On some characterization of probability distributions in Hilbert spaces

Summary The aim of this paper is to prove the following theorem about characterization of probability distributions in Hilbert spaces:Theorem. — Let x₁, x₂, …, x_n be n (n≥3) independent random variables in the Hilbert spaceH, having their characteristic functionals f_k(t) = E[e^i(t,x _k)], (k=1, 2, …, n): let y₁=x₁ + x_n, y₂=x₂ + x_n, …, y_n−1=x_n−1 + x_n. If the characteristic functional f(t₁, t₂, …, t_n−1) of the random variables (y₁, y₂, …, y_n−1) does not vanish, then the joint distribution of (y₁, y₂, …, y_n−1) determines all the distributions of x₁, x₂, …, x_n up to change of location.     

The existence of non-degenerate functions on a compact differentiablem-manifoldM

Summary Let M be a compact differentiable m-manifold of class C^m in E_n, n=2m+1. Let x=(x₁, ..., x_n) represent a point in E_n. The union of the direction c on the direction sphere S_n−1 in E_n such that the scalar product c · x defines a non-degenerate fonction on M is an open subset of S_n−1 whose complement θ has a Lebesgue measure zero on S_n−1. When M is non-compact θ can be everywhere dense on S_n−1, but still has Lebesgue measure zero. To Giovanni Sansone on his 70^th birth day.     

Isotopes of prime (−1, 1)-and Jordan algebras

We deal with adjoint commutator and Jordan algebras of isotopes of prime strictly (−1, 1)-algebras. It is proved that a system of identities of the form [x ₁, x ₂, x ₂, x ₃,…, x _n ] for n = 2,.…, 5 is discernible on isotopes of prime (−1, 1)-algebras. Also it is shown that adjoint Jordan algebras for suitable isotopes of prime (−1, 1)-algebras may possess distinct sets of identities. In particular, isotopes of a prime Jordan monster have different sets of identities in general.     

L p − Lq estimates for convolution operators with n-Dimensional singular measures

Let S ⊂ ℜⁿ⁺¹ be the graph of the function ϕ :[−1, 1] ⁿ → ℜ defined by ϕ (x ₁ , …, x_n) = ∑ _j=1 ⁿ |x_j|^αj, with1<α ₁ ≤ … ≤ α_n, let σ the Euclidean area measure on S. In this article we study the L^p − L^q boundedness of convolution operators with the singular Borel measure on Rⁿ⁺¹ given by μ (E)=σ (E ∩ S)     

On convergence of a generalized Pál interpolation process

Let f∈C _[−1,1] ^″ (r≥1) and R_n(f,α,β,x) be the generalized Pál interpolation polynomials satisfying the conditions R_n(f,α,β,x_k)=f(x_k),R_n ^′(f,α,β,x_k)=f′(x_k)(k=1,2,…,n), where {x_k} are the roots of n-th Jacobi polynomial P_n(α,β,x),α,β>−1 and {x _k ^″ } are the roots of (1−x²)P_n″(α,β,x). In this paper, we prove that holds uniformly on [0,1]. In Memory of Professor M. T. Cheng Supported by the Science Foundation of CSBTB and the Natural Science Foundatioin of Zhejiang.     

Positive values of non-homogeneous indefinite quadratic forms of type (1, 4)

Let Г_r,n—r denote the infimum of all number Г > 0 such that for any real indefinite quadratic form inn variables of type (r, n—r), determinantD ≠ 0 and real numbers c₁; c₂,…, c_n, there exist integersx ₁,x₂,…,x_n satisfying 0 < Q(x₁+c₁,x₂ + c₂,…,x_n + c_n) ≤(Г|Z > |)^1/n. All the values of Г_r,n—r are known except for г_1,4. Earlier it was shown that 8 ≤Г_1,4 ≤16. Here we improve the upper bound to get Г_1,4 < 12.     

The perfectB-splines and a time-optimal control problem

Letx _v =cos (πν/n) (v=0, 1, …,n). It is shown that theB-splineM(x)=M(x; x ₀ ,x ₁ ,…, x _n ) is such thatM _n ⁽ⁿ⁾ (x) has a constant absolute value (=2 ⁿ⁻² (n−1)!) in [−1, 1]. Its integralf ₀(x)=∫ ₋₁ ^x M(t)dt is shown to have an optimal property that allows to solveexplicitly a certain time-optimal control problem.     

On simultaneous approximation to a differentiable function and its derivative by inverse Pal-Type interpolation polynomials

Let ξ_{n −1} < ξ_{n −2} < ξ_{n − 2} < ... < ξ₁ be the zeros of the the (n−1)-th Legendre polynomial P_n−1(x) and −1=x_n<x_n−1<...<x₁=1, the zeros of the polynomial . By the theory of the inverse Pal-Type interpolation, for a function f(x)∈C _[−1,1] ¹ , there exists a unique polynomial R_n(x) of degree 2n−2 (if n is even) satisfying conditions R_n(f, ξ_k) = f (ε_k) (1 ⩽ k ⩽ n −1); R¹ _n(f,x_k)=f¹(x_k)(1≤k≤n). This paper discusses the simultaneous approximation to a differentiable function f by inverse Pal-Type interpolation polynomial {R_n(f, x)} (n is even) and the main result of this paper is that if f∈C _[1,1] ^r , r≥2, n≥r+2, and n is even then |R¹ _n(f,x)−f¹(x)|=0(1)|W_n(x)|h(x)·n^3−r·E_2n−r−3(f^(r)) holds uniformly for all x∈[−1,1], where .     

Multidimensional analog of the Hardy condition for power series

In the middle of the 20th century Hardy obtained a condition which must be imposed on a formal power series f(x) with positive coefficients in order that the series f ⁻¹(x) = $ \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {b_n x^n } $ \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {b_n x^n } b _n x ⁿ be such that b ₀ > 0 and b _n ≤ 0, n ≥ 1. In this paper we find conditions which must be imposed on a multidimensional series f(x ₁, x ₂, …, x _m ) with positive coefficients in order that the series f ⁻¹(x ₁, x ₂, …, x _m ) = $ \sum i_1 ,i_2 , \ldots ,i_m \geqslant 0^b i_1 ,i_2 , \ldots ,i_m ^{x_1^{i_1 } x_2^{i_2 } \ldots x_m^{i_m } } $ \sum i_1 ,i_2 , \ldots ,i_m \geqslant 0^b i_1 ,i_2 , \ldots ,i_m ^{x_1^{i_1 } x_2^{i_2 } \ldots x_m^{i_m } } satisfies the property b _{0, …, 0} > 0, $ bi_1 ,i_2 , \ldots ,i_m $ bi_1 ,i_2 , \ldots ,i_m ≤ 0, i ₁² + i ₂² + … + i _m ² > 0, which is similar to the one-dimensional case.     

Regularity of (0,1, …,r−2, r)* interpolation on the unit circle

The object of this paper is to show regularity of (0,1, …, r−2, r)^* interpolation on the set obtained by projecting vertically the zeros of (1−x²)p _n ^(λ) (x) (λ≥1/2) onto the unit circle, where P _n ^(λ) (x) stands for the nth ultraspherical polynomial.     

Cyclotomic and simplicial matroids

We show that two naturally occurring matroids representable over ℚ are equal: thecyclotomic matroid μ_n represented by then ^th roots of unity 1, ζ, ζ², …, ζ^n-1 inside the cyclotomic extension ℚ(ζ), and a direct sum of copies of a certain simplicial matroid, considered originally by Bolker in the context of transportation polytopes. A result of Adin leads to an upper bound for the number of ℚ-bases for ℚ(ζ) among then ^th roots of unity, which is tight if and only ifn has at most two odd prime factors. In addition, we study the Tutte polynomial of μ_n in the case thatn has two prime factors. First author supported by NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship. Second author supported by NSF grant DMS-0245379.     

Characterization of polynomials and divided difference

For distinct points x₁,x₂,…,x_n in ℛ (the reals), letϕ[x₁, x₂,…,x_n] denote the divided difference ofϕ. In this paper, we determine the general solutionϕ,g: ℛ → ℛ of the functional equationϕ[x₁,x₂,…,x_n] =g(x₁,+ x₂ + … + x_n) for distinct x₁,x₂,…, x_n in ℛ without any regularity assumptions on the unknown functions.     

A note on convergent polynomials of interpolation

In this note we define a sequence {L_n(f;x)} of interpolatory polynomials based on a system x_n={x_kn, k=1,2,…n} of nodes to be a sequence of QLIP if for every f(x)∈C[−1,1], L_n(f; x) tends uniformly to f(x) and ρ_n=1+o(1) as n→∞, where ρ_n is the ratio of the number of points in x_n, at which L_n(f;x) coincides with f(x), and the degree of L_n(f;x). Two sequences of QLIP are constructed, one of which is based on a Bernstein process and the other the Freud-Sharma's construction.     

Higher integrability for minimizers of variational integrals with nonstandard growth

We consider a (possibly) vector-valued function u: Ω→R ^N, Ω⊂R ⁿ, minimizing the integral , whereD _iu=∂u/∂x _i, or some more general functional retaining the same behaviour; we prove higher integrability forDu:D ₁u,…,D_n−1u∈L^q, under suitable assumptions ona _i(x).

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Sunto Consideriamo una funzione u: Ω→R ^N, Ω⊂R ⁿ che minimizzi l'integrale , doveD _iu=∂u/∂x_i, o un funzionale con un comportamento simile; sotto opportune ipotesi sua _i(x), dimostriamo la seguente maggiore integrabilità perDu:D ₁u,…,D_n−1uεL^q.

     

Typical sheaves of generalized CM-modules

Let M be a generalized Cohen-Macaulay module over a noetherian local ring (R,m). Fix a standard system x₁, …, x_d∈m with respect to M and let . We construct a coherent Cohen-Macaulay sheafK over the projective space ℙ _R/I ^d-1 whose cohomological Hilbert functions depend only on the lengths of the local cohomology modules H _m ⁱ (M), (i=0, …, d−1).     

Symmetric block bases of sequences with large average growth

We show that if 0<ε≦1, 1≦p<2 andx ₁, …,x _n is a sequence of unit vectors in a normed spaceX such thatE ‖∑ _l ⁿ ε_i x _l‖≧n ^1/p, then one can find a block basisy ₁, …,y _m ofx ₁, …,x _n which is (1+ε)-symmetric and has cardinality at leastγn ^2/p-1(logn)⁻¹, where γ depends on ε only. Two examples are given which show that this bound is close to being best possible. The first is a sequencex ₁, …,x _n satisfying the above conditions with no 2-symmetric block basis of cardinality exceeding 2n ^2/p-1. This sequence is not linearly independent. The second example is a sequence which satisfies a lowerp-estimate but which has no 2-symmetric block basis of cardinality exceedingCn ^2/p-1(logn)^4/3, whereC is an absolute constant. This applies when 1≦p≦3/2. Finally, we obtain improvements of the lower bound when the spaceX containing the sequence satisfies certain type-condition. These results extend results of Amir and Milman in [1] and [2]. We include an appendix giving a simple counterexample to a question about norm-attaining operators.     

Recurrence in unipotent groups and ergodic nonabelian group extensions

LetT be a measure-preserving and ergodic transformation of a standard probability space (X,S, μ) and letf:X → SUT _d (ℝ) be a Borel map into the group of unipotent upper triangulard ×d matrices. We modify an argument in [12] to obtain a sufficient condition for the recurrence of the random walk defined byf, in terms of the asymptotic behaviour of the distributions of the suitably scaled mapsf(n,x)=(fT ⁿ⁻¹·fT ⁿ⁻²…fT·f). We give examples of recurrent cocycles with values in the continuous Heisenberg group H₁(ℝ)=SUT₃(ℝ), and we use a recurrent cocycle to construct an ergodic skew-product extension of an irrational rotation by the discrete Heisenberg group H₁(ℤ)=SUT₃(ℤ). The author was partially supported by the FWF research project P16004-MAT.     

An algorithm for constructing a variety of arbitrary finite dimension

The dimension of a variety V of algebras is the greatest length of a basis (i.e., of an independent generating set) for an SC-theory SC(V), consisting of strong Mal'tsev conditions satisfied in V. The variety V is assumed infinite-dimensional if the lengths of the bases in SC(V) are not bounded. A simple algorithm is found for constructing a variety of any finite dimension r≥1. Using the sieve of Eratosthenes, r distinct primes p₁, p₂,…, p_r are written and their product n=p₁p₂…p_r computed. The variety G_n of algebras (A, f) with one n-ary operation satisfying the identity f(x₁, x₂,…,x_n)=f(x₂,…,x_n, x₁) has, then, dimension r. Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 167–180, March–April, 1998.     

On sharp conditions for the global stability of a difference equation satisfying the Yorke condition

Continuing our previous investigations, we give simple sufficient conditions for the global stability of the zero solution of the difference equation x _n+1 = qx _n + ƒ_n(x _n, …, x _n−k), n ∈ ℤ, where the nonlinear functions ƒ_n satisfy the Yorke condition. For every positive integer k, we represent the interval (0, 1] as the union of [(2k + 2)/3] disjoint subintervals, and, for q from each subinterval, we present a global-stability condition in explicit form. The conditions obtained are sharp for the class of equations satisfying the Yorke condition. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 73–80, January, 2008.     

Penultimate limiting forms in extreme value theory

Summary Let {X _n}_n≧1 be a sequence of independent, identically distributed random variables. If the distribution function (d.f.) ofM _n=max (X ₁,…,X _n), suitably normalized with attraction coefficients {α_n}_n≧1(α_n>0) and {b _n}_n≧1, converges to a non-degenerate d.f.G(x), asn→∞, it is of interest to study the rate of convergence to that limit law and if the convergence is slow, to find other d.f.'s which better approximate the d.f. of(M _n−b_n)/a_n thanG(x), for moderaten. We thus consider differences of the formF ⁿ(a_nx+b_n)−G(x), whereG(x) is a type I d.f. of largest values, i.e.,G(x)≡Λ(x)=exp (-exp(−x)), and show that for a broad class of d.f.'sF in the domain of attraction of Λ, there is a penultimate form of approximation which is a type II [Ф _α(x)=exp (−x^−α), x>0] or a type III [Ψ _α(x)= exp (−(−x)^α), x<0] d.f. of largest values, much closer toF ⁿ(a_nx+b_n) than the ultimate itself.