Coleman Automorphisms of Permutational Wreath Products

Let N be a finite nontrivial nilpotent group and H a finite centerless permutation group on a finite set Ω (i.e., H acts faithfully on Ω). Let G = N?H = N^|Ω| ? H be the corresponding permutational wreath product of N by H. It is shown that every Coleman automorphism of G is an inner automorphism. This generalizes a well-known result due to Petit Lobão and Sehgal stating that the normalizer property holds for complete monomial groups with nilpotent base groups.     

Reconstructing a three‐color scenery by observing it along a simple random walk path

Let {ξ(n)}_n∈ℤ be a three‐color random scenery, i.e., a random coloration of ℤ in three colors, such that the colors of the different points in ℕ are i.i.d. Let {S(n)}_n∈ℕ be a symmetric random walk starting at 0. Our main result shows that a.s., ξ∘S (the composition of ξ and S) determines ξ up to translation and reflection. In other words, by observing the scenery along the random walk path S, we can a.s. reconstruct ξ up to translation and reflection. This result allows us to give a positive answer to the question of H. Kesten of whether one can a.s. detect a single defect in a three‐color random scenery by observing it only along a random walk path. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 15, 196–207, 1999     

Existence and comparison results for nonlinear volterra integral equations in a banach space

Let L ⁰(ΩA,P) be the space of equivalent classes of random variables defined on a probability space (Ω,A,P). Let H be the closed subspace of L ⁰(Ω,A,P) spanned by a sequence of i.i.d. (independent and identically distributed) random variables having the symmetric nondegenerate law F. It is proved that H is linearly homeomorphic to l _p for 0<p≤2 if F belongs to the domain of normal attraction of symmetric stable law withexponent p.     

Equivariant plateau problems

Let (M, Q) be a compact, three dimensional manifold of strictly negative sectional curvature. Let (Σ, P) be a compact, orientable surface of hyperbolic type (i.e. of genus at least two). Let θ : π₁(Σ, P) → π₁(M, Q) be a homomorphism. Generalising a recent result of Gallo, Kapovich and Marden concerning necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of complex projective structures with specified holonomy to manifolds of non-constant negative curvature, we obtain necessary conditions on θ for the existence of a so called θ-equivariant Plateau problem over Σ, which is equivalent to the existence of a strictly convex immersion i : Σ → M which realises θ (i.e. such that θ = i _*).      

On multipliers of partial addition sets

Let G be a finite group not necessarily abelian. We prove a multiplier theorem for a normal partial addition set in G (i.e. a partial addition set which is a union of conjugacy classes).The second author gratefully acknowledges the financial support by the CNR which made this work possible.     

Sets of Double and Triple Weights of Trees

Let T be a weighted tree with n leaves numbered by the set {1, . . . , n}. Let D _{i, j} (T) be the distance between the leaves i and j. Let D_i,j,k(T) = \frac12(D_i,j(T)+D_j,k(T)+D_i,k(T)){{D_{i,j,k}(T) = \frac{1}{2}(D_{i,j}(T)+D_{j,k}(T)+D_{i,k}(T))}} . We will call such numbers “triple weights” of the tree. In this paper, we give a characterization, different from the previous ones, for sets indexed by 2-subsets of a n-set to be double weights of a tree. By using the same ideas, we find also necessary and sufficient conditions for a set of real numbers indexed by 3-subsets of an n-set to be the set of the triple weights of a tree with n leaves. Besides we propose a slight modification of Saitou-Nei’s Neighbour-Joining algorithm to reconstruct trees from the data D _{i, j} .     

The minimal number of roots of surface mappings and quadratic equations in free groups

Let be a continuous mapping between orientable closed surfaces of genus h and g and let c denote the constant map with . Let be the minimal number of roots of f' among all maps f' homotopic to f, i.e. . We prove that where and denotes the Euler characteristic. In addition, certain quadratic equations in free groups closely related to the coincidence problem are solved. Received January 26, 1999; in final form November 8, 1999 / Published online February 5, 2001     

SOME LIMIT PROPERTIES OF LOCAL TIME FOR RANDOM WALK

Let X,X1,X2 be i. i. d. random variables with EX^2＋δ〈∞ （for some δ〉0）. Consider a one dimensional random walk S={Sn}n≥0, starting from S0 =0. Let ζ＊ （n）=supx∈zζ（x,n）,ζ（x,n） =#{0≤k≤n：[Sk]=x}. A strong approximation of ζ（n） by the local time for Wiener process is presented and the limsup type and liminf-type laws of iterated logarithm of the maximum local time ζ＊（n） are obtained. Furthermore,the precise asymptoties in the law of iterated logarithm of ζ＊（n） is proved.     

Linear preservers of orthogonal decomposable Tensors

Let G be a subgroup of the symmetric group S_m and V be an n-dimensional unitary space where nm. Let V(G) be the symmetry class of tensors over V associated with G and the identity character. Let D(G) be the set of all decomposable elements of V(G) and O(G) be its subset consisting of all nonzero decomposable tensors x ₁ ^?…^? x_m such that {x ₁,…,x_m } is an orthogonal set. In this paper we study the structure of linear mappings on V(G) that preserve one of the following subsets: (i)O(G), (ii) D(G)\(O(G)?{0}).     

Splitting of vector bundles on algebraic curves and elementary transformations

Let Ebe a rank nvector bundle on a smooth projective curve X. It is known that Emay be obtained from a splitted bundle +1≤i≤ L_i;, rank(L_i) = 1, by a finite number of elementary transformations. Here we give upper bounds for their minimal number. If n= 2 this is related to the order of stability of E.     

On the convergence to equilibrium of Brownian motion on compact simple Lie groups

Let M =G/H be an irreducible homogeneous compact manifold of dimension n equipped with its canonical Riemannian metric. Let γ be the lowest nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplace operator. Let μ be the normalized Haar measure and μ _t be the heat diffusion measure, i.e., the law of Brownian motion started at a fixed origin in M. We show that the total variation distance between μ_t and μ is not small for t ≪λ ⁻¹ logn.This is sharp, up to a factor of two, in the case of compact irreducible simply connected symmetric spaces.     

Jordan triple derivations on J-subspace lattice algebras

Let L be a J-subspace lattice on a Banach space X and Alg L the associated J-subspace lattice algebra. Let A be a standard operator subalgebra (i.e., it contains all finite rank operators in AlgL) of AlgL and M■B(X) the Alg L-bimodule. It is shown that every linear Jordan triple derivation from A into M is a derivation, and that every generalized Jordan (triple) derivation from A into M is a generalized derivation.     

Laplace approximations for sums of independent random vectors

Let X _i , i∈N, be i.i.d. B-valued random variables, where B is a real separable Banach space. Let Φ be a mapping B→R. Under a central limit theorem assumption, an asymptotic evaluation of Z _n = E (exp (n Φ (∑ _{i =1} ⁿ X _i /n))), up to a factor (1 + o(1)), has been gotten in Bolthausen [1]. In this paper, we show that the same asymptotic evaluation can be gotten without the central limit theorem assumption. Received: 19 September 1997 / Revised version:22 April 1999     

Functions of Vanishing Mean Oscillation

Let X_i, i = 1, 2,…, be i.i.d. symmetric random variables in the domain of attraction of a symmetric stable distribution G_α with 0 < α < 2. Let Y_i, i = 1, 2, …, be i.i.d. symmetric stable random variables with the common distribution G_α. It is known that under certain conditions the sequences {X_i} and {Y_i} can be reconstructed on a new probability space without changing the distribution of each such that \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {(X_i - Y_i) = o(n^{1/\gamma})} $\end{document} a.s. as n → ∞, where α ≦ γ < 2 (see Stout [10]). We will give a second approximation by partial sums of i.i.d. stable (with characteristic exponent α*, α < α* ≦ 2) random variables U_i, i = 1, 2,…, n, and we will obtain strong upperbounds for the differences \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {(X_i - Y_i - U_i)} $\end{document}.     

Weakly Singular and Microscopically Hypersingular Load Perturbation for a Nonlinear Traction Boundary Value Problem: a Functional Analytic Approach

Let Ω ⁱ and Ω ^o be two bounded open subsets of \mathbbRⁿ{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}} containing 0. Let G ⁱ be a (nonlinear) map from ?Wⁱ×\mathbbRⁿ{\partial\Omega^{i}\times {\mathbb{R}}^{n}} to \mathbbRⁿ{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}} . Let a ^o be a map from ∂Ω ^o to the set M_n(\mathbbR){M_{n}({\mathbb{R}})} of n × n matrices with real entries. Let g be a function from ∂Ω ^o to \mathbbRⁿ{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}} . Let γ be a positive valued function defined on a right neighborhood of 0 in the real line. Let T be a map from ]1-(2/n),+￥[×M_n(\mathbbR){]1-(2/n),+\infty[\times M_{n}({\mathbb{R}})} to M_n(\mathbbR){M_{n}({\mathbb{R}})} . Then we consider the problem

Characterizations of m-EP elements in rings

Let R be a ring with involution. In this paper, we extend the notions of m-EP matrices and m-EP operators to an arbitrary ring case. A number of new characterizations of m-EP elements in rings are presented. In particular, the existence criteria for 1-EP (i.e. EP) elements are obtained by means of the group inverse, Moore–Penrose inverse, and core inverse. Some properties of 2-EP are also given.     

The amalgamation of high distance Heegaard splittings is always efficient

Let M be a compact orientable manifold, and F be an essential closed surface which cuts M into two 3-manifolds M ₁ and M ₂. Let be a Heegaard splitting for i = 1, 2. We denote by d(S _i ) the distance of . If d(S ₁), d(S ₂) ≥ 2(g(M ₁) + g(M ₂) − g(F)), then M has a unique minimal Heegaard splitting up to isotopy, i.e. the amalgamation of and . Ruifeng Qiu is supported by NSFC(10625102).     

Likelihood Ratio Statistic for Exponential Mixtures

Let f ₀(x) be the exponential density and f (x) the translation model. Let (X _i) _i=1,n be i.i.d. random variables, with density g. We test that g is f ₀ against g is a simple mixture, using the LRT statistic. We prove that the LRT diverges to infinity with probability 1/2 and it is equal to 0 with probability 1/2. Therefore, the classical likelihood limiting theory does not hold.     

Factorization in the extended Selberg class of L ‐functions associated with holomorphic modular forms

Let N ∈ ? and let χ be a Dirichlet character modulo N. Let f be a modular form with respect to the group Γ₀(N), multiplier χ and weight k. Let F be the L ‐function associated with f and normalized in such a way that F (s) satisfies a functional equation where s reflects in 1 – s. The modular forms f for which F belongs to the extended Selberg class S^# are characterized. For these forms the factorization of F in primitive elements of S^# is enquired. In particular, it is proved that if f is a cusp form and F ∈ S^# then F is almost primitive (i.e., that if F = PG is a factorization with P, G ∈ S^# and the degree of P is < 2 then P is a Dirichlet polynomial). It is also proved that the conductor of the polynomial factor P is bounded by N. If f belongs to the space generated by newforms and N ≤ 4 then F is actually primitive (i.e., P is a constant) (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)