Hankel-Schur multipliers and multipliers of the space H1

In this paper there is given a sufficient condition for a Hankel matrix _F to belong to the space of Schur multipliers of all bounded operators in ² (or, what is the same, to the tensor algebra V²). It is shown that ifw is a nonnegative function on T, such that is a sequence of integers, {F_i}_j1 is a sequence of polynomials,) and, then _FV². It follows from this that under these conditions F is a multiplier of the space H¹, i.e.,.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 135, pp. 113–119, 1984     

Venkov's reduction theory of positive-quadratic forms

We prove the absolute finiteness of the number of faces (independent of the parameter) of Venkov's reduction domain (Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat.4, 37–52 (1940)) ofn-ary positive quadratic forms. The casen=3 is given special consideration. We study the change of the reduction domain when changes along a line segment in the space of coefficients.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 121, pp. 108–116, 1983.     

Solutions of the cauchy problem for the polyharmonic equation (uniqueness and approximation)

One finds conditions which ensure the possibility of weighted mean-square approximation of a vector-function defined on the boundary of an n-dimensional domain by vector-functions of the form , where u is, the solution of the equation Δ^m _u=0 in while∂/∂v denotes differentiation along the normal. The weight function is continuous and positive everywhere on with the point whose relative neighborhood is contained in some (n-1)-dimensional plane. The solution of this approximation problem is closely related with a certain uniqueness theorem for the solution of the Cauchy problem for the polyharmonic equation, also proved in the paper. Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Institute im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 65, pp. 164–171, 1976.     

Gauge group and gauge transformation in the continual theory of defects

A representation of the algebra (3)=t(3) S0(3, ) by differential Schaefer's operators is proposed, and an external algebra of (3)-valued differential forms is constructed. The requirement of local gauge invariance is formulated in the model of the (3)-valued field, which enables a group of gauge transformations of the continual theory of defects to be obtained.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 190, pp. 173–184, 1991.I wish to thank V. N. Popov for his interest.     

Transformation of condensers in n-dimensional space

By a condenser in     

Compact Hopf hypersurfaces of constant mean curvature in complex space forms

We prove that every connected compact Hopf hypersurface of a complex space form, contained in a geodesic ball of radius strictly smaller than the injectivity radius of, having constant mean curvature and with if if < 0 is a geodesic sphere of.Work partially supported by DGICYT Grant No. PB91-0324.     

Spectral properties of one-dimensional disperse crystals

The connection between the spectral characteristics of the one-dimensional Schrödinger operator with periodic potential, asa, and the spectral characteristic of the Schrödinger operatorl(y)=–y+q(x)y with a decreasing potentialq(x) is studied.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 133, pp. 197–211, 1984.     

Spherically symmetric solutions of Euclidean Yang-Mills equations

We consider the Euclidean Yang-Mills equations with structure groupSu(2). The action functional and the topological charge are invariant under the transformations, whereg runs over the set of unit length quaternions, andgx denotes the product ofg by the quaternionx=x ₄+ ix₁+jx_g+kx₃. ThisSu(2)-symmetry permits us to apply Coleman's principle. For the potentials A_µ, we obtain the following spherically symmetric Ansatz: while the Yang-Mills equations and the duality equations reduce to ordinary differential equations for the function. We show that every solution of the form (1) of the Yang-Mills equations with finite action and positive (negative) charge satisfies the duality equationsF=* F (respectively,F=–* F) and has charge 1 (respectively, –1). Moreover, we describe explicitly all solutions of form (1) of the duality equations; among them there are the 1-instanton solutions of Belavin, Polyakov, et al.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 133, pp. 126–132, 1984.     

Stochastic dilations of uniformly continuous completely positive semigroups

For an arbitrary uniformly continuous completely positive semigroup ( _t :t0) on the space of bounded operators on a Hilbert space, we construct a family (U(t)t0) of unitary operators on a Hilbert space and a conditional expectation from to, such that, for arbitraryt0,. The unitary operatorsU(t) satisfy a stochastic differential equation involving a noncommutative generalisation of infinite dimensional Brownian motion. They do not form a semigroup.Part of this work was completed when the first author was visiting research associate at the Center for Relativity, Physics Department, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A., supported in part by NSF PHY 81-01381.     

Grassmann manifold of aJH-algebra

We study the set of rankp idempotents in a topologically simple Hilbert Jordan algebra (JH-algebra for short). To produce the differential geometric structure on, we establish Jordan algebraic results concerning the structure of some two-generator subalgebras. We identify geodesics, the Riemannian distance and the sectional curvature of by using the Jordan algebraic structure.     

Estimate of the norm ∥f(A1, A2)-f(B1, B2)∥ for pairs of self-adjoint commuting operators

In this note we announce the estimate for the difference mentioned in the title, where are the lengths of intervals containing the spectra of the operators A₁, B₂ and A₂, B₂; the function f is from the class Lip 1 (with constant 1). The outline of the proof of this estimate is given.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 135, pp. 175–177, 1984.     

Large sample theory for distributions on the hypersphere with rotational symmetries

Summary A distribution on the unit sphere inℝ ^q with a densityf(‖x _v ‖) is considered where is ans(<q) dimensional subspace andx _v is the part ofx in . For a large sample the estimation of , a test that and a test for rotational symmetry within is given. For several samples with possibly different subspaces but the samef, a test that is given. For all tests power functions for contiguous alternatives are given. For the special density proportional to expk‖x _v ‖ ², additional results are given. Research supported in part by a Contract with the Office of Naval Research N00014-81-K-0146 awarded to Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544.     

Valuations and polarity

Given a collection of convex polytopes, let() denote the set of all convex transversals of. If and are two such collections, of finite cardinality, then there is a simple, arithmetical condition which holds precisely when ()=(). Another such condition, involving what we call the Sallee-Shephard mapping, characterizes those pairs and for which (())=().As these results are established, several distributive lattices involving convex sets are introduced, and relationships between their valuation modules are determined. In particular, it is proven that the Sallee-Shephard mapping is an isomorphism of the additive, abelian group of simple functions generated by the characteristic functions of the open, convex sets and that generated by those of the closed, convex sets.     

Structures of polyhedra determined by submodular functions on crossing families

The present paper shows that for any submodular functionf on a crossing family with , if the polyhedron is nonempty, then there exist a unique distributive lattice with and a unique submodular function with such thatB(f) coincides with the base polyhedron associated with the submodular system . Here, iff is integer-valued, thenf ₁ is also integer-valued. Based on this fact, we also show the relationship between the independent-flow problem considered by the author and the minimum cost flow problem considered by J. Edmonds and R. Giles.     

A generalized inverse ∈-algorithm for constructing intersection projection matrices,with applications

Givenk linear manifolds ₁, ..., _k and corresponding perpendicular projection matricesP ₁, ...,P _k , a closed formula is derived for the perpendicular projection matrix with range. The derivation uses results taken from the theory of generalized inverses together with an application ofWynn's -Algorithm to a convergent sequence of matrices. A variant of this formula is then used in solving arbitrary complex linear systems by iteration and in computing generalized inverses; the latter application provides a solution to least squares linear regression problems.A preliminary version of this paper, MRC Technical Summary Report 604, was sponsored by the Mathematics Research Center, United States Army, Madison, Wisconsin, under Contract No.: DA-11-022-ORD-20$9.     

Multipliers on Besov spaces

It is proved in this paper that the characteristic function of the half-space is not a multiplier for the pair (B _pq ^1/p , B _p ^1/p ), 1<p<, 1<q . In addition, necessary and sufficient conditions are found for the validity of the inclusion.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 135, pp. 36–50, 1984.     

Two methods for avoiding hereditary completeness

A family of vectors of a Hubert space H is said to be hereditarily complete if it posses a biorthogonal family {x_n′;n≥1}((x_n,x_k′)=δ_nk) and if any elementx, xε H can be reconstructed in terms of the component of its Fourier series, i.e., x∈V((x,x′_n)x_n:n≥1),∀x∈H. In the paper we indicate two simple methods for constructing nonhereditary complete minimal families having a total biorthogonal family, which just not long ago has caused well-known difficulties (see Ref. Zh. Mat., 1975, 7B802). The first method consists in the fact that a given pair of biorthogonal families Y, Y′ of the space H′,H′⊂H is represented as the projection of the families of the same type but already complete in H.. Clearly, in this case cannot be hereditarily complete. The second method consists in considering linear deformation _n :n⩾1 of the orthogonal bases_n: n⩾1; here A is an unbounded operator of a special type. Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 65, pp. 183–188, 1976.     

Some intersection theorems on two-valued functions

Let be a family of two-valued functions defined on ann-element set in which each pair of functions in satisfy a given intersection condition. For certain intersection conditions we determine the maximal value of .     

A decomposition of 2-weak vertex-packing polytopes

The 2-weak vertex-packing polytope of a loopless graphG withd vertices is the subset of the unitd-cube satisfyingx _i +x _j ≤1 for every edge (i,j) ofG. The dilation by 2 of this polytope is a polytope with integral vertices. We triangulate with lattice simplices of minimal volume and label the maximal simplices with elements of the hyperoctahedral groupB _d . This labeling gives rise to a shelling of the triangulation of , where theh-vector of (and the Ehrharth ^*-vector of can be computed as a descent statistic on a subset ofB _d defined in terms ofG. A recursive way of computing theh-vector of is also given, and a recursive formula for the volume of . This work was partially supported by grants from the Icelandic Council of Science and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, respectively.     

Derivation of the Cartwright-Levinson theorem from the Kolmogorov theorem

One says that an entire function f of finite exponential type belongs to the Cartwright class C, if Let N₊(r)(N_–(r)) denote the number of zeros of the function f in the disk ¦z¦R, such that Re z0 (Re z<0, respectively). We give a simple derivation of the folfollowing result of importance in the theory of entire functions, from a weak type Kolmogorov inequality.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 135, pp. 76–86, 1984.I am happy to note that this paper was written in connection with the 50th birthday of my friend V. P. Khavin.