On the Ricci and Einstein equations on the pseudo-euclidean and hyperbolic spaces

We consider tensors T=fg on the pseudo-euclidean space Rn and on the hyperbolic space Hn, where n?3, g is the standard metric and f is a differentiable function. For such tensors, we consider, in both spaces, the problems of existence of a Riemannian metric , conformal to g, such that , and the existence of such a metric which satisfies , where is the scalar curvature of . We find the restrictions on the Ricci candidate for solvability and we construct the solutions when they exist. We show that these metrics are unique up to homothety, we characterize those globally defined and we determine the singularities for those which are not globally defined. None of the non-homothetic metrics , defined on Rn or Hn, are complete. As a consequence of these results, we get positive solutions for the equation , where g is the pseudo-euclidean metric.     

Carleson measure problems for parabolic Bergman spaces and homogeneous Sobolev spaces

Let be the space of solutions to the parabolic equation having finite norm. We characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on having the property , 1≤p≤q<∞, whenever . Meanwhile, denoting by v(t,x) the solution of the above equation with Cauchy data v₀(x), we characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on satisfying , β∈(0,n), p∈[1,n/β], q∈(0,∞). Moreover, we obtain the decay of v(t,x), an isocapacitary inequality and a trace inequality.     

Multistage n-dimensional universal spaces and extensions

Let Iτ be the Tychonoff cube of weight τ?ω with a fixed point, στ and Στ be the correspondent σ- and Σ-products in Iτ and στ⊂(Σστ=ω(στ))⊂Στ. Then for any n∈{0,1,2,…}, there exists a compactum Unτ⊂Iτ of dimension n such that for any Z⊂Iτ of dimension?n, there exists a topological embedding of Z in Unτ that maps the intersections of Z with στ, Σστ and Στ to the intersections , and of Unτ with στ, Σστ and Στ, respectively; , and are n-dimensional and is σ-compact, is a Lindelöf Σ-space and is a sequentially compact normal Fréchet-Urysohn space. This theorem (on multistage universal spaces of given dimension and weight) implies multistage extension theorems (in particular, theorems on Corson and Eberlein compactifications) for Tychonoff spaces.     

On the variety parameterizing completely decomposable polynomials

The purpose of this paper is to relate the variety parameterizing completely decomposable homogeneous polynomials of degree d in n+1 variables on an algebraically closed field, called , with the Grassmannian of (n−1)-dimensional projective subspaces of P^n+d−1. We compute the dimension of some secant varieties to . Moreover by using an invariant embedding of the Veronese variety into the Plücker space, we are able to compute the intersection of G(n−1,n+d−1) with , some of its secant varieties, the tangential variety and the second osculating space to the Veronese variety.     

Reflexivity and hyperreflexivity of operator spaces

In this paper, we show that if is an n-dimensional subspace of L(V) such that every nonzero transformation of has rank greater than or equal to 2n−1 then is algebraically reflexive. If is an n-dimensional subspace of B(H) such that every nonzero transformation of  has rank greater than or equal to 2n−1 then is hyperreflexive. We also consider how to construct some new hyperreflexive subspaces.     

Mappings and Prohorov spaces

We consider completely regular Hausdorff spaces. In this paper we investigate the space of probability Radon measures P(X) on a space X and the property to be a Prohorov space. We prove that the space P(X) is sieve-complete if and only if X is sieve-complete. Every mapping generates the mapping . Some properties of the mapping P(φ) are studied. In particular, we investigate under which conditions the open continuous image of a Prohorov space is Prohorov.     

Rigidity in one-dimensional tiling spaces

Suppose Tφ and Tθ are tiling spaces arising from primitive nonperiodic substitutions φ and θ. Suppose Fφ and Fθ denote the corresponding inflation and substitution maps on the respective tiling spaces. We prove that Tφ and Tθ are homeomorphic if and only if there exist positive integers m and n such that and are topologically conjugate.     

Zeros of linear combinations of Laguerre polynomials from different sequences

We study interlacing properties of the zeros of two types of linear combinations of Laguerre polynomials with different parameters, namely and . Proofs and numerical counterexamples are given in situations where the zeros of R_n, and S_n, respectively, interlace (or do not in general) with the zeros of , , k=n or n−1. The results we prove hold for continuous, as well as integral, shifts of the parameter α.     

Holomorphic cohomology groups on compact Kähler complex spaces

Let (X,OX) be a compact (reduced) complex space, bimeromorphic to a Kähler manifold. The singular cohomology groups Hq(X,C) carry a mixed Hodge structure. In particular they carry a weight filtration W−lHq(X,C) (l=0,…,q), and the graded quotients have a direct sum decomposition into holomorphic invariants as . Here we investigate the relationships between the above invariants for r=0 and the cohomology groups , where is the sheaf of weakly holomorphic functions on X. Moreover, according to the smooth case, we characterize the topological line bundles L on X such that the class of c₁(L) in has pure type (1,1).     

Further results on the least eigenvalue of connected graphs

In this paper, we identify within connected graphs of order n and size n+k (with and ) the graphs whose least eigenvalue is minimal. It is also observed that the same graphs have the largest spectral spread if n is large enough.     

A new class of function spaces connecting Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and Q spaces

Let s∈R, τ∈[0,∞), p∈(1,∞) and q∈(1,∞]. In this paper, we introduce a new class of function spaces which unify and generalize the Triebel-Lizorkin spaces with both p∈(1,∞) and p=∞ and Q spaces. By establishing the Carleson measure characterization of Q space, we then determine the relationship between Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and Q spaces, which answers a question posed by Dafni and Xiao in [G. Dafni, J. Xiao, Some new tent spaces and duality theorem for fractional Carleson measures and Qα(Rn), J. Funct. Anal. 208 (2004) 377-422]. Moreover, via the Hausdorff capacity, we introduce a new class of tent spaces and determine their dual spaces , where s∈R, p,q∈[1,∞), max{p,q}>1, , and t^′ denotes the conjugate index of t∈(1,∞); as an application of this, we further introduce certain Hardy-Hausdorff spaces and prove that the dual space of is just when p,q∈(1,∞).     

Note on the energy of regular graphs

For a simple graph G, the energy E(G) is defined as the sum of the absolute values of all the eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix A(G). Let n,m, respectively, be the number of vertices and edges of G. One well-known inequality is that , where λ₁ is the spectral radius. If G is k-regular, we have . Denote . Balakrishnan [R. Balakrishnan, The energy of a graph, Linear Algebra Appl. 387 (2004) 287-295] proved that for each ?>0, there exist infinitely many n for each of which there exists a k-regular graph G of order n with k<n-1 and , and proposed an open problem that, given a positive integer n?3, and ?>0, does there exist a k-regular graph G of order n such that . In this paper, we show that for each ?>0, there exist infinitely many such n that . Moreover, we construct another class of simpler graphs which also supports the first assertion that .     

The ordering of trees and connected graphs by algebraic connectivity

In this paper, we first determine that the first four trees of order n?9 with the smallest algebraic connectivity are P_n,Q_n,W_n and Z_n with α(P_n)<α(Q_n)<α(W_n)<α(Z_n)<α(T), where T is any tree of order n other than P_n, Q_n, W_n, and Z_n. Then we consider the effect on the Laplacian eigenvalues of connected graphs by suitably adding edges. By using these results and methods, we finally determine that the first six connected graphs of order n?9 with the smallest algebraic connectivity are and , with , where G is any connected graph of order n other than P_n, Q_n, , W_n, and .     

Stable extendibility of normal bundles over lens spaces

We study the stable extendibility of R-vector bundles over the (2n+1)-dimensional standard lens space Ln(p) with odd prime p, focusing on the normal bundle to an immersion of Ln(p) in the Euclidean space R2n+1+t. We show several concrete cases in which is stably extendible to Lk(p) for any k with k?n, and in several cases we determine the exact value m for which is stably extendible to Lm(p) but not stably extendible to Lm+1(p).     

Distances from selectors to spaces of Baire one functions

Given a metric space X and a Banach space (E,‖⋅‖) we study distances from the set of selectors Sel(F) of a set-valued map to the space B₁(X,E) of Baire one functions from X into E. For this we introduce the d-τ-semioscillation of a set-valued map with values in a topological space (Y,τ) also endowed with a metric d. Being more precise we obtain that