On unboundedness of maximal operators for directional Hilbert transforms

We show that for any infinite set of unit vectors in the maximal operator defined by

is not bounded in .

     

boundedness of discrete singular Radon transforms

We prove that if is a Calderón-Zygmund kernel and is a polynomial of degree with real coefficients, then the discrete singular Radon transform operator

extends to a bounded operator on , . This gives a positive answer to an earlier conjecture of E. M. Stein and S. Wainger.

     

Exact multiplicity result for the perturbed scalar curvature problem in

Let denote the closure of in the norm Let and define the constants and Let We consider the following problem for

We show an exact multiplicity result for for all small .

     

Rough singular integrals associated to surfaces of revolution

Let and . The authors establish the -boundedness for a class of singular integral operators associated to surfaces of revolution, , with rough kernels, provided that the corresponding maximal function along the plane curve is bounded on .

     

The linear heat equation with highly oscillating potential

In this paper we consider the following initial value problem:

where and . Nonexistence of positive solutions is analyzed.

     

A note on the limiting weak-type behavior for maximal operators

We study the following open question raised by Janakiraman in (2006): for and , what is the limiting behavior of

as ? In this note, we give a complete answer to this question.

     

properties for Gaussian random series

Let be an arbitrary sequence of and let be a random series of the type

where is a sequence of independent Gaussian random variables and an orthonormal basis of (the finite measure space being arbitrary). By using the equivalence of Gaussian moments and an integrability theorem due to Fernique, we show that a necessary and sufficient condition for to belong to , for any almost surely is that . One of the main motivations behind this result is the construction of a nontrivial Gibbs measure invariant under the flow of the cubic defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation posed on the open unit disc of .

     

Dahlberg's bilinear estimate for solutions of divergence form complex elliptic equations

We consider divergence form elliptic operators , defined in , where the coefficient matrix is , uniformly elliptic, complex and -independent. Using recently obtained results concerning the boundedness and invertibility of layer potentials associated to such operators, we show that if in , then for any vector-valued we have the bilinear estimate

where and where is the usual non-tangential maximal operator. The result is new even in the case of real symmetric coefficients and generalizes an analogous result of Dahlberg for harmonic functions on Lipschitz graph domains. We also identify the domain of the generator of the Poisson semigroup for the equation in

     

planes in

We establish a homeomorphism between the moduli space of ordered -tuples of 2-dimensional linear subspaces (mod ) and the quotient by simultaneous conjugation of a certain open subset . For , this leads to an explicit computation of the moduli space of central 2-arrangements in mod and its subspace of those classes that contain a complex hyperplane arrangement.

     

Quantum cohomology of Hilb and enumerative applications

We compute the small quantum cohomology of Hilb and determine recursively most of the big quantum cohomology. We prove a relationship between the invariants so obtained and the enumerative geometry of hyperelliptic curves in . This extends the results obtained by Graber (2001) for Hilb and hyperelliptic curves in .

     

Low regularity solutions for a 2D quadratic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We establish that the initial value problem for the quadratic non-linear Schrödinger equation

where , is locally well-posed in when . The critical exponent for this problem is , and previous work by Colliander, Delort, Kenig and Staffilani, 2001, established local well-posedness for .

     

On the parametrization of self-similar and other fractal sets

We prove for many self-similar, and some more general, sets that if is the Hausdorff dimension of and is Hölder continuous with exponent , then the -dimensional Hausdorff measure of is .

     

Porous measures on : Local structure and dimensional properties

We study dimensional properties of porous measures on . As a corollary of a theorem describing the local structure of nearly uniformly porous measures we prove that the packing dimension of any Radon measure on has an upper bound depending on porosity. This upper bound tends to as porosity tends to its maximum value.

     

Oversampling generates super-wavelets

We show that the second oversampling theorem for affine systems generates super-wavelets. These are frames generated by an affine structure on the space .

     

Quasiconvexity and uniqueness of stationary points in the multi-dimensional calculus of variations

Let be a bounded starshaped domain. In this note we consider critical points of the functional

where of class satisfies the natural growth

for some and 0$">, is suitably rank-one convex and in addition is strictly quasiconvex at . We establish uniqueness results under the extra assumption that is stationary at with respect to variations of the domain. These statements should be compared to the uniqueness result of Knops & Stuart (1984) in the smooth case and recent counterexamples to regularity produced by Müller & Sverák (2003).

     

Fuglede's conjecture fails in dimension 4

In this note we modify a recent example of Tao and give an example of a set such that admits an orthonormal basis of exponentials for some set , but which does not tile by translations. This shows that one direction of Fuglede's conjecture fails already in dimension 4. Some common properties of translational tiles and spectral sets are also proved.

     

Hyperpolygon spaces and their cores

Given an -tuple of positive real numbers , Konno (2000) defines the hyperpolygon space , a hyperkähler analogue of the Kähler variety parametrizing polygons in with edge lengths . The polygon space can be interpreted as the moduli space of stable representations of a certain quiver with fixed dimension vector; from this point of view, is the hyperkähler quiver variety defined by Nakajima. A quiver variety admits a natural -action, and the union of the precompact orbits is called the core. We study the components of the core of , interpreting each one as a moduli space of pairs of polygons in with certain properties. Konno gives a presentation of the cohomology ring of ; we extend this result by computing the -equivariant cohomology ring, as well as the ordinary and equivariant cohomology rings of the core components.

     

Conformal actions of on Lorentz manifolds

We prove that, for , a locally faithful action of or of by conformal transformations of a connected Lorentz manifold must be a proper action.

     

The yellow cake

In this paper we consider the following property:

For every function there are functions

(for ) such that

We show that, despite some expectation suggested by S. Shelah (1997), does not imply . Next, we introduce cardinal characteristics of the continuum responsible for the failure of .

     

The size of the Dini subdifferential

Given a lower semicontinuous function , we prove that the points of , where the lower Dini subdifferential contains more than one element, lie in a countable union of sets which are isomorphic to graphs of some Lipschitzian functions defined on . Consequently, the set of all these points has a null Lebesgue measure.