The Stein phenomenon for monotone incomplete multivariate normal data

We establish the Stein phenomenon in the context of two-step, monotone incomplete data drawn from , a (p+q)-dimensional multivariate normal population with mean and covariance matrix . On the basis of data consisting of n observations on all p+q characteristics and an additional N−n observations on the last q characteristics, where all observations are mutually independent, denote by the maximum likelihood estimator of . We establish criteria which imply that shrinkage estimators of James-Stein type have lower risk than under Euclidean quadratic loss. Further, we show that the corresponding positive-part estimators have lower risk than their unrestricted counterparts, thereby rendering the latter estimators inadmissible. We derive results for the case in which is block-diagonal, the loss function is quadratic and non-spherical, and the shrinkage estimator is constructed by means of a nondecreasing, differentiable function of a quadratic form in . For the problem of shrinking to a vector whose components have a common value constructed from the data, we derive improved shrinkage estimators and again determine conditions under which the positive-part analogs have lower risk than their unrestricted counterparts.     

On the classification of non-normal cubic hypersurfaces

In this article we study the classification of non-normal cubic hypersurfaces over an algebraically closed field K of arbitrary characteristic. Let be an irreducible non-normal cubic hypersurface. If r≥5, then X is necessarily a cone (Remark 2.3). In view of this fact it suffices to classify irreducible non-normal cubic hypersurfaces for r≤4. We prove that there are precisely five non-normal cubic equations (resp. six non-normal cubic equations) when (resp. when is either 2 or 3), up to projective equivalence. Also we describe the normalization of X in detail.     

Solution of a nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation from a two-dimensional transport model

For the steady-state solution of an integral-differential equation from a two-dimensional model in transport theory, we shall derive and study a nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation B^--XF^--F⁺X+XB⁺X=0, where , and with a nonnegative matrix P, positive diagonal matrices D^±, and nonnegative parameters f, and . We prove the existence of the minimal nonnegative solution X^∗ under the physically reasonable assumption , and study its numerical computation by fixed-point iteration, Newton’s method and doubling. We shall also study several special cases; e.g. when and P is low-ranked, then is low-ranked and can be computed using more efficient iterative processes in U and V. Numerical examples will be given to illustrate our theoretical results.     

Polar syzygies in characteristic zero: The monomial case

Given a set of forms , where k is a field of characteristic zero, we focus on the first syzygy module Z of the transposed Jacobian module , whose elements are called differential syzygies of . There is a distinct submodule P⊂Z coming from the polynomial relations of through its transposed Jacobian matrix, the elements of which are called polar syzygies of . We say that is polarizable if equality P=Z holds. This paper is concerned with the situation where are monomials of degree 2, in which case one can naturally associate to them a graph with loops and translate the problem into a combinatorial one. The main result is a complete combinatorial characterization of polarizability in terms of special configurations in this graph. As a consequence, we show that polarizability implies normality of the subalgebra and that the converse holds provided the graph is free of certain degenerate configurations. One main combinatorial class of polarizability is the class of polymatroidal sets. We also prove that if the edge graph of has diameter at most 2 then is polarizable. We establish a curious connection with birationality of rational maps defined by monomial quadrics.     

On the computation of the jdeg of blowup algebras

For a graded algebra , its is a global degree that can be used to study issues of complexity of the normalization . Here some techniques grounded on Rees algebra theory are used to estimate . A closely related notion, of divisorial generation, is introduced to count numbers of generators of .     

Higher power moments of the Riesz mean error term of symmetric square L-function

Let be the error term of the Riesz mean of the symmetric square L-function. We give the higher power moments of and show that if there exists a real number A₀:=A₀(ρ)>3 such that , then we can derive asymptotic formulas for , 3?h<A₀, h∈N. Particularly, we get asymptotic formulas for , h=3,4,5 unconditionally.     

The coarse shape groups

The (pointed) coarse shape category Sh^* (), having (pointed) topological spaces as objects and having the (pointed) shape category as a subcategory, was recently constructed. Its isomorphisms classify (pointed) topological spaces strictly coarser than the (pointed) shape type classification. In this paper we introduce a new algebraic coarse shape invariant which is an invariant of shape and homotopy, as well. For every pointed space (X,?) and for every k∈N₀, the coarse shape group , having the standard shape group for its subgroup, is defined. Furthermore, a functor is constructed. The coarse shape and shape groups already differ on the class of polyhedra. An explicit formula for computing coarse shape groups of polyhedra is given. The coarse shape groups give us more information than the shape groups. Generally, does not imply (e.g. for solenoids), but from pro-πk(X,?)=0 follows . Moreover, for pointed metric compacta (X,?), the n-shape connectedness is characterized by , for every k?n.     

Finite-sample inference with monotone incomplete multivariate normal data, II

We continue our recent work on inference with two-step, monotone incomplete data from a multivariate normal population with mean and covariance matrix . Under the assumption that is block-diagonal when partitioned according to the two-step pattern, we derive the distributions of the diagonal blocks of and of the estimated regression matrix, . We represent in terms of independent matrices; derive its exact distribution, thereby generalizing the Wishart distribution to the setting of monotone incomplete data; and obtain saddlepoint approximations for the distributions of and its partial Iwasawa coordinates. We prove the unbiasedness of a modified likelihood ratio criterion for testing , where is a given matrix, and obtain the null and non-null distributions of the test statistic. In testing , where and are given, we prove that the likelihood ratio criterion is unbiased and obtain its null and non-null distributions. For the sphericity test, , we obtain the null distribution of the likelihood ratio criterion. In testing we show that a modified locally most powerful invariant statistic has the same distribution as a Bartlett-Pillai-Nanda trace statistic in multivariate analysis of variance.     

On the number of graphs with a given endomorphism monoid

For a given finite monoid , let be the number of graphs on n vertices with endomorphism monoid isomorphic to . For any nontrivial monoid we prove that where and are constants depending only on with .For every k there exists a monoid of size k with , on the other hand if a group of unity of has a size k>2 then .     

Singular-value-like decomposition for complex matrix triples

The classical singular value decomposition for a matrix A∈C^m×n is a canonical form for A that also displays the eigenvalues of the Hermitian matrices AA^∗ and A^∗A. In this paper, we develop a corresponding decomposition for A that provides the Jordan canonical forms for the complex symmetric matrices and . More generally, we consider the matrix triple , where are invertible and either complex symmetric or complex skew-symmetric, and we provide a canonical form under transformations of the form , where X,Y are nonsingular.     

Homology of artinian and Matlis reflexive modules, I

Let R be a commutative local noetherian ring, and let L and L^′ be R-modules. We investigate the properties of the functors and . For instance, we show the following:

(a)

if L and L^′ are artinian, then is artinian, and is noetherian over the completion ;

(b)

if L is artinian and L^′ is Matlis reflexive, then , , and are Matlis reflexive.

Also, we study the vanishing behavior of these functors, and we include computations demonstrating the sharpness of our results.     

Asymptotic behavior of coupled dynamical systems with multiscale aspects

We study the asymptotic behavior, as time variable t goes to +∞, of nonautonomous dynamical systems involving multiscale features. As a benchmark case, given H a general Hilbert space, and two closed convex functions, and β a function of t which tends to +∞ as t goes to +∞, we consider the differential inclusion

     

Higher Kurtz randomness

A real x is -Kurtz random (-Kurtz random) if it is in no closed null set ( set). We show that there is a cone of -Kurtz random hyperdegrees. We characterize lowness for -Kurtz randomness as being -dominated and -semi-traceable.     

On the relation between cluster and classical tilting

Let be a triangulated category with a cluster tilting subcategory U. The quotient category is abelian; suppose that it has finite global dimension.We show that projection from to sends cluster tilting subcategories of to support tilting subcategories of , and that, in turn, support tilting subcategories of can be lifted uniquely to weak cluster tilting subcategories of .     

On the Wiener integral with respect to a sub-fractional Brownian motion on an interval

The domain of the Wiener integral with respect to a sub-fractional Brownian motion , , k≠0, is characterized. The set is a Hilbert space which contains the class of elementary functions as a dense subset. If , any element of is a function and if , the domain is a space of distributions.     

New applications of Besov-type and Triebel-Lizorkin-type spaces

In this paper, the authors prove that Besov-Morrey spaces are proper subspaces of Besov-type spaces and that Triebel-Lizorkin-Morrey spaces are special cases of Triebel-Lizorkin-type spaces . The authors also establish an equivalent characterization of when τ∈[0,1/p). These Besov-type spaces and Triebel-Lizorkin-type spaces were recently introduced to connect Besov spaces and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces with Q spaces. Moreover, for the spaces and , the authors investigate their trace properties and the boundedness of the pseudo-differential operators with homogeneous symbols in these spaces, which generalize the corresponding classical results of Jawerth and Grafakos-Torres by taking τ=0.     

Exact rates in log law for positively associated random variables

Let be a strictly stationary sequence of positively associated random variables with mean zero and finite variance. Set , Mn=maxk?n|Sk|, n?1. Suppose . In this paper, we study the exact convergence rates of a kind of weighted infinite series of , and as ε↘0, respectively.     

How to play the Majority game with a liar

The Majority game is played by a questioner () and an answerer (). holds n elements, each of which can be labeled as 0 or 1. is trying to identify some element holds as having the Majority label or, in the case of a tie, claim there is none. To do this asks questions comparing whether two elements have the same or different label. ’s goal is to ask as few questions as possible while ’s goal is to delay as much as possible. Let q^∗ denote the minimal number of questions needed for to identify a Majority element regardless of ’s answers.In this paper we investigate upper and lower bounds for q^∗ in a variation of the Majority game, where is allowed to lie up to t times. We consider two versions of the game, the adaptive (where questions are asked sequentially) and the oblivious (where questions are asked in one batch).