Distances Between <Emphasis Type="Italic">σ</Emphasis>-Fields on a Probability Space

For a probability space (Ω,ℱ,P) and two sub-σ-fields we consider two natural distances: and . We investigate basic properties of these distances. In particular we show that if a distance (ρ or ) from ℬ to is small then there exists Z∈ℱ with small P(Z), such that for every B∈ℬ there exists such that B∖Z and A∖Z differ by a set of probability zero. This improves results of Neveu (Ann. Math. Stat. 43(4):1369–1371, [1972]), Jajte and Paszkiewicz (Probab. Math. Stat. 19(1):181–201, [1999]).      

Representation theory of $\mathcal{W}$-algebras

We study the representation theory of the -algebra associated with a simple Lie algebra at level k. We show that the “-” reduction functor is exact and sends an irreducible module to zero or an irreducible module at any level k∈ℂ. Moreover, we show that the character of each irreducible highest weight representation of is completely determined by that of the corresponding irreducible highest weight representation of affine Lie algebra of . As a consequence we complete (for the “-” reduction) the proof of the conjecture of E. Frenkel, V. Kac and M. Wakimoto on the existence and the construction of the modular invariant representations of -algebras. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991)  17B68, 81R10     

Primitive Ideals and Automorphisms of Quantum Matrices

Let be a field and q be a nonzero element of that is not a root of unity. We give a criterion for 〈0〉 to be a primitive ideal of the algebra of quantum matrices. Next, we describe all height one primes of ; these two problems are actually interlinked since it turns out that 〈0〉 is a primitive ideal of whenever has only finitely many height one primes. Finally, we compute the automorphism group of in the case where m ≠ n. In order to do this, we first study the action of this group on the prime spectrum of . Then, by using the preferred basis of and PBW bases, we prove that the automorphism group of is isomorphic to the torus when m ≠ n and (m,n) ≠ (1, 3),(3, 1). This research was supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 6th European Community Framework Programme and by Leverhulme Research Interchange Grant F/00158/X.     

Boundedness of Marcinkiewicz integral related to multilinear commutators with variable kernels on Hardy spaces

Let→b=(b1,b2,…,bm),bi∈∧βi(Rn),1≤I≤m,βi＞0,m∑I=1βi=β,0＜β＜1,μΩ→b(f)(x)=(∫∞0|F→b,t(f)(x)|2dt/t3)1/2,F→b,t(f)(x)=∫|x-y|≤t Ω(x,x-y)/|x-y|n-1 mΠi=1[bi(x)-bi(y)dy.We consider the boundedness of μΩ,→b on Hardy type space Hp→b(Rn).     

Slices of Essentially Algebraic Categories

This paper is a contribution to the theory of functor slices of J. Sichler and V. Trnková. For every ordinal α we introduce a basket , prove that every essentially algebraic category of height α is a slice of , characterize small slices of and give a common generalization of known results about slices of the algebraic basket .      

Conditional limit results for type I polar distributions

Let (S ₁,S ₂) = (R cos(Θ), R sin(Θ)) be a bivariate random vector with associated random radius R which has distribution function F being further independent of the random angle Θ. In this paper we investigate the asymptotic behaviour of the conditional survivor probability when u approaches the upper endpoint of F. On the density function of Θ we impose a certain local asymptotic behaviour at 0, whereas for F we require that it belongs to the Gumbel max-domain of attraction. The main result of this contribution is an asymptotic expansion of , which is then utilised to construct two estimators for the conditional distribution function . Furthermore, we allow Θ to depend on u.      

Third Derivative of the One-Electron Density at the Nucleus

We study electron densities of eigenfunctions of atomic Schr?dinger operators. We prove the existence of , the third derivative of the spherically averaged atomic density at the nucleus. For eigenfunctions with corresponding eigenvalue below the essential spectrum in any symmetry subspace we obtain the bound , where Z denotes the nuclear charge. This bound is optimal. ? 2008 by the authors. This article may be reproduced in its entirety for non-commercial purposes. Submitted: April 22, 2008. Accepted: July 7, 2008.     

Cocycle and orbit equivalence superrigidity for malleable actions of w-rigid groups

We prove that if a countable discrete group Γ is w-rigid, i.e. it contains an infinite normal subgroup H with the relative property (T) (e.g. , or Γ=H×H’ with H an infinite Kazhdan group and H’ arbitrary), and is a closed subgroup of the group of unitaries of a finite separable von Neumann algebra (e.g. countable discrete, or separable compact), then any -valued measurable cocycle for a measure preserving action of Γ on a probability space (X,μ) which is weak mixing on H and s-malleable (e.g. the Bernoulli action ) is cohomologous to a group morphism of Γ into . We use the case discrete of this result to prove that if in addition Γ has no non-trivial finite normal subgroups then any orbit equivalence between and a free ergodic measure preserving action of a countable group Λ is implemented by a conjugacy of the actions, with respect to some group isomorphism Γ≃Λ.     

Bounded universal functions for sequences of holomorphic self-maps of the disk

We give several characterizations of those sequences of holomorphic self-maps {φ _n } _n≥1 of the unit disk for which there exists a function F in the unit ball of H ^∞ such that the orbit {F∘φ _n :n∈ℕ} is locally uniformly dense in . Such a function F is said to be a -universal function. One of our conditions is stated in terms of the hyperbolic derivatives of the functions φ _n . As a consequence we will see that if φ _n is the nth iterate of a map φ of into , then {φ _n } _n≥1 admits a -universal function if and only if φ is a parabolic or hyperbolic automorphism of . We show that whenever there exists a -universal function, then this function can be chosen to be a Blaschke product. Further, if there is a -universal function, we show that there exist uniformly closed subspaces consisting entirely of universal functions.     

On the number of moduli of plane sextics with six cusps

Let be the variety of irreducible sextics with six cusps as singularities. Let be one of irreducible components of . Denoting by the space of moduli of smooth curves of genus 4, we consider the rational map sending the general point [Γ] of Σ, corresponding to a plane curve , to the point of parametrizing the normalization curve of Γ. The number of moduli of Σ is, by definition the dimension of Π(Σ). We know that , where ρ(2, 4, 6) is the Brill–Noether number of linear series of dimension 2 and degree 6 on a curve of genus 4. We prove that both irreducible components of have number of moduli equal to seven.      

Exotic smooth structures on small 4-manifolds

Let M be either or . We construct the first example of a simply-connected irreducible symplectic 4-manifold that is homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to M. Dedicated to Ronald J. Stern on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday Mathematics Subject Classification (2000)  Primary 57R55; Secondary 57R17, 57M05     

On Auslander–Reiten Components and Heller Lattices for Integral Group Rings

Let be a finite group, a complete discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero with residue class field of characteristic , and a block of the group ring . Suppose that is of infinite representation type and is sufficiently large to satisfy certain conditions. Let be the Auslander–Reiten quiver of and a connected component of . In this paper, we show that if contains some Heller lattices then the tree class of the stable part of is . Also, we show that has infinitely many components of type if a defect group of is neither cyclic nor a Klein four group.Presented by Jon Carlson.     

Infinite-Time Quenching in a Fast Diffusion Equation with Strong Absorption

This work is concerned with the fast diffusion equation , where 0 < m < 1 and κ < 1. A global positive solution is said to quench regularly in infinite time if for some bounded sequence and some , and if for all compact . It is shown that such regular quenching in infinite time occurs for a large class of initial data if κ > m , whereas it is impossible in one space dimension when κ < −m and the solution is radially symmetric and nondecreasing for x > 0.      

Graph von Neumann Algebras

In this paper, we will define a graph von Neumann algebra over a fixed von Neumann algebra M, where G is a countable directed graph, by a crossed product algebra = M × _α , where is the graph groupoid of G and α is the graph-representation. After defining a certain conditional expectation from onto its M-diagonal subalgebra we can see that this crossed product algebra is *-isomorphic to an amalgamated free product where = vN(M × _α where is the subset of consisting of all reduced words in {e, e ^–1} and M × _α is a W ^*-subalgebra of as a new graph von Neumann algebra induced by a graph G _e . Also, we will show that, as a Banach space, a graph von Neumann algebra is isomorphic to a Banach space ⊕ where is a certain subset of the set E(G)* of all words in the edge set E(G) of G. The author really appreciates to Prof F. Radulescu and Prof P. Jorgensen for the valuable discussion and kind advice. Also, he appreciates all supports from St. Ambrose Univ.. In particular, he thanks to Prof T. Anderson and Prof V. Vega for the useful conversations and suggestions.     

Schur–Weyl Reciprocity between the Quantum Superalgebra and the Iwahori–Hecke Algebra

In this paper, we establish Schur–Weyl reciprocity between the quantum general super Lie algebra and the Iwahori–Hecke algebra . We introduce the sign -permutation representation of on the tensor space of dimensional -graded -vector space . This action commutes with that of derived from the vector representation on . Those two subalgebras of satisfy Schur–Weyl reciprocity. As special cases, we obtain the super case (), and the quantum case (). Hence this result includes both the super case and the quantum case, and unifies those two important cases.Presented by A. Verschoren.     

Intersection homology Künneth theorems

Cohen, Goresky, and Ji showed that there is a Künneth theorem relating the intersection homology groups to and , provided that the perversity satisfies rather strict conditions. We consider biperversities and prove that there is a Künneth theorem relating to and for all choices of and . Furthermore, we prove that the Künneth theorem still holds when the biperversity p, q is “loosened” a little, and using this we recover the Künneth theorem of Cohen–Goresky–Ji.     

On the Multiplicity of Nodal Solutions to a Singularly Perturbed Neumann Problem

We consider the problem

Three-dimensional sets with small sumset

We describe the structure of three dimensional sets of lattice points, having a small doubling property. Let be a finite subset of ℤ³ such that dim = 3. If and , then lies on three parallel lines. Moreover, for every three dimensional finite set that lies on three parallel lines, if , then is contained in three arithmetic progressions with the same common difference, having together no more than terms. These best possible results confirm a recent conjecture of Freiman and cannot be sharpened by reducing the quantity υ or by increasing the upper bounds for .     

Weights of twisted exponential sums

Let k be a finite field of characteristic p, l a prime number different from p, a nontrivial additive character, and a character on . Then ψ defines an Artin-Schreier sheaf on the affine line , and χ defines a Kummer sheaf on the n-dimensional torus . Let be a Laurent polynomial. It defines a k-morphism . In this paper, we calculate the weights of under some non-degeneracy conditions on f. Our results can be used to estimate sums of the form

Non-linear sampling recovery based on quasi-interpolant wavelet representations

We investigate a problem of approximate non-linear sampling recovery of functions on the interval expressing the adaptive choice of n sampled values of a function to be recovered, and of n terms from a given family of functions Φ. More precisely, for each function f on , we choose a sequence of n points in , a sequence of n functions defined on and a sequence of n functions from a given family Φ. By this choice we define a (non-linear) sampling recovery method so that f is approximately recovered from the n sampled values f(ξ ¹), f(ξ ²),..., f(ξ ⁿ ), by the n-term linear combination