The irrationality of

We shall show that the numbers and
are linearly independent over for any natural number . The key is to construct explicit Padé-type approximations using Legendre-type polynomials.

     

The nonarchimedean theta correspondence for

In this paper we consider the theta correspondence between the sets and when is a nonarchimedean local field and . Our main theorem determines all the elements of that occur in the correspondence. The answer involves distinguished representations. As a corollary, we characterize all the elements of that occur in the theta correspondence between and . We also apply our main result to prove a case of a new conjecture of S.S. Kudla concerning the first occurrence of a representation in the theta correspondence.

     

Paranormal spaces under

We prove that paranormal spaces of character are -
collectionwise Hausdorff assuming the set-theoretic principle . This gives an affirmative answer to problem 197 in Problems I wish I could solve, by W. S. Watson (Open Problems in Topology (1990), 37-76).

     

-compactness and automatic continuity in ultrametric spaces of bounded continuous functions

In this paper (weakly) separating maps between spaces of bounded continuous functions over a nonarchimedean field are studied. It is proven that the behaviour of these maps when is not locally compact is very different from the case of real- or complex-valued functions: in general, for -compact spaces and , the existence of a (weakly) separating additive map implies that and are homeomorphic, whereas when dealing with real-valued functions, this result is in general false, and we can just deduce the existence of a homeomorphism between the Stone-Cech compactifications of and . Finally, we also describe the general form of bijective weakly separating linear maps and deduce some automatic continuity results.

     

Baire and

Let be a locally compact Hausdorff space and let be the Banach space of all bounded complex Radon measures on . Let and be the -rings generated by the compact subsets and by the compact subsets of , respectively. The members of are called Baire sets of and those of are called -Borel sets of (since they are precisely the -bounded Borel sets of ). Identifying with the Banach space of all Borel regular complex measures on , in this note we characterize weakly compact subsets of in terms of the Baire and -Borel restrictions of the members of . These characterizations permit us to give a generalization of a theorem of Dieudonné which is stronger and more natural than that given by Grothendieck.

     

Extensions of perfect GO-spaces and -discrete dense sets

In this paper, we prove that if a perfect GO-space has a -discrete dense set, then has a perfect linearly ordered extension. This answers a problem raised by H. R. Bennett, D. J. Lutzer and S. Purisch. And the result is also a partial answer to an old problem posed by H. R. Bennett and D. J. Lutzer.

     

The relationship between fragmentable spaces and class spaces

In this note, we show that each fragmentable space introduced by Jayne and Rogers in 1985 is of class which was introduced by Kenderov in 1984. Our example shows that a space which is of class may not be a fragmentable space.

     

An a priori estimate for the Tricomi equation in the upper half space

We establish an a priori estimate for the Tricomi equation. Our main tool is Mihlin's multiplier theorem combined with well-known estimates of the Newtonian potential.

     

Centroaffine surfaces in -geodesics

For (positive) definite surfaces in there is a canonical choice of a centroaffine normal plane bundle, which induces a centroaffine invariant Ricci-symmetric connection . We classify all surfaces in with planar -geodesics. It turns out that the resulting class of surfaces is umbilical with projectively flat induced connection and flat normal plane bundle.

     

Fourier multipliers on weighted -spaces

In his 1986 paper in the Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, A. Carbery proved that a singular integral operator is of weak type on if its lacunary pieces satisfy a certain regularity condition. In this paper we prove that Carbery's result is sharp in a certain sense. We also obtain a weighted analogue of Carbery's result. Some applications of our results are also given.

     

A characterization of

This work is devoted to the relationship between topological properties of a space and those of (= the space of continuous real-valued functions on , with the topology of pointwise convergence). The emphasis is on -compactness of and on location of in . In particular, -compact cosmic spaces are characterized in this way.

     

Unicity in piecewise polynomial -approximation via an algorithm

Our main result shows that certain generalized convex functions on a real interval possess a unique best approximation from the family of piecewise polynomial functions of fixed degree with varying knots. This result was anticipated by Kioustelidis in [11]; however the proof given there is nonconstructive and uses topological degree as the primary tool, in a fashion similar to the proof the comparable result for the case in [5]. By contrast, the proof given here proceeds by demonstrating the global convergence of an algorithm to calculate a best approximation over the domain of all possible knot vectors. The proof uses the contraction mapping theorem to simultaneously establish convergence and uniqueness. This algorithm was suggested by Kioustelidis [10]. In addition, an asymptotic uniqueness result and a nonuniqueness result are indicated, which analogize known results in the case.

     

No submaximal topology on a countable set is -complementary

Two -topologies and given on the same set , are called transversal if their union generates the discrete topology on . The topologies and are -complementary if they are transversal and their intersection is the cofinite topology on . We establish that for any connected Tychonoff topology there exists a connected Tychonoff transversal one. Another result is that no -complementary topology exists for the maximal topology constructed by van Douwen on the rational numbers. This gives a negative answer to Problem 162 from Open Problems in Topology (1990).

     

A zero entropy endomorphism is nonstandard

We present an example of an ergodic transformation , a variant of a zero entropy non-loosely Bernoulli map of Feldman, such that the sequence of random variables generated by the [,Id] endomorphism is nonstandard.

     

Irreducible representations of the Cuntz algebra

In this paper, we establish formulas for the configuration of a special class of irreducible representations of the Cuntz algebra , . These irreducible representations arise as subrepresentations of naturally occurring representations of acting in and arise from consideration of multiresolution wavelet filters.

     

A -normal, not densely normal Tychonoff space

We give an example of a -normal space which is not densely normal.

     

An definition of interpolating Blaschke products

We give a new characterization of interpolating Blaschke products in terms of -norms of their reciprocals. We also obtain a characterization of finite unions of interpolating sequences.

     

Copies of in topological Riesz spaces

The paper is concerned with order-topological characterizations of topological Riesz spaces, in particular spaces of measurable functions, not containing Riesz isomorphic or linearly homeomorphic copies of or .

     

Universal -lattices of minimal rank

Let be the minimal rank of -universal -lattices, by which we mean positive definite -lattices which represent all positive -lattices of rank . It is a well known fact that for . In this paper, we determine and find all -universal lattices of rank for .

     

Metrizability of sequential topological groups with point-countable -networks

We prove that a Hausdorff sequential topological group with a point-countable -network is metrizable iff its sequential order is less than . In the non Hausdorff case metrizability may be replaced by -locally finite base.