Refining Castelnuovo-Halphen bounds

Fix integers r,d,s,π with r≥4, d?s, r?1≤s≤2r?4, and π≥0. Refining classical results for the genus of a projective curve, we exhibit a sharp upper bound for the arithmetic genus p _a (C) of an integral projective curve C?? ^r of degree d, assuming that C is not contained in any surface of degree <s, and not contained in any surface of degree s with sectional genus >π. Next we discuss other types of bound for p _a (C), involving conditions on the entire Hilbert polynomial of the integral surfaces on which C may lie.     

Higher order secant varieties and blown up varieties

Let π:X→Y be the blowing up of the projective varietyY at s general points. Here we study the higher order secant varieties of the linearly normal embeddings ofX andY into projective spaces. We give conditions on the embedding ofY which imply that the firstt secant varieties of a related embedding ofX have the expected dimension.     

The picard group of the variety of plane cuspidal cubics of ℙ3

We give a compactification of the varietyU of non-degenerate plane cuspidal cubics of ?³. We construct this compactification by means of the projective bundleX of a suitable vector bundleE. We describe the intersection ring ofX and, as a consequence, we obtain the intersection numbers ofU that satisfy 10 conditions of the following kinds:ρ, that the plane determined by the cuspidal cubic go through a point;c, that the cusp be on a plane;q, that the cuspidal tangent intersect a line;μ, that the cuspidal cubic intersect a line. Moreover, we prove that the Picard group of the varietyU is a product of two infinite cyclic groups generated byρ andc?q.     

Stochastic integration for abstract,two parameter stochastic processes I. Stochastic processes with finite semivariation in banach spaces

In this paper we define the stochastic integral for two parameter processes with values in a Banach spaceE. We use a measure theoretic approach. To each two parameter processX withX _st ∈L _E ^p we associate a measureI _X with values inL _E ^p . IfX isp-summable, i.e. ifI _X can be extended to aσ-additive measure with finite semivariation on theσ-algebra of predictable sets, then the integralε HdI _X can be defined and the stochastic integral is defined by (H·X) _z =ε _[0,z] HdI _X . We prove that the processes with finite variation and the processes with finite semivariation are summable and their stochastic integral can be computed pathwise, as a Stieltjes Integral of a special type.     

On convergence of sections of sequences in Banach spaces

An elementary proof of the (known) fact that each element of the Banach space? _w ^p (X) of weakly absolutelyp-summable sequences (if 1≤p<∞) in the Banach spaceX is the norm limit of its sections if and only if each element of? _w ^p (X) is a norm null sequence inX, is given. Little modification to this proof leads to a similar result for a family of Orlicz sequence spaces. Some applications to spaces of compact operators on Banach sequence spaces are considered.     

On a conjecture concerning some automatic continuity theorems

Let A and B be commutative locally convex algebras with unit. A is assumed to be a uniform topological algebra. Let Φ be an injective homomorphism from A to B. Under additional assumptions, we characterize the continuity of the homomorphism Φ^?1/Im?Φ by the fact that the radical (or strong radical) of the closure of Im?Φ has only zero as a common point with Im?Φ. This gives an answer to a conjecture concerning some automatic continuity theorems on uniform topological algebras.     

Regular threefolds of general type with p g =0 and large bigenus

The known examples of nonsingular complex projective threefolds of general type with geometric genus p _g =0 and irregularities q ₁=q ₂=0 have bigenus P ₂≤6. In the present paper nonsingular threefolds with p _g =q ₁=q ₂=0 and P ₂=7 or P ₂=8 are constructed.     

Numerical range and compact convex sets

Let K be a compact convex subset of the plane, μ be a regular Borel measure with support K and N _μ be the multiplication operator on L ²(μ). In this article we show that \(\overline{W}(N_{\mu})\), the closure of numerical range of N _μ , is K. Also we prove that if K has uncountable many extreme points then the Berberian Hilbert space extension of L ²(μ) is non separable.     

Everywhere Hölder continuity of the spatial gradient of weak solutions to nonlinear parabolic systems

We consider weak solutions to the parabolic system ?u ⁱ?t?D _α A _i ^α (?u)=B _i(?u) in (i=1,...,) (Q=Ω×(0,T), R ⁿ a domain), where the functionsB _i may have a quadratic growth. Under the assumptionsn≤2 and ?u ?L _loc ^4+δ (Q; R ^nN ) (δ>0) we prove that ?u is locally Hölder continuous inQ.     

Some extensions of the Laplace problem

Let ?₁(a,b) be a regular lattice with the fundamental cell a rectangle with sides a,b, let ?₂(a,b,?) be a regular lattice with the fundamental cell a parallelogram with sides a,b and angle ? and let ?₃(a,b,c) be a regular lattice with the fundamental cell \(C_{0}^{( 3) }\) as in Fig. 7. In this paper we compute the probability that a random rectangle r of constant side l,m intersects a side of the lattice. In particular when the rectangle r becomes a segment of length l, (m=0) we obtain the Laplace probability.     

Derivations in prime rings

LetR be a prime ring andD a nonzero derivation ofR. If one of the four conditions holds inR, thenR is commutative:

1. (i)
   X ²D(X)?D(X)X²∈Z(R), CharR≠2;     
   
   

Distance and fractional isomorphism in Steiner triple systems

In [8], Quattrochi and Rinaldi introduced the idea ofn ^?1-isomorphism between Steiner systems. In this paper we study this concept in the context of Steiner triple systems. The main result is that for any positive integerN, there existsv ₀(N) such that for all admissiblev≥v ₀(N) and for each STS(v) (sayS), there exists an STS(v) (sayS′) such that for somen>N, S is strictlyn ^?1-isomorphic toS′. We also prove that for all admissiblev≥13, there exist two STS(v)s which are strictly 2^?1-isomorphic. Define the distance between two Steiner triple systemsS andS′ of the same order to be the minimum volume of a tradeT which transformsS into a system isomorphic toS′. We determine the distance between any two Steiner triple systems of order 15 and, further, give a complete classification of strictly 2^?1-isomorphic and 3^?1-isomorphic pairs of STS(15)s.     

Factorization in Hurwitz series domain

Let A be a commutative ring with unit and HA the set of formal expressions of the type \(f=\sum_{i:0}^{\infty}a_{i}X^{i}\) where a _i ∈A. When \(g=\sum_{i:0}^{\infty}b_{i}X^{i}\) then \(f+g=\sum_{i:0}^{\infty}(a_{i}+b_{i})X^{i}\) and \(f*g=\sum_{n:0}^{\infty}c_{n}X^{n}\) with \(c_{n}=\sum_{i:0}^{n}C_{n}^{i}a_{i}b_{n-i}\), where \(C_{n}^{i}={n!\over i!(n-i)!}\). With these two operations HA is a commutative ring with identity. It was introduced and studied by Keigher in 1997. In this note we continue the investigation and we focus on factorization in HA and its sub-ring hA of Hurwitz polynomials. We recall from Benhissi (Contrib. Algebra. Geom. 48(1):251–256, 2007, Proposition 1.1) and Keigher (Commun. Algebra 25(6):1845–1859, 1997, Corollary 2.8) that HA is an integral domain if and only if A is an integral domain with zero characteristic. Let π ₀:HA?A be the natural ring homomorphism that assigns to each series its constant term. The key property is that a series f∈HA is a unit in HA if and only if π ₀(f) is a unit in A, Keigher (Commun. Algebra 25(6):1845–1859, 1997, Proposition 2.5).     

Wijsman topology on function spaces

LetC(X,Y) be the space of continuous functions from a metric space (X,d) to a metric space (Y, e).C(X, Y) can be thought as subset of the hyperspaceCL(X×Y) of closed and nonempty subsets ofX×Y by identifying each element ofC(X,Y) with its graph. We considerC(X,Y) with the topology inherited from the Wijsman topology induced onCL(X×Y) by the box metric ofd ande. We study the relationships between the Wijsman topology and the compact-open topology onC(X,Y) and also conditions under which the Wijsman topology coincide with the Fell topology. Sufficient conditions under which the compactopen topology onC(X,Y) is weaker than the Wijsman topology are given (IfY is totally bounded, then for every metric spaceX the compactopen topology onC(X,Y) is weaker than the Wijsman topology and the same is true forX locally connected andY rim-totally bounded). We prove that a metric spaceX is boundedly compact iff the Wijsman topology onC(X, ?) is weaker than the compact-open topology. We show that ifX is a σ-compact complete metric space andY a compact metric space, then the Wijsman topology onC(X,Y) is Polish.     

On a class of hyperbolic 3-orbifolds of small volume and small heegaard genus associated to 2-bridge links

We consider a class of hyperbolic 3-orbifoldsO(α/β); the underlying topological space of such an orbifold is the 3-sphere and the singular set is obtained by adding the two standard (upper and lower) unknotting tunnels to a 2-bridge linkL(α/β) (and associating branching order two to both unknotting tunnels). These 3-orbifolds are extremal with respect to the notion of Heegaard genus or Heegaard number of 3-orbifolds; it is to be expected that they are also extremal with respect to the volume, that is the smallest volume hyperbolic 3-orbifolds should belong to this or some closely related class. We show that an orbifoldO(α/β) has a uniqueD ₂-covering by an orbifold? _n(α/β) wose space is the 3-sphere and whose singular set is the same 2-bridge linkL(α/β) used for the construction ofO(α/β); moreoverO(α/β) is hyperbolic if and only if? _n(α/β) is hyperbolic. As the volumes of the orbifolds? _n(α/β) are known resp. can be computed, this allows to compute the volumes of the orbifoldsO(α/β). The problem of computation of volumes remains open for some closely related classes of 3-orbifolds which are also extremal with respect to the Heegaard genus (for example associating a branching order bigger than two to one or both unknotting tunnels).     

A faster pseudo-primality test

We propose a pseudo-primality test using cyclic extensions of ?/n?. For every positive integer k?logn, this test achieves the security of k Miller-Rabin tests at the cost of k ^1/2+o(1) Miller-Rabin tests.     

Sui gruppi unitari finitari e sulla congettura di dieudonné

In this paper we consider some questions concerning unitary spaces (V, h), even though (V, h) is not finitely generated. Our main result is as follows: letF be an infinite field of characteristic ≠2 andD anm ²-dimensional central division algebra overF with an involutionj≠1. Let Σ_j(D) denote the subgroup of the multiplicative groupD ^* generated by the non zero symmetric elements. If (V, h) is an infinite dimensional regular unitary space of Witt index at least two overD, then the finitary unitary groupFU(h) is a simple group if and only ifD*=Σ_j(D)[D*, D*]. On the other hand, when (V, h) is not regular,FU(h) cannot be simple since it containsFU ₀(h), the subgroup of elements ofFU(h) acting trivially onrad(V, h), as a normal subgroup. In the non regular case we show that under the above assumptions evenFU ₀(h) is not a simple group.     

Fixed points of asymptotically regular semigroups in Banach spaces

In this paper we study in Banach spaces the existence of fixed points of (nonlinear) asymptotically regular semigroups. We establish for these semigroups some fixed point theorems in spaces with weak uniform normal structure, in a Hilbert space, inL ^p spaces, in Hardy spacesH ^p and in Sobolev spacesW ^r.p for 1<p<∞ andr≥0, in spaces with Lifshitz’s constant greater than one. These results are the generalizations of [8, 10, 16].     

Applicabilità proiettiva di due superficie

Let Ω ? ? ⁿ be a convex bounded open set, of class\(C^2 ,Q_\tau = \Omega \times \left[ {\tau ,\tau + T} \right],\tau \in \mathbb{R},T > 0.\). LetB be a linear continuous operator ofL ²Ω ? ? ^N inL ²Ω ? ? ^N . It is shown that if\(f \in L^2 (Q_\tau ,\mathbb{R}^N )\) then there exists a unique solution of the problem:\(u \in W^{2,1} (Q_\tau ,\mathbb{R}^N ),\alpha (x,t,H(u)) - \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = f(x,t)\), in\(Q_\tau \), such thatu(x,t)=B u(x, τ+T) in Ω, wherea(x, t, ζ) is misurable in(x,t), continuous in ζ,a(x,t, 0)=0, and verifies condition (A). IfB=Id this is the classical periodic problem. If moreovera(x,t,ζ)=a(x,t+T, ζ) anda(x,t, H (Bu))=B a(x,t,H (u)) ?t ∈ ?, the analogous problem in Ω × ? is studied.     

Calcul Fonctionnel Holomorphe Global Unicité et Invariance Par Les Homomorphismes D’algebres de Banach

LetA be a commutative Banach algebra with unit. Denote byX _A, the global spectrum ofA. There is a holomorphic functional calculusθ _A:O(X _A)→A such thatθ _A(â)=a. In this paper, we show the uniqueness of the global holomorphic functional calculus and we establish its compatibility with Banach algebra morphisms. We also extend this holomorphic functional calculus to the case ofImc algebras.