Amenable representations and dynamics of the unit sphere in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space

We establish a close link between the amenability property of a unitary representation p \pi of a group G (in the sense of Bekka) and the concentration property (in the sense of V. Milman) of the corresponding dynamical system (\Bbb S_p, G) ({\Bbb S}_{\pi}, G) , where \Bbb S_H {\Bbb S}_{\cal H} is the unit sphere the Hilbert space of representation. We prove that p \pi is amenable if and only if either p \pi contains a finite-dimensional subrepresentation or the maximal uniform compactification of (\Bbb S_p ({\Bbb S}_{\pi} has a G-fixed point. Equivalently, the latter means that the G-space (\Bbb S_p, G) ({\Bbb S}_{\pi}, G) has the concentration property: every finite cover of the sphere \Bbb S_p {\Bbb S}_{\pi} contains a set A such that for every e > 0 \epsilon > 0 the e \epsilon -neighbourhoods of the translations of A by finitely many elements of G always intersect. As a corollary, amenability of p \pi is equivalent to the existence of a G-invariant mean on the uniformly continuous bounded functions on \Bbb S_p {\Bbb S}_{\pi} . As another corollary, a locally compact group G is amenable if and only if for every strongly continuous unitary representation of G in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space H {\cal H} the system (\Bbb S_H, G) ({\Bbb S}_{\cal H}, G) has the property of concentration.     

Inequalities of Hlawka type for matrices

A generalized Hlawka's inequality says that for any n (\geqq 2) (\geqq 2) complex numbers¶ x₁, x₂, ..., x_n,¶¶ ?_i=1ⁿ|x_i - ?_j=1ⁿx_j| \leqq ?_i=1ⁿ|x_i| + (n - 2)|?_j=1ⁿx_j|. \sum_{i=1}^n\Bigg|x_i - \sum_{j=1}^{n}x_j\Bigg| \leqq \sum_{i=1}^{n}|x_i| + (n - 2)\Bigg|\sum_{j=1}^{n}x_j\Bigg|. ¶¶ We generalize this inequality to the trace norm and the trace of an n x n matrix A as¶¶ ||A - Tr A ||₁ \leqq ||A||₁ + (n - 2)| Tr A|. ||A - {\rm Tr} A ||_1\ \leqq ||A||_1 + (n - 2)| {\rm Tr} A|. ¶¶ We consider also the related inequalities for p-norms (1 \leqq p \leqq ￥) (1 \leqq p \leqq \infty) on matrices.     

White noise eliminates instability

Let x₁,..., x_n be points in the d-dimensional Euclidean space E^d with || x_i-x_j|| ￡ 1\| x_{i}-x_{j}\| \le 1 for all 1 \leqq i,j \leqq n1 \leqq i,j \leqq n, where || .||\| .\| denotes the Euclidean norm. We ask for the maximum M(d,n) of \mathop?_i, j=1ⁿ|| x_i-x_j|| ²\textstyle\mathop\sum\limits _{i,\,j=1}^{n}\| x_{i}-x_{j}\| ^{2} (see [4]). This paper deals with the case d = 2. We calculate M(2, n) and show that the value M(2, n) is attained if and only if the points are distributed as evenly as possible among the vertices of a regular triangle of edge-length 1. Moreover we give an upper bound for the value \mathop?_i, j=1ⁿ|| x_i-x_j|| \textstyle\mathop\sum\limits _{i,\,j=1}^{n}\| x_{i}-x_{j}\| , where the points x₁,...,x_n are chosen under the same constraints as above.     

Idempotent multipliers for LP (\Bbb R)(\Bbb R)

The algebra B_p(\Bbb R){\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}), p ? (1,￥)\{2}p\in (1,\infty )\setminus \{2\}, consisting of all measurable sets in \Bbb R{\Bbb R} whose characteristic function is a Fourier p-multiplier, forms an algebra of sets containing many interesting and non-trivial elements (e.g. all intervals and their finite unions, certain periodic sets, arbitrary countable unions of dyadic intervals, etc.). However, B_p(\Bbb R){\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}) fails to be a s\sigma -algebra. It has been shown by V. Lebedev and A. Olevskii [4] that if E ? B_p(\Bbb R)E\in {\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}), then E must coincide a.e. with an open set, a remarkable topological constraint on E. In this note we show if $2 < p < \infty $2 < p < \infty , then there exists E ? B_p(\Bbb R)E\in {\cal B}_p({\Bbb R}) which is not in B_q(\Bbb R){\cal B}_q({\Bbb R}) for any q > pq>p.     

Idempotents in a complex group algebra, projective modules, and the von Neumann algebra

The complex group algebra \Bbb CG{\Bbb C}G of a countable group G can be imbedded in the von Neumann algebra NG of G. If G is torsion-free, and if P is a finitely generated projective module over \Bbb CG{\Bbb C}G it is proved that the central-valued trace of NG?_{\Bbb CG}PNG\otimes _{{\Bbb C}G}P, i.e. of an idempotent \Bbb CG{\Bbb C}G-matrix A defining P is equal to the canonical trace k(P)\kappa (P) times identity I. It follows that k(P)\kappa (P) characterizes the isomorphism type of NG?_{\Bbb CG}PNG\otimes _{{\Bbb C}G}P.¶If k(P)\kappa (P) is an integer, e.g., if the weak Bass conjecture holds for G then NG?_{\Bbb C G}PNG\otimes _{{\Bbb C} G}P is free. It is also shown that for certain classes of groups geometric arguments can be used to prove the Bass conjecture.     

Orthogonalities in linear spaces and difference operators

Summary. Quite recently C. Alsina, P. Cruells and M. S. Tomás [2], motivated by F. Suzuki's property of isosceles trapezoids, have proposed the following orthogonality relation in a real normed linear space (X, ||·||) (X, \Vert \cdot \Vert) : two vectors x,y ? X x,y \in X are T-orthogonal whenever¶||z-x ||² + ||z-y ||² = ||z ||² + ||z-(x+y) ||² \Vert z-x \Vert^2 + \Vert z-y \Vert^2 = \Vert z \Vert^2 + \Vert z-(x+y) \Vert^2 ¶for every z ? X z \in X . A natural question arises whether an analogue of T-orthogonality may be defined in any real linear space (without a norm structure). Our proposal reads as follows. Given a functional j \varphi on a real linear space X we say that two vectors x,y ? X x,y \in X are j \varphi -orthogonal (and write x^_jy x\perp_{\varphi}y ) provided that D_x,yj = 0 \Delta_{x,y}\varphi = 0 (D_h1,h2 \Delta_{h_1,h_2} stands here and in the sequel for the superposition D_h1 °D_h2 \Delta_{h_1} \circ \Delta_{h_2} of the usual difference operators).¶We are looking for necessary and/or sufficient conditions upon the functional j \varphi to generate a j \varphi -orthogonality such that the pair X,^_j X,\perp_{\varphi} forms an orthogonality space in the sense of J. Rätz (cf. [6]). Two new characterizations of inner product spaces as well as a generalization of some results obtained in [2] are presented.     

On the existence of certain measures appearing in distance geometry

Abstract. We prove the following result: Let X be a compact connected Hausdorff space and f be a continuous function on X x X. There exists some regular Borel probability measure m\mu on X such that the value of¶¶ ò\limit _X f(x,y)dm(y)\int\limit _X f(x,y)d\mu (y) is independent of the choice of x in X if and only if the following assertion holds: For each positive integer n and for all (not necessarily distinct) x₁,x₂,...,x_n,y₁,y₂,...,y_n in X, there exists an x in X such that¶¶ ?_i=1ⁿ f(x_i,x)=?_i=1ⁿ f(y_i,x).\sum\limits _{i=1}^n f(x_i,x)=\sum\limits _{i=1}^n f(y_i,x).     

Essential norms of some singular integral operators

Let a\alpha and b\beta be bounded measurable functions on the unit circle T. The singular integral operator S_a, bS_{\alpha ,\,\beta } is defined by S_a, b f = aPf + bQf(f ? L² (T))S_{\alpha ,\,\beta } f = \alpha Pf + \beta Qf(f \in L^2 (T)) where P is an analytic projection and Q is a co-analytic projection. In the previous paper, the norm of S_a, bS_{\alpha ,\,\beta } was calculated in general, using a,b\alpha ,\beta and a[`(b)] + H<sup>￥</sup>\alpha \bar {\beta } + H^\infty where H<sup>￥</sup>H^\infty is a Hardy space in L<sup>￥</sup> (T).L^\infty (T). In this paper, the essential norm ||S<sub>a, b</sub> ||<sub>e</sub>\Vert S_{\alpha ,\,\beta } \Vert _e of S<sub>a, b</sub>S_{\alpha ,\,\beta } is calculated in general, using a[`(b)] + H^￥ + C\alpha \bar {\beta } + H^\infty + C where C is a set of all continuous functions on T. Hence if a[`(b)]\alpha \bar {\beta } is in H^￥ + CH^\infty + C then ||S_a, b ||_e = max(||a||_￥ , ||b||_￥ ).\Vert S_{\alpha ,\,\beta } \Vert _e = \max (\Vert \alpha \Vert _\infty , \Vert \beta \Vert _\infty ). This gives a known result when a, b\alpha , \beta are in C.     

An Extension of Hall's Theorem

Let (A_i) _{i ? I} (A_i) _{i \in I} and (B_i) _{i ? I} (B_i) _ {i \in I} be two (possibly infinite) families of finite sets. Let cl(P) denote the closure of the set P : = { (A_i, B_i ): i ? I } P := \{ ({A_i}, {B_i} ): i \in I \} of the pairs with respect to the componentwise union and intersection operations. Then there exists an injective map è_{i ? I} A_i ? è_{i ? I} B_i {\displaystyle \bigcup _ {i \in I}} A_i \rightarrow {\displaystyle \bigcup _ {i \in I }} B_i such that f (A_i) í B_i f (A_i) \subseteq B_i for every i if, and only if, card (A) ￡ (A) \leq card (B) for every pair (A, B) ? cl (P) (A, B) \in cl (P) .     

Bounded solutions of the Golab—Schinzel equation

Summary. Let \Bbb K {\Bbb K} be either the field of reals or the field of complex numbers, X be an F-space (i.e. a Fréchet space) over \Bbb K {\Bbb K} n be a positive integer, and f : X ? \Bbb K f : X \to {\Bbb K} be a solution of the functional equation¶¶f(x + f(x)ⁿ y) = f(x) f(y) f(x + f(x)^n y) = f(x) f(y) .¶We prove that, if there is a real positive a such that the set { x ? X : |f(x)| ? (0, a)} \{ x \in X : |f(x)| \in (0, a)\} contains a subset of second category and with the Baire property, then f is continuous or { x ? X : |f(x)| ? (0, a)} \{ x \in X : |f(x)| \in (0, a)\} for every x ? X x \in X . As a consequence of this we obtain the following fact: Every Baire measurable solution f : X ? \Bbb K f : X \to {\Bbb K} of the equation is continuous or equal zero almost everywhere (i.e., there is a first category set A ì X A \subset X with f(X \A) = { 0 }) f(X \backslash A) = \{ 0 \}) .     

Strong uniform consistency of nonparametric regression function estimates

Let (X, Y) be a ^dx-valued random vector and let r(t)=E(Y/X=t) be the regression function of Y on X that has to be estimated from a sample (X _i, Y_i), i=1,..., n. We establish conditions ensuring that an estimate of the form

Base point free pencils of small degree on certain smooth curves

We give sufficient conditions on numbers d and m such that a linear system of degree m on the normalization C of a plane curve [`(C)]\overline {C} of degree d which is in a certain sense not too singular is in the natural way induced by either a pencil of lines or a pencil of conics in the plane. Those results generalize results on nodal and cuspidal plane curves and seem to complement the recent results of [2]. We present a new approach via the geometry of curves in \Bbb P₁×\Bbb P₂{\Bbb P}_1\times {\Bbb P}_2.     

A note on a conjecture of Borwein and Choi

A polynomial P(X) with coefficients {ǃ} of odd degree N - 1 is cyclotomic if and only if¶¶P(X) = ±F_p1 (±X)F_p2(±X^p1) ?F_pr(±X^{p1 p2 ?p_r-1}) P(X) = \pm \Phi_{p1} (\pm X)\Phi_{p2}(\pm X^{p1}) \cdots \Phi_{p_r}(\pm X^{p1 p2 \cdots p_r-1}) ¶where N = p₁ p₂ · · · p_r and the p_i are primes, not necessarily distinct, and where F_p(X) : = (X^p - 1) / (X - 1) \Phi_{p}(X) := (X^{p} - 1) / (X - 1) is the p-th cyclotomic polynomial. This is a conjecture of Borwein and Choi [1]. We prove this conjecture for a class of polynomials of degree N - 1 = 2^r p^l - 1 N - 1 = 2^{r} p^{\ell} - 1 for any odd prime p and for integers r, l\geqq 1 r, \ell \geqq 1 .     

On the singularities of residual intertwining operators

Let G be a reductive algebraic group defined over \Bbb Q {\Bbb Q} . Let P, P' be parabolic subgroups of G, defined over \Bbb Q {\Bbb Q} , and let _boxclose_boxclose, a_P') t \in W({\frak a}_{P}, {\frak a}_{P'}) . In this paper we study the intertwining operator M_P￠|P(t,l), l ? \frak a^*_{P,\Bbb C} M_{P' \vert P}(t,\lambda),\,\lambda \in {\frak a}^*_{P,{\Bbb C}} , acting in corresponding spaces of automorphic forms. One of the main results states that each matrix coefficient of M_P￠|P(t,l) M_{P' \vert P}(t,\lambda) is a meromorphic function of order ￡ n + 1 \le n + 1 , where n = dim G. Using this result, we further investigate the rank one intertwining operators, in particular, we study the distribution of their poles.     

Integration of the lifting formulas and the cyclic homology of the algebras of differential operators

We integrate the Lifting cocycles Y_2n+1, Y_2n+3, Y_2n+5,? ([Sh1,2]) \Psi_{2n+1}, \Psi_{2n+3}, \Psi_{2n+5},\ldots\,([\rm Sh1,2]) on the Lie algebra Dif_n of holomorphic differential operators on an n-dimensional complex vector space to the cocycles on the Lie algebra of holomorphic differential operators on a holomorphic line bundle l \lambda on an n-dimensional complex manifold M in the sense of Gelfand--Fuks cohomology [GF] (more precisely, we integrate the cocycles on the sheaves of the Lie algebras of finite matrices over the corresponding associative algebras). The main result is the following explicit form of the Feigin--Tsygan theorem [FT1]:¶¶ H^·_Lie(\frak g\frak l^fin_￥(Dif_n);\Bbb C) = ù^·(Y_2n+1, Y_2n+3, Y_2n+5,? ) H^\bullet_{\rm Lie}({\frak g}{\frak l}^{\rm fin}_\infty({\rm Dif}_n);{\Bbb C}) = \wedge^\bullet(\Psi_{2n+1}, \Psi_{2n+3}, \Psi_{2n+5},\ldots\,) .     

A Seidel-Walsh theorem with linear differential operators

Assume that {S_n}₁^￥ \{S_n\}_1^\infty is a sequence of automorphisms of the open unit disk \Bbb D{\Bbb D} and that {T_n}₁^￥\{T_n\}_1^\infty is a sequence of linear differential operators with constant coefficients, both of them satisfying suitable conditions. We prove that for certain spaces X of holomorphic functions in the open unit disk, the set of functions f ? Xf \in X such that {(T_n f) °S_n:  n ? \Bbb N}\{(T_n\,f) \circ S_n: \, n \in {\Bbb N}\} is dense in H(\Bbb D)H({\Bbb D}) is residual in X. This extends the Seidel-Walsh theorem together with some subsequent results.     

On groups acting freely on a tree

Suppose we are given a group G\mit\Gamma and a tree X on which G\mit\Gamma acts. Let d be the distance in the tree. Then we are interested in the asymptotic behavior of the numbers a_d: = # {w ? vertX : w=gv, g ? G , d(v₀,w)=d }a_d:= \# \{w\in {\rm {vert}}X : w=\gamma {v}, \gamma \in {\mit\Gamma} , d({v}_0,w)=d \} if d? ￥d\rightarrow \infty , where v, v_o are some fixed vertices in X.¶ In this paper we consider the case where G\mit\Gamma is a finitely generated group acting freely on a tree X. The growth function ?a_d x^d\textstyle\sum\limits a_d x^d is a rational function [3], which we describe explicitely. From this we get estimates for the radius of convergence of the series. For the cases where G\mit\Gamma is generated by one or two elements, we look a little bit closer at the denominator of this rational function. At the end we give one concrete example.     

Empirical Processes with a Bounded Ψ 1 Diameter

We study the empirical process ${{\rm sup}_{f \in F}|N^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{N}\,f^{2}(X_i)-\mathbb{E}f^{2}|}We study the empirical process sup_{f ? F}|N^-1?_i=1^N f²(X_i)-\mathbbEf²|{{\rm sup}_{f \in F}|N^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{N}\,f^{2}(X_i)-\mathbb{E}f^{2}|}, where F is a class of mean-zero functions on a probability space (Ω, μ), and (X_i)_{i = 1}^N{(X_{i})_{i =1}^N} are selected independently according to μ.     

Blocks with cyclic defect of Hecke orders of Coxeter groups

Let B\cal B be a p-block of cyclic defect of a Hecke order over the complete ring \Bbb Z[q] _{áq-1,p ?}\Bbb {Z}[q] _{\langle q-1,p \rangle}; i.e. modulo áq-1 ?\langle q-1 \rangle it is a p-block B of cyclic defect of the underlying Coxeter group G. Then B\cal B is a tree order over \Bbb Z[q]_{áq-1, p ?}\Bbb {Z}[q]_{\langle q-1, p \rangle } to the Brauer tree of B. Moreover, in case B\cal B is the principal block of the Hecke order of the symmetric group S(p) on p elements, then B\cal B can be described explicitly. In this case a complete set of non-isomorphic indecomposable Cohen-Macaulay B\cal B-modules is given.     

Sharp Kolmogorov-type inequalities for norms of fractional derivatives of multivariate functions

Let C( \mathbbR^m ) C\left( {{\mathbb{R}^m}} \right) be the space of bounded and continuous functions x:\mathbbR^m ? \mathbbR x:{\mathbb{R}^m} \to \mathbb{R} equipped with the norm