Some q-convexity properties of coverings of complex manifolds

Let C be a nowhere dense compact analytic subset of a 2-dimensional complex manifold X. A result of Napier is the construction of a neighborhood V of C such that for any covering space in which is holomorphically convex, there is a C ^∞ exhaustion function φ on which is strictly plurisubharmonic on π^-1(V) away from the compact irreducible components of . Colţoiu and Vajaitu obtained a q-convex version of this result for C a q-dimensional fiber of a proper surjective submersion X→Y. The goal of this paper is a similar version for Cprojective.     

Some remarks on the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function on variable <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> spaces

We show that any pointwise multiplier for BMO(ℝⁿ) generates a function p from the class (ℝⁿ) of those functions for which the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on the variable L^p space. In particular, this gives a positive answer to Diening's conjecture saying that there are discontinuous functions which nevertheless belong to (ℝⁿ).     

Continuity of eigenvalues of subordinate processes in domains

Let X={X_t,t≥0} be a symmetric Markov process in a state space E and D an open set of E. Let S⁽ⁿ⁾={S⁽ⁿ⁾_t, t ≥ 0} be a subordinator with Laplace exponent ϕ_n and S={S_t,t≥0} a subordinator with Laplace exponent ϕ. Suppose that X is independent of S and S⁽ⁿ⁾. In this paper we consider the subordinate processes and and their subprocesses and X^ϕ,D killed upon leaving D. Suppose that the spectra of the semigroups of and X^ϕ,D are all discrete, with being the eigenvalues of the generator of and being the eigenvalues of the generator of X^ϕ,D. We show that, if lim_n→∞ϕ_n(λ)=ϕ(λ) for every λ>0, then The research of this author is supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-0303310. The research of this author is supported in part by a joint US-Croatia grant INT 0302167.     

Exponential trichotomy and p-admissibility for evolution families on the real line

The aim of this paper is to obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for uniform exponential trichotomy of evolution families on the real line. We prove that if p ∈ (1,∞) and the pair (C_b(R,X),C_c(R,X)) is uniformly p-admissible for an evolution family ={U(t,s)}_t≥_s then is uniformly exponentially trichotomic. After that we analyze when the uniform p-admissibility of the pair (C_b(R, X), C_c(R, X)) becomes a necessary condition for uniform exponential trichotomy. As applications of these results we study the uniform exponential dichotomy of evolution families. We obtain that in certain conditions, the admissibility of the pair (C_b(R,X),L^p(R,X)) for an evolution family ={U(t,s)}_t≥_s is equivalent with its uniform exponential dichotomy.     

Partial regularity for stationary harmonic maps at a free boundary

Let and be smooth Riemannian manifolds, of the dimension n≥2 with nonempty boundary, and compact without boundary. We consider stationary harmonic maps u ∈ H¹(, ) with a free boundary condition of the type u(∂) ⊂ Γ, given a submanifold Γ⊂. We prove partial boundary regularity, namely (sing(u))=0, a result that was until now only known in the interior of the domain (see [B]). The key of the proof is a new lemma that allows an extension of u by a reflection construction. Once the partial regularity theorem is known, it is possible to reduce the dimension of the singular set further under additional assumptions on the target manifold and the submanifold Γ.     

Area density and regularity for soap film-like surfaces spanning graphs

For a given boundary Γ in Rⁿ consisting of arcs and vertices, with two or more arcs meeting at each vertex, we treat the problem of estimating the area density of a soap film-like surface Σ spanning Γ. Σ is assumed locally to minimize area, or more generally, to be strongly stationary for area with respect to Γ. We introduce a notion of total curvature (Γ) for such graphs, or nets, Γ. We show that 2π times the area density of Σ at any point is less than or equal to (Γ). For n=3, these density estimates imply, for example, that if (Γ)≤3.649π, then the only possible singularities of a piecewise smooth (M,0,δ)-minimizing set Σ are curves, along which three smooth sheets of Σ meet with equal angles of 120^°. Second author supported in part by NSF grant 00-71862.     

Zeros of Asai-Eisenstein series

We generalize a result of Max Deuring on the zeros of Zeta-function of quadratic forms to Asai's non-holomophic Eisenstein series E(z,s) of the Hilbert modular group. We prove that inside the rectangular and −1≤Re(s) ≤ 2 the function E(z,s) has only simple zeros on the line Re(s)=1/2 and two simple real zeros, if |N(y)| is large. The research was supported by a fellowship within the Post-doc-Program of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)     

On an eigenvalue problem related to the critical exponent

In this paper we study the eigenvalue problemwhere is a smooth bounded domain, and u is a positive solution of the problemsuch thatwhere S is the best Sobolev constant for the embedding of H¹₀() into L²*(), We prove several estimates for the eigenvalues _i, of (I), i=2,..,N+2 and some qualitative properties of the corresponding eigenfunctions.Supported by M.I.U.R., project Variational methods and nonlinear differential equations.     

Spectral multipliers for sub-Laplacians with drift on Lie groups

We study spectral multipliers of right invariant sub-Laplacians with drift on a connected Lie group G. The operators we consider are self-adjoint with respect to a positive measure , whose density with respect to the left Haar measure λ_G is a nontrivial positive character of G. We show that if p≠2 and G is amenable, then every spectral multiplier of extends to a bounded holomorphic function on a parabolic region in the complex plane, which depends on p and on the drift. When G is of polynomial growth we show that this necessary condition is nearly sufficient, by proving that bounded holomorphic functions on the appropriate parabolic region which satisfy mild regularity conditions on its boundary are spectral multipliers of . Work partially supported by the EC HARP Network “Harmonic Analysis and Related Problems”, the Progetto Cofinanziato MURST “Analisi Armonica” and the Gruppo Nazionale INdAM per l'Analisi Matematica, la Probabilità e le loro Applicazioni. Part of this work was done while the second and the third author were visiting the “Centro De Giorgi” at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, during a special trimester in Harmonic Analysis. They would like to express their gratitude to the Centro for the hospitality.     

Hausdorff measures, capacities and compact composition operators

It is shown that there exist analytic self-maps ϕ of the unit disc inducing compact composition operators on the Hardy space , 1 ≤ p < ∞ such that the Hausdorff dimension of the set is one; sharpening a classical result due to Schwartz. Moreover, the same holds in the weighted Dirichlet spaces with 0 < α < 1. As a consequence, we deduce that there exist symbols ϕ inducing compact composition operators on such that the α-capacity of E_ϕ is positive, which is no longer true for those just inducing Hilbert-Schmidt composition operators on . First author is partially supported by Plan Nacional I+D grant no. BFM2003-00034, and Gobierno de Aragón research group Análisis Matemático y Aplicaciones, ref. DGA E-64 . Second author is partially supported by Plan Nacional I+D grant no. BFM2002-00571 and Junta de Andalucía RNM-314.     

A Remark on the Linearized Stability of Positive Solutions for Systems Involving the p-Laplacian

The aim of this paper is to prove some stability result for nonlinear elliptic systems of the form where Δ_p denotes the p-Laplacian operator defined by Δ_pz = div(|∇ z|^p-2∇ z); p > 2, Ω is a bounded domain in R^N (N > 1) with smooth boundary where with h = 1 when α = 1, λ is a positive parameter and f,g are C² functin on [0,∞) × [0,∞). We prove stability and instability results of positive stationary solutions under various choices of f and g.     

Mean-value theorems for multiplicative functions on Beurling’s generalized integers (I)

Halász’s general mean-value theorem for multiplicative functions on ℕ is classical in probabilistic number theory. We extend this theorem to functions f, defined on a set of generalized integers associated with a set of generalized primes in Beurling’s sense, which satisfies Halász’s conditions, in particular,Assume that the distribution function N(x) of satisfieswith γ>γ₀, where ρ₁<ρ₂<···<ρ_m are constants with ρ_m≥1 and A₁,···,A_m are real constants with A_m>0. Also, assume that the Chebyshev function ψ(x) of satisfieswith M>M₀. Then the asymptoticimplieswhere τ is a positive constant with τ≥1 and L(u) is a slowly oscillating function with |L(u)|=1.     

Minimal Connected τ-Critical Hypergraphs

A hypergraph is τ-critical if τ(−{E})<τ() for every edge E ∈ , where τ() denotes the transversal number of . We show that if is a connected τ-critical hypergraph, then −{E} can be partitioned into τ()−1 stars of size at least two, for every edge E ∈ . An immediate corollary is that a connected τ-critical hypergraph has at least 2τ()−1 edges. This extends, in a very natural way, a classical theorem of Gallai on colour-critical graphs, and is equivalent to a theorem of Füredi on t-stable hypergraphs. We deduce a lower bound on the size of τ-critical hypergraphs of minimum degree at least two.     

Holomorphic dynamics near germs of singular curves

Let M be a two dimensional complex manifold, p ∈ M and a germ of holomorphic foliation of M at p. Let be a germ of an irreducible, possibly singular, curve at p in M which is a separatrix for . We prove that if the Camacho-Sad-Suwa index Ind then there exists another separatrix for at p. A similar result is proved for the existence of parabolic curves for germs of holomorphic diffeomorphisms near a curve of fixed points.     

Density results for the <Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis><Superscript>1/2</Superscript> energy of maps into a manifold

We show that maps from Bⁿ to a smooth compact boundaryless manifold which are smooth out of a singular set of dimension n−2 are dense for the strong topology in W^1/2(Bⁿ,). We also prove that for n≥2 smooth maps from Bⁿ to are dense in W^1/2(Bⁿ,) if and only if π₁()=0, i.e. the first homotopy group of is trivial.     

Estimates for the -Neumann problem and nonexistence of C 2 Levi-flat hypersurfaces in

Let be a pseudoconvex domain with C² boundary in , n 2. We prove that the -Neumann operator N exists for square-integrable forms on . Furthermore, there exists a number ₀>0 such that the operators and the Bergman projection are regular in the Sobolev space W ( ) for <₀. The -Neumann operator is used to construct -closed extension on for forms on the boundary b. This gives solvability for the tangential Cauchy-Riemann operators on the boundary. Using these results, we show that there exist no non-zero L²-holomorphic (p, 0)-forms on any domain with C² pseudoconcave boundary in with p > 0 and n 2. As a consequence, we prove the nonexistence of C² Levi-flat hypersurfaces in .This paper is a revision of our preprint (May 2003) formerly titled Estimates for the -Neumann problem and nonexistence of Levi-flat hypersurfaces in where the nonexistence of C², Levi-flat hypersurfaces is proved for >0.All three authors are partially supported by NSF grants.An erratum to this article can be found at     

New shape functions for triangular p-FEM using integrated Jacobi polynomials

In this paper, the second order boundary value problem −∇·((x,y)∇u)=f is discretized by the Finite Element Method using piecewise polynomial functions of degree p on a triangular mesh. On the reference element, we define integrated Jacobi polynomials as interior ansatz functions. If is a constant function on each triangle and each triangle has straight edges, we prove that the element stiffness matrix has not more than nonzero matrix entries. An application for preconditioning is given. Numerical examples show the advantages of the proposed basis.     

Square functions and <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Superscript>∞</Superscript> calculus on subspaces of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> and on Hardy spaces

Let X be a (closed) subspace of L^p with 1≤p<∞, and let A be any sectorial operator on X. We consider associated square functions on X, of the form and we show that if A admits a bounded H^∞ functional calculus on X, then these square functions are equivalent to the original norm of X. Then we deduce a similar result when X=H¹(ℝ^N) is the usual Hardy space, for an appropriate choice of || ||_F. For example if N=1, the right choice is the sum for h ∈ H¹(ℝ), where H denotes the Hilbert transform.     

Endomorphisms of H *(K(V, n); ) in the category of unstable modules

The ring of endomorphisms of the -cohomology of the Eilenberg-MacLane space K(V,n), in the category of unstable modules over the Steenrod algebra is calculated, where V is an elementary abelian 2-group, n is a non-negative integer and is the prime field of characteristic two. The result generalizes the theorem of Adams, Gunawardena and Miller, which corresponds to the case n=1.     

Positive Projective Space of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-Algebra with a Tracial Conditional Expectation

Let be a C*-algebra, a subalgebra of its center and Φ: → a tracial faithful conditional expectation. We define the positive projective space as the quotient where G⁺ is the space of positive invertible elements of , and if there exists g invertible in such that a′ = |g|²a. When is abelian, this space is a set of representatives for probability densities equivalent to a given one. The aim of this paper is to endow ℙ⁺ with differentiable structure, a linear connection and a Finsler metric. This is done in a way that given any pair of elements in ℙ⁺, there is a unique geodesic of this connection, which is the shortest curve joining such endpoints for the given metric. The metric space ℙ⁺ with the given geodesic distance is non positively curved.