Rank and idempotent rank of finite full transformation semigroups with restricted range

Let T(X) be the full transformation semigroup on the set X and let T(X,Y) be the semigroup consisting of all total transformations from X into a fixed nonempty subset Y of X. In 2011, Sanwong studied the regular part $$F(X,Y)=\bigl\{\alpha\in T(X,Y): X\alpha\subseteq Y\alpha\bigr\}, $$ of T(X,Y) and described its Green’s relations and ideals. In this paper, we compute the rank of F(X,Y) when X is a finite set. Moreover, we obtain the rank and idempotent rank of its ideals.     

Degree Sum Conditions for Cyclability in Bipartite Graphs

We denote by G[X, Y] a bipartite graph G with partite sets X and Y. Let d _G (v) be the degree of a vertex v in a graph G. For G[X, Y] and ${S \subseteq V(G),}$ we define ${\sigma_{1,1}(S):=\min\{d_G(x)+d_G(y) : (x,y) \in (X \cap S,Y) \cup (X, Y \cap S), xy \not\in E(G)\}}$ . Amar et al. (Opusc. Math. 29:345–364, 2009) obtained σ _1,1(S) condition for cyclability of balanced bipartite graphs. In this paper, we generalize the result as it includes the case of unbalanced bipartite graphs: if G[X, Y] is a 2-connected bipartite graph with |X| ≥ |Y| and ${S \subseteq V(G)}$ such that σ _1,1(S) ≥ |X| + 1, then either there exists a cycle containing S or ${|S \cap X| > |Y|}$ and there exists a cycle containing Y. This degree sum condition is sharp.     

Isometric factorization of weakly compact operators and the approximation property

Using an isometric version of the Davis, Figiel, Johnson, and Pe?czyński factorization of weakly compact operators, we prove that a Banach spaceX has the approximation property if and only if, for every Banach spaceY, the finite rank operators of norm ≤1 are dense in the unit ball ofW(Y,X), the space of weakly compact operators fromY toX, in the strong operator topology. We also show that, for every finite dimensional subspaceF ofW(Y,X), there are a reflexive spaceZ, a norm one operatorJ:Y→Z, and an isometry Φ :F →W(Y,X) which preserves finite rank and compact operators so thatT=Φ(T) oJ for allT∈F. This enables us to prove thatX has the approximation property if and only if the finite rank operators form an ideal inW(Y,X) for all Banach spacesY.     

A Spanning Tree with High Degree Vertices

Let G be a connected graph, let ${X \subset V(G)}$ and let f be a mapping from X to {2, 3, . . .}. Kaneko and Yoshimoto (Inf Process Lett 73:163–165, 2000) conjectured that if |N _G (S) ? X| ≥ f (S) ? 2|S| + ω _G (S) + 1 for any subset ${S \subset X}$ , then there exists a spanning tree T such that d _T (x) ≥ f (x) for all ${x \in X}$ . In this paper, we show a result with a stronger assumption than this conjecture; if |N _G (S) ? X| ≥ f (S) ? 2|S| + α(S) + 1 for any subset ${S \subset X}$ , then there exists a spanning tree T such that d _T (x) ≥ f (x) for all ${x \in X}$ .     

A relative local variational principle for topological pressure

We define the relative local topological pressure for any given factor map and open cover,and prove the relative local variational principle of this pressure.More precisely,for a given factor map π:(X,T)→(Y,S) between two topological dynamical systems,an open cover U of X,a continuous,real-valued function f on X and an S-invariant measure ν on Y,we show that the corresponding relative local pressure P(T,f,U,y) satisfies sup μ∈M(X,T){ hμ(T,U|Y)+∫X f(x)dμ(x) :πμ=ν}=∫Y P(T,f,U,y)dν(y),where M(X,T) denotes the family of all T-invariant measures on X.Moreover,the supremum can be attained by a T-invariant measure.     

Singularities, Expanders and Topology of Maps. Part 1: Homology Versus Volume in the Spaces of Cycles

We find lower bounds on the topological complexity of the critical (values) sets S(F) ì Y{\Sigma(F) \subset Y} of generic smooth maps F : X → Y, as well as on the complexity of the fibers F^-1(y) ì X{F^{-1}(y) \subset X} in terms of the topology of X and Y, where the relevant topological invariants of X are often encoded in the geometry of some Riemannian metric supported by X.     

Green’s relations and regularity for semigroups of transformations that preserve double direction equivalence

Let T _X denote the full transformation semigroup on a set X. For an equivalence E on X, let $T_{E^*}(X)=\{\alpha\in T_X:\forall x,y\in X,(x,y)\in E\Leftrightarrow(x\alpha,y\alpha)\in E\}.$ Then $T_{E^{*}}(X)Let T _X denote the full transformation semigroup on a set X. For an equivalence E on X, let

TE*(X)={a ? TX:"x,y ? X,(x,y) ? E?(xa,ya) ? E}.T_{E^*}(X)=\{\alpha\in T_X:\forall x,y\in X,(x,y)\in E\Leftrightarrow(x\alpha,y\alpha)\in E\}.      8. Minimum degree of bipartite graphs and the existence ofk-factors      P. Katerinis 《Graphs and Combinatorics》1990,6(3):253-258 LetG be a bipartite graph with bipartition (X, Y) andk a positive integer. If (i) $$\left| X \right| = \left| Y \right|,$$ (ii) $$\delta (G) \geqslant \left\lceil {\frac{{\left| X \right|}}{2}} \right\rceil \geqslant k,$$ \(\left| X \right| \geqslant 4k - 4\sqrt k + 1\) when |X| is odd and |X| ≥ 4k ? 2 when |X| is even, thenG has ak-factor.      9. A note on abundance of certain semigroups of transformations with restricted range      Lei Sun 《Semigroup Forum》2013,87(3):681-684 Given a set X and a nonempty Y?X, we denote by T(X,Y) the subsemigroup of the full transformation semigroup on X consisting of all transformations whose range is contained in Y. We show that the semigroup T(X,Y) is right abundant but not left abundant whenever Y is a proper non-singleton subset of X.      10. Erratic behavior of CAT(0) geodesics under G-equivariant quasi-isometries      Dan Staley 《Geometriae Dedicata》2012,159(1):169-184 We show that, given any connected, compact space ${Z \subset \mathbb{R}^n}$ , there exists a group G acting geometrically on two CAT(0) spaces X and Y, a G-equivariant quasi-isometry ${f\colon X\rightarrow Y}$ , and a geodesic ray c in X such that the closure of f (c), intersected with ${\partial Y}$ , is homeomorphic to Z. This characterizes all homeomorphism types of ??geodesic boundary images?? that arise in this manner.      11. Generalized weak peripheral multiplicativity in algebras of Lipschitz functions      Antonio Jiménez-Vargas  Kristopher Lee  Aaron Luttman  Moisés Villegas-Vallecillos 《Central European Journal of Mathematics》2013,11(7):1197-1211 Let (X, d X ) and (Y,d Y ) be pointed compact metric spaces with distinguished base points e X and e Y . The Banach algebra of all $\mathbb{K}$ -valued Lipschitz functions on X — where $\mathbb{K}$ is either?or ? — that map the base point e X to 0 is denoted by Lip0(X). The peripheral range of a function f ∈ Lip0(X) is the set Ranµ(f) = {f(x): |f(x)| = ‖f‖∞} of range values of maximum modulus. We prove that if T 1, T 2: Lip0(X) → Lip0(Y) and S 1, S 2: Lip0(X) → Lip0(X) are surjective mappings such that $Ran_\pi (T_1 (f)T_2 (g)) \cap Ran_\pi (S_1 (f)S_2 (g)) \ne \emptyset $ for all f, g ∈ Lip0(X), then there are mappings φ1φ2: Y → $\mathbb{K}$ with φ1(y)φ2(y) = 1 for all y ∈ Y and a base point-preserving Lipschitz homeomorphism ψ: Y → X such that T j (f)(y) = φ j (y)S j (f)(ψ(y)) for all f ∈ Lip0(X), y ∈ Y, and j = 1, 2. In particular, if S 1 and S 2 are identity functions, then T 1 and T 2 are weighted composition operators.      12. Existence theorems and necessary conditions for a general formulation of the minimum effort problem      J. A. Burns 《Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications》1975,15(4):413-440 The basic problem considered may be described briefly as follows. LetX,Y, andZ be normed linear spaces,T:D(T)→Y,S:D(S)→Z linear operators withD(T) \( \subseteq\) X andD(S) \( \subseteq\) X,Ω \( \subseteq\) X a convex set containing the zero elementθ, andJ a real-valued convex function defined onX×Y such that J(x,y)?-0 for (x,y)teX×Y, J(θ,θ)=0, J(x,y)→+∞, as (∥x∥2+∥y∥2)1/2→+∞. Givenζ∈Y andη∈S[core T Ω∩;D(S)], find an elementx=x 0 which minimizesJ(x,ζ?Tx) on the set {x∈[Ω∩;D(S)∩;D(T)]:Sx=η}. The abovementioned problem, together with certain special cases, is analyzed using the classical techniques of functional analysis. Existence problems are considered for a certain class of closed linear operators. In particular, existence of an optimal solution is determined by evaluating a generalized Minkowski functional at the point (ζ,η) inY×Z. A necessary condition is presented for special cases, and corresponding characterizations of optimal solutions are made in terms of the adjoint operators. These results are applicable to linear minimum effort problems, constrained variational problems, optimal control of distributive systems, and certain ill-posed variational problems.      13. Green’s relations and regularity for semigroups of transformations that preserve reverse direction equivalence      Lun-Zhi Deng  Ji-Wen Zeng  Tai-Jie You 《Semigroup Forum》2011,83(3):489-498 Let T X denote the full transformation semigroup on a set X. For an equivalence E on X, let $T_{\exists}(X)=\{\alpha\in T_X:\forall x,y\in X,(x\alpha,y\alpha)\in E\Rightarrow(x,y)\in E\}.$ Then T ?(X) is exactly the semigroup of mappings on the topological space X for which the collection of all E-classes is a basis. In this paper, we discuss regularity of elements and Green’s relations for T ?(X).       14. Approximating minimum-cost edge-covers of crossing biset-families      Zeev Nutov 《Combinatorica》2014,34(1):95-114 Part of this paper appeared in the preliminary version [16]. An ordered pair ? = (S, S +) of subsets of a groundset V is called a biset if S ? S+; (V S +;V S) is the co-biset of ?. Two bisets \(\hat X,\hat Y\) intersect if X X ∩ Y ≠ \(\not 0\) and cross if both X ∩ Y \(\not 0\) and X + ∪ Y + ≠= V. The intersection and the union of two bisets \(\hat X,\hat Y\) are defined by \(\hat X \cap \hat Y = (X \cap Y,X^ + \cap Y^ + )\) and \(\hat X \cup \hat Y = (X \cup Y,X^ + \cup Y^ + )\) . A biset-family \(\mathcal{F}\) is crossing (intersecting) if \(\hat X \cap \hat Y,\hat X \cup \hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) for any \(\hat X,\hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) that cross (intersect). A directed edge covers a biset ? if it goes from S to V S +. We consider the problem of covering a crossing biset-family \(\mathcal{F}\) by a minimum-cost set of directed edges. While for intersecting \(\mathcal{F}\) , a standard primal-dual algorithm computes an optimal solution, the approximability of the case of crossing \(\mathcal{F}\) is not yet understood, as it includes several NP-hard problems, for which a poly-logarithmic approximation was discovered only recently or is not known. Let us say that a biset-family \(\mathcal{F}\) is k-regular if \(\hat X \cap \hat Y,\hat X \cup \hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) for any \(\hat X,\hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) with |V (X∪Y)≥k+1 that intersect. In this paper we obtain an O(log |V|)-approximation algorithm for arbitrary crossing \(\mathcal{F}\) if in addition both \(\mathcal{F}\) and the family of co-bisets of \(\mathcal{F}\) are k-regular, our ratios are: \(O\left( {\log \frac{{|V|}} {{|V| - k}}} \right) \) if |S + \ S| = k for all \(\hat S \in \mathcal{F}\) , and \(O\left( {\frac{{|V|}} {{|V| - k}}\log \frac{{|V|}} {{|V| - k}}} \right) \) if |S + \ S| = k for all \(\hat S \in \mathcal{F}\) . Using these generic algorithms, we derive for some network design problems the following approximation ratios: \(O\left( {\log k \cdot \log \tfrac{n} {{n - k}}} \right) \) for k-Connected Subgraph, and O(logk) \(\min \{ \tfrac{n} {{n - k}}\log \tfrac{n} {{n - k}},\log k\} \) for Subset k-Connected Subgraph when all edges with positive cost have their endnodes in the subset.      15. Remarks on characterization of normal and stable distributions      M. Sh. Braverman 《Journal of Theoretical Probability》1993,6(2):407-415 LetX, Y, Z be independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables. Suppose $$E\left| {tX + uY + vZ} \right|^p = A(\left| t \right|^q + \left| u \right|^q + \left| v \right|^q )^{{p \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {p q}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} q}} $$ for all realt, u, v, whereq=2 andp≠2m (m=1, 2,...) or 0<p<q<2. It was proved by the author this impliesX, Y, Z have the symmetricq-stable distribution. For two random variables such result is not true. One may suppose that the condition $$E\left| {tX + uY} \right|^p = A(\left| t \right|^q + \left| u \right|^q )^{{p \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {p q}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} q}} $$ and additional assumption on the behavior ofP{|X|≥x} (x→∞) implyX, Y are stable. In this paper we show it is not valid. The second result is: if the last relation holds for two different exponents andq=2, thenX andY are normal.      16. Weak Uniform Normal Structure and Fixed Points of Asymptotically Regular Semigroups      Lu?Chuan?ZengEmail author 《数学学报(英文版)》2004,20(6):977-982 Let X be a Banach space with a weak uniform normal structure and C a non–empty convexweakly compact subset of X. Under some suitable restriction, we prove that every asymptoticallyregular semigroup T = {T(t) : t ∈¸ S} of selfmappings on C satisfying ${\mathop {\lim \inf }\limits_{S \mathrel\backepsilon t \to \infty } }{\left| {{\left\| {T(t)} \right\|}} \right|} < {\text{WCS}}(X)$ has a common fixed point, where WCS(X) is the weakly convergent sequence coefficient of X, and\({\left| {{\left\| {T(t)} \right\|}} \right|}\) is the exact Lipschitz constant of T(t).      17. Strong q-convexity in uniform neighborhoods of subvarieties in coverings of complex spaces      Michael Fraboni  Terrence Napier 《Mathematische Zeitschrift》2010,265(3):653-685 The main result is that, for any projective compact analytic subset Y of dimension q > 0 in a reduced complex space X, there is a neighborhood Ω of Y such that, for any covering space ${\Upsilon\colon\widehat X\to X}The main result is that, for any projective compact analytic subset Y of dimension q > 0 in a reduced complex space X, there is a neighborhood Ω of Y such that, for any covering space U\colon[^(X)]? X{\Upsilon\colon\widehat X\to X} in which [^(Y)] o U-1(Y){\widehat Y\equiv\Upsilon^{-1}(Y)} has no noncompact connected analytic subsets of pure dimension q with only compact irreducible components, there exists a C ∞ exhaustion function j{\varphi} on [^(X)]{\widehat X} which is strongly q-convex on [^(W)]=U-1(W){\widehat\Omega=\Upsilon^{-1}(\Omega)} outside a uniform neighborhood of the q-dimensional compact irreducible components of [^(Y)]{\widehat Y}.      18. On extensions of polynomial functions      Roman Ger 《Results in Mathematics》1994,26(3-4):281-289 Let X, Y be two linear spaces over the field ? of rationals and let D ≠ ? be a (?—convex subset of X. We show that every function ?: D → Y satisfying the functional equation $${\mathop\sum^{n+1}\limits_{j=0}}(-1)^{n+1-j}\Bigg(^{n+1}_{j}\Bigg)f\Bigg((1-{j\over {n+1}})x+{j\over{n+1}}y\Bigg)=0,\ \ \ x,y\in\ D,$$ admits an extension to a function F: X → Y of the form $$F(x)=A^o+A^1(x)+\cdot\cdot\cdot+A^n(x),\ \ \ x\in\ X,$$ where A o ∈ Y, Ak(x) ? Ak(x,…,x), x ∈ X, and the maps A k: X k → Y are k—additive and symmetric, k ∈ {1,…, n}. Uniqueness of the extension is also discussed.      19. Maximal and minimal congruences on some semigroups      Jintana Sanwong  Boorapa Singha  R. P. Sullivan 《数学学报(英文版)》2009,25(3):455-466 In 2006, Sanwong and Sullivan described the maximal congruences on the semigroup N consisting of all non-negative integers under standard multiplication, and on the semigroup T（X） consisting of all total transformations of an infinite set X under composition. Here, we determine all maximal congruences on the semigroup Zn under multiplication modulo n. And, when Y lohtain in X, we do the same for the semigroup T（X, Y） consisting of all elements of T（X） whose range is contained in Y. We also characterise the minimal congruences on T（X. Y）.      20. Følner sequences and Hilbert’s Irreducibility Theorem over Q      Paul Feit 《Israel Journal of Mathematics》1990,69(3):289-320 Letf(X; T 1, ...,T n) be an irreducible polynomial overQ. LetB be the set ofb teZ n such thatf(X;b) is of lesser degree or reducible overQ. Let ?={F j}{F j } j?1 ∞ be a Følner sequence inZ n — that is, a sequence of finite nonempty subsetsF j ?Z n such that for eachvteZ n , $\mathop {lim}\limits_{j \to \infty } \frac{{\left| {F_j \cap (F_j + \upsilon )} \right|}}{{\left| {F_j } \right|}} = 1$ Suppose ? satisfies the extra condition that forW a properQ-subvariety ofP n ?A n and ?>0, there is a neighborhoodU ofW(R) in the real topology such that $\mathop {lim sup}\limits_{j \to \infty } \frac{{\left| {F_j \cap U} \right|}}{{\left| {F_j } \right|}}< \varepsilon $ whereZ n is identified withA n (Z). We prove $\mathop {lim}\limits_{j \to \infty } \frac{{\left| {F_j \cap B} \right|}}{{\left| {F_j } \right|}} = 0$ .

Minimum degree of bipartite graphs and the existence ofk-factors

LetG be a bipartite graph with bipartition (X, Y) andk a positive integer. If (i) $$\left| X \right| = \left| Y \right|,$$ (ii) $$\delta (G) \geqslant \left\lceil {\frac{{\left| X \right|}}{2}} \right\rceil \geqslant k,$$ \(\left| X \right| \geqslant 4k - 4\sqrt k + 1\) when |X| is odd and |X| ≥ 4k ? 2 when |X| is even, thenG has ak-factor.     

A note on abundance of certain semigroups of transformations with restricted range

Given a set X and a nonempty Y?X, we denote by T(X,Y) the subsemigroup of the full transformation semigroup on X consisting of all transformations whose range is contained in Y. We show that the semigroup T(X,Y) is right abundant but not left abundant whenever Y is a proper non-singleton subset of X.     

Erratic behavior of CAT(0) geodesics under G-equivariant quasi-isometries

We show that, given any connected, compact space ${Z \subset \mathbb{R}^n}$ , there exists a group G acting geometrically on two CAT(0) spaces X and Y, a G-equivariant quasi-isometry ${f\colon X\rightarrow Y}$ , and a geodesic ray c in X such that the closure of f (c), intersected with ${\partial Y}$ , is homeomorphic to Z. This characterizes all homeomorphism types of ??geodesic boundary images?? that arise in this manner.     

Generalized weak peripheral multiplicativity in algebras of Lipschitz functions

Let (X, d _X ) and (Y,d _Y ) be pointed compact metric spaces with distinguished base points e _X and e _Y . The Banach algebra of all $\mathbb{K}$ -valued Lipschitz functions on X — where $\mathbb{K}$ is either?or ? — that map the base point e _X to 0 is denoted by Lip₀(X). The peripheral range of a function f ∈ Lip₀(X) is the set Ran_µ(f) = {f(x): |f(x)| = ‖f‖_∞} of range values of maximum modulus. We prove that if T ₁, T ₂: Lip₀(X) → Lip₀(Y) and S ₁, S ₂: Lip₀(X) → Lip₀(X) are surjective mappings such that $Ran_\pi (T_1 (f)T_2 (g)) \cap Ran_\pi (S_1 (f)S_2 (g)) \ne \emptyset $ for all f, g ∈ Lip₀(X), then there are mappings φ₁φ₂: Y → $\mathbb{K}$ with φ₁(y)φ₂(y) = 1 for all y ∈ Y and a base point-preserving Lipschitz homeomorphism ψ: Y → X such that T _j (f)(y) = φ _j (y)S _j (f)(ψ(y)) for all f ∈ Lip₀(X), y ∈ Y, and j = 1, 2. In particular, if S ₁ and S ₂ are identity functions, then T ₁ and T ₂ are weighted composition operators.     

Existence theorems and necessary conditions for a general formulation of the minimum effort problem

The basic problem considered may be described briefly as follows. LetX,Y, andZ be normed linear spaces,T:D(T)→Y,S:D(S)→Z linear operators withD(T) \( \subseteq\) X andD(S) \( \subseteq\) X,Ω \( \subseteq\) X a convex set containing the zero elementθ, andJ a real-valued convex function defined onX×Y such that

1. J(x,y)?-0 for (x,y)teX×Y,
2. J(θ,θ)=0,
3. J(x,y)→+∞, as (∥x∥²+∥y∥²)^1/2→+∞.

Givenζ∈Y andη∈S[core _T Ω∩;D(S)], find an elementx=x ₀ which minimizesJ(x,ζ?Tx) on the set {x∈[Ω∩;D(S)∩;D(T)]:Sx=η}. The abovementioned problem, together with certain special cases, is analyzed using the classical techniques of functional analysis. Existence problems are considered for a certain class of closed linear operators. In particular, existence of an optimal solution is determined by evaluating a generalized Minkowski functional at the point (ζ,η) inY×Z. A necessary condition is presented for special cases, and corresponding characterizations of optimal solutions are made in terms of the adjoint operators. These results are applicable to linear minimum effort problems, constrained variational problems, optimal control of distributive systems, and certain ill-posed variational problems.     

Green’s relations and regularity for semigroups of transformations that preserve reverse direction equivalence

Let T _X denote the full transformation semigroup on a set X. For an equivalence E on X, let

$T_{\exists}(X)=\{\alpha\in T_X:\forall x,y\in X,(x\alpha,y\alpha)\in E\Rightarrow(x,y)\in E\}.$

Then T _?(X) is exactly the semigroup of mappings on the topological space X for which the collection of all E-classes is a basis. In this paper, we discuss regularity of elements and Green’s relations for T _?(X).

     

Approximating minimum-cost edge-covers of crossing biset-families

Part of this paper appeared in the preliminary version [16]. An ordered pair ? = (S, S ₊) of subsets of a groundset V is called a biset if S ? S+; (V S ⁺;V S) is the co-biset of ?. Two bisets \(\hat X,\hat Y\) intersect if ^X X ∩ Y ≠ \(\not 0\) and cross if both X ∩ Y \(\not 0\) and X ⁺ ∪ Y ⁺ ≠= V. The intersection and the union of two bisets \(\hat X,\hat Y\) are defined by \(\hat X \cap \hat Y = (X \cap Y,X^ + \cap Y^ + )\) and \(\hat X \cup \hat Y = (X \cup Y,X^ + \cup Y^ + )\) . A biset-family \(\mathcal{F}\) is crossing (intersecting) if \(\hat X \cap \hat Y,\hat X \cup \hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) for any \(\hat X,\hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) that cross (intersect). A directed edge covers a biset ? if it goes from S to V S ⁺. We consider the problem of covering a crossing biset-family \(\mathcal{F}\) by a minimum-cost set of directed edges. While for intersecting \(\mathcal{F}\) , a standard primal-dual algorithm computes an optimal solution, the approximability of the case of crossing \(\mathcal{F}\) is not yet understood, as it includes several NP-hard problems, for which a poly-logarithmic approximation was discovered only recently or is not known. Let us say that a biset-family \(\mathcal{F}\) is k-regular if \(\hat X \cap \hat Y,\hat X \cup \hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) for any \(\hat X,\hat Y \in \mathcal{F}\) with |V (X∪Y)≥k+1 that intersect. In this paper we obtain an O(log |V|)-approximation algorithm for arbitrary crossing \(\mathcal{F}\) if in addition both \(\mathcal{F}\) and the family of co-bisets of \(\mathcal{F}\) are k-regular, our ratios are: \(O\left( {\log \frac{{|V|}} {{|V| - k}}} \right) \) if |S ⁺ \ S| = k for all \(\hat S \in \mathcal{F}\) , and \(O\left( {\frac{{|V|}} {{|V| - k}}\log \frac{{|V|}} {{|V| - k}}} \right) \) if |S ⁺ \ S| = k for all \(\hat S \in \mathcal{F}\) . Using these generic algorithms, we derive for some network design problems the following approximation ratios: \(O\left( {\log k \cdot \log \tfrac{n} {{n - k}}} \right) \) for k-Connected Subgraph, and O(logk) \(\min \{ \tfrac{n} {{n - k}}\log \tfrac{n} {{n - k}},\log k\} \) for Subset k-Connected Subgraph when all edges with positive cost have their endnodes in the subset.     

Remarks on characterization of normal and stable distributions

LetX, Y, Z be independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables. Suppose $$E\left| {tX + uY + vZ} \right|^p = A(\left| t \right|^q + \left| u \right|^q + \left| v \right|^q )^{{p \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {p q}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} q}} $$ for all realt, u, v, whereq=2 andp≠2m (m=1, 2,...) or 0<p<q<2. It was proved by the author this impliesX, Y, Z have the symmetricq-stable distribution. For two random variables such result is not true. One may suppose that the condition $$E\left| {tX + uY} \right|^p = A(\left| t \right|^q + \left| u \right|^q )^{{p \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {p q}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} q}} $$ and additional assumption on the behavior ofP{|X|≥x} (x→∞) implyX, Y are stable. In this paper we show it is not valid. The second result is: if the last relation holds for two different exponents andq=2, thenX andY are normal.     

Weak Uniform Normal Structure and Fixed Points of Asymptotically Regular Semigroups

Let X be a Banach space with a weak uniform normal structure and C a non–empty convexweakly compact subset of X. Under some suitable restriction, we prove that every asymptoticallyregular semigroup T = {T(t) : t ∈¸ S} of selfmappings on C satisfying

${\mathop {\lim \inf }\limits_{S \mathrel\backepsilon t \to \infty } }{\left| {{\left\| {T(t)} \right\|}} \right|} < {\text{WCS}}(X)$

has a common fixed point, where WCS(X) is the weakly convergent sequence coefficient of X, and\({\left| {{\left\| {T(t)} \right\|}} \right|}\) is the exact Lipschitz constant of T(t).     

Strong q-convexity in uniform neighborhoods of subvarieties in coverings of complex spaces

The main result is that, for any projective compact analytic subset Y of dimension q > 0 in a reduced complex space X, there is a neighborhood Ω of Y such that, for any covering space ${\Upsilon\colon\widehat X\to X}The main result is that, for any projective compact analytic subset Y of dimension q > 0 in a reduced complex space X, there is a neighborhood Ω of Y such that, for any covering space U\colon[^(X)]? X{\Upsilon\colon\widehat X\to X} in which [^(Y)] o U^-1(Y){\widehat Y\equiv\Upsilon^{-1}(Y)} has no noncompact connected analytic subsets of pure dimension q with only compact irreducible components, there exists a C ^∞ exhaustion function j{\varphi} on [^(X)]{\widehat X} which is strongly q-convex on [^(W)]=U^-1(W){\widehat\Omega=\Upsilon^{-1}(\Omega)} outside a uniform neighborhood of the q-dimensional compact irreducible components of [^(Y)]{\widehat Y}.     

On extensions of polynomial functions

Let X, Y be two linear spaces over the field ? of rationals and let D ≠ ? be a (?—convex subset of X. We show that every function ?: D → Y satisfying the functional equation $${\mathop\sum^{n+1}\limits_{j=0}}(-1)^{n+1-j}\Bigg(^{n+1}_{j}\Bigg)f\Bigg((1-{j\over {n+1}})x+{j\over{n+1}}y\Bigg)=0,\ \ \ x,y\in\ D,$$ admits an extension to a function F: X → Y of the form $$F(x)=A^o+A^1(x)+\cdot\cdot\cdot+A^n(x),\ \ \ x\in\ X,$$ where A ^o ∈ Y, A^k(x) ? A_k(x,…,x), x ∈ X, and the maps A _k: X ^k → Y are k—additive and symmetric, k ∈ {1,…, n}. Uniqueness of the extension is also discussed.     

Maximal and minimal congruences on some semigroups

In 2006, Sanwong and Sullivan described the maximal congruences on the semigroup N consisting of all non-negative integers under standard multiplication, and on the semigroup T（X） consisting of all total transformations of an infinite set X under composition. Here, we determine all maximal congruences on the semigroup Zn under multiplication modulo n. And, when Y lohtain in X, we do the same for the semigroup T（X, Y） consisting of all elements of T（X） whose range is contained in Y. We also characterise the minimal congruences on T（X. Y）.     

Følner sequences and Hilbert’s Irreducibility Theorem over Q

Letf(X; T ₁, ...,T _n) be an irreducible polynomial overQ. LetB be the set ofb teZ ⁿ such thatf(X;b) is of lesser degree or reducible overQ. Let ?={F _j}{F _j } _j?1 ^∞ be a Følner sequence inZ ⁿ — that is, a sequence of finite nonempty subsetsF _j ?Z ⁿ such that for eachvteZ ⁿ , $\mathop {lim}\limits_{j \to \infty } \frac{{\left| {F_j \cap (F_j + \upsilon )} \right|}}{{\left| {F_j } \right|}} = 1$ Suppose ? satisfies the extra condition that forW a properQ-subvariety ofP ⁿ ?A ⁿ and ?>0, there is a neighborhoodU ofW(R) in the real topology such that $\mathop {lim sup}\limits_{j \to \infty } \frac{{\left| {F_j \cap U} \right|}}{{\left| {F_j } \right|}}< \varepsilon $ whereZ ⁿ is identified withA ⁿ (Z). We prove $\mathop {lim}\limits_{j \to \infty } \frac{{\left| {F_j \cap B} \right|}}{{\left| {F_j } \right|}} = 0$ .