On zeros of Eisenstein series for genus zero Fuchsian groups

Let SL be a genus zero Fuchsian group of the first kind with as a cusp, and let be the holomorphic Eisenstein series of weight on that is nonvanishing at and vanishes at all the other cusps (provided that such an Eisenstein series exists). Under certain assumptions on and on a choice of a fundamental domain , we prove that all but possibly of the nontrivial zeros of lie on a certain subset of . Here is a constant that does not depend on the weight, is the upper half-plane, and is the canonical hauptmodul for

     

Modular differential equations of second order with regular singularities at elliptic points for

We give a definition of the modular differential equations of weight for a discrete subgroup for ; in this paper we set . We solve such equations admitting regular singularities at elliptic points for in terms of the Eisenstein series and the Gauss hypergeometric series. Furthermore, we give a series of such modular differential equations parametrized by an even integer , and discuss some properties of solution spaces. We find several equations which are solved by a modular form of weight .

     

On a conjecture about MRA Riesz wavelet bases

Let be a compactly supported refinable function in such that the shifts of are stable and for a -periodic trigonometric polynomial . A wavelet function can be derived from by . If is an orthogonal refinable function, then it is well known that generates an orthonormal wavelet basis in . Recently, it has been shown in the literature that if is a -spline or pseudo-spline refinable function, then always generates a Riesz wavelet basis in . It was an open problem whether can always generate a Riesz wavelet basis in for any compactly supported refinable function in with stable shifts. In this paper, we settle this problem by proving that for a family of arbitrarily smooth refinable functions with stable shifts, the derived wavelet function does not generate a Riesz wavelet basis in . Our proof is based on some necessary and sufficient conditions on the -periodic functions and in such that the wavelet function , defined by , generates a Riesz wavelet basis in .

     

A counterexample to the maximality of toric varieties

We present a counterexample to the conjecture of Bihan, Franz, McCrory, and van Hamel concerning the maximality of toric varieties. There exists a six dimensional projective toric variety with the sum of the Betti numbers of strictly less than the sum of the Betti numbers of .

     

A note on periodic points of order preserving subhomogeneous maps

Let be the standard closed positive cone in and let be the set of integers for which there exists a continuous, order preserving, subhomogeneous map , which has a periodic point with period . It has been shown by Akian, Gaubert, Lemmens, and Nussbaum that is contained in the set consisting of those for which there exist integers and such that , , and for some . This note shows that for all .

     

Hyperelliptic jacobians and simple groups

In a previous paper, the author proved that in characteristic zero the jacobian of a hyperelliptic curve has only trivial endomorphisms over an algebraic closure of the ground field if the Galois group of the irreducible polynomial is either the symmetric group or the alternating group . Here 4$"> is the degree of . In another paper by the author this result was extended to the case of certain ``smaller' Galois groups. In particular, the infinite series and were treated. In this paper the case of and is treated.

     

On polynomial products in nilpotent and solvable Lie groups

We are dealing with Lie groups which are diffeomorphic to , for some . After identifying with , the multiplication on can be seen as a map . We show that if is a polynomial map in one of the two (sets of) variables or , then is solvable. Moreover, if one knows that is polynomial in one of the variables, the group is nilpotent if and only if is polynomial in both its variables.

     

Infinite dimensional universal subspaces generated by Blaschke products

Let be the Banach algebra of all bounded analytic functions in the unit disk . A function is said to be universal with respect to the sequence of noneuclidian translates, if the set is locally uniformly dense in the set of all holomorphic functions bounded by . We show that for any sequence of points in tending to the boundary there exists a closed subspace of , topologically generated by Blaschke products, and linear isometric to , such that all of its elements are universal with respect to noneuclidian translates. The proof is based on certain interpolation problems in the corona of . Results on cyclicity of composition operators in are deduced.

     

Bases for some reciprocity algebras I

For a complex vector space , let be the algebra of polynomial functions on . In this paper, we construct bases for the algebra of all highest weight vectors in , where and for all , and the algebra of highest weight vectors in .

     

A note concerning the index of the shift

Let be a finite, positive Borel measure with support in such that - the closure of the polynomials in - is irreducible and each point in is a bounded point evaluation for . We show that if 0$">and there is a nontrivial subarc of such that

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then for each nontrivial closed invariant subspace for the shift on .

     

Conservativeness of diffusion processes with drift

We show the conservativeness of the Girsanov transformed diffusion process by drift with or 4d/(d+2)$">, or if is of the Hardy class with sufficiently small coefficient of energy . Here 0$"> is the lower bound of the symmetric measurable matrix-valued function appearing in the given Dirichlet form. In particular, our result improves the conservativeness of the transformed process by when .

     

The s-elementary frame wavelets are path connected

An s-elementary frame wavelet is a function which is a frame wavelet and is defined by a Lebesgue measurable set such that . In this paper we prove that the family of s-elementary frame wavelets is a path-connected set in the -norm. This result also holds for s-elementary -dilation frame wavelets in in general. On the other hand, we prove that the path-connectedness of s-elementary frame wavelets cannot be strengthened to uniform path-connectedness. In fact, the sets of normalized tight frame wavelets and frame wavelets are not uniformly path-connected either.

     

On Korenblum's maximum principle

Let be the Bergman space over the open unit disk in the complex plane. Korenblum's maximum principle states that there is an absolute constant , such that whenever ( ) in the annulus , then . In this paper we prove that Korenblum's maximum principle holds with .

     

Monoid of self-equivalences and free loop spaces

Let be a simply-connected closed oriented -dimensional manifold. We prove that for any field of coefficients there exists a natural homomorphism of commutative graded algebras where is the loop algebra defined by Chas and Sullivan. As usual denotes the monoid of self-equivalences homotopic to the identity, and the space of based loops. When is of characteristic zero, yields isomorphisms where denotes the Hodge decomposition on .

     

Rough singular integrals associated to surfaces of revolution

Let and . The authors establish the -boundedness for a class of singular integral operators associated to surfaces of revolution, , with rough kernels, provided that the corresponding maximal function along the plane curve is bounded on .

     

Convergence of sequences of sets of associated primes

It is a well-known result of M. Brodmann that if is an ideal of a commutative Noetherian ring , then the set of associated primes of the -th power of is constant for all large . This paper is concerned with the following question: given a prime ideal of which is known to be in for all large integers , can one identify a term of the sequence beyond which will subsequently be an ever-present? This paper presents some results about convergence of sequences of sets of associated primes of graded components of finitely generated graded modules over a standard positively graded commutative Noetherian ring; those results are then applied to the above question.

     

Parameter dependence of solutions of partial differential equations in spaces of real analytic functions

Let be an open set and let denote the class of real analytic functions on . It is proved that for every surjective linear partial differential operator and every family depending holomorphically on there is a solution family depending on in the same way such that The result is a consequence of a characterization of Fréchet spaces such that the class of ``weakly' real analytic -valued functions coincides with the analogous class defined via Taylor series. An example shows that the analogous assertions need not be valid if is replaced by another set.

     

The unit ball of the Hilbert space in its weak topology

We show that the unit ball of in its weak topology is a continuous image of , and we deduce some combinatorial properties of its lattice of open sets which are not shared by the balls of other equivalent norms when is uncountable.

     

Sobolev spaces and the Cayley transform

The generalised Cayley transform  from an Iwasawa -group into the corresponding real unit sphere  induces isomorphisms between suitable Sobolev spaces and . We study the differential of  , and we obtain a criterion for a function to be in  .

     

An ascending HNN extension of a free group inside

We give an example of a subgroup of which is a strictly ascending HNN extension of a non-abelian finitely generated free group . In particular, we exhibit a free group in of rank which is conjugate to a proper subgroup of itself. This answers positively a question of Drutu and Sapir (2005). The main ingredient in our construction is a specific finite volume (non-compact) hyperbolic 3-manifold which is a surface bundle over the circle. In particular, most of comes from the fundamental group of a surface fiber. A key feature of is that there is an element of in with an eigenvalue which is the square root of a rational integer. We also use the Bass-Serre tree of a field with a discrete valuation to show that the group we construct is actually free.