Estimation of the Coefficient of Multiple Determination

Assume that we have iid observations on the random vector X = (X ,...,X ) following a multivariate normal distribution N (,) where both R and (p.d.) are unknown. Let denote the multiple correlation coefficient between X and (X ,...,X ). The parameter = , called the multiple coefficient of determination, indicates the proportion of variability in X explained by its best linear fit based on (X ,..., X ). In this paper we consider the point estimation of under the ordinary squared error loss function. The usual estimators (MLE, UMVUE) have complicated risk expressions and hence it is quite difficult to get exact decision-theoretic results. We therefore follow the asymptotic decision theoretic approach (as done by Ghosh and Sinha (1981, Ann. Statist., 9, 1334-1338)) and study Second Order Admissibility of various estimators including the usual ones.     

Continuous Functors and Duality

Let be an associative ring with identity, and let be the category of left unitary -modules. A complete characterization of continuous additive co- and contravariant functors is given. Such functors are either representable, or equivalent to a tensor product, or trivial ones. The class of categories that are dual to and, therefore, are equivalent to the category of compact right -modules is constructed by purely algebraic means. A canonical category is singled out in this class. A purely algebraic structure that is equivalent to the topology-algebraic structure of compact right -modules is constructed. Algebraic analogs of connection and complete disconnection are given. Bibliography: 6 titles.     

Uniform Convergence of Trigonometric Series with Rarely Changing Coefficients

We consider the series and whose coefficients satisfy the condition for , where the sequence can be expressed as the union of a finite number of lacunary sequences. The following results are obtained. If as , then the series is uniformly convergent. If for all , then the sequence of partial sums of this series is uniformly bounded. If the series is convergent for and as , then this series is uniformly convergent. If the sequence of partial sums of the series for is bounded and for all , then the sequence of partial sums of this series is uniformly bounded. In these assertions, conditions on the rates of decrease of the coefficients of the series are also necessary if the sequence is lacunary. In the general case, they are not necessary.     

$${\text{IA}}$$ -Automorphisms of Free Products of Two Abelian Torsion-Free Groups

Let be the free product of two Abelian torsion-free groups, let and , where is the Cartesian subgroup of the group , and let F contain no zero divisors. In the paper it is proved that, in this case, any automorphism of the group is inner. This result generalized the well-known result of Bachmuth, Formanek, and Mochizuki on the automorphisms of groups of the form , , , where is a free group of rank two.     

Sequence Spaces l p,q in Probabilistic Characterizations of Weak Type Operators

We study operators (not necessarily linear) defined on a quasi-Bahach space X and taking values in the space of real-valued Lebesgue-measurable functions. Factorization theorems for linear and superlinear operators with values in the space are proved with the help of the Lorentz sequence spaces . Sequences of functions belonging to fixed bounded sets in the spaces are characterized for and . The possibility of distinguishing weak type operators (bounded in the space ) from operators factorizable through is obtained in terms of sequences of independent random variables. A criterion under which an operator is symmetrically bounded in order in , is established. Some refinements of the above-mentioned results are obtained for translation shift-invariant sets and operators. Bibliography: 30 titles.     

Disjointness Preserving Operators on Complex Riesz Spaces

It is proven that ifE and F are complex Riesz spaces and ifT is an order bounded disjointness preserving operator fromE intoF , then This fundamental result of M. Meyer is obtained by elementary means using as the main tool the functional calculus derived from the Freudenthal spectral theorem. It is also shown that ifT is an order bounded disjointness preserving operator, a formula of the form holds. It implies a polar decomposition of an order bounded disjointness preserving operator as the product of a Riesz homomorphism and an orthomorphism. Results of P. Meyer-Nieberg in this regard are generalized.     

Brauer Diagrams, Updown Tableaux and Nilpotent Matrices

We interpret geometrically a variant of the Robinson-Schensted correspondence which links Brauer diagrams with updown tableaux, in the spirit of Steinberg's result [32] on the original Robinson-Schensted correspondence. Our result uses the variety of all where is a complete flag in is a nondegenerate alternating bilinear form on and N is a nilpotent element of the Lie algebra of the simultaneous stabilizer of both and instead of Steinberg's variety of where are two complete flags in and N is a nilpotent element of the Lie algebra of the simultaneous stabilizer of both .     

Strong Positivity in Right-Invariant Order on Braid Groups and Quasipositivity

Dehornoy constructed a right invariant order on the braid group B _n uniquely defined by the condition 1{\text{ if }}\beta _0 ,\beta _1$$ " align="middle" border="0"> are words in . A braid is called strongly positive if 1$$ " align="middle" border="0"> for any . In the present paper it is proved that the braid is strongly positive if the word does not contain . We also provide a geometric proof of the result by Burckel and Laver that the standard generators of a braid group are strongly positive. Finally, we discuss relations between the right invariant order and quasipositivity.     

Gibbs Measures and Markov Random Fields with Association $$I $$

We introduce the notions of a Gibbs measure with the corresponding potential with association (where is a subset of the set ) of a Markov random field with memory and measure with association . It is proved that these three notions are equivalent.     

On Sign Changes in Weighted Polynomial L^1 -Approximation

For denote by a polynomial of best weighted -approximation to on of degree . In the present paper, we are dealing with the asymptotic distribution of sign changes of the error functions .     

Semisimple Lie Algebras of Differential Operators

Starting from the commutation relations in a complex semisimple Lie algebra , one may obtain a space of vector fields on Euclidean space such that and are isomorphic when is equipped with the usual Lie bracket between vector fields and the isotropy subalgebra of is a Borel subalgebra . Furthermore, one may adjoin to the vector fields in multiplication operators to obtain an -parameter family of distinct presentations of as spaces of differential operators, where is the dual of a Cartan subalgebra. Some of these presentations will preserve a space of polynomials on Euclidean space, and, in fact, all the finite-dimensional representations of can be presented in this way. All of this is carried out explicitly for arbitrary . In doing so, one discovers there is a Lie group of diffeomorphisms of the unipotent subgroup N complementary to B which acts on these presentations and preserves a certain notion of weight.     

Lattice Ordered Polynomial Algebras

In this paper we define a lattice order on a set F of binary functions. We then provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the resulting algebra F to be a distributive lattice or a Boolean algebra. We also prove a Cayley theorem for distributive lattices by showing that for every distributive lattice , there is an algebra F of binary functions, such that is isomorphic to F and we show that F is a distributive lattice iff the operations and are idempotent and cummutative, showing that this result cannot be generalized to non-distributive lattices or quasilattices without changing the definitions of and . We also examine the equational properties of an Algebra for which , now defined on the set of binary -polynomials is a lattice or Boolean algebra.     

Joint Approximations of Distributions in Banach Spaces

For a given homogeneous elliptic partial differential operator with constant complex coefficients, two Banach spaces and of distributions in , and compact sets and in , we study joint approximations in the norms of the spaces and (the spaces of Whitney jet-distributions) by the solutions of the equation in neighborhoods of the set . We obtain a localization theorem, which, under certain conditions, allows one to reduce the above-cited approximation problem to the corresponding separate problems in each of the spaces.     

Positive Semicharacters of Lie Semigroups

We study positive semicharacters of generating Lie subsemigroup of a connected Lie group . These semicharacters are important for positive representations of in Hilbert space and for completely monotonic functions in . We describe the tangent map for a positive semicharacter and then obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for nontriviality of the wedge consisting of all bounded positive semicharacters of . In particular is nontrivial for a solvable simply connected and invariant without nontrivial subgroups, but it is trivial for a semisimple .     

On the Best Ranges for A p + and RH r +

In this paper we study the relationship between one-sided reverse Holder classes and the classes. We find the best possible range of to which an weight belongs, in terms of the constant. Conversely, we also find the best range of to which a weight belongs, in terms of the constant. Similar problems for , and are solved using factorization.     

Differentiable Functionals and Smoothed Bootstrap

The differentiability properties of statistical functionals have several interesting applications. We are concerned with two of them. First, we prove a result on asymptotic validity for the so-called smoothed bootstrap (where the artificial samples are drawn from a density estimator instead of being resampled from the original data). Our result can be considered as a smoothed analog of that obtained by Parr (1985, Stat. Probab. Lett., 3, 97-100) for the standard, unsmoothed bootstrap. Second, we establish a result on asymptotic normality for estimators of type generated by a density functional being a density estimator. As an application, a quick and easy proof of the asymptotic normality of , (the plug-in estimator of the integrated squared density ) is given.     

Commutativity of the Arens product in lattice ordered algebras

Let be an Abelian Archimedean lattice ordered algebra. The order bidual furnished with the Arens product is again a lattice ordered algebra. We show that the order continuous order bidual is Abelian. This solves an open problem and improves a result of Scheffold, who proved it for the case of normed lattice ordered algebras. The proof is based on the up-down-up approximation of positive elements in the order continuous order bidual by elements in the canonical image of in Components of positive elements in are characterized and the result is applied to the Arens product of -and almost -algebras.     

Bernstein-Type Theorems and Uniqueness Theorems

Let be an entire function of finite type with respect to finite order and let be a subset of an open cone in a certain n-dimensional subspace (the smaller , the sparser ). We assume that this cone contains a ray 0} \right\}$$ " align="middle" border="0"> . It is shown that the radial indicator of at any point may be evaluated in terms of function values at points of the discrete subset . Moreover, if tends to zero fast enough as over , then this function vanishes identically. To prove these results, a special approximation technique is developed. In the last part of the paper, it is proved that, under certain conditions on and , which are close to exact conditions, the function bounded on is bounded on the ray.