On the <Emphasis Type="Italic">σ</Emphasis>-countable compactness of spaces of continuous functions with the set-open topology

For a Tychonoff space X, we obtain a criterion of the σ-countable compactness of the space of continuous functions C(X) with the set-open topology. In particular, for the class of extremally disconnected spaces X, we prove that the space C _λ(X) is σ-countably compact if and only if X is a pseudocompact space, the set X(P) of all P-points of the space X is dense in X, and the family λ consists of finite subsets of the set X(P).     

An Analog of Titchmarsh’s Theorem for the Fourier–Walsh Transform

The space clos(X) of all nonempty closed subsets of an unbounded metric space X is considered. The space clos(X) is endowed with a metric in which a sequence of closed sets converges if and only if the distances from these sets to a fixed point θ are bounded and, for any r, the sequence of the unions of the given sets with the exterior balls of radius r centered at θ converges in the Hausdorff metric. The metric on clos(X) thus defined is not equivalent to the Hausdorff metric, whatever the initial metric space X. Conditions for a set to be closed, totally bounded, or compact in clos(X) are obtained; criteria for the bounded compactness and separability of clos(X) are given. The space of continuous maps from a compact space to clos(X) is considered; conditions for a set to be totally bounded in this space are found.     

On HCO spaces. An uncountable compactT 2 space,different from ℵ1+1, which is homeomorphic to each of its uncountable closed subspaces,which is homeomorphic to each of its uncountable closed subspaces

LetX be an Hausdorff space. We say thatX is a CO space, ifX is compact and every closed subspace ofX is homeomorphic to a clopen subspace ofX, andX is a hereditarily CO space (HCO space), if every closed subspace is a CO space. It is well-known that every well-ordered chain with a last element, endowed with the interval topology, is an HCO space, and every HCO space is scattered. In this paper, we show the following theorems: Theorem (R. Bonnet):

1. Every HCO space which is a continuous image of a compact totally disconnected interval space is homeomorphic to β+1 for some ordinal β.
2. Every HCO space of countable Cantor-Bendixson rank is homeomorphic to α+1 for some countable ordinal α.

Theorem (S. Shelah):Assume \(\diamondsuit _{\aleph _1 } \) . Then there is a HCO compact space X of Cantor-Bendixson rankω ₁} and of cardinality ?₁ such that:

1. X has only countably many isolated points,
2. Every closed subset of X is countable or co-countable,
3. Every countable closed subspace of X is homeomorphic to a clopen subspace, and every uncountable closed subspace of X is homeomorphic to X, and
4. X is retractive.

In particularX is a thin-tall compact space of countable spread, and is not a continuous image of a compact totally disconnected interval space. The question whether it is consistent with ZFC, that every HCO space is homeomorphic to an ordinal, is open.     

On the geometry of spaces of oriented geodesics

Let M be either a simply connected pseudo-Riemannian space of constant curvature or a rank one Riemannian symmetric space, and consider the space L(M) of oriented geodesics of M. The space L(M) is a smooth homogeneous manifold and in this paper we describe all invariant symplectic structures, (para)complex structures, pseudo-Riemannian metrics and (para)Kähler structure on L(M).     

On a class of σ-space with special nets

Strong CP(HCP)-netted spaces are defined and some properties are shown. In particular, the following results are shown.

1. A submetrizable space is strong CP(HCP)-netted provided that the space admits a perfect map onto a strong CP(HCP)-netted space.
2. The image of a strong CP(HCP)-netted space under a perfect map is strong CP(HCP)-netted space.
3. A stratifiable space is strong HCP-netted if the space has a countable closed cover consisting of strong HCP-netted subspaces.

     

Narrow orthogonally additive operators in lattice-normed spaces

We consider a new class of narrow orthogonally additive operators in lattice-normed spaces and prove the narrowness of every C-compact norm-laterally-continuous orthogonally additive operator from a Banach–Kantorovich space V into a Banach space Y. Furthermore, every dominated Urysohn operator from V into a Banach sequence lattice Y is also narrow. We establish that the order narrowness of a dominated Urysohn operator from a Banach–Kantorovich space V into a Banach space with mixed norm W implies the order narrowness of the least dominant of the operator.     

Positive-fraction intersection results and variations of weak epsilon-nets

A connected Finsler space (M, F) is said to be homogeneous if it admits a transitive connected Lie group G of isometries. A geodesic in a homogeneous Finsler space (G / H, F) is called a homogeneous geodesic if it is an orbit of a one-parameter subgroup of G. In this paper, we study the problem of the existence of homogeneous geodesics on a homogeneous Finsler space, and prove that any homogeneous Finsler space of odd dimension admits at least one homogeneous geodesic through each point.     

A note on transitively <Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis>-spaces

In this note, we show that if for any transitive neighborhood assignment φ for X there is a point-countable refinement ? such that for any non-closed subset A of X there is some V ∈ ? such that |V ∩ A| ? ω, then X is transitively D. As a corollary, if X is a sequential space and has a point-countable wcs*-network then X is transitively D, and hence if X is a Hausdorff k-space and has a point-countable k-network, then X is transitively D. We prove that if X is a countably compact sequential space and has a pointcountable wcs*-network, then X is compact. We point out that every discretely Lindelöf space is transitively D. Let (X, τ) be a space and let (X, ?) be a butterfly space over (X, τ). If (X, τ) is Fréchet and has a point-countable wcs*-network (or is a hereditarily meta-Lindelöf space), then (X, ?) is a transitively D-space.     

Intersection cohomology of the circle actions

A classical result says that a free action of the circle S¹ on a topological space X is geometrically classified by the orbit space B and by a cohomological class e∈H²(B,Z), the Euler class. When the action is not free we have a difficult open question:

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“Is the space X determined by the orbit space B and the Euler class?”

The main result of this work is a step towards the understanding of the above question in the category of unfolded pseudomanifolds. We prove that the orbit space B and the Euler class determine:

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the intersection cohomology of X,

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the real homotopy type of X.

     

Uniform approximation: The non-locally convex case

IfS is a compact Hausdorff space of finite covering dimension and (E, τ) is a real or complex topological vector space (not necessarily locally convex), we prove a Weierstrass-Stone theorem for subsets ofC(S;E), the space of all continuous functions fromS intoE, equipped with the topology of uniform convergence overS.     

Linear Optimization with Box Constraints in Banach Spaces

Let X be a partially ordered real Banach space, let a,b∈X with a≤b. Let φ be a bounded linear functional on X. We say that X satisfies the box-optimization property (or X is a BOP space) if the box-constrained linear program: max 〈φ,x〉, s.t. a≤x≤b, has an optimal solution for any φ,a and b. Such problems arise naturally in solving a class of problems known as interval linear programs. BOP spaces were introduced (in a different language) and systematically studied in the first author’s doctoral thesis. In this paper, we identify new classes of Banach spaces that are BOP spaces. We present also sufficient conditions under which answers are in the affirmative for the following questions:

1. (i)
   When is a closed subspace of a BOP space a BOP space?
    
2. (ii)
   When is the range of a bounded linear map a BOP space?
    
3. (iii)
   Is the quotient space of a BOP space a BOP space?
    

     

Sobolev spaces and capacities theory on path spaces over a compact Riemannian manifold

We introduce Sobolev spaces and capacities on the path space P _{m 0} (M) over a compact Riemannian manifold M. We prove the smoothness of the Itô map and the stochastic anti-development map in the sense of stochastic calculus of variation. We establish a Sobolev norm comparison theorem and a capacity comparison theorem between the Wiener space and the path space P _{m 0} (M). Moreover, we prove the tightness of (r, p)-capacities on P _{m 0} (M), \(\), which generalises a result due to Airault-Malliavin and Sugita on the Wiener space. Finally, we extend our results to the fractional Hölder continuous path space \(\).     

Local reconstruction for sampling in shift-invariant spaces

The local reconstruction from samples is one of most desirable properties for many applications in signal processing, but it has not been given as much attention. In this paper, we will consider the local reconstruction problem for signals in a shift-invariant space. In particular, we consider finding sampling sets X such that signals in a shift-invariant space can be locally reconstructed from their samples on X. For a locally finite-dimensional shift-invariant space V we show that signals in V can be locally reconstructed from its samples on any sampling set with sufficiently large density. For a shift-invariant space V(? ₁, ..., ? _N ) generated by finitely many compactly supported functions ? ₁, ..., ? _N , we characterize all periodic nonuniform sampling sets X such that signals in that shift-invariant space V(? ₁, ..., ? _N ) can be locally reconstructed from the samples taken from X. For a refinable shift-invariant space V(?) generated by a compactly supported refinable function ?, we prove that for almost all \((x_0, x_1)\in [0,1]^2\), any signal in V(?) can be locally reconstructed from its samples from \(\{x_0, x_1\}+{\mathbb Z}\) with oversampling rate 2. The proofs of our results on the local sampling and reconstruction in the refinable shift-invariant space V(?) depend heavily on the linear independent shifts of a refinable function on measurable sets with positive Lebesgue measure and the almost ripplet property for a refinable function, which are new and interesting by themselves.     

Uniform Convexity and Associate Spaces

We prove that the associate space of a generalized Orlicz space L^?(·) is given by the conjugate modular ?* even without the assumption that simple functions belong to the space. Second, we show that every weakly doubling Φ-function is equivalent to a doubling Φ-function. As a consequence, we conclude that L^?(·) is uniformly convex if ? and ?* are weakly doubling.     

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.     

On the extent of star countable spaces

For a topological property P, we say that a space X is star Pif for every open cover Uof the space X there exists Y ? X such that St(Y,U) = X and Y has P. We consider star countable and star Lindelöf spaces establishing, among other things, that there exists first countable pseudocompact spaces which are not star Lindelöf. We also describe some classes of spaces in which star countability is equivalent to countable extent and show that a star countable space with a dense σ-compact subspace can have arbitrary extent. It is proved that for any ω ₁-monolithic compact space X, if C _p (X)is star countable then it is Lindelöf.     

Matrix characterization of A-statistical convergence of double sequences

We characterize the multiplier space of summability fields of four dimensional RH-regular matrices and show that the space of multipliers of a nonnegative RH-regular matrix over an algebra \(\mathcal{U} \) is the space of A-statistically convergent double sequences. For this purpose we prove a variant of the Brudno–Mazur–Orlicz bounded consistency theorem for a class of four dimensional matrices. Finally we give a matrix characterization of A-statistical convergence over the space of the Pringsheim A-uniformly integrable double sequences.     

On some questions about KC and related spaces

Answering questions raised by O.T. Alas and R.G. Wilson, or by these two authors together with M.G. Tkachenko and V.V. Tkachuk, we show that every minimal SC space must be sequentially compact, and we produce the following examples:

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a KC space which cannot be embedded in any compact KC space;

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a countable KC space which does not admit any coarser compact KC topology;

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a minimal Hausdorff space which is not a k-space.

We also give an example of a compact KC space such that every nonempty open subset of it is dense, even if, as pointed out to us by the referee, a completely different construction carried out by E.K. van Douwen in 1993 leads to a space with the same properties.     

Separability and Sequential Separability of the Space <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis>)

The following results are obtained: (1) a criterion for the separability of the space of continuous functions C(X) with the set-open topology; (2) a criterion for the sequential separability of the space C_p(A|X), where A ? X; (3) an answer to Velichko’s question of whether a set-theoretic condition on a metric space X in a criterion for the sequential separability of C_p(X) is necessary.     

On separability of the functional space with the open-point and bi-point-open topologies

We study the property of separability of functional space C(X) with the open-point and bi-point-open topologies and show that it is consistent with ZFC that there is a set of reals of cardinality \({\mathfrak{c}}\) such that a set C(X) with the open-point topology is not a separable space. We also show in a set model (the iterated perfect set model) that for every set of reals X, C(X) with the bi-point-open topology is a separable space.