A splitting theorem for degrees

We prove that, for any , and with _{T}A\oplus U$"> and r.e., in , there are pairs and such that ; ; and, for any and from and any set , if and , then . We then deduce that for any degrees , , and such that and are recursive in , , and is into , can be split over avoiding . This shows that the Main Theorem of Cooper (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (1990), 151-158) is false.

     

Obstructions to deformations of d.g. modules

Let be a field and . There exist a differential graded -module and various approximations to a differential on one of which gives a non-trivial deformation, another is obstructed, and another is unobstructed at order . The analogous problem in the category of -algebras in characteristic zero remains a long-standing open question.

     

Sur une question de capitulation

Let and be prime numbers such that and . Let , , and let be the 2-Hilbert class field of , the 2-Hilbert class field of and the Galois group of . The 2-part of the class group of is of type , so contains three extensions . Our goal is to study the problem of capitulation of the 2-classes of in , and to determine the structure of .

RSESUM´E. Soient et deux nombres premiers tels que et , , , , le 2-corps de classes de Hilbert de , le 2-corps de classes de Hilbert de et le groupe de Galois de . La 2-partie du groupe de classes de est de type , par suite contient trois extensions . On s'intéresse au problème de capitulation des 2-classes de dans , et à déterminer la structure de .

     

Compact operators on the Bergman space of multiply-connected domains

If is a smoothly bounded multiply-connected domain in the complex plane and where we show that is compact if and only if its Berezin transform vanishes at the boundary.

     

Linear discrete operators on the disk algebra

Let be the disk algebra. In this paper we address the following question: Under what conditions on the points do there exist operators such that

and , , for every ? Here the convergence is understood in the sense of norm in . Our first result shows that if satisfy Carleson condition, then there exists a function such that , . This is a non-trivial generalization of results of Somorjai (1980) and Partington (1997). It also provides a partial converse to a result of Totik (1984). The second result of this paper shows that if are required to be projections, then for any choice of the operators do not converge to the identity operator. This theorem generalizes the famous theorem of Faber and implies that the disk algebra does not have an interpolating basis.

     

Menger curvature and regularity of fractals

We show that if is an -regular set in for which the triple integral of the Menger curvature is finite and if , then almost all of can be covered with countably many curves. We give an example to show that this is false for .

     

On polynomial products in nilpotent and solvable Lie groups

We are dealing with Lie groups which are diffeomorphic to , for some . After identifying with , the multiplication on can be seen as a map . We show that if is a polynomial map in one of the two (sets of) variables or , then is solvable. Moreover, if one knows that is polynomial in one of the variables, the group is nilpotent if and only if is polynomial in both its variables.

     

Blow up of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a wave equation with nonlinear damping and source terms and positive initial energy

In this paper we consider the long time behavior of solutions of the initial value problem for semi-linear wave equations of the form

Here 0.$">

We prove that if m \ge 1,$"> then for any 0$"> there are choices of initial data from the energy space with initial energy such that the solution blows up in finite time. If we replace by , where is a sufficiently slowly decreasing function, an analogous result holds.

     

Moufang loops and alternative algebras

Let be the algebra of classical real octonions or the (split) algebra of octonions over the finite field 2$">. Then the quotient loop of the Moufang loop of all invertible elements of the algebra modulo its center is not embedded into a loop of invertible elements of any alternative algebra.

     

Sufficient conditions for a linear functional to be multiplicative

A commutative Banach algebra is said to have the property if the following holds: Let be a closed subspace of finite codimension such that, for every , the Gelfand transform has at least distinct zeros in , the maximal ideal space of . Then there exists a subset of of cardinality such that vanishes on , the set of common zeros of . In this paper we show that if is compact and nowhere dense, then , the uniform closure of the space of rational functions with poles off , has the property for all . We also investigate the property for the algebra of real continuous functions on a compact Hausdorff space.

     

Degenerating families of rank two bundles

We construct families of rank two bundles on , in characteristic two, where for , is a sum of line bundles, and is non-split. We construct families of rank two bundles on , in characteristic , where for , is a sum of line bundles, and is non-split.

     

Asymptotic behavior of Fourier transforms of self-similar measures

Let be a self-similar probability measure on satisfying where 0$"> and Let be the Fourier transform of A necessary and sufficient condition for to approach zero at infinity is given. In particular, if and for then 0$"> if and only if is a PV-number and is not a factor of . This generalizes the corresponding theorem of Erdös and Salem for the case

     

Multi-dimensional versions of a theorem of Fine and Wilf and a formula of Sylvester

Let be vectors in which generate . We show that a body with the vectors as edge vectors is an almost minimal set with the property that every function with periods is constant. For the result reduces to the theorem of Fine and Wilf, which is a refinement of the famous Periodicity Lemma.

Suppose is not a non-trivial linear combination of with non-negative coefficients. Then we describe the sector such that every interior integer point of the sector is a linear combination of over , but infinitely many points on each of its hyperfaces are not. For the result reduces to a formula of Sylvester corresponding to Frobenius' Coin-changing Problem in the case of coins of two denominations.

     

A dichotomy theorem for subsets of the power set of the natural numbers

The following dichotomy is established for any pair , of hereditary families of finite subsets of : Given , an infinite subset of , there exists an infinite subset of so that either , or , where denotes the set of all finite subsets of .

     

Les transformations de Cremona stellaires

On construit explicitement toutes les transformations de Cremona de qui satisfont à la propriété suivante: il existe tels que les droites par sont envoyées sur les droites par . On caractérise de plusieurs manières ces transformations et pour chaque entier non-négatif on donne des formules pour la dimension de l'ensemble constitué de celles qui ont degré .

ABSTRACT. We construct the Cremona transformations of satisfying the following property: there exist such that the image of all straight lines through are straight lines through . We characterise these transformations, and for all non-negative integer we give a formula for the dimension of the set of those whose degree is .

     

Diagonal type conditions on group C-algebras

Let be a locally compact group with and its enveloping and reduced C-algebras respectively. We show that if is residually finite dimensional, then is maximally almost periodic, and is residually finite dimensional if and only if is both amenable and maximally almost periodic. Letting be the left regular representation of , we show that a certain quasidiagonality condition on implies that is amenable.

     

Parameter dependence of solutions of partial differential equations in spaces of real analytic functions

Let be an open set and let denote the class of real analytic functions on . It is proved that for every surjective linear partial differential operator and every family depending holomorphically on there is a solution family depending on in the same way such that The result is a consequence of a characterization of Fréchet spaces such that the class of ``weakly' real analytic -valued functions coincides with the analogous class defined via Taylor series. An example shows that the analogous assertions need not be valid if is replaced by another set.

     

Compact operators whose real and imaginary parts are positive

Let be a compact operator on a Hilbert space such that the operators and are positive. Let be the singular values of and the eigenvalues of , all enumerated in decreasing order. We show that the sequence is majorised by . An important consequence is that, when is less than or equal to , and when this inequality is reversed.

     

Arbitrarily large solutions of the conformal scalar curvature problem at an isolated singularity

We study the conformal scalar curvature problem

where is a continuous function. We show that a necessary and sufficient condition on for this problem to have positive solutions which are arbitrarily large at is that be less than 1 on a sequence of points in which tends to .