The Novikov Conjecture for Low Degree Cohomology Classes

We outline a twisted analogue of the Mishchenko–Kasparov approach to prove the Novikov conjecture on the homotopy invariance of the higher signatures. Using our approach, we give a new and simple proof of the homotopy invariance of the higher signatures associated to all cohomology classes of the classifying space that belong to the subring of the cohomology ring of the classifying space that is generated by cohomology classes of degree less than or equal to 2, a result that was first established by Connes and Gromov and Moscovici using other methods. A key new ingredient is the construction of a tautological C* _r (, )-bundle and connection, which can be used to construct a C* _r (, )-index that lies in the Grothendieck group of C* _r (, ), where is a multiplier on the discrete group corresponding to a degree 2 cohomology class. We also utilise a main result of Hilsum and Skandalis to establish our theorem.     

Generalized Padé-Type Approximation and Integral Representations

In several complex variables, the multivariate Padé-type approximation theory is based on the polynomial interpolation of the multidimensional Cauchy kernel and leads to complicated computations. In this paper, we replace the multidimensional Cauchy kernel by the Bergman kernel function K (z,x) into an open bounded subset of C ⁿ and, by using interpolating generalized polynomials for K (z,x), we define generalized Padé-type approximants to any f in the space OL ²() of all analytic functions on which are of class L ². The characteristic property of such an approximant is that its Fourier series representation with respect to an orthonormal basis for OL ²() matches the Fourier series expansion of f as far as possible. After studying the error formula and the convergence problem, we show that the generalized Padé-type approximants have integral representations which give rise to the consideration of an integral operator – the so-called generalized Padé-type operator – which maps every f OL ²() to a generalized Padé-type approximant to f. By the continuity of this operator, we obtain some convergence results about series of analytic functions of class L ². Our study concludes with the extension of these ideas into every functional Hilbert space H and also with the definition and properties of the generalized Padé-type approximants to a linear operator of H into itself. As an application we prove a Painlevé-type theorem in C ⁿ and we give two examples making use of generalized Padé-type approximants.     

The Lattice of Deductive Systems on Hilbert Algebras

The concept of deductive system on a Hilbert algebra was introduced by A. Diego. We show that the set Ded A of all deductive systems on a Hilbert algebra A forms an algebraic lattice which is distributive.AMS Classification (2000): 06F35, 03G25, 08A30     

Induced product representations of extended Cuntz algebras

Let _H be the extended Cuntz algebra over the Hilbert space H. Since its zero grade part _H⁰ is the C^*-inductive limit of B(H^r), we look for some family of representations on an inductive limit of H^r as r. When such construction is shaped according to the structure of _H⁰, von Neumanns notion of a reference sequence of unit vectors for Hilbert infinite tensor products emerges; after a further Rieffel induction step, a class IPR[H] of representations of _H arises. For any two such representations, we describe explicitly their associated intertwiners. Any two representations in IPR[H] are either disjoint or unitarily equivalent. Actions of the group by translation on sequences of unit vectors are involved, as well as the ideals of .     

Discrete groups actions and corresponding modules

We address the problem of interrelations between the properties of an action of a discrete group on a compact Hausdorff space and the algebraic and analytical properties of the module of all continuous functions over the algebra of invariant continuous functions . The present paper is a continuation of our joint paper with M. Frank and V. Manuilov. Here we prove some statements inverse to the ones obtained in that paper: we deduce properties of actions from properties of modules. In particular, it is proved that if for a uniformly continuous action the module is finitely generated projective over , then the cardinality of orbits of the action is finite and fixed. Sufficient conditions for existence of natural conditional expectations are obtained.

     

A version of Burkholder's theorem for operator-weighted spaces

Let be an operator weight, i.e. a weight function taking values in the bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space . We prove that if the dyadic martingale transforms are uniformly bounded on for each dyadic grid in , then the Hilbert transform is bounded on as well, thus providing an analogue of Burkholder's theorem for operator-weighted -spaces. We also give a short new proof of Burkholder's theorem itself. Our proof is based on the decomposition of the Hilbert transform into ``dyadic shifts'.

     

On the Bochner theorem on orthogonal operators

We prove the following theorem. Any isometric operator , that acts from the Hilbert space with nonnegative weight to the Hilbert space with nonnegative weight , allows for the integral representation

where the kernels and satisfy certain conditions that are necessary and sufficient for these kernels to generate the corresponding isometric operators.

     

Divisorial Linear Algebra of Normal Semigroup Rings

We investigate the minimal number of generators and the depth of divisorial ideals over normal semigroup rings. Such ideals are defined by the inhomogeneous systems of linear inequalities associated with the support hyperplanes of the semigroup. The main result is that for every bound C there exist, up to isomorphism, only finitely many divisorial ideals I such that (I)C. It follows that there exist only finitely many Cohen–Macaulay divisor classes. Moreover, we determine the minimal depth of all divisorial ideals and the behaviour of and depth in arithmetic progressions in the divisor class group.The results are generalized to more general systems of linear inequalities whose homogeneous versions define the semigroup in a not necessarily irredundant way. The ideals arising this way can also be considered as defined by the nonnegative solutions of an inhomogeneous system of linear diophantine equations.We also give a more ring-theoretic approach to the theorem on minimal number of generators of divisorial ideals: it turns out to be a special instance of a theorem on the growth of multigraded Hilbert functions.     

Contractive projections and operator spaces

Parallel to the study of finite-dimensional Banach spaces, there is a growing interest in the corresponding local theory of operator spaces. We define a family of Hilbertian operator spaces , , generalizing the row and column Hilbert spaces and , and we show that an atomic subspace that is the range of a contractive projection on is isometrically completely contractive to an -sum of the and Cartan factors of types 1 to 4. In particular, for finite-dimensional , this answers a question posed by Oikhberg and Rosenthal. Explicit in the proof is a classification up to complete isometry of atomic w-closed -triples without an infinite-dimensional rank 1 w-closed ideal.

     

Hilbert Functions, Residual Intersections, and Residually S2 Ideals

Let R be a homogeneous ring over an infinite field, IR a homogeneous ideal, and I an ideal generated by s forms of degrees d ₁,...,d _s so that codim( :I)s. We give broad conditions for when the Hilbert function of R/ or of R/( :I) is determined by I and the degrees d ₁,...,d _s . These conditions are expressed in terms of residual intersections of I, culminating in the notion of residually S ₂ ideals. We prove that the residually S ₂ property is implied by the vanishing of certain Ext modules and deduce that generic projections tend to produce ideals with this property.