Positive differentials, theta functions and Hardy kernels

Let be a planar regular region whose Schottky double has genus and set . For fixed we determine the range of the function where is the Riemann theta function on . Also we introduce two weighted Hardy spaces to study the problem when the matrix is positive definite. The proof relies on new theta identities using Fay's trisecants formula.

     

Spectrum of interpolated operators

Let be a compatible pair of Banach spaces and let be an operator that acts boundedly on both and . Let be the corresponding operator on the complex interpolation space .

The aim of this paper is to study the spectral properties of . We show that in general the set-valued function is discontinuous even in inner points and show that each operator satisfies the local uniqueness-of-resolvent condition of Ransford. Further we study connections with the real interpolation method.

     

A generalization of a theorem of Rankin and Swinnerton-Dyer on zeros of modular forms

Rankin and Swinnerton-Dyer (1970) prove that all zeros of the Eisenstein series in the standard fundamental domain for lie on . In this paper we generalize their theorem, providing conditions under which the zeros of other modular forms lie only on the arc . Using this result we prove a speculation of Ono, namely that the zeros of the unique ``gap function" in , the modular form with the maximal number of consecutive zero coefficients in its -expansion following the constant , has zeros only on . In addition, we show that the -invariant maps these zeros to totally real algebraic integers of degree bounded by a simple function of weight .

     

An extremal function for the Chang-Marshall inequality over the Beurling functions

S.-Y. A. Chang and D. E. Marshall showed that the functional is bounded on the unit ball of the space of analytic functions in the unit disk with and Dirichlet integral not exceeding one. Andreev and Matheson conjectured that the identity function is a global maximum on for the functional . We prove that attains its maximum at over a subset of determined by kernel functions, which provides a positive answer to a conjecture of Cima and Matheson.

     

On the characteristic polynomial of the almost Mathieu operator

Let be the rotation C*-algebra for angle . For with and relatively prime, is the sub-C*-algebra of generated by a pair of unitaries and satisfying . Let

be the almost Mathieu operator. By proving an identity of rational functions we show that for even, the constant term in the characteristic polynomial of is .

     

A sharp result on -covers

Let be a finite system of residue classes which forms an -cover of (i.e., every integer belongs to at least members of ). In this paper we show the following sharp result: For any positive integers and , if there is such that the fractional part of is , then there are at least such subsets of . This extends an earlier result of M. Z. Zhang and an extension by Z. W. Sun. Also, we generalize the above result to -covers of the integral ring of any algebraic number field with a power integral basis.

     

The Poincaré polynomial of an mp arrangement

Let be an mp arrangement in a complex algebraic variety with corresponding complement and intersection poset . Examples of such arrangements are hyperplane arrangements and toral arrangements, i.e., collections of codimension 1 subtori, in an algebraic torus. Suppose a finite group acts on as a group of automorphisms and stabilizes the arrangement setwise. We give a formula for the graded character of on the cohomology of in terms of the graded character of on the cohomology of certain subvarieties in .

     

Möbius function of coordinate hyperplanes in complex ellipsoids

For 0$">, let be a complex ellipsoid. We present effective formulas for the generalized Möbius and Green functions , in the case where ( ).

     

Real

The famous problem involves applying two maps: and to positive integers. If is even, one applies , if it is odd, one applies . The conjecture states that each trajectory of the system arrives to the periodic orbit . In this paper, instead of choosing each time which map to apply, we allow ourselves more freedom and apply both and independently of . That is, we consider the action of the free semigroup with generators and on the space of positive real numbers. We prove that this action is minimal (each trajectory is dense) and that the periodic points are dense. Moreover, we give a full characterization of the group of transformations of the real line generated by and .

     

Weyl-Heisenberg frames for subspaces of

A Weyl-Heisenberg frame

for allows every function to be written as an infinite linear combination of translated and modulated versions of the fixed function . In the present paper we find sufficient conditions for to be a frame for , which, in general, might just be a subspace of . Even our condition for to be a frame for is significantly weaker than the previous known conditions. The results also shed new light on the classical results concerning frames for , showing for instance that the condition A>0$">is not necessary for to be a frame for . Our work is inspired by a recent paper by Benedetto and Li, where the relationship between the zero-set of the function and frame properties of the set of functions is analyzed.

     

A characterization of discrete groups

The purpose of this article is to prove the following result. Let be a locally compact group, the Fourier algebra of and ~0$"> such that . Then is a discrete group .

     

Iterating the Cesàro operators

The discrete Cesàro operator associates to a given complex sequence the sequence , where . When is a convergent sequence we show that converges under the sup-norm if, and only if, . For its adjoint operator , we establish that converges for any .

The continuous Cesàro operator, , has two versions: the finite range case is defined for and the infinite range case for . In the first situation, when is continuous we prove that converges under the sup-norm to the constant function . In the second situation, when is a continuous function having a limit at infinity, we prove that converges under the sup-norm if, and only if, .

     

Tietze extension theorem for Hilbert -modules

We prove the following generalization of the noncommutative Tietze extension theorem: if is a countably generated Hilbert -module over a -unital -algebra, then the canonical extension of a surjective morphism of Hilbert -modules to extended (multiplier) modules, , is also surjective.

     

On subspaces of pseudoradial spaces

A topological space is pseudoradial if each of its non closed subsets has a sequence (not necessarily with countable length) convergent to outside of . We prove the following results concerning pseudoradial spaces and the spaces , where is an ultrafilter on :

(i) CH implies that, for every ultrafilter on , is a subspace of some regular pseudoradial space.

(ii) There is a model in which, for each P-point , cannot be embedded in a regular pseudoradial space while there is a point such that is a subspace of a zero-dimensional Hausdorff pseudoradial space.

     

Avoiding the projective hierarchy in expansions of the real field by sequences

Some necessary conditions are given on infinitely oscillating real functions and infinite discrete sets of real numbers so that first-order expansions of the field of real numbers by such functions or sets do not define . In particular, let be such that , as for some , is o-minimal, and the expansion of by the set does not define . Then there exist 0$"> and such that as .

     

Convex curves, Radon transforms and convolution operators defined by singular measures

Let be a convex curve in the plane and let be the arc-length measure of Let us rotate by an angle and let be the corresponding measure. Let . Then This is optimal for an arbitrary . Depending on the curvature of , this estimate can be improved by introducing mixed-norm estimates of the form where and are conjugate exponents.     

On a problem of D. H. Lehmer

Let be an odd prime number. For we denote the inverse of modulo by with . Given , we prove that in any range of length the probability that has the same parity as tends to as . This result was previously known only to hold true in the full range of length . We will also obtain quantitative results on the pseudorandomness of the sequence for which we estimate the well-distribution and correlation measures as defined by Mauduit and Sárközy (1997).

     

Relations between the Taylor spectrum and the Xia spectrum

Let be a doubly commuting -tuple of -hyponormal operators with unitary operators from the polar decompositions . Let and . In this paper, we will show relations between the Taylor spectrum and the Xia spectrum .

     

On the disjointness problem for Gaussian automorphisms

If , are two Gaussian automorphisms, where and are concentrated on independent sets, then we have a dichotomy: either they are spectrally disjoint or they have a common factor. As an application, we construct non-rigid automorphisms which are spectrally determined.