On the discounted global CLT for some weakly dependent random variables

In this paper, we consider L ₁ upper bounds in the global central limit theorem for the sequence of r.v.’s (not necessarily stationary) satisfying the ψ-mixing condition. In a particular case, under the finiteness of the third absolute moments of summands A _i and that of the series ∑ _r⩾1 r ² φ(r), we obtain bounds of order O(n ^−1/2) for Δ _n1:= ∫ _−∞ ^∞ |ℙ{A ₁ + ⋯ + A _n < x} − Φ(x)|dx, where is the standard normal distribution function, and ψ is the function participating in the definition of the ψ-mixing condition. Moreover, we apply the obtained results to get the convergence rate in the so-called discounted global CLT for a sequence of r.v.’s, satisfying the ψ-mixing condition. The bounds obtained provide convergence rates in the discounted global CLT of the same order as in the case of i.i.d. summands with a finite third absolute moment, i.e., of order O((1 − υ)^1/2), where υ is a discount factor, 0 < υ < 1. Published in Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 584–597, October–December, 2006.     

A Lower Bound of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript> Norms in the CLT for Strongly Mixing Random Variables

We derive a lower bound of L _p norms, 1 ⩽ p ⩽ ∞, in the central limit theorem for strongly mixing random variables X ₁,..., X _n with under the boundedness condition ℙ{|X _i | ⩽ M} = 1 with a nonrandom constantM > 0 and condition ∑ _r⩾1 r ²α(r) < ∞, where α(r) are the Rosenblatt strong mixing coefficients. __________ Translated from Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 587–602, October–December, 2005.     

Rates of uniform convergence for empirical processes of strictly stationary β-mixing sequences indexed by an unbounded class of functions

Assume that {Xn} is a strictly stationary β-mixing random sequence with the β-mixing coefficient βk = O(k-r), 0 < r ≤1. Yu (1994) obtained convergence rates of empirical processes of strictly stationary β-mixing random sequence indexed by bounded classes of functions. Here, a new truncation method is proposed and used to study the convergence for empirical processes of strictly stationary β-mixing sequences indexed by an unbounded class of functions. The research results show that if the envelope of the index class of functions is in Lp, p > 2 or p > 4, uniform convergence rates of empirical processes of strictly stationary β-mixing random sequence over the index classes can reach O((nr/(l+r)/logn)-1/2) or O((nr/(1+r)/ log n)-3/4) and that the Central Limit Theorem does not always hold for the empirical processes.``     

The generalized Boardman homomorphisms

This paper provides universal upper bounds for the exponent of the kernel and of the cokernel of the classical Boardman homomorphism b ⁿ : π ⁿ (X)→H ⁿ (H;ℤ), from the cohomotopy groups to the ordinary integral cohomology groups of a spectrum X, and of its various generalizations π ⁿ (X)→E ⁿ (X), F ⁿ (X)→(E∧F) ⁿ (X), F ⁿ (X)→H ⁿ (X;π ₀ F) and F ⁿ (X)→H ^n+t (X;π _t F) for other cohomology theories E ^*(−) and F ^*(−). These upper bounds do not depend on X and are given in terms of the exponents of the stable homotopy groups of spheres and, for the last three homomorphisms, in terms of the order of the Postnikov invariants of the spectrum F.     

A Functional LIL for <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-Dimensional Stable Processes; Invariance for Lévy- and Other Weakly Convergent Processes

We establish a functional LIL for the maximal process M(t) :=sup _0≤s≤t ‖X(s)‖ of an ℝ ^d -valued α-stable Lévy process X, provided X(1) has density bounded away from zero over some neighborhood of the origin. We also provide a broad invariance result governing a class independent-increment processes related to the domain of attraction of X(1). This breadth is particularly notable for two types of processes captured: First, it not only describes any partial sum process built from iid summands in the domain of normal attraction of X(1), but also addresses those with arbitrary iid summands in the full domain of attraction (here we give a technical condition necessary and sufficient for the partial sum process to share the exact LIL we prove for X). Second, it reveals that any Lévy process L such that L(1) satisfies the technical condition just mentioned will also share the LIL of X. Supported in part by NSF Grant DMS 02-05034.     

Moduli of continuity for <Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis><Superscript>∞</Superscript>-valued Gaussian random fields

This paper establishes the general moduli of continuity for l ^∞-valued Gaussian random fields {X(t):= (X ₁(t),X ₂(t), h.), t ∈ [0, ∞) ^N } indexed by the N-dimensional parameter t:= (t ₁,…,t _N ), under the explicit condition yielding that the covariance function of distinct increments of X _k (t) for fixed k ≧ 1 is positive or nonpositive. Supported by KOSEF-R01-2008-000-11418-0.     

Hyperspaces of Banach Spaces with the Attouch—Wets Topology

Let X be an infinite-dimensional Banach space with weight τ. By Cld _AW (X), we denote the hyperspace of nonempty closed sets in X with the Attouch—Wets topology. By Fin _AW (X), Comp _AW (X) and Bdd _AW (X), we denote the subspaces of Cld _AW (X) consisting of finite sets, compact sets and bounded closed sets, respectively. In this paper, it is proved that Fin _AW (X)≈Comp _AW (X)≈ℓ₂(τ)×ℓ₂ ^f ℓandℓBdd _AW (X)≈ℓ₂(2^τ)×ℓ₂ ^f where ≈ means ‘is homeomorphic to’, ℓ₂(τ) is the Hilbert space with weight τ (ℓ₂(ℵ₀)=ℓ₂ the separable Hilbert space) and ℓ₂ ^f ={(x _i ) _iεN εℓ₂∣x _i =0 except for finitely many iεN}.     

On the applicability conditions of the strong law of large numbers for sequences of independent random variables

We investigate relationship between Kolmogorov–s condition and Petrov–s condition in theorems on the strong law of large numbers for a sequence of independent random variables X ₁, X ₂, … with finite variances. The convergence (S _n − ES _n )/n → 0 holds a.s. (here, S _n = Σ _k=1 ⁿ X _k ), provided that Σ _n=1^∞ DX _n /n ² < ∞ (Kolmogorov’s condition) or DS _n = O(n ²/ψ(n)) for some positive non-decreasing function ψ(n) such that Σ1/(nψ(n)) < ∞ (Petrov’s condition). Kolmogorov’s condition is shown to follow from Petrov’s condition. Besides, under some additional restrictions, Petrov’s condition, in turn, follows from Kolmogorov’s condition.     

Enumerating functions for nonnegative integer coordinates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-dimensional vectors

The enumerating function C ^L (X ₁,…, X _L ), which bijectively maps tuples of length L of nonnegative integers to nonnegative integers Z = C ^L (X ₁,…, X _L ), is represented as a sum of L figurate numbers.     

The Frattini Subalgebra of Restricted Lie Superalgebras

In the present paper, we study the Frattini subalgebra of a restricted Lie superalgebra （L, [p]）. We show first that if L = A1 ＋ A2 ＋… ＋An, then Фp（L） = Фp（A1） ＋Фp（A2） ＋…＋Фp（An）, where each Ai is a p-ideal of L. We then obtain two results： F（L） = Ф（L） = J（L） = L if and only if L is nilpotent; Fp（L） and F（L） are nilpotent ideals of L if L is solvable. In addition, necessary and sufficient conditions are found for Фp-free restricted Lie superalgebras. Finally, we discuss the relationships of E-p-restricted Lie superalgebras and E-restricted Lie superalgebras.     

Vector subdivision schemes in (Lp(?s))r(1?p?∞) spaces

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the refinement equations of the form

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">ψ</Emphasis>-associate <Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis><Superscript>#</Superscript> of a flat <Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis> in PG(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>, 2)

For a given hypersurface ψ in PG(n, 2), with equation Q(x) = 0, where Q is a polynomial of (reduced) degree d > 1, a definition is given of the ψ-associate X ^# of a flat X in PG(n, 2). The definition involves the fully polarized form of the polynomial Q; in the cubic case d = 3 it reads: X ^# = {z ∈ PG(n, 2) | T(x, y, z) = 0 for all x, y ∈ X}, where T(x, y, z) denotes the alternating trilinear form obtained by completely polarizing Q. Some general results, valid for any degree d and projective dimension n, are first expounded. Thereafter several choices of ψ are visited, but for each choice just a few aspects are highlighted. Despite the partial nature of the survey quite a variety of behaviours of the ψ-associate are uncovered. Many of the choices of ψ which are considered are of cubic hypersurfaces in PG(5, 2). If ψ is the Segre variety it is shown that the 48 planes external to fall into eight pairs of ordered triplets {(P ₁, R ₁, S ₁), (P ₂, R ₂, S ₂)} such that and . Further those lines L of PG(5, 2) which are singular, satisfying that is L ^# = PG(5.2), are in this case shown to form a complete spread of 21 lines. Another result of note arises in the case where ψ is the underlying 35-set of a non-maximal partial spread Σ₅ of five planes in PG(5, 2), where it is shown that one plane is singled out by the property that every line is singular.      

Denting and strongly extreme points in the unit ball of spaces of operators

For 1 ≤p ≤ ∞ we show that there are no denting points in the unit ball of ℓ(l^p). This extends a result recently proved by Grząślewicz and Scherwentke whenp = 2 [GS1]. We also show that for any Banach spaceX and for any measure space (Ω, A, μ), the unit ball of ℓ(L ¹ (μ), X) has denting points iffL ¹(μ) is finite dimensional and the unit ball ofX has a denting point. We also exhibit other classes of Banach spacesX andY for which the unit ball of ℓ(X, Y) has no denting points. When X* has the extreme point intersection property, we show that all ‘nice’ operators in the unit ball of ℓ(X, Y) are strongly extreme points.     

Consistency of a nonparametric conditional quantile estimator for random fields

Given a stationary multidimensional spatial process (Z _i = (X _i , Y _i ) ∈ ℝ ^d × ℝ, i ∈ ℤ ^N ), we investigate a kernel estimate of the spatial conditional quantile function of the response variable Y _i given the explicative variable X _i . Almost complete convergence and consistency in L ^2r norm (r ∈ ℕ*) of the kernel estimate are obtained when the sample considered is an α-mixing sequence.     

Symmetric group actions on homotopy S 2 × S 2

Let X be a closed smooth 4-manifold which is homotopy equivalent to S ² × S ². In this paper we use Seiberg-Witten theory to prove that if X admits a spin symmetric group S ₄ action of even type with b ₂ ⁺ (X/S ₄) = b ₂ ⁺ (X), then as an element of R (S ₄), Ind _S4 D _X = k ₁ (1 − θ) + k ₂(ψ₁ − ψ₂) for some integers k ₁ and k ₂, where 1, θ, ψ₁, ψ₂ are irreducible characters of S ₄ of degree 1, 1, 3, and 3 respectively. Authors’ address: Ximin Liu and Hongxia Li, Department of Applied Mathematics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P.R. China     

Order of a function on the Bruschlinsky group of a two-dimensional polyhedron

Homotopy classes of mappings of a compact polyhedron X to the circle T form an Abelian group B(X), which is called the Bruschlinsky group and is cananically isomorphic to H ¹ (X; ℤ), Let L be an Abelian group, and let f: B(X) → L be a function. One says that the order of f does not exceed r if for each mapping a: X → T the value f([a]) is ℤ-linearly expressed via the characteristic function I _r (a): (X × T) ^r → ℤ of (Γ _a ) ^r , where Γ _a ⊂ X × T is the graph of a. The (algebraic) degree of f is not greater than r if the finite differences of f of order r + 1 vanish. Conjecturally, the order of f is equal to the algebraic degree of f. The conjecture is proved in the case where dim X ≤ 2. Bibliography: 1 title.     

Cyclic elements of the shift operator in weighted anisotropic spaces of holomorphic functions in the polydisk

Let ϕ(r) = (ϕ₁(r₁), …, ϕ_n(r_n)) be a vector-valued function on R ₊ ⁿ . A necessary and sufficient condition is obtained under which any function f ∈, H^∞ (D ⁿ ), f(z) ≠ 0, z ∈, D ⁿ , is cyclic in the corresponding weighted space L^p(ϕ), where D ⁿ is the unit polydisk in C ⁿ. Bibliography: 13 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 327, 2005, pp. 226–234.     

Probabilistic Representations of Solutions of the Forward Equations

In this paper we prove a stochastic representation for solutions of the evolution equation

On States of Total Weighted Occupation Times for Superdiffusions

Suppose X is a superdiffusion in R ^d with general branching mechanism ψ, and Y _{r D} denotes the total weighted occupation time of X in a bounded smooth domain D. We discuss the conditions on ψ to guarantee that Y _{r D} has absolutely continuous states. And for particular ψ₍ z) = z ^1+β, 0 < β≤ 1, we prove that, in the case d < 2 + 2/β, Y _{r D} is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure in , whereas in the case d > 2 + 2/β, it is singular. As we know the absolute continuity and singularity of Y _{r D} have not been discussed before. Received February 1, 1999, Revised February 25, 2000, Accepted March 9, 2000     

2-Summing operators on C([0, 1], lp) with values in l1

Let Ω be a compact Hausdorff space, X a Banach space, C(Ω, X) the Banach space of continuous X-valued functions on Ω under the uniform norm, U: C(Ω, X) → Y a bounded linear operator and U ^#, U _# two natural operators associated to U. For each 1 ≤ s < ∞, let the conditions (α) U ∈ Π _s (C(Ω, X), Y); (β)U ^# ∈ Π _s (C(Ω), Π _s (X, Y)); (γ) U _# ε Π _s (X, Π _s (C(Ω), Y)). A general result, [10, 13], asserts that (α) implies (β) and (γ). In this paper, in case s = 2, we give necessary and sufficient conditions that natural operators on C([0, 1], l _p ) with values in l ₁ satisfies (α), (β) and (γ), which show that the above implication is the best possible result.