-sequences

A sequence of positive integers is called a -sequence if every integer has at most representations with all in and . A -sequence is also called a -sequence or Sidon sequence. The main result is the following

Theorem. Let be a -sequence and for an integer . Then there is a -sequence of size , where .

Corollary. Let . The interval then contains a -sequence of size , when .

     

Iwasawa invariants and class numbers of quadratic fields for the prime

Let be a square-free integer with and . Put and . For the cyclotomic -extension of , we denote by the -th layer of over . We prove that the -Sylow subgroup of the ideal class group of is trivial for all integers if and only if the class number of is not divisible by the prime . This enables us to show that there exist infinitely many real quadratic fields in which splits and whose Iwasawa -invariant vanishes.

     

A generalization of Kelley's theorem for -spaces

We prove that if an open map of compacta and has perfect fibers and is a -space, then there exists a -dimensional compact subset of intersecting each fiber of . This is a stronger version of a well-known theorem of Kelley. Applications of this result and related topics are discussed.

     

On covering translations and homeotopy groups of contractible open -manifolds

This paper gives a new proof of a result of Geoghegan and Mihalik which states that whenever a contractible open -manifold which is not homeomorphic to is a covering space of an -manifold and either or and is irreducible, then the group of covering translations injects into the homeotopy group of .

     

A criterion for splitting -algebras in tensor products

The goal of the paper is to prove the following theorem: if , are unital -algebras, simple and nuclear, then any -subalgebra of the -tensor product of and , which contains the tensor product of with the scalar multiples of the unit of , splits in the -tensor product of with some -subalgebra of .

     

A bound on the reduction number of a primary ideal

Let be a local ring of positive dimension and let be an -primary ideal. We denote the reduction number of by , which is the smallest integer such that for some reduction of In this paper we give an upper bound on in terms of numerical invariants which are related with the Hilbert coefficients of when is Cohen-Macaulay. If , it is known that where denotes the multiplicity of If in Corollary 1.5 we prove where is the first Hilbert coefficient of From this bound several results follow. Theorem 1.3 gives an upper bound on in a more general setting.

     

A note on -bases of rings

Let be a tower of rings of characteristic . Suppose that is a finitely presented -module. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of -bases of over . Next, let be a polynomial ring where is a perfect field of characteristic , and let be a regular noetherian subring of containing such that . Suppose that is a free -module. Then, applying the above result to a tower of rings, we shall show that a polynomial of minimal degree in is a -basis of over .

     

Universal -lattices of minimal rank

Let be the minimal rank of -universal -lattices, by which we mean positive definite -lattices which represent all positive -lattices of rank . It is a well known fact that for . In this paper, we determine and find all -universal lattices of rank for .

     

On semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension

We consider the problem of the classification of semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension where are two prime numbers. First we prove that the order of the group of grouplike elements of is not , and that if it is , then . We use it to prove that if and its dual Hopf algebra are of Frobenius type, then is either a group algebra or a dual of a group algebra. Finally, we give a complete classification in dimension , and a partial classification in dimensions and .

     

The Hausdorff operator is bounded on the real Hardy space

We prove that the Hausdorff operator generated by a function is bounded on the real Hardy space . The proof is based on the closed graph theorem and on the fact that if a function in is such that its Fourier transform equals for (or for ), then .

     

The spectral properties of certain linear operators and their extensions

Let be a Hilbert space with inner-product , and let be a bounded positive operator on which determines an inner-product, . Denote by the completion of with respect to the norm . In this paper, operators having certain relationships with are studied. In particular, if where , then has an extension , and and have essentially the same spectral and Fredholm properties.

     

Conjugate -connections and holonomy groups

In this article we show that when the structure group of the reducible principal bundle is and is an -subbundle of , the rank of the holonomy group of a connection which is gauge equivalent to its conjugate connection is less than or equal to , and use the estimate to show that for all odd prime , if the holonomy group of the irreducible connection as above is simple and is not isomorphic to , , or , then it is isomorphic to .

     

The Furuta inequality in Banach -algebras

Let be real numbers with and Furuta (1987) proved that if bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space satisfy , then . This inequality is called the Furuta inequality and has many applications. In this paper, we prove that the Furuta inequality holds in a unital hermitian Banach -algebra with continuous involution.

     

Curvature restrictions on convex, timelike surfaces in Minkowski 3-space

Suppose that and are Minkowski Gauss curvature and Minkowski mean curvature respectively on a timelike surface that is immersed in Minkowski 3-space . Suppose also that and that is complete as a surface in the underlying Euclidean 3-space . It is shown that neither nor can be bounded away from zero on such a surface .

     

Generalized Matlis duality

Let be a commutative noetherian ring and let be the minimal injective cogenerator of the category of -modules. A module is said to be reflexive with respect to if the natural evaluation map from to is an isomorphism. We give a classification of modules which are reflexive with respect to . A module is reflexive with respect to if and only if has a finitely generated submodule such that is artinian and is a complete semi-local ring.

     

Every -regular

We prove the following: Theorem A. If is a -regular ultrafilter, then either

(a)

is -regular, or

(b)

the cofinality of the linear order is , and is -regular for all .

Corollary B. Suppose that is singular, and either is regular, or . Then every -regular ultrafilter is -regular.

We also discuss some consequences and variations.

     

The number of knot group representations is not a Vassiliev invariant

For a finite group and a knot in the -sphere, let be the number of representations of the knot group into . In answer to a question of D.Altschuler we show that is either constant or not of finite type. Moreover, is constant if and only if is nilpotent. We prove the following, more general boundedness theorem: If a knot invariant is bounded by some function of the braid index, the genus, or the unknotting number, then is either constant or not of finite type.

     

Completely continuous multilinear operators on spaces

Given a -linear operator from a product of spaces into a Banach space , our main result proves the equivalence between being completely continuous, having an -valued separately continuous extension to the product of the biduals and having a regular associated polymeasure. It is well known that, in the linear case, these are also equivalent to being weakly compact, and that, for , being weakly compact implies the conditions above but the converse fails.

     

The surjectivity of the canonical homomorphism from singular homology to Cech homology

Let be a locally -connected compact metric space. Then, the canonical homomorphism from the singular homology group to the Cech homology group is surjective. Consequently, if a compact metric space is locally connected, then the canonical homomorphism from to is surjective.

     

Annihilating a subspace of with the sign of a continuous function

Let be a -finite, nonatomic, Baire measure space. Let be a finite dimensional subspace of . There is a bounded, continuous function, , defined on , such that

(1) for all , and (2) almost everywhere.