Convexity numbers of closed sets in

For 2$"> let be the -ideal in generated by all sets which do not contain equidistant points in the usual metric on . For each 2$"> a set is constructed in so that the -ideal which is generated by the convex subsets of restricted to the convexity radical is isomorphic to . Thus is equal to the least number of convex subsets required to cover -- the convexity number of .

For every non-increasing function \aleph_0\}$"> we construct a model of set theory in which for each . When is strictly decreasing up to , uncountable cardinals are simultaneously realized as convexity numbers of closed subsets of . It is conjectured that , but never more than , different uncountable cardinals can occur simultaneously as convexity numbers of closed subsets of . This conjecture is true for and .     

The real powers of the convolution of a negative binomial distribution and a Bernoulli distribution

For 0,$"> this note computes essentially the set of in such that the entire series in defined by has all its coefficients non-negative. If and are independent random variables which have respectively Bernoulli and negative binomial distributions, denote by the distribution of . The above problem is equivalent to finding the set of 0$"> such that exists; this set is a finite union of intervals and may be the first example of this type in the literature. This gives the final touch to the classification of the natural exponential families with variance functions of Babel type, i.e. of the form , where is a polynomial with degree

     

On the Hartogs-Bochner phenomenon for CR functions in

Let be a compact, connected, -smooth and globally minimal hypersurface in which divides the projective space into two connected parts and . We prove that there exists a side, or , such that every continuous CR function on extends holomorphically to this side. Our proof of this theorem is a simplification of a result originally due to F. Sarkis.

     

Isomorphism of commutative group algebras of closed -local algebraically compact groups

Let be an abelian group and let be a field of 0$">. It is shown via a universal algorithm that if the modified Direct-Factor Problem holds, then the -isomorphism for some group yields provided is a closed -group or a -local algebraically compact group. In particular, this is the case when is closed -primary of arbitrary power, or is -local algebraically compact with cardinality at most and is in cardinality not exceeding . The last claim completely settles a question raised by W. May in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. (1979) and partially extends our results published in Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Padova (1999) and Southeast Asian Bull. Math. (2001).

     

Integral representation for a class of vector valued operators

Let be a compact space and let , be a (real, for simplicity) Banach space. We consider the space of all continuous -valued functions on , with the supremum norm .

We prove in this paper a Bochner integral representation theorem for bounded linear operators

which satisfy the following condition:

where is the conjugate space of . In the particular case where , this condition is obviously satisfied by every bounded linear operator

and the result reduces to the classical Riesz representation theorem.

If the dimension of is greater than , we show by a simple example that not every bounded linear admits an integral representation of the type above, proving that the situation is different from the one dimensional case.

Finally we compare our result to another representation theorem where the integration process is performed with respect to an operator valued measure.

     

On a conjectured noncommutative Beals-Cordes-type characterization

Given a skew-symmetric matrix we prove that a bounded operator on for which is smooth, and which commutes with all pseudodifferential operators is of the form with possessing bounded derivatives of all orders on Here, and denote the translation and the gauge representations of This was conjectured by Rieffel (1993) and is an application of the well-known Cordes' characterization of the the Heisenberg-smooth operators as pseudodifferential operators.

     

Sur une question de capitulation

Let and be prime numbers such that and . Let , , and let be the 2-Hilbert class field of , the 2-Hilbert class field of and the Galois group of . The 2-part of the class group of is of type , so contains three extensions . Our goal is to study the problem of capitulation of the 2-classes of in , and to determine the structure of .

RSESUM´E. Soient et deux nombres premiers tels que et , , , , le 2-corps de classes de Hilbert de , le 2-corps de classes de Hilbert de et le groupe de Galois de . La 2-partie du groupe de classes de est de type , par suite contient trois extensions . On s'intéresse au problème de capitulation des 2-classes de dans , et à déterminer la structure de .

     

Applications of a theorem of H. Cramér to the Selberg class

We prove two results on the nature of the Dirichlet coefficients of the -functions in the extended Selberg class . The first result asserts that if for some entire function of order 1 and finite type, then is constant. The second result states, roughly, that if are still the coefficients of some -function from , then with and . The proofs are based on an old result by Cramér and on the characterization of the functions of degree 1 of .

     

Finite homological dimension and primes associated to integrally closed ideals

Let be an integrally closed ideal in a commutative Noetherian ring . Then the local ring is regular (resp. Gorenstein) for every if the projective dimension of is finite (resp. the Gorenstein dimension of is finite and satisfies Serre's condition (S)).

     

Convergence of zeta functions of graphs

The -zeta function of an infinite graph (defined previously in a ball around zero) has an analytic extension. For a tower of finite graphs covered by , the normalized zeta functions of the finite graphs converge to the -zeta function of .

     

A continuum whose hyperspace of subcontinua is not -contractible

A topological space is said to be -contractible provided that there exists a continuous onto function such that is homotopic to a constant function. Answering a question by Sam B. Nadler, Jr., in this paper we construct a metric continuum such that its hyperspace of subcontinua is not -contractible.

     

On a problem of J. P. Williams

Let be the algebra of all bounded operators on a Hilbert space . Let be a continuous function on the closed disk and let

for some 0,$"> for all and all with . Then is differentiable on . The paper shows that the function may have a discontinuous derivative.

     

P.I. envelopes of classical simple Lie superalgebras

Let be a classical simple Lie superalgebra. We describe the prime ideals in the enveloping algebra such that satisfies a polynomial identity. If the factor algebra is not artinian, then it is an order in a matrix algebra over .     

Topologically transversal reversible homoclinic sets

An -reversible diffeomorphism on is studied possessing a hyperbolic fixed point. If the stable manifold of the hyperbolic fixed point and the fixed point set of have a nontrivial local topological crossing, then an infinite number of -symmetric periodic orbits of the diffeomorphism is shown. A perturbed problem is also studied by showing the relationship between a corresponding Melnikov function and the nontriviality of a local topological crossing of the set and the stable manifold for the perturbed diffeomorphism.

     

On the regularity of solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations via the Liouville property

We show that any solution to the uniformly elliptic equation must belong to , if the equation has the Liouville property.

     

Local dual spaces of Banach spaces of vector-valued functions

We show that is a local dual of , and is a local dual of , where is a Banach space. A local dual space of a Banach space is a subspace of so that we have a local representation of in satisfying the properties of the representation of in provided by the principle of local reflexivity.

     

On classes of maps which preserve finitisticness

We shall prove the following: Let be a refinable map between paracompact spaces. Then is finitistic if and only if is finitistic. Let be a hereditary shape equivalence between metric spaces. Then if is finitistic, is finitistic.

     

On locally finite -groups satisfying an Engel condition

For a given positive integer and a given prime number , let be the integer satisfying . We show that every locally finite -group, satisfying the -Engel identity, is (nilpotent of -bounded class)-by-(finite exponent) where the best upper bound for the exponent is either or if is odd. When the best upper bound is or . In the second part of the paper we focus our attention on -Engel groups. With the aid of the results of the first part we show that every -Engel -group is soluble and the derived length is bounded by some constant.

     

Normal bases for Hopf-Galois algebras

Let be a Hopf algebra over a commutative ring such that is a finitely generated, projective module over , let be a right -comodule algebra, and let be the subalgebra of -coinvariant elements of . If is a Galois extension of and is a local subalgebra of the center of , then is a cleft right -comodule algebra or, equivalently, there is a normal basis for over .