Zur Beziehung zwischen Basen und Vektoren kürzester Länge in Gittern

LetR be an order of an algebraic number field of degreen over ,V ann-dimensional real vector space and the class of lattices inV which are free rank 1 modules overR. For certain ordersR and distance functionsd onV a method of computingd-minimal vectors of is described; further it is shown how to constructs anR-basis for by comparing thed-length of vectors of . An application to the computation of fundamental units and class numbers of real abelian number fields is mentioned.     

K-theory of reduced C*-algebras and rapidly decreasing functions on groups

We associate to any length function L on a group a space of rapidly decreasing functions on (in the l ² sense), denoted by H _L (). When H _L () is contained in the reduced C*-algebra C _r ^* () of (), then it is a dense *-subalgebra of C _r ^* () and we prove a theorem of A. Connes which asserts that under this hypothesis H _L () has the same K-theory as C _r ^* (). We introduce another space of rapidly decreasing functions on (in the l ¹ sense), denoted by H _L ^1, (), which is always a dense *-subalgebra of the Banach algebra l ¹(), and we show that H _L ^1, () has the same K-theory as l ¹().     

Analytic Center Cutting-Plane Method with Deep Cuts for Semidefinite Feasibility Problems

An analytic center cutting-plane method with deep cuts for semidefinite feasibility problems is presented. Our objective in these problems is to find a point in a nonempty bounded convex set in the cone of symmetric positive-semidefinite matrices. The cutting plane method achieves this by the following iterative scheme. At each iteration, a query point that is an approximate analytic center of the current working set is chosen. We assume that there exists an oracle which either confirms that or returns a cut A S ^m {YS ^m : AY AY - } , where 0. If , an approximate analytic center of the new working set, defined by adding the new cut to the preceding working set, is then computed via a primal Newton procedure. Assuming that contains a ball with radius > 0, the algorithm obtains eventually a point in , with a worst-case complexity of O ^*(m ³/²) on the total number of cuts generated.     

The martin boundary for harmonic functions on groups of automorphisms of a homogeneous tree

Consider a closed subgroup of the automorphism group of a homogeneous treeT, and assume that acts transitively on the vertex set. Suppose that is a probability measure on which has continuous density with respect to Haar measure and whose support is compact open and generates as a closed semigroup. It is shown that the Martin boundary of with respect to the random walk with law coincides with the space of ends ofT. This extends known results for free groups and applies, for example, to the affine group over a non archimedean local field.     

The Skorohod oblique reflection problem in domains with corners and application to stochastic differential equations

Summary The Skorohod oblique reflection problem for (D, , w) (D a general domain in ^d , (x),xD, a convex cone of directions of reflection,w a function inD(⁺, ^d )) is considered. It is first proved, under a condition on (D, ), corresponding to (x) not being simultaneously too large and too much skewed with respect to D, that given a sequence {w ⁿ} of functions converging in the Skorohod topology tow, any sequence {(x ⁿ, ⁿ)} of solutions to the Skorohod problem for (D, , w ⁿ) is relatively compact and any of its limit points is a solution to the Skorohod problem for (D, , w). Next it is shown that if (D, ) satisfies the uniform exterior sphere condition and another requirement, then solutions to the Skorohod problem for (D, , w) exist for everywD(⁺, ^d ) with small enough jump size. The requirement is met in the case when D is piecewiseC _b ¹ , is generated by continuous vector fields on the faces ofD and (x) makes and angle (in a suitable sense) of less than /2 with the cone of inward normals atD, for everyxD. Existence of obliquely reflecting Brownian motion and of weak solutions to stochastic differential equations with oblique reflection boundary conditions is derived.     

Posterior Sensitivity to the Sampling Distribution and the Prior: More than One Observation

Sensitivity of a posterior quantity (f, P) to the choice of the sampling distribution f and prior P is considered. Sensitivity is measured by the range of (f, P) when f and P vary in nonparametric classes ^f and ^P respectively. Direct and iterative methods are described which obtain the range of (f, P) over f ^f when prior P is fixed, and also the overall range over f ^f and P ^P . When multiple i.i.d. observations X ₁,...,X _k are observed from f, the posterior quantity (f, P) is not a ratio-linear function of f. A method of steepest descent is proposed to obtain the range of (f, P). Several examples illustrate applications of these methods.     

Proper holomorphic mappings between generalized pseudoellipsoids

Summary We characterize the existence of proper holomorphic mappings between pseudoellipsoids of the form . If f:()() is any such mapping, the existence of a subgroup of Aut (()) such that is shown equivalent to a condition on the branch locus of f.     

Subsets with Restricted Movement

Let G be a finite permutation group on a set with no fixed points in and let m and k be integers with 0 < m < k. For a finite subset of the movement of is defined as move() = max_gG| ^g \ |. Suppose further that G is not a 2-group and that p is the least odd prime dividing |G| and move() m for all k-element subsets of . Then either || k + m or k (7m – 5) / 2, || (9m – 3)/2. Moreover when || > k + m, then move() m for every subset of .     

On the stochastic independence properties of hard-core distributions

A probability measurep on the set of matchings in a graph (or, more generally 2-bounded hypergraph) ishard-core if for some : [0,), the probabilityp(M) ofM is proportional to . We show that such distributions enjoy substantial approximate stochastic independence properties. This is based on showing that, withM chosen according to the hard-core distributionp, MP () the matching polytope of , and >0, if the vector ofmarginals, (Pr(AM):A an edge of ), is in (1–) MP (), then the weights (A) are bounded by someA(). This eventually implies, for example, that under the same assumption, with fixed, as the distance betweenA, B tends to infinity.Thought to be of independent interest, our results have already been applied in the resolutions of several questions involving asymptotic behaviour of graphs and hypergraphs (see [14, 16], [11]–[13]).Supported in part by NSFThis work forms part of the author's doctoral dissertation [16]; see also [17]. The author gratefully acknowledges NSERC for partial support in the form of a 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship.     

Volumes des représentations sur un corps local

Let be a locally compact second countable group, F a local field of characteristic zero and G an F-almost-simple F-algebraic group. In this paper we study the space X(,G) of Zariski-dense representations : G = G(F) using the natural morphism of cohomological functors * : H*(G, ·) H*(, ·) (where H denotes the continuous cohomology).First let F be a p-adic field. We completely describe the relations between the geometry and the cohomology of G : using geometric properties of the Bruhat-Tits building of G we construct natural cocycles for any irreducible cohomological representation of G. We then adapt these results to the case where the field F is archimedean.Using these cocycles we obtain a simple cohomological characterization of representations with bounded image.Our main result is then the construction, using the previous cocycles and dynamical properties at infinity of , of cohomological invariants (called volumes) on the space X(,G). These volumes describe how the image () goes to infinity in G. They have coefficients in the natural universal infinite-dimensional representation L(, )$\mathbb{C}$ of .In the case where is a cocompact lattice of SO(n, 1) or SU(n, 1), we use these volumes to produce new non-trivial numerical invariants on X(,G), which refine previously known invariants.

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Volumes des représentations sur un corps local

     

Fuchsian groups,finite simple groups and representation varieties

Let be a Fuchsian group of genus at least 2 (at least 3 if is non-oriented). We study the spaces of homomorphisms from to finite simple groups G, and derive a number of applications concerning random generation and representation varieties. Precise asymptotic estimates for |Hom(,G)| are given, implying in particular that as the rank of G tends to infinity, this is of the form |G|^()+1+o(1), where () is the measure of . We then prove that a randomly chosen homomorphism from to G is surjective with probability tending to 1 as |G|. Combining our results with Lang-Weil estimates from algebraic geometry, we obtain the dimensions of the representation varieties , where is GL_n(K) or a simple algebraic group over K, an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. A key ingredient of our approach is character theory, involving the study of the zeta function ^G(s)=(1)^-s, where the sum is over all irreducible complex characters of G.     

Free Algebras of Automorphic Forms on the Upper Half-Plane

We find all pairs (,a) consisting of a cocompact Fuchsian group of genus zero and an automorphy factor a of for which the graded algebra of a--automorphic forms is free.     

Critical points of essential norms of singular integral operators in weighted spaces

We show that for any simple piecewise Ljapunov contour there exists a power weight such that the essential norm |S | in the spaceL ₂(, ) does not depend on the angles of the contour and it is given by formula (2). All such weights are described. For the union =₁₂ of two simple piecewise Lyapunov curves we prove that the essential norm |S | inL ₂() is minimal if both ₁ and ₂ are smooth in some neighborhoods of the common points. It is the case when the norm |S | in the spaceL ₂() as well as inL ₂(, ) does not depend on the values of the angles and it can be calculated by formula (5).     

Solvable Lie Algebras, Lie Groups andPolynomial Structures

In this paper, we study polynomial structures by starting on the Lie algebra level, thenpassing to Lie groups to finally arrive at the polycyclic-by-finite group level. To be more precise,we first show how a general solvable Lie algebra can be decomposed into a sum of two nilpotentsubalgebras. Using this result, we construct, for any simply connected, connected solvable Lie groupG of dim n, a simply transitive action on R ⁿ which is polynomial and of degree n³. Finally, we show the existence of a polynomial structure on any polycyclic-by-finite group , which is of degree h()³ on almost the entire group (h () being the Hirsch length of ).     

Orbit counting for some discrete groups acting on simply connected manifolds with negative curvature

Summary In this article we develop a method of deriving asymptotic formulae for the orbital counting function for the action of certain discrete groups of isometries of simply connected negatively curved manifolds. We consider the particular case of normal subgroups ₀ of a co-compact group ₀ for which the quotient ₀/ ^k . Even in the special case of manifolds ofconstant negative curvature, this leads to new results. In particular, we have asymptotic estimates for some groups which arenot geometrically finite.Oblatum III-1993 & 18-VIII-1993The first author was supported by The Royal Society through a University Research Fellowship. The second author was supported by the UK SERC under grant number GR/G51930     

Point processes characterized by their one dimensional distributions

It is well-known that the distribution of a point process defined on a carrier space is uniquely characterised by its finite dimensional joint distributions of counts on disjoint subsets of . In this note, we investigate the common structure of point processes whose distributions are specified by their one dimensional distributions. We also show that, if is such a point process, then a sequence of point processes { _n } converges in distribution to if and only if { _n (B)} converges in distribution to (B) for a suitably rich class of sets B. Supported by ARC Discovery project number DP0209179 Mathmatics Subject Classification (2000):Primary 60G55; Secondary 60E05, 60B10 AcknowledgementI would like to thank a referee for his valuable suggestions on the presentation of this paper.     

Convexity theories III. Classification of certain real convexity theories

In this paper we classify all real convexity theories that contain the standard convexity theory _c. For this purpose we consider three subcases: finitary; infinitary and (_sc\_c)Ø; infinitary and _sc=_c. In each of these subcases one encounters a phenomenon resembling bifurcation.This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.     

A condition for nonnegativity of an operator related to the Dirichlet operator

Let L₀ be a positive definite closed linear operator with domain of definition D(L₀) dense in the Hilbert space H; let(, ₁, ₂) be the positive boundary value space of the operator L₀ such that the restriction of L ₀ ^* to ker ₂ is the Friedrichs extension of the operator L₀. We establish a test for nonnegativity of an operator T of the form Ty=L ₀ ^* y+^*(₁–C)y, y D(T)= ker(₂+), where :H and C: are respectively a compact operator and a bounded nonnegative operator.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 32, 1990, pp. 30–33.     

Some remarks on the modulus of continuity of a conformal mapping of the disk onto a Jordan domain

Letd(;z, t) be the smallest diameter of the arcs of a Jordan curve with endsz andt. Consider the rapidity of decreasing ofd(;)=sup{d(;z, t):z, t , ¦z–t¦} (as 0,0) as a measure of nicety of . Letg(x) (x0) be a continuous and nondecreasing function such thatg(x)x,g(0)=0. Put¯g(x)=g(x)+x, h(x)=(¯g(x))². LetH(x) be an arbitrary primitive of 1/h ^–1(x). Note that the functionH ^–1 x is positive and increasing on (–, +),H ^–1 0 asx– andH ^–1+ asx +. The following statement is proved in the paper.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 176–184, August, 1996.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00236 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. NCF000.