Weakly Linearly Compact Topological Abelian Groups

In this paper, we study linearly topological groups. We introduce the notion of a weakly linearly compact group, which generalizes the notion of a weakly separable group, and examine the main properties of such groups. For weakly linearly compact groups, we construct the character theory and present an algebraic characterization of some classes of such groups. Some well-known theorems for periodic Abelian groups are generalized for the case of linearly discrete, topological Abelian groups; for linearly compact and linearly discrete topological Abelian groups, we also construct the character theory and study some important properties of linearly discrete groups. For linearly discrete, topological Abelian groups, we analyze the splittability condition (Theorem 3.12) and present the characteristic condition of decomposability of a discrete group G into the direct sum of rank-1 groups. We also present an algebraic characterization of linearly compact groups. We introduce the notion of a weakly linearly compact, topological Abelian group, which generalizes the notion of a weakly separable Abelian group, and examine some properties of such groups. These groups are a generalization of fibrous Abelian groups introduced by Vilenkin. We give an algebraic characterization of divisible, weakly locally compact Abelian groups that do not contain nonzero elements of finite order (Proposition 7.9). For weakly locally compact Abelian groups, we construct universal groups.     

Generalised sk-Spline Interpolation on Compact Abelian Groups

The notion of sk-spline is generalised to arbitrary compact Abelian groups. A class of conditionally positive definite kernels on the group is identified, and a subclass corresponding to the generalised sk-spline is used for constructing interpolants, on scattered data, to continuous functions on the group. The special case ofd-dimensional torus is considered and convergence rates are proved when the kernel is a product of one-dimensional kernels, and the data are gridded.     

On Infinitely Divisible Distributions on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

Our aim in this paper is to characterize some classes of infinitely divisible distributions on locally compact abelian groups. Firstly infinitely divisible distributions with no idempotent factor on locally compact abelian groups are characterized by means of limit distributions of sums of independent random variables. We introduce semi-selfdecomposable distributions on topological fields, and in case of totally disconnected fields we give a limit theorem for them. We also give a characterization of semistable laws on p-adic field and show that semistable processes are constructed as scaling limits of sums of i.i.d.     

Fundamental Sets of Functions on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

Let G be a locally compact Abelian group, and let X be a compact set of G. Given a positive definite function ?: G × G → ? whose real part is continuous at neutral element of G, we research a necessary and sufficient setting for the linear span of the set {x ∈ X → ?(x ? y): y ∈ X} to be dense in C(X) in the topology of uniform convergence. The context treated that is abstract encompasses classical cases of the literature, while other examples are entirely new.     

Partly Divisible Probability Measures on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

A notion of admissible probability measures μ on a locally compact Abelian group (LCA ‐ group) G with connected dual group Ĝ = ℝ^d × 𝕋ⁿ is defined. To such a measure μ, a closed semigroup Λ(μ) ⊆ (0, ∞) can be associated, such that, for t ∈ Λ(μ), the Fourier transform to the power t, (μˆ)^t, is a characteristic function. We prove that the existence of roots for non admissible probability measures underlies some restrictions, which do not hold in the admissible case. As we show for the example ℤ₂, in the case of LCA ‐ groups with non connected dual group, there is no canonical definition of the set Λ(μ).     

Compact Operators on Homogeneous Banach Spaces of Distributions on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

In this paper, two theorems about the compactness of almost invariant operators on homogeneous Banach spaces of distributions (in the sense of Feichtinger [11]) defined on a locally compact abelian group are proved. Our theorems generalize the corresponding results of K. de Leeuw [3] and Tewari and Madan [18] for operators on homogeneous Banach spaces on the circle group and Segal algebras on a compact abelian groups, respectively.AMS Subject Classification 2000: 43A85, 47B07.     

On the Approximation of Functions on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

Questions of approximative nature are considered for a space of functions L ^p(G, ), 1 p , defined on a locally compact abelian Hausdorff group G with Haar measure . The approximating subspaces which are analogs of the space of exponential type entire functions are introduced.     

On some generalizations of Hopfian and co-Hopfian Abelian groups

The notions of Hopfian and co-Hopfian groups have been of interest for some time. In this present work we consider generalizations of the classes of hereditarily Hopfian (co-Hopfian) and super Hopfian (co-Hopfian) Abelian groups by requiring only that countable subgroups or images inherit the Hopfian (co-Hopfian) property.     

Orbit Equivalence and Topological Conjugacy of Affine Actionson Compact Abelian Groups

 We study topological rigidity of affine actions on compact connected metrizable abelian groups. We also classify one parameter flows of translations up to orbit equivalence and discrete group actions by translations up to topological conjugacy. (Received 21 December 1998; in revised form 2 June 1999)     

Periodic Points for Expansive Actions of Zd on Compact Abelian Groups

In this note we show that the periodic points of an expansiveZ^d action on a compact abelian group are uniformly distributedwith respect to Haar measure if the action has completely positiveentropy. In the general expansive case, we show that any measureobtained as the distribution of periodic points along some sequenceof periods necessarily has maximal entropy but need not be Haarmeasure.     

CLT for Random Walks of Commuting Endomorphisms on Compact Abelian Groups

Let \(\mathcal S\) be an abelian group of automorphisms of a probability space \((X, {\mathcal A}, \mu )\) with a finite system of generators \((A_1, \ldots , A_d).\) Let \(A^{{\underline{\ell }}}\) denote \(A_1^{\ell _1} \ldots A_d^{\ell _d}\), for \({{\underline{\ell }}}= (\ell _1, \ldots , \ell _d).\) If \((Z_k)\) is a random walk on \({\mathbb {Z}}^d\), one can study the asymptotic distribution of the sums \(\sum _{k=0}^{n-1} \, f \circ A^{\,{Z_k(\omega )}}\) and \(\sum _{{\underline{\ell }}\in {\mathbb {Z}}^d} {\mathbb {P}}(Z_n= {\underline{\ell }}) \, A^{\underline{\ell }}f\), for a function f on X. In particular, given a random walk on commuting matrices in \(SL(\rho , {\mathbb {Z}})\) or in \({\mathcal M}^*(\rho , {\mathbb {Z}})\) acting on the torus \({\mathbb {T}}^\rho \), \(\rho \ge 1\), what is the asymptotic distribution of the associated ergodic sums along the random walk for a smooth function on \({\mathbb {T}}^\rho \) after normalization? In this paper, we prove a central limit theorem when X is a compact abelian connected group G endowed with its Haar measure (e.g., a torus or a connected extension of a torus), \(\mathcal S\) a totally ergodic d-dimensional group of commuting algebraic automorphisms of G and f a regular function on G. The proof is based on the cumulant method and on preliminary results on random walks.     

Partial Densities on Locally Compact Abelian Groups and Uniformly Distributed Sequences

 We investigate conditions under which a partial density on a locally compact abelian group can be extended to a density. The results allow applications to the theory of uniform distribution of sequences in locally compact abelian groups. Received August 27, 2001 Published online July 12, 2002     

Algebraically closed and existentially closed Abelian lattice-ordered groups

If \({\mathcal{G}}\) is an Abelian lattice-ordered (l-) group, then \({\mathcal{G}}\) is algebraically (existentially) closed just in case every finite system of l-group equations (equations and inequations), involving elements of \({\mathcal{G}}\), that is solvable in some Abelian l-group extending \({\mathcal{G}}\) is solvable already in \({\mathcal{G}}\). This paper establishes two systems of axioms for algebraically (existentially) closed Abelian l-groups, one more convenient for modeltheoretic applications and the other, discovered by Weispfenning, more convenient for algebraic applications. Among the model-theoretic applications are quantifierelimination results for various kinds of existential formulas, a new proof of the amalgamation property for Abelian l-groups, Nullstellensätze in Abelian l-groups, and the display of continuum-many elementary-equivalence classes of existentially closed Archimedean l-groups. The algebraic applications include demonstrations that the class of algebraically closed Abelian l-groups is a torsion class closed under arbitrary products, that the class of l-ideals of existentially closed Abelian l-groups is a radical class closed under binary products, and that various classes of existentially closed Abelian l-groups are closed under bounded Boolean products.     

Abstract Inverse Estimation with Application to Deconvolution on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

Recovery of the unknown parameter in an abstract inverse estimation model can be based on regularizing the inverse of the operator defining the model. Such regularized-inverse type estimators are constructed with the help of a version of the spectral theorem due to Halmos, after suitable preconditioning. A lower bound to the minimax risk is obtained exploiting the van Trees inequality. The proposed estimators are shown to be asymptotically optimal in the sense that their risk converges to zero, as the sample size tends to infinity, at the same rate as this lower bound. The general theory is applied to deconvolution on locally compact Abelian groups, including both indirect density and indirect regression function estimation.     

Recovery of Band-Limited Functions on Locally Compact Abelian Groups from Irregular Samples

Using the techniques of approximation and factorization of convolution operators we study the problem of irregular sampling of band-limited functions on a locally compact Abelian group G. The results of this paper relate to earlier work by Feichtinger and Gröchenig in a similar way as Kluvánek's work published in 1969 relates to the classical Shannon Sampling Theorem. Generally speaking we claim that reconstruction is possible as long as there is sufficient high sampling density. Moreover, the iterative reconstruction algorithms apply simultaneously to families of Banach spaces.