Translation Invariant Asymptotic Homomorphisms and Extensions of <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-Algebras

Let A and B be C*-algebras, let A be separable, and let B be σ-unital and stable. We introduce the notion of translation invariance for asymptotic homomorphisms from S A = C₀(?) ? A to B and show that the Connes—Higson construction applied to any extension of A by B is homotopic to a translation invariant asymptotic homomorphism. In the other direction we give a construction which produces extensions of A by B from a translation invariant asymptotic homomorphism. This leads to our main result that the homotopy classes of extensions coincide with the homotopy classes of translation invariant asymptotic homomorphisms.     

Strict Embeddings of Rearrangement Invariant Spaces

A Banach space E of measurable functions on [0,1] is called rearrangement invariant if E is a Banach lattice and equimeasurable functions have identical norms. The canonical inclusion E ? F of two rearrangement invariant spaces is said to be strict if functions from the unit ball of E have absolutely equicontinuous norms in F. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the strictness of canonical inclusion for Orlicz, Lorentz, and Marcinkiewicz spaces are obtained, and the relations of this concept to the disjoint strict singularity are studied.     

On nonregular ideals and <Emphasis Type="Italic">z</Emphasis>°-ideals in <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis>)

The spaces X in which every prime z°-ideal of C(X) is either minimal or maximal are characterized. By this characterization, it turns out that for a large class of topological spaces X, such as metric spaces, basically disconnected spaces and one-point compactifications of discrete spaces, every prime z°-ideal in C(X) is either minimal or maximal. We will also answer the following questions: When is every nonregular prime ideal in C(X) a z°-ideal? When is every nonregular (prime) z-ideal in C(X) a z°-ideal? For instance, we show that every nonregular prime ideal of C(X) is a z°-ideal if and only if X is a ?-space (a space in which the boundary of any zeroset is contained in a zeroset with empty interior).     

Interpolation and Embeddings of Weighted Tent Spaces

Given a metric measure space X, we consider a scale of function spaces \(T^{p,q}_s(X)\), called the weighted tent space scale. This is an extension of the tent space scale of Coifman, Meyer, and Stein. Under various geometric assumptions on X we identify some associated interpolation spaces, in particular certain real interpolation spaces. These are identified with a new scale of function spaces, which we call Z -spaces, that have recently appeared in the work of Barton and Mayboroda on elliptic boundary value problems with boundary data in Besov spaces. We also prove Hardy–Littlewood–Sobolev-type embeddings between weighted tent spaces.     

Optimal Embeddings of Bessel-Potential-Type Spaces into Generalized Hölder Spaces Involving <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-Modulus of Smoothness

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for embeddings of Bessel potential spaces H ^σ X(IR ⁿ ) with order of smoothness σ?∈?(0, n), modelled upon rearrangement invariant Banach function spaces X(IR ⁿ ), into generalized Hölder spaces (involving k-modulus of smoothness). We apply our results to the case when X(IR ⁿ ) is the Lorentz-Karamata space \(L_{p,q;b}({{\rm I\kern-.17em R}}^n)\). In particular, we are able to characterize optimal embeddings of Bessel potential spaces \(H^{\sigma}L_{p,q;b}({{\rm I\kern-.17em R}}^n)\) into generalized Hölder spaces. Applications cover both superlimiting and limiting cases. We also show that our results yield new and sharp embeddings of Sobolev-Orlicz spaces W ^k?+?1 L ^n/k(logL) ^α (IR ⁿ ) and W ^k L ^n/k(logL) ^α (IR ⁿ ) into generalized Hölder spaces.     

Exact Laplace-type asymptotic formulas for the Bogoliubov Gaussian measure: The set of minimum points of the action functional

We prove a theorem on the exact asymptotic relations of large deviations of the Bogoliubov measure in the L ^p norm for p = 4, 6, 8, 10 with p > p ₀, where p ₀ = 2+4π ²/β ² ω ² is a threshold value, β > 0 is the inverse temperature, and ω > 0 is the natural frequency of the harmonic oscillator. For the study, we use the Laplace method in function spaces for Gaussian measures.     

Decomposition theorems for<Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript> spaces

We study the Möbius invariant spacesQ _p andQ _{p, 0} of analytic functions. These scales of spaces include BMOA=Q₁, VMOA=Q_{1, 0} and the Dirichlet space=Q₀. Using the Bergman metric, we establish decomposition theorems for these spaces. We obtain also a fractional derivative characterization for bothQ _p andQ _{p, 0} .     

Kreĭn space representation and Lorentz groups of analytic Hilbert modules

This paper aims to introduce some new ideas into the study of submodules in Hilbert spaces of analytic functions. The effort is laid out in the Hardy space over the bidisk H²(D²). A closed subspace M in H²(D²) is called a submodule if z _i M ? M (i = 1, 2). An associated integral operator (defect operator) C _M captures much information about M. Using a Kre?n space indefinite metric on the range of C _M , this paper gives a representation of M. Then it studies the group (called Lorentz group) of isometric self-maps of M with respect to the indefinite metric, and in finite rank case shows that the Lorentz group is a complete invariant for congruence relation. Furthermore, the Lorentz group contains an interesting abelian subgroup (called little Lorentz group) which turns out to be a finer invariant for M.     

Invariant <Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>-structures on naturally reductive homogeneous spaces

We study invariant metric f-structures on naturally reductive homogeneous spaces and establish their relation to generalized Hermitian geometry. We prove a series of criteria characterizing geometric and algebraic properties of important classes of metric f-structures: nearly Kähler, Hermitian, Kähler, and Killing structures. It is shown that canonical f-structures on homogeneous Φ-spaces of order k (homogeneous k-symmetric spaces) play remarkable part in this line of investigation. In particular, we present the final results concerning canonical f-structures on naturally reductive homogeneous Φ-spaces of order 4 and 5.     

Maximal invariant subspaces for a class of operators

In this note, we characterize maximal invariant subspaces for a class of operators. Let T be a Fredholm operator and \(1-TT^{*}\in\mathcal{S}_{p}\) for some p≥1. It is shown that if M is an invariant subspace for T such that dim?M ? TM<∞, then every maximal invariant subspace of M is of codimension 1 in M. As an immediate consequence, we obtain that if M is a shift invariant subspace of the Bergman space and dim?M ? zM<∞, then every maximal invariant subspace of M is of codimension 1 in M. We also apply the result to translation operators and their invariant subspaces.     

On Measure Contraction Property without Ricci Curvature Lower Bound

Measure contraction properties M C P (K, N) are synthetic Ricci curvature lower bounds for metric measure spaces which do not necessarily have smooth structures. It is known that if a Riemannian manifold has dimension N, then M C P (K, N) is equivalent to Ricci curvature bounded below by K. On the other hand, it was observed in Rifford (Math. Control Relat. Fields 3(4), 467–487 2013) that there is a family of left invariant metrics on the three dimensional Heisenberg group for which the Ricci curvature is not bounded below. Though this family of metric spaces equipped with the Harr measure satisfy M C P (0,5). In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for a 2n+1 dimensional weakly Sasakian manifold to satisfy M C P (0, 2n + 3). This extends the above mentioned result on the Heisenberg group in Rifford (Math. Control Relat. Fields 3(4), 467–487 2013).     

Dimension scales of bicompacta

We introduce the notion of a (stable) dimension scale d-sc(X) of a space X, where d is a dimension invariant. A bicompactum X is called dimensionally unified if dim F = dim_G F for every closed F ? X and for an arbitrary abelian group G. We prove that there exist dimensionally unified bicompacta with every given stable scale dim-sc.     

Spectral density estimates with partial symmetries and an application to Bahri–Lions-type results

We are concerned with the existence of infinitely many solutions for the problem \(-\Delta u=|u|^{p-2}u+f\) in \(\Omega \), \(u=u_0\) on \(\partial \Omega \), where \(\Omega \) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb {R}^N\), \(N\ge 3\). This can be seen as a perturbation of the problem with \(f=0\) and \(u_0=0\), which is odd in u. If \(\Omega \) is invariant with respect to a closed strict subgroup of O(N), then we prove infinite existence for all functions f and \(u_0\) in certain spaces of invariant functions for a larger range of exponents p than known before. In order to achieve this, we prove Lieb–Cwikel–Rosenbljum-type bounds for invariant potentials on \(\Omega \), employing improved Sobolev embeddings for spaces of invariant functions.     

Asymptotic equalities for best approximations for classes of infinitely differentiable functions defined by the modulus of continuity

We obtain asymptotic estimates for best approximations by trigonometric polynomials in the metric of the space C(L_p) for classes of periodic functions expressible as convolutions of kernels Ψ_β with Fourier coefficients decreasing to zero faster than any power sequence, and with functions ? ∈ C (? ∈ L_p) whose moduli of continuity do not exceed the given majorant of ω(t). It is proved that, in the spaces C and L₁, for convex moduli of continuity ω(t), the obtained estimates are asymptotically sharp.     

Ultrafilters and Ramsey-type shadowing phenomena in topological dynamics

The graded exponent is an important invariant of group graded PI-algebras. In this paper we study a specific elementary grading on the algebra of upper triangular matrices UT _n , compute its codimensions, and use this grading to find the asymptotic behaviour of the codimensions of any elementary grading on UT _n , for any group. Moreover, we extend this to the Lie case, and obtain, for any elementary grading on the Lie algebra UT_n^(?), an upper bound and a lower bound for the asymptotic behaviour of its codimensions. Also, we obtain the graded exponent of any grading on UT_n^(?) and for any grading on the Jordan algebra UJ _n .It turns out that the graded exponent for UT _n , considered as an associative, Jordan or Lie algebra, for any grading, coincides with the exponent of the ordinary case. In the associative case, the asymptotic behaviour of the codimensions of any grading on UT _n coincides with the asymptotic behaviour of the ordinary codimensions. But this is not the case for the graded asymptotics of the codimensions of the Lie algebra UT_n^(?).     

On the quantitative asymptotic behavior of strongly nonexpansive mappings in banach and geodesic spaces

We give explicit rates of asymptotic regularity for iterations of strongly nonexpansive mappings T in general Banach spaces as well as rates of metastability (in the sense of Tao) in the context of uniformly convex Banach spaces when T is odd. This, in particular, applies to linear norm-one projections as well as to sunny nonexpansive retractions. The asymptotic regularity results even hold for strongly quasi-nonexpansive mappings (in the sense of Bruck), the addition of error terms and very general metric settings. In particular, we get the first quantitative results on iterations (with errors) of compositions of metric projections in CAT(?)-spaces (? > 0). Under an additional compactness assumption we obtain, moreover, a rate of metastability for the strong convergence of such iterations.     

Real-valued valuations on Sobolev spaces

Continuous, SL(n) and translation invariant real-valued valuations on Sobolev spaces are classified.The centro-affine Hadwiger’s theorem is applied. In the homogeneous case, these valuations turn out to be L~p-norms raised to p-th power(up to suitable multipication scales).     

Properties of a scalar curvature invariant depending on two planes

Based on Schouten’s interpretation of the Riemann–Christoffel curvature tensor R, a geometrical meaning for the tensor R·R is presented. It follows that the condition of semi-symmetry, i.e. R·R = 0, can be interpreted as the invariance of the sectional curvature of every plane after parallel transport around an infinitesimal parallelogram. Using the tensor R· R, and in analogy with the definition of the sectional curvature K(p,π) of a plane π, a scalar curvature invariant L(p,π, \({\overline{\pi}}\)) is constructed which in general depends on two planes π and \({\overline{\pi}}\) at the same point p. This invariant can be geometrically interpreted in terms of the parallelogramoïds of Levi–Civita and it is shown that it completely determines the tensor R· R. Further it is demonstrated that the isotropy of this new scalar curvature invariant L(p,π, \({\overline{\pi}}\)) with respect to both the planes π and \({\overline{\pi}}\) amounts to the Riemannian manifold to be pseudo-symmetric in the sense of Deszcz.