Vanishing exponential integrability for functions whose gradients belong to L(log(e+L))

If the gradient of u(x) is nth power locally integrable on Euclidean n-space, then the integral average over a ball B of the exponential of a constant multiple of |u(x)−u_B|^n/(n−1), u_B=average of u over B, tends to 1 as the radius of B shrinks to zero—for quasi almost all center points. This refines a result of N. Trudinger (1967). We prove here a similar result for the class of gradients in Lⁿ(log(e+L))^α, 0?α?n−1. The results depend on a capacitary strong-type inequality for these spaces.     

Densely ball remotal subspaces of C(K)

We call a subspace Y of a Banach space X a DBR subspace if its unit ball By admits farthest points from a dense set of points of X. In this paper, we study DBR subspaces of C(K). In the process, we study boundaries, in particular, the Choquet boundary of any general subspace of C(K). An infinite compact Hausdorff space K has no isolated point if and only if any finite co-dimensional subspace, in particular, any hyperplane is DBR in C(K). As a consequence, we show that a Banach space X is reflexive if and only if X is a DBR subspace of any superspace. As applications, we prove that any M-ideal or any closed *-subalgebra of C(K) is a DBR subspace of C(K). It follows that C(K) is ball remotal in C(K)^**.     

A landau-type construction concerning (L)′ ⊂ L

Let 1 ? p < ∞ and 1/p + 1/q = 1. For a locally finite measure space (X, S, μ) and a measurable complex-valued function f ∉ L^q functions g ∈ L^p may be constructed explicitly which satisfy

     

Some properties of the injective tensor product of L[0,1] and a Banach space

Let X be a (real or complex) Banach space and 1<p,p′<∞ such that 1/p+1/p′=1. Then , the injective tensor product of L^p[0,1] and X, has the Radon-Nikodym property (resp. the analytic Radon-Nikodym property, the near Radon-Nikodym property, contains no copy of c₀, is weakly sequentially complete) if and only if X has the same property and each continuous linear operator from L^p′[0,1] to X is compact.     

Some new rich subspaces of C. Applications

In this paper, we are interested in a class of subspaces of C, introduced by Bourgain [Studia Math. 77 (1984) 245-253]. Wojtaszczyk called them rich in his monograph [Banach Spaces for Analysts, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991]. We give some new examples of such spaces: this allows us to recover previous results of Godefroy-Saab and Kysliakov on spaces with reflexive annihilator in a very simple way. We construct some other examples of rich spaces, hence having property (V) of Pe?czyński and Dunford-Pettis property. We also recover the results due to Bourgain and Saccone saying that spaces of uniformly convergent Fourier series share these properties, by only using the main result of [Studia Math. 77 (1984) 245-253] and some very elementary arguments. We generalize too these results.     

Extremal functions as divisors for kernels of Toeplitz operators

In this paper, an extremal function of a Banach space of analytic functions in the unit disk (not all functions vanishing at 0) is a function solving the extremal problem for functions f of norm 1. We study extremal functions of kernels of Toeplitz operators on Hardy spaces H^p, 1<p<∞. Such kernels are special cases of so-called nearly invariant subspaces with respect to the backward shift, for which Hitt proved that when p=2, extremal functions act as isometric divisors. We show that the extremal function is still a contractive divisor when p<2 and an expansive divisor when p>2 (modulo p-dependent multiplicative constants). We give examples showing that the extremal function may fail to be a contractive divisor when p>2 and also fail to be an expansive divisor when p<2. We discuss to what extent these results characterize the Toeplitz operators via invariant subspaces for the backward shift.     

Operator-valued Fourier multiplier theorems on Lp(X) and geometry of Banach spaces

This paper gives the optimal order l of smoothness in the Mihlin and Hörmander conditions for operator-valued Fourier multiplier theorems. This optimal order l is determined by the geometry of the underlying Banach spaces (e.g. Fourier type). This requires a new approach to such multiplier theorems, which in turn leads to rather weak assumptions formulated in terms of Besov norms.     

On the uniform density of C(X) ⊗ C(Y) in C(X × Y)

We prove that if X and Y are compact Hausdorff spaces, then every f ∈ C(X × Y)₊, i.e. f(x, y) ≥ 0 for all (x, y) ∈ X × Y, can be approximated uniformly from below and above by elements of the form , where f_i ∈ C(X)₊ and g_i ∈ C(Y)₊ for i = 1, 2, …, n. The proof uses only elementary topology. We use this result, in conjuction with Kakutani's M-spaces representation theorem, to obtain an alternative proof for a known property of Fremlin's Riesz space tensor product of Archimedean Riesz spaces.     

Chain conditions for C*-algebras coming from Hilbert C*-modules

In this paper we define and study chain conditions for Hilbert C*-modules through their C*-algebras of compact operators and discuss their perseverance under Morita equivalence and tensor products. We show that these chain conditions are passed from the C*-algebra to its Hilbert module under certain conditions. We also study chain conditions for Hilbert modules coming from inclusion of C*-algebra with a faithful conditional expectation.     

Contractive projections with contractive complement in Lp space

Using the concepts of conditional expectation and independence of subalgebras, we characterize those contractive projections, P, on L_p, over a probability measure space, having the property that I − P is contractive. By contractive projection we mean a linear operator, P, on the Lebesgue space, L_p, 1 < p < ∞, ≠2, with P² = P, ∥ = 1.     

On polynomial functions (mod m)

In this paper, we obtain a canonical representation for those polynomials (with integer coefficients) which vanish (mod m), a canonical representation for each polynomial function (mod m) and an expression for the number of polynomial functions (mod m). This number turns out to be (weakly) multiplicative in m.     

Criteria for embedding of spaces constructed by the method of means with arbitrary quasi-concave functional parameters

We consider a generalization ?(X₀,X₁)_p0,p1 of the method of means to arbitrary non-degenerate functional parameter. In this case non-trivial embedding ?(X₀,X₁)_p0,p1⊂ψ(X₀,X₁)_q0,q1 take place. We find necessary and sufficient condition for such embedding if 1?q₀?p₀?∞ and 1?q₁?p₁?∞ or 1?p₀?q₀?∞ and 1?p₁?q₁?∞.     

Conductor and capacitary inequalities for functions on topological spaces and their applications to Sobolev-type imbeddings

In 1972 the author proved the so-called conductor and capacitary inequalities for the Dirichlet-type integrals of a function on a Euclidean domain. Both were used to derive necessary and sufficient conditions for Sobolev-type inequalities involving arbitrary domains and measures.The present article contains new conductor inequalities for nonnegative functionals acting on functions defined on topological spaces. Sharp capacitary inequalities, stronger than the classical Sobolev inequality, with the best constant and the sharp form of the Yudovich inequality (Soviet Math. Dokl. 2 (1961) 746) due to Moser (Indiana Math. J. 20 (1971) 1077) are found.     

Moser-Trudinger trace inequalities

Sharp constants in exponential inequalities involving a general class of measures in domains Ω⊂Rn are exhibited in the limiting case of the Sobolev embedding theorem. A comprehensive approach is presented yielding, as special instances, trace inequalities on ∂Ω, on smooth submanifolds of Ω of arbitrary dimension, and also on fractal subsets of Ω, and recovering, in particular, the classical Moser-Trudinger inequality.     

Local rotundity structure of Calderón-Lozanovskii spaces

General results saying that a point x of the unit sphere S(E) of a Köthe space E is an extreme point (a strongly extreme point) [an SU-point] of B(E) if and only if ‖x‖ is an extreme point (a strongly extreme point) [an SU-point] of B(E⁺) and ‖x‖ is a UM-point (a ULUM-point) [nothing more] of E are proved. These results are applied to get criteria for extreme points and SU-points of the unit ball in Caldern-Lozanovski spaces which refer to problem XII from [5]. Strongly extreme points in these spaces are also discussed.     

Random attractors of reaction-diffusion equations with multiplicative noise in L

In this paper, we study the random dynamical system (RDS) generated by the reaction-diffusion equation with multiplicative noise and prove the existence of a random attractor for such RDS in L^p(D) for any p?2.     

Homomorphisms on real-valued little Lipschitz function spaces

We describe the general form of algebra, ring and vector lattice homomorphisms between spaces of real-valued little Lipschitz functions on compact Hölder metric spaces (X,dα) for 0<α<1.     

A variational problem with lack of compactness for H(S;S) maps of prescribed degree

We consider, for maps in H^1/2(S¹;S¹), a family of (semi)norms equivalent to the standard one. We ask whether, for such a norm, there is some map in H^1/2(S¹;S¹) of prescribed topological degree equal to 1 and minimal norm. In general, the answer is no, due to concentration phenomena. The existence of a minimal map is sensitive to small perturbations of the norm. We derive a sufficient condition for the existence of minimal maps. In particular, we prove that, for every given norm, there are arbitrarily small perturbations of it for which the minimum is attained. In case there is no minimizer, we determine the asymptotic behavior of minimizing sequences. We prove that, for such minimizing sequences, the energy concentrates near a point of S¹. We describe this concentration in terms of bubbling-off of circles.