Higher-order polynomial invariants of 3-manifolds giving lower bounds for the Thurston norm

We define an infinite sequence of new invariants, δ_n, of a group G that measure the size of the successive quotients of the derived series of G. In the case that G is the fundamental group of a 3-manifold, we obtain new 3-manifold invariants. These invariants are closely related to the topology of the 3-manifold. They give lower bounds for the Thurston norm which provide better estimates than the bound established by McMullen using the Alexander norm. We also show that the δ_n give obstructions to a 3-manifold fibering over S¹ and to a 3-manifold being Seifert fibered. Moreover, we show that the δ_n give computable algebraic obstructions to a 4-manifold of the form X×S¹ admitting a symplectic structure even when the obstructions given by the Seiberg-Witten invariants fail. There are also applications to the minimal ropelength and genera of knots and links in S³.     

The parity of the Cochran-Harvey invariants of 3-manifolds

Given a finitely presented group and an epimorphism Cochran and Harvey defined a sequence of invariants , which can be viewed as the degrees of higher-order Alexander polynomials. Cochran and Harvey showed that (up to a minor modification) this is a never decreasing sequence of numbers if is the fundamental group of a 3-manifold with empty or toroidal boundary. Furthermore they showed that these invariants give lower bounds on the Thurston norm.

Using a certain Cohn localization and the duality of Reidemeister torsion we show that for a fundamental group of a 3-manifold any jump in the sequence is necessarily even. This answers in particular a question of Cochran. Furthermore using results of Turaev we show that under a mild extra hypothesis the parity of the Cochran-Harvey invariant agrees with the parity of the Thurston norm.

     

Upper and lower bounds on norms of functions of matrices

Given an n by n matrix A, we look for a set S in the complex plane and positive scalars m and M such that for all functions p bounded and analytic on S and throughout a neighborhood of each eigenvalue of A, the inequalities

m·inf{‖f‖_L^∞(S):f(A)=p(A)}?‖p(A)‖?M·inf{‖f‖_L^∞(S):f(A)=p(A)}     

Research problem: on the norms of infinite Cauchy-Toeplitz-plus-Cauchy-Hankel matrices

We give a conjecture and research problem related to ℓ_p operator and spectral norms of the matrix T_n + H_n.     

Boundedness for iterated commutators on the mixed norm spaces

This paper studies the iterated commutators on mixed norm spaces L²(?) characterizing the conjugate holomorphic symbols for which the corresponding iterated commutators are bounded by using the Bergman geometry, properties of holomorphic functions and related analysis.     

Approximating composition operator norms on the Dirichlet space

Let φ be any univalent self-map of the unit disk D whose image Ω≡φ(D) is compactly contained in D. We provide a method for approximating the norm of the composition operator Cφ on the Dirichlet space to any desired degree of accuracy. The approximation uses a special basis which is orthogonal in both the Bergman space on the disk and the Bergman space on Ω.     

A class of integral operators on mixed norm spaces in the unit ball

This article provided some sufficient or necessary conditions for a class of integral operators to be bounded on mixed norm spaces in the unit ball. The author is supported in part by the NNSF China (No. 10671115), grants from Specialized Research Fund for the doctoral program of Higher Education (No. 20060560002) and NSF of Guangdong Province (No. 06105468).     

Boundedness of the Cesàro operator on mixed norm spaces

In this note, the boundedness of the Cesàro operator on mixed norm space , , is proved.

     

Remarks on the lower bounds for the average genus

Let G be a graph of maximum degree at most four. By using the overlap matrix method which is introduced by B. Mohar, we show that the average genus of G is not less than 1/3 of its maximum genus, and the bound is best possible. Also, a new lower bound of average genus in terms of girth is derived.     

Improved lower bounds on the length of Davenport-Schinzel sequences

We derive lower bounds on the maximal length _s(n) of (n, s) Davenport Schinzel sequences. These bounds have the form _2s=1(n)=(n^s(n)), where(n) is the extremely slowly growing functional inverse of the Ackermann function. These bounds extend the nonlinear lower bound ₃ (n)=(n(n)) due to Hart and Sharir [5], and are obtained by an inductive construction based upon the construction given in [5].Work on this paper has been supported by Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-82-K-0381, National Science Foundation Grant No. NSF-DCR-83-20085, and by grants from the Digital Equipment Corporation, and the IBM Corporation.     

Optimal lower bounds for cubature error on the sphere

We show that the worst-case cubature error E(Q_m;H^s) of an m-point cubature rule Q_m for functions in the unit ball of the Sobolev space H^s=H^s(S²),s>1, has the lower bound , where the constant c_s is independent of Q_m and m. This lower bound result is optimal, since we have established in previous work that there exist sequences of cubature rules for which with a constant independent of n. The method of proof is constructive: given the cubature rule Q_m, we construct explicitly a ‘bad’ function f_mH^s, which is a function for which Q_mf_m=0 and . The construction uses results about packings of spherical caps on the sphere.     

Topological lower bounds on the distance between area preserving diffeomorphisms

Area preserving diffeomorphisms of the 2-disk which are Identity near the boundary form a group which can be equipped, using theL ²-norm on its Lie algebra, with a right invariant metric. In this paper we give a lower bound on the distance between diffeomorphisms which is invariant under area preserving changes of coordinates and which improves the lower bound induced by the Calabi invariant. In the case of renormalizable and infinitely renormalizable maps, our estimate can be improved and computed.     

Weighted norm inequalities for the maximal singular integral operators on spaces of homogeneous type

Weighted norm inequalities with general weights are established for the maximal singular integral operators on spaces of homogeneous type, when the kernel satisfies a Hörmander regularity condition on one variable and a Hölder regularity condition on the other variable.     

Boundedness and compactness of an integral operator in a mixed norm space on the polydisk

We study the following integral type operator

$T_g (f)(z) = \int\limits_0^{z_{} } { \cdots \int\limits_0^{z_n } {f(\zeta _1 , \ldots ,\zeta _n )} g(\zeta _1 , \ldots ,\zeta _n )d\zeta _1 , \ldots ,\zeta _n } $

in the space of analytic functions on the unit polydisk U ⁿ in the complex vector space ?ⁿ. We show that the operator is bounded in the mixed norm space

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, with p, q ∈ [1, ∞) and α = (α₁, …, α_n), such that α_j > ?1, for every j = 1, …, n, if and only if \(\sup _{z \in U^n } \prod\nolimits_{j = 1}^n {\left( {1 - \left| {z_j } \right|} \right)} \left| {g(z)} \right| < \infty \). Also, we prove that the operator is compact if and only if \(\lim _{z \to \partial U^n } \prod\nolimits_{j = 1}^n {\left( {1 - \left| {z_j } \right|} \right)} \left| {g(z)} \right| = 0\).

     

Improved lower bounds on the total variation distance for the Poisson approximation

New lower bounds on the total variation distance between the distribution of a sum of independent Bernoulli random variables and the Poisson random variable (with the same mean) are derived via the Chen–Stein method. The new bounds rely on a non-trivial modification of the analysis by Barbour and Hall (1984) which surprisingly gives a significant improvement. A use of the new lower bounds is addressed.     

Coefficient multipliers of mixed norm space in the ball Dedicated to Professor Sheng GONG on the occasion of his 75th birthday

In the paper, we characterize the coefficient multiplier spaces of mixed norm spaces (Hp,q((?)1),Hu,v((?)2)) for the values of p, q, u, v in three cases: (i)0相似文献   

Optimal lower bounds on asymptotic support propagation rates for the thin-film equation

We derive lower bounds on asymptotic support propagation rates for strong solutions of the Cauchy problem for the thin-film equation. The bounds coincide up to a constant factor with the previously known upper bounds and thus are sharp. Our results hold in case of at most three spatial dimensions and n∈(1,2.92)$n\in (1,2.92)$. The result is established using weighted backward entropy inequalities with singular weight functions to yield a differential inequality; combined with some entropy production estimates, the optimal rate of propagation is obtained. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first lower bounds on asymptotic support propagation rates for higher-order nonnegativity-preserving parabolic equations.     

A discrete norm on a Lipschitz surface and the Sobolev straightening of a boundary

Let a piece of the boundary of a Lipschitz domain be parameterized conventionally and let the traces of functions in the Sobolev space W _p ² be written out through this parameter. In this space, we propose a discrete (diadic) norm generalizing A. Kamont’s norm in the plane case. We study the conditions when the space of traces coincides with the corresponding space for the plane boundary.     

New lower bounds on the radius of spatial analyticity for the KdV equation

The radius of spatial analyticity for solutions of the KdV equation is studied. It is shown that the analyticity radius does not decay faster than $t^{?1/4}$ as time t goes to infinity. This improves the works of Selberg and da Silva (2017) [30] and Tesfahun (2017) [34]. Our strategy mainly relies on a higher order almost conservation law in Gevrey spaces, which is inspired by the I-method.