Algebraic methods in sum-product phenomena

We classify the polynomials f(x, y) ∈ ℝ[x, y] such that, given any finite set A ⊂ ℝ, if |A + A| is small, then |f(A,A)| is large. In particular, the following bound holds: |A + A‖f(A,A)| ≳ |A|^5/2. The Bezout theorem and a theorem by Y. Stein play an important role in our proof.     

Dini Set-Valued Directional Derivative in Locally Lipschitz Vector Optimization

The present paper studies the following constrained vector optimization problem: min  _C f(x), g(x)∈−K, h(x)=0, where f:ℝ ⁿ →ℝ ^m , g:ℝ ⁿ →ℝ ^p and h:ℝ ⁿ →ℝ ^q are locally Lipschitz functions and C⊂ℝ ^m , K⊂ℝ ^p are closed convex cones. In terms of the Dini set-valued directional derivative, first-order necessary and first-order sufficient conditions are obtained for a point x ⁰ to be a w-minimizer (weakly efficient point) or an i-minimizer (isolated minimizer of order 1). It is shown that, under natural assumptions (given by a nonsmooth variant of the implicit function theorem for the equality constraints), the obtained conditions improve some given by Clarke and Craven. Further comparison is done with some recent results of Khanh, Tuan and of Jiiménez, Novo.     

Conjugacy classes and finite p-groups

Let G be a finite p-group, where p is a prime number, and a ∈ G. Denote by Cl(a) = {gag⁻¹| g ∈ G} the conjugacy class of a in G. Assume that |Cl(a)| = pⁿ. Then Cl(a) Cl(a⁻¹) = {xy | x ∈ Cl(a), y ∈ Cl(a⁻¹)} is the union of at least n(p − 1) + 1 distinct conjugacy classes of G. Received: 16 December 2004     

Area,coarea, and approximation in <Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis><Superscript>1,1</Superscript>

Let Ω⊂ℝ ⁿ be an arbitrary open set. We characterize the space W ^1,1 _loc(Ω) using variants of the classical area and coarea formulas. We use these characterizations to obtain a norm approximation and trace theorems for functions in the space W ^1,1(ℝ ⁿ ).     

On the range of the derivative of Gâteaux-smooth functions on separable banach spaces

We prove that there exists a Lipschitz function froml ¹ into ℝ² which is Gateaux-differentiable at every point and such that for everyx, y εl ¹, the norm off′(x) −f′(y) is bigger than 1. On the other hand, for every Lipschitz and Gateaux-differentiable function from an arbitrary Banach spaceX into ℝ and for everyε > 0, there always exist two pointsx, y εX such that ‖f′(x) −f′(y)‖ is less thanε. We also construct, in every infinite dimensional separable Banach space, a real valued functionf onX, which is Gateaux-differentiable at every point, has bounded non-empty support, and with the properties thatf′ is norm to weak* continuous andf′(X) has an isolated pointa, and that necessarilya ε 0. This work has been initiated while the second-named author was visiting the University of Bordeaux. The second-named author is supported by grant AV 1019003, A1 019 205, GA CR 201 01 1198.     

Discrete Calderón’s Identity,Atomic Decomposition and Boundedness Criterion of Operators on Multiparameter Hardy Spaces

In this paper we establish a discrete Calderón’s identity which converges in both L ^q (ℝ ^n+m ) (1<q<∞) and Hardy space H ^p (ℝ ⁿ ×ℝ ^m ) (0<p≤1). Based on this identity, we derive a new atomic decomposition into (p,q)-atoms (1<q<∞) on H ^p (ℝ ⁿ ×ℝ ^m ) for 0<p≤1. As an application, we prove that an operator T, which is bounded on L ^q (ℝ ^n+m ) for some 1<q<∞, is bounded from H ^p (ℝ ⁿ ×ℝ ^m ) to L ^p (ℝ ^n+m ) if and only if T is bounded uniformly on all (p,q)-product atoms in L ^p (ℝ ^n+m ). The similar result from H ^p (ℝ ⁿ ×ℝ ^m ) to H ^p (ℝ ⁿ ×ℝ ^m ) is also obtained.     

Spaces of functions of fractional smoothness on an irregular domain

On an irregular domain G ⊂ ℝ ⁿ of a certain type, we introduce spaces of functions of fractional smoothness s > 0. We prove embedding theorems relating these spaces to the Sobolev spaces W _p ^m (G) and Lebesgue spaces L _p (G).     

Surjective partial differential operators on real analytic functions defined on open convex sets

Let P(D) be a partial differential operator with constant coefficients which is surjective on the space A(Ω) of real analytic functions on a covex open set Ω⊂ℝ ⁿ . Let L(P _m ) denote the localizations at ∞ (in the sense of H?rmander) of the principal part P _m . Then Q(x+iτN)≠ 0 for (x,τ)∈ℝ ⁿ ×(ℝ\{ 0}) for any Q∈L(P _m ) if N is a normal to δΩ which is noncharacteristic for Q. Under additional assumptions this implies that P _m must be locally hyperbolic. Received: 24 January 2000     

A note on certain square functions on product spaces

We study certain square functions on product spaces Rn × Rm, whose integral kernels are obtained from kernels which are homogeneous in each factor Rn and Rm and locally in L(log L) away from Rn × {0} and {0} × Rm by means of polynomial distortions in the radial variable. As a model case, we obtain that the Marcinkiewicz integral operator is bounded on Lp(Rn × Rm)(P > 1) for Ω∈ e Llog L(Sn-1 × Sm-1) satisfying the cancellation condition.     

Distribution of a certain partition function modulo powers of primes

In this paper, we study a certain partition function a(n) defined by Σ _n≥0 a(n)q ⁿ := Π _n=1(1 − q ⁿ )⁻¹(1 − q ²ⁿ )⁻¹. We prove that given a positive integer j ≥ 1 and a prime m ≥ 5, there are infinitely many congruences of the type a(An + B) ≡ 0 (mod m ^j ). This work is inspired by Ono’s ground breaking result in the study of the distribution of the partition function p(n).     

An asymptotic approximation of Wallis’ sequence

An asymptotic approximation of Wallis’ sequence W(n) = Π _k=1 ⁿ 4k ²/(4k ² − 1) obtained on the base of Stirling’s factorial formula is presented. As a consequence, several accurate new estimates of Wallis’ ratios w(n) = Π _k=1 ⁿ (2k−1)/(2k) are given. Also, an asymptotic approximation of π in terms of Wallis’ sequence W(n) is obtained, together with several double inequalities such as, for example,

Function spaces of Lizorkin-Triebel type on an irregular domain

On an irregular domain G ⊂ ℝ ⁿ of a certain type, we introduce function spaces of fractional smoothness s > 0 that are similar to the Lizorkin-Triebel spaces. We prove embedding theorems that show how these spaces are related to the Sobolev and Lebesgue spaces W _p ^m (G) and L _p (G). Published in Russian in Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 2008, Vol. 260, pp. 32–43.     

On the stability of solutions to quadratic programming problems

We consider the parametric programming problem (Q _p ) of minimizing the quadratic function f(x,p):=x ^T Ax+b ^T x subject to the constraint Cx≤d, where x∈ℝ ⁿ , A∈ℝ ^n×n , b∈ℝ ⁿ , C∈ℝ ^m×n , d∈ℝ ^m , and p:=(A,b,C,d) is the parameter. Here, the matrix A is not assumed to be positive semidefinite. The set of the global minimizers and the set of the local minimizers to (Q _p ) are denoted by M(p) and M ^loc (p), respectively. It is proved that if the point-to-set mapping M ^loc (·) is lower semicontinuous at p then M ^loc (p) is a nonempty set which consists of at most ? _m,n points, where ? _m,n = is the maximal cardinality of the antichains of distinct subsets of {1,2,...,m} which have at most n elements. It is proved also that the lower semicontinuity of M(·) at p implies that M(p) is a singleton. Under some regularity assumption, these necessary conditions become the sufficient ones. Received: November 5, 1997 / Accepted: September 12, 2000?Published online November 17, 2000     

Totally real minimal 2-spheres in quaternionic projective space

Let HPn be the quaternionic projective space with constant quaternionic sectional curvature 4. Then locally there exists a tripe {I, J, K} of complex structures on HPn satisfying U = -JI = K,JK = -KJ = /, KI = -IK = J. A surface M(？) HPn is called totally real, if at each point p ∈M the tangent plane TPM is perpendicular to I(TPM), J(TPM) and K(TPM). It is known that any surface M(？)RPn(？) HPn is totally real, where RPn (?) HPn is the standard embedding of real projective space in HPn induced by the inclusion R in H, and that there are totally real surfaces in HPn which don't come from this way. In this paper we show that any totally real minimal 2-sphere in HPn is isometric to a full minimal 2-sphere in Rp2m (？) RPn(？) HPn with 2m≤n. As a consequence we show that the Veronese sequences in KP2m (m≥1) are the only totally real minimal 2-spheres with constant curvature in the quaternionic projective space.     

Littlewood–Paley theorem on spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>)</Superscript>(ℝ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>)

We point out that if the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on the space L ^p(t)(ℝ), 1 < a ≤ p(t) ≤ b < ∞, t ∈ ℝ, then the well-known characterization of the spaces L ^p (ℝ), 1 < p < ∞, by the Littlewood–Paley theory extends to the space L ^p(t)(ℝ). We show that, for n > 1 , the Littlewood–Paley operator is bounded on L ^p(t) (ℝ ⁿ ), 1 < a ≤ p(t) ≤ b < ∞, t ∈ ℝ ⁿ , if and only if p(t) = const. Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 12, pp. 1709–1715, December, 2008.     

Sobolev functions whose inner trace at the boundary is zero

Let Ω⊂R ⁿ be an arbitrary open set. In this paper it is shown that if a Sobolev functionf∈W ^1,p (Ω) possesses a zero trace (in the sense of Lebesgue points) on ϖΩ, thenf is weakly zero on ϖΩ in the sense thatf∈W ₀ ^1,p (Ω).     

Hardy spaces via distribution spaces

Let ℐ(ℝⁿ) be the Schwartz class on ℝⁿ and ℐ_∞(ℝⁿ) be the collection of functions ϕ ∊ ℐ(ℝⁿ) with additional property that

Remez-type inequality for discrete sets

The classical Remez inequality bounds the maximum of the absolute value of a polynomial P(x) of degree d on [−1, 1] through the maximum of its absolute value on any subset Z of positive measure in [−1, 1]. Similarly, in several variables the maximum of the absolute value of a polynomial P(x) of degree d on the unit cube Q ₁ ⁿ ⊂ ℝ ⁿ can be bounded through the maximum of its absolute value on any subset Z ⊂ Q ₁ ⁿ of positive n-measure. The main result of this paper is that the n-measure in the Remez inequality can be replaced by a certain geometric invariant ω _d (Z) which can be effectively estimated in terms of the metric entropy of Z and which may be nonzero for discrete and even finite sets Z.     

Quantitative form of the Luzin <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>-property

We prove the following statement, which is a quantitative form of the Luzin theorem on C-property: Let (X, d, μ) be a bounded metric space with metric d and regular Borel measure μ that are related to one another by the doubling condition. Then, for any function f measurable on X, there exist a positive increasing function η ∈ Ω (η(+0) = 0 and η(t)t ^−a decreases for a certain a > 0), a nonnegative function g measurable on X, and a set E ⊂ X, μE = 0 , for which

On translation and dilation invariant subspaces of L p (ℝn), 0 < p < 1

We prove that each translation and dilation invariant subspace X ⊂ L ^p (ℝⁿ), X ≠ L ^p (ℝⁿ), is contained in a maximal translation and dilation invariant subspace of L ^p (ℝⁿ). Moreover, we prove that the set of all maximal translation and dilation invariant subspaces of L ^p (ℝⁿ) has the power of continuum. Bibliography: 6 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 345, 2007, pp. 5–21.