Reconstruction and Subgaussian Operators in Asymptotic Geometric Analysis

We present a randomized method to approximate any vector from a set . The data one is given is the set T, vectors of and k scalar products , where are i.i.d. isotropic subgaussian random vectors in , and . We show that with high probability, any for which is close to the data vector will be a good approximation of , and that the degree of approximation is determined by a natural geometric parameter associated with the set T. We also investigate a random method to identify exactly any vector which has a relatively short support using linear subgaussian measurements as above. It turns out that our analysis, when applied to {−1, 1}-valued vectors with i.i.d. symmetric entries, yields new information on the geometry of faces of a random {−1, 1}-polytope; we show that a k- dimensional random {−1, 1}-polytope with n vertices is m-neighborly for The proofs are based on new estimates on the behavior of the empirical process when F is a subset of the L ₂ sphere. The estimates are given in terms of the γ ₂ functional with respect to the ψ ₂ metric on F, and hold both in exponential probability and in expectation. Received: November 2005, Revision: May 2006, Accepted: June 2006     

Rigidity of hyperstable complexes

A module J over a ring is said to be hyperstable when . Over a module M for which Ext we show that the projective n-stems for which is hyperstable constitute a single homotopy type. Received: 17 November 2006     

Application of the Trace Inequality to the Poisson Equation

The purpose of this paper is to show that solutions of the Poisson equation

Selections of lattice-ordered Groups

It is well known that the quasitorsion class of archimedean -groups is the class of -groups G such that every closed convex -subgroup is a polar, and it is also well known that the class of -groups G such that every convex -subgroup is a polar is a torsion class. By defining a selection on -groups, these two results are generalized to show, whenever and are selections on -groups, the class of -groups G such that is a radical class. Three selections in particular — all convex -subgroups, all polars, and all closed convex -subgroups — and the radical classes determined by them are studied in some detail. Received March 7, 2006; accepted in final form August 29, 2006.     

Boolean Functions with small Spectral Norm

Let be a boolean function, and suppose that the spectral norm of f is at most M. Then where and each H _j is a subgroup of . This result may be regarded as a quantitative analogue of the Cohen-Helson-Rudin structure theorem for idempotent measures in locally compact abelian groups. Received: May 2006 Accepted: January 2007     

Integral-valued rational functions on valued fields

Let K be a field and a non-trivial valuation ring of K withm as its maximal ideal. Denote by and the rings of polynomials f∈K[X] and rational functions f∈K(X) resp. such that . We prove that for one variable X we have if and only if the completion of (K, ) is locally compact or algebraically closed. In the second case—i.e. if K is dense in the algebraic closure of (K, )—we even get for any number of variables X=(X₁,...,X_n). This work contains parts of the second author's thesis [Ri] written under the supervision of the first author.     

A superalgebraic interpretation of the quantization maps of Weil algebras

Let G be a Lie group whose Lie algebra g is quadratic. In the paper ＂the non-commutative Weil algebra＂, Alekseev and Meinrenken constructed an explicit G-differential space homomorphism ￡, called the quantization map, between the Well algebra Wg = S（g^＊） χ∧A（g^＊） and Wg= U（g） χ Cl（g） （which they call the noncommutative Weil algebra） for g. They showed that ￡ induces an algebra isomorphism between the basic cohomology rings Hbas^＊（Wg） and Hbas^＊（Wg）. In this paper, we will interpret the quantization map .~ as the super Duflo map between the symmetric algebra S（Tg[1]） and the universal enveloping algebra U（Tg[1]） of a super Lie algebra T9[1] which is canonically associated with the quadratic Lie algebra g. The basic cohomology rings Hbas^＊（Wg） and Hbas^＊（Wg） correspond exactly to S（Tg[1]）^inv and U（Tg[1]）^inv, respectively. So what they proved is equivalent to the fact that the super Duflo map commutes with the adjoint action of the super Lie algebra, and that the super Duflo map is an algebra homomorphism when restricted to the space of invariants.     

A remark on left invariant metrics on compact Lie groups

We show that a left invariant metric on a compact Lie group G with Lie algebra has some negative sectional curvature if it is obtained by enlarging a biinvariant metric on a subalgebra , unless the semi-simple part of is an ideal of This answers a question raised in [8]. Received: 7 May 2007     

Baer cotorsion Pairs

LetR be a unital associative ring and two classes of leftR-modules. In [St3] the notion of a ( ) pair was introduced. In analogy to classical cotorsion pairs, a pair (V,W) of subclasses is called a ( ) pair if it is maximal with respect to the classes and the condition Ext _R ¹ (V, W)=0 for all . In this paper we study pairs whereR = ℤ and is the class of all torsion-free abelian groups andT is the class of all torsion abelian groups. A complete characterization is obtained assumingV=L. For example, it is shown that every pair is singly cognerated underV=L. The author was supported by a DFG grant.     

Linear Independence of Values of a Certain Lambert Series

Let K be or an imaginary quadratic number field, and q K an integer with |q| > 1. We give a quantitative version of the linear independence over K of the three numbers 1, , and an equivalent power series version. We also mention several open problems. Received: February 5, 2007. Revised: April 18, 2007.     

On the Bar-radical of Jordan Baric Algebras

In this paper, we prove that if (U, w) is a finite dimensional Jordan baric algebra such that then, , where R(U) is the nilradical (maximal nil ideal) of U. We also give conditions so that and an example showing that such conditions are necessary. Received: May 2, 2005. Revised: October 22, 2006.     

Dicritical holomorphic flows on Stein manifolds

We study holomorphic flows on Stein manifolds. We prove that a holomorphic flow with isolated singularities and a dicritical singularity of the form on a Stein manifold with , is globally analytically linearizable; in particular M is biholomorphic to . A complete stability result for periodic orbits is also obtained. Bruno Scárdua: Partially supported by ICTP-Trieste-Italy. Received: 27 September 2006     

Multiplicity of standing wave solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with electromagnetic fields

In this paper, we are concerned with the multiplicity of standing wave solutions of nonlinear Schr?dinger equations with electromagnetic fields

On values of n 2 + 1 free of large prime factors

Let P ⁺(m) denote the greatest prime factor of the positive integer m. Improving and simplifying work of Dartyge [3] we show that

Divisors of Bernoulli Sums

Let where are independent Bernoulli random variables. In relation with the divisor problem, we evaluate the almost sure asymptotic order of the sums , where and is a sequence of positive integers. Received: May 23, 2007. Revised: June 8, 2007.     

A Real Analyticity Result for Symmetric Functions of the Eigenvalues of a Domain-Dependent Neumann Problem for the Laplace Operator

Let Ω be an open connected subset of for which the imbedding of the Sobolev space W ^1,2(Ω) into the space L ²(Ω) is compact. We consider the Neumann eigenvalue problem for the Laplace operator in the open subset (Ω) of , where is a Lipschitz continuous homeomorphism of Ω onto (Ω). Then we prove a result of real analytic dependence for symmetric functions of the eigenvalues upon variation of . This paper represents an extension of a part of the work performed by P.D. Lamberti in his PhD Thesis at the University of Padova under the guidance of M. Lanza de Cristoforis.     

Vanishing of the top local cohomology modules over Noetherian rings

Let R be a (not necessarily local) Noetherian ring and M a finitely generated R-module of finite dimension d. Let be an ideal of R and denote the intersection of all prime ideals . It is shown that

Cylinder Multipliers Associated with a Convex Polygon

In this paper we prove that sharp weak-type estimates for the maximal operators associated with a cylindric distance function associated with a convex polygon on when 2/3 < p < 1 and , or when p = 2/3 and . This work was supported (in part) by research funds from Chosun University, 2007.     

Homogeneous symmetric means of two variables

Summary.  Let be given continuous functions on the interval I such that g ≠ 0, and is strictly monotonic (thus invertible) on I. Taking an increasing nonconstant function μ on [0, 1]