A lattice approach to narrow operators

It is known that if a rearrangement invariant function space E on [0,1] has an unconditional basis then each linear continuous operator on E is a sum of two narrow operators. On the other hand, the sum of two narrow operators in L₁ is narrow. To find a general approach to these results, we extend the notion of a narrow operator to the case when the domain space is a vector lattice. Our main result asserts that the set N_r(E, F) of all narrow regular operators is a band in the vector lattice L_r(E, F) of all regular operators from a non-atomic order continuous Banach lattice E to an order continuous Banach lattice F. The band generated by the disjointness preserving operators is the orthogonal complement to N_r(E, F) in L_r(E, F). As a consequence we obtain the following generalization of the Kalton-Rosenthal theorem: every regular operator T : E → F from a non-atomic Banach lattice E to an order continuous Banach lattice F has a unique representation as T = T_D + T_N where T_D is a sum of an order absolutely summable family of disjointness preserving operators and T_N is narrow. Supported by Ukr. Derzh. Tema N 0103Y001103.     

Some Applications of Rademacher Sequences in Banach Lattices

We give several applications of Rademacher sequences in abstract Banach lattices. We characterise those Banach lattices with an atomic dual in terms of weak* sequential convergence. We give an alternative treatment of results of Rosenthal, generalising a classical result of Pitt, on the compactness of operators from L^p into L^q. Finally we generalise earlier work of ours by showing that, amongst Banach lattices F with an order continuous norm, those having the property that the linear span of the positive compact operators fromE into F is complete under the regular norm for all Banach lattices E are precisely the atomic lattices.     

Clifford-Hermite-monogenic operators

In this paper we consider operators acting on a subspace ℳ of the space L ₂ (ℝ^m; ℂ_m) of square integrable functions and, in particular, Clifford differential operators with polynomial coefficients. The subspace ℳ is defined as the orthogonal sum of spaces ℳ_s,k of specific Clifford basis functions of L ₂(ℝ^m; ℂm). Every Clifford endomorphism of ℳ can be decomposed into the so-called Clifford-Hermite-monogenic operators. These Clifford-Hermite-monogenic operators are characterized in terms of commutation relations and they transform a space ℳ_s,k into a similar space ℳ_s′,k′. Hence, once the Clifford-Hermite-monogenic decomposition of an operator is obtained, its action on the space ℳ is known. Furthermore, the monogenic decomposition of some important Clifford differential operators with polynomial coefficients is studied in detail.     

On regularity of sup-preserving maps: generalizing Zareckiĭ’s theorem

A sup-preserving map f between complete lattices L and M is regular if there exists a sup-preserving map g from M to L such that fgf=f. In the class of completely distributive lattices, this paper demonstrates a necessary and sufficient condition for f to be regular. When L=M is a power set, our theorem reduces to the well known Zareckiĭ’s theorem which characterizes regular elements in the semigroup of all binary relations on a set. Another application of our result is a generalization of Zareckiĭ’s theorem for quantale-valued relations.     

Multiple summing operators on<Emphasis Type="Italic">C(K)</Emphasis> spaces

In this paper, we characterize, for 1≤p<∞, the multiple (p, 1)-summing multilinear operators on the product ofC(K) spaces in terms of their representing polymeasures. As consequences, we obtain a new characterization of (p, 1)-summing linear operators onC(K) in terms of their representing measures and a new multilinear characterization ofL _∞ spaces. We also solve a problem stated by M.S. Ramanujan and E. Schock, improve a result of H. P. Rosenthal and S. J. Szarek, and give new results about polymeasures. Both authors were partially supported by DGICYT grant BMF2001-1284.     

On order structure and operators in L ∞(μ)

It is known that there is a continuous linear functional on L _∞ which is not narrow. On the other hand, every order-to-norm continuous AM-compact operator from L _∞(μ) to a Banach space is narrow. We study order-to-norm continuous operators acting from L _∞(μ) with a finite atomless measure μ to a Banach space. One of our main results asserts that every order-to-norm continuous operator from L _∞(μ) to c ₀(Γ) is narrow while not every such an operator is AM-compact.     

Rate of approximation for the Bézier variant of Balazs Kantorovich operators

In the present paper we study the Bézier variant of the well known Balazs-Kantorovich operators L _n,α (f,x), α ≥ 1. We establish the rate of convergence for functions of bounded variation. For particular value α = 1, our main theorem completes a result due to Agratini [Math. Notes (Miskolc) 2 (2001), 3–10]. Communicated by Michal Zajac     

Fixräume regulärer operatoren und ein Korovkin-Satz

S. J. Bernau has introduced the notion of an exchange subspace of an L_p-space and has shown that the range of a contractive linear projection on an L_p-space (1 ? p < ∞, p ≠ 2) is an exchange subspace. In the present paper we define this notion for real Banach lattices with order continuous norm and prove among other things that fixed spaces of special regular operators on these spaces are exchange subspaces. As application we give a Korovkin theorem for sequences of contractions on real Banach lattices with an uniformly monotone norm.     

Mixing for positive operators in Banach lattices

In this paper we extend M. Lin's definition of mixing for positive contractions in L₁(X,Σ,m) with m(X)=1 to positive operators in Banach lattices with weak-order units, and we generalize Lin's Theorem 2.1 (Z. Wahrsch. Verw. Gebiete 19 (1971) 231-249) to the case of power-bounded positive operators in KB-spaces. In the particular case of weakly compact power-bounded positive operators, the same theorem is extended to Banach lattices with order-continuous norms.     

Banach lattices with the fatou property and optimal domains of kernel operators

New features of the Banach function space L¹_w(v), that is, the space of all v-scalarly integrable functions (with v any vector measure), are exposed. The Fatou property plays an essential role and leads to a new representation theorem for a large class of abstract Banach lattices. Applications are also given to the optimal domain of kernel operators taking their values in a Banach function space.     

Mercer’s Theorem on General Domains: On the Interaction between Measures, Kernels, and RKHSs

Given a compact metric space X and a strictly positive Borel measure ν on X, Mercer’s classical theorem states that the spectral decomposition of a positive self-adjoint integral operator T _k :L ₂(ν)→L ₂(ν) of a continuous k yields a series representation of k in terms of the eigenvalues and -functions of T _k . An immediate consequence of this representation is that k is a (reproducing) kernel and that its reproducing kernel Hilbert space can also be described by these eigenvalues and -functions. It is well known that Mercer’s theorem has found important applications in various branches of mathematics, including probability theory and statistics. In particular, for some applications in the latter areas, however, it would be highly convenient to have a form of Mercer’s theorem for more general spaces X and kernels k. Unfortunately, all extensions of Mercer’s theorem in this direction either stick too closely to the original topological structure of X and k, or replace the absolute and uniform convergence by weaker notions of convergence that are not strong enough for many statistical applications. In this work, we fill this gap by establishing several Mercer type series representations for k that, on the one hand, make only very mild assumptions on X and k, and, on the other hand, provide convergence results that are strong enough for interesting applications in, e.g., statistical learning theory. To illustrate the latter, we first use these series representations to describe ranges of fractional powers of T _k in terms of interpolation spaces and investigate under which conditions these interpolation spaces are contained in L _∞(ν). For these two results, we then discuss applications related to the analysis of so-called least squares support vector machines, which are a state-of-the-art learning algorithm. Besides these results, we further use the obtained Mercer representations to show that every self-adjoint nuclear operator L ₂(ν)→L ₂(ν) is an integral operator whose representing function k is the difference of two (reproducing) kernels.     

Strong factorization of operators on spaces of vector measure integrable functions and unconditional convergence of series

In this paper, we characterize the space of multiplication operators from an L ^p -space into a space L ¹(m) of integrable functions with respect to a vector measure m, as the subspace defined by the functions that have finite p-semivariation. We prove several results concerning the Banach lattice structure of such spaces. We obtain positive results—for instance, they are always complete, and we provide counterexamples to prove that other properties are not satisfied—for example, simple functions are not in general dense. We study the operators that factorize through , and we prove an optimal domain theorem for such operators. We use our characterization to generalize the Bennet–Maurey–Nahoum Theorem on decomposition of functions that define an unconditionally convergent series in L ¹[0,1] to the case of 2-concave Banach function spaces. The research was partially supported by Proyecto MTM2005-08350-c03-03 and MTN2004-21420-E (J. M. Calabuig). Proyecto CONACyT 42227 (F. Galaz-Fontes). Proyecto MTM2006-11690-c02-01 and Feder (E. Jiménez-Fernández and E. A. Sánchez Pérez).     

On the Theory of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>)-Banach Lattices

Given 1≤ p,q < ∞, let BL_pL_q be the class of all Banach lattices X such that X is isometrically lattice isomorphic to a band in some L_p(L_q)-Banach lattice. We show that the range of a positive contractive projection on any BL_pL_q-Banach lattice is itself in BL_pL_q. It is a consequence of this theorem and previous results that BL_pL_q is first-order axiomatizable in the language of Banach lattices. By studying the pavings of arbitrary BL_pL_q-Banach lattices by finite dimensional sublattices that are themselves in this class, we give an explicit set of axioms for BL_pL_q. We also consider the class of all sublattices of L_p(L_q)-Banach lattices; for this class (when p/q is not an integer) we give a set of axioms that are similar to Krivine’s well-known axioms for the subspaces of L_p-Banach spaces (when p/2 is not an integer). We also extend this result to the limiting case q = ∞.     

An example concerning the nonlinear pointwise ergodic theorem

It is shown that the pointwise ergodic theorem for Markov operators inL ₁, having a finite invariant measure, fails to extend to the case of nonlinear operators. Recall thatT is called nonexpansive inL _p if ‖Tf – Tg ‖ _p ≦‖f – g‖ _p holds for allf andg.     

On the Lindenstrauss-Rosenthal theorem

We present a homological principle that governs the behaviour of couples of exact sequences of quasi-Banach spaces. Three applications are given: (i) A unifying method of proof for the results of Lindenstrauss, Rosenthal, Kalton, Peck and Kislyakov about the extension and lifting of isomorphisms inc ₀,ι _∞,ι _p andL _pfor 0<p≤1; (ii) A study of the Dunford-Pettis property in duals of quotients ofL _∞-spaces; and (iii) New results on the extension ofC(K)-valued operators. The research has been supported in part by DGICYT project BFM 2001-0813.     

Singular integrals associated to the Laplacian on the affine groupax+b

We consider singular integral operators of the form (a)Z ₁L⁻¹Z₂, (b)Z ₁Z₂L⁻¹, and (c)L ⁻¹Z₁Z₂, whereZ ₁ andZ ₂ are nonzero right-invariant vector fields, andL is theL ²-closure of a canonical Laplacian. The operators (a) are shown to be bounded onL ^p for allp∈(1, ∞) and of weak type (1, 1), whereas all of the operators in (b) and (c) are not of weak type (p, p) for anyp∈[1, ∞). Research supported by the Australian Research Council. Research carried out as a National Research Fellow.     

On convergences of measurable functions in Archimedean vector lattices

For Archimedean vector lattices X, Y and the positive cone \mathbbL{\mathbb{L}} of all regular linear operators L : X → Y, a theory of sequential convergences of functions connected with an \mathbbL{\mathbb{L}} -valued measure is introduced and investigated.     

Weyl’s Theorems for Some Classes of Operators

We introduce the class of operators on Banach spaces having property (H) and study Weyl’s theorems, and related results for operators which satisfy this property. We show that a- Weyl’s theorem holds for every decomposable operator having property (H). We also show that a-Weyl’s theorem holds for every multiplier T of a commutative semi-simple regular Tauberian Banach algebra. In particular every convolution operator T_μ of a group algebra L¹(G), G a locally compact abelian group, satisfies a-Weyl’s theorem. Similar results are given for multipliers of other important commutative Banach algebras.     

Two examples of local ergodic divergence

This note contains the first example of a 1-parameter semigroup {T _pt≧0} of linear contractions inL _p (1<p<∞) for which the assertion of the local ergodic theorem (t ¹∝₀′T _sfds conv. a.e. ast → 0+0 for allf ∈L _p) fails to be true. The first example is a continuous semigroup of unitary operators inL ₂, the second a power-bounded continuous semigroup of positive operators inL ₁. This answers problems of Kubokawa, Fong and Sucheston. In memory of our friend and colleague Shlomo Horowitz     

Narrow operators on lattice-normed spaces

The aim of this article is to extend results of Maslyuchenko, Mykhaylyuk and Popov about narrow operators on vector lattices. We give a new definition of a narrow operator, where a vector lattice as the domain space of a narrow operator is replaced with a lattice-normed space. We prove that every GAM-compact (bo)-norm continuous linear operator from a Banach-Kantorovich space V to a Banach lattice Y is narrow. Then we show that, under some mild conditions, a continuous dominated operator is narrow if and only if its exact dominant is so.