Riesz product spaces and representation theory

Let {E _i:i∈I} be a family of Archimedean Riesz spaces. The Riesz product space is denoted by ∏ _i∈I E_i. The main result in this paper is the following conclusion: There exists a completely regular Hausdorff spaceX such that ∏ _i∈I E_i is Riesz isomorphic toC(X) if and only if for everyi∈I there exists a completely regular Hausdorff spaceX _i such thatE _i is Riesz isomorphic toC(X _i). Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

A generalization of Hardy spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> by using atoms

Let X = （X, d,μ） The purpose of this paper is to be a space of homogeneous type in the sense of Coifman and Weiss. generalize the definition of Hardy space H^P（X） and prove that the generalized Hardy spaces have the same property as H^P（X）. Our definition includes a kind of Hardy- Orlicz spaces and a kind of Hardy spaces with variable exponent. The results are new even for the R^n case. Let （X, δ, μ） be the normalized space of （X, d, μ） in the sense of Macias and Segovia. We also study the relations of our function spaces for （X, d, μ） and （X, δ,μ）.     

Norm-attaining functionals onC(Q, X)

Functionals (vector measures) defined on the spaceC(Q, X) of continuous abstract functions (whereQ is a compact Hausdorff space andX is a Banach space) and attaining their norm on the unit sphere are considered. A characterization of such functionals is given in terms of the Radon-Nikodym derivative of the vector measure with respect to the variation of the measure and in terms of analogs of the derivative. Applications to the characterization of finite-codimensional subspaces with the best approximation property are given. Similar results are obtained for the spaceB(Q, Σ, X) of uniform limits of simple functions. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 45–56, January, 1997. Translated by V. E. Nazaikinskii     

Estimates of the fractal and hausdorff dimensions of sets invariant under multimappings

We obtain estimates for the Hausdorff and fractal dimensions of setsA ∉X invariant under multimappingsF: X → 2 ^X of a Banach spaceX into the power set ofX. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 217–224, February, 1998.     

Continuation of a linear operator to an involution operator

A bounded linear operatorA:X→X in a linear topological spaceX is called ap-involution operator,p≥2, ifA ^p=I, whereI is the identity operator. In this paper, we describe linearp-involution operators in a linear topological space over the field ℂ and prove that linear operators can be continued to involution operators. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 671–676, May, 1997. Translated by M. A. Shishkova     

On based-free actions of compact lie groups on the hilbert cube

It is proved that a based-free action α of a given compact Lie groupG on the Hilbert cubeQ is equivalent to the standard based-free action σ if and only if the orbit spaceQ ₀/α of the free partQ ₀=Q* is aQ-manifold having the proper homotopy type of the orbit spaceQ ₀/σ. The existence of an equivariant retraction (Q ₀, σ)→(Q ₀, α) is established. It is proved that for any TikhonovG-spaceX the family of all equivariant mapsX→ conG separates the points and the closed sets inX. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 163–174, February, 1999.     

Topological properties of the multifunction space <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis>) of cusco maps

A set-valued mapping F from a topological space X to a topological space Y is called a cusco map if F is upper semicontinuous and F(x) is a nonempty, compact and connected subset of Y for each x ∈ X. We denote by L(X), the space of all subsets F of X × ℝ such that F is the graph of a cusco map from the space X to the real line ℝ. In this paper, we study topological properties of L(X) endowed with the Vietoris topology. The second author is supported by the SPM fellowship awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.     

Wijsman topology on function spaces

LetC(X,Y) be the space of continuous functions from a metric space (X,d) to a metric space (Y, e).C(X, Y) can be thought as subset of the hyperspaceCL(X×Y) of closed and nonempty subsets ofX×Y by identifying each element ofC(X,Y) with its graph. We considerC(X,Y) with the topology inherited from the Wijsman topology induced onCL(X×Y) by the box metric ofd ande. We study the relationships between the Wijsman topology and the compact-open topology onC(X,Y) and also conditions under which the Wijsman topology coincide with the Fell topology. Sufficient conditions under which the compactopen topology onC(X,Y) is weaker than the Wijsman topology are given (IfY is totally bounded, then for every metric spaceX the compactopen topology onC(X,Y) is weaker than the Wijsman topology and the same is true forX locally connected andY rim-totally bounded). We prove that a metric spaceX is boundedly compact iff the Wijsman topology onC(X, ℝ) is weaker than the compact-open topology. We show that ifX is a σ-compact complete metric space andY a compact metric space, then the Wijsman topology onC(X,Y) is Polish.     

Finite quasihypermetric spaces

Let (X, d) be a compact metric space and let (X) denote the space of all finite signed Borel measures on X. Define I: (X) → ℝ by I(μ) = ∫ _X ∫ _X d(x, y)dμ(x)dμ(y), and set M(X) = sup I(μ), where μ ranges over the collection of measures in (X) of total mass 1. The space (X, d) is quasihypermetric if I(μ) ≦ 0 for all measures μ in (X) of total mass 0 and is strictly quasihypermetric if in addition the equality I(μ) = 0 holds amongst measures μ of mass 0 only for the zero measure. This paper explores the constant M(X) and other geometric aspects of X in the case when the space X is finite, focusing first on the significance of the maximal strictly quasihypermetric subspaces of a given finite quasihypermetric space and second on the class of finite metric spaces which are L ¹-embeddable. While most of the results are for finite spaces, several apply also in the general compact case. The analysis builds upon earlier more general work of the authors [11] [13].      

Fell topology on the space of functions with closed graph

LetX andY beT ₁ topological spaces andG(X, Y) the space of all functions with closed graph. Conditions under which the Fell topology and the weak Fell topology coincide onG(X,Y) are given. Relations between the convergence in the Fell topologyτF, Kuratowski and continuous convergence are studied too. Characterizations of a topological spaceX by separation axioms of (G(X, R), τF) and topological properties of (G(X, R), τF) are investigated.     

Affine functions on simplexes and extreme operators

IfK a simplex andX a Banach space thenA(K, X) denotes the space of affine continuous functions fromK toX with the supremum norm. The extreme points of the closed unit ball ofA(K, X) are characterized,X being supposed to satisfy certain conditions. This characterization is used to investigate the extreme compact operators from a Banach spaceX to the spaceA(K)=A(K, (− ∞, ∞)). This note is part of the author’s Ph.D. thesis prepared at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Prof. A. Dvoretzky and Dr. J. Lindenstrauss. The author wishes to thank them for their helpful advice and kind encouragement.     

Approximation by harmonic functions in theC m -Norm and harmonicC m -capacity of compact sets in ℝ n

We study the function Λ ^m (X), 0<m<1, of compact setsX in ℝ ⁿ , n≥2, defined as the distance in the spaceC ^m (X)≡lip ^m(X) from the function |x|² to the subspaceH ^m (X) which is the closure inC ^m (X) of the class of functions harmonic in the neighborhood ofX (each function in its own neighborhood). We prove the equivalence of the conditions Λ ^m (X)=0 andC ^m (X)=H ^m (X). We derive an estimate from above that depends only on the geometrical properties of the setX (on its volume). Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 372–382, September, 1997. Translated by I. P. Zvyagin     

The space of maps from a locally compact space to a Banach space

The space of continuous maps from a topological spaceX to topological spaceY is denoted byC(X,Y) with the compact-open topology. In this paper we prove thatC(X,Y) is an absolute retract ifX is a locally compact separable metric space andY a convex set in a Banach space. From the above fact we know thatC(X,Y) is homomorphic to Hilbert spacel ₂ ifX is a locally compact separable metric space andY a separable Banach space; in particular,C(R ⁿ,R^m) is homomorphic to Hilbert spacel ₂. This research is supported by the Science Foundation of Shanxi Province's Scientific Committee     

A superreflexive banach spaceX withL(X) admitting a homomorphism onto the Banach algebraC(βN)

A separable superreflexive Banach spaceX is constructed such that the Banach algebraL(X) of all continuous endomorphisms ofX admits a continuous homomorphism onto the Banach algebraC(βN) of all scalar valued functions on the Stone-Čech compacification of the positive integers with supremum norm. In particular: (i) the cardinality of the set of all linear multiplicative functionals onL(X) is equal to 2^c and (ii)X is not isomorphic to any finite Cartesian power of any Banach space.     

The problem of envelopes for Banach spaces

LetX be a Banach space. A Banach spaceY is an envelope ofX if (1)Y is finitely representable inX; (2) any Banach spaceZ finitely representable inX and of density character not exceeding that ofY is isometric to a subspace ofY. Lindenstrauss and Pelczynski have asked whether any separable Banach space has a separable envelope. We give a negative answer to this question by showing the existence of a Banach space isomorphic tol ₂, which has no separable envelope. A weaker positive result holds: any separable Banach space has an envelope of density character ≦ℵ₁ (assuming the continuum hypothesis).     

Partial convexity

We consider a generalization of the classical notion of convexity, which is calledpartial convexity. LetV ∋ ℝ ⁿ be some set of directions. A setX ∋ ℝ ⁿ is calledV- convex if the intersection of any line parallel to a vector inV withX is connected. Semispaces and the problem of the least intersection base for partial convexity is investigated. The cone of convexity directions is described for a closed set in ℝ ⁿ . Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 406–413, September, 1996. The authors wish to express their gratitude to V. V. Gorokhovik and E. A. Barabanov for useful remarks and discussions. This research was supported in part by the Belorussian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. F95-016.     

Solutions in Sobolev spaces of vector refinement equations with a general dilation matrix

In this paper, we present a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of solutions in a Sobolev space W_p^k(ℝ^s) (1≤p≤∞) to a vector refinement equation with a general dilation matrix. The criterion is constructive and can be implemented. Rate of convergence of vector cascade algorithms in a Sobolev space W_p^k(ℝ^s) will be investigated. When the dilation matrix is isotropic, a characterization will be given for the L_p (1≤p≤∞) critical smoothness exponent of a refinable function vector without the assumption of stability on the refinable function vector. As a consequence, we show that if a compactly supported function vector φ∈L_p(ℝ^s) (φ∈C(ℝ^s) when p=∞) satisfies a refinement equation with a finitely supported matrix mask, then all the components of φ must belong to a Lipschitz space Lip(ν,L_p(ℝ^s)) for some ν>0. This paper generalizes the results in R.Q. Jia, K.S. Lau and D.X. Zhou (J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 7 (2001) 143–167) in the univariate setting to the multivariate setting. Dedicated to Professor Charles A. Micchelli on the occasion of his 60th birthday Mathematics subject classifications (2000) 42C20, 41A25, 39B12. Research was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Canada) under Grant G121210654.     

Denting and strongly extreme points in the unit ball of spaces of operators

For 1 ≤p ≤ ∞ we show that there are no denting points in the unit ball of ℓ(l^p). This extends a result recently proved by Grząślewicz and Scherwentke whenp = 2 [GS1]. We also show that for any Banach spaceX and for any measure space (Ω, A, μ), the unit ball of ℓ(L ¹ (μ), X) has denting points iffL ¹(μ) is finite dimensional and the unit ball ofX has a denting point. We also exhibit other classes of Banach spacesX andY for which the unit ball of ℓ(X, Y) has no denting points. When X* has the extreme point intersection property, we show that all ‘nice’ operators in the unit ball of ℓ(X, Y) are strongly extreme points.     

On the subspace L((x ∧ y)m) of Sm(∧2?4)

We take the exterior power ℝ⁴ ∧ ℝ⁴ of the space ℝ⁴, its mth symmetric power V = S ^m (∧²ℝ⁴) = (ℝ⁴ ∧ ℝ⁴) ∨ (ℝ⁴ ∧ ℝ⁴) ∨ ... ∨(ℝ⁴ ∧ ℝ⁴), and put V ₀ = L((x ∧ y)∨ ... ∨(x ∧ y): x, y ∈ ℝ⁴). We find the dimension of V ₀ and an algorithm for distinguishing a basis for V ₀ efficiently. This problem arose in vector tomography for the purpose of reconstructing the solenoidal part of a symmetric tensor field. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2009 Gubarev V. Yu. The author was supported by the State Maintenance Program for the Leading Scientific Schools of the Russian Federation (Grant NSh-344.2008.1). __________ Novosibirsk. Translated from Sibirskiĭ Matematicheskiĭ Zhurnal, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 503–514, May–June, 2009.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">w</Emphasis>*-Basic Sequences and Reflexivity of Banach Spaces

We observe that a separable Banach space X is reflexive iff each of its quotients with Schauder basis is reflexive. Similarly if ℒ(X, Y) is not reflexive for reflexive X and Y then ℒ(X ₁, Y) is is not reflexive for some X ₁ ⊂ X, X ₁ having a basis. This work was supported by the grants No. 201/03/0041 and No. 201/04/0090 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic and by the grant No. A1019801 of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.