Some remarks on the product of two C α-compact subsets

For a cardinal , we say that a subset B of a space X is C -compact in X if for every continuous function is a compact subset of . If B is a C-compact subset of a space X, then (B, X) denotes the degree of C -compactness of B in X. A space X is called -pseudocompact if X is C -compact into itself. For each cardinal , we give an example of an -pseudocompact space X such that X × X is not pseudocompact: this answers a question posed by T. Retta in Some cardinal generalizations of pseudocompactness Czechoslovak Math. J. 43 (1993), 385–390. The boundedness of the product of two bounded subsets is studied in some particular cases. A version of the classical Glicksberg's Theorem on the pseudocompactness of the product of two spaces is given in the context of boundedness. This theorem is applied to several particular cases.     

On the Harris Recurrence of Iterated Random Lipschitz Functions and Related Convergence Rate Results

A result by Elton⁽⁶⁾ states that an iterated function system

On the Existence of <Emphasis Type="Italic">φ</Emphasis>-Moments of the Limit of a Normalized Supercritical Galton–Watson Process

Let (Z _n ) _{n 0} be a supercritical Galton–Watson process with finite re-production mean  and normalized limit W=lim _n ^–n Z _n . Let further : [0,) [0,) be a convex differentiable function with (0)=(0)=0 and such that ( ) is convex with concave derivative for some n 0. By using convex function inequalities due to Topchii and Vatutin, and Burkholder, Davis and Gundy, we prove that 0 < E (W) < if, and only if, , where

Lattices of interpretability types of varieties

Let be the set of all primes, the field of all algebraic numbers, and Z the set of square-free natural numbers. We consider partially ordered sets of interpretability types such as , and , where AD is a variety of -divisible Abelian groups with unique taking of the pth root _p(x) for every p , is a variety of -modules over a normal field , contained in , and G_n is a variety of n-groupoids defined by a cyclic permutation (12 ...n). We prove that , and are distributive lattices, with and where ub and ub_f are lattices (w.r.t. inclusion) of all subsets of the set and of finite subsets of , respectively.Deceased.__________Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 198–210, March–April, 2005.     

The Minimal Subgroup of a Random Walk

It is proved that for each random walk (S _n ) _n0 on ^d there exists a smallest measurable subgroup of ^d , called minimal subgroup of (S _n ) _n0, such that P(S _n )=1 for all n1. can be defined as the set of all x ^d for which the difference of the time averages n ^{–1 n} _k=1 P(S _k ) and n ^{–1 n} _k=1 P(S _k +x) converges to 0 in total variation norm as n. The related subgroup * consisting of all x ^d for which lim _n P(S _n )–P(S _n +x)=0 is also considered and shown to be the minimal subgroup of the symmetrization of (S _n ) _n0. In the final section we consider quasi-invariance and admissible shifts of probability measures on ^d . The main result shows that, up to regular linear transformations, the only subgroups of ^d admitting a quasi-invariant measure are those of the form ₁×...× _k × ^l–k ×{0} ^d–l , 0kld, with ₁,..., _k being countable subgroups of . The proof is based on a result recently proved by Kharazishvili⁽³⁾ which states no uncountable proper subgroup of admits a quasi-invariant measure.     

On Some Isomorphism on the Category of b-Spaces

Given a nuclear b-space N, we show that if is a finite or -finite measure space and 1p, then the functors L _loc ^p (,N.) and NL ^p (,.) are isomorphic on the category of b-spaces of L. Waelbroeck.     

Superlinear convergence of Broyden's boundedθ-class of methods

In this paper the so-called Broyden's bounded-class of methods is considered. It contains as a subclass Broyden's restricted-class of methods, in which the updating matrices retain symmetry and positive definiteness. These iteration methods are used for solving unconstrained minimization problems of the following form: It is assumed that the step-size coefficient _k = 1 in each iteration and the functionalf : R ⁿ R¹ satisfies the standard assumptions, viz.f is twice continuously differentiable and the Hessian matrix is uniformly positive definite and bounded (there exist constantsm, M > 0 such that my² y, for ally R ⁿ) and satisfies a Lipschitz-like condition at the optimal point , the gradient vanishes at Under these assumptions the local convergence of Broyden's methods is proved. Furthermore, the Q-superlinear convergence is shown.     

Repleteness and regular lattice measures

Let X be an abstract set and L a lattice of subsets of X. To each lattice regular measure µ, we associate two induced measures and on suitable lattices of the Wallman space IR(L) and another measure µ on the spaceIR(L). We will investigate the reflection of smoothness properties of p onto , and µ; and try to set some new criterion for repleteness and measure repleteness.     

Approximation in the mean by bounded analytic functions

Let 1<p< and . LetC _q denote the Bessel capacity in the plane. Let be the set of homomorphisms ofH (G) such that (z)= and letNP denote the set of points in G for which is not a peak set forH (G). In this note, we show that ifC _q (NP)=0, thenH (G) is dense inL _a ^p (G), the Bergman space overG.Partially supported by NSF DMS-9401234     

Existence and construction of Δ1-splines of class Ck on a three-directional mesh

Let ^* be the equilateral triangulation of the plane and let ₁ ^* be the equilateral triangle formed by four triangles of ^*. We study the space of piecewise polynomial functions in C ^k (R ²) with support ₁ ^*, having a sufficiently high degree n and which are invariant with respect to the group of symmetries of ₁ ^*. Such splines are called ₁ ^*-splines. We first compute the dimension of this space in function of n and k. Then, for any fixed k0, we prove the existence of ₁ ^*-splines of class C ^k and minimal degree, but these splines are not unique. Finally, we describe an algorithm computing the Bernstein–Bézier coefficients of these splines.     

M-estimators of structural parameters in pseudolinear models

Real valued M-estimators in a statistical model 1 with observations are replaced by -valued M-estimators in a new model with observations where are regressors, is a structural parameter and a structural function of the new model. Sufficient conditions for the consistency of are derived, motivated by the sufficiency conditions for the simpler parent estimator The result is a general method of consistent estimation in a class of nonlinear (pseudolinear) statistical problems. If F has a natural exponential density e^{x–b( x )} then our pseudolinear model with u = (g o )^–1 reduces to the well known generalized linear model, provided () = db()/d and g is the so-called link function of the generalized linear model. General results are illustrated for special pairs and leading to some classical M-estimators of mathematical statistics, as well as to a new class of generalized -quantile estimators.     

The Eta Invariant and the Real Connective K-Theory of the Classifying Space for Quaternion Groups

We express the real connective K-theory groups o_4k–1(B Q ) ofthe quaternion group Q of order = 2 ^j 8 in terms of therepresentation theory of Q by showing o_4k–1(B Q ) = Sp(S ^4k+3/Q )where is any fixed point free representation of Q in U(2k + 2).     

Largest <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-thin, <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-invariant sets below Δ<Superscript>1</Superscript><Subscript>3</Subscript>

In this paper, we construct, by effective induction, a ¹₁ equivalence relation E on for which there is no largest E-thin E-invariant ¹₁ subset of by effective induction. This result answers a problem asked by Kechris in [1]Mathematics Subject Classification: 03E15Revised version: 13 January 2000     

On a conditional Gołab-Schinzel equation

Let We show that for every function satisfying the conditional equation

On a Test Statistic for Linear Trend

Let {W(s)} _s 0 be a standard Wiener process. The supremum of the squared Euclidian norm Y (t)², of the R²-valued process Y(t)=(1/t W(t), {12/t ³ int_{0 t} s dW (s)– {3/t} W(t)), t [, 1], is the asymptotic, large sample distribution, of a test statistic for a change point detection problem, of appearance of linear trend. We determine the asymptotic behavior P {sup _t [, 1] Y(t)² > u as u , of this statistic, for a fixed (0,1), and for a moving = (u) 0 at a suitable rate as u . The statistical interest of our results lie in their use as approximate test levels.     

ε-Expansions in Dyson's Hierarchical Model

We consider Dyson's hierarchical model on a d-dimensional hierarchical lattice and define a renormalization group (RG) transformation for complex values of d as a map in the space of sequences of coupling constants determining the model Hamiltonian. We show that d=4 is a bifurcation value of this transformation for the RG transformation parameter equal to 1+2/d, and we construct a non-Gaussian RG-invariant Hamiltonian in terms of the (4–d)-expansion. We establish that the (–3/2)- and (4–d)-expansion coefficients for a non-Gaussian fixed point in the dimension d=3 have the same asymptotic representation as the size of the elementary cell tends to infinity, thus confirming that both the expansions describe the same nontrivial fixed point in the dimension three.     

The ε c -Product of a Schwartz b-Space by a Quotient Banach Space and Applications

We define the -product of a -space by a quotient Banach space. We give conditions under which this -product will be monic. Finally, we define the _c -product of a Schwartz b-space by a quotient Banach space and we give some examples of applications.     

Nonabelian K-theory: The nilpotent class of K1 and general stability

A functorial filtration GL _n =S^–1L _n S⁰L _n S ⁱ L _n E _n of the general linear group GL _{n, n} 3, is defined and it is shown for any algebra A, which is a direct limit of module finite algebras, that S^–1 L _n (A)/S⁰L _n (A) is abelian, that S⁰L _n (A) S¹L _n (A) is a descending central series, and that S ⁱ L _n (A) = E _n(A) whenever i the Bass-Serre dimension of A. In particular, the K-functors k ₁ S ⁱ L _n =S ⁱ L _n /E _n are nilpotent for all i 0 over algebras of finite Bass-Serre dimension. Furthermore, without dimension assumptions, the canonical homomorphism S ⁱ L _n (A)/S ⁱ⁺¹ L _n (A)S ⁱ L _{n+ 1}(A)/S ⁱ⁺¹ L _{n + 1} (A) is injective whenever n i + 3, so that one has stability results without stability conditions, and if A is commutative then S⁰L _n (A) agrees with the special linear group SL _n (A), so that the functor S⁰L _n generalizes the functor SL _n to noncommutative rings. Applying the above to subgroups H of GL _n (A), which are normalized by E _n(A), one obtains that each is contained in a sandwich GL _n (A, ) H E _n(A, ) for a unique two-sided ideal of A and there is a descending S⁰L _n (A)-central series GL _n (A, ) S⁰L _n (A, ) S¹L _n (A, ) S ⁱ L _n (A, ) E _n(A, ) such that S ⁱ L _n (A, )=E _n(A, ) whenever i Bass-Serre dimension of A.Dedicated to Alexander Grothendieck on his sixtieth birthday