Symmetrization of Closure Operators and Visibility

For an arbitrary set E and a given closure operator , we want to construct a symmetric closure operator via some – possibly infinite – iteration process. If E is finite, the corresponding symmetric closure operator . defines a matroid. If and is the convex closure operator, turns out to be the affine closure operator. Moreover, we apply the symmetrization process to closure operators induced by visibility. Received March 9, 2005     

Hyperbolic Mapping Classes and Their Lifts on the Bers Fiber Space

Let S be a Riemann surface with genus p and n punctures. Assume that 3p - 3 n ＞ 0 and n ≥ 1. Let a be a puncture of S and let (～S) = S ∪ {a}. Then all mapping classes in the mapping class group Mods that fixes the puncture a can be projected to mapping classes of Mod(～S) under the forgetful map. In this paper the author studies the mapping classes in Mods that can be projected to a given hyperbolic mapping class in Mod(～S).     

The Radon-Nikodym Property for Tensor Products of Banach Lattices II

Let φ be an Orlicz function that has a complementary function φ* and let ℓ_φ be an Orlicz sequence space. We prove two results in this paper. Result 1: , the Fremlin projective tensor product of ℓ_φ with a Banach lattice X, has the Radon-Nikodym property if and only if both ℓ_φ and X have the Radon-Nikodym property. Result 2: , the Wittstock injective tensor product of ℓ_φ with a Banach lattice X, has the Radon-Nikodym property if and only if both ℓ_φ and X have the Radon-Nikodym property and each positive continuous linear operator from h_φ* to X is compact. We dedicate this paper to the memory of H. H. Schaefer The first-named author gratefully acknowledges support from the Faculty Research Program of the University of Mississippi in summer 2004.     

On extensions of Pełczyński’s decomposition method in Banach spaces

Let X and Y be Banach spaces such that each of them is isomorphic to a complemented subspace of the other. In 1996, W. T. Gowers solved the Schroeder-Bernstein Problem for Banach spaces by showing that X is not necessarily isomorphic to Y. In this paper, we give suitable conditions on finite sums of X and Y to yield that X^m is isomorphic to Yⁿ for some In other words, we obtain some extensions of the well-known Pełczyński decomposition method in Banach spaces. In order to do this, we introduce the notion of Nearly Schroeder-Bernstein Quadruples for Banach spaces and pose a Conjecture to characterise them. Received: 5 January 2005     

Characterization of nearly Schroeder-Bernstein quadruples for Banach spaces

Let X and Y be Banach spaces such that each of them is isomorphic to a complemented subspace of the other. In 1996, W. T. Gowers solved the Schroeder-Bernstein problem for Banach spaces by showing that X is not necessarily isomorphic to Y . Let (p, q, r, s) be a quadruple in with p + q  ≥  2 and r + s ≥  2. Suppose that for every pair of Banach spaces X and Y isomorphic to complemented subspaces of each other and satisfying the following Decomposition Scheme

Lifting Unitary Elements with Application to Approximately Inner Automorphisms

Let A be a separable unital nuclear simple C＊-algebra with torsion K0 （A）, free K1 （A） and with the UCT. Let T ： A→M（K）/K be a unital homomorphism. We prove that every unitary element in the commutant of T（A） is an exponent, thus it is liftable. We also prove that each automorphism α on E with α ∈ Aut0（A） is approximately inner, where E is a unital essential extension of A by K and α is the automorphism on A induced by α.     

Optimal estimates on rotation number of almost periodic systems

In this paper, we will give some optimal estimates on the rotation number of the linear equation and that of the asymmetric equation: where p(t) and q(t) are almost periodic functions and These estimates are obtained by introducing some kind of new norms in the spaces of almost periodic functions. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 10325102), TRAPOYT-M.O.E. of China (2001), and the National 973 Project of China (no. G1999075108). Received: April 6, 2004; revised: July 7, 2004     

On the Range of the Aluthge Transform

Let be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex separable Hilbert space For an operator let be the Aluthge transform of T and we define for all where T = U|T| is a polar decomposition of T. In this short note, we consider an elementary property of the range of Δ. We prove that R(Δ) is neither closed nor dense in However R(Δ) is strongly dense if is infinite dimensional. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Problem with Critical Sobolev Exponent and with Weight

The authors consider the problem: -div(p▽u) = uq-1 λu, u > 0 inΩ, u = 0 on (?)Ω, whereΩis a bounded domain in Rn, n≥3, p :Ω→R is a given positive weight such that p∈H1 (Ω)∩C(Ω),λis a real constant and q = 2n/n-2, and study the effect of the behavior of p near its minima and the impact of the geometry of domain on the existence of solutions for the above problem.     

Pseudo unitary conformal groups and Clifford algebras for standard pseudo hermitian spaces

This paper, self-contained, deals with pseudo-unitary spin geometry. First, we present pseudo-unitary conformal structures over a 2n-dimensional complex manifold V and the corresponding projective quadrics for standard pseudo-hermitian spaces H_p,q. Then we develop a geometrical presentation of a compactification for pseudo-hermitian standard spaces in order to construct the pseudo-unitary conformal group of H_p,q. We study the topology of the projective quadrics and the “generators” of such projective quadrics. Then we define the space S of spinors canonically associated with the pseudo-hermitian scalar product of signature (2ⁿ⁻¹, 2ⁿ⁻¹). The spinorial group Spin U(p,q) is imbedded into SU(2ⁿ⁻¹, 2ⁿ⁻¹). At last, we study the natural imbeddings of the projective quadrics      

Uniformly summing sets of operators on spaces of vector–valued continuous functions

Let X, Y be Banach spaces. We say that a set is uniformly p–summing if the series is uniformly convergent for whenever (x_n) belongs to . We consider uniformly summing sets of operators defined on a -space and prove, in case X does not contain a copy of c₀, that is uniformly summing iff is, where T (φ x) = (T^#φ) x for all and x∈X. We also characterize the sets with the property that is uniformly summing viewed in . Received: 1 July 2005     

The normal subgroup structure of the extended Hecke groups

We consider the extended Hecke groups generated by T(z) = −1/z, S(z) = −1/(z + λ) and R(z) = 1/z with λ ≥ 2. In this paper, firstly, we study the fundamental region of the extended Hecke groups . Then, we determine the abstract group structure of the commutator subgroups , the even subgroup , and the power subgroups of the extended Hecke groups . Also, finally, we give some relations between them.     

Semisimplicity of Some Class of Operator Algebras on Banach Space

Let G be a locally compact abelian group and let be a representation of G by means of isometries on a Banach space. We define W_T as the closure with respect to the weak operator topology of the set where is the Fourier transform of f ∈L¹(G) with respect to the group T. Then W_T is a commutative Banach algebra. In this paper we study semisimlicity problem for such algebras. The main result is that if the Arveson spectrum sp(T) of T is scattered (i.e. it does not contain a nonempty perfect subset) then the algebra W_T is semisimple. Some related problems are also discussed.     

Exponentiating a Bundle of Linear Operators

This paper deals with the concept of exponentiability for a special class of multivalued maps. To be more precise, we discuss the exponentiability of a multivalued map F: X⇉X expressible in the form F(x) = {Ax:A ∈ Ξ}, with Ξ denoting a collection of linear continuous operators defined on a Banach space X. Among other results, we prove that, under suitable assumptions on Ξ, the Painlevé–Kuratowski limit

<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>-bounded Representations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)

We investigate R-bounded representations , where X is a Banach space and G is a lca group. Observing that Ψ induces a (strongly continuous) group homomorphism , we are then able to analyze certain classical homomorphisms U (e.g. translations in L^p (G)) from the viewpoint of R-boundedness and the theory of scalar-type spectral operators. Dedicated to the memory of H. H. Schaefer     

Generalizations of Pełczyński’s decomposition method for Banach spaces containing a complemented copy of their squares

Suppose that X and Y are Banach spaces isomorphic to complemented subspaces of each other. In 1996, W. T. Gowers solved the Schroeder-Bernstein Problem for Banach spaces by showing that X is not necessarily isomorphic to Y. However, if X ² is complemented in X with supplement A and Y ² is complemented in Y with supplement B, that is,

On the closed Lie ideals of certainC *-algebras

In this article we determine the closed Lie ideals of a uniformly hyperfiniteC ^*-algebra, and of the tensor product of such an algebra withC(X), the space of continuous functions on a compact, Hausdorff space. This is done by localizing the Lie ideals in algebras of the form , where is an algebra over a field of characteristic not equal to 2.This research is partially supported by NSERC (Canada)     

A Geometric Problem and the Hopf Lemma. Ⅱ

Abstract A classical result of A. D. Alexandrov states that a connected compact smooth n-dimensional manifold without boundary, embedded in ℝⁿ⁺¹, and such that its mean curvature is constant, is a sphere. Here we study the problem of symmetry of M in a hyperplane X_n+1 =constant in case M satisfies: for any two points (X′,X_n+1), on M, with , the mean curvature at the first is not greater than that at the second. Symmetry need not always hold, but in this paper, we establish it under some additional conditions. Some variations of the Hopf Lemma are also presented. Several open problems are described. Part I dealt with corresponding one dimensional problems. (Dedicated to the memory of Shiing-Shen Chern) * Partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0401118.     

Lévy White Noise Calculus Based on Interaction Exponents

Consider the Lévy white noise space where is the space of Schwartz tempered distributions over and μ is a Lévy white noise measure lifted from a one-dimensional infinitely divisible distribution with finite moments. The classical polynomials of Meixner's type are distinguished through a special form of their generating functions. By lifting the generating function of Meixner orthogonal polynomials, we construct the renormalization kernels explicitly in a unified way. Moreover, we define inner products in n-particle spaces in terms of traces on the ‘diagonals’ and obtain a unified explicit chaotic representation of Lévy–Meixner white noise functionals in terms of interacting Fock spaces. The interacting feature is completely determined by a function g which is referred to as ‘interaction exponent’. This method enables us to easily recapture the general form of Lévy–Meixner field operators. ★Project 10171035 and 10401011 Supported by NSFC.