The classical Banach spaces

In this paper we study some structural and geometric properties of the quotient Banach spaces , where is an arbitrary set, is an Orlicz function, is the corresponding Orlicz space on and , being the ideal of elements with finite support. The results we obtain here extend and complete the ones obtained by Leonard and Whitfield (Rocky Mountain J. Math. 13 (1983), 531-539). We show that is not a dual space, that , if for every , that has no smooth points, that it cannot be renormed equivalently with a strictly convex or smooth norm, that is a Grothendieck space, etc.

     

Invertibility preserving linear maps on

For Banach spaces and , we show that every unital bijective invertibility preserving linear map between and is a Jordan isomorphism. The same conclusion holds for maps between and .

     

Examples of asymptotic Banach spaces

Two examples of asymptotic Banach spaces are given. The first, , has an unconditional basis and is arbitrarily distortable. The second, , does not contain any unconditional basic sequence. Both are spaces of the type of Tsirelson's.

     

Nonnormal spaces with countable extent

Examples of spaces are constructed for which is not normal but all closed discrete subsets are countable. A monolithic example is constructed in ZFC and a separable first countable example is constructed using .

     

The

In this paper we analyze the localization of , the fiber of the double suspension map , with respect to . If four cells at the bottom of , the th extended power spectrum of the Moore spectrum, are collapsed to a point, then one obtains a spectrum . Let be the James-Hopf map followed by the collapse map. Then we show that the secondary suspension map has a lifting to the fiber of and this lifting is shown to be a -periodic equivalence, hence an -equivalence.

     

Gaps in

For a partial order , let denote the statement that for every -increasing -sequence there is a -decreasing -sequence on top of such that is an -gap in . The main result of this paper is that . It is also shown, as a corollary, that but .

     

Calibrated thin

Let be a compact metric space, and let be a calibrated thin -ideal. Then is . This solves an open problem, which was posed by Kechris, Louveau and Woodin. Using our result we obtain a new proof of Kaufman's theorem concerning -sets and -sets.

     

without sharps

We show that the supremum of the lengths of prewellorderings of the reals can be , with inaccessible to reals, assuming only the consistency of an inaccessible.

     

Steiner systems

It is proved that there are precisely 4204 pairwise non-isomorphic Steiner systems invariant under the group and which can be constructed using only short orbits.

It is further proved that there are precisely 38717 pairwise non-isomorphic Steiner systems invariant under the group and which can be constructed using only short orbits.

     

Paranormal spaces under

We prove that paranormal spaces of character are -
collectionwise Hausdorff assuming the set-theoretic principle . This gives an affirmative answer to problem 197 in Problems I wish I could solve, by W. S. Watson (Open Problems in Topology (1990), 37-76).

     

Exotic cohomology for

We show that for the mod group cohomology of is not detected on diagonal matrices.

     

The Diophantine equation

An effective method is derived for solving the equation of the title in positive integers and for given completely, and is carried out for all . If is of the form , then there is the solution , ; in the above range, except for with solution , , there are no other solutions.

     

Noncommutative spaces

Let be a von Neumann algebra with a faithful, finite, normal tracial state , and let be a finite, maximal subdiagonal algebra of . Let be the closure of in the noncommutative Lebesgue space . Then possesses several of the properties of the classical Hardy space on the circle, including a commutant lifting theorem, some results on Toeplitz operators, an factorization theorem, Nehari's Theorem, and harmonic conjugates which are bounded.

     

A note on

There is only one pair of non-real zeros of , and of , in the left half-plane. The Riemann Hypothesis implies that and have no zeros in the strip .

     

Normal subgroups of

We classify the normal subgroups of of index less than 960; they are all congruence subgroups.

     

Polynomial continuity on

A mapping between Banach spaces is said to be polynomially continuous if its restriction to any bounded set is uniformly continuous for the weak polynomial topology. A Banach space has property (RP) if given two bounded sequences , we have that for every polynomial on whenever for every polynomial on ; i.e., the restriction of every polynomial on to each bounded set is uniformly sequentially continuous for the weak polynomial topology. We show that property (RP) does not imply that every scalar valued polynomial on must be polynomially continuous.

     

Conjugate points in

An example of a geodesic in with conjugate points is given, thus providing an affirmative answer to a question of V.I. Arnold.