Limit ultraspherical series and their approximation properties

We study new series of the form $\sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^\infty {f_k^{ - 1} \hat P_k^{ - 1} (x)} $ in which the general term $f_k^{ - 1} \hat P_k^{ - 1} (x)$ , k = 0, 1, …, is obtained by passing to the limit as α→?1 from the general term $\hat f_k^\alpha \hat P_k^{\alpha ,\alpha } (x)$ of the Fourier series $\sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^\infty {f_k^\alpha \hat P_k^{\alpha ,\alpha } (x)} $ in Jacobi ultraspherical polynomials $\hat P_k^{\alpha ,\alpha } (x)$ generating, for α> ?1, an orthonormal system with weight (1 ? x ₂)α on [?1, 1]. We study the properties of the partial sums $S_n^{ - 1} (f,x) = \sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^n {f_k^{ - 1} \hat P_k^{ - 1} (x)} $ of the limit ultraspherical series $\sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^\infty {f_k^{ - 1} \hat P_k^{ - 1} (x)} $ . In particular, it is shown that the operator S _n ^?1 (f) = S _n ^?1 (f, x) is the projection onto the subspace of algebraic polynomials p _n = p _n (x) of degree at most n, i.e., S _n (p _n ) = p _n ; in addition, S _n ^?1 (f, x) coincides with f(x) at the endpoints ±1, i.e., S _n ^?1 (f,±1) = f(±1). It is proved that the Lebesgue function Λ _n (x) of the partial sums S _n ^?1 (f, x) is of the order of growth equal to O(ln n), and, more precisely, it is proved that $\Lambda _n (x) \leqslant c(1 + \ln (1 + n\sqrt {1 - x^2 } )), - 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 1$ .     

Rational approximation to 19-0119-0119-01on [0, 1]

В стАтьЕ пОлУЧЕНО УсИ лЕНИЕ НЕскОлькИх РЕж УльтАтОВ О РАцИОНАльНОИ АппРОк сИМАцИИx ^α НА [0,1]. ДОкАжАНО, ЧтО НАИ лУЧшИЕ пРИБлИжЕНИьr _n (x ^α) ФУНкцИИx ^α НА [0,1] РАцИОНА льНыМИ ДРОБьМИ пОРьДкАn Дль лУБОгО НЕцЕлОгО пОлО жИтЕльНОгО А УДОВлЕтВОРьУт сООт НОшЕНИУ $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } r_n^{1/\sqrt n } (x^\alpha ) = \exp ( - 2\pi \sqrt \alpha ).$$ гИпОтЕжА О спРАВЕДлИ ВОстИ ЁтОИ ОцЕНкИ Был А ВыскАжАНА А. А. гОНЧАРОМ В 1974 г. кРОМЕ тОгО, тОЧНАь ОцЕ НкА, пОлУЧЕННАь Н. с. Вь ЧЕслАВОВНы Дль слУЧАь А=1/2 РАс-пРОс тРАНьЕтсь В РАБОтЕ НА пРОИжВОль НыЕ пОлОжИтЕльНыЕ РА цИОНАльНыЕ ЧИслА α: $$b_\alpha |\sin \pi \alpha |< r_n (x^\alpha )\exp (2\pi \sqrt {\alpha n} )< B_{p,q} ,$$ жДЕсь α=p/q.     

Problems similar to the additive divisor problem

For multiplicative functions ?(n), let the following conditions be satisfied: ?(n)≥0 ?(p ^r)≤A ^r,A>0, and for anyε>0 there exist constants $A_\varepsilon$ ,α>0 such that $f(n) \leqslant A_\varepsilon n^\varepsilon$ and Σ _p≤x ?(p) lnp≥αx. For such functions, the following relation is proved: $$\sum\limits_{n \leqslant x} {f(n)} \tau (n - 1) = C(f)\sum\limits_{n \leqslant x} {f(n)lnx(1 + 0(1))}$$ . Hereτ(n) is the number of divisors ofn andC(?) is a constant.     

Über arithmetische Eigenschaften von Lückenreihen mit algebraischen Koeffizienten und algebraischem Argument

Let \(f(z) = \sum\limits_{h = 0}^\infty {f_h z^h } \) be a power series with positive radius of convergenceR _f ≤1,f _h algebraic and lacunary in the following sense: Let {r _n }, {s _n } be two infinite sequences of integers, satisfying $$0 = s_0 \leqslant r_1< s_1 \leqslant r_2< s_2 \leqslant r_3< s_3 \leqslant ..., \mathop {lim}\limits_{n \to \infty } (s_n /F(n)) = \infty $$ such that $$f_h = 0 if r_n< h< s_n ,f_{r_n } \ne 0,f_{s_n } \ne 0 for n = 1,2,3,...;$$ F(n) denotes a certain function ofn, dependent onr _n and \(f_0 ,f_1 ,f_2 , \ldots f_{r_n } \) . Using ideas from a note ofK. Mahler, among other results the following main theorem is proved: The function valuef(α) (with α algebraic, 0<|α|<R _f ) is algebraic if and only if there exists a positive integerN=N(α) such that $$P_n (\alpha ): = \sum\limits_{h = s_n }^{r_{n + 1} } {f_h \alpha ^h = 0 for all n \geqslant N.} $$      

Simultaneous approximation by algebraic polynomials

Some estimates for simultaneous polynomial approximation of a function and its derivatives are obtained. These estimates are exact in a certain sense. In particular, the following result is derived as a corollary: Forf∈C ^r[?1,1],m∈N, and anyn≥max{m+r?1, 2r+1}, an algebraic polynomialP _n of degree ≤n exists that satisfies $$\left| {f^{\left( k \right)} \left( x \right) - P_n^{\left( k \right)} \left( {f,x} \right)} \right| \leqslant C\left( {r,m} \right)\Gamma _{nrmk} \left( x \right)^{r - k} \omega ^m \left( {f^{\left( r \right)} ,\Gamma _{nrmk} \left( x \right)} \right),$$ for 0≤k≤r andx ∈ [?1,1], where ω^υ(f^(k),δ) denotes the usual vth modulus of smoothness off ^(k), and Moreover, for no 0≤k≤r can (1?x ²)( ^{r?k+1)/(r?k+m)}(1/n²)^{(m?1)/(r?k+m)} be replaced by (1-x²)^αkn^2αk-2, with α_k>(r-k+a)/(r-k+m).     

Summation of weakly dependent sequences by Cesàro methods

Пусть (X, A, u) — пространст во с конечной мерой, (ξ_k) ₁ ^∞ — последовательност ь функций, \(\xi _k \varepsilon L_{2r} (X), r > 1, \int\limits_X {\xi _k d\mu = 0} \) . Изучаются условия, п ри которых справедли вgа - у. з. б.ч., т. e. (ξ _k) суммируется к ну лю почти всюду методо м (С, а),а > 0. Приведем два резу льтата. 1) Если (ξ _k) — слабо мульт ипликативная систем а (в частности, мартингал-разности или независимая сист ема), то условие $$\mathop \sum \limits_1^\infty \mathop {\smallint }\limits_X \left| {\xi _k } \right|^{2r} d\mu \cdot c_r (k,\alpha )< \infty $$ влечетβ - у.з.б.ч. Здесьc _r(k,α)=k ^-2rα при 0<α<(r+1)/2r, c_r=k^?(r+1) In3r-1 k приа=(r+1)/2r, с_r=k^?(r+1) при а >(r+1)/2r. 2) Если (ξ _k) независимы,Mξ _k=0, (r+1)/2r<α=1, то условия $$\mathop \sum \limits_{k = 1}^\infty \frac{{(M\xi _k^2 )^r }}{{k^{r + 1} }}< \infty ,\mathop \sum \limits_{k = 1}^\infty \frac{{M|\xi _k |^{2r} }}{{k^{2r\alpha } }}< \infty $$ влекут за собой а - у. з. б. ч.     

Hypergraphs do not jump

The number α, 0≦α≦1, is a jump forr if for any positive ε and any integerm,m≧r, anyr-uniform hypergraph withn>n _o (ε,m) vertices and at least (α+ε) \(\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} n \\ r \\ \end{array} } \right)\) edges contains a subgraph withm vertices and at least (α+c) \(\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} m \\ r \\ \end{array} } \right)\) edges, wherec=c(α) does not depend on ε andm. It follows from a theorem of Erdös, Stone and Simonovits that forr=2 every α is a jump. Erdös asked whether the same is true forr≧3. He offered $ 1000 for answering this question. In this paper we give a negative answer by showing that \(1 - \frac{1}{{l^{r - 1} }}\) is not a jump ifr≧3,l>2r.     

Convergence rates in the law of large numbers for random variables on partially ordered sets

Let (A, ≤) be a partially ordered set, {X _α} a collection of i. i. d. random variables, indexed byA. Let \(S_\alpha = \sum _{\beta \leqslant \alpha } X_\beta \) , |α|=card {β∈A, β∈α}. We study the convergence rates ofS _α/|α|. We derive for a large class of partially ordered sets theorems, like the following one: For suitabler, t with 1/2< <r/t≤1:E|X| ^t M (|X| ^t/r )<∞ andEX=μ if and only if $$S_\alpha = \sum _{\beta \leqslant \alpha } X_\beta $$ for all ε>0, where \(M(x) = \sum _{j< x} d(j)\) withd(j)=card {α∈A, |α|=j}.     

Solution of the Szili type conjugate problem on the roots of the laguerre polynomials

Let ?1<α≤0 and let $$L_n^{(\alpha )} (x) = \frac{1}{{n!}}x^{ - \alpha } e^x \frac{{d^n }}{{dx^n }}(x^{\alpha + n} e^{ - x} )$$ be the generalizednth Laguerre polynomial,n=1,2,… Letx ₁,x ₂,…,x _n andx*₁,x*₂,…,x* _n?1 denote the roots ofL _n ^(α) (x) andL _n ^(α)′ (x) respectively and putx*₀=0. In this paper we prove the following theorem: Ify ₀,y ₁,…,y _n ?1 andy ₁ ^′ ,…,y _n ^′ are two systems of arbitrary real numbers, then there exists a unique polynomialP(x) of degree 2n?1 satisfying the conditions $$\begin{gathered} P\left( {x_k^* } \right) = y_k (k = 0,...,n - 1) \hfill \\ P'\left( {x_k } \right) = y_k^\prime (k = 1,...,n). \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ .     

Some results on non-linear recurrence

We study the behavior of measure-preserving systems with continuous time along sequences of the form {n ^α}n∈#x2115;} where α is a positive real number¹. Let {S ^t } _t∈? be an ergodic continuous measure preserving flow on a probability Lebesgue space (X, β, μ). Among other results we show that:

1. For all but countably many α (in particular, for all α∈???) one can find anL ^∞-functionf for which the averagesA _N (f)(1/N)=Σ _n=1 ^N f(S ^nα x) fail to converge almost everywhere (the convergence in norm holds for any α!).
2. For any non-integer and pairwise distinct numbers α₁, α₂,..., α _k ∈(0, 1) and anyL ^∞-functionsf ₁,f ₂, ...,f _k , one has $$\mathop {lim}\limits_{N \to \infty } \left\| {\frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{n - 1}^N {\prod\limits_{i - 1}^k {f_i (S^{n^{\alpha _i } } x) - \prod\limits_{i - 1}^k {\int_X {f_i d\mu } } } } } \right\|_{L^2 } = 0$$

We also show that Furstenberg’s correspondence principle fails for ?-actions by demonstrating that for all but a countably many α>0 there exists a setE?? having densityd(E)=1/2 such that, for alln∈?, $$d(E \cap (E - n^\alpha )) = 0$$ .     

Estimate for index of hypersurfaces in spheres with null higher order mean curvature

In a recent paper (Barros, Sousa in: Kodai Math. J. 2009) the authors proved that closed oriented non-totally geodesic minimal hypersurfaces of the Euclidean unit sphere have index of stability greater than or equal to n + 3 with equality occurring at only Clifford tori provided their second fundamental forms A satisfy the pinching: |A|² ≥ n. The natural generalization for this pinching is ?(r + 2)S _r+2 ≥ (n ? r)S _r  > 0. Under this condition we shall extend such result for closed oriented hypersurface Σ ⁿ of the Euclidean unit sphere ${\mathbb{S}^{n+1}}$ with null S _r+1 mean curvature by showing that the index of r-stability, ${Ind_{\Sigma^n}^{r}}$ , also satisfies ${Ind_{\Sigma^n}^{r}\ge n+3}$ . Instead of the previous hypothesis if we consider ${\frac{S_{r+2}}{{S_r}}}$ constant we have the same conclusion. Moreover, we shall prove that, up to Clifford tori, closed oriented hypersurfaces ${\Sigma^{n}\subset \mathbb{S}^{n+1}}$ with S _r+1 = 0 and S _r+2 < 0 have index of r-stability greater than or equal to 2n + 5.     

Optimal methods for the approximate calculation of functional on classesW r L ∞

Пусть T_n(f)={L₁(f), ..., L_n(f)} — набор линейных функционал ов, заданных на простран стве \(C_{(r - 1)} (\parallel f\parallel _{C_{(r - 1)} } = \mathop {\max }\limits_{0 \leqq i \leqq r - 1} \parallel f^{(i)} \parallel _C );A_{n,r}\) — множество всех так их наборов функцио налов; С_{2n, 2} — множество всех н аборов из 2n функциона лов вида $$T_{2n} (f) = \{ f(x_1 ), \ldots ,f(x_n ),f'(x_1 ), \ldots ,f'(x_n )\}$$ и s: Е_n→Е₁. Доказано, что е слиW _∞ ^r множество всех 2π-периодических функ цийfεW∞0, 2π_r, то приr=1,2,3,... ирε(1, ∞) и $$\begin{gathered} \mathop {\inf }\limits_{T_{2n} \in A_{2n,r} } \parallel \mathop {\inf }\limits_s \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in W_\infty ^r } |f( \cdot ) - s(T_{2n} ,f, \cdot )|\parallel _p = \parallel \varphi _{n,r} \parallel _p \hfill \\ \mathop {\inf }\limits_{T_{2n} \in C_{2n,2} } \parallel \mathop {\inf }\limits_s \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in W_\infty ^r } |f( \cdot ) - s(T_{2n} ,f, \cdot )|\parallel _p = \parallel \parallel \varphi _{n,r} \parallel _\infty - \varphi _{n,r} \parallel _p , \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ где ?_n,r —r-й периодичес кий интеграл, в средне м равный нулю на периоде, от фун кции ?_n, 0t=sign sinnt. При этом указан ы оптимальные методы приближенного вычис ления.     

Fast Growing Solutions of Linear Differential Equations in the Unit Disc

For $n \in \mathbb{N}$ , the n-order of an analytic function f in the unit disc D is defined by $$\sigma _{{{M,n}}} (f) = {\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{r \to 1^{ - } } }\frac{{\log ^{ + }_{{n + 1}} M(r,f)}} {{ - \log (1 - r)}},$$ where log⁺ x  =  max{log x, 0}, log ⁺ ₁ x  =  log ⁺ x, log ⁺ _n+1 x  =  log ⁺ log ⁺ _n x, and M(r, f) is the maximum modulus of f on the circle of radius r centered at the origin. It is shown, for example, that the solutions f of the complex linear differential equation $$f^{{(k)}} + a_{{k - 1}} (z)f^{{(k - 1)}} + \cdots + a_{1} (z)f^{\prime} + a_{0} (z)f = 0,\quad \quad \quad (\dag)$$ where the coefficients are analytic in D, satisfy σ _M,n+1(f)  ≤  α if and only if σ _M,n (a _j )  ≤  α for all j  =  0, ..., k ? 1. Moreover, if q ∈{0, ..., k ? 1} is the largest index for which $\sigma _{M,n} ( a_{q}) = {\mathop {\max }\limits_{0 \leq j \leq k - 1} }{\left\{ {\sigma _{{M,n}} {\left( {a_{j} } \right)}} \right\}}$ , then there are at least k ? q linearly independent solutions f of ( $\dag$ ) such that σ _M,n+1(f) = σ _M,n (a _q ). Some refinements of these results in terms of the n-type of an analytic function in D are also given.     

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

Let Γ _r,n-r denote the infimum of all numbers Γ>0 such that for any real indefinite quadraticQ inn variables of type (r, n?r), determinantD≠0 and real numbersc ₁,…,c _n there exist (x ₁,…,x _n )≡(c ₁,…,c _n ) (mod 1) satisfying $$0< Q(x_1 ,...,x_n ) \leqslant (\Gamma \left| D \right|)^{1/n} .$$ . All the values of Γ _r,3 are known except Γ_1,4. It is shown that $$8 \leqslant \Gamma _{1,4} \leqslant 16.$$ .     

The ternary Goldbach–Vinogradov theorem with almost equal primes from the Beatty sequence

Let α ₁, α ₂, α ₃, β ₁, β ₂, β ₃ be real numbers with α ₁, α ₂, α ₃ >1. Suppose that each individual α _i is of a finite type and that at least one pair $\alpha_{i}^{-1}$ , $\alpha_{j}^{-1}$ is also of a finite type. In this paper we prove that every large odd integer n can be represented as $$n=p_{1}+p_{2}+p_{3}, $$ with p _i =n/3+O(n ^2/3(logn) ^c ) and $p_{i}\in\mathcal{B}_{i}$ , where c>0 is an absolute constant and $\mathcal{B}_{i}$ denotes the so-called Beatty sequence, i.e. $$\mathcal{B}_{i}=\bigl\{n\in\mathbb{N}: n=[\alpha_{i}m+ \beta_{i}] \mbox { for some } m\in\mathbb{Z}\bigr\}. $$      

Existence and asymptotic behaviour of solutions of the very fast diffusion equation

Let n ≥ 3, 0 < m ≤ (n ? 2)/n, p > max(1, (1 ? m)n/2), and ${0 \le u_0 \in L_{loc}^p(\mathbb{R}^n)}$ satisfy ${{\rm lim \, inf}_{R\to\infty}R^{-n+\frac{2}{1-m}} \int_{|x|\le R}u_0\,dx = \infty}$ . We prove the existence of unique global classical solution of u _t = Δu ^m , u > 0, in ${\mathbb{R}^n \times (0, \infty), u(x, 0) = u_0(x)}$ in ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ . If in addition 0 < m < (n ? 2)/n and u ₀(x) ≈ A|x|^?q as |x| → ∞ for some constants A > 0, q < n/p, we prove that there exist constants α, β, such that the function v(x, t) = t ^α u(t ^β x, t) converges uniformly on every compact subset of ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ to the self-similar solution ψ(x, 1) of the equation with ψ(x, 0) = A|x|^?q as t → ∞. Note that when m = (n ? 2)/(n + 2), n ≥ 3, if ${g_{ij} = u^{\frac{4}{n+2}}\delta_{ij}}$ is a metric on ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ that evolves by the Yamabe flow ?g _ij /?t = ?Rg _ij with u(x, 0) = u ₀(x) in ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ where R is the scalar curvature, then u(x, t) is a global solution of the above fast diffusion equation.     

Приближение алгебра ическими многочлена ми классов функций, являющихся д робными интегралами от суммируемых функц ий

Approximation in the mean (E _n(f)₁) by algebraic polynomials of order ≦n is studied in the paper, for classesW ₁ ^r of functionsf, which can be represented as $$f(x) = \frac{1}{{\Gamma (r)}}\int\limits_{ - 1}^1 {(x - t)_ + ^{^{r - 1} } } \varphi (t)dt,$$ where??L ₁-1, 1], ∥?∥₁≧1, (x-t) ₊ ^r1 =[max(0, x-t)]^r1, Г (r) stands for Euler's gamma-function. It is proved that for all realr≧1 and positive integersn≧[r]?1 the relation sup E_n(f)₁:f?W₁ ^r=∥(S_n)_r∥_t8, is valid, where $$(s_\Lambda )_{_r } (t) = \frac{1}{{\Gamma (r)}}\int\limits_{ - 1}^1 {(x - t)_ + ^{r - 1} } $$ sgn sin (n+2) arc cosx dx.     

On the analytic continuation of Eisenstein series for Siegel's modular group of degreen

For \(M = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {A B} \\ {C D} \\ \end{array} } \right)\) ∈ Γ(n)=Sp(n?) andZ=Z+iY,Y > 0, set $$M\left\langle Z \right\rangle = (AZ + B)(CZ + D)^{ - 1} = X_M + iY_M ;M\{ Z\} = CZ + D.$$ Denote with Γ _n (n) the subgroup defined byC=0. Forr∈? and a complex variable ω form the Eisenstein series $$E(n,r,Z,\omega ) = \sum\limits_{M\varepsilon I'_n (n)\backslash \Gamma (n)} {(DetM\{ Z\} )^{ - 2r} (DetY_M )^{\omega - r} } .$$ It is proved thatE(n, r, Z, ω) can be meromorphically continued to the ω-plane and satisfies a functional equation. Forr=1, 2, [(n?1)/2], [(n+1)/2] the functionE(n, r, Z, ω) is holomorphic at ω-r. For 3≤r≤[(n?3)/2] the functionE(n, r, Z, ω) may have poles at ω=r. But the pole-order is for two smaller than known until now. This result says especially that the Eisenstein series has Hecke summation forr=1, 2, [(n?1)/2], [(n+1)/2].     

On the existence and smoothness of a generalized solution of a nonlinear differential equation with degeneration

Let Ω be an arbitrary open set in R _n , and let σ(x) and g _i (x), i = 1, 2, ..., n, be positive functions in Ω. We prove a embedding theorem of different metrics for the spaces W _p ^r (Ω, σ, $ \vec g $ ), where r ∈ N, p ≥ 1, and $ \vec g $ (x) = (g ₁(x), g ₂(x), ..., g _n (x)), with the norm $$ \left\| {u;W_p^r (\Omega ;\sigma ,\vec g)} \right\| = \left\{ {\left\| {u;L_{p,r}^r (\Omega ;\sigma ,\vec g)} \right\|^p + \left\| {u;L_{p,r}^0 (\Omega ;\sigma ,\vec g)} \right\|^p } \right\}^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 p}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} p}} , $$ where $$ \left\| {u;L_{p,r}^m (\Omega ;\sigma ,\vec g)} \right\| = \left\{ {\sum\limits_{\left| k \right| = m} {\int\limits_\Omega {(\sigma (x)g_1^{k_1 - r} (x)g_2^{k_2 - r} (x) \cdots g_n^{k_n - r} (x)\left| {u^{(k)} (x)} \right|)^p dx} } } \right\}^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 p}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} p}} , $$ We use this theorem to prove the existence and uniqueness of a minimizing element U(x) ∈ W _p ^r (Ω, σ, $ \vec g $ ) for the functional $$ \Phi (u) = \sum\limits_{\left| k \right| \leqslant r} {\frac{1} {{p_k }}\int\limits_\Omega {a_k (x)} \left| {u^{(k)} (x)} \right|^{p_k } } dx - \left\langle {F,u} \right\rangle , $$ where F is a given functional. We show that the function U(x) is a generalized solution of the corresponding nonlinear differential equation. For the case in which Ω is bounded, we study the differential properties of the generalized solution depending on the smoothness of the coefficients and the right-hand side of the equation.     

Zeros of analytic functions and norms of inverse matrices

Letk _n be the smallest constant such that for anyn-dimensional normed spaceX and any invertible linear operatorT ∈L(X) we have $|\det (T)| \cdot ||T^{ - 1} || \le k_n |||T|^{n - 1} $ . LetA ₊ be the Banach space of all analytic functionsf(z)=Σ _k≥0 a _kz^k on the unit diskD with absolutely convergent Taylor series, and let ‖f‖A ₊=σ _k≥0 |ακ|; define ? _n on $\overline D ^n $ by $ \begin{array}{l} \varphi _n \left( {\lambda _1 ,...,\lambda _n } \right) \\ = inf\left\{ {\left\| f \right\|_{A + } - \left| {f\left( 0 \right)} \right|; f\left( z \right) = g\left( z \right)\prod\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left( {\lambda _1 - z} \right), } g \in A_ + , g\left( 0 \right) = 1 } \right\} \\ \end{array} $ . We show thatk _n=sup {? _n(λ₁,…, λ _n ); (λ₁,…, λ _n )∈ $\overline D ^n $ }. Moreover, ifS is the left shift operator on the space ?∞:S(x ₀,x ₁, …,x _p, …)=(x ₁,…,x _p,…) and if J_n(S) denotes the set of allS-invariantn-dimensional subspaces of ?∞ on whichS is invertible, we have $k_n = \sup \{ |\det (S|_E )|||(S|_E )^{ - 1} ||E \in J_n (S)\} $ . J. J. Schäffer (1970) proved thatk _n≤√en and conjectured thatk _n=2, forn≥2. In factk ₃>2 and using the preceding results, we show that, up to a logarithmic factor,k _n is of the order of √n whenn→+∞.