Singular solutions of some nonlinear parabolic equations

We consider the existence and uniqueness of singular solutions for equations of the formu ₁=div(|Du|^p−2 Du)-φu), with initial datau(x, 0)=0 forx⇑0. The function ϕ is a nondecreasing real function such that ϕ(0)=0 andp>2. Under a growth condition on ϕ(u) asu→∞, (H1), we prove that for everyc>0 there exists a singular solution such thatu(x, t)→cδ(x) ast→0. This solution is unique and is called a fundamental solution. Under additional conditions, (H2) and (H3), we show the existence of very singular solutions, i.e. singular solutions such that ∫_|x|≤r u(x,t)dx→∞ ast→0. Finally, for functions ϕ which behave like a power for largeu we prove that the very singular solution is unique. This is our main result. In the case ϕ(u)=u ^q, 1≤q, there are fundamental solutions forq<p*=p-1+(p/N) and very singular solutions forp-1<q<p*. These ranges are optimal. Dedicated to Professor Shmuel Agmon     

Bounded imaginary powers and <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>∞</Subscript>-calculus of the Stokes operator in two-dimensional exterior domains

The present contribution deals with the Stokes operator A_q on L^q_σ(Ω), 1<q<∞, where Ω is an exterior domain in ℝ² of class C². It is proved that A_q admits a bounded H_∞-calculus. This implies the existence of bounded imaginary powers of A_q, which has several important applications. – So far this property was only known for exterior domains in ℝⁿ, n≥3. – In particular, this shows that A_q has maximal regularity on L^q_σ(Ω). For the proof the resolvent (λ+A_q)⁻¹ has to be analyzed for |λ|→∞ and λ→0. For large λ this is done using an approximate resolvent based on the results of [3], which were obtained by applying the calculus of pseudodifferential boundary value problems. For small λ we analyze the representation of the resolvent developed in [11] by a potential theoretical method.     

A banach space containing non-trivial limited sets but no non-trivial bounding sets

An example of a Banach spaceE is given with the following properties: Every bounding setA⊂E (i.e.f(A) is bounded for each holomorphic functionf:E →C) is relatively compact but there are relatively non-compact limited setsA (i.e.T(A) is relatively compact for each bounded linear mapT:E →c ₀).     

On perturbations of differentiable semigroups

LetX be a Banach space and letA be the infinitesimal generator of a differentiable semigroup {T(t) |t ≥ 0}, i.e. aC ₀-semigroup such thatt ↦T(t)x is differentiable on (0, ∞) for everyx εX. LetB be a bounded linear operator onX and let {S(t) |t ≥ 0} be the semigroup generated byA +B. Renardy recently gave an example which shows that {S(t) |t ≥ 0} need not be differentiable. In this paper we give a condition on the growth of ‖T′(t)‖ ast ↓ 0 which is sufficient to ensure that {S(t) |t ≥ 0} is differentiable. Moreover, we use Renardy’s example to study the optimality of our growth condition. Our results can be summarized roughly as follows:

The old subvariety ofJ 0(pq) and the Eisenstein kernel in Jacobians

Whenp, q are distinct odd primes, and γ:J ₀(p)²×J ₀(q)²→J ₀(pq) is the natural map defined by the degeneracy maps, Ribet [10] determined the odd part of the kernel of γ. We study the 2-primary part of this kernel through its intersection with the Eisenstein kernelJ ₀(p)[I _p )²×J ₀(q)[I _q ]². We determine this intersection forp≢1 mod 16,q≢1 mod 16, and also produce new elements of ker γ wheneverp≡9 mod 16 orq≡9 mod 16. These sharpen Ribet's results in [10].     

Viability for a class of semilinear differential equations of retarded type

Let X be a Banach space, A ： D（A） X → X the generator of a compact C0- semigroup S（t） ： X → X, t ≥ 0, D a locally closed subset in X, and f ： （a, b） × X →X a function of Caratheodory type. The main result of this paper is that a necessary and sufficient condition in order to make D a viable domain of the semilinear differential equation of retarded type u＇（t） = Au（t） ＋ f（t, u（t - q））, t ∈ [to, to ＋ T], with initial condition uto = φ ∈C（[-q, 0]; X）, is the tangency condition lim infh10 h^-1d（S（h）v（O）＋hf（t, v（-q））; D） = 0 for almost every t ∈ （a, b） and every v ∈ C（[-q, 0]; X） with v（0）, v（-q）∈ D.     

Lefschetz fixed point theory on fibrations

For a fibre preserving map ϕ: E → E on a fibration (E, π, B), we construct a grading preserving map T(ϕ, π) between H*(E) and H*(B) that generalizes the Lefschetz number. If T(ϕ, π) is an isomorphism between H ⁰(E) and H ⁰(B), then π restricts to a surjective local diffeomorphism on each connected component of the fixed point set of ϕ under a transversality condition. This yields a characterization for the bundle H → G → G/H to be trivial when π ₁ (G/H) = 0.     

The natural functions on the cotangent bundle of higher order vector tangent bundles over fibered manifolds

For natural numbers r,s,q,m,n with s≥r≤q we determine all natural functions g: T ^*(J ^(r,s,q)(Y, R ^1,1)₀)^*→R for any fibered manifold Y with m-dimensional base and n-dimensional fibers. For natural numbers r,s,m,n with s≥r we determine all natural functions g: T ^*(J ^(r,s) (Y, R)₀)^*→R for any Y as above.     

The size-Ramsey number of trees

IfG andH are graphs, let us writeG→(H)₂ ifG contains a monochromatic copy ofH in any 2-colouring of the edges ofG. Thesize-Ramsey number r _e(H) of a graphH is the smallest possible number of edges a graphG may have ifG→(H)₂. SupposeT is a tree of order |T|≥2, and lett ₀,t ₁ be the cardinalities of the vertex classes ofT as a bipartite graph, and let Δ(T) be the maximal degree ofT. Moreover, let Δ₀, Δ₁ be the maxima of the degrees of the vertices in the respective vertex classes, and letβ(T)=T ₀Δ₀+t ₁Δ₁. Beck [7] proved thatβ(T)/4≤r _e(T)=O{β(T)(log|T|)¹²}, improving on a previous result of his [6] stating thatr _e(T)≤Δ(T)|T|(log|T|)¹². In [6], Beck conjectures thatr _e(T)=O{Δ(T)|T|}, and in [7] he puts forward the stronger conjecture thatr _e(T)=O{β(T)}. Here, we prove the first of these conjectures, and come quite close to proving the second by showing thatr _e(T)=O{β(T)logΔ(T)}.     

Matching Realization of Uq（sln＋1） of Higher Rank in the Quantum Weyl Algebra Wq（2n）

In the paper, we further realize the higher rank quantized universal enveloping algebra Uq（sln＋1） as certain quantum differential operators in the quantum Weyl algebra Wq （2n） defined over the quantum divided power algebra Sq（n） of rank n. We give the quantum differential operators realization for both the simple root vectors and the non-simple root vectors of Uq（sln＋1）. The nice behavior of the quantum root vectors formulas under the action of the Lusztig symmetries once again indicates that our realization model is naturally matched.     

Additive Maps Preserving Nilpotent Operators or Spectral Radius

Let X be a （real or complex） Banach space with dimension greater than 2 and let B0（X） be the subspace of B（X） spanned by all nilpotent operators on X. We get a complete classification of surjective additive maps Ф on B0（X） which preserve nilpotent operators in both directions. In particular, if X is infinite-dimensional, we prove that Ф has the form either Ф（T） = cATA^-1 or Ф（T） = cAT＇A^-1, where A is an invertible bounded linear or conjugate linear operator, c is a scalar, T＇ denotes the adjoint of T. As an application of these results, we show that every additive surjective map on B（X） preserving spectral radius has a similar form to the above with ｜c｜ = 1.     

A remark on the range of elementary operators

Let L(H) denote the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a separable infinite dimensional complex Hilbert space H into itself. Given A ∈ L(H), we define the elementary operator Δ _A : L(H) → L(H) by Δ _A (X) = AXA − X. In this paper we study the class of operators A ∈ L(H) which have the following property: ATA = T implies AT*A = T* for all trace class operators T ∈ C ₁(H). Such operators are termed generalized quasi-adjoints. The main result is the equivalence between this character and the fact that the ultraweak closure of the range of Δ _A is closed under taking adjoints. We give a characterization and some basic results concerning generalized quasi-adjoints operators.     

Norm conditions for real-algebra isomorphisms between uniform algebras

Let A and B be uniform algebras. Suppose that α ≠ 0 and A ₁ ⊂ A. Let ρ, τ: A ₁ → A and S, T: A ₁ → B be mappings. Suppose that ρ(A ₁), τ(A ₁) and S(A ₁), T(A ₁) are closed under multiplications and contain expA and expB, respectively. If ‖S(f)T(g) − α‖_∞ = ‖ρ(f)τ(g) − α‖_∞ for all f, g ∈ A ₁, S(e ₁)⁻¹ ∈ S(A ₁) and S(e ₁) ∈ T(A ₁) for some e ₁ ∈ A ₁ with ρ(e ₁) = 1, then there exists a real-algebra isomorphism $ \tilde S $ \tilde S : A → B such that $ \tilde S $ \tilde S (ρ(f)) = S(e ₁)⁻¹ S(f) for every f ∈ A ₁. We also give some applications of this result.     

Asymptotics for Two-Dimensional Atoms

We prove that the ground state energy of an atom confined to two dimensions with an infinitely heavy nucleus of charge Z > 0 and N quantum electrons of charge −1 is E(N,Z)=-\frac12Z²ln Z+(E^TF(l)+\frac12c^H)Z²+o(Z²){E(N,Z)=-\frac{1}{2}Z^2{\rm ln} Z+(E^{\rm TF}(\lambda)+\frac{1}{2}c^{\rm H})Z^2+o(Z^2)} when Z → ∞ and N/Z → λ, where E ^TF(λ) is given by a Thomas–Fermi type variational problem and c ^H ≈ −2.2339 is an explicit constant. We also show that the radius of a two-dimensional neutral atom is unbounded when Z → ∞, which is contrary to the expected behavior of three-dimensional atoms.     

On centralizers of standard operator algebras and semisimple H*-algebras

Summary Let Abe a semisimple H*-algebra and let T: A→Abe an additive mapping such that T(x ^{n +1})<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>=T(x)x ⁿ+x ⁿ T(x) holds for all x∈Aand some integer n≥1. In this case Tis a left and a right centralizer.     

Residual behavior of induced maps

Consider (X,F, μ,T) a Lebesgue probability space and measure preserving invertible map. We call this a dynamical system. For a subsetA ∈F. byT _A:A →A we mean the induced map,T _A(x)=T^rA(x)(x) wherer _A(x)=min{i〉0:T ⁱ(x) ∈A}. Such induced maps can be topologized by the natural metricD(A, A’) = μ(AΔA’) onF mod sets of measure zero. We discuss here ergodic properties ofT _A which are residual in this metric. The first theorem is due to Conze.Theorem 1 (Conze):For T ergodic, T _A is weakly mixing for a residual set of A.Theorem 2:For T ergodic, 0-entropy and loosely Bernoulli, T _A is rank-1, and rigid for a residual set of A.Theorem 3:For T ergodic, positive entropy and loosely Bernoulli, T _A is Bernoulli for a residual set of A.Theorem 4:For T ergodic of positive entropy, T _A is a K-automorphism for a residual set of A. A strengthening of Theorem 1 asserts thatA can be chosen to lie inside a given factor algebra ofT. We also discuss even Kakutani equivalence analogues of Theorems 1–4.     

Generalizations of spectrally multiplicative surjections between uniform algebras

Let $ A $ A and ℬ be unital semisimple commutative Banach algebras. It is shown that if surjections S,T: $ A $ A → ℬ with S(1)=T(1)= 1 and α ∈ ℂ \ {0} satisfy r(S(a)T(b) − α)= r(ab− α) for all a,b ∈ $ A $ A , then S=T and S is a real algebra isomorphism, where r(a) is the spectral radius of a. Let I be a nonempty set, A and B be uniform algebras. Let ρ, τ: I → A and S,T: I → B be maps satisfying σ _π (S(p)T(q)) ⊂ σ _π (ρ(p) τ(q)) for all p,q ∈ I, where σ _π (f) is the peripheral spectrum of f. Suppose that the ranges ρ(I), τ(I) ⊂ A and S(I),T(I) ⊂ B are closed under multiplication in a sense, and contain peaking functions “enough”. There exists a homeomorphism ϕ: Ch(B)→Ch(A) such that S(p)(y)= ρ(p)(ϕ(y)) and T(p)(y)= τ(p)(ϕ(y)) for every p ∈ I and y ∈ Ch(B), where Ch(A) is the Choquet boundary of A.     

On groups of central type,non-degenerate and bijective cohomology classes

A finite group G is of central type (in the non-classical sense) if it admits a non-degenerate cohomology class [c] ∈ H ²(G, ℂ*) (G acts trivially on ℂ*). Groups of central type play a fundamental role in the classification of semisimple triangular complex Hopf algebras and can be determined by their representation-theoretical properties. Suppose that a finite group Q acts on an abelian group A so that there exists a bijective 1-cocycle π ∈ Z ¹(Q,Ǎ), where Ǎ = Hom(A, ℂ*) is endowed with the diagonal Q-action. Under this assumption, Etingof and Gelaki gave an explicit formula for a non-degenerate 2-cocycle in Z ²(G, ℂ*), where G:= A × Q. Hence, the semidirect product G is of central type. In this paper, we present a more general correspondence between bijective and non-degenerate cohomology classes. In particular, given a bijective class [π] ∈ H ¹(Q,Ǎ) as above, we construct non-degenerate classes [cπ] ∈ H ²(G,ℂ*) for certain extensions 1 → A → G → Q → 1 which are not necessarily split. We thus strictly extend the above family of central type groups.     

A generalization of peripherally-multiplicative surjections between standard operator algebras

Let A and B be standard operator algebras on Banach spaces X and Y, respectively. The peripheral spectrum σ_π (T) of T is defined by σ_π (T) = z ∈ σ(T): |z| = max_w∈σ(T) |w|. If surjective (not necessarily linear nor continuous) maps φ, ϕ: A → B satisfy σ_π (φ(S)ϕ(T)) = σ_π (ST) for all S; T ∈ A, then φ and ϕ are either of the form φ(T) = A ₁ TA ₂ ⁻¹ and ϕ(T) = A ₂ TA ₁ ⁻¹ for some bijective bounded linear operators A ₁; A ₂ of X onto Y, or of the form φ(T) = B ₁ T*B ₂ ⁻¹ and ϕ(T) = B ₂ T*B ⁻¹ for some bijective bounded linear operators B ₁;B ₂ of X* onto Y.      

Higher Chern Classes and Steenrod Operations in Motivic Cohomology

In this short paper we investigate the relation between higher Chern classes and reduced power operations in motivic cohomology. More precisely, we translate the well-known arguments [5] into the context of motivic cohomology and define higher Chern classes c_p,q : K _p(X) → H^2q-p (X,Z(q)) → H^2q-p(X, Z/l(q)), where X is a smooth scheme over the base field k, l is a prime number and char(k) ≠ l. The same approach produces the classes for K-theory with coefficients as well. Let further Pⁱ : H^m(X, Z/l(n)) → H^m+2i(l-1) (X, Z/l(n + i(l - 1))) denote the ith reduced power operation in motivic cohomology, constructed in [2]. The main result of the paper looks as follows.