Orbits of Positive Operators from a Differentiable Viewpoint

Let be a unital C^*-algebra and G the group of units of . A geometrical study of the action of G over the set ⁺ of all positive elements of is presented. The orbits of elements with closed range by this action are provided with a structure of differentiable homogeneous space with a natural connection. The orbits are partitioned in 'components' which also have a rich geometrical structure.     

Commutativity of the Arens product in lattice ordered algebras

Let be an Abelian Archimedean lattice ordered algebra. The order bidual furnished with the Arens product is again a lattice ordered algebra. We show that the order continuous order bidual is Abelian. This solves an open problem and improves a result of Scheffold, who proved it for the case of normed lattice ordered algebras. The proof is based on the up-down-up approximation of positive elements in the order continuous order bidual by elements in the canonical image of in Components of positive elements in are characterized and the result is applied to the Arens product of -and almost -algebras.     

Uniform Convergence of Trigonometric Series with Rarely Changing Coefficients

We consider the series and whose coefficients satisfy the condition for , where the sequence can be expressed as the union of a finite number of lacunary sequences. The following results are obtained. If as , then the series is uniformly convergent. If for all , then the sequence of partial sums of this series is uniformly bounded. If the series is convergent for and as , then this series is uniformly convergent. If the sequence of partial sums of the series for is bounded and for all , then the sequence of partial sums of this series is uniformly bounded. In these assertions, conditions on the rates of decrease of the coefficients of the series are also necessary if the sequence is lacunary. In the general case, they are not necessary.     

On Sparse Parity Check Matrices

We consider the extremal problem to determine the maximal number of columns of a 0-1 matrix with rows and at most ones in each column such that each columns are linearly independent modulo . For fixed integers and , we shall prove the probabilistic lower bound = ; for a power of , we prove the upper bound which matches the lower bound for infinitely many values of . We give some explicit constructions.     

On the Growth of Entire Functions of Exponential Type near a Straight Line

Let be a sequence of complex numbers such that as . For close to the imaginary axis, upper bounds of the indicator of a nonzero entire function of exponential type with minimal growth vanishing on is obtained. These bounds give sufficient conditions for the system of exponents to be incomplete in an unbounded domain in .     

On the Best Ranges for A p + and RH r +

In this paper we study the relationship between one-sided reverse Holder classes and the classes. We find the best possible range of to which an weight belongs, in terms of the constant. Conversely, we also find the best range of to which a weight belongs, in terms of the constant. Similar problems for , and are solved using factorization.     

Second-Order Subexponential Behavior of Subordinated Sequences

Suppose that , , and are three discrete probability distributions related by the equation (E): , where denotes the k-fold convolution of In this paper, we investigate the relation between the asymptotic behaviors of and . It turns out that, for wide classes of sequences and , relation (E) implies that , where is the mean of . The main object of this paper is to discuss the rate of convergence in this result. In our main results, we obtain O-estimates and exact asymptotic estimates for the difference .     

Simultaneous Preservation of Orthogonality of Polynomials by Linear Operators Arising from Dilation of Orthogonal Polynomial Systems

For an orthogonal polynomial system and a sequence of nonzero numbers,let be the linear operator defined on the linear spaceof all polynomials via for all .We investigate conditions on and under which can simultaneously preserve the orthogonality ofdifferent polynomial systems. As an application, we get that for , a generalized Laguerre polynomial system, no can simultaneously preserve the orthogonality of twoadditional Laguerre systems, and , where and . On the other hand, for ,the Chebyshev polynomial system and , simultaneously preserves the orthogonality of uncountablymany kernel polynomial systems associated with p. We study manyother examples of this type.     

On a certain Maximum Principle for Positive Operators in an Ordered Normed Space

The equation for a positive linear continuous operator is considered in an ordered normed space , where the cone is assumed to be closed and having a nonempty interior. Then the dual cone of K possesses a base . Generalizing the well known maximum principle for positive matrices an operator A is said to satisfy the maximum principle, if for any there exists a positive linear continuous functional which is both, maximal on the element Ax, i.e. , and positive on the element x, i.e. 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> . This property is studied and characterized both analytically by some extreme point condition and geometrically by means of the behaviour under A of the faces of the cone K. It is shown that the conditions which have been obtained for finite dimensional spaces in earlier relevant papers are special cases of conditions presented in this paper. The maximum pinciple is proved for simple operators in the spaces and c.     

Lp Contraction Semigroups for Vector Valued Functions

Let be a contraction semigroup on the space of vector valued functions ( is a Hilbert space). In order to study the extension of to a contaction semigroup on , Shigekawa [Sh] studied recently the domination property where is a symmetric sub-Markovian semigroup on . He gives in the setting of square field operators sufficient conditions for the above inequality. The aim of the present paper is to show that the methods of [12] and [13] can be applied in the present setting and provide two ways for the extension of to We give necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of sesquilinear forms for the contractivity property as well as for the above domination property in a more general situation.     

A Constructive Proof of the Generalized Gelfand Isomorphism

Using an analog of the classical Frobenius recursion, we define the notion of a Frobenius -homomorphism. For , this is an ordinary ring homomorphism. We give a constructive proof of the following theorem. Let X be a compact Hausdorff space, the th symmetric power of X, and the algebra of continuous complex-valued functions on X with the sup-norm; then the evaluation map defined by the formula identifies the space with the space of all Frobenius -homomorphisms of the algebra into with the weak topology.     

Disjointness Preserving Operators on Complex Riesz Spaces

It is proven that ifE and F are complex Riesz spaces and ifT is an order bounded disjointness preserving operator fromE intoF , then This fundamental result of M. Meyer is obtained by elementary means using as the main tool the functional calculus derived from the Freudenthal spectral theorem. It is also shown that ifT is an order bounded disjointness preserving operator, a formula of the form holds. It implies a polar decomposition of an order bounded disjointness preserving operator as the product of a Riesz homomorphism and an orthomorphism. Results of P. Meyer-Nieberg in this regard are generalized.     

Positive Semicharacters of Lie Semigroups

We study positive semicharacters of generating Lie subsemigroup of a connected Lie group . These semicharacters are important for positive representations of in Hilbert space and for completely monotonic functions in . We describe the tangent map for a positive semicharacter and then obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for nontriviality of the wedge consisting of all bounded positive semicharacters of . In particular is nontrivial for a solvable simply connected and invariant without nontrivial subgroups, but it is trivial for a semisimple .     

On Plane Maximal Curves

The number N of rational points on an algebraic curve of genus g over a finite field satisfies the Hasse–Weil bound . A curve that attains this bound is called maximal. With and , it is known that maximalcurves have . Maximal curves with have been characterized up to isomorphism. A natural genus to be studied is and for this genus there are two non-isomorphic maximal curves known when . Here, a maximal curve with genus g ₂ and a non-singular plane model is characterized as a Fermat curve of degree .     

Transversals of Families of Translations of a Planar Convex Compact

Let be a family of translations of a convex compact set such that every two elements of have a common point. Then there exist three points such that each element of contains one of these points. This answers in the affirmative an old question by Grünbaum. Bibliography: 13 titles.     

Characterization of Normal Traces on Von Neumann Algebras by Inequalities for the Modulus

It is proved that if a normal semifinite weight on a von Neumann algebra satisfies the inequality for any selfadjoint operators in , then this weight is a trace. Several similar characterizations of traces among the normal semifinite weights are proved. In particular, Gardner's result on the characterization of traces by the inequality is refined and reinforced.     

Automorphisms of Aschbacher Graphs

If a regular graph of valence and diameter has vertices, then , which was proved by Moore (cf. [1]). Graphs for which this non-strict inequality turns into an equality are called Moore graphs. Such have an odd girth equal to . The simplest example of a Moore graph is furnished by a -triangle. Damerell proved that a Moore graph of valence has diameter 2. In this case , the graph is strongly regular with and , and the valence is equal to 3 (Peterson's graph), to 7 (Hoffman–Singleton's graph), or to 57. The first two graphs are of rank 3. Whether a Moore graph of valence exists is not known; yet, Aschbacher proved that the Moore graph with will not be a rank 3 graph. We call the Moore graph with the Aschbacher graph. Cameron showed that such cannot be vertex transitive. Here, we treat subgraphs of fixed points of Moore graph automorphisms and an automorphism group of the hypothetical Aschbacher graph for the case where that group contains an involution.     

A New Critical Behavior for Nonlinear Wave Equations

We study the inhomogeneous semilinear wave equations on with initial values and ,where is a noncompact, complete manifold. We founda new critical behavior in the following sense. There exists ap* > 0. When 1 < p p*, the above problem hasno global solution for any nonnegative not identicallyzero and for any and ; when the problem has a global solution for some and some and . If , which is equipped with the Euclideanmetric, then . If we show that belongs to the blow upcase. Although homogeneous semilinear wave equations are known to exhibit acritical behavior for a long time, this seems to be the first result oninhomogeneous ones.     

Bernstein-Type Theorems and Uniqueness Theorems

Let be an entire function of finite type with respect to finite order and let be a subset of an open cone in a certain n-dimensional subspace (the smaller , the sparser ). We assume that this cone contains a ray 0} \right\}$$ " align="middle" border="0"> . It is shown that the radial indicator of at any point may be evaluated in terms of function values at points of the discrete subset . Moreover, if tends to zero fast enough as over , then this function vanishes identically. To prove these results, a special approximation technique is developed. In the last part of the paper, it is proved that, under certain conditions on and , which are close to exact conditions, the function bounded on is bounded on the ray.