Numerical ranges of nilpotent operators

For any operator A on a Hilbert space, let W(A), w(A) and w₀(A) denote its numerical range, numerical radius and the distance from the origin to the boundary of its numerical range, respectively. We prove that if Aⁿ=0, then w(A)?(n-1)w₀(A), and, moreover, if A attains its numerical radius, then the following are equivalent: (1) w(A)=(n-1)w₀(A), (2) A is unitarily equivalent to an operator of the form aA_n⊕A^′, where a is a scalar satisfying |a|=2w₀(A), A_n is the n-by-n matrix

     

Numerical ranges of Toeplitz operators with matrix symbols

For Toeplitz operators acting on the vector Hardy space $H^2$ with definite or indefinite metric, the closure of the respective numerical range is completely described. In the definite case, some observations regarding its boundary are also made.     

Numerical ranges of weighted composition operators

The operator that takes the function f   to ψf°φ$\psi f°\phi$ is a weighted composition operator. We study numerical ranges of some classes of weighted composition operators on H²$H^2$, the Hardy–Hilbert space of the unit disc. We consider the case where φ is a rotation of the unit disc and identify a class of convexoid operators. In the case of isometric weighted composition operators we give a complete classification of their numerical ranges. We also consider the inclusion of zero in the interior of the numerical range.     

A duality for Boolean algebras with operators

Jónsson and Tarski's extension and representation theorems for Boolean algebras with operators ([7], p. 926 and p. 933) can be extended to homomorphisms between these algebras. The result obtained takes the form of a duality between the category of Boolean algebras with operators and that of the “algebras in the wider sense” (whose subjects are defined in [7]) with a suitable topology. This duality generalizes results of Pierce ([10], p. 38). Moreover, it can be extended to more general objects such as Boolean algebras with non-normal operators and even to arbitrary distributive lattices with operators.     

Functional calculus and duality for closed operators

In this paper, we continue our spectral-theoretic study [8] of unbounded closed operators in the framework of the spectral decomposition property and decomposable operators. Given a closed operator T with nonempty resolvent set, let f → f(T) be the homomorphism of the functional calculus. We show that if T has the spectral decomposition property, then f(T) is decomposable. Conversely, if f is nonconstant on every component of its domain which intersects the spectrum of T, then f(T) decomposable implies that T has the spectral decomposition property. A spectral duality theorems follows as a corollary. Furthermore, we obtain an analytic-type property for the canonical embedding J of the underlying Banach space X into its second dual $\text{X}{}^7$.     

On the duality for linear operators and distribution semi-groups

Sommario La dualità per uno spazio di Banach X è studiata in relazione a una arbitraria famiglia di operatori lineari continui di X. La teoria generale è applicata allo studio del duale di un semi-gruppo distribuzione.

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Research supported at an earlier stage by CNR (Gruppo 46) and later by OSR while the author was a visitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.     

Local duality of Hecke operators for symplectic and orthogonal groups

A formula for the duality of Hecke operators for symplectic and orthogonal groups on spaces of local Weil representations is obtained in terms of spherical functions.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Vol. 185, pp. 37–59, 1990.     

Fixed point theorems for a class of nonlinear mappings related to maximal monotone operators in Banach spaces

In this paper, the class of nonspreading mappings in Banach spaces is introduced. This class contains the recently introduced class of firmly nonexpansive type mappings in Banach spaces and the class of firmly nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert spaces. Among other things, we obtain a fixed point theorem for a single nonspreading mapping in Banach spaces. Using this result, we also obtain a common fixed point theorem for a commutative family of nonspreading mappings in Banach spaces. Received: 10 August 2007     

Quasimonotonicity,regularity and duality for nonlinear systems of partial differential equations

Summary We prove partial regularity for the vector-valued differential forms solving the system (A(x, ))=0, d=0, and for the gradient of the vector-valued functions solving the system div A(x, Du)=B(x, u, Du). Here the mapping A, with A(x, w) (1+ + ¦¦²)^{(p – 2)/2} (p2), satisfies a quasimonotonicity condition which, when applied to the gradient A(x, )=Df(x, ) of a real-valued functionf, is analogous to but stronger than quasiconvexity for f. The case 1相似文献   

Extensions and duality of finite geometric closure operators

If P and P are finite partially ordered sets such that P=P–e for some maximal element e P, all geometric closure operators on P are determined whose restriction to P equals a given closure operator on P.The classes Q(P) and Q(P^*) of all geometric closure operators on P and on its order dual P^* are shown to be anti-isomorphic partially ordered sets.     

Optimality and duality theory for stochastic optimization problems with nonlinear dominance constraints

We consider a new class of optimization problems involving stochastic dominance constraints of second order. We develop a new splitting approach to these models, optimality conditions and duality theory. These results are used to construct special decomposition methods.This research was supported by the NSF awards DMS-0303545 and DMS-0303728.Key words.Stochastic programming – stochastic ordering – semi-infinite optimized – decomposition     

Invariant sets and Lyapunov pairs for differential inclusions with maximal monotone operators

We give different conditions for the invariance of closed sets with respect to differential inclusions governed by a maximal monotone operator defined on Hilbert spaces, which is subject to a Lipschitz continuous perturbation depending on the state. These sets are not necessarily weakly closed as in [3], [4], while the invariance criteria are still written by using only the data of the system. So, no need to the explicit knowledge of neither the solution of this differential inclusion, nor the semi-group generated by the maximal monotone operator. These invariant/viability results are next applied to derive explicit criteria for a-Lyapunov pairs of lower semi-continuous (not necessarily weakly-lsc) functions associated to these differential inclusions. The lack of differentiability of the candidate Lyapunov functions and the consideration of general invariant sets (possibly not convex or smooth) are carried out by using techniques from nonsmooth analysis.     

Positive eigenvalues for nonlinear multivalued noncompact operators with applications to differential operators

The first part of Section 1 contains two theorems concerning the existence of positive eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors for multivalued and not necessarily compact mappings. Theorem 1 contains as special cases the Birkhoff-Kellogg and Krasnoselskii theorems for single-valued compact mappings while Theorem 2 includes a single-valued result of Reich and some results of Schaefer concerning the existence of positive eigenvalues. The second part of Section 1 contains Theorem 3, which extends another result of Schaefer for positive compact mappings to positive eigenvalue problems involving not necessarily compact mappings. In Section 2 our Theorem 1 is applied to positive eigenvalue problems involving quasilinear ordinary integro-differential operators, quasilinear elliptic operators, and nonlinear ordinary differential operators.