Geometric Tomography of Convex Cones

The parallel X-ray of a convex set K⊂ℝ ⁿ in a direction u is the function that associates to each line l, parallel to u, the length of K∩l. The problem of finding a set of directions such that the corresponding X-rays distinguish any two convex bodies has been widely studied in geometric tomography. In this paper we are interested in the restriction of this problem to convex cones, and we are motivated by some applications of this case to the covariogram problem. We prove that the determination of a cone by parallel X-rays is equivalent to the determination of its sections from a different type of tomographic data (namely, point X-rays of a suitable order). We prove some new results for the corresponding problem which imply, for instance, that convex polyhedral cones in ℝ³ are determined by parallel X-rays in certain sets of two or three directions. The obtained results are optimal.     

Quotient normed cones

Given a normed cone (X, p) and a subconeY, we construct and study the quotient normed cone (X/Y,p) generated byY. In particular we characterize the bicompleteness of (X/Y, ‖·‖ ^p ,p) in terms of the bicompleteness of (X, p), and prove that the dual quotient cone ((X/Y)^*, || · ‖·‖^p,p) can be identified as a distinguished subcone of the dual cone (X ^*, || · ||_{p, u}). Furthermore, some parts of the theory are presented in the general setting of the spaceCL(X, Y) of all continuous linear mappings from a normed cone (X, p) to a normed cone (Y, q), extending several well-known results related to open continuous linear mappings between normed linear spaces.     

Ricci-flat Kähler metrics on crepant resolutions of Kähler cones

We prove that a crepant resolution π : Y → X of a Ricci-flat Kähler cone X admits a complete Ricci-flat Kähler metric asymptotic to the cone metric in every Kähler class in ${H^2_c(Y,\mathbb{R})}We prove that a crepant resolution π : Y → X of a Ricci-flat K?hler cone X admits a complete Ricci-flat K?hler metric asymptotic to the cone metric in every K?hler class in H²_c(Y,\mathbbR){H^2_c(Y,\mathbb{R})}. A K?hler cone (X,[`(g)]){(X,\bar{g})} is a metric cone over a Sasaki manifold (S, g), i.e. ${X=C(S):=S\times\mathbb{R}_{ >0 }}${X=C(S):=S\times\mathbb{R}_{ >0 }} with [`(g)]=dr² +r² g{\bar{g}=dr^2 +r^2 g}, and (X,[`(g)]){(X,\bar{g})} is Ricci-flat precisely when (S, g) Einstein of positive scalar curvature. This result contains as a subset the existence of ALE Ricci-flat K?hler metrics on crepant resolutions p:Y? X=\mathbbC<sup>n</sup> /G{\pi:Y\rightarrow X=\mathbb{C}^n /\Gamma}, with G ì SL(n,\mathbbC){\Gamma\subset SL(n,\mathbb{C})}, due to P. Kronheimer (n = 2) and D. Joyce (n > 2). We then consider the case when X = C(S) is toric. It is a result of A. Futaki, H. Ono, and G. Wang that any Gorenstein toric K?hler cone admits a Ricci-flat K?hler cone metric. It follows that if a toric K?hler cone X = C(S) admits a crepant resolution π : Y → X, then Y admits a T <sup>n</sup> -invariant Ricci-flat K?hler metric asymptotic to the cone metric (X,[`(g)]){(X,\bar{g})} in every K?hler class in H²_c(Y,\mathbbR){H^2_c(Y,\mathbb{R})}. A crepant resolution, in this context, is a simplicial fan refining the convex polyhedral cone defining X. We then list some examples which are easy to construct using toric geometry.     

On ideals of polynomials and multilinear mappings between Banach spaces

It is shown that for every quasi-normed ideal ${\cal Q}$ of n-homogeneous continuous polynomials between Banach spaces there is a quasi-normed ideal ${\cal A}$ of n-linear continuous mappings ${\cal A}$ such that $q \in {\cal Q}$ if and only if the associated n-linear mapping $\check{q}$ of q is in ${\cal A}$. Received: 12 March 2001     

Coupled Random Fixed Point Theorems for Nonlinear Contractions in Partially Ordered Metric Spaces

Abstract

Let (X, ≤) be a partially ordered set and suppose there is a metric d on X such that (X, d) is a complete separable metric space and (Ω, Σ) be a measurable space. In this article a pair of random mappings F: Ω × (X × X) → X and g: Ω × X → X, where F has a mixed g-monotone property on X, and F and g satisfy the non-linear contractive condition (5) below, are introduced and investigated. Two coupled random coincidence and coupled random fixed point theorems are proved. These results are random versions and extensions of recent results of Lakshmikantham and ?iri? [V. Lakshmikantham and Lj. ?iri?, Coupled fixed point theorems for nonlinear contractions in partially ordered metric spaces. Nonlinear Anal.—Theor. 70(12) (2009): 4341–4349] and include several recent developments.     

Generalized Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability of n-sesquilinear-quadratic mappings on Banach modules over -algebras

Assume that X is a left Banach module over a unital C^*-algebra A. It is shown that almost every n-sesquilinear-quadratic mapping h:X×X×Xⁿ→A is an n-sesquilinear-quadratic mapping when holds for all x,y,z₁,…,z_nX.Moreover, we prove the generalized Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability of an n-sesquilinear-quadratic mapping on a left Banach module over a unital C^*-algebra.     

-Operator frames for a Banach space

In this paper, (p,Y)-Bessel operator sequences, operator frames and (p,Y)-Riesz bases for a Banach space X are introduced and discussed as generalizations of the usual concepts for a Hilbert space and of the g-frames. It is proved that the set of all (p,Y)-Bessel operator sequences for a Banach space X is a Banach space and isometrically isomorphic to the operator space B(X,ℓ^p(Y)). Some necessary and sufficient conditions for a sequence of operators to be a (p,Y)-Bessel operator sequence are given. Also, a characterization of an independent (p,Y)-operator frame for X is obtained. Lastly, it is shown that an independent (p,Y)-operator frame for X is just a (p,Y)-Riesz basis for X and has a unique dual (q,Y^*)-operator frame for X^*.     

Continuous Approximations of Multivalued Mappings and Fixed Points

In the present paper, we prove a fixed-point theorem for completely continuous multivalued mappings defined on a bounded convex closed subset X of the Hilbert space H which satisfies the tangential condition , where T _X (x) is the cone tangent to the set X at a point x. The proof of this theorem is based on the method of single-valued approximations to multivalued mappings. In this paper, we consider a simple approach for constructing single-valued approximations to multivalued mappings. This approach allows us not only to simplify the proofs of already-known theorems, but also to obtain new statements needed to prove the main theorem in this paper.__________Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 78, no. 2, 2005, pp. 212–222.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by B. D. Gel’man.     

Generalized Mukai conjecture for special Fano varieties

Let X be a Fano variety of dimension n, pseudoindex i _X and Picard number ρ_X. A generalization of a conjecture of Mukai says that ρ_X(i _X −1)≤n. We prove that the conjecture holds for a variety X of pseudoindex i _X ≥n+3/3 if X admits an unsplit covering family of rational curves; we also prove that this condition is satisfied if ρ_X> and either X has a fiber type extremal contraction or has not small extremal contractions. Finally we prove that the conjecture holds if X has dimension five.     

The local structure of length spaces with curvature bounded above

We show that a number of different notions of dimension coincide for length spaces with curvature bounded above. We then apply this result, showing that if X is a locally compact CAT(0) space with cocompact isometry group, then the dimension of the Tits boundary and the asymptotic cone(s) of X are determined by the maximal dimension of a flat in X. Received April 21, 1998     

On the Cone of Bounded Lower Semicontinuous Functions

We prove that the cone of bounded lower semicontinuous functions defined on a Tychonoff space X is algebraically and structurally isomorphic and isometric to a convex cone contained in the cone of all bounded lower semicontinuous functions defined on the Stone-Cech compactification βX if and only if the space X is normal. We apply this theorem to the study of relationship between a class of multivalued maps and sublinear operators. Using these results, we obtain new proofs of theorems about continuous selections.__________Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 77, no. 6, 2005, pp. 886–902.Original Russian Text Copyright ©2005 by Yu. E. Linke.     

On the Density of Positive Proper Efficient Points in a Normed Space

In the context of vector optimization and generalizing cones with bounded bases, we introduce and study quasi-Bishop-Phelps cones in a normed space X. A dual concept is also presented for the dual space X*. Given a convex subset A of a normed space X partially ordered by a closed convex cone S with a base, we show that, if A is weakly compact, then positive proper efficient points are sequentially weak dense in the set E(A, S) of efficient points of A; in particular, the connotation weak dense in the above can be replaced by the connotation norm dense if S is a quasi-Bishop-Phelps cone. Dually, for a convex subset of X* partially ordered by the dual cone S ⁺, we establish some density results of positive weak* efficient elements of A in E(A, S ⁺).     

On Rational Varieties Smooth Except at a Seminormal Singular Point

We construct a class of projective rational varieties X of any dimension m ≥ 1, which are smooth except at a point O, with the projective space ? ^m as normalization, having smooth branches, and reduced projectivized tangent cone in O. The Hilbert function of X is considered and is explicitly computed when the point O is seminormal. Indeed, we study seminormality, obtaining necessary and sufficient conditions for O to be seminormal and show that in such case the tangent cone is reduced and seminormal.     

On the Inner and Outer Norms of Sublinear Mappings

In this short note we show that the outer norm of a sublinear mapping F, acting between Banach spaces X and Y and with dom F = X, is finite only if F is single-valued. This implies in particular that for a sublinear multivalued mapping the inner and the outer norms cannot be finite simultaneously.      

A characterization of isometries on an open convex set

Let X be a real Hilbert space with dim X ≥ 2 and let Y be a real normed space which is strictly convex. In this paper, we generalize a theorem of Benz by proving that if a mapping f, from an open convex subset of X into Y, has a contractive distance ρ and an extensive one Nρ (where N ≥ 2 is a fixed integer), then f is an isometry.     

Cone characterization of Grothendieck spaces and Banach spaces containing <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis><Subscript>0</Subscript>

In this article we study the embeddability of cones in a Banach space X. First we prove that c ₀ is embeddable in X if and only if its positive cone c₀⁺{c_0^+} is embeddable in X and we study some properties of Banach spaces containing c ₀ in the light of this result. So, unlike with the positive cone of ℓ ₁ which is embeddable in any non-reflexive space, c₀⁺{c_0^+} has the same behavior as the whole space c ₀. In the second part of this article we give a characterization of Grothendieck spaces X according to the geometry of cones of X*. By these results we give a partial positive answer to a problem of J.H. Qiu concerning the geometry of cones.     

On balancedness and D-completeness of the space of semi-Lipschitz functions

Let (X, d) be a quasi-metric space and (Y, q) be a quasi-normed linear space. We show that the normed cone of semi-Lipschitz functions from (X, d) to (Y, q) that vanish at a point x ₀ ∈ X, is balanced. Moreover, it is complete in the sense of D. Doitchinov whenever (Y, q) is a biBanach space. The authors acknowledge the support of Plan Nacional I+D+I and FEDER, under grant MTM2006-14925-C02-01. The second listed author is also supported by a grant FPI from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.     

Semi-Lipschitz Functions and Best Approximation in Quasi-Metric Spaces

We show that the set of semi-Lipschitz functions, defined on a quasi-metric space (X, d), that vanish at a fixed point x₀X can be endowed with the structure of a quasi-normed semilinear space. This provides an appropriate setting in which to characterize both the points of best approximation and the semi-Chebyshev subsets of quasi-metric spaces. We also show that this space is bicomplete.     

Representation,interpolation, and reiteration theorems for generalized approximation spaces

We show that the representation theorem for classical approximation spaces can be generalized to spaces A(X,l ^q (ℬ))={f∈X:{E _n (f)}∈l ^q (ℬ)} in which the weighted l ^q -space l ^q (ℬ) can be (more or less) arbitrary. We use this theorem to show that generalized approximation spaces can be viewed as real interpolation spaces (defined with K-functionals or main-part K-functionals) between couples of quasi-normed spaces which satisfy certain Jackson and Bernstein-type inequalities. Especially, interpolation between an approximation space and the underlying quasi-normed space leads again to an approximation space. Together with a general reiteration theorem, which we also prove in the present paper, we obtain formulas for interpolation of two generalized approximation spaces. Received: December 6, 2001; in final form: April 2, 2002?Published online: March 14, 2003     

Limiting -subgradient characterizations of constrained best approximation

In this paper, we show that the strong conical hull intersection property (CHIP) completely characterizes the best approximation to any x in a Hilbert space X from the set

K:=C∩{xX:-g(x)S},