Unbounded quasi-integrals

Let be a locally compact Hausdorff space. We define a quasi-measure in , a quasi-integral on , and a quasi-integral on . We show that all quasi-integrals on are bounded, continuity properties of the quasi-integral on , representation of quasi-integrals on in terms of quasi-measures, and unique extension of quasi-integrals on to .

     

Approximating discrete valuation rings by regular local rings

Let be a field of characteristic zero and let be a discrete rank-one valuation domain containing with . Assume that the fraction field of has finite transcendence degree over . For every positive integer , we prove that can be realized as a directed union of regular local -subalgebras of of dimension .

     

A matrix-valued Choquet-Deny theorem

Let be a positive matrix-valued measure on a locally compact abelian group such that is the identity matrix. We give a necessary and sufficient condition on for the absence of a bounded non-constant matrix-valued function on satisfying the convolution equation . This extends Choquet and Deny's theorem for real-valued functions on .

     

Spectral synthesis for

Let be a locally compact group, the Fourier algebra of and the von Neumann algebra generated by the left regular representation of . We introduce the notion of -spectral set and -Ditkin set when is an -invariant linear subspace of , thus providing a unified approach to both spectral and Ditkin sets and their local variants. Among other things, we prove results on unions of -spectral sets and -Ditkin sets, and an injection theorem for -spectral sets.

     

Splitting sets in integral domains

Let be an integral domain. A saturated multiplicatively closed subset of is a splitting set if each nonzero may be written as where and for all . We show that if is a splitting set in , then is a splitting set in , a multiplicatively closed subset of , and that is a splitting set in is an lcm splitting set of , i.e., is a splitting set of with the further property that is principal for all and . Several new characterizations and applications of splitting sets are given.

     

Line bundles for which a projectivized jet bundle is a product

We characterize the triples , consisting of line bundles and on a complex projective manifold , such that for some positive integer , the -th holomorphic jet bundle of , , is isomorphic to a direct sum .

     

Minimal index of a -crossed product by a finite group

Let be the -crossed product of a simple unital -algebra by a finite group . In this paper we show that the canonical conditional expectation from to has the minimal index if is simple. It is also proved that if is an outer action, then the canonical one is the unique conditional expectation of index-finite type from to , while there are infinitely many conditional expectations when a nontrivial subgroup of acts innerly on .

     

Serial subalgebras of finitary Lie algebras

A Lie subalgebra of is said to be finitary if it consists of elements of finite rank. We show that, if acts irreducibly on , and if is infinite-dimensional, then every non-trivial ascendant Lie subalgebra of acts irreducibly on too. When , it follows that the locally solvable radical of such is trivial. In general, locally solvable finitary Lie algebras over fields of characteristic are hyperabelian.

     

On -good module categories without short cycles

Let be a quasi-hereditary algebra, and the -good module category consisting of -modules which have a filtration by standard modules. An indecomposable module in is said to be on a short cycle in if there exist an indecomposable module in and a chain of two nonzero noninvertible maps . It is shown that two indecomposable modules in are isomorphic if they are not on short cycles in and have the same composition factors. Moreover, if there is no short cycle in , we show that is finite, that is, there are only finitely many isomorphism classes of indecomposables in . This is an analogue to a result in a complete module category proved by Happel and Liu.

     

Normality and exceptional values of derivatives

We show that a family of functions meromorphic in some domain is normal, if for all the derivative omits the value and if the values that can take at the zeros of satisfy certain restrictions. As an application we obtain a new proof of a theorem of Langley which classifies the functions meromorphic in the plane such that and have no zeros.

     

A numerical range characterization of uniformly smooth Banach spaces

We prove that a Banach space is uniformly smooth if and only if, for every -valued bounded function on the unit sphere of , the intrinsic numerical range of is equal to the closed convex hull of the spatial numerical range of .

     

On the Lipschitz classification of normed spaces, unit balls, and spheres

For every normed space , we note its closed unit ball and unit sphere by and , respectively. Let and be normed spaces such that is Lipschitz homeomorphic to , and is Lipschitz homeomorphic to .

We prove that the following are equivalent:

1. is Lipschitz homeomorphic to .

2. is Lipschitz homeomorphic to .

3. is Lipschitz homeomorphic to .

This result holds also in the uniform category, except (2 or 3) 1 which is known to be false.

     

Lifting wreath product extensions

Let and be finite groups and let be a hilbertian field. We show that if has a generic extension over and satisfies the arithmetic lifting property over , then the wreath product of and also satisfies the arithmetic lifting property over . Moreover, if the orders of and are relatively prime and is abelian, then any extension of by (which is necessarily a semidirect product) has the arithmetic lifting property.

     

Lattice properties of subspace families in an inner product space

Let be a separable inner product space over the field of real numbers. Let (resp., denote the orthomodular poset of all splitting subspaces (resp., complete-cocomplete subspaces) of . We ask whether (resp., can be a lattice without being complete (i.e. without being Hilbert). This question is relevant to the recent study of the algebraic properties of splitting subspaces and to the search for ``nonstandard' orthomodular spaces as motivated by quantum theories. We first exhibit such a space that is not a lattice and is a (modular) lattice. We then go on showing that the orthomodular poset may not be a lattice even if . Finally, we construct a noncomplete space such that with being a (modular) lattice. (Thus, the lattice properties of (resp. do not seem to have an explicit relation to the completeness of though the Ammemia-Araki theorem may suggest the opposite.) As a by-product of our construction we find that there is a noncomplete such that all states on are restrictions of the states on for being the completion of (this provides a solution to a recently formulated problem).

     

A characterization of algebras with polynomial growth of the codimensions

Let be an associative algebras over a field of characteristic zero. We prove that the codimensions of are polynomially bounded if and only if any finite dimensional algebra with has an explicit decomposition into suitable subalgebras; we also give a decomposition of the -th cocharacter of into suitable -characters.

We give similar characterizations of finite dimensional algebras with involution whose -codimension sequence is polynomially bounded. In this case we exploit the representation theory of the hyperoctahedral group.

     

Le degré de Lindelöf est -invariant

Two Tychonoff spaces and are said to be -equivalent if and are linearly homeomorphic. It is shown that if and are -equivalent, then the Lindelöf numbers of and are the same. The proof given is a strengthening of the one given by N.V. Velichko to show that the Lindelöf property is -invariant.

     

The cohomology rings of the orbit spaces of free transformation groups of the product of two spheres

Let , a prime (resp. , act freely on a finitistic space with (resp. rational) cohomology ring isomorphic to that of . In this paper we determine the possible cohomology algebra of the orbit space .

     

There exists a polyhedron with infinitely many left neighbors

We show that there exists a finite polyhedron homotopy dominating infinitely many finite polyhedra of different homotopy types such that there isn't any homotopy type between and . This answers negatively the question raised by K. Borsuk in 1975: Does every FANR have only finitely many left neighbors?

     

Types in reductive -adic groups: The Hecke algebra of a cover

In this paper, is a non-Archimedean local field and is the group of -points of a connected reductive algebraic group defined over . Also, is an irreducible representation of a compact open subgroup of , the pair being a type in . The pair is assumed to be a cover of a type in a Levi subgroup of . We give conditions, generalizing those of earlier work, under which the Hecke algebra is the tensor product of a canonical image of and a sub-algebra , for a compact open subgroup of containing .

     

Extending Baire Property by countably many sets

We prove that if ZFC is consistent so is ZFC + ``for any sequence of subsets of a Polish space there exists a separable metrizable topology on with , and Borel in for all .' This is a category analogue of a theorem of Carlson on the possibility of extending Lebesgue measure to any countable collection of sets. A uniform argument is presented, which gives a new proof of the latter as well.

Some consequences of these extension properties are also studied.