On Linear Preservers of Two-Sided Gut-Majorization On <Emphasis Type="Bold">M</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Subscript>

For X, Y ∈ M_n,m it is said that X is gut-majorized by Y, and we write X ?_gutY, if there exists an n-by-n upper triangular g-row stochastic matrix R such that X = RY. Define the relation ~_gut as follows. X ~_gutY if X is gut-majorized by Y and Y is gut-majorized by X. The (strong) linear preservers of ?_gut on ?ⁿ and strong linear preservers of this relation on M_n,m have been characterized before. This paper characterizes all (strong) linear preservers and strong linear preservers of ~_gut on ?ⁿ and M_n,m.     

The Critical Case of the Cramer-Lundberg Theorem on the Asymptotic Tail Behavior of the Maximum of a Negative Drift Random Walk

We study the asymptotic tail behavior of the maximum M = max{0,S _n ,n ≥ = 1} of partial sums S _n = ξ₁ + ? + ξ _n of independent identically distributed random variables ξ₁,ξ₂,... with negative mean. We consider the so-called Cramer case when there exists a β > 0 such that E e ^βξ1 = 1. The celebrated Cramer-Lundberg approximation states the exponential decay of the large deviation probabilities of M provided that Eξ₁ e ^βξ1 is finite. In the present article we basically study the critical case Eξ₁ e ^βξ1 = ∞.     

A sharp eigenvalue theorem for fractional elliptic equations

The invisibility graph I(X) of a set X ? R ^d is a (possibly infinite) graph whose vertices are the points of X and two vertices are connected by an edge if and only if the straight-line segment connecting the two corresponding points is not fully contained in X. We consider the following three parameters of a set X: the clique number ω(I(X)), the chromatic number χ(I(X)) and the convexity number γ(X), which is the minimum number of convex subsets of X that cover X.We settle a conjecture of Matou?ek and Valtr claiming that for every planar set X, γ(X) can be bounded in terms of χ(I(X)). As a part of the proof we show that a disc with n one-point holes near its boundary has χ(I(X)) ≥ log log(n) but ω(I(X)) = 3.We also find sets X in R⁵ with χ(X) = 2, but γ(X) arbitrarily large.     

Simplex—Karyon Algorithm of Multidimensional Continued Fraction Expansion

A simplex–karyon algorithm for expanding real numbers α = (α₁,..., α _d ) in multidimensional continued fractions is considered. The algorithm is based on a (d + 1)-dimensional superspace S with embedded hyperplanes: a karyon hyperplane K and a Farey hyperplane F. The approximation of numbers α by continued fractions is performed on the hyperplane F, and the degree of approximation is controlled on the hyperplane K. A local ?(r)-strategy for constructing convergents is chosen, with a free objective function ?(r) on the hyperplane K.     

On the Compactness of the Hypercomplex Commutator in Hölder Continuous Functions Spaces

This paper is devoted to the compactness of the hypercomplex commutator S _γ M _a ? M _a S _γ, where S _γ is the Cauchy singular integral operator (in the Douglis sense), a is a Hölder continuous hypercomplex function and M _a is the multiplication operator given by M _a f = a f. We extend a known compactness sufficient condition for the commutator of the Cauchy singular integral operator to the frame of the hypercomplex analysis, where γ is merely required to be an arbitrary regular closed Jordan curve.     

Calculation of Geometric Probabilities Using Covariogram of Convex Bodies

In the paper, a formula to calculate the probability that a random segment L(ω, u) in R ⁿ with a fixed direction u and length l lies entirely in the bounded convex body D ? R ⁿ (n ≥ 2) is obtained in terms of covariogram of the body D. For any dimension n ≥ 2, a relationship between the probability P(L(ω, u) ? D) and the orientation-dependent chord length distribution is also obtained. Using this formula, we obtain the explicit form of the probability P(L(ω, u) ? D) in the cases where D is an n-dimensional ball (n ≥ 2), or a regular triangle on the plane.     

Congruence by Dissection of Topological Discs—An Elementary Approach to Tarski's Circle Squaring Problem

Let G be a group of affine transformations of the plane R ² and let the family F consist of all topological discs in R ² whose boundary is subject to some smoothness condition (general, rectifiable, piecewise C ¹ , piecewise C ² ). Are any two members D,E ∈ F congruent by dissection with respect to G such that all the pieces in the corresponding dissections of D and E belong to F as well? We give an affirmative answer if G contains all affine transformations and F consists of the discs whose boundary is piecewise C ¹ . An example shows that C ¹ cannot be replaced by C ² . Moreover, if G is either the group of equiaffine transformations or the group of similarities, then congruence by dissection of two convex discs D and E turns out to be essentially equivalent to congruence by dissection of the boundaries bd(D ) and bd(E ).     

Asymptotic distribution of singular values of powers of random matrices

Let x be a complex random variable such that \( {\mathbf{E}}x = 0,\,{\mathbf{E}}{\left| x \right|^2} = 1 \), and \( {\mathbf{E}}{\left| x \right|^4} < \infty \). Let \( {x_{ij}},i,j \in \left\{ {1,2, \ldots } \right\} \), be independent copies of x. Let \( {\mathbf{X}} = \left( {{N^{ - 1/2}}{x_{ij}}} \right) \), 1≤i,j≤N, be a random matrix. Writing X ^? for the adjoint matrix of X, consider the product X ^m X ^?m with some m ∈{1,2,...}. The matrix X ^m X ^?m is Hermitian positive semidefinite. Let λ₁,λ₂,...,λ _N be eigenvalues of X ^m X ^?m (or squared singular values of the matrix X ^m ). In this paper, we find the asymptotic distribution function \( {G^{(m)}}(x) = {\lim_{N \to \infty }}{\mathbf{E}}F_N^{(m)}(x) \) of the empirical distribution function \( F_N^{(m)}(x) = {N^{ - 1}}\sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^N {\mathbb{I}\left\{ {{\lambda_k} \leqslant x} \right\}} \), where \( \mathbb{I}\left\{ A \right\} \) stands for the indicator function of an event A. With m=1, our result turns to a well-known result of Marchenko and Pastur [V. Marchenko and L. Pastur, The eigenvalue distribution in some ensembles of random matrices, Math. USSR Sb., 1:457–483, 1967].     

Curvature inequalities for operators of the Cowen–Douglas class

Let T be an operator tuple in the Cowen–Douglas class B _n (Ω) for Ω ? C ^m . The kernels Ker(T ? w) ^l , for w ∈ Ω, l = 1, 2, ···, define Hermitian vector bundles E _T ^l over Ω. We prove certain negativity of the curvature of E _T ^l . We also study the relation between certain curvature inequality and the contractive property of T when Ω is a planar domain.     

Continuous wavelets on compact manifolds

Let M be a smooth compact oriented Riemannian manifold, and let Δ _M be the Laplace–Beltrami operator on M. Say \({0 \neq f \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb {R}^+)}\) , and that f (0)  =  0. For t  >  0, let K _t (x, y) denote the kernel of f (t ² Δ _M ). We show that K _t is well-localized near the diagonal, in the sense that it satisfies estimates akin to those satisfied by the kernel of the convolution operator f (t ²Δ) on \({\mathbb {R}^n}\) . We define continuous \({\mathcal {S}}\)-wavelets on M, in such a manner that K _t (x, y) satisfies this definition, because of its localization near the diagonal. Continuous \({\mathcal {S}}\)-wavelets on M are analogous to continuous wavelets on \({\mathbb {R}^n}\) in \({\mathcal {S}}\) (\({\mathbb {R}^n}\)). In particular, we are able to characterize the Hölder continuous functions on M by the size of their continuous \({\mathcal {S}}\)-wavelet transforms, for Hölder exponents strictly between 0 and 1. If M is the torus \({\mathbb T^2}\) or the sphere S ², and f (s)  =  se ^?s (the “Mexican hat” situation), we obtain two explicit approximate formulas for K _t , one to be used when t is large, and one to be used when t is small.     

Limit theorems for supremum of Gaussian processes over a random interval

Let {X(t), t ≥ 0} be a centered stationary Gaussian process with correlation r(t)such that 1-r(t) is asymptotic to a regularly varying function. With T being a nonnegative random variable and independent of X(t), the exact asymptotics of P(sup_(t∈[0,T])X(t) x) is considered, as x →∞.     

Derivative at s = 1 of the p-adic L-function of the symmetric square of a Hilbert modular form

Let p ≥ 3 be a prime and F a totally real number field. Let f be a Hilbert cuspidal eigenform of parallel weight 2, trivial Nebentypus and ordinary at p. It is possible to construct a p-adic L function which interpolates the complex L-function associated with the symmetric square representation of f. This p-adic L-function vanishes at s = 1 even if the complex L-function does not. Assuming p inert and f Steinberg at p, we give a formula for the p-adic derivative at s = 1 of this p-adic L-function, generalizing unpublished work of Greenberg and Tilouine. Under some hypotheses on the conductor of f we prove a particular case of a conjecture of Greenberg on trivial zeros.     

Certain Subsets on Which Every Bounded Convex Function Is Continuous

To guarantee every real-valued convex function bounded above on a set is continuous, how ＂thick＂ should the set be？ For a symmetric set A in a Banach space E,the answer of this paper is： Every real-valued convex function bounded above on A is continuous on E if and only if the following two conditions hold： i） spanA has finite co-dimentions and ii） coA has nonempty relative interior. This paper also shows that a subset A C E satisfying every real-valued convex function bounded above on A is continuous on E if （and only if） every real-valued linear functional bounded above on A is continuous on E, which is also equivalent to that every real-valued convex function bounded on A is continuous on E.     

Random process in a homogeneous Gaussian field

We consider a random process in a spatial-temporal homogeneous Gaussian field V (q , t) with the mean E V = 0 and the correlation function W(|q ? q′|, |t ? t′|) ≡ E[V (q, t)V (q′, t′)], where \( \bold{q} \in {\mathbb{R}^d} \), \( t \in {\mathbb{R}^{+} } \), and d is the dimension of the Euclidean space \( {\mathbb{R}^d} \). For a “density” G(r, t) of the familiar model of a physical system averaged over all realizations of the random field V, we establish an integral equation that has the form of the Dyson equation. The invariance of the equation under the continuous renormalization group allows using the renormalization group method to find an asymptotic expression for G(r, t) as r → ∞ and t → ∞.     

Symmetric quasi-norms of sums of independent random variables in symmetric function spaces with the Kruglov property

Let X be a symmetric Banach function space on [0, 1] and let E be a symmetric (quasi)-Banach sequence space. Let f = {f _k } _k=1 ⁿ , n ≥ 1 be an arbitrary sequence of independent random variables in X and let {e _k } _k=1 ^∞ ? E be the standard unit vector sequence in E. This paper presents a deterministic characterization of the quantity

$||||\sum\limits_{k = 1}^n {{f_k}{e_k}|{|_E}|{|_X}} $

in terms of the sum of disjoint copies of individual terms of f. We acknowledge key contributions by previous authors in detail in the introduction, however our approach is based on the important recent advances in the study of the Kruglov property of symmetric spaces made earlier by the authors. Authors acknowledge support from the ARC.

     

Expectation of the truncated randomly weighted sums with dominatedly varying summands

We consider the asymptotic behavior of the values P(S > x), E(S 1_{S>x}), and E(S | S > x). Here S = θ₁X₁ + θ₂X₂ + · · · + θ_nX_n is a randomly weighted sum of the basic random variables X₁,X₂, . . . , X_n, which follow some special dependence structure, and {θ₁, θ₂, . . . , θ_n} is a collection of nonnegative and arbitrarily dependent random weights; the collections {X₁,X₂, . . .,X_n} and {θ₁, θ₂, . . . , θ_n} are supposed to be independent. We derive asymptotic formulas in the case where the number of summands n is fixed and the distributions of the basic random variables are dominatedly varying.We apply them to some values related to the risk measures of certain weighted sums.     

On positive quaternionic Kähler manifolds with certain symmetry rank

Let M be a positive quaternionic Kähler manifold of real dimension 4m. In this paper we show that if the symmetry rank of M is greater than or equal to [m/2] + 3, then M is isometric to HP ^m or Gr2(C ^m+2). This is sharp and optimal, and will complete the classification result of positive quaternionic Kähler manifolds equipped with symmetry. The main idea is to use the connectedness theorem for quaternionic Kähler manifolds with a group action and the induction arguments on the dimension of the manifold.     

On the homotopy type of (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-1)-connected (3<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>+1)-dimensional free chain Lie algebra

Let R be a subring ring of Q. We reserve the symbol p for the least prime which is not a unit in R; if R ?Q, then p=∞. Denote by DGL _n ^np , n≥1, the category of (n-1)-connected np-dimensional differential graded free Lie algebras over R. In [1] D. Anick has shown that there is a reasonable concept of homotopy in the category DGL _n ^np . In this work we intend to answer the following two questions: Given an object (L(V), ?) in DGL _n ³ⁿ⁺² and denote by S(L(V), ?) the class of objects homotopy equivalent to (L(V), ?). How we can characterize a free dgl to belong to S(L(V), ?)? Fix an object (L(V), ?) in DGL _n ³ⁿ⁺² . How many homotopy equivalence classes of objects (L(W), δ) in DGL _n ³ⁿ⁺² such that H _* (W, d′)?H _* (V, d) are there? Note that DGL _n ³ⁿ⁺² is a subcategory of DGL _n ^np when p>3. Our tool to address this problem is the exact sequence of Whitehead associated with a free dgl.     

Sum-free sets in abelian groups

An IP system is a functionn taking finite subsets ofN to a commutative, additive group Ω satisfyingn(α∪β)=n(α)+n(β) whenever α∩β=ø. In an extension of their Szemerédi theorem for finitely many commuting measure preserving transformations, Furstenberg and Katznelson showed that ifS _i ,1≤i≤k, are IP systems into a commutative (possibly infinitely generated) group Ω of measure preserving transformations of a probability space (X, B, μ, andA∈B with μ(A)>0, then for some ø≠α one has μ(? _i=1 ^k S _i({α})A>0). We extend this to so-called FVIP systems, which are polynomial analogs of IP systems, thereby generalizing as well joint work by the author and V. Bergelson concerning special FVIP systems of the formS(α)=T(p(n(α))), wherep:Z ^t →Z ^d is a polynomial vanishing at zero,T is a measure preservingZ ^d action andn is an IP system intoZ ^t . The primary novelty here is potential infinite generation of the underlying group action, however there are new applications inZ ^d as well, for example multiple recurrence along a wide class ofgeneralized polynomials (very roughly, functions built out of regular polynomials by iterated use of the greatest integer function).     

Multipliers of spherical harmonics and energy of measures on the sphere

We consider the operator,f(Δ) for Δ the Laplacian, on spaces of measures on the sphere inR ^d , show how to determine a family of approximating kernels for this operator assuming that certain technical conditions are satisfied, and give estimates for theL²-norm off(Δ)μ in terms of the energy of the measure μ. We derive a formula, analogous to the classical formula relating the energy of a measure onR ^d with its Fourier transform, comparing the energy of a measure on the sphere with the size of its spherical harmonics. An application is given to pluriharmonic measures.