Simultaneous approximation by universal series

We show that, if individual universal series exist, then we can choose a sequence of universal series performing simultaneous universal approximation with the same sequence of indices. As an application we derive the existence of universal Laurent Series on an annulus using only the existence of universal Taylor Series on discs. Our results are generic (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Optimal risk transfer for agents with germs

We introduce a new class of risk measures called generalized entropic risk measures (GERMS) that allow economic agents to have different attitudes towards different sources of risk. We formulate the problem of optimal risk transfer in terms of these risk measures and characterize the optimal transfer contract. The optimal contract involves what we call intertemporal source-dependent quotient sharing, where agents linearly share changes in the aggregate risk reserve that occur in response to shocks to the system over time, with scaling coefficients that depend on the attitudes of each agent towards the source of risk causing the shock. Generalized entropic risk measures are not dilations of a common base risk measure, so our results extend the class of risk measures for which explicit characterizations of the optimal transfer contract can be found.     

Freshman rules in calculus

In this note we present a class of functions (f, g) that satisfy ‘freshman rules’ in calculus.     

Ideal-Symmetric and Semiprime Rings

Lambek extended the usual commutative ideal theory to ideals in noncommutative rings, calling an ideal A of a ring R symmetric if rst ∈ A implies rts ∈ A for r, s, t ∈ R. R is usually called symmetric if 0 is a symmetric ideal. This naturally gives rise to extending the study of symmetric ring property to the lattice of ideals. In the process, we introduce the concept of an ideal-symmetric ring. We first characterize the class of ideal-symmetric rings and show that this ideal-symmetric property is Morita invariant. We provide a method of constructing an ideal-symmetric ring (but not semiprime) from any given semiprime ring, noting that semiprime rings are ideal-symmetric. We investigate the structure of minimal ideal-symmetric rings completely, finding two kinds of basic forms of finite ideal-symmetric rings. It is also shown that the ideal-symmetric property can go up to right quotient rings in relation with regular elements. The polynomial ring R[x] over an ideal-symmetric ring R need not be ideal-symmetric, but it is shown that the factor ring R[x]/xⁿR[x] is ideal-symmetric over a semiprime ring R.     

The Augmentation Quotients of the Groups of Order 25, II

We have described the structure of Q _n (G) = Δ ⁿ (G)/Δ ⁿ⁺¹(G) for 35 particular classes of groups G with order 2⁵ in the previous article. In this article, the structure of Q _n (G) for all the remaining classes of groups G with order 2⁵ are presented.     

On Quotient Rings in Alternative Rings

We introduce a notion of left nonsingularity for alternative rings and prove that an alternative ring is left nonsingular if and only if every essential left ideal is dense, if and only if its maximal left quotient ring is von Neumann regular (a Johnson-like Theorem). Finally, we obtain a Gabriel-like Theorem for alternative rings.     

A baire approach to quantitative resonance principles

The main purpose of this paper is to give a proof of quantitative resonance and condensation principles via Baire category arguments in contrast to the gliding hump method used previously. Thereby a new nonquantitative resonance principle is established which is concerned with dominated convergence in Frechet spaces, by the way yielding more detailed information on the structure of the underlying spaces. On the other hand, Baire's approach is an easy tool to develop condensation principles by considering residual sets. Finally, some typical applications concerning trigonometric Fourier partial sums may illustrate the result received.     

Vanishing Derivations and Co-Centralizing Generalized Derivations on Multilinear Polynomials in Prime Rings

Let R be a noncommutative prime ring of characteristic different from 2 with Utumi quotient ring U and extended centroid C, and f(x₁,…, x_n) be a multilinear polynomial over C, which is not central valued on R. Suppose that F and G are two generalized derivations of R and d is a nonzero derivation of R such that d(F(f(r))f(r) ? f(r)G(f(r))) = 0 for all r = (r₁,…, r_n) ∈ Rⁿ, then one of the following holds:

1. There exist a, p, q, c ∈ U and λ ∈C such that F(x) = ax + xp + λx, G(x) = px + xq and d(x) = [c, x] for all x ∈ R, with [c, a ? q] = 0 and f(x₁,…, x_n)² is central valued on R;

2. There exists a ∈ U such that F(x) = xa and G(x) = ax for all x ∈ R;

3. There exist a, b, c ∈ U and λ ∈C such that F(x) = λx + xa ? bx, G(x) = ax + xb and d(x) = [c, x] for all x ∈ R, with b + αc ∈ C for some α ∈C;

4. R satisfies s₄ and there exist a, b ∈ U and λ ∈C such that F(x) = λx + xa ? bx and G(x) = ax + xb for all x ∈ R;

5. There exist a′, b, c ∈ U and δ a derivation of R such that F(x) = a′x + xb ? δ(x), G(x) = bx + δ(x) and d(x) = [c, x] for all x ∈ R, with [c, a′] = 0 and f(x₁,…, x_n)² is central valued on R.