Crossed Modules Over Operads and Operadic Cohomology

It is known that elements in the cohomology of groups and in the Hochschild cohomology of algebras are represented by crossed extensions. We introduce the notion of crossed modules and crossed extensions for algebras over operads and obtain in this way an operadic version of Hochschild cohomology. Applications are given for the operads Com, Ass and for E operads.     

Subspaces of knot spaces

The inclusion of the space of all knots of a prescribed writhe in a particular isotopy class into the space of all knots in that isotopy class is a weak homotopy equivalence.

     

Embedding of function spaces of variable order of differentiation in function spaces of variable order of integration

The paper deals with embeddings of function spaces of variable order of differentiation in function spaces of variable order of integration. Here the function spaces of variable order of differentiation are defined by means of pseudodifferential operators.     

Weyl product algebras and modulation spaces

We discuss algebraic properties of the Weyl product acting on modulation spaces. For a certain class of weight functions ω we prove that is an algebra under the Weyl product if p∈[1,∞] and 1?q?min(p,p^′). For the remaining cases p∈[1,∞] and min(p,p^′)<q?∞ we show that the unweighted spaces Mp,q are not algebras under the Weyl product.     

Higher dimensional knot spaces for manifolds with vector cross products

Vector cross product structures on manifolds include symplectic, volume, G₂- and Spin(7)-structures. We show that the knot spaces of such manifolds have natural symplectic structures, and relate instantons and branes in these manifolds to holomorphic disks and Lagrangian submanifolds in their knot spaces.For the complex case, the holomorphic volume form on a Calabi-Yau manifold defines a complex vector cross product structure. We show that its isotropic knot space admits a natural holomorphic symplectic structure. We also relate the Calabi-Yau geometry of the manifold to the holomorphic symplectic geometry of its isotropic knot space.     

The symplectic floer homology of the square knot and granny knots

Using a kind of Mayer-Vietoris principle for the symplectic Floer homology of knots, we compute the symplectic Floer homology of the square knot and granny knots. Partially supported by NSF Grant DMS 9626166     

Operads,configuration spaces and quantization

We review several well-known operads of compactified configuration spaces and construct several new such operads, [`(C)]\bar C, in the category of smooth manifolds with corners whose complexes of fundamental chains give us (i) the 2-coloured operad of A <sub>∞</sub>-algebras and their homotopy morphisms, (ii) the 2-coloured operad of L <sub>∞</sub>-algebras and their homotopy morphisms, and (iii) the 4-coloured operad of openclosed homotopy algebras and their homotopy morphisms. Two gadgets — a (coloured) operad of Feynman graphs and a de Rham field theory on [`(C)]\bar C — are introduced and used to construct quantized representations of the (fundamental) chain operad of [`(C)]\bar C which are given by Feynman type sums over graphs and depend on choices of propagators.     

The incompatibility of crossing number and bridge number for knot diagrams

We study methods for computing the bridge number of a knot from a knot diagram. We prove equivalence between a geometric and a combinatorial definition of the bridge number of a knot diagram. For each notion of diagrammatic bridge number considered, we find crossing number minimizing knot diagrams which fail to minimize bridge number. Furthermore, we construct a family of minimal crossing diagrams for which the difference between diagrammatic bridge number and the actual bridge number of the knot grows to infinity.     

Nuclear embeddings in function spaces

Let be the usual Besov spaces in bounded Lipschitz domains Ω in (bounded intervals if ). The paper clarifies under which conditions the continuous embedding between two such spaces with is nuclear.     

Well-bounded operators on nonreflexive Banach spaces

Every well-bounded operator on a reflexive Banach space is of type (B), and hence has a nice integral representation with respect to a spectral family of projections. A longstanding open question in the theory of well-bounded operators is whether there are any nonreflexive Banach spaces with this property. In this paper we extend the known results to show that on a very large class of nonreflexive spaces, one can always find a well-bounded operator which is not of type (B). We also prove that on any Banach space, compact well-bounded operators have a simple representation as a combination of disjoint projections.

     

Functional equations and their related operads

Using functional equations, we define functors that generalize standard examples from calculus of one variable. Examples of such functors are discussed, and their Taylor towers are computed. We also show that these functors factor through objects enriched over the homology of little -cubes operads and discuss the relationship between functors defined via functional equations and operads. In addition, we compute the differentials of the forgetful functor from the category of -Poisson algebras in terms of the homology of configuration spaces.

     

Banach spaces of universal disposition

In this paper we present a method to obtain Banach spaces of universal and almost-universal disposition with respect to a given class M of normed spaces. The method produces, among others, the only separable Banach space of almost-universal disposition with respect to the class F of finite-dimensional spaces (Gurari? space G); or the only, under CH, Banach space with density character the continuum which is of universal disposition with respect to the class S of separable spaces (Kubis space K). We moreover show that K is isomorphic to an ultrapower of the Gurari? space and that it is not isomorphic to a complemented subspace of any C(K)-space. Other properties of spaces of universal disposition are also studied: separable injectivity, partially automorphic character and uniqueness.     

A class of curves in every knot type where chords of high distortion are common

The distortion of a curve is the supremum, taken over distinct pairs of points of the curve, of the ratio of arclength to spatial distance between the points. Gromov asked in 1981 whether a curve in every knot type can be constructed with distortion less than a universal constant C. Answering Gromov's question seems to require the construction of lower bounds on the distortion of knots in terms of some topological invariant. We attempt to make such bounds easier to construct by showing that pairs of points with high distortion are very common on curves of minimum length in the set of curves in a given knot type with distortion bounded above and distortion thickness bounded below.     

On the convergence of rational approximations of semigroups on intermediate spaces

We generalize a result by Brenner and Thomée on the rate of convergence of rational approximation schemes for semigroups. Using abstract interpolation techniques we obtain convergence on a continuum of intermediate spaces between the Banach space and the domain of a certain power of the generator of the semigroup. The sharpness of the results is also discussed.

     

Relative rearrangement and Lebesgue spaces with variable exponent

We apply the techniques of monotone and relative rearrangements to the nonrearrangement invariant spaces L^p()(Ω) with variable exponent. In particular, we show that the maps uL^p()(Ω)→k(t)u_*L^p_*()(0,measΩ) and uL^p()(Ω)→u_*L^p*()(0,measΩ) are locally -Hölderian (u_* (resp. p^*) is the decreasing (resp. increasing) rearrangement of u (resp. p)). The pointwise relations for the relative rearrangement are applied to derive the Sobolev embedding with eventually discontinuous exponents.     

Planar and affine spaces

In this note, we characterize finite three-dimensional affine spaces as the only linear spaces endowed with set Ω of proper subspaces having the properties (1) every line contains a constant number of points, say n, with n>2; (2) every triple of noncollinear points is contained in a unique member of Ω; (3) disjoint or coincide is an equivalence relation in Ω with the additional property that every equivalence class covers all points. We also take a look at the case n=2 (in which case we have a complete graph endowed with a set Ω of proper complete subgraphs) and classify these objects: besides the affine 3-space of order 2, two small additional examples turn up. Furthermore, we generalize our result in the case of dimension greater than three to obtain a characterization of all finite affine spaces of dimension at least 3 with lines of size at least 3.     

Besov-Morrey spaces: Function space theory and applications to non-linear PDE

This paper is devoted to the analysis of function spaces modeled on Besov spaces and their applications to non-linear partial differential equations, with emphasis on the incompressible, isotropic Navier-Stokes system and semi-linear heat equations. Specifically, we consider the class, introduced by Hideo Kozono and Masao Yamazaki, of Besov spaces based on Morrey spaces, which we call Besov-Morrey or BM spaces. We obtain equivalent representations in terms of the Weierstrass semigroup and wavelets, and various embeddings in classical spaces. We then establish pseudo-differential and para-differential estimates. Our results cover non-regular and exotic symbols. Although the heat semigroup is not strongly continuous on Morrey spaces, we show that its action defines an equivalent norm. In particular, homogeneous BM spaces belong to a larger class constructed by Grzegorz Karch to analyze scaling in parabolic equations. We compare Karch's results with those of Kozono and Yamazaki and generalize them by obtaining short-time existence and uniqueness of solutions for arbitrary data with subcritical regularity. We exploit pseudo-differential calculus to extend the analysis to compact, smooth, boundaryless, Riemannian manifolds. BM spaces are defined by means of partitions of unity and coordinate patches, and intrinsically in terms of functions of the Laplace operator.

     

A note on Besov-Morrey spaces and Triebel-Lizorkin-Morrey spaces

In the present paper, we obtain three independent results on the Besov-Morrey spaces and the Triebel-Lizorkin-Morrey spaces. That is, we are going to obtain the characterization of local means, the boundedness of pseudo-differential operators and the characterization of the Hardy-Morrey spaces. By using the maximal estimate and the molecular decomposition, we shall integrate and extend the known results on these spaces.     

Integral representations of functions and embeddings of sobolev spaces on cuspidal domains

Some classes of cuspidal domainsG ⊂ ℝ ⁿ are introduced, and embeddings of the formW _p ^(l) (G)↪L_q(G),l ∈ ℕ, for sobolev spaces are established. To this end, estimates of some integral operators are needed. These operators cannot be estimated via Riesz potentials or their anisotropic analogs. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 201–219, February, 1997. Translated by V. E. Nazaikinskii