Smooth approximations without critical points

In any separable Banach space containing c ₀ which admits a C ^k-smooth bump, every continuous function can be approximated by a C ^k-smooth function whose range of derivative is of the first category. Moreover, the approximation can be constructed in such a way that its derivative avoids a prescribed countable set (in particular the approximation can have no critical points). On the other hand, in a Banach space with the RNP, the range of the derivative of every smooth bounded bump contains a set residual in some neighbourhood of zero.     

Zero-dimensional subschemes of ruled varieties

Here we study zero-dimensional subschemes of ruled varieties, mainly Hirzebruch surfaces and rational normal scrolls, by applying the Horace method and the Terracini method This research is part of the T.A.S.C.A. project of I.N.d.A.M., supported by P.A.T. (Trento) and M.I.U.R. (Italy)     

Generalized Mukai conjecture for special Fano varieties

Let X be a Fano variety of dimension n, pseudoindex i _X and Picard number ρ_X. A generalization of a conjecture of Mukai says that ρ_X(i _X −1)≤n. We prove that the conjecture holds for a variety X of pseudoindex i _X ≥n+3/3 if X admits an unsplit covering family of rational curves; we also prove that this condition is satisfied if ρ_X> and either X has a fiber type extremal contraction or has not small extremal contractions. Finally we prove that the conjecture holds if X has dimension five.     

Regular Solution and Lattice Miura Transformation of Bigraded Toda Hierarchy

The authors give finite dimensional exponential solutions of the bigraded Toda hierarchy （BTH）. As a specific example of exponential solutions of the BTH, the authors consider a regular solution for the （1, 2）-BTH with a 3 × 3-sized Lax matrix, and discuss some geometric structures of the solution from which the difference between the （1, 2）- BTH and the original Toda hierarchy is shown. After this, the authors construct another kind of Lax representation of （N, 1）-BTH which does not use the fractional operator of Lax operator. Then the authors introduce the lattice Miura transformation of （N, 1）-BTH which leads to equations depending on one field, and meanwhile some specific examples which contain the Volterra lattice equation （a useful ecological competition model） are given.     

The classification of transversal multiplicity-free group actions

Multiplicity-free Hamiltonian group actions are the symplectic analogs of multiplicity-free representations, that is, representations in which each irreducible appears at most once. The most well-known examples are toric varieties. The purpose of this paper is to show that under certain assumptions multiplicity-free actions whose moment maps are transversal to a Cartan subalgebra are in one-to-one correspondence with a certain collection of convex polytopes. This result generalizes a theorem of Delzant concerning torus actions.Supported by an ONR Graduate Fellowship.     

Extending analyticK-subanalytic functions

Letg:U→ℝ (U open in ℝⁿ) be an analytic and K-subanalytic (i. e. definable in ℝ _an ^K , whereK, the field of exponents, is any subfield ofℝ) function. Then the set of points, denoted Σ, whereg does not admit an analytic extension is K-subanalytic andg can be extended analytically to a neighbourhood of Ū\∑. Partially supported by the European RTN Network RAAG (contract no. HPRN-CT-00271)     

Monopoles, particles and rational functions

We prove a recent conjecture of Manton and Murray: if a polynomialp(z) of degreek — 1 is given, then anSU (2) monopole corresponding to a rational functionp(z)/q(z) with well-separated poles \₁,...,\_k is approximately made up from charge 1 monopoles located at points (1/2 In p(\_i), \_i). We show how the rate of approximation changes with the numeratorp(z) with the result that, as long as the values of the numerator remain close together relative to the distances between poles, the above statement remains true and ceases to be so otherwise.We also show that the spectral curve of the monopole approaches the union of curves of charge 1 monopoles exponentially fast. This remains true forSU (N) monopoles.     

Cozero-accessible points

We define a point x to be cozero-accessible if for each dense open set U, there is a cozero-set CU such that . It is shown to be independent of Martin's Axiom that there are cozero-accessible points in .     

Marino—Prodi perturbation type results and Morse indices of minimax critical points for a class of functionals in Banach spaces

In this work, we study a class of Euler functionals defined in Banach spaces, associated with quasilinear elliptic problems involving p-Laplace operator (p > 2). First we obtain perturbation results in the spirit of the remarkable paper by Marino and Prodi (Boll. U.M.I. (4) 11(Suppl. fasc. 3): 1–32, 1975), using the new definition of nondegeneracy given in (Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré: Analyse Non Linéaire. 2:271–292, 2003). We also extend Morse index estimates for minimax critical points, introduced by Lazer and Solimini (Nonlinear Anal. T.M.A. 12:761–775, 1988) in the Hilbert case, to our Banach setting. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991) 58E05, 35B20, 35J60, 35J70     

A generalized Henstock-Stieltjes integral involving division functions

We can consider the Riemann-Stieltjes integral dg as an integral of a point function f with respect to an interval function g. We could extend it to the Henstock-Stieltjes integral. In this paper, we extend it to a generalized Stieltjes integral dg of a point function f with respect to a function g of divisions of an interval. Then we prove for this integral the standard results in the theory of integration, including the controlled convergence theorem.      

Solutions to the XXX type Bethe ansatz equations and flag varieties

We consider a version of the A _N Bethe equation of XXX type and introduce a reporduction procedure constructing new solutions of this equation from a given one. The set of all solutions obtained from a given one is called a population. We show that a population is isomorphic to the sl _N +1 flag variety and that the populations are in one-to-one correspondence with intersection points of suitable Schubert cycles in a Grassmanian variety. We also obtain similar results for the root systems B _N and C _N . Populations of B _N and C _N type are isomorphic to the flag varieties of C _N and B _N types respectively.     

Approximation in the mean by rational functions

In this paper we proved that for a large class of compact subsetsK in the complex plane,R(K) is dense inL ^q () if and only if the set of analytic bounded point evaluations forR ^q (K, ) is empty. As a consequence, we showed that this result is true for allK ifR(K) is replaced byA(K). Our main result includes the corresponding result of James Thomson for polynomials approximation as such a special case thatK is a disk.     

On regular polynomial endomorphisms of ℂ<Superscript>2</Superscript> without bounded critical orbitswithout bounded critical orbits

We study conditions involving the critical set of a regular polynomial endomorphism f∶ℂ²↦ℂ² under which all complete external rays from infinity for f have well defined endpoints.     

On subadditive functions and ψ-additive mappings

In [4], assuming among others subadditivity and submultiplicavity of a function ψ: [0, ∞)→[0, ∞), the authors proved a Hyers-Ulam type stability theorem for “ψ-additive” mappings of a normed space into a normed space. In this note we show that the assumed conditions of the function ψ imply that ψ=0 and, consequently, every “ψ-additive” mapping must be additive     

Absolutely continuous functions of several variables and diffeomorphisms

In [4], a class of absolutely continuous functions of d-variables, motivated by applications to change of variables in an integral, has been introduced. The main result of this paper states that absolutely continuous functions in the sense of [4] are not stable under diffeomorphisms. We also show an example of a function which is absolutely continuous with respect cubes but not with respect to balls.     

Bethe algebra and the algebra of functions on the space of differential operators of order two with polynomial kernel

We show that the algebra of functions on the scheme of monic linear second-order ordinary differential operators with prescribed n + 1 regular singular points, prescribed exponents at the singular points, and having the kernel consisting of polynomials only, is isomorphic to the Bethe algebra of the Gaudin model acting on the vector space Sing of singular vectors of weight Λ^(∞) in the tensor product of finite-dimensional polynomial -modules with highest weights .      

Spherical functions and invariant differential operators on complex Grassmann manifolds

Proofs are given of two theorems of Berezin and Karpelevič, which as far as we know never have been proved correctly. By using eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator it is shown that the spherical functions on a complex Grassmann manifold are given by a determinant of certain hypergeometric functions. By application of this result, it is proved that a certain system of operators, fow which explicit expressions are given, generates the algebra of radial parts of invariant differential operators.