A note on invariance of spectrum for symmetric banach -algebras

Let be a symmetric Banach -algebra, let be a Banach algebra, and assume that . A result is proved giving conditions which imply that every element of has the same spectrum in both and .

     

The maximal normal -group

Let be a prime number and let be an abelian -group. Let be the maximal normal -subgroup of and the maximal -subgroup of its centre. Let be the torsion radical of . Then . The result is new for and 3, and the proof is new and valid for all primes .

     

On uniqueness of -adic meromorphic functions

Let be a complete ultrametric algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and let be the field of meromorphic functions in . For all set in and for all we denote by the subset of : zero of order After studying unique range sets for entire functions in in a previous article, here we consider a similar problem for meromorphic functions by showing, in particular, that, for every , there exist sets of elements in such that, if have the same poles (counting multiplicities), and satisfy , then . We show how to construct such sets.

     

Singular extensions of the trace and the relative Dixmier property in the type factors

If is an inclusion of type factors with we study the connection between the existence of singular states on which extend the trace on and the Dixmier approximation property in with unitaries in We also prove the existence of singular conditional expectations from certain free product factors onto irreducible hyperfinite subfactors.

     

Sufficient conditions for one domain to contain another in a space of constant curvature

As an application of the analogue of C-S. Chen's kinematic formula in the 3-dimensional space of constant curvature , that is, Euclidean space , -sphere , hyperbolic space (, respectively), we obtain sufficient conditions for one domain to contain another domain in either an Euclidean space , or a -sphere or a hyperbolic space .

     

Mergelyan pairs for harmonic functions

Let be open and be a bounded set which is closed relative to . We characterize those pairs such that, for each harmonic function on which is uniformly continuous on , there is a sequence of harmonic polynomials which converges to uniformly on . As an immediate corollary we obtain a characterization of Mergelyan pairs for harmonic functions.

     

Differential forms on quotients by reductive group actions

Let be a smooth affine algebraic variety where a reductive algebraic group acts with a smooth quotient space . We show that the algebraic differential forms on which are pull-backs of forms on are exactly the -invariant horizontal differential forms on .

     

Subsystems of the Schauder system that are quasibases for

We show that if is a subsystem of the Faber-Schauder system, and if is complete in , then is a quasibasis for each space , . Although it follows from the work of Ul'yanov that each element of can be represented by a Schauder series that converges unconditionally to the function, in the metric of the space, it proves to be the case that none of the aforementioned systems is an unconditional quasibasis for any of the -spaces herein considered.

     

Centralizers in residually finite torsion groups

Let be a residually finite torsion group. We show that, if has a finite 2-subgroup whose centralizer is finite, then is locally finite. We also show that, if has no -torsion, and is a finite 2-group acting on in such a way that the centralizer is soluble, or of finite exponent, then is locally finite.

     

A structural result of irreducible inclusions of type

Given an irreducible inclusion of factors with finite index , where is of type , of type , , and are relatively prime positive integers, we will prove that if satisfies a commuting square condition, then its structure can be characterized by using fixed point algebras and crossed products of automorphisms acting on the middle inclusion of factors associated with . Relations between and a certain -kernel on subfactors are also discussed.

     

The exposed points of the set of invariant means on an ideal

Let be a -compact locally compact nondiscrete group and let be a -invariant ideal of . We denote the set of left invariant means on that are zero on (i.e. for all ) by . We show that, when is amenable as a discrete group and the closed -invariant subset of the spectrum of corresponding to is a -set, is very large in the sense that every nonempty -subset of contains a norm discrete copy of , where is the Stone- compactification of the set of positive integers with the discrete topology. In particular, we prove that has no exposed points in this case and every nonempty -subset of the set of left invariant means on contains a norm discrete copy of .

     

Banach spaces failing the almost isometric universal extension property

If is an infinite dimensional, separable, uniformly smooth Banach space, then there is an , a Banach space containing as a closed subspace and a norm one map from to a space which does not extend to an operator from to with .

     

A note on -summable groups

We answer questions raised by P. Danchev in a recent paper in these Proceedings. It is shown that a -summable abelian -group is not determined by its socle, that is, two such groups can have isometric socles without being isomorphic. It is also demonstrated that -summability plays essentially no role in regard to the question of whether or not is totally projective, where denotes the group of normalized units of the group algebra with being a perfect field of characteristic .

     

Cycle rank of Lyapunov graphs and the genera of manifolds

We show that the cycle-rank of a Lyapunov graph on a manifold satisfies: , where is the genus of . This generalizes a theorem of Franks. We also show that given any integer with , for some Lyapunov graph on .

     

-ideals of compact operators are separably determined

We prove that the space of compact operators on a Banach space is an -ideal in the space of bounded operators if and only if has the metric compact approximation property (MCAP), and is an -ideal in for all separable subspaces of having the MCAP. It follows that the Kalton-Werner theorem characterizing -ideals of compact operators on separable Banach spaces is also valid for non-separable spaces: for a Banach space is an -ideal in if and only if has the MCAP, contains no subspace isomorphic to and has property It also follows that is an -ideal in for all Banach spaces if and only if has the MCAP, and is an -ideal in .

     

Character degrees and local subgroups of -separable groups

Let be a finite -solvable group for different primes and . Let and be such that . We prove that every of -degree has -degree if and only if and .

     

A topology on lattice ordered groups

We show that a lattice ordered group can be topologized in a natural way. The topology depends on the choice of a set of admissible elements (-topology). If a lattice ordered group is 2-divisible and satisfies a version of Archimedes' axiom (-group), then we show that the -topology is Hausdorff. Moreover, we show that a -group with the -topology is a topological group.

     

Zeros of the Zak transform on locally compact Abelian groups

Let be a locally compact abelian group. The notion of Zak transform on extends to . Suppose that is compactly generated and its connected component of the identity is non-compact. Generalizing a classical result for , we then prove that if is such that its Zak transform is continuous on , then has a zero.

     

Continuity of Lie mappings of the skew elements of Banach algebras with involution

Let and be centrally closed prime complex Banach algebras with linear involution. If is semisimple, then any Lie derivation of the skew elements of is continuous and any Lie isomorphism from the skew elements of onto the skew elements of is continuous.