A Change-of-Variable Formula with Local Time on Curves

Let be a continuous semimartingale and let be a continuous function of bounded variation. Setting and suppose that a continuous function is given such that F is C^1,2 on and F is on . Then the following change-of-variable formula holds: where is the local time of X at the curve b given by and refers to the integration with respect to . A version of the same formula derived for an Itô diffusion X under weaker conditions on F has found applications in free-boundary problems of optimal stopping.     

Birkhoff coordinates for KdV on phase spaces of distributions

The purpose of this paper is to extend the construction of Birkhoff coordinates for the KdV equation from the phase space of square integrable 1-periodic functions with mean value zero to the phase space of mean value zero distributions from the Sobolev space endowed with the symplectic structure More precisely, we construct a globally defined real-analytic symplectomorphism where is a weighted Hilbert space of sequences supplied with the canonical Poisson structure so that the KdV Hamiltonian for potentials in is a function of the actions alone.     

Affine congruence by dissection of discs - appropriate groups and optimal dissections

Let be a group of affine transformations of the Euclidean plane . Two topological discs D, are called congruent by dissection with respect to if D can be dissected into a finite number of subdiscs that can be rearranged by maps from to a dissection of E. Our main result says in particular that admits congruence by dissection of any circular disc C with any square S if and only if contains a contractive map and all orbits , , are dense in . In this case any two discs D and E are congruent by dissection with respect to and every disc D is congruent by dissection with n copies of D for every n ≥ 2. Moreover, we give estimates on minimal numbers of pieces that are needed to realize congruences by dissection. Dedicated to Irmtraud Stephani on the occasion of her 70th birthday     

A Helly-type transversal theorem for n-dimensional unit balls

Let be a family of unit balls in with the property that the mutual distances of the centers are at least . If any n² members of have a common line transversal, then has a line transversal too. Received: 27 January 2005; revised: 17 October 2005     

Sampling Theory Associated with a Symmetric Operator with Compact Resolvent and De Branges Spaces

Let be a symmetric operator with compact resolvent defined in a Hilbert space For any fixed we consider an entire function K_a which involves the resolvent of Associated with K_a we obtain, by duality in a Hilbert space of entire functions which becomes a De Branges space of entire functions. This property provides a characterization of regardless of the anti-linear mapping which has as its range space. There exists also a sampling formula allowing to recover any function in from its samples at the sequence of eigenvalues of This work has been supported by the grant BFM2003–01034 from the D.G.I. of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología.     

On the modulus of disjointness preserving operators on complex vector lattices

Let L and M be Archimedean vector lattices such that and are complex vector lattices. We constructively and intrinsically prove that if is an order bounded disjointness preserving operator from into then the modulus

The geometry of rational parameterized representations

We study the projective space of univariate rational parameterized equations of degree d or less in real projective space The parameterized equations of degree less than d form a special algebraic variety We investigate the subspaces on and their relation to rational curves in give a geometric characterization of the automorphism group of and outline applications of the theory to projective kinematics.     

C*-Algebras of Integral Operators with Piecewise Slowly Oscillating Coefficients and Shifts Acting Freely

We establish a symbol calculus for the C*-subalgebra of generated by the operators of multiplication by slowly oscillating and piecewise continuous functions and the operators where is the Cauchy singular integral operator and The C*-algebra is invariant under the transformations

{\left( {\mathfrak{V},\mathfrak{W}} \right)}{\text{-cotorsion pairs}}

Let R be a unital associative ring and two classes of left R-modules. In this paper we introduce the notion of a In analogy to classical cotorsion pairs as defined by Salce [10], a pair of subclasses and is called a if it is maximal with respect to the classes and the condition for all and Basic properties of are stated and several examples in the category of abelian groups are studied. Received: 17 March 2005     

Representation Rings of Lie Superalgebras

Given a Lie superalgebra , we introduce several variants of the representation ring, built as subrings and quotients of the ring of virtual -supermodules, up to (even) isomorphisms. In particular, we consider the ideal of virtual -supermodules isomorphic to their own parity reversals, as well as an equivariant K-theoretic super representation ring on which the parity reversal operator takes the class of a virtual -supermodule to its negative. We also construct representation groups built from ungraded -modules, as well as degree-shifted representation groups using Clifford modules. The full super representation ring , including all degree shifts, is then a -graded ring in the complex case and a -graded ring in the real case. Our primary result is a six-term periodic exact sequence relating the rings , and . We first establish a version of it working over an arbitrary (not necessarily algebraically closed) field of characteristic 0. In the complex case, this six-term periodic long exact sequence splits into two three-term sequences, which gives us additional insight into the structure of the complex super representation ring . In the real case, we obtain the expected 24-term version, as well as a surprising six-term version, of this periodic exact sequence. (Received: October 2004)     

Remarks on ample vector bundles of curve genus two

Let be an ample vector bundle of rank n – 1 on a smooth complex projective variety X of dimension n≥ 3 such that X is a -bundle over and that for any fiber F of the bundle projection . The pairs with = 2 are classified, where is the curve genus of . This allows us to improve some previous results. Received: 13 June 2006     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplace Operator and Diameter of Manifolds

Let be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary. In this paper, we consider the first nonzero eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian and we prove that the limit of when is 2/d(M), where d(M) is the diameter of M. Moreover, if is an oriented compact hypersurface of the Euclidean space or , we prove an upper bound of in terms of the largest principal curvature κ over M. As applications of these results, we obtain optimal lower bounds of d(M) in terms of the curvature. In particular, we prove that if M is a hypersurface of then: . Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 53A07, 53C21.     

On the Optimal Value Function of a Linearly Perturbed Quadratic Program

The optimal value function of the quadratic program , where is a given symmetric matrix, a given matrix, and are the linear perturbations, is considered. It is proved that is directionally differentiable at any point in its effective domain . Formulae for computing the directional derivative of at in a direction are obtained. We also present an example showing that, in general, is not piecewise linear-quadratic on W. The preceding (unpublished) example of Klatte is also discussed.     

The Automorphism Group of Plane Algebraic Curves with Singer Automorphisms

The main result in Cossidente and Siciliano (J. Number Theory, Vol. 99 (2003) pp. 373–382) states that if a Singer subgroup of PGL(3,q) is an automorphism group of a projective, geometric irreducible, non-singular plane algebraic curve then either or . In the former case is projectively equivalent to the curve with equation X^q+1Y+Y^q+1+X=0 studied by Pellikaan. Furthermore, the curve has a very nice property from Finite Geometry point of view: apart from the three distinguished points fixed by the Singer subgroup, the set of its -rational points can be partitioned into finite projective planes . In this paper, the full automorphism group of such curves is determined. It turns out that is the normalizer of a Singer group in .     

Hölder continuity of surfaces with bounded mean curvature at corners where Plateau boundaries meet free boundaries

Let $P={\rm \Gamma}\cap{\cal S}Let be the point of non-tangential intersection of a closed Jordan arc and an embedded, regular support surface . Let be a conformally parametrized solution of with partially free boundaries . It is proved, that is H?lder continuous up to with , whenever meets orthogonally along its free trace. This provides a regularity result for stationary minimal surfaces and is applicable also to surfaces of prescribed bounded mean curvature. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 53 A 10, 35 J 65, 35 R 35, 49 Q 05     

Beckman-Quarles type theorems for mappings from $$ \mathbb{R}^n $$ to $$ \mathbb{C}^n $$

Summary. Let We say that preserves the distance d 0 if for each implies Let A _n denote the set of all positive numbers d such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also distance d. Let D _n denote the set of all positive numbers d with the property: if and then there exists a finite set S _xy with such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also the distance between x and y. Obviously, We prove: (1) (2) for n 2 D _n is a dense subset of (2) implies that each mapping f from to (n 2) preserving unit distance preserves all distances, if f is continuous with respect to the product topologies on and      

Common periodic trajectories of interval maps

We prove that for any continuous piecewise monotone or smooth interval map f and any subset of the set of periods of periodic trajectories of f, there is another map such that the set of periods of periodic trajectories common for f and , which is denoted by , coincides with . At the same time, for each integer , there exists a continuous map f such that for any map if is an infinite set. Dedicated to Vladimir Igorevich Arnold     

Multipliers of Fractional Cauchy Transforms

Let B_n denote the unit ball of , n ≥ 2. Given an α > 0, let denote the class of functions defined for by integrating the kernel against a complex-valued measure on the sphere . Let denote the space of holomorphic functions in the ball. A function is called a multiplier of provided that for every . In the present paper, we obtain explicit analytic conditions on which imply that g is a multiplier of . Also, we discuss the sharpness of the results obtained. This research was supported by RFBR (grant no. 08-01-00358-a), by the Russian Science Support Foundation and by the programme “Key scientific schools NS 2409.2008.1”.     

Estimates on the Green’s Function and Existence of Positive Solutions of Nonlinear Singular Elliptic Equations in the Half Space

We establish a new 3G-Theorem for the Green’s function for the half space We exploit this result to introduce a new class of potentials that we characterize by means of the Gauss semigroup on . Next, we define a subclass of and we study it. In particular, we prove that properly contains the classical Kato class . Finally, we study the existence of positive continuous solutions in of the following nonlinear elliptic problem