Linear maps that strongly preserve regular matrices over the Boolean algebra

The set of all m × n Boolean matrices is denoted by $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n . We call a matrix A ∈ $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n regular if there is a matrix G ∈ $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _n,m such that AGA = A. In this paper, we study the problem of characterizing linear operators on $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n that strongly preserve regular matrices. Consequently, we obtain that if min{m, n} ⩽ 2, then all operators on $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n strongly preserve regular matrices, and if min{m, n} ⩾ 3, then an operator T on $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n strongly preserves regular matrices if and only if there are invertible matrices U and V such that T(X) = UXV for all X ε $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _m,n , or m = n and T(X) = UX ^T V for all X ∈ $ \mathbb{M} $ \mathbb{M} _n .     

Spaces with fibered approximation property in dimension <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>

A metric space M is said to have the fibered approximation property in dimension n (briefly, M ∈ FAP(n)) if for any ɛ > 0, m ≥ 0 and any map g: $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^m × $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ⁿ → M there exists a map g′: $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^m × $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ⁿ → M such that g′ is ɛ-homotopic to g and dim g′ ({z} × $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ⁿ ) ≤ n for all z ∈ $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^m . The class of spaces having the FAP(n)-property is investigated in this paper. The main theorems are applied to obtain generalizations of some results due to Uspenskij [11] and Tuncali-Valov [10].     

Phase portraits for quadratic homogeneous polynomial vector fields on $$ \mathbb{S}^2 $$

Let X be a homogeneous polynomial vector field of degree 2 on $ \mathbb{S}^2 $ \mathbb{S}^2 . We show that if X has at least a non-hyperbolic singularity, then it has no limit cycles. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for determining if a singularity of X on $ \mathbb{S}^2 $ \mathbb{S}^2 is a center and we characterize the global phase portrait of X modulo limit cycles. We also study the Hopf bifurcation of X and we reduce the 16 ^th Hilbert’s problem restricted to this class of polynomial vector fields to the study of two particular families. Moreover, we present two criteria for studying the nonexistence of periodic orbits for homogeneous polynomial vector fields on $ \mathbb{S}^2 $ \mathbb{S}^2 of degree n.     

Wavelet approximation and Fourier widths of classes of periodic functions of several variables. I

We obtain characterizations (and prove the corresponding equivalence of norms) of function spaces B _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) and L _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) of Nikol’skii-Besov and Lizorkin-Triebel types, respectively, in terms of representations of functions in these spaces by Fourier series with respect to a multiple system $ \mathcal{W}_m^\mathbb{I} $ \mathcal{W}_m^\mathbb{I} of Meyer wavelets and in terms of sequences of the Fourier coefficients with respect to this system. We establish order-sharp estimates for the approximation of functions in B _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ) and L _pq ^sm ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) by special partial sums of these series in the metric of L _r ($ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} ^k ) for a number of relations between the parameters s, p, q, r, and m (s = (s ₁, ..., s _n ) ∈ ℝ₊ ⁿ , 1 ≤ p, q, r ≤ ∞, m = (m ₁, ..., m _n ) ∈ ℕ ⁿ , k = m ₁ +... + m _n , and $ \mathbb{I} $ \mathbb{I} = ℝ or $ \mathbb{T} $ \mathbb{T} ). In the periodic case, we study the Fourier widths of these function classes.     

Local limit theorem for the first crossing time of a fixed level by a random walk

Let X,X(1),X(2),... be independent identically distributed random variables with mean zero and a finite variance. Put S(n) = X(1) + ... + X(n), n = 1, 2,..., and define the Markov stopping time η _y = inf {n ≥ 1: S(n) ≥ y} of the first crossing a level y ≥ 0 by the random walk S(n), n = 1, 2,.... In the case $ \mathbb{E} $ \mathbb{E} |X|³ < ∞, the following relation was obtained in [8]: $ \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) = \frac{1} {{n\sqrt n }}\left( {R + \nu _n + o\left( 1 \right)} \right) $ \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) = \frac{1} {{n\sqrt n }}\left( {R + \nu _n + o\left( 1 \right)} \right) as n → ∞, where the constant R and the bounded sequence ν _n were calculated in an explicit form. Moreover, there were obtained necessary and sufficient conditions for the limit existence $ H\left( y \right): = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) $ H\left( y \right): = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) for every fixed y ≥ 0, and there was found a representation for H(y). The present paper was motivated by the following reason. In [8], the authors unfortunately did not cite papers [1, 5] where the above-mentioned relations were obtained under weaker restrictions. Namely, it was proved in [5] the existence of the limit $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _y = n} \right) for every fixed y ≥ 0 under the condition $ \mathbb{E} $ \mathbb{E} X ² < ∞ only; In [1], an explicit form of the limit $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) $ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \mathbb{P}\left( {\eta _0 = n} \right) was found under the same condition $ \mathbb{E} $ \mathbb{E} X ² < ∞ in the case when the summand X has an arithmetic distribution. In the present paper, we prove that the main assertion in [5] fails and we correct the original proof. It worth noting that this corrected version was formulated in [8] as a conjecture.     

On equivalences of derived and singular categories

Let X and Y be two smooth Deligne-Mumford stacks and consider a pair of functions f: X → $ \mathbb{A}^1 $ \mathbb{A}^1 , g:Y → $ \mathbb{A}^1 $ \mathbb{A}^1 . Assuming that there exists a complex of sheaves on X × $ \mathbb{A}^1 $ \mathbb{A}^1 Y which induces an equivalence of D ^b (X) and D ^b (Y), we show that there is also an equivalence of the singular derived categories of the fibers f ⁻¹(0) and g ⁻¹(0). We apply this statement in the setting of McKay correspondence, and generalize a theorem of Orlov on the derived category of a Calabi-Yau hypersurface in a weighted projective space, to products of Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in simplicial toric varieties with nef anticanonical class.     

On additive properties of product sets in an arbitrary finite field

It is proved that for any two subsets A and B of an arbitrary finite field $ \mathbb{F}_q $ \mathbb{F}_q such that |A||B| > q, the identity 10AB = $ \mathbb{F}_q $ \mathbb{F}_q holds. Under the assumption |A||B| ⩾2q, this improves to 8AB = $ \mathbb{F}_q $ \mathbb{F}_q .     

On weighted spaces of holomorphic functions of several variables

We generalize the results of [11] and [12] for the unit ball $ \mathbb{B}_d $ \mathbb{B}_d of ℂ ^d . In particular, we show that under the weight condition (B) the weighted H ^∞-space on $ \mathbb{B}_d $ \mathbb{B}_d is isomorphic to ℓ^∞ and thus complemented in the corresponding weighted L ^∞-space. We construct concrete, generalized Bergman projections accordingly. We also consider the case where the domain is the entire space ℂ ^d . In addition, we show that for the polydisc $ \mathbb{D}^d $ \mathbb{D}^d ^d , the weighted H ^∞-space is never isomorphic to ℓ^∞.     

Integral-type operators from a mixed norm space to a bloch-type space on the unit ball

Let $ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} be the unit ball in ℂ ⁿ and let H($ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} ) be the space of all holomorphic functions on $ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} . We introduce the following integral-type operator on H($ \mathbb{B} $ \mathbb{B} ):

Trace class Toeplitz operators with unbounded symbols on weighted Bergman spaces

In this note we construct a function φ in L2（Bn,dμ） which is unbounded on any neighborhood of each boundary point of Bn such that Tφ is a trace class operator on weighted Bergman space Lα2（Bn,dμ） for several complex variables.     

A cohomological steinness criterion for holomorphically spreadable complex spaces

Let X be a complex space of dimension n, not necessarily reduced, whose cohomology groups H ¹(X, $ \mathcal{O} $ \mathcal{O} ), ...,H ⁿ⁻¹(X, $ \mathcal{O} $ \mathcal{O} ) are of finite dimension (as complex vector spaces). We show that X is Stein (resp., 1-convex) if, and only if, X is holomorphically spreadable (resp., X is holomorphically spreadable at infinity).     

Σ-definability of uncountable models of <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>-simple theories

We show that each c-simple theory with an additional discreteness condition has an uncountable model Σ-definable in ℍ$ \mathbb{H} $ \mathbb{H} ($ \mathbb{L} $ \mathbb{L} ), where $ \mathbb{L} $ \mathbb{L} is a dense linear order. From this we establish the same for all c-simple theories of finite signature that are submodel complete.     

Explicit sum-product theorems for large subsets of $$ \mathbb{F} $$p

In this note, we use ‘classical’ methods to obtain sum-product theorems for subsets A⊂$ \mathbb{F} $ \mathbb{F} _p .     

Stabilization for the vibrations modeled by the ‘standard linear model’ of viscoelasticity

We study the stabilization of vibrations of a flexible structure modeled by the ‘standard linear model’ of viscoelasticity in a bounded domain in ℝ ⁿ with a smooth boundary. We prove that amplitude of the vibrations remains bounded in the sense of a suitable norm in a space $ \mathbb{X} $ \mathbb{X} , defined explicitly in (22) subject to a restriction on the uncertain disturbing forces on $ \mathbb{X} $ \mathbb{X} . We also estimate the total energy of the system over time interval [0, T] for any T > 0, with a tolerance level of the disturbances. Finally, when the input disturbances are insignificant, uniform exponential stabilization is obtained and an explicit form for the energy decay rate is derived. These results are achieved by a direct method under undamped mixed boundary conditions.     

A$\mathcal{T}$-algebras and extensions of A$\mathbb{T}$-algebras

Lin and Su classified A$ \mathcal{T} $ \mathcal{T} -algebras of real rank zero. This class includes all A$ \mathbb{T} $ \mathbb{T} -algebras of real rank zero as well as many C*-algebras which are not stably finite. An A$ \mathcal{T} $ \mathcal{T} -algebra often becomes an extension of an A$ \mathbb{T} $ \mathbb{T} -algebra by an AF-algebra. In this paper, we show that there is an essential extension of an A$ \mathbb{T} $ \mathbb{T} -algebra by an AF-algebra which is not an A$ \mathcal{T} $ \mathcal{T} -algebra. We describe a characterization of an extension E of an A$ \mathbb{T} $ \mathbb{T} -algebra by an AF-algebra if E is an A$ \mathcal{T} $ \mathcal{T} -algebra.     

A characteristic property of the Euclidean disc

In this paper the following is proved: Let K ⊂ $ \mathbb{E}^2 $ \mathbb{E}^2 be a smooth strictly convex body, and let L ⊂ $ \mathbb{E}^2 $ \mathbb{E}^2 be a line. Assume that for every point x ∈ L/K the two tangent segments from x to K have the same length, and the line joining the two contact points passes through a fixed point in the plane. Then K is an Euclidean disc.     

Cardinalities of definable sets in superstructures over models

We introduce the notion of a superstructure over a model. This is a generalization of the notion of the hereditarily finite superstructure ℍ$ \mathbb{F}\mathfrak{M} $ \mathbb{F}\mathfrak{M} over a model $ \mathfrak{M} $ \mathfrak{M} . We consider the question on cardinalities of definable (interpretable) sets in superstructures over λ-homogeneous and λ-saturated models.     

The Bergman kernel function

In this note, we point out that a large family of n×n matrix valued kernel functions defined on the unit disc $ \mathbb{D} \subseteq \mathbb{C} $ \mathbb{D} \subseteq \mathbb{C} , which were constructed recently in [9], behave like the familiar Bergman kernel function on $ \mathbb{D} $ \mathbb{D} in several different ways. We show that a number of questions involving the multiplication operator on the corresponding Hilbert space of holomorphic functions on $ \mathbb{D} $ \mathbb{D} can be answered using this likeness.