Multiplicative bijections of

Let be a compact Hausdorff space which satisfies the first axiom of countability, let and let , be the set of all continuous functions from to If , ,is a bijective multiplicative map, then there exist a homeomorphism and a continuous map such that for all and for all

     

On the minimum of several random variables

For a given sequence of real numbers , we denote the th smallest one by . Let be a class of random variables satisfying certain distribution conditions (the class contains Gaussian random variables). We show that there exist two absolute positive constants and such that for every sequence of real numbers and every , one has

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where are independent random variables from the class . Moreover, if , then the left-hand side estimate does not require independence of the 's. We provide similar estimates for the moments of as well.

     

Self-commutators of automorphic composition operators on the Dirichlet space

Let be a conformal automorphism on the unit disk and be the composition operator on the Dirichlet space induced by . In this article we completely determine the point spectrum, spectrum, essential spectrum and essential norm of the operators and self-commutators of , which expose that the spectrum and point spectrum coincide. We also find the eigenfunctions of the operators.

     

On the Berezin-Toeplitz calculus

We consider the problem of composing Berezin-Toeplitz operators on the Hilbert space of Gaussian square-integrable entire functions on complex -space, . For several interesting algebras of functions on , we have for all in the algebra, where is the Berezin-Toeplitz operator associated with and is a ``twisted' associative product on the algebra of functions. On the other hand, there is a function for which is bounded but for any .

     

A note on branching theorems

Let be a complex, simply connected semisimple analytic group with a closed connected reductive subgroup. Suppose is an irreducible holomorphic -module and an irreducible holomorphic -module. We prove that Hom possesses the structure of an irreducible -module whenever is . Moreover, for all and if and only if is commutative.

     

A note concerning the index of the shift

Let be a finite, positive Borel measure with support in such that - the closure of the polynomials in - is irreducible and each point in is a bounded point evaluation for . We show that if 0$">and there is a nontrivial subarc of such that

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then for each nontrivial closed invariant subspace for the shift on .

     

A two-dimensional Hahn-Banach theorem

Let , where and is a Banach space. Let be an extension of to all of (i.e., ) such that has minimal (operator) norm. In this paper we show in particular that, in the case and the field is R, there exists a rank- such that for all if and only if the unit ball of is either not smooth or not strictly convex. In this case we show, furthermore, that, for some , there exists a choice of basis such that ; i.e., each is a Hahn-Banach extension of .

     

Sufficient conditions for one domain to contain another in a space of constant curvature

As an application of the analogue of C-S. Chen's kinematic formula in the 3-dimensional space of constant curvature , that is, Euclidean space , -sphere , hyperbolic space (, respectively), we obtain sufficient conditions for one domain to contain another domain in either an Euclidean space , or a -sphere or a hyperbolic space .

     

Les transformations de Cremona stellaires

On construit explicitement toutes les transformations de Cremona de qui satisfont à la propriété suivante: il existe tels que les droites par sont envoyées sur les droites par . On caractérise de plusieurs manières ces transformations et pour chaque entier non-négatif on donne des formules pour la dimension de l'ensemble constitué de celles qui ont degré .

ABSTRACT. We construct the Cremona transformations of satisfying the following property: there exist such that the image of all straight lines through are straight lines through . We characterise these transformations, and for all non-negative integer we give a formula for the dimension of the set of those whose degree is .

     

On exceptional eigenvalues of the Laplacian for

An explicit Dirichlet series is obtained, which represents an analytic function of in the half-plane except for having simple poles at points that correspond to exceptional eigenvalues of the non-Euclidean Laplacian for Hecke congruence subgroups by the relation for . Coefficients of the Dirichlet series involve all class numbers of real quadratic number fields. But, only the terms with for sufficiently large discriminants contribute to the residues of the Dirichlet series at the poles , where is the multiplicity of the eigenvalue for . This may indicate (I'm not able to prove yet) that the multiplicity of exceptional eigenvalues can be arbitrarily large. On the other hand, by density theorem the multiplicity of exceptional eigenvalues is bounded above by a constant depending only on .

     

The Postnikov Tower and the Steenrod problem

The Steenrod problem asks: given a -module, when does there exist a Moore space realizing the module? By using the equivariant Postnikov Tower, it is shown that a -module is -realizable if and only if it is -realizable for all -Sylow subgroups , for all primes .

     

Dense subsets of maximally almost periodic groups

A (discrete) group is said to be maximally almost periodic if the points of are distinguished by homomorphisms into compact Hausdorff groups. A Hausdorff topology on a group is totally bounded if whenever there is such that . For purposes of this abstract, a family with a totally bounded topological group is a strongly extraresolvable family if (a)  \vert G\vert$">, (b) each is dense in , and (c) distinct satisfy ; a totally bounded topological group with such a family is a strongly extraresolvable topological group.

We give two theorems, the second generalizing the first.

Theorem 1. Every infinite totally bounded group contains a dense strongly extraresolvable subgroup.

Corollary. In its largest totally bounded group topology, every infinite Abelian group is strongly extraresolvable.

Theorem 2. Let be maximally almost periodic. Then there are a subgroup of and a family such that

(i) is dense in every totally bounded group topology on ;

(ii) the family is a strongly extraresolvable family for every totally bounded group topology on such that ; and

(iii) admits a totally bounded group topology as in (ii).

Remark. In certain cases, for example when is Abelian, one must in Theorem 2 choose . In certain other cases, for example when the largest totally bounded group topology on is compact, the choice is impossible.

     

Minimal index of a -crossed product by a finite group

Let be the -crossed product of a simple unital -algebra by a finite group . In this paper we show that the canonical conditional expectation from to has the minimal index if is simple. It is also proved that if is an outer action, then the canonical one is the unique conditional expectation of index-finite type from to , while there are infinitely many conditional expectations when a nontrivial subgroup of acts innerly on .

     

A short proof of ergodicity of Babillot-Ledrappier measures

Let be a compact manifold, and let be a transitive homologically full Anosov flow on . Let be a -cover for , and let be the lift of to . Babillot and Ledrappier exhibited a family of measures on , which are invariant and ergodic with respect to the strong stable foliation of . We provide a new short proof of ergodicity.

     

Compact operators whose real and imaginary parts are positive

Let be a compact operator on a Hilbert space such that the operators and are positive. Let be the singular values of and the eigenvalues of , all enumerated in decreasing order. We show that the sequence is majorised by . An important consequence is that, when is less than or equal to , and when this inequality is reversed.

     

Conformal metrics and Ricci tensors in the pseudo-Euclidean space

We consider constant symmetric tensors on , , and we study the problem of finding metrics conformal to the pseudo-Euclidean metric such that . We show that such tensors are determined by the diagonal elements and we obtain explicitly the metrics . As a consequence of these results we get solutions globally defined on for the equation Moreover, we show that for certain unbounded functions defined on , there are metrics conformal to the pseudo-Euclidean metric with scalar curvature .

     

A remark on irregularity of the -Neumann problem on non-smooth domains

It is an observation due to J. J. Kohn that for a smooth bounded pseudoconvex domain in there exists such that the -Neumann operator on maps (the space of -forms with coefficient functions in -Sobolev space of order ) into itself continuously. We show that this conclusion does not hold without the smoothness assumption by constructing a bounded pseudoconvex domain in , smooth except at one point, whose -Neumann operator is not bounded on for any .

     

Existence of local solutions of the complex Monge-Ampère equation

We prove the local solvability of the -dimensional complex Monge-Ampère equation , 0$">, in a neighborhood of any point where but .

     

A lower bound for sums of eigenvalues of the Laplacian

Let be the th Dirichlet eigenvalue of a bounded domain in . According to Weyl's asymptotic formula we have

The optimal in view of this asymptotic relation lower estimate for the sums has been proven by P.Li and S.T.Yau (Comm. Math. Phys. 88 (1983), 309-318). Here we will improve this estimate by adding to its right-hand side a term of the order of that depends on the ratio of the volume to the moment of inertia of .