Cycles and Spectra

Some recent work on spaces of algebraic cycles is surveyed. The main focus is on spaces of real and quaternionic cycles and their relation to equivariant Eilenberg- MacLane spaces.Dedicated to IMPA on the occasion of its 50^th anniversary     

Moduli of Quaternionic Superminimal Immersions of 2-Spheres into Quaternionic Projective Spaces

The aim of this paper is to describe the moduli spaces of degree d quaternionic superminimal maps from 2-spheres to quaternionic projective spaces HPn. We show that such moduli spaces have the structure of projectivized fibre products and are connected quasi-projective varieties of dimension 2nd + 2n + 2. This generalizes known results for spaces of harmonic 2-spheres in S⁴.     

Normes des extensions quaternionique d'opérateurs réels

We consider bounded linear operators defined on real normed spaces, and with range in quaternionic spaces. We study the norms of the quaternionic extensions of such operators. To cite this article: D. Alpay et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 340 (2005).     

On quaternionic analysis for the Schrödinger operator with a particular potential and its relation with the Mathieu functions

It has been found recently that there exists a theory of functions with quaternionic values and in two real variables, which is determined by a Cauchy–Riemann‐type operator with quaternionic variable coefficients, and that is intimately related to the so‐called Mathieu equations. In this work, it is all explained as well as some basic facts of the arising quaternionic function theory. We establish analogues of the basic integral formulas of complex analysis such as Borel–Pompeiu's, Cauchy's, and so on, for this version of quaternionic function theory. This theory turns out to be in the same relation with the Schrödinger operator with special potential as the usual holomorphic functions in one complex variable, or quaternionic hyperholomorphic functions, or functions of Clifford analysis, are with the corresponding Laplace operator. Moreover, it is similar to that of α‐hyperholomorphic functions and the Helmholtz operator. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Codimension reduction for real submanifolds of quaternionic hyperbolic spaces

We prove a reduction theorem of codimension for real submanifolds of quaternionic hyperbolic spaces as a quaternionic analogue corresponding to those in Cecil [2], Erbacher [4], Kawamoto [8], Kwon and the second author [10] and Okumura [13].     

Schatten class and Berezin transform of quaternionic linear operators

In this paper, we introduce the Schatten class and the Berezin transform of quaternionic operators. The first topic is of great importance in operator theory, but it is also necessary to study the second one, which requires the notion of trace class operators, a particular case of the Schatten class. Regarding the Berezin transform, we give the general definition and properties. Then we concentrate on the setting of weighted Bergman spaces of slice hyperholomorphic functions. Our results are based on the S‐spectrum of quaternionic operators, which is the notion of spectrum that appears in the quaternionic version of the spectral theorem and in the quaternionic S‐functional calculus. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

D-einstein real hypersurfaces of quaternionic space forms

Summary We classifyD-Einstein real hypersurfaces of quaternionic space forms, obtaining as a consequence the non-existence of Ricci-parallel real hypersurfaces in the quaternionic hyperbolic space. Entrata in Redazione il 12 dicembre 1997 e, in versione riveduta, il 18 maggio 1998.     

Certain Conditions on the Ricci Tensor of Real Hypersurfaces in Quaternionic Projective Spaces

The purpose of this paper is to classify real hypersurfaces of quaternionic projective spaces whose Ricci tensor satisfy a pair of conditions on the maximal quaternionic distribution .     

Reproducing Kernel Quaternionic Pontryagin Spaces

This paper studies various aspects of reproducing kernel spaces with a possibly indefinite metric when the field of scalar is replaced by the skew–field of quaternions. We first discuss in some details the positive case. A key fact which allows to consider the non–positive case is that Hermitian matrices with quaternionic entries have only real eigenvalues. This permits to extend the notion of functions with a finite number of negative squares to the present setting and we prove in particular that there is a one–to–one correspondence between such functions and reproducing kernel Pontryagin quaternionic spaces.     

Adaptive Fourier decomposition of functions in quaternionic Hardy spaces

We study decompositions of functions in the Hardy spaces into linear combinations of the basic functions in the orthogonal rational systems B_n, which are obtained in the respective contexts through Gram–Schmidt orthogonalization process on shifted Cauchy kernels. Those lead to adaptive decompositions of quaternionic‐valued signals of finite energy. This study is a generalization of the main results of the first author's recent research in relation to adaptive Takenaka–Malmquist systems in one complex variable. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Witt rings and the quaternion group

Let F be a formally real field which admits no quaternionic Galois extension. The structure of the Witt ring and the maximal pro-2 Galois group of F are investigated. Received: 3 July 1997 / Revised version: 2 February 1998     

The degree of maps of free G-manifolds and the average

Suppose that G is a compact Lie group, M and N are orientable, free G-manifolds and f : M → N is an equivariant map. We show that the degree of f satisfies a formula involving data given by the classifying maps of the orbit spaces M/G and N/G. In particular, if the generator of the top dimensional cohomology of M/G with integer coefficients is in the image of the cohomology map induced by the classifying map for M, then the degree is one. The condition that the map be equivariant can be relaxed: it is enough to require that it be “nearly equivariant”, up to a positive constant. We will also discuss the G-average construction and show that the requirement that the map be equivariant can be replaced by a somewhat weaker condition involving the average of the map. These results are applied to maps into real, complex and quaternionic Stiefel manifolds. In particular, we show that a nearly equivariant map of a complex or quaternionic Stiefel manifold into itself has degree one. Dedicated to the memory of Jean Leray     

On the Structure of the Taylor Series in Clifford and Quaternionic Analysis

The Fueter variables form a basis of the space of (quaternionic or Cliffordian) hyperholomorphic homogeneous polynomials of degree one, and their symmetrized products give the respective bases of spaces of hyperholomorphic homogeneous polynomials for any degree k. In the present paper we introduce new bases, i.e., new types of hyperholomorphic variables which lead to the Taylor-type series expansions reflecting the structure of the set of all (quaternionic or Cliffordian algebra-valued) hyperholomorphic functions.     

On the signature of homogeneous spaces

We compute the signature of real and quaternionic Grassmannians, thereby completing the table of signatures of symmetric spaces given in a previous paper [4]. In addition, all homogeneous spaces of exceptional Lie groups with non-zero signature are listed.     

Kaplansky Density and Kadison Transitivity Theorems for Irreducible Representations of Real C＊-Algebras

We prove analogs of the Kaplansky Density Theorem and the Kadison Transitivity Theorem for irreducible representations of a real C＊-algebra on a real Hilbert space. Specifically, if a C＊-algebra is acting irreducibly on a real Hilbert space, then the Hilbert space has either a real, complex, or quaternionic structure with respect to which the density and transitivity theorems hold.     

Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces

There exists a real hereditarily indecomposable Banach space X=X(C) (respectively X=X(H)) such that the algebra L(X)/S(X) is isomorphic to C (respectively to the quaternionic division algebra H).Up to isomorphism, X(C) has exactly two complex structures, which are conjugate, totally incomparable, and both hereditarily indecomposable. So there exist two Banach spaces which are isometric as real spaces but totally incomparable as complex spaces. This extends results of J. Bourgain and S. Szarek [J. Bourgain, Real isomorphic complex Banach spaces need not be complex isomorphic, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 96 (2) (1986) 221-226; S. Szarek, On the existence and uniqueness of complex structure and spaces with “few” operators, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 293 (1) (1986) 339-353; S. Szarek, A superreflexive Banach space which does not admit complex structure, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (3) (1986) 437-444], and proves that a theorem of G. Godefroy and N.J. Kalton [G. Godefroy, N.J. Kalton, Lipschitz-free Banach spaces, Studia Math. 159 (1) (2003) 121-141] about isometric embeddings of separable real Banach spaces does not extend to the complex case.The quaternionic example X(H), on the other hand, has unique complex structure up to isomorphism; other examples with a unique complex structure are produced, including a space with an unconditional basis and non-isomorphic to l₂. This answers a question of S. Szarek in [S. Szarek, A superreflexive Banach space which does not admit complex structure, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (3) (1986) 437-444].     

Comparison of volumes of convex bodies in real, complex, and quaternionic spaces

The classical Busemann-Petty problem (1956) asks, whether origin-symmetric convex bodies in Rn with smaller hyperplane central sections necessarily have smaller volumes. It is known, that the answer is affirmative if n?4 and negative if n>4. The same question can be asked when volumes of hyperplane sections are replaced by other comparison functions having geometric meaning. We give unified analysis of this circle of problems in real, complex, and quaternionic n-dimensional spaces. All cases are treated simultaneously. In particular, we show that the Busemann-Petty problem in the quaternionic n-dimensional space has an affirmative answer if and only if n=2. The method relies on the properties of cosine transforms on the unit sphere. We discuss possible generalizations.     

Generalized Whittaker vectors for holomorphic and quaternionic representations

The conjugacy class of parabolic subgroups with Heisenberg unipotent radical in a simple Lie groups over ³ not of type C_nC_{n} contains an element defined over  for each quaternionic real form. In this paper we study the Whittaker models for quaternionic discrete series of these real forms and prove results analogous and by analogous methods to the case of simple Lie groups over  that are the automorphism groups of tube type Hermitian symmetric domain and (so-called Bessel models) for holomorphic representations. In particular we calculate the decomposition of the space of Whittaker vectors under the action of the stabilizer of the corresponding character in a Levi factor of the Heisenberg parabolic subgroup.     

Polynomial Time Algorithms to Approximate Permanents and Mixed Discriminants Within a Simply Exponential Factor

We present real, complex, and quaternionic versions of a simple randomized polynomial time algorithm to approximate the permanent of a nonnegative matrix and, more generally, the mixed discriminant of positive semidefinite matrices. The algorithm provides an unbiased estimator, which, with high probability, approximates the true value within a factor of O(cⁿ), where n is the size of the matrix (matrices) and where c ≈ 0.28 for the real version, c ≈ 0.56 for the complex version, and c ≈ 0.76 for the quaternionic version. We discuss possible extensions of our method as well as applications of mixed discriminants to problems of combinatorial counting. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 14, 29–61, 1999