The Whitehead Group of the Novikov Ring

The Bass–Heller–Swan–Farrell–Hsiang–Siebenmann decomposition of the Whitehead group K ₁(A[z,z^-1]) of a twisted Laurent polynomial extension A[z,z^-1] of a ring A is generalized to a decomposition of the Whitehead group K ₁(A((z))) of a twisted Novikov ring of power series A((z))=A[[z]][z^-1]. The decomposition involves a summand W₁(A, ) which is an Abelian quotient of the multiplicative group W(A,) of Witt vectors 1+a₁z+a₂z²+ ··· A[[z]]. An example is constructed to show that in general the natural surjection W(A, )^ab W₁(A, ) is not an isomorphism.     

The Hilbert–Poincaré Series for Some Algebras of Invariants of Cyclic Groups

Let be a linear representation of a finite group over a field of characteristic 0. Further, let R be the corresponding algebra of invariants, and let P (t) be its Hilbert–Poincaré series. Then the series P (t) represents a rational function (t)/(t). If R is a complete intersection, then (t) is a product of cyclotomic polynomials. Here we prove the inverse statement for the case where is an almost regular (in particular, regular) representation of a cyclic group. This yields an answer to a question of R. Stanley in this very special case. Bibliography: 3 titles.     

Some inequalities about the covering radius of Reed-Muller codes

Let R(r, m) be the rth order Reed-Muller code of length 2 ^m , and let (r, m) be its covering radius. We prove that if 2 k m - r - 1, then (r + k, m + k) (r, m + 2(k - 1). We also prove that if m - r 4, 2 k m - r - 1, and R(r, m) has a coset with minimal weight (r, m) which does not contain any vector of weight (r, m) + 2, then (r + k, m + k) (r, m) + 2k(. These inequalities improve repeated use of the known result (r + 1, m + 1) (r, m).This work was supported by a grant from the Research Council of Wright State University.     

Best approximation and best unilateral approximation of the kernel of a biharmonic equation and optimal renewal of the values of operators

For the classB _p , 0 < 1, 1p , of 2-periodic functions of the form f(t)=u(,t), whereu (,t) is a biharmonic function in the unit disk, we obtain the exact values of the best approximation and best unilateral approximation of the kernel K(t) of the convolution f= K *g, gl, with respect to the metric of L₁. We also consider the problem of renewal of the values of the convolution operator by using the information about the values of the boundary functions.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol.47, No. 11, pp. 1549–1557, November, 1995.     

On the radicals of structural matrix rings

The relationship between the radical of a ringR and a structural matrix ring overR has been determined for some radicals. We continue these investigations, amongst others, determining exactly which radicals have the property (M(,R))=M( _s ,(R))+M( _a ,⁺(R))for any structural matrix ringM(,R) and finding (M(,R)) for any hereditary subidempotent radical .     

Commutativity of operators on the lattice of existence varieties

In a previous paper the authors introduced seven complete congruences on the lattice _ev(I of e-varieties of regular semigroups of the form _P :U _P VPU=PV, whereP is drawn from a small set of e-varieties: left zero, right zero, rectangular bands, groups, left groups, right groups and completely simple semigroups. Four new complete congruences are introduced here of the form _P :U _P VPU=PV, whereP is one of the following classes of regular semigroups: left monoids, right monoids, monoids, idempotent generated semigroups. For each complete congruence on _ev(I) and eachU_ev(I), the -class ofU is an interval [U ,U ] so that there is associated with each such congruence an idempotent operatorUU on _ev(I). This paper establishes numerous results concerning the commutativity of operators of this form.This work was supported in part by NSERC Grant 4044.     

The conditions of selfadjointness of the operator of singular integration

It is proved that the operator of singular integration along a bounded rectifiable curve is self-adjoint in the weighted spaceL ₂(, ) if and only if is a circle and (t)=const.     

Some remarks on the modulus of continuity of a conformal mapping of the disk onto a Jordan domain

Letd(;z, t) be the smallest diameter of the arcs of a Jordan curve with endsz andt. Consider the rapidity of decreasing ofd(;)=sup{d(;z, t):z, t , ¦z–t¦} (as 0,0) as a measure of nicety of . Letg(x) (x0) be a continuous and nondecreasing function such thatg(x)x,g(0)=0. Put¯g(x)=g(x)+x, h(x)=(¯g(x))². LetH(x) be an arbitrary primitive of 1/h ^–1(x). Note that the functionH ^–1 x is positive and increasing on (–, +),H ^–1 0 asx– andH ^–1+ asx +. The following statement is proved in the paper.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 176–184, August, 1996.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00236 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. NCF000.     

Circularity of Finite Groups without Fixed Points

Let be a fixed point free group given by the presentation where and are relative prime numbers, t = /s and s = gcd( – 1,), and is the order of modulo . We prove that if (1) = 2, and (2) is embeddable into the multiplicative group of some skew field, then is circular. This means that there is some additive group N on which acts fixed point freely, and |((a)+b)((c)+d)| 2 whenever a,b,c,d N, a0c, are such that (a)+b(c)+d.     

On monodromy of complex projective structures

Summary We prove that for any nonelementary representation : ₁(S SL (2, )) of the fundamental group of a closed orientable hyperbolic surfaceS there exists a complex projective structure onS with the monodromy .Oblatum IV-1993 & 24-IV-1994     

Asymptotics of the fundamental system of solutions of a linear functional-differential equation with respect to a parameter

We study a functional-differential equation, whereF is a linear operator acting from the Hölder spaceH into the Sobolev space W _p ^s [0, 1] and is a complex parameter. For large absolute values of , we construct a one-to-one correspondence between the solutionsx(;t) andy(;t) of the equations andy ⁽ⁿ⁾+y ⁿ=0. We also establish conditions that should be imposed on the operatorF in order that specially selected fundamental systems of solutions of these equationsx _j (;t) andy _j (;t), j=1,...,n, satisfy the estimate with constantsc, >0 for the functional space=W _q ^l [0, 1] or.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 811–836, June, 1995.This work was financially supported by the International Science Foundation and the Foundation for Fundamental Research of the Ukrainian State Committee on Science and Technology.     

Linear cyclic codes of wordlength v over GF(q s ) which are also linear cyclic codes of wordlength sv over GF(q)

Any nonsingular linear transformation : GF(q^s) GF(q^s) can be used to treat a linear cyclic code of wordlength v over GF(q^s) as a linear code () of Wordlength sv over GF(q). This paper determines those linear cyclic codes and transformations for which the resulting linear code () is also cyclic.     

Time decay for nonlinear wave equations in two space dimensions

The Cauchy Problem for the equation u_tt–u+|u|^p–1u=0 (x², t>0, >1) is studied. Smooth Cauchy data is prescribed, and no smallness condition is imposed. For >5, it is shown that the maximum amplitude of such a wave decays at the expected rate t^–1/2 as t. For 1+8<5, the maximum amplitude still decays, but at a slower rate. These results are then used to demonstrate the existence of the scattering operator when >_o, where _o is the root of the cubic equation ³-2²-7-8=0; thus _o4.15.Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow     

Posterior Sensitivity to the Sampling Distribution and the Prior: More than One Observation

Sensitivity of a posterior quantity (f, P) to the choice of the sampling distribution f and prior P is considered. Sensitivity is measured by the range of (f, P) when f and P vary in nonparametric classes ^f and ^P respectively. Direct and iterative methods are described which obtain the range of (f, P) over f ^f when prior P is fixed, and also the overall range over f ^f and P ^P . When multiple i.i.d. observations X ₁,...,X _k are observed from f, the posterior quantity (f, P) is not a ratio-linear function of f. A method of steepest descent is proposed to obtain the range of (f, P). Several examples illustrate applications of these methods.     

Holomorphe Funktionen auf Gebieten über Banach-Räumen zu vorgegebenen Konvergenzradien

Given a function: ₊ on a domain spread over an infinite dimensional complex Banach space E with a Schauder basis such that -log is plurisubharmonic and d (d denotes the boundary distance on ) one can find a holomorphic function f: with _f, where _f is the radius of convergence of f. If, in addition, is locally Lipschitz continuous with constant 1, f can be chosen so that (3M)^–1 _f, where M is the basis constant of E. In the particular case of E= ₁ there are holomorphic functions f on with= _f.     

Second-order properties of the loss probability inM/M/s/s +c systems

The Erlang loss function, which gives the steady state loss probability in anM/M/s/s system, has been extensively studied in the literature. In this paper, we look at the similar loss probability inM/M/s/s + c systems and an extension of it to nonintegral number of servers and queue capacity. We study its monotonicity properties. We show that the loss probability is convex in the queue capacity, and that it is convex in the traffic intensity if is below some ^* and concave if is greater that ^*, for a broad range of number of servers and queue capacities. We prove that the one-server loss system is the onlyM/M/s/s +c system for which the loss probability is concave in the traffic intensity in all its range.Research supported by Grant BD/645/90-RM from Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica.On leave from: Departamento de Matemática, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal.     

Exact Values of Widths of Classes of Analytic Functions on the Disk and Best Linear Approximation Methods

In the Hardy space H _p, (p1, 0< 1, H _p,1 H _p) we develop best linear approximation methods (previously studied by Taikov and Ainulloev) for the classes W(r,,) of analytic functions on the unit disk and calculate the exact values of linear, Gelfand, and informational n-widths of these classes.     

Problem of the maximum of the n-th diameter in the hyperbolic plane

Let E be a compactum in the circle and let d_n(E) be the n-th Euclidean diameter of E: Let K^(h)() be the family of all continua in U of hyperbolic capacity , 0<<1. Let E ₁ ^* ()=[0, R₁()] and let for n=2,3,..., where R_n() is the solution of the equation K(k) being the elliptic integral of the first kind with module k and. In Sec. 1 of the paper one shows that for all even n=2m 4- and all 0<<1, the symmetric continuum E _n ^* () does not yield a maximum for d _n ^(h) (E) in the family K^(h)(). This complements the known result of a negative character in the problem of the maximum of the n-th Euclidean diameter in the family of all continua of a prescribed capacity. In Sec. 2 one shows that for any 0<<1, the maximum of d₃(E) in the family K^(h)() is attained only by the continua of the form, being a real number.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 100, pp. 113–130, 1980.     

Generalized Lindelöf Finiteness Conditions for the λ-Type of a Subharmonic Function

We establish a finiteness criterion for the -type of a subharmonic function. In the case where (r) = r L(r), , where L is a slowly varying function, this criterion coincides with the Lindelöf criterion.     

Properties of solutions of linear functional-differential equations depending on a parameter

On the segment 0 t1 we study the equation A(d/dt, )x(t) + [F()x](t)=f(t), whereA (d/dt, ) x=x( ⁿ )+A ₁ x(^n–1 +...+ ⁿ A _n x, the matrices A₁,...,A_n are of size m × m, x is an unknown and f a given function with values in the m-dimensional space ^m , F() is a linear operator acting from a Hölder space to a Lebesgue space of vectorfunctions with values in ^m and depending on a complex parameter . We find the set of those at which a one-to-one correspondence is established between the solutions of the given equation and the solutions of the equation A(d/dt, )x(t)=0.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 1213–1231, September, 1991.