Aluthge Transforms of Complex Symmetric Operators

If denotes the polar decomposition of a bounded linear operator T, then the Aluthge transform of T is defined to be the operator . In this note we study the relationship between the Aluthge transform and the class of complex symmetric operators (T iscomplex symmetric if there exists a conjugate-linear, isometric involution so that T = CT*C). In this note we prove that: (1) the Aluthge transform of a complex symmetric operator is complex symmetric, (2) if T is complex symmetric, then and are unitarily equivalent, (3) if T is complex symmetric, then if and only if T is normal, (4) if and only if T ² = 0, and (5) every operator which satisfies T ² = 0 is necessarily complex symmetric. This work partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant DMS 0638789.     

Three-dimensional sets with small sumset

We describe the structure of three dimensional sets of lattice points, having a small doubling property. Let be a finite subset of ℤ³ such that dim = 3. If and , then lies on three parallel lines. Moreover, for every three dimensional finite set that lies on three parallel lines, if , then is contained in three arithmetic progressions with the same common difference, having together no more than terms. These best possible results confirm a recent conjecture of Freiman and cannot be sharpened by reducing the quantity υ or by increasing the upper bounds for .     

Asymptotic behaviour for a nonlocal diffusion equation on a lattice

In this paper we study the asymptotic behaviour as t → ∞ of solutions to a nonlocal diffusion problem on a lattice, namely, with t ≥ 0 and . We assume that J is nonnegative and verifies . We find that solutions decay to zero as t → ∞ and prove an optimal decay rate using, as our main tool, the discrete Fourier transform.      

OPC Lattices and Congruence Heredity

We prove that if is a finite algebra which satisfies a nontrivial idempotent Mal’cev condition, and if Con contains a copy of an order polynomially complete lattice other than , , or Con, then Con is not hereditary. Received March 7, 2006; accepted in final form December 5, 2006.     

Density Theorems for Complete Minimal Surfaces in {\mathbb{R}}^{3}

In this paper we have proved several approximation theorems for the family of minimal surfaces in that imply, among other things, that complete minimal surfaces are dense in the space of all minimal surfaces endowed with the topology of C ^k convergence on compact sets, for any . As a consequence of the above density result, we have been able to produce the first example of a complete proper minimal surface in with uncountably many ends. This research is partially supported by MEC-FEDER Grant no. MTM2004 - 00160.     

Application of the Trace Inequality to the Poisson Equation

The purpose of this paper is to show that solutions of the Poisson equation

Local existence and finite time blow-up of solutions in the 2-D Keller-Segel system

We consider the 2-D Keller-Segel system (KS) for γ > 0. We first construct a mild solution of (KS) for every . The local existence time is characterized for with 1 < q _* < 2. Next, we prove the finite time blow-up of strong solution under the assumption and , where g(s) is an increasing function of s > 1 with an explicit representation. As an application of our mild solutions, an exact blow-up rate near the maximal existence time is obtained.      

On the area swept under the occupation process of an M/M/1 queue in a busy period

We compute in this paper the distribution of the area swept under the occupation process of an M/M/1 queue during a busy period. For this purpose, we use the expression of the Laplace transform of the random variable established in earlier studies as a fraction of Bessel functions. To get information on the poles and the residues of , we take benefit of the fact that this function can be represented by a continued fraction. We then show that this continued fraction is the even part of an S fraction and we identify its successive denominators by means of Lommel polynomials. This allows us to numerically evaluate the poles and the residues. Numerical evidence shows that the poles are very close to the numbers as . This motivated us to formulate some conjectures, which lead to the derivation of the asymptotic behaviour of the poles and the residues. This is finally used to derive the asymptotic behaviour of the probability survivor function . The outstanding property of the random variable is that the poles accumulate at 0 and its tail does not exhibit a nice exponential decay but a decay of the form for some positive constants c and , which indicates that the random variable has a Weibull-like tail. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The Beckman-Quarles theorem for mappings from ℝ2 to $${\mathbb{F}}^2 $$ , where F is a subfield of a commutative field extending ℝ, where F is a subfield of a commutative field extending ℝ

Let F be a subfield of a commutative field extending ℝ. Let We say thatf : preserves distanced ≥ 0 if for eachx,y ∈ ℝ ∣x- y∣= d implies ϕ₂(f(x),f(y)) = d² . We prove that each unit-distance preserving mappingf : has a formI o (ρ,ρ), where is a field homomorphism and is an affine mapping with orthogonal linear part.     

Multiplicity of standing wave solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with electromagnetic fields

In this paper, we are concerned with the multiplicity of standing wave solutions of nonlinear Schr?dinger equations with electromagnetic fields

Strong Approximation by Cesàro Means with Critical Index in the Hardy Spaces H p (\mathbb{S}^{{d - 1}} ) (0 < p ≤ 1)

Let be a unit sphere of the d–dimensional Euclidean space ℝ ^d and let (0 < p ≤ 1) denote the real Hardy space on For 0 < p ≤ 1 and let E _j (f,H ^p ) (j = 0, 1, ...) be the best approximation of f by spherical polynomials of degree less than or equal to j, in the space Given a distribution f on its Cesàro mean of order δ > –1 is denoted by For 0 < p ≤ 1, it is known that is the critical index for the uniform summability of in the metric H ^p . In this paper, the following result is proved: Theorem Let 0<p<1 and Then for

Rigidity of hyperstable complexes

A module J over a ring is said to be hyperstable when . Over a module M for which Ext we show that the projective n-stems for which is hyperstable constitute a single homotopy type. Received: 17 November 2006     

Parabolic twists for the linear algebras <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>−1</Subscript>

New solutions of twist equations for the universal enveloping algebras U (A_n−1) are found. These solutions can be represented as products of full chains of extended Jordanian twists Abelian factors (“rotations”) , and sets of quasi-Jordanian twists . The latter are generalizations of Jordanian twists (with carrier b²) for special deformed extensions of the Hopf algebra U (b²). The carrier subalgebra for the composition is a nonminimal parabolic subalgebra in A _n−1 such that . The parabolic twisting elements are obtained in an explicit form. Details of the construction are illustrated by considering the examples n = 4 and n = 11. Bibliography: 21 titles. Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 347, 2007, pp. 187–213.     

A priori estimates for the vector p-Laplacian with potential boundary conditions

This paper deals with the solvability of the boundary value problem

On meromorphic solutions of f 3 + g 3 = 1

We show that meromorphic solutions f, g of f ³ + g ³ = 1 in must be constant, if and have the same zeros (counting multiplicities). Received: 12 March 2007     

Singular Integrals and Potential Theory

In this paper I consider a class of non-standard singular integrals motivated by potential theoretic and probabilistic considerations. The probabilistic applications, which are by far the most interesting part of this circle of ideas, are only outlined in Section 1.5: They give the best approximation of the solution of the classical Dirichlet problem in a Lipschitz domain by the corresponding solution by finite differences. The potential theoretic estimate needed for this gives rise to a natural duality between the L _p functions on the boundary ∂Ω and a class of functions A on Ω that was first considered by Dahlberg. The actual duality is given by ∫_Ω S f(x)A(x)dx = (f, A) where S f(x) = ∫_∂Ω |x − y|¹⁻ⁿ f(y)dy is the Newtonian potential. We can identify the upper half Lipschitz space with in the obvious way and express for an appropriate kernel K. It is the boundedness properties of the above (for , ) that is the essential part of this work. This relates with more classical (but still “rough”) singular integrals that have been considered by Christ and Journé. Lecture held in the Seminario Matematico e Fisico on March 14, 2005 Received: April 2007     

Group Algebras: Normal Subgroups and Ideals

The standard correspondence between the normal subgroups of the group G and some ideals of the group algebra FG is described. There is the problem of what we can say (or even prove) about a two-sided ideal of that does not contain any element of the form 1 − g ≠ 0, g ∈G of the standard basis of the augmentation ideal of . The main part of the argument of [2] yields the insight that, for such an ideal I there exists an expansion such that the ideal J of spanned by I contains an element 1 − h, h ∈ H \ G. Using the ideas of [2], we construct -thick groups H such that for every ideal J ≠ (0) of there are elements 1 − h ≠ 0 in J. This construction allows many variations. Examples of simple -thick groups were pointed out in [2]. A natural class of (in general non-simple) -full groups are the normal sections of the groups

The Isotonic Cauchy Transform

Starting with an integral representation for the class of continuously differentiable solutions of the system

<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript>0</Subscript>-group and approximate similarity invariants of strongly irreducible operators

Let H olenote a complex separable Hilbert space and L(H) denote the collection of bounded linear operators on H. An operator T ∈ L(H) is said to be strongly irreducible if T does not commute with any nontrivial idempotent. Herrero and Jiang showed that the norm-closure of the class of all strongly irreducible operators is the class of all operators with connected spectrum. This result can be considered as an approximate inverse of the Riesz decomposition theorem. In the paper, we give a more precise charact...     

On H. Weyl and J. Steiner Polynomials

The paper deals with root location problems for two classes of univariate polynomials both of geometric origin. The first class discussed, the class of Steiner polynomial, consists of polynomials, each associated with a compact convex set . A polynomial of this class describes the volume of the set V + tB ⁿ as a function of t, where t is a positive number and B ⁿ denotes the unit ball in . The second class, the class of Weyl polynomials, consists of polynomials, each associated with a Riemannian manifold , where is isometrically embedded with positive codimension in . A Weyl polynomial describes the volume of a tubular neighborhood of its associated as a function of the tube’s radius. These polynomials are calculated explicitly in a number of natural examples such as balls, cubes, squeezed cylinders. Furthermore, we examine how the above mentioned polynomials are related to one another and how they depend on the standard embedding of into for m > n. We find that in some cases the real part of any Steiner polynomial root will be negative. In certain other cases, a Steiner polynomial will have only real negative roots. In all of this cases, it can be shown that all of a Weyl polynomial’s roots are simple and, furthermore, that they lie on the imaginary axis. At the same time, in certain cases the above pattern does not hold.

Erasmus Darwin, the nephew of the great scientist Charles Darwin, believed that sometimes one should perform the most unusual experiments. They usually yield no results but when they do . . . . So once he played trumpet in front of tulips for the whole day. The experiment yielded no results.

Submitted: March 5, 2007., Revised: February 1, 2008., Accepted: February 2, 2008.