Extensions of the Scherk-Kemperman Theorem

Let Γ=(V,E) be a reflexive relation with a transitive automorphism group. Let F be a finite subset of V containing a fixed element v. We prove that the size of Γ(F) (the image of F) is at least

|F|+|Γ(v)|−|Γ⁻(v)∩F|.     

A new quadratic form on hyperkähler manifolds

Let (M,g,I,J,K) be a 4n-dimensional compact simple hyperkähler manifold. We construct a new quadratic form gM on H⁴(M) and study its properties. In particular, we determine completely its signature on H⁴(M,R) for n=2.     

Complementation and decompositions in some weakly Lindelöf Banach spaces

Let Γ denote an uncountable set. We consider the questions if a Banach space X of the form C(K) of a given class (1) has a complemented copy of c₀(Γ) or (2) for every c₀(Γ)⊆X has a complemented c₀(E) for an uncountable E⊆Γ or (3) has a decomposition X=A⊕B where both A and B are nonseparable. The results concern a superclass of the class of nonmetrizable Eberlein compacts, namely Ks such that C(K) is Lindelöf in the weak topology and we restrict our attention to Ks scattered of countable height. We show that the answers to all these questions for these C(K)s depend on additional combinatorial axioms which are independent of ZFC ± CH. If we assume the P-ideal dichotomy, for every c₀(Γ)⊆C(K) there is a complemented c₀(E) for an uncountable E⊆Γ, which yields the positive answer to the remaining questions. If we assume ♣, then we construct a nonseparable weakly Lindelöf C(K) for K of height ω+1 where every operator is of the form cI+S for c∈R and S with separable range and conclude from this that there are no decompositions as above which yields the negative answer to all the above questions. Since, in the case of a scattered compact K, the weak topology on C(K) and the pointwise convergence topology coincide on bounded sets, and so the Lindelöf properties of these two topologies are equivalent, many results concern also the space Cp(K).     

Filtrations,rees rings,and ideal transforms

Let I be an ideal, and let f = {K_n|n ≥ 0 } be a filtration of the Noetherian ring R, such that Iⁿ ⊆ K_n for all n ≥ 0. We study when the Rees ring $\text{R}$(f) is either finite or integral over the Rees ring $\text{R}$(I), for two types of filtrations f which have recently drawn interest. If I and J are ideals in R, and if m(n) is the least power of J such that (Iⁿ : J^{m(n) + 1}), we show that the function m(n) is eventually non-decreasing. For J regular, we characterize when it is eventually constant.     

The minimum distance of sets of points and the minimum socle degree

Let K be a field of characteristic 0. Let be a reduced finite set of points, not all contained in a hyperplane. Let be the maximum number of points of Γ contained in any hyperplane, and let . If I⊂R=K[x₀,…,x_n] is the ideal of Γ, then in Tohaˇneanu (2009) [12] it is shown that for n=2,3, d(Γ) has a lower bound expressed in terms of some shift in the graded minimal free resolution of R/I. In these notes we show that this behavior holds true in general, for any n≥2: d(Γ)≥A_n, where A_n=min{a_i−n} and ⊕_iR(−a_i) is the last module in the graded minimal free resolution of R/I. In the end we also prove that this bound is sharp for a whole class of examples due to Juan Migliore (2010) [10].     

The Kernel of the Eisenstein Ideal

Let N be a prime number, and let J₀(N) be the Jacobian of the modular curve X₀(N). Let T denote the endomorphism ring of J₀(N). In a seminal 1977 article, B. Mazur introduced and studied an important ideal I⊆T, the Eisenstein ideal. In this paper we give an explicit construction of the kernel J₀(N)[I] of this ideal (the set of points in J₀(N) that are annihilated by all elements of I). We use this construction to determine the action of the group Gal(Q/Q) on J₀(N)[I]. Our results were previously known in the special case where N−1 is not divisible by 16.     

On the stability of limit cycles for planar differential systems

We consider a planar differential system , , where P and Q are C¹ functions in some open set U⊆R², and . Let γ be a periodic orbit of the system in U. Let f(x,y):U⊆R²→R be a C¹ function such that

     

Uniformly continuous superposition operators in the Banach space of Hölder functions

Let I,J⊂R be intervals. One of the main results says that if a superposition operator H generated by a two place ,

H(φ)(x):=h(x,φ(x)),     

Principal values for Riesz transforms and rectifiability

Let E⊂Rd with Hn(E)<∞, where Hn stands for the n-dimensional Hausdorff measure. In this paper we prove that E is n-rectifiable if and only if the limit

     

A constructive description of Hölder classes on closed Jordan curves

Let Γ be a closed, Jordan, rectifiable curve, whose are length is commensurable with its subtending chord, leta ε int Γ, and let R_n(a) be the set of rational functions of degree ≤n, having a pole perhaps only at the pointa. Let Λ^α(Γ), 0 < α < 1, be the Hölder class on Γ. One constructs a system of weights γ_n(z) > 0 on Γ such that f∈Λ^α(Γ) if and only if for any nonnegative integer n there exists a function R_n, R_n ε R_n(a) such that ¦f(z) ? R_n(z)¦ ≤ c_f·γ_n(z), z ε Γ. It is proved that the weights γ_n cannot be expressed simply in terms of ρ ₁ ⁺ /n^(z) and ρ ₁ ^- /n^(z), the distances to the level lines of the moduli of the conformal mappings of ext Γ and int Γ on \(\mathbb{C}\backslash \mathbb{D}\) .     

Brauer groups and Amitsur cohomology for general commutative ring extensions

Exact couples are interconnected families of long exact sequences extending the short exact sequences usually derived from spectral sequences. This is exploited to give a long exact sequence connecting Amitsur cohomology groups $\text{H>}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{(}\text{S}\text{R}\text{, U)}$ (where U means the multiplicative group) and $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{(}\text{S}\text{R}\text{, Pic)}$ and a third sequence of groups Hⁿ(J), for every faithfully flat commutative R-algebra S. This same sequence is derived in another way without assuming faithful flatness and Hⁿ(J) is identified explicitly as a certain subquotient of a group of isomorphism classes of pairs (P, α) with P a rank one, projective Sⁿ-module and α an isomorphism from the coboundary of P (inPicS^{n + 1}) toS^{n + 1}. (Here Sⁿ denotes repeated tensor product of S over R.) This last formulation allows us to construct a homomorphism of the relative Brauer group $\text{B(}\text{S}\text{R}\text{)}$ to H²(J) which is a monomorphism when S is faithfully flat over R, and an isomorphism when some S-module is faithfully projective over R. The first approach also identifies H²(J) with Ker[H²(R, U)→H²(S, U)], where H²(R, U) denotes the ordinary, Grothendieck cohomology (in the étale topology, for example).     

Haagerup property for C-algebras

We define the Haagerup property for C^?-algebras A and extend this to a notion of relative Haagerup property for the inclusion B⊆A, where B is a C^?-subalgebra of A. Let Γ be a discrete group and Λ a normal subgroup of Γ, we show that the inclusion A_?α,rΛ⊆A_?α,rΓ has the relative Haagerup property if and only if the quotient group Γ/Λ has the Haagerup property. In particular, the inclusion has the relative Haagerup property if and only if Γ/Λ has the Haagerup property; has the Haagerup property if and only if Γ has the Haagerup property. We also characterize the Haagerup property for Γ in terms of its Fourier algebra A(Γ).     

Unbiased invariant minimum norm estimation in generalized growth curve model

This paper considers the generalized growth curve model subject to R(X_m)⊆R(X_m-1)⊆?⊆R(X₁), where B_i are the matrices of unknown regression coefficients, X_i,Z_i and U are known covariate matrices, i=1,2,…,m, and E splits into a number of independently and identically distributed subvectors with mean zero and unknown covariance matrix Σ. An unbiased invariant minimum norm quadratic estimator (MINQE(U,I)) of tr(CΣ) is derived and the conditions for its optimality under the minimum variance criterion are investigated. The necessary and sufficient conditions for MINQE(U,I) of tr(CΣ) to be a uniformly minimum variance invariant quadratic unbiased estimator (UMVIQUE) are obtained. An unbiased invariant minimum norm quadratic plus linear estimator (MINQLE(U,I)) of is also given. To compare with the existing maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of tr(CΣ), we conduct some simulation studies which show that our proposed estimator performs very well.     

Gevrey micro-regularity for solutions to first order nonlinear PDE

Let (x,t)∈Rm×R and u∈C²(Rm×R). We study the Gevrey micro-regularity of solutions u of the nonlinear equation

ut=f(x,t,u,ux),     

On the spectral synthesis problem for hypersurfaces of RN

Let F¹(Rⁿ) denote the Fourier algebra on $\text{R}$ⁿ, and $\text{D}$($\text{R}$ⁿ) the space of test functions on $\text{R}$ⁿ. A closed subset E of $\text{R}$ⁿ is said to be of spectral synthesis if the only closed ideal J in F¹(Rⁿ) which has E as its hull

$\text{h(J)={x ? R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{:f(x)=0}\text{for all}\text{f ? J}}$

is the ideal

$\text{k(E)={f?F}{}^1\text{(R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{):f(E)=0}}$

. We consider sufficiently regular compact subsets of smooth submanifolds of $\text{R}$ⁿ with constant relative nullity. For such sets E we give an estimate of the degree of nilpotency of the algebra $\text{(k(E)∩D(R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{))}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{j(E)}$, where j(E) denotes the smallest closed ideal in F¹(Rⁿ) with hull E. Especially in the case of hypersurfaces this estimate turns out to be exact. Moreover for this case we prove that k(E)∩D(Rⁿ) is dense in k(E). Together this solves the synthesis problem for such sets.     

An extension of Birkhoff’s theorem with an application to determinants

Let M_n(F) denote the algebra of n×n matrices over the field F of complex, or real, numbers. Given a self-adjoint involution J∈M_n(C), that is, J=J^*,J²=I, let us consider Cⁿ endowed with the indefinite inner product [,] induced by J and defined by [x,y]?〈Jx,y〉,x,y∈Cⁿ. Assuming that (r,n-r), 0?r?n, is the inertia of J, without loss of generality we may assume J=diag(j₁,?,j_n)=I_r⊕-I_n-r. For T=(|t_ik|²)∈M_n(R), the matrices of the form T=(|t_ik|²j_ij_k), with all line sums equal to 1, are called J-doubly stochastic matrices. In the particular case r∈{0,n}, these matrices reduce to doubly stochastic matrices, that is, non-negative real matrices with all line sums equal to 1. A generalization of Birkhoff’s theorem on doubly stochastic matrices is obtained for J-doubly stochastic matrices and an application to determinants is presented.     

Resolvent estimates for a certain class of Schrödinger operators with exploding potentials

Let $\text{H = ?Δ + V}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>E</mtext>}}\text{(¦x¦)+ V(x)}$ be a Schrödinger operator in Rⁿ. Here $\text{V}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>E</mtext>}}\text{(¦x¦)}$ is an “exploding” radially symmetric potential which is at least C² monotone nonincreasing and O(r²) as r → ∞. V is a general potential which is short range with respect to V_E. In particular, V_E  0 leads to the “classical” short-range case (V being an Agmon potential). Let Λ = lim_{r → ∞}V_E(r) and R(z) = (H ? z)^?1, 0 < Im z, Λ < Re z < ∞. It is shown that R(z) can be extended continuously to Im z = 0, except possibly for a discrete subset $\text{N}$?(Λ, ∞), in a suitable operator topology $\text{B(L, L}{}^1\text{)}$. And L ? L²(Rⁿ) is a weighted L²-space; H is then absolutely continuous over (Λ, ∞), except possibly for a discrete set of eigenvalues. The corresponding eigenfunctions are shown to be rapidly decreasing.     

Quantum Dynamical coBoundary Equation for finite dimensional simple Lie algebras

For a finite dimensional simple Lie algebra g, the standard universal solution R(x)∈Uq(g)^⊗2 of the Quantum Dynamical Yang-Baxter Equation quantizes the standard trigonometric solution of the Classical Dynamical Yang-Baxter Equation. It can be built from the standard R-matrix and from the solution F(x)∈Uq(g)^⊗2 of the Quantum Dynamical coCycle Equation as . F(x) can be computed explicitly as an infinite product through the use of an auxiliary linear equation, the ABRR equation.Inspired by explicit results in the fundamental representation, it has been conjectured that, in the case where g=sl(n+1)(n?1) only, there could exist an element M(x)∈Uq(sl(n+1)) such that the dynamical gauge transform RJ of R(x) by M(x),

RJ=M₁⁻¹(x)M₂(xqh₁⁾⁻¹R(x)M₁(xqh₂)M₂(x),     

Strongly irreducible ideals of a commutative ring

An ideal I of a ring R is said to be strongly irreducible if for ideals J and K of R, the inclusion J∩K⊆I implies that either J⊆I or K⊆I. The relationship among the families of irreducible ideals, strongly irreducible ideals, and prime ideals of a commutative ring R is considered, and a characterization is given of the Noetherian rings which contain a non-prime strongly irreducible ideal.