A p-theory of ordered normed spaces

We propose a pair of axioms (O.p.1) and (O.p.2) for 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ and initiate a study of a (matrix) ordered space with a (matrix) norm, in which the (matrix) norm is related to the (matrix) order. We call such a space a (matricially) order smooth p-normed space. The advantage of studying these spaces over L ^p -matricially Riesz normed spaces is that every matricially order smooth ∞-normed space can be order embedded in some C*-algebra. We also study the adjoining of an order unit to a (matricially) order smooth ∞-normed space. As a consequence, we sharpen Arveson’s extension theorem of completely positive maps. Another combination of these axioms yields an order theoretic characterization of the set of real numbers amongst ordered normed linear spaces.     

Corrigendum to the paper ``Adjoining an Order Unit to a Matrix Ordered Space'

An error has been detected (and also corrected) in Theorem 2.8 of the paper entitled “Adjoining an Order Unit to a Matrix Ordered Space” (Positivity, (2005)9: 207–223; DOI ). Accordingly, some of the results of the paper have been modified. Also, a notion of C*-matricially, Riesz normed spaces has been introduced.     

The isometric extension of the into mapping from the unit sphere S 1( E ) to S 1( l ∞(Γ))

This paper considers the isometric extension problem concerning the mapping from the unit sphere S ₁(E) of the normed space E into the unit sphere S ₁(l ^∞(Γ)). We find a condition under which an isometry from S ₁(E) into S ₁(l ^∞(Γ)) can be linearly and isometrically extended to the whole space. Since l ^∞(Γ) is universal with respect to isometry for normed spaces, isometric extension problems on a class of normed spaces are solved. More precisely, if E and F are two normed spaces, and if V ₀: S ₁(E) → S ₁(F) is a surjective isometry, where c ₀₀(Γ) ⊆ F ⊆ l ^∞(Γ), then V ₀ can be extended to be an isometric operator defined on the whole space. This work is supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 7300614)     

Tilings,packings, coverings,and the approximation of functions

A packing (resp. covering) ? of a normed space X consisting of unit balls is called completely saturated (resp. completely reduced) if no finite set of its members can be replaced by a more numerous (resp. less numerous) set of unit balls of X without losing the packing property (resp. covering property) of ?. We show that a normed space X admits completely saturated packings with disjoint closed unit balls as well as completely reduced coverings with open unit balls, provided that there exists a tiling of X with unit balls. Completely reduced coverings by open balls are of interest in the context of an approximation theory for continuous real‐valued functions that rests on so‐called controllable coverings of compact metric spaces. The close relation between controllable coverings and completely reduced coverings allows an extension of the approximation theory to non‐compact spaces. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Indefinite higher Riesz transforms

Stein’s higher Riesz transforms are translation invariant operators on L ²(R ⁿ ) built from multipliers whose restrictions to the unit sphere are eigenfunctions of the Laplace–Beltrami operators. In this article, generalizing Stein’s higher Riesz transforms, we construct a family of translation invariant operators by using discrete series representations for hyperboloids associated to the indefinite quadratic form of signature (p,q). We prove that these operators extend to L ^r -bounded operators for 1<r<∞ if the parameter of the discrete series representations is generic.     

Higher order Riesz transforms associated with Bessel operators

In this paper we investigate Riesz transforms R _μ ^(k) of order k≥1 related to the Bessel operator Δ_μ f(x)=-f”(x)-((2μ+1)/x)f’(x) and extend the results of Muckenhoupt and Stein for the conjugate Hankel transform (a Riesz transform of order one). We obtain that for every k≥1, R _μ ^(k) is a principal value operator of strong type (p,p), p∈(1,∞), and weak type (1,1) with respect to the measure dλ(x)=x ^2μ+1  dx in (0,∞). We also characterize the class of weights ω on (0,∞) for which R _μ ^(k) maps L ^p (ω) into itself and L ¹(ω) into L ^1,∞(ω) boundedly. This class of weights is wider than the Muckenhoupt class of weights for the doubling measure dλ. These weighted results extend the ones obtained by Andersen and Kerman.     

Dimension free estimates for Riesz transforms of some Schr?dinger operators

We prove dimension free L ^∞ → L ^∞-estimates for the Riesz transform T = V L ⁻¹, L = −Δ + V, where Δ is the Laplacian in ℝ ^d , and the polynomial V ≥ 0 satisfies C. L. Fefferman conditions; see [7]. As a corollary we get dimension free L ^p → L p(ℓ ²)-estimates, 1 < p < ∞, for the vector of Riesz transforms.     

The ρ-variation of the Hermitian Riesz transform

In this paper we prove the behaviour in weighted Lp spaces of the oscillation and variation of the Hilbert transform and the Riesz transform associated with the Hermite operator of dimension 1. We prove that this operator maps LP（R, w（x）dx） into itself when w is a weight in the Ap class for 1 〈 p 〈 ∞. For p = 1 we get weak type for the A1 class. Weighted estimated are also obtained in the extreme case p = ∞.     

Riesz transforms for a non-symmetric Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup

Let (ℋ _t ) _t≥0 be the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup on ℝ ^d with covariance matrix I and drift matrix −λ(I+R), where λ>0 and R is a skew-adjoint matrix and denote by γ _∞ the invariant measure for (ℋ _t ) _t≥0. Semigroups of this form are the basic building blocks of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroups which are normal on L ²(γ _∞). We investigate the weak type 1 estimate of the Riesz transforms for (ℋ _t ) _t≥0. We prove that if the matrix R generates a one-parameter group of periodic rotations then the first order Riesz transforms are of weak type 1 with respect to the invariant measure γ _∞. We also prove that the Riesz transforms of any order associated to a general Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup are bounded on L ^p (γ _∞) if 1<p<∞. The authors have received support by the Italian MIUR-PRIN 2005 project “Harmonic Analysis” and by the EU IHP 2002-2006 project “HARP”.     

Compactness in Vector-valued Banach Function Spaces

We give a new proof of a recent characterization by Diaz and Mayoral of compactness in the Lebesgue-Bochner spaces L_X^p, where X is a Banach space and 1≤ p<∞, and extend the result to vector-valued Banach function spaces E_X, where E is a Banach function space with order continuous norm. The author is supported by the ‘VIDI subsidie’ 639.032.201 in the ‘Vernieuwingsimpuls’ programme of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and by the Research Training Network HPRN-CT-2002-00281.     

Local geometry of L 1 ν L ∞ and L 1+L ∞

Extreme points of the unit sphere S (L ¹+L ^∞ ) of LL ¹+L ^∞ under the classical norm used in the interpolation theory were characterized in [8] and [11], while extreme points of S(L ¹ ∩ L ^∞) under the classical norm were characterized in [7]. In this paper extreme points of the unit sphere of L ¹+L ^∞ and L ¹ ∩ L ^∞ under the “dual” norms are characterized. Moreover, all the extreme points in L ¹ ∩ L ^∞ and L ¹+L ^∞ (under both kinds of norms) are examined if they are exposed, H-points, or strongly exposed. Smooth points in both these spaces for both the norms are also characterized. Finally, it is proved that in general the spaces L ^p +L ^q and L ^p ∩ L ^q are not isometric to Orlicz spaces, provided that 1<p<q<+∞. The paper was written while the first named author was visiting The University of Memphis The third named author is supported by KBN-Grant 2 PO3A 050 09.     

Bi-Lipschitz maps in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-regular Loewner spaces

By applying the theory of quasiconformal maps in measure metric spaces that was introduced by Heinonen-Koskela, we characterize bi-Lipschitz maps by modulus inequalities of rings and maximal, minimal derivatives in Q-regular Loewner spaces. Meanwhile the sufficient and necessary conditions for quasiconformal maps to become bi-Lipschitz maps are also obtained. These results generalize Rohde’s theorem in ℝ ⁿ and improve Balogh’s corresponding results in Carnot groups. This research is supported by China NSF (Grant No. 10271077)     

Isometries on the Quasi-Banach Spaces Lp （0〈p〈1）

We study the extension of isometries between the unit spheres of quasi-Banach spaces Lp for 0〈p〈1. We give some sufficient conditions such that an isometric mapping from the the unit sphere of Lp（μ） into that of another LP（ν） can be extended to be a linear isometry defined on the whole space.     

Properties of representations of operators acting between spaces of vector-valued functions

A well-known result going back to the 1930s states that all bounded linear operators mapping scalar-valued L ¹-spaces into L ^∞-spaces are kernel operators and that in fact this relation induces an isometric isomorphism between the space of such operators and the space of all bounded kernels. We extend this result to the case of spaces of vector-valued functions. A recent result due to Arendt and Thomaschewski states that the local operators acting on L ^p -spaces of functions with values in separable Banach spaces are precisely the multiplication operators. We extend this result to non-separable dual spaces. Moreover, we relate positivity and other order properties of the operators to corresponding properties of the representations.     

Fixed points of asymptotically regular semigroups in Banach spaces

In this paper we study in Banach spaces the existence of fixed points of (nonlinear) asymptotically regular semigroups. We establish for these semigroups some fixed point theorems in spaces with weak uniform normal structure, in a Hilbert space, inL ^p spaces, in Hardy spacesH ^p and in Sobolev spacesW ^r.p for 1<p<∞ andr≥0, in spaces with Lifshitz’s constant greater than one. These results are the generalizations of [8, 10, 16].     

Topological Structure of the Set of Weighted Composition Operators on Weighted Bergman Spaces of Infinite Order

We consider the topological space of all weighted composition operators on weighted Bergman spaces of infinite order endowed with the operator norm. We show that the set of compact weighted composition operators is path connected. Furthermore, we find conditions to ensure that two weighted composition operators are in the same path connected component if the difference of them is compact. Moreover, we compare the topologies induced by L(H^∞) and L(H^∞_v) on the space of bounded composition operators and give a sufficient condition for a composition operator to be isolated.     

Positively expansive differentiable maps

We study the space of positively expansive differentiable maps of a compact connected C ∞ Riemannian manifold without boundary. It is proved that （i） the C1-interior of the set of positively expansive differentiable maps coincides with the set of expanding maps, and （ii） Cl-generically, a differentiable map is positively expansive if and only if it is expanding.     

von Neumann��s mean ergodic theorem on complete random inner product modules

We first prove two forms of von Neumann’s mean ergodic theorems under the framework of complete random inner product modules. As applications, we obtain two conditional mean ergodic convergence theorems for random isometric operators which are defined on L _ℱ ^p (ℰ, H) and generated by measure-preserving transformations on Ω, where H is a Hilbert space, L ^p (ℰ, H) (1 ⩽ p < ∞) the Banach space of equivalence classes of H-valued p-integrable random variables defined on a probability space (Ω, ℰ, P), F a sub σ-algebra of ℰ, and L _ℱ ^p (ℰ(E,H) the complete random normed module generated by L ^p (ℰ, H).     

Subspaces of Normed Riesz Spaces

It will be shown that a normed partially ordered vector space is linearly, norm, and order isomorphic to a subspace of a normed Riesz space if and only if its positive cone is closed and its norm p satisfies p(x)p(y) for all x and y with -yxy. A similar characterization of the subspaces of M-normed Riesz spaces is given. With aid of the first characterization, Krein's lemma on directedness of norm dual spaces can be directly derived from the result for normed Riesz spaces. Further properties of the norms ensuing from the characterization theorem are investigated. Also a generalization of the notion of Riesz norm is studied as an analogue of the r-norm from the theory of spaces of operators. Both classes of norms are used to extend results on spaces of operators between normed Riesz spaces to a setting with partially ordered vector spaces. Finally, a partial characterization of the subspaces of Riesz spaces with Riesz seminorms is given.