Phantom depth and stable phantom exactness

Phantom depth, phantom nonzerodivisors, and phantom exact sequences are analogues of the non-``phantom' notions which have been useful in tackling the (very difficult) localization problem in tight closure theory. In the present paper, these notions are developed further and partially reworked. For instance, although no analogue of a long exact sequence arises from a short stably phantom exact sequence of complexes, we provide a method for recovering the kind of information obtainable from such a long sequence. Also, we give alternate characterizations of the notion of phantom depth, including one based on Koszul homology, which we use to show that with very mild conditions on a finitely generated module , any two maximal phantom -regular sequences in an ideal have the same length. In order to do so, we prove a ``Nakayama lemma for tight closure', which is of independent interest. We strengthen the connection of phantom depth with minheight, we explore several analogues of ``associated prime' in tight closure theory, and we discuss a connection with the problem of when tight closure commutes with localization.

     

Filtrations in semisimple Lie algebras, II

In this paper, we continue our study of the maximal bounded -filtrations of a complex semisimple Lie algebra . Specifically, we discuss the functionals which give rise to such filtrations, and we show that they are related to certain semisimple subalgebras of of full rank. In this way, we determine the ``order' of these functionals and count them without the aid of computer computations. The main results here involve the Lie algebras of type , and , since we already know a good deal about the functionals for the remaining types. Nevertheless, we reinterpret our previous results into the new context considered here. Finally, we describe the associated graded Lie algebras of all of the maximal filtrations obtained in this manner.

     

Moduli of suspension spectra

For a -connected spectrum , we study the moduli space of suspension spectra which come equipped with a weak equivalence to . We construct a spectral sequence converging to the homotopy of the moduli space in positive degrees. In the metastable range, we get a complete homotopical classification of the path components of the moduli space. Our main tool is Goodwillie's calculus of homotopy functors.

     

The ``fundamental theorem' for the algebraic -theory of spaces. III. The nil-term

In this paper we identify the ``nil-terms' for Waldhausen's algebraic -theory of spaces functor as the reduced -theory of a category of equivariant spaces equipped with a homotopically nilpotent endomorphism.

     

Compactly bounded convolutions of measures

In this paper we extend classical results concerning generalized convolution structures on measure spaces. Given a locally compact Hausdorff space , we show that a compactly bounded convolution of point masses that is continuous in the topology of weak convergence with respect to can be extended to a general convolution of measures which is separately continuous in the topology of weak convergence with respect to .

     

Generalized spherical functions on reductive -adic groups

Let be the group of rational points of a connected reductive -adic group and let be a maximal compact subgroup satisfying conditions of Theorem 5 from Harish-Chandra (1970). Generalized spherical functions on are eigenfunctions for the action of the Bernstein center, which satisfy a transformation property for the action of . In this paper we show that spaces of generalized spherical functions are finite dimensional. We compute dimensions of spaces of generalized spherical functions on a Zariski open dense set of infinitesimal characters. As a consequence, we get that on that Zariski open dense set of infinitesimal characters, the dimension of the space of generalized spherical functions is constant on each connected component of infinitesimal characters. We also obtain the formula for the generalized spherical functions by integrals of Eisenstein type. On the Zariski open dense set of infinitesimal characters that we have mentioned above, these integrals then give the formula for all the generalized spherical functions. At the end, let as mention that among others we prove that there exists a Zariski open dense subset of infinitesimal characters such that the category of smooth representations of with fixed infinitesimal character belonging to this subset is semi-simple.

     

Maps on the -dimensional subspaces of a Hilbert space preserving principal angles

In a former paper we studied transformations on the set of all -dimensional subspaces of a Hilbert space which preserve the principal angles. In the case when , we could determine the general form of all such maps. The aim of this paper is to complete our result by considering the problem in the remaining case .

     

Oscillation inequalities for rectangles

In this paper we extend previously obtained results on norm inequalities for square functions, oscillation and variation operators, with actions, to the case of actions. The technique involves the use of a result about vector valued maximal functions, due to Fefferman and Stein, to reduce the problem to a situation where we can apply our previous results.     

Asymptotics of eigenvalue clusters for Schrödinger operators on the Sierpinski gasket

In this note we investigate the asymptotic behavior of spectra of Schrödinger operators with continuous potential on the Sierpinski gasket . In particular, using the existence of localized eigenfunctions for the Laplacian on we show that the eigenvalues of the Schrödinger operator break into clusters around certain eigenvalues of the Laplacian. Moreover, we prove that the characteristic measure of these clusters converges to a measure. Results similar to ours were first observed by A. Weinstein and V. Guillemin for Schrödinger operators on compact Riemannian manifolds.

     

The theory of energy for sub-Laplacians with an application to quasi-continuity

In this paper, we provide a suitable theory for the energy where μ is a Radon measure and Γ is the fundamental solution of a sub-Laplacian on a stratified group As a significant application, we prove the quasi-continuity of superharmonic functions related to . The proofs are elementary and mostly rely on the use of appropriate mean-value formulas and mean-integral operators relevant to the Potential Theory for .     

The proof of Tchakaloff's Theorem

We provide a simple proof of Tchakaloff's Theorem on the existence of cubature formulas of degree for Borel measures with moments up to order . The result improves known results for non-compact support, since we do not need conditions on st moments. In fact, we reduce the classical assertion of Tchakaloff's Theorem to a well-known statement going back to F. Riesz.

     

A regular space with a countable network and different dimensions

In this paper, we construct a regular space with a countable network (even the union of countably many separable metric subspaces) in which and do not coincide under the assumption of the continuum hypothesis (CH). This gives a consistent negative answer to a question of A.V. Arhangel'skii.     

How regular can the boundary of a quadratic Siegel disk be?

In the family of quadratic polynomials with an irrationally indifferent fixed point, we show the existence of Siegel disks with a fine control on the degree of regularity of the linearizing map on their boundary. A general theorem is stated and proved. As a particular case, we show that in the quadratic family, there are Siegel disks whose boundaries are but not Jordan curves.

     

improving estimates for some classes of Radon transforms

In this paper, we give estimates and the regularizing estimate of Radon transforms associated to real analytic functions, and we also give estimates of the decay rate of the operator norm of corresponding oscillatory integral operators. For estimates and estimates of the decay rate of the operator norm we obtain sharp results except for extreme points; however, for regularity we allow some restrictions on the phase function.

     

Differentiation evens out zero spacings

If is a polynomial with all of its roots on the real line, then the roots of the derivative are more evenly spaced than the roots of . The same holds for a real entire function of order 1 with all its zeros on a line. In particular, we show that if is entire of order 1 and has sufficient regularity in its zero spacing, then under repeated differentiation the function approaches, after normalization, the cosine function. We also study polynomials with all their zeros on a circle, and we find a close analogy between the two situations. This sheds light on the spacing between zeros of the Riemann zeta-function and its connection to random matrix polynomials.

     

A characterization of semibounded selfadjoint operators

For a class of closed symmetric operators with defect numbers it is possible to define a generalization of the Friedrichs extension, which coincides with the usual Friedrichs extension when is semibounded. In this paper we provide an operator-theoretic interpretation of this class of symmetric operators. Moreover, we prove that a selfadjoint operator is semibounded if and only if each one-dimensional restriction of has a generalized Friedrichs extension.

     

Revêtements et isométries pour la métrique infinitésimale de Kobayashi

In this paper, we prove that, under some hypothesis on the domains, if a holomorphic mapping is an isometry for the Kobayashi infinitesimal metric at a point, it is a covering map. In the case , we prove, in certain cases, that is an analytic isomorphism.

     

A note on the Jacobian conjecture

In this paper we consider the Jacobian conjecture for a map of complex affine spaces of dimension . It is well known that if is proper, then the conjecture will hold. Using topological arguments, specifically Smith theory, we show that the conjecture holds if and only if is proper onto its image.

     

Constructing tilting modules

We investigate the structure of (infinite dimensional) tilting modules over hereditary artin algebras. For connected algebras of infinite representation type with Grothendieck group of rank , we prove that for each , there is an infinite dimensional tilting module with exactly pairwise non-isomorphic indecomposable finite dimensional direct summands. We also show that any stone is a direct summand in a tilting module. In the final section, we give explicit constructions of infinite dimensional tilting modules over iterated one-point extensions.

     

Codimension growth and minimal superalgebras

A celebrated theorem of Kemer (1978) states that any algebra satisfying a polynomial identity over a field of characteristic zero is PI-equivalent to the Grassmann envelope of a finite dimensional superalgebra . In this paper, by exploiting the basic properties of the exponent of a PI-algebra proved by Giambruno and Zaicev (1999), we define and classify the minimal superalgebras of a given exponent over a field of characteristic zero. In particular we prove that these algebras can be realized as block-triangular matrix algebras over the base field.

The importance of such algebras is readily proved: is a minimal superalgebra if and only if the ideal of identities of is a product of verbally prime T-ideals. Also, such superalgebras allow us to classify all minimal varieties of a given exponent i.e., varieties such that and for all proper subvarieties of . This proves in the positive a conjecture of Drensky (1988). As a corollary we obtain that there is only a finite number of minimal varieties for any given exponent. A classification of minimal varieties of finite basic rank was proved by the authors (2003).

As an application we give an effective way for computing the exponent of a T-ideal given by generators and we discuss the problem of what functions can appear as growth functions of varieties of algebras.