Fourth-order Schrödinger type operator with singular potentials

We prove that a deformation of a hypersurface in an (n + 1)-dimensional real space form \({{\mathbb S}^{n+1}_{p,1}}\) induces a Hamiltonian variation of the normal congruence in the space \({{\mathbb L}({\mathbb S}^{n+1}_{p,1})}\) of oriented geodesics. As an application, we show that every Hamiltonian minimal submanifold in \({{\mathbb L}({\mathbb S}^{n+1})}\) (resp. \({{\mathbb L}({\mathbb H}^{n+1})}\)) with respect to the (para-)Kähler Einstein structure is locally the normal congruence of a hypersurface \({\Sigma}\) in \({{\mathbb S}^{n+1}}\) (resp. \({{\mathbb H}^{n+1}}\)) that is a critical point of the functional \({{\mathcal W}(\Sigma) = \int_\Sigma\left(\Pi_{i=1}^n|\epsilon+k_i^2|\right)^{1/2}}\), where k_i denote the principal curvatures of \({\Sigma}\) and \({\epsilon \in \{-1, 1\}}\). In addition, for \({n = 2}\), we prove that every Hamiltonian minimal surface in \({{\mathbb L}({\mathbb S}^{3})}\) (resp. \({{\mathbb L}({\mathbb H}^{3})}\)), with respect to the (para-)Kähler conformally flat structure, is the normal congruence of a surface in \({{\mathbb S}^{3}}\) (resp. \({{\mathbb H}^{3}}\)) that is a critical point of the functional \({{\mathcal W}\prime(\Sigma) = \int_\Sigma\sqrt{H^2-K+1}}\) (resp. \({{\mathcal W}\prime(\Sigma) = \int_\Sigma\sqrt{H^2-K-1}}\)), where H and K denote, respectively, the mean and Gaussian curvature of \({\Sigma}\).     

Stability of volume comparison for complex convex bodies

We prove the stability of the affirmative part of the solution to the complex Busemann–Petty problem. Namely, if K and L are origin-symmetric convex bodies in \({{\mathbb C}^n}\), n = 2 or n = 3, \({\varepsilon >0 }\) and \({{\rm Vol}_{2n-2}(K\cap H) \le {\rm Vol}_{2n-2}(L \cap H) + \varepsilon}\) for any complex hyperplane H in \({{\mathbb C}^n}\) , then \({({\rm Vol}_{2n}(K))^{\frac{n-1}n}\le({\rm Vol}_{2n}(L))^{\frac{n-1}n} + \varepsilon}\) , where Vol_2n is the volume in \({{\mathbb C}^n}\) , which is identified with \({{\mathbb R}^{2n}}\) in the natural way.     

The Schur functor on tensor powers

Let M be a left module for the Schur algebra S(n, r), and let \({s \in \mathbb{Z}^+}\) . Then \({M^{\otimes s}}\) is a \({(S(n,\,rs), F{\mathfrak{S}_{s}})}\) -bimodule, where the symmetric group \({{\mathfrak{S}_s}}\) on s letters acts on the right by place permutations. We show that the Schur functor f _rs sends \({M^{\otimes s}}\) to the \({(F{\mathfrak{S}_{rs}},F{\mathfrak{S}_s})}\) -bimodule \({F\mathfrak{S}_{rs}\otimes_{F(\mathfrak{S}_{r}\wr{\mathfrak{S}_s})} ((f_rM)^{\otimes s}\otimes_{F} F{\mathfrak{S}_s})}\) . As a corollary, we obtain the image under the Schur functor of the Lie power L ^s (M), exterior power \({\bigwedge^s(M)}\) of M and symmetric power S ^s (M).     

On EA-equivalence of certain permutations to power mappings

In this paper we investigate the existence of permutation polynomials of the form x ^d  + L(x) on \({{\mathbb{F}_{2^n}}}\) , where \({{L(x)\in\mathbb{F}_{2^n}[x]}}\) is a linearized polynomial. It is shown that for some special d with gcd(d, 2 ⁿ ?1) > 1, x ^d  + L(x) is nerve a permutation on \({{\mathbb{F}_{2^n}}}\) for any linearized polynomial \({{L(x)\in\mathbb{F}_{2^n}[x]}}\) . For the Gold functions \({{x^{2^i+1}}}\) , it is shown that \({{x^{2^i+1}+L(x)}}\) is a permutation on \({{\mathbb{F}_{2^n}}}\) if and only if n is odd and \({{L(x)=\alpha^{2^i}x+\alpha x^{2^i}}}\) for some \({{\alpha\in\mathbb{F}_{2^n}^{*}}}\) . We also disprove a conjecture in (Macchetti Addendum to on the generalized linear equivalence of functions over finite fields. Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report2004/347, 2004) in a very simple way. At last some interesting results concerning permutation polynomials of the form x ^?1 + L(x) are given.     

The Representation of a C0-Semigroup of Linear Operators in a Banach Space on the Set of Entire Vectors of its Generator

For a C₀-semigroup \({\{U(t)\}_{t \geq 0}}\) of linear operators in a Banach space \({{\mathfrak{B}}}\) with generator A, we describe the set of elements \({x \in {\mathfrak{B}}}\) whose orbits U(t)x can be extended to entire \({{\mathfrak{B}}}\)-valued functions of a finite order and a finite type, and establish the conditions under which this set is dense in \({{\mathfrak{B}}}\). The Hille problem of finding vectors \({x \in {\mathfrak{B}}}\) such that there exists the limit \({\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\left(I + \frac{tA}{n}\right)^{n}x}\) is also solved in the paper. We prove that this limit exists if and only if x is an entire vector of the operator A, and if this is the case, then it coincides with U(t)x.     

On the existence of self-complementary and non-self-complementary strongly regular graphs with Paley parameters

For p an odd prime, let \({{\mathcal A}_{p}}\) be the complete classical affine association scheme whose associate classes correspond to parallel classes of lines in the classical affine plane AG(2, p). It is known that \({{\mathcal A}_{p}}\) is an amorphic association scheme. We investigate rank 3 fusion schemes of \({{\mathcal A}_{p}}\) whose basis graphs have the same parameters as the Paley graphs \({P(p^{2})}\). In contrast to the Paley graphs, the great majority of graphs we detect are non-self-complementary and non-Schurian. In particular, existence of non-self-complementary graphs with Paley parameters is established for \({p \ge 17}\), with an analogous existence result for non-Schurian such graphs when \({p \ge 11}\). We demonstrate that the number of self-complementary and non-self-complementary strongly regular graphs with Paley parameters grows rapidly as \({p \to \infty}\).     

Frame completions with prescribed norms: local minimizers and applications

Let \(\mathcal {F}_{0}=\{f_{i}\}_{i\in \mathbb {I}_{n_{0}}}\) be a finite sequence of vectors in \(\mathbb {C}^{d}\) and let \(\mathbf {a}=(a_{i})_{i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}}\) be a finite sequence of positive numbers, where \(\mathbb {I}_{n}=\{1,\ldots , n\}\) for \(n\in \mathbb {N}\). We consider the completions of \(\mathcal {F}_{0}\) of the form \(\mathcal {F}=(\mathcal {F}_{0},\mathcal {G})\) obtained by appending a sequence \(\mathcal {G}=\{g_{i}\}_{i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}}\) of vectors in \(\mathbb {C}^{d}\) such that ∥g _i ∥² = a _i for \(i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}\), and endow the set of completions with the metric \(d(\mathcal {F},\tilde {\mathcal {F}}) =\max \{ \,\|g_{i}-\tilde {g}_{i}\|: \ i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}\}\) where \(\tilde {\mathcal {F}}=(\mathcal {F}_{0},\,\tilde {\mathcal {G}})\). In this context we show that local minimizers on the set of completions of a convex potential P _φ , induced by a strictly convex function φ, are also global minimizers. In case that φ(x) = x ² then P _φ is the so-called frame potential introduced by Benedetto and Fickus, and our work generalizes several well known results for this potential. We show that there is an intimate connection between frame completion problems with prescribed norms and frame operator distance (FOD) problems. We use this connection and our results to settle in the affirmative a generalized version of Strawn’s conjecture on the FOD.     

On the Dual Form of ‘Low <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis><Superscript>*</Superscript> Estimate’ in the Quasi-convex Case

Let\(B_{2}^{n}\) denote the Euclidean ball in\({\mathbb R}^n\), and, given closed star-shaped body\(K \subset {\mathbb R}^{n}, M_{K}\) denote the average of the gauge of K on the Euclidean sphere. Let\(p \in (0,1)\) and let\(K \subset {\mathbb R}^{n}\) be a p-convex body. In [17] we proved that for every\(\lambda \in (0,1)\) there exists an orthogonal projection P of rank\((1 - \lambda)n\) such that

$\frac{f(\lambda)}{M_K} PB^{n}_{2} \subset PK,$

where\(f(\lambda)=c_p\lambda^{1+1/p}\) for some positive constant c _p depending on p only. In this note we prove that\(f(\lambda)\) can be taken equal to\(C_p\lambda^{1/p-1/2}\). In terms of Kolmogorov numbers it means that for every\(k \leq n\)

$d_k (\hbox{Id}:\ell^{n}_{2} \to ({\mathbb R}^{n},\|\cdot\|_{K})) \leq C_p \frac{n^{1/p-1}}{k^{1/p-1/2}} \ell(\hbox{ID}: \ell^{n}_{2} \to ({\mathbb R}^{n}, \|\cdot\|_{K})),$

where\(\ell(\hbox{Id})={\bf E}\|\sum\limits^{n}_{i=1}g_i e_i\|_K\) for the independent standard Gaussian random variables\(\{g_i\}\) and the canonical basis\(\{e_i\}\) of\({\mathbb R}^n\). All results do not require the symmetry of K.

     

Geometric and probabilistic analysis of convex bodies with unconditional structures,and associated spaces of operators

Let \({{\|\cdot\|}}\) be a norm on \({\mathbb{R}^n}\) and \({\|.\|_*}\) be the dual norm. If \({\|\cdot\|}\) has a normalized 1-symmetric basis \({\{e_i\}_{i=1}^n}\) then the following inequalities hold: for all \({x,y\in \mathbb{R}^n}\), \({\|x\|\cdot\|y\|_*\le \max(\|x\|_1\cdot\|y\|_\infty,\|x\|_\infty\cdot\|y\|_1)}\) and if the basis is only 1-unconditional and normalized then for all \({x \in \mathbb{R}^n}\) , \({\|x\|+\|x\|_{*}\leq \|x\|_1+\|x\|_\infty}\) . We consider other geometric generalizations and apply these results to get, as a special case, estimates on best random embeddings of k-dimensional Hilbert spaces in the spaces of nuclear operators \({{\mathcal N}(K,K)}\) of dimension n ², for all k = [λn ²] and 0 < λ < 1. We obtain universal upper bounds independent on the 1-symmetric norm \({\|.\|}\) for the products of pth moments

$\left( {\mathbb{E}} \left\|\sum_{i=1}^n f_i(\omega)\,e_i\right\|^p\cdot\, \mathbb {E} \left\|\sum_{i=1}^n f_i(\omega)\,e_i\right\|_*^p\right)^{1/p}$

for independent random variables {f _i (ω)}, and 1 ≤ p < ∞.

     

Remarks on the Trotter–Kato Product Formula for Unitary Groups

Let A and B be non-negative self-adjoint operators in a separable Hilbert space such that their form sum C is densely defined. It is shown that the Trotter product formula holds for imaginary parameter values in the L ²-norm, that is, one has

$ \lim_{n\to+\infty} \int\limits^T_{-T} \left\|\left(e^{-itA/n}e^{-itB/n} \right)^nh - e^{-itC}h\right\|^2dt = 0 $

for each element h of the Hilbert space and any T > 0. This result is extended to the class of holomorphic Kato functions, to which the exponential function belongs. Moreover, for a class of admissible functions: \({\phi(\cdot),\psi(\cdot):{\mathbb R}_+ \longrightarrow {\mathbb C}}\), where \({{\mathbb R}_+ := [0,\infty)}\), satisfying in addition \({{\Re{\rm e}}\,(\phi(y))\ge 0, {\Im{\rm m}}\,(\phi(y) \le 0}\) and \({{\Im{\rm m}}\,(\psi(y)) \le 0}\) for \({y \in {\mathbb R}_+}\), we prove that

$ \,\mbox{\rm s-}\hspace{-2pt} \lim_{n\to\infty}(\phi(tA/n)\psi(tB/n))^n = e^{-itC} $

holds true uniformly on \({[0,T]\ni t}\) for any T > 0.

     

Subdivision schemes with polynomially decaying masks

In this paper we investigate the L ₂-solutions of vector refinement equations with polynomially decaying masks and a general dilation matrix, which plays a vital role for characterizations of wavelets and biorthogonal wavelets with infinite support. A vector refinement equation with polynomially decaying masks and a general dilation matrix is the form:

$ \phi(x)=\sum_{\alpha\in\Bbb Z^s}a(\alpha)\medspace\phi(Mx-\alpha),\quad x\in\Bbb R^s, $

where the vector of functions \(\phi=(\phi_{1},\cdots,\phi_{r})^{T}\) is in \((L_{2}(\Bbb R^s))^{r},\) \(a:=(a(\alpha))_{\alpha\in\Bbb Z^s}\) is a polynomially decaying sequence of r×r matrices called refinement mask and M is an s×s integer matrix such that \(\lim_{n\to\infty}M^{-n}=0.\) The corresponding cascade operator on \((L_2(\Bbb R^s))^r\) is given by:

$ Q_{a}f(x):=\sum_{\alpha\in\Bbb Z^s}a(\alpha)f(Mx-\alpha),\quad x\in\Bbb R^s, \quad f=(f_1,...,f_r)^T\in (L_2(\Bbb R^s))^r. $

The iterative scheme \((Q_a^nf)_{n=1,2,\cdots,}\) is called vector cascade algorithm. In this paper we give a complete characterization of convergence of the sequence \((Q_a^nf)_{n=1,2\cdots}\) in L ₂-norm. Some properties of the transition operator restricted to a certain linear space are discussed. As an application of convergence, we also obtain a characterization of smoothness of solutions of refinement equation mentioned above for the case r?=?1.

     

Abelian covers of alternating groups

Let \({C={\rm inf} (k/n)\sum_{i=1}^n x_i(x_{i+1}+\cdots+x_{i+k})^{-1}}\), where the infimum is taken over all pairs of integers \({n\geq k\geq 1}\) and all positive \({x_1,\ldots,x_n}\), \({x_{n+i}=x_i}\). We prove that \({\ln 2 \leq C < 0.9305}\). In the definition of the constant C, the operation \({{\rm inf}_{k}\, {\rm inf}_{n}\, {\rm inf}_{x}}\) can be replaced by \({{\rm lim}_{k \to \infty}\, {\rm lim}_{n \to \infty} {\rm inf}_{x}}\).     

On behavior of Fourier coefficients by Walsh system

The paper proves that for any ε > 0 there exists ameasurable set E ? [0, 1] with measure |E| > 1 ? ε such that for each f ∈ L¹[0, 1] there is a function \(\tilde f \in {L^1}\left[ {0,1} \right]\) coinciding with f on E whose Fourier-Walsh series converges to \(\tilde f\) in L¹[0, 1]-norm, and the sequence \(\left\{ {\left| {{c_k}\left( {\tilde f} \right)} \right|} \right\}_{n = 0}^\infty \) is monotonically decreasing, where \(\left\{ {{c_k}\left( {\tilde f} \right)} \right\}\) is the sequence of Fourier-Walsh coefficients of \(\left\{ {\left| {{c_k}\left( {\tilde f} \right)} \right|} \right\}_{n = 0}^\infty \).     

Couplings of Brownian Motions of Deterministic Distance in Model Spaces of Constant Curvature

We consider the model space \(\mathbb {M}^{n}_{K}\) of constant curvature K and dimension \(n\ge 1\) (Euclidean space for \(K=0\), sphere for \(K>0\) and hyperbolic space for \(K<0\)), and we show that given a function \(\rho :[0,\infty )\rightarrow [0, \infty )\) with \(\rho (0)=\mathrm {dist}(x,y)\) there exists a coadapted coupling (X(t), Y(t)) of Brownian motions on \(\mathbb {M}^{n}_{K}\) starting at (x, y) such that \(\rho (t)=\mathrm {dist}(X(t),Y(t))\) for every \(t\ge 0\) if and only if \(\rho \) is continuous and satisfies for almost every \(t\ge 0\) the differential inequality

$$\begin{aligned} -(n-1)\sqrt{K}\tan \left( \tfrac{\sqrt{K}\rho (t)}{2}\right) \le \rho '(t)\le -(n-1)\sqrt{K}\tan \left( \tfrac{\sqrt{K}\rho (t)}{2}\right) +\tfrac{2(n-1)\sqrt{K}}{\sin (\sqrt{K}\rho (t))}. \end{aligned}$$

In other words, we characterize all coadapted couplings of Brownian motions on the model space \(\mathbb {M}^{n}_{K}\) for which the distance between the processes is deterministic. In addition, the construction of the coupling is explicit for every choice of \(\rho \) satisfying the above hypotheses.

     

Inflation of Finite Lattices Along All-or-nothing Sets

We introduce a new generalization of Alan Day’s doubling construction. For ordered sets \(\mathcal {L}\) and \(\mathcal {K}\) and a subset \(E \subseteq \ \leq _{\mathcal {L}}\) we define the ordered set \(\mathcal {L} \star _{E} \mathcal {K}\) arising from inflation of \(\mathcal {L}\) along E by \(\mathcal {K}\). Under the restriction that \(\mathcal {L}\) and \(\mathcal {K}\) are finite lattices, we find those subsets \(E \subseteq \ \leq _{\mathcal {L}}\) such that the ordered set \(\mathcal {L} \star _{E} \mathcal {K}\) is a lattice. Finite lattices that can be constructed in this way are classified in terms of their congruence lattices.A finite lattice is binary cut-through codable if and only if there exists a 0?1 spanning chain \(\left \{\theta _{i}\colon 0 \leq i \leq n \right \}\) in \(Con(\mathcal {L})\) such that the cardinality of the largest block of ?? _i /?? _i?1 is 2 for every i with 1≤i≤n. These are exactly the lattices that can be constructed by inflation from the 1-element lattice using only the 2-element lattice. We investigate the structure of binary cut-through codable lattices and describe an infinite class of lattices that generate binary cut-through codable varieties.     

Finite Gap Jacobi Matrices,III. Beyond the Szegő Class

Let \({\frak {e}}\subset {\mathbb {R}}\) be a finite union of ?+1 disjoint closed intervals, and denote by ω _j the harmonic measure of the j left-most bands. The frequency module for \({\frak {e}}\) is the set of all integral combinations of ω ₁,…,ω _? . Let \(\{\tilde{a}_{n}, \tilde{b}_{n}\}_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\) be a point in the isospectral torus for \({\frak {e}}\) and \(\tilde{p}_{n}\) its orthogonal polynomials. Let \(\{a_{n},b_{n}\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a half-line Jacobi matrix with \(a_{n} = \tilde{a}_{n} + \delta a_{n}\), \(b_{n} = \tilde{b}_{n} +\delta b_{n}\). Suppose

$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \lvert \delta a_n\rvert ^2 + \lvert \delta b_n\rvert ^2 <\infty $

and \(\sum_{n=1}^{N} e^{2\pi i\omega n} \delta a_{n}\), \(\sum_{n=1}^{N} e^{2\pi i\omega n} \delta b_{n}\) have finite limits as N→∞ for all ω in the frequency module. If, in addition, these partial sums grow at most subexponentially with respect to ω, then for z∈???, \(p_{n}(z)/\tilde{p}_{n}(z)\) has a limit as n→∞. Moreover, we show that there are non-Szeg? class J’s for which this holds.

     

Schatten-Herz Operators,Berezin Transform and Mixed Norm Spaces

For p, q > 0 we study operators T on the Bergman space \({A_{2}(\mathbb{D)}}\) in the disk such that \({\left(\sum_{j}\Vert T\Delta_{j}\Vert_{p}^{q}\right)^{1/q}<\infty,}\) where the norms \({\Vert\cdot\Vert_{p}}\) are in the Schatten class S _p (A ₂), the projection \({\Delta_{j}f=\sum_{n\in I_{j}}a_{n}z^{n}}\) for \({f(z)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}z^{n}}\) and \({I_{j}=[2^{j}-1,2^{j+1} )\cap(\mathbb{N}\cup\{0\})}\) for \({j\in\mathbb{N}\cup\{0\}.}\) We consider the relation of this property with mixed norms of the Berezin transform of T and of the related function \({f_{T}(z)={\Vert}T(k_{z})\Vert}\) where k _z is the normalized Bergman kernel. These classes of operators denoted by S(p, q) are closely related when assumed to be positive with other sets of operators, like the class of positive operators on A ₂ for which \({\left(\sum_{j\geq0}(\sum_{n\in I_{j}}|\left\langle T^pe_{n},e_{n}\right\rangle |)^{q/p}\right)^{1/q}<\infty}\) , where \({\{e_{n}\}_{n\geq0}}\) is the canonical basis of A ₂; also we study the relation of Toeplitz operators in S(p, q) with the Schatten-Herz classes, where the decomposition is through dyadic annuli of the domain \({\mathbb{D}}\) .     

Uniqueness of self-shrinkers to the degree-one curvature flow with a tangent cone at infinity

Given a smooth, symmetric and homogeneous of degree one function \(f\left( \lambda _{1},\ldots ,\lambda _{n}\right) \) satisfying \(\partial _{i}f>0\quad \forall \,i=1,\ldots , n\), and a properly embedded smooth cone \({\mathcal {C}}\) in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n+1}\), we show that under suitable conditions on f, there is at most one f self-shrinker (i.e. a hypersurface \(\Sigma \) in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n+1}\) satisfying \(f\left( \kappa _{1},\ldots ,\kappa _{n}\right) +\frac{1}{2}X\cdot N=0\), where \(\kappa _{1},\ldots ,\kappa _{n}\) are principal curvatures of \(\Sigma \)) that is asymptotic to the given cone \({\mathcal {C}}\) at infinity.     

Estimates for coefficients of certain <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-functions

Let \(\pi _{\varphi }\) (or \(\pi _{\psi }\)) be an automorphic cuspidal representation of \(\text {GL}_{2} (\mathbb {A}_{\mathbb {Q}})\) associated to a primitive Maass cusp form \(\varphi \) (or \(\psi \)), and \(\mathrm{sym}^j \pi _{\varphi }\) be the jth symmetric power lift of \(\pi _{\varphi }\). Let \(a_{\mathrm{sym}^j \pi _{\varphi }}(n)\) denote the nth Dirichlet series coefficient of the principal L-function associated to \(\mathrm{sym}^j \pi _{\varphi }\). In this paper, we study first moments of Dirichlet series coefficients of automorphic representations \(\mathrm{sym}^3 \pi _{\varphi }\) of \(\text {GL}_{4}(\mathbb {A}_{\mathbb {Q}})\), and \(\pi _{\psi }\otimes \mathrm{sym}^2 \pi _{\varphi }\) of \(\text {GL}_{6}(\mathbb {A}_{\mathbb {Q}})\). For \(3 \le j \le 8\), estimates for \(|a_{\mathrm{sym}^j \pi _{\varphi }}(n)|\) on average over a short interval have also been established.     

Riesz Transform Characterizations of Hardy Spaces Associated to Degenerate Elliptic Operators

Let \({L_{w}}{:=-w^{-1}{\rm div}(A\nabla)}\) be the degenerate elliptic operator on the Euclidean space \({{\mathbb{R}^{n}}}\), where w is a Muckenhoupt \({A_{2}({\mathbb{R}^{n}})}\) weight. In this article, the authors establish the Riesz transform characterization of the Hardy space \({H^{p}_{L_{w}}({\mathbb{R}}^{n})}\) associated with L_w, for \({w \in A_{q}({\mathbb{R}}^{n}) \cap RH_{\frac{n}{n-2}}({\mathbb{R}^{n}})}\) with \({n \geq 3}\), \({q \in [1,2]}\) and \({p \in (q(\frac{1}{r}+\frac{q-1}{2}+\frac{1}{n})^{-1},1]}\) if, for some \({r \in (1,\,2]}\), \({{\{tL_w e^{-tL_w}\}}_{t\geq 0}}\) satisfies the weighted \({L^{r}-L^{2}}\) full off-diagonal estimates.