Cylindricity of tangent bundles of strongly parabolic metrics and strongly parabolic surfaces

It is proved that if the intrinsic zero-index of the Sasaki metric of a tangent bundleTM ⁿ isk, thenk is even andM ⁿ is the metric product of a Riemannian manifoldM ^n–k/2 by a Euclidean spaceE ^k/2, whileTM ⁿ is the metric product ofTM ^n–k/2 byE ^k . An expression is obtained for the second fundamental forms of the imbeddingTF ^l TM ⁿ in terms of the second fundamental forms of the imbeddingF ^l M ⁿ and the curvature tensor ofM ⁿ . It is proved thatTF ^l is totally geodesic inTM ⁿ if and only ifF ^l is totally geodesic inM ⁿ .Translated from Ukrainskií Geometricheskií Sbornik, Issue 28, 1985, pp. 12–32.     

Symmetrizations of Markov processes

Two methods for symmetrizing Markov processes are discussed. Letu ^a(x, y) be the potential density of a Lévy process on a compact Abelian groupG. A general condition is given that guarantees thatv(x, y)=u^a(x, y)+u^a(y, x) is the potential density of a symmetric Lévy process onG. The second method arises by considering the linear space of one-potentialsU ¹ f, withf inL ², endowed with the inner product (U ¹ f,U ¹ g)=fU ¹ g+gU ¹ f. If the semigroup ofX(t) is normal, then the completionH of this space is the Dirichlet space of a symmetric processY(t). A set that is semipolar forX(t) is polar forY(t).     

Additive property of Drazin invertibility of elements in a ring

In this article, we investigate additive properties on the Drazin inverse of elements in rings. Under the commutative condition of ab?=?ba, we show that a?+?b is Drazin invertible if and only if 1?+?a ^D b is Drazin invertible. Not only the explicit representations of the Drazin inverse (a?+?b) ^D in terms of a, a ^D , b and b ^D , but also (1?+?a ^D b) ^D is given. Further, the same property is inherited by the generalized Drazin invertibility in a Banach algebra and is extended to bounded linear operators.     

Weyl quantization of Lebesgue spaces

We study boundedness and compactness properties for the Weyl quantization with symbols in L^q (?^2d ) acting on L^p (?^d ). This is shown to be equivalent, in suitable Banach space setting, to that of the Wigner transform. We give a short proof by interpolation of Lieb's sufficient conditions for the boundedness of the Wigner transform, proving furthermore that these conditions are also necessary. This yields a complete characterization of boundedness for Weyl operators in L^p setting; compactness follows by approximation. We extend these results defining two scales of spaces, namely L_*^q (?^2d ) and L_?^q (R^2d ), respectively smaller and larger than the L^q (?^2d ),and showing that the Weyl correspondence is bounded on L_*^q (R^2d ) (and yields compact operators), whereas it is not on L_?^q (R^2d ). We conclude with a remark on weak‐type L^p boundedness (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The module of differentials and p-bases of a ring extension

Let R ^p ? R ¹ ? Rbe a tower of rings of prime characteristic p. When R has locally p-bases over R ¹ and is finitely presented as R ¹-module, we study the existence of a p-basis of R over R ¹ and the condition that the module ω _{R/R ¹} of Kähler differentials of R over R ¹ is to be free.     

Approximation of Solutions of Nonlinear Equations of Monotone and Hammerstein Type

Let X be a real uniformly smooth and uniformly convex Banach space with dual X ^*. Let A: X → X ^* be a bounded uniformly submonotone map. It is proved that a Mann-type approximation sequence converges strongly to Jx ^* where x ^* ∈ N(A). Furthermore, as an application of this result an iterative sequence which converges strongly to a solution of the Hammerstein equation u+KFu = 0 is constructed where, F:X→X^* and K:X^*→X are monotone-type mappings. No invertibility assumption is imposed on K. Moreover, neither K nor F need be compact. Finally, our method is of independent interest.     

On the sequence of powers of a stochastic matrix with large exponent

We consider the class of primitive stochastic n×n matrices A, whose exponent is at least (n²−2n+2)/2+2. It is known that for such an A, the associated directed graph has cycles of just two different lengths, say k and j with k>j, and that there is an α between 0 and 1 such that the characteristic polynomial of A is λⁿ−αλ^n−j−(1−α)λ^n−k. In this paper, we prove that for any mn, if α1/2, then A^m+k−A^m_∞A^m−1w^T_∞, where 1 is the all-ones vector and w^T is the left-Perron vector for A, normalized so that w^T1=1. We also prove that if jn/2, n31 and , then A^m+j−A^m_∞A^m−1w^T_∞ for all sufficiently large m. Both of these results lead to lower bounds on the rate of convergence of the sequence A^m.     

On the well-definedness of the order of an ordinary differential equation

It is proved that if the differential equations y ^{( n )}=f(x, y, y′, …, y ^{( n ?1 )}) and y ^{( m )}=g(x, y, y′, …, y ^{( n ?1 )}) have the same particular solutions in a suitable region where f and g are continuous real-valued functions with continuous partial derivatives (alternatively, continuous functions satisfying the classical Lipschitz condition), then n?=?m and the functions f and g are equal. This note could find classroom use in a course on differential equations as enrichment material for the unit on the existence and uniqueness theorems for solutions of initial value problems.     

Extremal subgraphs of random graphs

We shall prove that if L is a 3-chromatic (so called “forbidden”) graph, and —Rⁿ is a random graph on n vertices, whose edges are chosen independently, with probability p, and —Bⁿ is a bipartite subgraph of Rⁿ of maximum size, —Fⁿ is an L-free subgraph of Rⁿ of maximum size, then (in some sense) Fⁿ and Bⁿ are very near to each other: almost surely they have almost the same number of edges, and one can delete O_p(1) edges from Fⁿ to obtain a bipartite graph. Moreover, with p = 1/2 and L any odd cycle, Fⁿ is almost surely bipartite.     

Free Infinite Divisibility of Free Multiplicative Mixtures of the Wigner Distribution

Let I ^* and I ^⊞ be the classes of all classical infinitely divisible distributions and free infinitely divisible distributions, respectively, and let Λ be the Bercovici–Pata bijection between I ^* and I ^⊞ . The class type W of symmetric distributions in I ^⊞ that can be represented as free multiplicative convolutions of the Wigner distribution is studied. A characterization of this class under the condition that the mixing distribution is 2-divisible with respect to free multiplicative convolution is given. A correspondence between symmetric distributions in I ^⊞ and the free counterpart under Λ of the positive distributions in I ^* is established. It is shown that the class type W does not include all symmetric distributions in I ^⊞ and that it does not coincide with the image under Λ of the mixtures of the Gaussian distribution in I ^*. Similar results for free multiplicative convolutions with the symmetric arcsine measure are obtained. Several well-known and new concrete examples are presented.     

On the gehring link problem and the isoperimetric inequality of bombieri and simon

LetE ⁿ be a completen-dimensional Riemannian manifold and letM ^p andN ^n−p−1 be compact oriented submanifolds ofE ⁿ whcih are linked inE ⁿ . The problem (generalizing one due to Gehring whenE ⁿ is Euclidean) of finding sharp lower bounds on the volume ofM ^p in terms of a lower bound on the distance ofM ^p fromN is solved in (among other cases) the case whereE ⁿ orM ^p is simply connected andE ⁿ is a space form or has a nonpositive upper bound on its sectional curvatures. The main technical tool is a generalization of an isoperimetric inequality of Bombieri and Simon which they used to solve Gehring's problem. Research supported in part by a Grant from the University of South Carolina.     

Infinitesimal Generators of C *-Algebras

We develop the method introduced previously, to construct infinitesimal generators on locally compact group C ^*-algebras and on tensor product of C ^*-algebras. It is shown in particular that there is a C ^* -algebra A such that the C ^*-tensor product of A and an arbitrary C ^*-algebra B can have a non-approximately inner strongly one parameter group of ^*-automorphisms.     

On the integral of mean curvature of a flattened convex body in space forms

Under the assumptions that E _λ ⁿ is an n-dimensional, simply connected Riemannian manifold of constant sectional curvature λ and L _λ ^r is an r-dimensional, totally geodesic submanifold of E _λ ⁿ , the paper investigates the q-th integral of the mean curvature M _q ⁿ of a convex body K ^r in E _λ ⁿ and gives the expression of M _q ⁿ in the terms of M _p ^r , where M _p ^r is the p-th integral of the mean curvature of K ^r > in L _λ ^r . A result of L. A. Santaló [2] holds in particular.     

On the diameter and radius of randon subgraphs of the cube

The n-dimensional cube Qⁿ is the graph whose vertices are the subsets of {1,…n}, with two vertices adjacent if and only if their symmetric difference is a singleton. Clearly Qⁿ has diameter and radious n. Write M = n2^n-1 = e(Qⁿ) for the size of Qⁿ. Let Q = (Q_t)_o^M be a random Qⁿ-process. Thus Q^t is a spanning subgraph of Qⁿ of size t, and Q_t is obtained from Q_t–1 by the random addition of an edge of Qⁿ not in Q_t–1, Let t^(k) = τ(Q;δ?k) be the hitting time of the property of having minimal degree at least k. We show that the diameter d_t = diam (Q_t) of Q_t in almost every Q? behaves as follows: d_t starts infinite and is first finite at time t⁽¹⁾, it equals n + 1 for t⁽¹⁾ ? t⁽²⁾ and d_t, = n for t ? t⁽²⁾. We also show that the radius of Q_t, is first finite for t = t⁽¹⁾, when it assumes the value n. These results are deduced from detailed theorems concerning the diameter and radius of the almost surely unique largest component of Q_t, for t = Ω(M). © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Herz spaces and summability of Fourier transforms

A general summability method is considered for functions from Herz spaces K^α_p,r (?^d ). The boundedness of the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator on Herz spaces is proved in some critical cases. This implies that the maximal operator of the θ ‐means σ^θ _T f is also bounded on the corresponding Herz spaces and σ^θ _T f → f a.e. for all f ∈ K^{–d /p} _p,∞ (?^d ). Moreover, σ^θ _T f (x) converges to f (x) at each p ‐Lebesgue point of f ∈ K^{–d /p} _p,∞ (?^d ) if and only if the Fourier transform of θ is in the Herz space K^{d /p} _{p ′,1} (?^d ). Norm convergence of the θ ‐means is also investigated in Herz spaces. As special cases some results are obtained for weighted L_p spaces. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Lower bounds for the blowup rate of solutions of the Zakharov equation in dimension two

We consider the blowup solution ( u,n,v )( t ) of the Zakharov equations where u : R ² → C, n : R ² → R, v: R² → R² in the energy space H₁ = {(u,n,v) η H¹ × L² × L²}. We show that there is a constant c depending on the L²-norm of u₀ such that where T is the blowup time. We check that this estimate is optimal and give further applications. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Maximal commutative subalgebras of matrix algebras

Maximal commutative subalgebras of the algebra of n by n matrices over a field k very rarely have dimension smaller than n. There is a (B, N)-construction which yields subalgebras of this kind. The Courter's algebra that is of this kind was shown a (B, N)-construction where B is the Schur algebra of size 4 and N = k ⁴. That is, the Courter's algebra is isomorphic to B ? (k ⁴)², the idealization of (k ⁴)². It was questioned how many isomorphism classes can be produced by varying the finitely generated faithful B-module N. In this paper, we will show that the set of all algebras B ? N ² fall into a single isomorphism class, where B is the Schur algebra of size 4 and N a finitely generated faithful B-module.     

The torsion of a submanifold of a Riemannian manifold

For a submanifoldM ⁿ of a Riemannian manifoldM ^q, the concept of a torsion bivector at the point x M ⁿ for given one- and two-dimensional directions fromT _x M ⁿ is introduced using only the first and second fundamental forms ofM ⁿ. Its relation to the concept of Gaussian torsion is then established. It is proved that: 1) equality to zero of the torsion bivector is necessary and, whenM ⁿ is a nondevelopable surface of a space of constant curvature with nonzero second fundamental form, is also sufficient for the "flattening" ofM ⁿ into some totally geodesicM ⁿ⁺¹ inM ^q; 2) when n = 2, the independence of the nonzero torsion bivector of direction characterizes a minimalM ² inM ^q.Translated from Ukrainskii Geometricheskii Sbornik, No. 34, pp. 39–42, 1991.     

Number of Singularities of Stable Maps

Sharp estimates for the Ricci curvature of a submanifold M ⁿ of an arbitrary Riemannian manifold N ^n+p are established. It is shown that the equality in the lower estimate of the Ricci curvature of M ⁿ in a space form N ^n+p (c) is achieved only when M ⁿ is quasiumbilical with a flat normal bundle. In the case when the codimension p satisfies 1 ≤ p ≤ n − 3, the only submanifolds in N ^n+p (c) on which the Ricci curvature is minimal are the conformally flat ones with a flat normal bundle.      

Invariant curves and boundedness of solutions of a class of reversible systems

In this paper, the boundedness of all solutions for the following planar reversible system Ju ′ = ?H (u) + G (u) + h (t) (1) is discussed, where the function H (u) ∈ C²(?², ?⁺) is positive for u ≠ 0 and positively (q, p)‐quasihomogeneous of quasi‐degree pq, G ∈ C⁵ is bounded, h ∈ C⁶ is 2π ‐periodic and J is the standard symplectic matrix. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)