Positivity properties in noncommutative convolution algebras with applications in pseudo-differential calculus

We study , of all such that for every ?∈C^∞₀, where denotes the twisted convolution. We prove that certain boundedness for are completely determined of the behaviour for a at origin, for example that , and that if a(0)<∞, then a∈L²∩L^∞. We use the results in order to determine wether positive pseudo-differential operators belong to certain Schatten-casses or not.     

Exponentiable monomorphisms in categories of domains

We give a characterization of exponentiable monomorphisms in the categories of ω-complete posets, of directed complete posets and of continuous directed complete posets as those monotone maps f that are convex and that lift an element (and then a queue) of any directed set (ω-chain in the case of ) whose supremum is in the image of f (Theorem 1.9). Using this characterization, we obtain that a monomorphism f:X→B in (, ) exponentiable in w.r.t. the Scott topology is exponentiable also in (, ). We prove that the converse is true in the category , but neither in , nor in .     

Holomorphy of spectral multipliers of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator

Let γ be the Gauss measure on and the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator. For every p in [1,∞)?{2}, set , and consider the sector . The main results of this paper are the following. If p is in (1,∞)?{2}, and , i.e., if M is an Lp(γ)uniform spectral multiplier of in our terminology, and M is continuous on , then M extends to a bounded holomorphic function on the sector . Furthermore, if p=1 a spectral multiplier M, continuous on , satisfies the condition if and only if M extends to a bounded holomorphic function on the right half-plane, and its boundary value M(i·) on the imaginary axis is the Euclidean Fourier transform of a finite Borel measure on the real line. We prove similar results for uniform spectral multipliers of second order elliptic differential operators in divergence form on belonging to a wide class, which contains . From these results we deduce that operators in this class do not admit an H^∞ functional calculus in sectors smaller than .     

Carleson measure problems for parabolic Bergman spaces and homogeneous Sobolev spaces

Let be the space of solutions to the parabolic equation having finite norm. We characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on having the property , 1≤p≤q<∞, whenever . Meanwhile, denoting by v(t,x) the solution of the above equation with Cauchy data v₀(x), we characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on satisfying , β∈(0,n), p∈[1,n/β], q∈(0,∞). Moreover, we obtain the decay of v(t,x), an isocapacitary inequality and a trace inequality.     

Kolmogorov and linear widths of weighted Besov classes

We study the Kolmogorov m-widths and the linear m-widths of the weighted Besov classes on [−1,1], where Lq,μ, 1?q?∞, denotes the Lq space on [−1,1] with respect to the measure , μ>0. Optimal asymptotic orders of and as m→∞ are obtained for all 1?p,τ?∞. It turns out that in many cases, the orders of are significantly smaller than the corresponding orders of the best m-term approximation by ultraspherical polynomials, which is somewhat surprising.     

Nilpotent orbits and some small unitary representations of indefinite orthogonal groups

For 2?m?l/2, let G be a simply connected Lie group with as Lie algebra, let be the complexification of the usual Cartan decomposition, let K be the analytic subgroup with Lie algebra , and let be the universal enveloping algebra of . This work examines the unitarity and K spectrum of representations in the “analytic continuation” of discrete series of G, relating these properties to orbits in the nilpotent radical of a certain parabolic subalgebra of .The roots with respect to the usual compact Cartan subalgebra are all ±e_i±e_j with 1?i<j?l. In the usual positive system of roots, the simple root e_m−e_m+1 is noncompact and the other simple roots are compact. Let be the parabolic subalgebra of for which e_m−e_m+1 contributes to and the other simple roots contribute to , let L be the analytic subgroup of G with Lie algebra , let , let be the sum of the roots contributing to , and let be the parabolic subalgebra opposite to .The members of are nilpotent members of . The group acts on with finitely many orbits, and the topological closure of each orbit is an irreducible algebraic variety. If Y is one of these varieties, let R(Y) be the dual coordinate ring of Y; this is a quotient of the algebra of symmetric tensors on that carries a fully reducible representation of .For , let . Then λ_s defines a one-dimensional module . Extend this to a module by having act by 0, and define . Let be the unique irreducible quotient of . The representations under study are and , where and Π_S is the Sth derived Bernstein functor.For s>2l−2, it is known that π_s=π_s′ and that π_s′ is in the discrete series. Enright, Parthsarathy, Wallach, and Wolf showed for m?s?2l−2 that π_s=π_s′ and that π_s′ is still unitary. The present paper shows that π_s′ is unitary for 0?s?m−1 even though π_s≠π_s′, and it relates the K spectrum of the representations π_s′ to the representation of on a suitable R(Y) with Y depending on s. Use of a branching formula of D. E. Littlewood allows one to obtain an explicit multiplicity formula for each K type in π_s′; the variety Y is indispensable in the proof. The chief tools involved are an idea of B. Gross and Wallach, a geometric interpretation of Littlewood's theorem, and some estimates of norms.It is shown further that the natural invariant Hermitian form on π_s′ does not make π_s′ unitary for s<0 and that the K spectrum of π_s′ in these cases is not related in the above way to the representation of on any R(Y).A final section of the paper treats in similar fashion the simply connected Lie group with Lie algebra , 2?m?l/2.     

A compactly supported solution to a three-dimensional uniformly elliptic equation without zero-order term

A second order, nonvariational, elliptic operator L and a function V are constructed in with the following properties: the operator L is uniformly elliptic, without zero-order term and smooth almost everywhere in ; the function (1<p<3) solves the equation LV=0 in , it has compact support but it is not identically zero.     

A ground state alternative for singular Schrödinger operators

Let a be a quadratic form associated with a Schrödinger operator L=-∇·(A∇)+V on a domain Ω⊂R^d. If a is nonnegative on , then either there is W>0 such that for all , or there is a sequence and a function ?>0 satisfying L?=0 such that a[?_k]→0, ?_k→? locally uniformly in Ω?{x₀}. This dichotomy is equivalent to the dichotomy between L being subcritical resp. critical in Ω. In the latter case, one has an inequality of Poincaré type: there exists W>0 such that for every satisfying there exists a constant C>0 such that for all .     

A fractional Helly theorem for convex lattice sets

A set of the form , where is convex and denotes the integer lattice, is called a convex lattice set. It is known that the Helly number of d-dimensional convex lattice sets is 2^d. We prove that the fractional Helly number is only d+1: For every d and every α∈(0,1] there exists β>0 such that whenever F₁,…,F_n are convex lattice sets in such that for at least index sets I⊆{1,2,…,n} of size d+1, then there exists a (lattice) point common to at least βn of the F_i. This implies a (p,d+1)-theorem for every p?d+1; that is, if is a finite family of convex lattice sets in such that among every p sets of , some d+1 intersect, then has a transversal of size bounded by a function of d and p.     

Bounded positive entire solutions of singular quasilinear elliptic equations

Suppose that β?0 is a constant and that is a continuous function with R₊:=(0,∞). This paper investigates N-dimensional singular, quasilinear elliptic equations of the form