On hyperboundedness and spectrum of Markov operators

Consider an ergodic Markov operator \(M\) reversible with respect to a probability measure \(\mu \) on a general measurable space. It is shown that if \(M\) is bounded from \(\mathbb {L}^2(\mu )\) to \(\mathbb {L}^p(\mu )\), where \(p>2\), then it admits a spectral gap. This result answers positively a conjecture raised by Høegh-Krohn and Simon (J. Funct. Anal. 9:121–80, 1972) in the more restricted semi-group context. The proof is based on isoperimetric considerations and especially on Cheeger inequalities of higher order for weighted finite graphs recently obtained by Lee et al. (Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 1131–1140, ACM, New York, 2012). It provides a quantitative link between hyperboundedness and an eigenvalue different from the spectral gap in general. In addition, the usual Cheeger inequality is extended to the higher eigenvalues in the compact Riemannian setting and the exponential behaviors of the small eigenvalues of Witten Laplacians at small temperature are recovered.     

The semigroup generated by certain operators on the congruence lattice of a clifford semigroup

Communicated by N. R. Reilly     

On supercyclicity of operators from a supercyclic semigroup

We show that for every supercyclic strongly continuous operator semigroup {Tt}_t?0 acting on a complex F-space, every Tt with t>0 is supercyclic. Moreover, the set of supercyclic vectors of each Tt with t>0 is exactly the set of supercyclic vectors of the entire semigroup.     

Difference operators as semigroup generators

In this paper we examine difference operators with constant coefficients. We show that the type of the generated semigroup is determined by a matrix mathbbBmathbb{B}, originating from the domain of the operator. Moreover, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for exponential and polynomial stability of the semigroup in terms of the matrix mathbbBmathbb{B}, using results of A. Borichev and Y. Tomilov. We close the paper with an application of our results to flows in networks.     

Approximation by semigroup of spherical operators

This paper concerns about the approximation by a class of positive exponential type multiplier operators on the unit sphere Sn of the （n ＋ 1）- dimensional Euclidean space for n ≥2. We prove that such operators form a strongly continuous contraction semigroup of class （l0） and show the equivalence between the approximation errors of these operators and the K-functionals. We also give the saturation order and the saturation class of these operators. As examples, the rth Boolean of the generalized spherical Abel-Poisson operator ＋Vt^γ and the rth Boolean of the generalized spherical Weierstrass operator ＋Wt^k for integer r ≥ 1 and reals γ, k∈ （0, 1] have errors ｜｜＋r Vt^γ- f｜｜X ω^rγ（f, t^1/γ）X and ｜｜＋rWt^kf - f｜｜X ω^2rk（f, t^1/（2k））X for all f ∈ X and 0 ≤t ≤2π, where X is the Banach space of all continuous functions or all L^p integrable functions, 1 ≤p ≤＋∞, on S^n with norm ｜｜·｜｜X, and ω^s（f,t）X is the modulus of smoothness of degree s 〉 0 for f ∈X. Moreover, ＋r^Vt^γ and ＋rWt^k have the same saturation class if γ= 2k.     

Some condensation theorems for semigroup operators

In this paper we affirmatively answer an open question raised by P. L. Butzer and W. Dickmeis in [2] and give a new general theorem of the condensation of values for seminorm sequences. This continues our previous investigations [4].     

On the asymptotic behaviour of a semigroup of linear operators

Let T = {T(t)}_{t ≥ 0} be a C₀-semigroup on a Banach space X. In this paper, we study the relations between the abscissa ω_Lp(T) of weak p-integrability of T (1 ≤ p < ∞), the abscissa ω^p_R(A) of p-boundedness of the resolvent of the generator A of T (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞), and the growth bounds ω_β(T), β ≥ 0, of T. Our main results are as follows.

1. (i) Let T be a C₀-semigroup on a B-convex Banach space such that the resolvent of its generator is uniformly bounded in the right half plane. Then ω_{1 − ε}(T) < 0 for some ε > 0.

2. (ii) Let T be a C₀-semigroup on L^p such that the resolvent of the generator is uniformly bounded in the right half plane. Then ω_β(T) < 0 for all β>¦1/p − 1/p′¦, 1/p + 1/p′ = 1.

3. (iii) Let 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 and let T be a weakly L^p-stable C₀-semigroup on a Banach space X. Then for all β>1/p we have ω_β(T) ≤ 0.

Further, we give sufficient conditions in terms of ω^q_R(A) for the existence of L^p-solutions and W^1,p-solutions (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞) of the abstract Cauchy problem for a general class of operators A on X.     

A semigroup of operators in convexity theory

We consider three operators which appear naturally in convexity theory and determine completely the structure of the semigroup generated by them.

RESUMO. Duongrupo de operatoroj en la teorio pri konvekseco. Ni konsideras tri operatorojn kiuj aperas nature en la teorio pri konvekseco kaj plene determinas la strukturon de la duongrupo generita de ili.

     

Exploding Markov operators

Positivity - A special class of doubly stochastic (Markov) operators is constructed. In a sense these operators come from measure preserving transformations and inherit some of their properties,...     

An irreducible semigroup of non-negative square-zero operators

We construct an irreducible multiplicative semigroup of non-negative square-zero operators acting onL ^p [0,1), for 1p<.The main idea for this paper was developed at the 2nd Linear Algebra Workshop at Bled, Slovenia, in June 1999.The work of the three Slovenian authors was supported by the Research Ministry of Slovenia.This author's work was supported by a Division grant from Colby College.     

The Poisson boundary of covering Markov operators

Covering Markov operators are a measure theoretical generalization of both random walks on groups and the Brownian motion on covering manifolds. In this general setup we obtain several results on ergodic properties of their Poisson boundaries, in particular, that the Poisson boundary is always infinite if the deck group is non-amenable, and that the deck group action on the Poisson boundary is amenable. For corecurrent operators we show that the Radon-Nikodym cocycles of two quotients of the Poisson boundary are cohomologous iff these quotients coincide. It implies that the Poisson boundary is either purely non-atomic or trivial, and that the action of any normal subgroup of the deck group on the Poisson boundary is conservative. We show that the Poisson boundary is trivial for any corecurrent covering operator with a nilpotent (or, more generally, hypercentral) deck group. Other applications and examples are discussed. Supported by a British SERC Advanced Fellowship. A part of this work was done during my stay at MSRI, Berkeley supported by NSF Grant DMS 8505550.     

Iterates of Markov operators

In this paper we consider iterates of Markov operators of the form where the _j's are linearly independent, nonnegative and sum to 1. We define the evaluation matrix of Φ to be Φ^* = [_j(i/m)] and prove that the iterates of the operator converge in the operator norm if and only if the powers of the evaluation matrix converge. Utilizing results from the theory of Markov chains we obtain explicit expressions for the limiting operator when it exists. Finally, we apply these results to Bernstein operators and then to B-spline operators.     

On the structure of a semigroup of operators with finite-dimensional ranges

In the present paper, we describe the structure of a strongly continuous operator semigroup T(t) (where T: ?₊ → End X and X is a complex Banach space) for which ImT(t) is a finite-dimensional space for all t > 0. It is proved that such a semigroup is always the direct sum of a zero semigroup and a semigroup acting in a finite-dimensional space. As examples of applications, we discuss differential equations containing linear relations, orbits of a special form, and the possibility of embedding an operator in a C ₀-semigroup.