Commutators on Half-Spaces

We study the boundedness and compactness of commutators on , where and are defined by and respectively. If satisfies some upper and lower estimates, then we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for to be bounded or compact on for . The reproducing kernel of the harmonic Bergman space of can be shown to satisfy all the required estimates. Our result is the real variable analogue of the complex variable one for commutators associated with an analytic reproducing kernel.     

Estimates of Marcinkiewicz Integrals with Bounded Homogeneous Kernels of Degree Zero

Under the cancellation property and a certain Dini-type condition on kernels, we prove that Marcinkiewicz integrals with kernels which are homogeneous functions of degree zero, are bounded from to , from to , and from to for .     

Algebras Generated by the Bergman and Anti-Bergman Projections and by Multiplications by Piecewise Continuous Functions

The C*-algebra generated by the Bergman and anti-Bergman projections and by the operators of multiplication by piecewise continuous functions on the Lebesgue space L²(Π) over the upper half-plane is studied. Making use of a local principle, limit operators techniques, and the Plamenevsky results on two-dimensional singular integral operators with coefficients admitting homogeneous discontinuities we reduce the study to simpler C*-algebras associated with points and pairs We construct a symbol calculus for unital C*-algebras generated by n orthogonal projections sum of which equals the unit and by m one-dimensional orthogonal projections. Such algebras are models of local algebras at points z ∈∂Π being the discontinuity points of coefficients. A symbol calculus for the C*- algebra and a Fredholm criterion for the operators are obtained. Finally, a C*-algebra isomorphism between the quotient algebra where is the ideal of compact operators, and its analogue for the unit disk is constructed.     

An Operator Transform from Class A to the Class of Hyponormal Operators and its Application

In this paper, we shall give an operator transform from class A to the class of hyponormal operators. Then we shall show that and in case T belongs to class A. Next, as an application of we will show that every class A operator has SVEP and property (β).     

On the Singularities of the Magnetic Spectral Shift Function at the Landau Levels

We consider the three-dimensional Schrödinger operators and where , A is a magnetic potential generating a constant magnetic field of strength , and where decays fast enough at infinity. Then, A. Pushnitskis representation of the spectral shift function (SSF) for the pair of operators is well defined for energies We study the behaviour of the associated representative of the equivalence class determined by the SSF, in a neighbourhood of the Landau levels Reducing our analysis to the study of the eigenvalue asymptotics for a family of compact operators of Toeplitz type, we establish a relation between the type of the singularities of the SSF at the Landau levels and the decay rate of V at infinity. Communicated by Bernard HelfferSubmitted 23/09/03, accepted 15/01/04     

Optimal Domains and Integral Representations of Convolution Operators in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)

Given , a compact abelian group G and a function , we identify the maximal (i.e. optimal) domain of the convolution operator (as an operator from L^p(G) to itself). This is the largest Banach function space (with order continuous norm) into which L^p(G) is embedded and to which has a continuous extension, still with values in L^p(G). Of course, the optimal domain depends on p and g. Whereas is compact, this is not always so for the extension of to its optimal domain. Several characterizations of precisely when this is the case are presented.     

On Aluthge Transforms of p-hyponormal Operators

In this note we give an example of an ∞-hyponormal operator T whose Aluthge transform is not (1+ɛ)-hyponormal for any ɛ > 0 and show that the sequence of interated Aluthge transforms of T need not converge in the weak operator topology, which solve two problems in [6].     

On Compact Perturbations of Locally Definitizable Selfadjoint Relations in Krein Spaces

The aim of this paper is to prove two perturbation results for a selfadjoint operator A in a Krein space which can roughly be described as follows: (1) If is an open subset of and all spectral subspaces for A corresponding to compact subsets of have finite rank of negativity, the same is true for a selfadjoint operator B in for which the difference of the resolvents of A and B is compact. (2) The property that there exists some neighbourhood of such that the restriction of A to a spectral subspace for A corresponding to is a nonnegative operator in is preserved under relative perturbations in form sense if the resulting operator is again selfadjoint. The assertion (1) is proved for selfadjoint relations A and B. (1) and (2) generalize some known results.     

Contractions Satisfying the Absolute Value Property

Let B(H) denote the algebra of operators on a complex Hilbert space H, and let U denote the class of operators which satisfy the absolute value condition . It is proved that if is a contraction, then either A has a nontrivial invariant subspace or A is a proper contraction and the nonnegative operator is strongly stable. A Putnam-Fuglede type commutativity theorem is proved for contractions A in , and it is shown that if normal subspaces of . It is proved that if are reducing, then every compact operator in the intersection of the weak closure of the range of the derivation with the commutant of A* is quasinilpotent.     

The Ideal Structure of Toeplitz Algebras

We investigate the ideal structure of the Toeplitz algebra of a totally ordered abelian group . We show that the primitive ideals of are parametrised by the disjoint union of the duals of the order ideals of , and identify the hull-kernel topology on when the chain of orderideals in is isomorphic to a subset of      

Equations arising from Jordan *-derivation pairs

Summary. We study certain functional equations derived from the definition of a Jordan *-derivation pair. More precisely, if A is a complex *-algebra and M is a bimodule over A, having the structure of a complex vector space compatible with the structure of A, such that implies m = 0 and implies m = 0 and if are unknown additive mappings satisfying then E and F can be represented by double centralizers. The obtained result implies that one of the equations in the definition of a Jordan *-derivation pair is redundant. Furthermore, a remark on the extension of this result to unknown additive mappings such that is given in a special case.     

On spherical ideals of Borel subalgebras

The goal of this paper is to extend some previous results on abelian ideals of Borel subalgebras to so-called spherical ideals of These are ideals of such that their G-saturation is a spherical G-variety. We classify all maximal spherical ideals of for all simple G.Received: 25 March 2004     

Uniformly summing sets of operators on spaces of vector–valued continuous functions

Let X, Y be Banach spaces. We say that a set is uniformly p–summing if the series is uniformly convergent for whenever (x_n) belongs to . We consider uniformly summing sets of operators defined on a -space and prove, in case X does not contain a copy of c₀, that is uniformly summing iff is, where T (φ x) = (T^#φ) x for all and x∈X. We also characterize the sets with the property that is uniformly summing viewed in . Received: 1 July 2005     

Stability of the Cauchy congruence on restricted domain

Let S be a real interval with , and be a function satisfying We show that if h is Lebesgue or Baire measurable, then there exists such that That result is motivated by a question of E. Manstaviius. Received: 11 February 2003     

Finite splitting fields of normal subgroups

Let G be a finite group, a normal subgroup, p a prime, a finite splitting field of characteristic p for G and We prove that is a splitting field for N, using the action of the Galois group of the field extension on the irreducible representations of N. As is a splitting field for the symmetric group S_n we get as a corollary that is a splitting field for the alternating group A_n. Received: 31 July 2003     

On Shadows Of Intersecting Families

The shadow minimization problem for t-intersecting systems of finite sets is considered. Let be a family of k-subsets of . The -shadow of is the set of all (k-)-subsets contained in the members of . Let be a t-intersecting family (any two members have at least t elements in common) with . Given k,t,m the problem is to minimize (over all choices of ). In this paper we solve this problem when m is big enough.     

Riesz Idempotent and Algebraically M-hyponormal Operators

Let T be an M-hyponormal operator acting on infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space and let be the Riesz idempotent for λ₀, where D is a closed disk of center λ₀ which contains no other points of σ (T). In this note we show that E is self-adjoint and As an application, if T is an algebraically M-hyponormal operator then we prove : (i) Weyl’s theorem holds for f(T) for every (ii) a-Browder’s theorem holds for f(S) for every and f ∈ H(σ(S)); (iii) the the spectral mapping theorem holds for the Weyl spectrum of T and for the essential approximate point spectrum of T.     

Schur Complements in Krein Spaces

The aim of this work is to generalize the notions of Schur complements and shorted operators to Krein spaces. Given a (bounded) J-selfadjoint operator A (with the unique factorization property) acting on a Krein space and a suitable closed subspace of , the Schur complement of A to is defined. The basic properties of are developed and different characterizations are given, most of them resembling those of the shorted of (bounded) positive operators on a Hilbert space. To the memory of Professor Mischa Cotlar