Isometric Equivalence of Certain Operators on Banach Spaces

A pair of operators on a Banach space X are isometrically equivalent if they are intertwined by a surjective isometry of X. We investigate the isometric equivalence problem for pairs of operators on specific types of Banach spaces. We study weighted shifts on symmetric sequence spaces, elementary operators acting on an ideal I of Hilbert space operators, and composition operators on the Bloch space. This last case requires an extension of known results about surjective isometries of the Bloch space.     

Optimal behavior of weighted Hardy operators on rearrangement-invariant spaces

The behavior of certain weighted Hardy-type operators on rearrangement-invariant function spaces is thoroughly studied. Emphasis is put on the optimality of the obtained results. First, the optimal rearrangement-invariant function spaces guaranteeing the boundedness of the operators from/to a given rearrangement-invariant function space are described. Second, the optimal rearrangement-invariant function norms being sometimes complicated, the question of whether and how they can be simplified to more manageable expressions is addressed. Next, the relation between optimal rearrangement-invariant function spaces and interpolation spaces is investigated. Last, iterated weighted Hardy-type operators are also studied.     

Bernstein-type operators in Chebyshev spaces

We prove that it is possible to construct Bernstein-type operators in any given Extended Chebyshev space and we show how they are connected with blossoms. This generalises and explains a recent result by Aldas/Kounchev/Render on exponential spaces. We also indicate why such operators automatically possess interesting shape preserving properties and why similar operators exist in still more general frameworks, e.g., in Extended Chebyshev Piecewise spaces. We address the problem of convergence of infinite sequences of such operators, and we do prove convergence for special instances of Müntz spaces.      

Weakly compact operators on non-complete normed spaces

We prove that weakly compact operators on a non-reflexive normed space cannot be bijective. We also show that, in the above result, bijectivity cannot be relaxed to surjectivity. Finally, we study the behaviour of surjective weakly compact operators on a non-reflexive normed space, when they are perturbed by small scalar multiples of the identity, and derive from this study the recent result of Spurný [A note on compact operators on normed linear spaces, Expo. Math. 25 (2007) 261–263] that compact operators on an infinite-dimensional normed space cannot be surjective.     

Compact adjoint operators and approximation properties

This paper is concerned with the space of all compact adjoint operators from dual spaces of Banach spaces into dual spaces of Banach spaces and approximation properties. For some topology on the space of all bounded linear operators from separable dual spaces of Banach spaces into dual spaces of Banach spaces, it is shown that if a bounded linear operator is approximated by a net of compact adjoint operators, then the operator can be approximated by a sequence of compact adjoint operators whose operator norms are less than or equal to the operator norm of the operator. Also we obtain applications of the theory and, in particular, apply the theory to approximation properties.     

On boundary value problems for some conformally invariant differential operators

We study boundary value problems for some differential operators on Euclidean space and the Heisenberg group which are invariant under the conformal group of a Euclidean subspace, respectively, Heisenberg subgroup. These operators are shown to be self-adjoint in certain Sobolev type spaces and the related boundary value problems are proven to have unique solutions in these spaces. We further find the corresponding Poisson transforms explicitly in terms of their integral kernels and show that they are isometric between Sobolev spaces and extend to bounded operators between certain L^p-spaces.

The conformal invariance of the differential operators allows us to apply unitary representation theory of reductive Lie groups, in particular recently developed methods for restriction problems.     

Closely embedded Kre?n spaces and applications to Dirac operators

Motivated by energy space representation of Dirac operators, in the sense of K. Friedrichs, we recently introduced the notion of closely embedded Kre?n spaces. These spaces are associated to unbounded selfadjoint operators that play the role of kernel operators, in the sense of L. Schwartz, and they are special representations of induced Kre?n spaces. In this article we present a canonical representation of closely embedded Kre?n spaces in terms of a generalization of the notion of operator range and obtain a characterization of uniqueness. When applied to Dirac operators, the results differ according to a mass or a massless particle in a dramatic way: in the case of a particle with a nontrivial mass we obtain a dual of a Sobolev type space and we have uniqueness, while in the case of a massless particle we obtain a dual of a homogenous Sobolev type space and we lose uniqueness.     

U-ideals of factorable operators

We suggest a method of renorming of spaces of operators which are suitably approximable by sequences of operators from a given class. Further we generalize J. Johnsons's construction of ideals of compact operators in the space of bounded operators and observe e.g. that under our renormings compact operators are u-ideals in the: space of 2-absolutely summing operators or in the space of operators factorable through a Hilbert space.     

Optimality of function spaces for kernel integral operators

We explore boundedness properties of kernel integral operators acting on rearrangement-invariant (r.i.) spaces. In particular, for a given r.i. space X we characterize its optimal range partner, that is, the smallest r.i. space Y such that the operator is bounded from X to Y. We apply the general results to Lorentz spaces to illustrate their strength.     

Generalized Schur Functions and Related de Branges-Rovnyak Spaces in the Banach Space Setting

We study the analogues of de Branges-Rovnyak spaces in the Banach space case. An important role is played by self-adjoint operators from the dual of a Banach space into the Banach space itself. A factorization theorem for such operators is proved in the case when they have a finite number of negative squares.     

Intrinsic characterizations of perturbation classes on some Banach spaces

We investigate relationships between inessential operators and improjective operators acting between Banach spaces X and Y, emphasizing the case in which one of the spaces is a C(K) space. We show that they coincide in many cases, but they are different in the case X = Y = C(K ₀), where K ₀ is a compact space constructed by Koszmider.     

Vector-valued Modulation Spaces and Localization Operators with Operator-valued Symbols

We study the short-time Fourier transformation, modulation spaces, Gabor representations and time-frequency localization operators, for functions and tempered distributions that have as range space a Banach or a Hilbert space. In the Banach space case the theory of modulation spaces contains some modifications of the scalar-valued theory, depending on the Banach space. In the Hilbert space case the modulation spaces have properties similar to the scalar-valued case and the Gabor frame theory essentially works. For localization operators in this context symbols are operator-valued. We generalize two results from the scalar-valued theory on continuity on certain modulation spaces when the symbol belongs to an L^p,q space and M^∞, respectively. The first result is true for any Banach space as range space, and the second result is true for any Hilbert space as range space.     

Riemann曲面上的正常和拟正常复合算子

Riemann曲面M上的平方可测1-形式全体和解析1-形式全体均可构成Hilbert空间。本文讨论Riemann曲面上的解析映射导出的这类Hilbert空间上的复合算子,研究复合算子的正常性、拟正常性的诱导映射特征。特别地,当M有有限三角剖分时,证明了正常复合算子、拟正常复合算子、酉复合算子、等距复合算子和可逆复合算子等价。     

Factoring multi-sublinear maps

Using Rademacher type, maximal estimates are established for k-sublinear operators with values in the space of measurable functions. Maurey–Nikishin factorization implies that such operators factor through a weak-type Lebesgue space. This extends known results for sublinear operators and improves some results for bilinear operators. For example, any continuous bilinear operator from a product of type 2 spaces into the space of measurable functions factors through a Banach space. Also included are applications for multilinear translation invariant operators.     

Duality for Lipschitz p-summing operators

Building upon the ideas of R. Arens and J. Eells (1956) [1] we introduce the concept of spaces of Banach-space-valued molecules, whose duals can be naturally identified with spaces of operators between a metric space and a Banach space. On these spaces we define analogues of the tensor norms of Chevet (1969) [3] and Saphar (1970) [14], whose duals are spaces of Lipschitz p-summing operators. In particular, we identify the dual of the space of Lipschitz p-summing operators from a finite metric space to a Banach space — answering a question of J. Farmer and W.B. Johnson (2009) [6] — and use it to give a new characterization of the non-linear concept of Lipschitz p-summing operator between metric spaces in terms of linear operators between certain Banach spaces. More generally, we define analogues of the norms of J.T. Lapresté (1976) [11], whose duals are analogues of A. Pietsch?s (p,r,s)-summing operators (A. Pietsch, 1980 [12]). As a special case, we get a Lipschitz version of (q,p)-dominated operators.     

Chebyshev�CSchoenberg Operators

We show that a given space of splines with sections in a given Extended Chebyshev space gives birth to infinitely many positive linear operators of Schoenberg-type. As a consequence of the properties of Chebyshevian B-spline bases such operators are automatically variation-diminishing. Among other results, we show that the set of two-dimensional spaces they reproduce is stable under knot insertion and dimension elevation, and we establish a simple sufficient condition for convergence.     

A hybrid generational genetic algorithm for the periodic vehicle routing problem with time windows

We propose a new population-based hybrid meta-heuristic for the periodic vehicle routing problem with time windows. This meta-heuristic is a generational genetic algorithm that uses two neighborhood-based meta-heuristics to optimize offspring. Local search methods have previously been proposed to enhance the fitness of offspring generated by crossover operators. In the proposed method, neighborhood-based meta-heuristics are used for their capacity to escape local optima, and deliver optimized and diversified solutions to the population of the next generation. Furthermore, the search performed by the neighborhood-based meta-heuristics repairs most of the constraint violations that naturally occur after the application of the crossover operators. The genetic algorithm we propose introduces two new crossover operators addressing the periodic vehicle routing problem with time windows. The two crossover operators are seeking the diversification of the exploration in the solution space from solution recombination, while simultaneously aiming not to destroy information about routes in the population as computing routes is NP-hard. Extensive numerical experiments and comparisons with all methods proposed in the literature show that the proposed methodology is highly competitive, providing new best solutions for a number of large instances.     

Examples of operators on <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>[0, 1] distinguishing certain operator ideals

We prove that for some classes of weakly compact operators on the space C[0, 1] the conditions that they are compact, absolutely summing and nuclear are distinct and connected to vector-valued sequence spaces. Received: 22 February 2006     

The stability of the viscous shock profiles of the burgers’ equation with a fourth order viscosity

We establish the stability of the viscous shock profiles of the Burgers' equation with fourth order viscosity in a weighted Sobolev space. In the course of our investigation, we develop a new method for dealing with the continuous spectrum of certain types of ordinary and partial differential operators in Hilbert spaces. This method allows us to get results in spaces that are related to L² rather than forcing us to work in spaces related to L^∞.     

Difference of Differentiation Composition Operators on the Fractional Cauchy Transforms Spaces

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the boundedness and compactness of the differences of differentiation composition operators from the space of fractional Cauchy transforms to the Bloch-type spaces and the weighted Dirichlet spaces. Surprisingly, these characterizations are free from pseudo-hyperbolic metric, which is a common feature of all the preceding characterizations of difference of differentiation composition operators on various spaces of holomorphic functions.