \geqslant \sigma \varepsilon \sqrt {2\left| n \right|\log \log \left| n \right|} } \right) $ \sum\limits_n {\frac{{\left( {\log \log \left| n \right|} \right)^b }} {{\left| n \right|\log \left| n \right|}}} P\left( {\left\| {S_n } \right\| \geqslant \sigma \varepsilon \sqrt {2\left| n \right|\log \log \left| n \right|} } \right) . We show that when l ≥ 2 and b > −l/2, E[‖X‖²(log ‖X‖) ^d−2(log log ‖X‖) ^b+4] < ∞ implies $ \begin{gathered} \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\varepsilon \searrow \sqrt {d - 1} } (\varepsilon ^2 - d + 1)^{b + l/2} \sum\limits_n {\frac{{\left( {\log \log \left| n \right|} \right)^b }} {{\left| n \right|\log \left| n \right|}}P\left( {\left\| {S_n } \right\| \geqslant \sigma \varepsilon \sqrt 2 \left| n \right|\log \log \left| n \right|} \right)} \hfill \\ = \frac{{K(\Sigma )(d - 1)^{\frac{{l - 2}} {2}} \Gamma (b + l/2)}} {{\Gamma (l/2)(d - 1)!}} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $ \begin{gathered} \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\varepsilon \searrow \sqrt {d - 1} } (\varepsilon ^2 - d + 1)^{b + l/2} \sum\limits_n {\frac{{\left( {\log \log \left| n \right|} \right)^b }} {{\left| n \right|\log \left| n \right|}}P\left( {\left\| {S_n } \right\| \geqslant \sigma \varepsilon \sqrt 2 \left| n \right|\log \log \left| n \right|} \right)} \hfill \\ = \frac{{K(\Sigma )(d - 1)^{\frac{{l - 2}} {2}} \Gamma (b + l/2)}} {{\Gamma (l/2)(d - 1)!}} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} , where Γ(·) is the Gamma function and $ \prod\limits_{i = l + 1}^\infty {((\sigma ^2 - \sigma _i^2 )/\sigma ^2 )^{ - {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} } $ \prod\limits_{i = l + 1}^\infty {((\sigma ^2 - \sigma _i^2 )/\sigma ^2 )^{ - {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} } .     

Modulus of continuity of the matrix absolute value

Lipschitz continuity of the matrix absolute value |A| = (A*A)^1/2 is studied. Let A and B be invertible, and let M ₁ = max(‖A‖, ‖B‖), M ₂ = max(‖A ⁻¹‖, ‖B ⁻¹‖). Then it is shown that

Wavelet approximation and Fourier widths of classes of periodic functions of several variables. I

We obtain characterizations (and prove the corresponding equivalence of norms) of function spaces B _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) and L _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) of Nikol’skii-Besov and Lizorkin-Triebel types, respectively, in terms of representations of functions in these spaces by Fourier series with respect to a multiple system $ \mathcal{W}_m^\mathbb{I} $ \mathcal{W}_m^\mathbb{I} of Meyer wavelets and in terms of sequences of the Fourier coefficients with respect to this system. We establish order-sharp estimates for the approximation of functions in B _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ) and L _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) by special partial sums of these series in the metric of L _r ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) for a number of relations between the parameters s, p, q, r, and m (s = (s ₁, ..., s _n ) ∈ ℝ₊ ⁿ , 1 ≤ p, q, r ≤ ∞, m = (m ₁, ..., m _n ) ∈ ℕ ⁿ , k = m ₁ +... + m _n , and $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} = ℝ or $ \mathbb{T} $ \mathbb{T} ). In the periodic case, we study the Fourier widths of these function classes.     

The best extension of algebraic polynomials from the unit circle

We study the class $ \mathfrak{P}_n $ \mathfrak{P}_n of algebraic polynomials P _n (x, y) in two variables of total degree n whose uniform norm on the unit circle Γ₁ centered at the origin is at most 1: $ \left\| {P_n } \right\|_{C(\Gamma _1 )} $ \left\| {P_n } \right\|_{C(\Gamma _1 )} ≤ 1. The extension of polynomials from the class $ \mathfrak{P}_n $ \mathfrak{P}_n to the plane with the least uniform norm on the concentric circle Γ _r of radius r is investigated. It is proved that the values θ _n (r) of the best extension of the class $ \mathfrak{P}_n $ \mathfrak{P}_n satisfy the equalities θ _n (r) = r ⁿ for r > 1 and θ _n (r) = r ⁿ⁻¹ for 0 < r < 1.     

Strict topology over the space of measures with continuous translations on a locally compact foundation semigroup

Let $ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} be a locally compact semigroup, ω be a weight function on $ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , and M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω) be the weighted semigroup algebra of $ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} . Let L ₀^∞ ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} ; M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω)) be the C*-algebra of all M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω)-measurable functions g on $ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} such that g/ω vanishes at infinity. We introduce and study a strict topology β ¹($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω) on M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω) and show that the Banach space L ₀^∞ ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} ; M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω)) can be identified with the dual of M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω) endowed with β ¹($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω). We finally investigate some properties of the locally convex topology β ¹($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω) on M _a ($ \mathfrak{S} $ \mathfrak{S} , ω).     

Duals of holomorphic Besov spaces on the polydisks and diagonal mappings

Let U ⁿ be the unit polydisk in C ⁿ and S be the space of functions of regular variation. Let 1 ≤ p < ∞, ω = (ω ₁, ..., ω _n ), ω _j ∈ S(1 ≤ j ≤ n) and f ∈ H(U ⁿ ). The function f is said to be in holomorphic Besov space B _p (ω) if

Real moments of the restrictive factor

Let λ be a real number such that 0 < λ < 1. We establish asymptotic formulas for the weighted real moments Σ _n≤x R ^λ (n)(1 − n/x), where R(n) =$ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu - 1} } $ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu - 1} } is the Atanassov strong restrictive factor function and n =$ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu } } $ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu } } is the prime factorization of n.     

Additively spectral-radius preserving surjections between unital semisimple commutative Banach algebras

Let A and B be unital, semisimple commutative Banach algebras with the maximal ideal spaces M _A and M _B , respectively, and let r(a) be the spectral radius of a. We show that if T: A → B is a surjective mapping, not assumed to be linear, satisfying r(T(a) + T(b)) = r(a + b) for all a; b ∈ A, then there exist a homeomorphism φ: M _B → M _A and a closed and open subset K of M _B such that

Multiplicatively and non-symmetric multiplicatively norm-preserving maps

Let A and B be Banach function algebras on compact Hausdorff spaces X and Y and let ‖.‖ _X and ‖.‖ _Y denote the supremum norms on X and Y, respectively. We first establish a result concerning a surjective map T between particular subsets of the uniform closures of A and B, preserving multiplicatively the norm, i.e. ‖Tf Tg‖ _Y = ‖fg‖ _X , for certain elements f and g in the domain. Then we show that if α ∈ ℂ {0} and T: A → B is a surjective, not necessarily linear, map satisfying ‖fg + α‖ _X = ‖Tf Tg + α‖ _Y , f,g ∈ A, then T is injective and there exist a homeomorphism φ: c(B) → c(A) between the Choquet boundaries of B and A, an invertible element η ∈ B with η(Y) ⊆ {1, −1} and a clopen subset K of c(B) such that for each f ∈ A,

Hereditarily indecomposable Banach algebras of diagonal operators

We provide a characterization of the Banach spaces X with a Schauder basis (e _n ) _n∈ℕ which have the property that the dual space X* is naturally isomorphic to the space L _diag(X) of diagonal operators with respect to (e _n ) _n∈ℕ. We also construct a Hereditarily Indecomposable Banach space $ \mathfrak{X} $ \mathfrak{X} _D with a Schauder basis (e _n ) _n∈ℕ such that $ \mathfrak{X} $ \mathfrak{X} *_D is isometric to L _diag($ \mathfrak{X} $ \mathfrak{X} _D) with these Banach algebras being Hereditarily Indecomposable. Finally, we show that every T ∈ L _diag($ \mathfrak{X} $ \mathfrak{X} _D) is of the form T = λI + K, where K is a compact operator.     

Meet and join matrices in the poset of exponential divisors

It is well-known that (ℤ₊, |) = (ℤ₊, GCD, LCM) is a lattice, where | is the usual divisibility relation and GCD and LCM stand for the greatest common divisor and the least common multiple of positive integers. The number $ d = \prod\nolimits_{k = 1}^r {p_k^{d^{(k)} } } $ d = \prod\nolimits_{k = 1}^r {p_k^{d^{(k)} } } is said to be an exponential divisor or an e-divisor of $ n = \prod\nolimits_{k = 1}^r {p_k^{n^{(k)} } } $ n = \prod\nolimits_{k = 1}^r {p_k^{n^{(k)} } } (n > 1), written as d | _e n, if d ^(k) for all prime divisors p _k of n. It is easy to see that (ℤ₊\{1}, | _e is a poset under the exponential divisibility relation but not a lattice, since the greatest common exponential divisor (GCED) and the least common exponential multiple (LCEM) do not always exist.     

Weighted estimates of Calderon’s commutators on complex plane

Let V(z) be a complex-valued function on the complex plane ℂ satisfying the condition |V(z) − V(ζ)| ≤ w|z − ζ|, z, ζ ε ℂ; ω ≥ 0 be a Muckenhoupt A _p weight on ℂ; i.e., the inequality

Integral-type operators from a mixed norm space to a bloch-type space on the unit ball

Let $ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} be the unit ball in ℂ ⁿ and let H($ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} ) be the space of all holomorphic functions on $ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} . We introduce the following integral-type operator on H($ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} ):

Linear maps that strongly preserve regular matrices over the Boolean algebra

The set of all m × n Boolean matrices is denoted by $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n . We call a matrix A ∈ $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n regular if there is a matrix G ∈ $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _n,m such that AGA = A. In this paper, we study the problem of characterizing linear operators on $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n that strongly preserve regular matrices. Consequently, we obtain that if min{m, n} ⩽ 2, then all operators on $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n strongly preserve regular matrices, and if min{m, n} ⩾ 3, then an operator T on $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n strongly preserves regular matrices if and only if there are invertible matrices U and V such that T(X) = UXV for all X ε $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n , or m = n and T(X) = UX ^T V for all X ∈ $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _n .     

Asymptotic property of approximation to x αsgn x by Newman Type Operators

Approximation to the function ｜x｜ plays an important role in approximation theory. This paper studies the approximation to the function xαsgn x, which equals ｜x｜ if α = 1. We construct a Newman Type Operator rn（x） and prove max ｜x｜≤1｜xαsgn x-rn（x）｜～Cn1/4e-π1/2（1/2）αn.     

Local limit theorem for the first crossing time of a fixed level by a random walk

Let X,X(1),X(2),... be independent identically distributed random variables with mean zero and a finite variance. Put S(n) = X(1) + ... + X(n), n = 1, 2,..., and define the Markov stopping time η _y = inf {n ≥ 1: S(n) ≥ y} of the first crossing a level y ≥ 0 by the random walk S(n), n = 1, 2,.... In the case $ \mathbb{E} $ \mathbb{E} |X|³ < ∞, the following relation was obtained in [8]: $ \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) = \frac{1} {{n\sqrt n }}\left( {R + \nu _n + o\left( 1 \right)} \right) $ \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) = \frac{1} {{n\sqrt n }}\left( {R + \nu _n + o\left( 1 \right)} \right) as n → ∞, where the constant R and the bounded sequence ν _n were calculated in an explicit form. Moreover, there were obtained necessary and sufficient conditions for the limit existence $ H\left( y \right): = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) $ H\left( y \right): = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) for every fixed y ≥ 0, and there was found a representation for H(y). The present paper was motivated by the following reason. In [8], the authors unfortunately did not cite papers [1, 5] where the above-mentioned relations were obtained under weaker restrictions. Namely, it was proved in [5] the existence of the limit $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) for every fixed y ≥ 0 under the condition $ \mathbb{E} $ \mathbb{E} X ² < ∞ only; In [1], an explicit form of the limit $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) was found under the same condition $ \mathbb{E} $ \mathbb{E} X ² < ∞ in the case when the summand X has an arithmetic distribution. In the present paper, we prove that the main assertion in [5] fails and we correct the original proof. It worth noting that this corrected version was formulated in [8] as a conjecture.     

Imaginary powers of a Laguerre differential operator

Imaginary powers associated to the Laguerre differential operator $ L_\alpha = - \Delta + |x|^2 + \sum _{i = 1}^d \frac{1} {{x_i^2 }}(\alpha _i^2 - 1/4) $ L_\alpha = - \Delta + |x|^2 + \sum _{i = 1}^d \frac{1} {{x_i^2 }}(\alpha _i^2 - 1/4) are investigated. It is proved that for every multi-index α = (α₁,...α _d ) such that α _i ≧ −1/2, α _i ∉ (−1/2, 1/2), the imaginary powers $ \mathcal{L}_\alpha ^{ - i\gamma } ,\gamma \in \mathbb{R} $ \mathcal{L}_\alpha ^{ - i\gamma } ,\gamma \in \mathbb{R} , of a self-adjoint extension of L _α, are Calderón-Zygmund operators. Consequently, mapping properties of $ \mathcal{L}_\alpha ^{ - i\gamma } $ \mathcal{L}_\alpha ^{ - i\gamma } follow by the general theory.