A class of bounded operators on Sobolev spaces

We describe a class of nonlinear operators which are bounded on the Sobolev spaces , for and 1 < p < . As a corollary, we prove that the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on , for and 1 < p < ; this extends the result of J. Kinnunen [7], valid for s = 1. Received: 5 December 2000     

On the structure of level sets of uniform and Lipschitz quotient mappings from $$ \mathbb{R}^n $$ to $$ \mathbb{R} $$

We study two questions posed by Johnson, Lindenstrauss, Preiss, and Schechtman, concerning the structure of level sets of uniform and Lipschitz quotient mappings from . We show that if , is a uniform quotient mapping then for every has a bounded number of components, each component of separates and the upper bound of the number of components depends only on and the moduli of co-uniform and uniform continuity of .Next we prove that all level sets of any co-Lipschitz uniformly continuous mapping from to are locally connected, and we show that for every pair of a constant and a function with , there exists a natural number , so that for every co-Lipschitz uniformly continuous map with a co-Lipschitz constant and a modulus of uniform continuity , there exists a natural number and a finite set with card so that for all has exactly components, has exactly components and each component of is homeomorphic with the real line and separates the plane into exactly 2 components. The number and form of components of for are also described - they have a finite tree structure.     

Proof of the Ergodic Hypothesis for Typical Hard Ball Systems

We consider the system of hard balls with masses and radius r in the flat torus of size . We prove the ergodicity (actually, the Bernoulli mixing property) of such systems for almost every selection of the outer geometric parameters. This theorem complements my earlier result that proved the same, almost sure ergodicity for the case . The method of that proof was primarily dynamical-geometric, whereas the present approach is inherently algebraic. Communicated by Eduard ZehnderSubmitted 17/10/02, accepted 01/12/03     

A classification of martingale Hardy spaces associated with rearrangement-invariant function spaces

Let X be a rearrangement-invariant Banach function space over a complete probability space , and denote by the Hardy space consisting of all martingales such that . We prove that implies for any filtration if and only if Doobs inequality holds in X, where denotes the martingale defined by , n = 0, 1, 2, ..., and a.s.Received: 1 August 2000     

The Laplacian on $$ C(\overline \Omega) $$ with generalized Wentzell boundary conditions

In this note we prove that the Laplacian with generalized Wentzell boundary conditions on an open bounded regular domain in defined by generates an analytic semigroup of angle on for every > 0 and (for the definition of cf. (1.3)).Received: 13 July 2002     

Transformations of Grassmannians preserving the class of base subsets

Let be a finite-dimensional projective space and be the Grassmannian consisting of all k-dimensional subspaces of . In the paper we show that transformations of sending base subsets to base subsets are induced by collineations of to itself or to the dual projective space . This statement generalizes the main result of the authors paper [19].     

Cancellative residuated lattices

Cancellative residuated lattices are natural generalizations of lattice-ordered groups ( -groups). Although cancellative monoids are defined by quasi-equations, the class of cancellative residuated lattices is a variety. We prove that there are only two commutative subvarieties of that cover the trivial variety, namely the varieties generated by the integers and the negative integers (with zero). We also construct examples showing that in contrast to -groups, the lattice reducts of cancellative residuated lattices need not be distributive. In fact we prove that every lattice can be embedded in the lattice reduct of a cancellative residuated lattice. Moreover, we show that there exists an order-preserving injection of the lattice of all lattice varieties into the subvariety lattice of .We define generalized MV-algebras and generalized BL-algebras and prove that the cancellative integral members of these varieties are precisely the negative cones of -groups, hence the latter form a variety, denoted by . Furthermore we prove that the map that sends a subvariety of -groups to the corresponding class of negative cones is a lattice isomorphism from the lattice of subvarieties of to the lattice of subvarieties of . Finally, we show how to translate equational bases between corresponding subvarieties, and briefly discuss these results in the context of R. McKenzies characterization of categorically equivalent varieties.     

A note on the isotopy problem for $$ \mathbb{R}^2 $$ -planes

For a class of stable planes we define a notion of isotopy equivalence with respect to that class and prove that any two planes of a certain class of -planes comprising all affine -planes are isotopy equivalent. Furthermore we obtain that all affine -planes are isotopy equivalent in the class of affine -planes. Finally we give an example which shows that this approach cannot be easily generalized to 2-dimensional projective planes, and we outline a different way for a possible generalization.Received: 27 April 2001     

Spectral triangles of Schrödinger operators with complex potentials

Consider the Schrödinger operator with a complex-valued potential v of period Let and be the eigenvalues of L that are close to respectively, with periodic (for n even), antiperiodic (for n odd), and Dirichelet boundary conditions on [0,1], and let be the diameter of the spectral triangle with vertices We prove the following statement: If then v(x) is a Gevrey function, and moreover      

A cohomological property of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-groups

Let p be a prime, a finite p-group, any finite group with order divisible by p, and any action of on . We show that the cardinality of the set of all derivations with respect to this action is a multiple of p. This generalises theorems of Frobenius and Hall. Received: 16 June 2003     

The dimension of the kernel in finite and infinite intersections of starshaped sets

Summary. We establish the following Helly-type result for infinite families of starshaped sets in Define the function f on {1, 2} by f(1) = 4, f(2) = 3. Let be a fixed positive number, and let be a uniformly bounded family of compact sets in the plane. For k = 1, 2, if every f(k) (not necessarily distinct) members of intersect in a starshaped set whose kernel contains a k-dimensional neighborhood of radius , then is a starshaped set whose kernel is at least k-dimensional. The number f(k) is best in each case. In addition, we present a few results concerning the dimension of the kernel in an intersection of starshaped sets in Some of these involve finite families of sets, while others involve infinite families and make use of the Hausdorff metric.     

Investigation of subalgebra lattices by means of Hasse constants

Hasse constants and their basic properties are introduced to facilitate the connection between the lattice of subalgebras of an algebra and the natural action of the automorphism group Aut( ) on . These constants are then used to describe the lattice of subloops of the smallest nonassociative simple Moufang loop.     

Random generators of given orders and the smallest simple Moufang loop

The probability that m randomly chosen elements of a finite power associative loop have prescribed orders and generate is calculated in terms of certain constants related to the action of Aut( ) on the subloop lattice of . As an illustration, all meaningful probabilities of random generation by elements of given orders are found for the smallest nonassociative simple Moufang loop.     

Equidistribution of Kronecker sequences along closed horocycles

It is well known that (i) for every irrational number the Kronecker sequence m (m = 1,...,M) is equidistributed modulo one in the limit , and (ii) closed horocycles of length become equidistributed in the unit tangent bundle of a hyperbolic surface of finite area, as . In the present paper both equidistribution problems are studied simultaneously: we prove that for any constant the Kronecker sequence embedded in along a long closed horocycle becomes equidistributed in for almost all , provided that . This equidistribution result holds in fact under explicit diophantine conditions on (e.g. for = 2) provided that , with additional assumptions on the Fourier coefficients of certain automorphic forms. Finally, we show that for , our equidistribution theorem implies a recent result of Rudnick and Sarnak on the uniformity of the pair correlation density of the sequence n² modulo one.     

Equational Theories for Classes of Finite Semigroups

It is proved that there exists an infinite sequence of finitely based semigroup varieties such that, for all i, an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is undecidable while an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is decidable. An infinite sequence of finitely based semigroup varieties is constructed so that, for all i, an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is decidable whicle an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is not.     

Some remarks on isologic extensions of groups

In this paper we study the concept of -isologisms among the -marginal extensions of groups, with respect to a given variety of groups . We also give some equivalent conditions under which two extensions are -isologic. Received: 9 January 2002     

On the Singularities of the Magnetic Spectral Shift Function at the Landau Levels

We consider the three-dimensional Schrödinger operators and where , A is a magnetic potential generating a constant magnetic field of strength , and where decays fast enough at infinity. Then, A. Pushnitskis representation of the spectral shift function (SSF) for the pair of operators is well defined for energies We study the behaviour of the associated representative of the equivalence class determined by the SSF, in a neighbourhood of the Landau levels Reducing our analysis to the study of the eigenvalue asymptotics for a family of compact operators of Toeplitz type, we establish a relation between the type of the singularities of the SSF at the Landau levels and the decay rate of V at infinity. Communicated by Bernard HelfferSubmitted 23/09/03, accepted 15/01/04