On a family of topologies on the spaceL p

We study a family of topologies {_s}_{0 on the space lp, 0s} is the protective topology on l_p generated by the family of multipliers m_y:l_pl_s, m_y(x)=x · y, where y ranges over the space l_p and 1/p + 1/q=1/s. Here l_s is taken with its standard topology generated by the norm for s 1 or a pseudonorm if 0s}_{0sp is strictly increasing and that all the topologies s}, 0s are not locally convex when 0Matematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 35, 1992, pp. 194–198.     

Estimates for the Distributions of the Sums of Subexponential Random Variables

Let be a random walk with independent identically distributed increments . We study the ratios of the probabilities P(S _n >x) / P(₁ > x) for all n and x. For some subclasses of subexponential distributions we find upper estimates uniform in x for the ratios which improve the available estimates for the whole class of subexponential distributions. We give some conditions sufficient for the asymptotic equivalence P(S > x) E P(₁ > x) as x . Here is a positive integer-valued random variable independent of . The estimates obtained are also used to find the asymptotics of the tail distribution of the maximum of a random walk modulated by a regenerative process.     

Einstein Metrics with Nonpositive Sectional Curvature on Extensions of Lie Algebras of Heisenberg Type

The purpose of this article is to study some simply connected Lie groups with left invariant Einstein metric, negative Einstein constant and nonpositive sectional curvature. These Lie groups are classified if their associated metric Lie algebra s is of Iwasawa type and s = An₁n₂...n_r, where all n_iare Lie algebras of Heisenberg type with [[n_i,n_j] = {0} for ij. The most important ideas of the article are based on a construction method for Einstein spaces introduced by Wolter in 1991. By this method some new examples of Einstein spaces with nonpositive curvature are constructed. In another part of the article it is shown that Damek-Ricci spaces have negative sectional curvature if and only if they are symmetric spaces.     

Independence in hypergraphs

Suppose an integral function (|A|)q₁ defined on the subsets of edges of a hypergraph (X,u,) satisfies the following two conditions: 1) any set W u such that |A|(|A|) for any AW is matroidally independent; 2) if W is an independent set, then there exists a unique partitionW=T₁+ T₂+...+T_v such that |T ⁱ |=(|T ⁱ |),i1:v, and for any AW, |A|(|A|) there exists a T_i such that AT_i. The form of such a function is found, in terms of parameters of generalized connected components, hypercycles, and hypertrees.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 114, pp. 196–204, 1982.     

Majorization versus power majorization

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Small into isomorphisms onL ∞ spaces

IfT is an isomorphism ofL (A, ) intoL (B, ) which satisfies the condition T T ^–11+, where (A, ) is a -finite measure space, thenT/T is close to an isometry with an error less than 4.     

Tilings of polygons with similar triangles

We prove that if a polygonP is decomposed into finitely many similar triangles then the tangents of the angles of these triangles are algebraic over the field generated by the coordinates of the vertices ofP. IfP is a rectangle then, apart from four sporadic cases, the triangles of the decomposition must be right triangles. Three of these sporadic triangles tile the square. In any other decomposition of the square into similar triangles, the decomposition consists of right triangles with an acute angle such that tan is a totally positive algebraic number. Most of the proofs are based on the following general theorem: if a convex polygonP is decomposed into finitely many triangles (not necessarily similar) then the coordinate system can be chosen in such a way that the coordinates of the vertices ofP belong to the field generated by the cotangents of the angles of the triangles in the decomposition.This work was completed while the author had a visiting position at the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.     

On log-hyponormal operators

LetTB(H) be a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert spaceH.TB(H) is called a log-hyponormal operator itT is invertible and log (TT ^*)log (T ^* T). Since log: (0, )(–,) is operator monotone, for 0<p1, every invertiblep-hyponormal operatorT, i.e., (TT ^*) ^p (T ^* T) ^p , is log-hyponormal. LetT be a log-hyponormal operator with a polar decompositionT=U|T|. In this paper, we show that the Aluthge transform is . Moreover, ifmeas ((T))=0, thenT is normal. Also, we make a log-hyponormal operator which is notp-hyponormal for any 0<p.This research was supported by Grant-in-Aid Research No. 10640185     

On zero-sum subsequences of restricted size. IV

Summary For a finite abelian group G, we investigate the invariant s(G) (resp. the invariant s₀(G)) which is defined as the smallest integer l N such that every sequence S in G of length |S| l has a subsequence T with sum zero and length |T|= exp(G) (resp. length |T|0 mod exp(G)).     

The distribution of sublattices of ℤ m

Lattices , are similar if one can be transformed into the other by an angle-preserving linear map. Similarity classes of lattices of rankn may be parametrized by a fundamental domain of the action ofGL _n () on the generalized upper half-plane _n . Given 1<nm and, letN(D,T) be the number of sublattices of _n which have rankn, similarity class inD, and determinant T. Our most basic result will be thatN(D,T)c ₁(m, n)(D)T ^m asT for suitable setsD, where is the invariant measure on _n . The casen=2 had been dealt with by Roelcke and by Maass using the theory of modular forms.Herrn Professor Hlawka zum achtzigsten Geburtstag gewidmetSupported in part by NSF-DMS-9401426     

Extensions of matrix valued functions with rational polynomial inverses

Let R_j : |j| m, be a given set of n×n matrices. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of an invertible function F() = F_j^j in the Wiener algebra of n×n matrix valued functions on the unit circle || = 1 such that F_j=R_j for |j| m, and F admits either a right or a left canonical factorization and the matrix Fourier coefficients of F^–1 vanish for |j| > m are presented and discussed. In the special case that the block Toeplitz matrix based on the given R_j is positive definite there is exactly one such extension: the so-called maximum entropy or autoregressive extension of statistical estimation theory. Some special properties of this extension are discussed.     

Onp-hyponormal operators for 0<p<1

The distance formula Tt-I)^–1=[Dist(, (T)]^–1, (T), for hyponormal operators, is generalized top-hyponormal operators for 0<p<1. Several other results involving eigenspaces ofU and |T|, the joint point spectrum, and the spectral radius are also otained, where |T|=(T ^* T)^1/2 andU is the unitary operator in the polar decomposition of thep-hyponormal operatorT=U|T|.     

Convergence of random products of compact contractions in Hilbert space

Let {T₁, ..., T_N} be a finite set of linear contraction mappings of a Hilbert space H into itself, and let r be a mapping from the natural numbers N to {1, ..., N}. One can form S_n=T_r(n)...T_r(1) which could be described as a random product of the T_i's. Roughly, the S_n converge strongly in the mean, but additional side conditions are necessary to ensure uniform, strong or weak convergence. We examine contractions with three such conditions. (W): x_n1, Tx_n1 implies (I-T)x_n0 weakly, (S): x_n1, Tx_n1 implies (I-T)x_n0 strongly, and (K): there exists a constant K>0 such that for all x, (I-T)x²K(x²–Tx²).We have three main results in the event that the T_i's are compact contractions. First, if r assumes each value infinitely often, then S_n converges uniformly to the projection Q on the subspace _i= ₁ ^N [x|T_ix=x]. Secondly we prove that for such compact contractions, the three conditions (W), (S), and (K) are equivalent. Finally if S=S(T₁, ..., T_N) denotes the algebraic semigroup generated by the T_i's, then there exists a fixed positive constant K such that each element in S satisfies (K) with that K.     

Integral representation of linear operators

In this paper we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions in order that a linear operator, acting in spaces of measurable functions, should admit an integral representation. We give here the fundamental results. Let (T_i, _i) (i=1,2) be spaces of finite measure, and let (T,) be the product of these spaces. Let E be an ideal in the space S(T₁, ₁) of measurable functions (i.e., from |e₁||e₂|, e₁ S (T₁, ₁), e₂E it follows that e₁E). THEOREM 2. Let U be a linear operator from E into S(T₂, ₂). The following statements are equivalent: 1) there exists a-measurable kernel K(t,S) such that (Ue)(S)=K(t,S) e(t)d(t) (eE); 2) if 0e_nE (n=1,2,...) and e_n0 in measure, then (Ue_n)(S) 0 ₂ a.e. THEOREM 3. Assume that the function (t,S) is such that for any eE and for s a.e., the ₂-measurable function Y(S)=(t,S)e(t)d ₁(t) is defined. Then there exists a-measurable function K(t,S) such that for any eE we have (t,S)e(t)d ₁(t)=K(t,S)e(t)d ₁(t) ₁a.e.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 47, pp. 5–14, 1974.     

A Favard theorem for orthogonal rational functions on the unit circle

We consider forn=0, 1,... the nested spaces _n of rational functions of degreen at most with given poles . Given a finite measure supported on the unit circle, we associate with it a nested orthogonal basis of rational functions ₀,..., _n for _n ,n=0, 1,.... These _n satisfy a recurrence relation that generalizes the recurrence for Szeg polynomials.In this paper we shall prove a Favard type theorem which says that if one has a sequence of rational functions _{n n} which are generated by such a recurrence, then there will be a measure supported on the unit circle to which they are orthogonal. We shall give a sufficient condition for the uniqueness of this measure.     

Resolvent of the Toeplitz operator may increase arbitrarily fast

It is proved that for every sequence of points _n from the unit circle, _n1, and for an arbitrary sequence of positive numbers A_n, A_n, there exists a continuous real function u, such that for the Toeplitz operator T (acting in the Hardy space H²) with the symbol =e ^iu we have the estimates (T–_nI)^–1>A_n, n.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova, AN SSSR, Vol. 157, pp. 175–177, 1987.     

Reconstructing dimensions of intersections of convex sets

Denoting by dimA the dimension of the affine hull of the setA, we prove that if {K _i:i T} and {K _i ^j :i T} are two finite families of convex sets inR ⁿ and if dim {K _i :i S} = dim {K _i ^j :i S}for eachS T such that|S| n + 1 then dim {K _i :i T} = dim {K _i : {i T}}.     

Wold decomposition,prediction and parameterization of stationary processes with infinite variance

Summary A discrete time stochastic process {_t} is said to be a p-stationary process (1<p2)if , for all integers n1, t ₁,...t _n,h and scalars b ₁,...b _n.The class of p-stationary processes includes the class of second-order weakly stationary stochastic processes, harmonizable stable processes of order (1<2), and p ^thorder strictly stationary processes. For any nondeterministic process in this class a finite Wold decomposition (moving average representation) and a finite predictive decomposition (autoregressive representation) are given without alluding to any notion of covariance or spectrum. These decompositions produce two unique (interrelated) sequences of scalar which are used as parameters of the process {_t}. It is shown that the finite Wold and predictive decomposition are all that one needs in developing a Kolmogorov-Wiener type prediction theory for such processes.     

Invariant subsets of strongly continuous semigroups

Let {P(t): t0} be a strongly continuous semigroup on a Banach space X and let |\| be a continuous norm on X such that |P(t)x|exp(t)|x|, XX, t0. Let C be a |\|-closed convex subset of X and suppose that for every x in D(A) there exists a sequence (x_n : n ) in D(A) with the following properties: lim|x–x_n|=0, lim|Ax–Ax_n|=0 and every x_n has a best approximation in C (with respect to |\|) which belongs to D(A). Then P(t)CC for all t0 if and only if, for every v in CD(A), the vector Av belongs to the |\|-closure of [0, ) (C-V).     

A combinatorial result about points and balls in euclidean space

For eachn1 there isc _n >0 such that for any finite sexX there isA X, |A|1/2(n+3), having the following property: ifB A is ann-ball, then |B X|c _n |X|. This generalizes a theorem of Neumann-Lara and Urrutia which states thatc ₂1/60.