The arithmetic of the characteristic Pólya functions

In the framework of the theory of D. Kendall's delphic semigroups are considered problems of divisibility in the semigroup of convex characteristic functions on the semiaxis (0,). Letn ()={:₁¦₁1 or ₁=}, and I_o()={: ₁¦ ₁ N()}. The following results are proved: 1) The semigroup is almost delphic in the sense of R. Davidson. 2) N() is a set of the type G which is dense in (in the topology of uniform convergence on compacta). 3) The class I_o() contains only the function identically equal to one.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 717–725, May, 1977.The author thanks I. V. Ostrovskii for the formulation of the problem and valuable remarks.     

Asymptotics for thenth-degree Laguerre polynomial evaluated atn

Summary We investigate the asymptotic behaviour of _n (n),n where _n (x) denotes the Laguerre polynomial of degreen. Our results give a partial answer to the conjecture _n (n)>1 forn>6, made in 1984 by van Iseghem. We also show the connection between this conjecture and the continued fraction approximants of .Work sponsored by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and by the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica of Italy     

Tidy Noether lattices

A Noether lattice satisfying the union condition on primes which is not a domain and in which every nonzero principal element is integrally closed is characterized in terms of its direct summands. It is shown that either: (1) if has no proper nonzero direct summands, then every nonzero principal element of is integrally closed if and only if is a local Noether lattice whose maximal element is principal and has square zero; or (2) if has a proper nonzero direct summand, then every nonzero principal element of is integrally closed if and only if for each minimal direct summandA of, the quotient lattice [0,A] is an integrally closed domain.Presented by R. P. Dilworth.     

Flocks of a quadratic cone in PG(3, q), q ≤ 8

If (O) is a quadratic cone in PG(3,q), with vertex x, then a flock of (O) is a partition of (O)-{x} into q disjoint conics. With such a flock there correspond a translation plane of order q ² and a generalized quadrangle of order (q ², q). Here we determine all flocks of (O) for q 8.     

Adjungierte Funktoren in der Kategorie der p-Bornologischen Räume

In the category p b of p-convex vector spaces and linear maps preserving bounded sets a p-bornological topology will be introduced on the tensor product of two spaces, likewise on the spaces of morphisms Hom(E,F). Thus one gets a pair of adjoint functors from p to p , p being the category of p-bornological spaces and continuous linear maps, and the topologies being introduced will be characterized by extreme properties with respect to the adjoint transformations.

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Dieser Arbeit liegt ein Teil der Dissertation des Autors, Kiel 1967, zugrunde.     

Uniqueness of Nelson's Diffusions II: Infinite Dimensional Setting and Applications

Under mild condition on the modulus = of the time independent wave function , we prove that the generalized Schrödinger operator = + 2 (, ·)/ (or the generator of Nelson's diffusion) defined on a good space of test-functions on a general Polish space, generates a unique semigroup of class (C _o) in L ¹. This result reinforces the known results on the essential Markovian self-adjointness in different contexts and extends our previous works in the finite dimensional Euclidean space setting. In particular it can be applied to the ground or excited state diffusion associated with an usual Schr\"odinger operator , and to stochastic quantization of several Euclidean quantum fields.     

Smoothability of the Conformal Boundary of a Lorentz Surface Implies 'Global Smoothability'

In 1985, Kulkarni defined the conformal boundary of a simply connected and time-oriented Lorentzian surface . He also introduced a notion of 'smoothability' of this boundary, depending only on local properties of . In this paper we show that smoothability of is in fact a global property of . In doing so, we classify Lorentzian surfaces with smoothable boundaries up to conformal homeomorphism. To be specific, suppose that the Minkowski plane E ² ₁ is the x,y-plane with metric dxdy. Our main theorem states that if is smoothable then is conformally homeomorphic to the interior U of a Jordan curve in E ² ₁ that is locally the graph of a continuous function over either the x-axis or the y-axis at each point of U.     

Normal bundles of rational curves inP 3

LetP ^r=P _k ^r be the projective space over an algebraically closed ground field k. Let X be a rational space cur ve of degree n with only ordinary singularities. Since X is rational, the normal bundleN of X inP ³ splits inN = _{1 2} where ₁, and ₂ are line bundles, and we have deg ₁ + deg ₂ = 4n – 2. We consider the non-negative integer defined by 2 = |deg ₁ – deg ₂|. The aim of this paper is to determine all possible values of and to describe the variety parametrizing all twisted rational curves inP ³ with only ordinary singularities for a fixed degree n and fixed .The paper was supported by C.N.R., while both authors were members of GNSAGA     

Lower norm error estimates for approximate solutions of differential equations with non-smooth coefficients

Summary In this paper, we derive error estimates inL _p-norm, 1p, for the ₂-Finite Element approximation to solutions of boundary value problems, where the coefficients are functions of bounded variation. The ₂-Finite Element Method was introduced in [3] and was shown to be effective for problems with non-smooth coefficient.The results of this paper form a part of a Ph.D. thesis written at the University of Maryland under the direction of Professor J.E. Osborn     

Semimodular lattices with isomorphic graphs

Two discrete modular lattice and have isomorphic graphs if and only if is of the form A × and is of the form A × for some lattices A and and . We prove that for discrete semimodular lattices and this latter condition holds if and only if and have isomorphic graphs and the isomorphism preserves the order on all cover-preserving sublattices of which are isomorphic to the seven-element, semimodular, nonmodular lattice (see Figure 1). This answers in the affirmative a question posed by J. Jakubik.     

A covering problem for plane lattices

Let be a plane lattice and {v ₁, v ₂} a Minkowski reduced base of . In this note we prove that if a convex body K has minimal width w(K) |v ₂| sin +|v ₁|( ), where is the acute angle between v ₁ and v ₂, then K is a covering set for .This work was partially supported by MURST (40–60%).     

On an isomorphism problem on the closed-set lattice of a graph

Let (G) and V(G) be, respectively, the closed-set lattice and the vertex set of a graph G. Any lattice isomorphism : V(G)(G) induces a bijection : V(G)V(G) such that for each x in V(G), (x)=x' in V(G') iff ({x})={x'}. A graph G is strongly sensitive if for any graph G' and any lattice isomorphism : (G)(G), the bijection induced by is a graph isomorphism of G onto G'. In this paper we present some sufficient conditions for graphs to be strongly sensitive and prove in particular that all C ₄-free graphs and all covering graphs of finite lattices are strongly sensitive.     

Singular parts of contractive analytic operator functions

One considers the class _G of holomorphic functions in a domain G, whose values are contractions in a separable Hilbert space. It is proved that if T(·) _G , T(z₀) is a weak contraction, its singular part T^s(z₀) is complete, and the increments T(z)–T(z₀) are not too large (for example, finite-dimensional), then the operator T^s(z₀) is complete for almost all zG. If, however, T(z₀) is, in addition, completely nonunitary and satisfies definite smoothness conditions, then in the nontrivial case the spectrum [z] of the contraction T^s(z) (zG) is a thin set: The proof of the mentioned results is based on the investigation of the formulas obtained in the paper, connecting the characteristic functions of the contractions T(z) for different values of zG.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 157, pp. 30–44, 1987.     

Zur Krümmungskennzeichnung der kinematischen Laguerre-Ketten

In the case of certain geometries () [1] over kinematic algebras [5],[6] the -trace of the system of chains can be characterized by constant curvature. The curvature allows an affine interpretation of non-affine points.     

Support functions of convex compacta

The properties of the space (X_x) of all sublinear functionals, defined on a space X' (topologically adjoint to a Hausdorff locally convex barrelled space X) and continuous in the Arens topology × (X, X), equipped with topology of uniform convergence on bounded subsets of X are studied. It is shown that completeness and separability of a space X are hereditary for (X_x). Criteria for the compactness of subsets of (X_x) and conditions for the metrizability of compacta in (X_x) are given. The topological isomorphism between (X_x) and the space of all nonempty convex compacta in X with the Vietoris topology is established. The results obtained here are applied for the study of the properties of multiple-valued integrals.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 203–213, August, 1977.The author thanks S. S. Kutateladze for useful discussions regarding this article.     

Characterization,structure and analysis on abelian ℒ∞ groups

An abelian topological group is an group if and only if it is a locally -compactk-space and every compact subset in it is contained in a compactly generated locally compact subgroup. Every abelian groupG is topologically isomorphic to G ₀ where ₀ andG ₀ is an abelian group where every compact subset is contained in a compact subgroup. Intrinsic definitions of measures, convolution of measures, measure algebra,L ₁-algebra, Fourier transforms of abelian groups are given and their properties are studied.     

Complete lattices of subgroups in compact groups

Summary LetG be a compact group and a sublattice of the lattice of all closed subgroups ofG. In Proposition 1 it is shown that is a complete lattice if it is a closed subset of the spaceG ^c of all closed non empty subsets ofG. In general the converse of this fact is not true (Example 3), but the following result can be obtained (Theorem 5): If is complete and if each element of is normalized by the connected component of the identity ofG, then is a closed, totally disconnected subset ofG ^c. We mention the following corollary: IfG is totally disconnected or abelian, then is complete if and only if it is a closed subset ofG ^c.While writing this paper the author was a fellow of the National Research Council (A 7171).     

Convexity in cristallographical lattices

A subset of a (cristallographical) lattice ⁿ is called convex whenever it is the intersection of the lattice with a convex set of the affine space containing ⁿ. We give a characterization of the convex sets which is intrinsic to the lattice and do the same for other related notions, e.g. the boundary of a convex set of ⁿ. A statement analogous to Helly's theorem is also proved.     

Congruences of Clone Lattices, II

We continue the study of congruences of clone lattices _A , where A is finite, started in an earlier paper by the author and A. P. Semigrodskikh. We prove that each clone that either contains all unary operations or consists of essentially unary operations forms a one-element class of any non-trivial congruence of _A . As a consequence, we get that _A has the greatest non-trivial congruence provided the lattice is not simple, that _A is directly indecomposable, and that it has neither distributive nor dually distributive elements except for the trivial ones.For |A|>2, no example of a non-trivial congruence is known so far. We exhibit some reasons why such congruences are not easy to find.     

Zur Darstellung der Automorphismengruppe einer kinematischen Kettengeometrie im Quadrikenmodell

There is a unique projective representation of the group of automorphisms of a geometry () [1] over a kinematic [3] algebra which is compatible with the quadric model [2].