On a characterization of orthogonality with respect to particular sequences of random variables in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript>2</Superscript>

This note deals with the orthogonality between sequences of random variables. The main idea of the note is to apply the results on equidistant systems of points in a Hilbert space to the case of the space L ²(Ω, F, ℙ) of real square integrable random variables. The main result gives a necessary and sufficient condition for a particular sequence of random variables (elements of which are taken from sets of equidistant elements of L ²(Ω, F, ℙ) to be orthogonal to some other sequence in L ²(Ω, F, ℙ). The result obtained is interesting from the point of view of the time series analysis, since it can be applied to a class of sequences random variables that exhibit a monotonically increasing variance. An application to ergodic theorem is also provided.     

DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN'S THEOREM AND WEAKLY COMPACT SETS IN ORLICZ SPACES

Abstract

The classical theorem of Dunford and Pettis identifies the bounded, uniformly integrable subsets of L¹(μ) with the relatively weakly compact sets. Another characterization of uniform integrability is given in a theorem of De La Vallée Poussin which states that a subset K of L¹ (μ) is bounded and uniformly integrable if and only if there is an N-function F so that sup{f F(f)dμ: f ε K} < ∞. De La Vallée Poussin's theorem is the focal point of the fmt part of this paper as well as the driving force for the results in the second part. We refine and improve this theorem in several directions. The theorem of De La Vallée Poussin does not, for instance, specify just how well the function F can be chosen. It gives little additional information in case the set in question is relatively norm compact in L¹ (μ). Finally it gives no information on the structure of the set in the corresponding Band space of F-integrable functions. More specifically we establish the fact that a subset K of L¹ is relatively compact if and only if there is an N-function F ε δ' so that K is relatively compact in L*_F. Furthermore we prove that a subset K of L¹ is relatively weakly compact if and only if there is an N-function F ε δ' so that K is relatively weakly compact in L*_F. We then go on to show that a large class of non-reflexive Orlicz spaces has the weak Band-Saks property, by establishing a result for these spaces, very similar to the Dunford-Pettis theorem for L¹.     

Gauss‐Green theorem for weakly differentiable vector fields,sets of finite perimeter,and balance laws

We analyze a class of weakly differentiable vector fields F : ?ⁿ → ?ⁿ with the property that F ∈ L^∞ and div F is a (signed) Radon measure. These fields are called bounded divergence‐measure fields. The primary focus of our investigation is to introduce a suitable notion of the normal trace of any divergence‐measure field F over the boundary of an arbitrary set of finite perimeter that ensures the validity of the Gauss‐Green theorem. To achieve this, we first establish a fundamental approximation theorem which states that, given a (signed) Radon measure μ that is absolutely continuous with respect to ??^{N ? 1} on ?^N, any set of finite perimeter can be approximated by a family of sets with smooth boundary essentially from the measure‐theoretic interior of the set with respect to the measure ||μ||, the total variation measure. We employ this approximation theorem to derive the normal trace of F on the boundary of any set of finite perimeter E as the limit of the normal traces of F on the boundaries of the approximate sets with smooth boundary so that the Gauss‐Green theorem for F holds on E. With these results, we analyze the Cauchy flux that is bounded by a nonnegative Radon measure over any oriented surface (i.e., an (N ? 1)‐dimensional surface that is a part of the boundary of a set of finite perimeter) and thereby develop a general mathematical formulation of the physical principle of the balance law through the Cauchy flux. Finally, we apply this framework to the derivation of systems of balance laws with measure‐valued source terms from the formulation of the balance law. This framework also allows the recovery of Cauchy entropy flux through the Lax entropy inequality for entropy solutions of hyperbolic conservation laws. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Sequence Spaces with Oscillating Properties

In this note we consider various types of oscillating properties for a sequence spaceEbeing motivated by an oscillating property introduced by Snyder and by recent papers dealing with theorems of Mazur–Orlicz type and gliding hump properties. Our main tools, two summability theorems, allow us to identify two such oscillating properties for a sequence spaceEone of which provides a sufficient condition forEFto implyEW_Fwhile the other affords a sufficient condition forEFto implyES_F. HereFis anyL-space, a class of spaces which includes the class of separable FK-spaces,S_Fdenotes the elements ofFhaving sectional convergence, andW_Fdenotes the elements ofFhaving weak sectional convergence. This, in turn, is applied to yield improvements on some other theorems of Mazur–Orlicz type and to obtain a general consistency theorem. Furthermore, combining the above observations with the work of Bennett and Kalton we obtain the first oscillating property on a sequence spaceEas a sufficient condition forE^β, the β-dual ofE, to be σ(E^β, E) sequentially complete whereas the second assures both the weak sequential completeness ofE^βand the AK-property forEwith the Mackey topology of the dual pair (E, E^β).     

The question on multipliers in L 1 and C

The connection between Belinsky?CDveyrin?CMalamud??s theorem on multipliers and some other known theorems on multipliers in the spaces L ¹ and C is clarified. It is shown that Belinsky?CDveyrin?CMalamud??s theorem can be obtained from them. The relevant examples of multipliers in the spaces L ¹ and C indicating the nonequivalence of the compared theorems are presented.     

The Arrow-Barankin-Blackwell theorem in a dual space setting

In 1953 Arrow, Barankin, and Blackwell proved that, ifR ⁿ is equipped with its natural ordering and ifF is a closed convex subset ofR ⁿ , then the set of points inF that can be supported by strictly positive linear functionals is dense in the set of all efficient (maximal) points ofF. Many generalizations of this density result to infinite-dimensional settings have been given. In this note, we consider the particular setting where the setF is contained in the topological dualY ^* of a partially ordered, nonreflexive normed spaceY, and the support functionals are restricted to be either nonnegative or strictly positive elements in the canonical embedding ofY inY ^*. Three alternative density results are obtained, two of which generalize a space-specific result due to Majumdar for the dual system (Y,Y ^*)=(L ¹,L ).This research was supported in part by funds provided by the Provident Chair of Excellence in Applied Mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee.     

Group-theoretic compactification of Bruhat-Tits buildings

Let GF denote the rational points of a semisimple group G over a non-archimedean local field F, with Bruhat-Tits building X. This paper contains five main results. We prove a convergence theorem for sequences of parahoric subgroups of GF in the Chabauty topology, which enables us to compactify the vertices of X. We obtain a structure theorem showing that the Bruhat-Tits buildings of the Levi factors all lie in the boundary of the compactification. Then we obtain an identification theorem with the polyhedral compactification (previously defined in analogy with the case of symmetric spaces). We finally prove two parametrization theorems extending the Bruhat-Tits dictionary between maximal compact subgroups and vertices of X: one is about Zariski connected amenable subgroups and the other is about subgroups with distal adjoint action.     

An L0（F,R）-valued Function＇s Intermediate Value Theorem and Its Applications to Random Uniform Convexity

Let (Ω , F , P ) be a probability space and L0 ( F, R ) the algebra of equivalence classes of real- valued random variables on (Ω , F , P ). When L0 ( F, R ) is endowed with the topology of convergence in probability, we prove an intermediate value theorem for a continuous local function from L0 ( F, R ) to L0 ( F, R ). As applications of this theorem, we first give several useful expressions for modulus of random convexity, then we prove that a complete random normed module ( S,|| · ||) is random uniformly convex iff Lp ( S ) is uniformly convex for each fixed positive number p such that 1 p + ∞ .     

On smooth foliations with Morse singularities

Let M be a smooth manifold and let F be a codimension one, C^∞ foliation on M, with isolated singularities of Morse type. The study and classification of pairs (M,F) is a challenging (and difficult) problem. In this setting, a classical result due to Reeb (1946) [11] states that a manifold admitting a foliation with exactly two center-type singularities is a sphere. In particular this is true if the foliation is given by a function. Along these lines a result due to Eells and Kuiper (1962) [4] classifies manifolds having a real-valued function admitting exactly three non-degenerate singular points. In the present paper, we prove a generalization of the above mentioned results. To do this, we first describe the possible arrangements of pairs of singularities and the corresponding codimension one invariant sets, and then we give an elimination procedure for suitable center-saddle and some saddle-saddle configurations (of consecutive indices).In the second part, we investigate if other classical results, such as Haefliger and Novikov (Compact Leaf) theorems, proved for regular foliations, still hold true in presence of singularities. At this purpose, in the singular set, Sing(F) of the foliation F, we consider weakly stable components, that we define as those components admitting a neighborhood where all leaves are compact. If Sing(F) admits only weakly stable components, given by smoothly embedded curves diffeomorphic to S¹, we are able to extend Haefliger?s theorem. Finally, the existence of a closed curve, transverse to the foliation, leads us to state a Novikov-type result.     

Coefficient bounds for biholomorphic mappings which have a parametric representation

The main purpose of this paper is to prove a collection of new fixed point theorems for so-called weakly F-contractive mappings. By analogy, we introduce also a class of strongly F-expansive mappings and we prove fixed point theorems for such mappings. We provide a few examples, which illustrate these results and, as an application, we prove an existence and uniqueness theorem for the generalized Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Finally, in Appendix A, we apply the Mönch fixed point theorem to prove two results on the existence of approximate fixed points of some continuous mappings.     

Combinatorial partitions of finite posets and lattices —Ramsey lattices

It is proved that for every finite latticeL there exists a finite latticeL such that for every partition of the points ofL into two classes there exists a lattice embeddingf:LL such that the points off(L) are in one of the classes.This property is called point-Ramsey property of the class of all finite lattices. In fact a stronger theorem is proved which implies the following: for everyn there exists a finite latticeL such that the Hasse-diagram (=covering relation) has chromatic number >n. We discuss the validity of Ramseytype theorems in the classes of finite posets (where a full discussion is given) and finite distributive lattices. Finally we prove theorems which deal with partitions of lattices into an unbounded number of classes.Presented by G. Grätzer.     

Self-dual normal bases for infinite galois field extensions

Let L ? K be an infinite Galois field extension with the property that every finite Galois extension M ? K, where L ? M, has a self-dual normal basis. We prove a self-dual normal basis theorem for L ? K when char (K) ≠2.     

The relations among the three kinds of conditional risk measures

Let(Ω,E,P)be a probability space,F a sub-σ-algebra of E,Lp(E)(1 p+∞)the classical function space and Lp F(E)the L0(F)-module generated by Lp(E),which can be made into a random normed module in a natural way.Up to the present time,there are three kinds of conditional risk measures,whose model spaces are L∞(E),Lp(E)(1 p+∞)and Lp F(E)(1 p+∞)respectively,and a conditional convex dual representation theorem has been established for each kind.The purpose of this paper is to study the relations among the three kinds of conditional risk measures together with their representation theorems.We first establish the relation between Lp(E)and Lp F(E),namely Lp F(E)=Hcc(Lp(E)),which shows that Lp F(E)is exactly the countable concatenation hull of Lp(E).Based on the precise relation,we then prove that every L0(F)-convex Lp(E)-conditional risk measure(1 p+∞)can be uniquely extended to an L0(F)-convex Lp F(E)-conditional risk measure and that the dual representation theorem of the former can also be regarded as a special case of that of the latter,which shows that the study of Lp-conditional risk measures can be incorporated into that of Lp F(E)-conditional risk measures.In particular,in the process we find that combining the countable concatenation hull of a set and the local property of conditional risk measures is a very useful analytic skill that may considerably simplify and improve the study of L0-convex conditional risk measures.∞     

Linear Forms and Higher-Degree Uniformity for Functions On {\mathbb{F}^{n}_{p}}

In [GW1] we began an investigation of the following general question. Let L ₁, . . . , L _m be a system of linear forms in d variables on Fⁿ_p{F^n_p}, and let A be a subset of Fⁿ_p{F^n_p} of positive density. Under what circumstances can one prove that A contains roughly the same number of m-tuples L ₁(x ₁, . . . , x _d ), . . . , L _m (x ₁, . . . , x _d ) with x₁,?, x_d ? \mathbb Fⁿ_p{x_1,\ldots, x_d \in {\mathbb F}^n_p} as a typical random set of the same density? Experience with arithmetic progressions suggests that an appropriate assumption is that ||A - d1||_U^k{||A - \delta 1||_{U{^k}}} should be small, where we have written A for the characteristic function of the set A, δ is the density of A, k is some parameter that depends on the linear forms L ₁, . . . , L _m , and || ·||_U^k{|| \cdot ||_U{^k}} is the kth uniformity norm. The question we investigated was how k depends on L ₁, . . . , L _m . Our main result was that there were systems of forms where k could be taken to be 2 even though there was no simple proof of this fact using the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality. Based on this result and its proof, we conjectured that uniformity of degree k − 1 is a sufficient condition if and only if the kth powers of the linear forms are linearly independent. In this paper we prove this conjecture, provided only that p is sufficiently large. (It is easy to see that some such restriction is needed.) This result represents one of the first applications of the recent inverse theorem for the U ^k norm over Fⁿ_p{F^n_p} by Bergelson, Tao and Ziegler [TZ2], [BTZ]. We combine this result with some abstract arguments in order to prove that a bounded function can be expressed as a sum of polynomial phases and a part that is small in the appropriate uniformity norm. The precise form of this decomposition theorem is critical to our proof, and the theorem itself may be of independent interest.     

Su alcuni problemi fortemente ben posti di controllo ottimo

Summary Let P_n be a sequence of optimal control problems with fixed end times (described by ordinary differential equations, with pointwise and norm (of controls) constraints, and with general functional). Let P₀ be an ? unperturbed ? problem (of the same type). In this paper theorems are obtained about the strong convergence (in some L^p) of optimal controls of P_n to some optimal control of P₀, about the uniform convergence x_n → x₀ of states, and the property thatmin P_n min P₀. As corollaries, convergence theorems for some calculus of variations problems can be derived. Weak convergence theorems of optimal controls of P_n to an optimal one of P₀ were considered in[7]. A general abstract theorem about strong convergence of minimum points, generalizing a result in[5], is proved.

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Indirizzo dell'autore: Istituto di Matematica, via L. B. Alberti 4 - 16132 Genova. Lavoro eseguito nell'ambito del Centro di Matematica e di Fisica Teorica del C.N.R. presso l'Università di Genova.

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Entrata in Redazione il 4 maggio 1972.     

von Neumann��s mean ergodic theorem on complete random inner product modules

We first prove two forms of von Neumann’s mean ergodic theorems under the framework of complete random inner product modules. As applications, we obtain two conditional mean ergodic convergence theorems for random isometric operators which are defined on L _ℱ ^p (ℰ, H) and generated by measure-preserving transformations on Ω, where H is a Hilbert space, L ^p (ℰ, H) (1 ⩽ p < ∞) the Banach space of equivalence classes of H-valued p-integrable random variables defined on a probability space (Ω, ℰ, P), F a sub σ-algebra of ℰ, and L _ℱ ^p (ℰ(E,H) the complete random normed module generated by L ^p (ℰ, H).     

Bases,spanning sets,and the axiom of choice

Two theorems are proved: First that the statement “there exists a field F such that for every vector space over F, every generating set contains a basis” implies the axiom of choice. This generalizes theorems of Halpern, Blass, and Keremedis. Secondly, we prove that the assertion that every vector space over ?₂ has a basis implies that every well‐ordered collection of two‐element sets has a choice function. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On universality of the Lerch zeta-function

It is known that the Lerch zeta-function L(λ, α, s) with transcendental parameter α is universal in the Voronin sense; i.e., every analytic function can be approximated by shifts L(λ, α, s + iτ) uniformly on compact subsets of some region. In this paper, the universality for some classes of composite functions F(L(λ, α, s)) is obtained. In particular, general theorems imply the universality of the functions sin(L(λ, α, s)) and sinh(L(λ, α, s)).     

Local Density of Kleene Degrees

Concerning Post's problem for Kleene degrees and its relativization, Hrbacek showed in [1] and [2] that if V = L, then Kleene degrees of coanalytic sets are dense, and then for all K ?^ωω, there are N₁ sets which are Kleene semirecursive in K and not Kleene recursive in each other and K. But the density of Kleene semirecursive in K Kleene degrees is not obtained from these theorems. In this note, we extend these theorems by showing that if V = L, then for all K ? ^ωω, Kleene semirecursive in K Kleene degrees are dense above K.     

Tertiary decompositions in lattice modules

The theory of associated prime ideals of anR-module, and of tertiary decompositions, generalizes toL-modules, whereL is a complete modular lattice and anL-moduleM is a complete modular lattice together with an appropriate module actionp:L×MM. Given appropriate chain conditions onL andM, the theory of associated prime ideals, existence and uniqueness properties for tertiary decompositions, and a form of the Krull intersection theorem all hold in generalized form. If more stringent conditions apply, the theory reduces to a generalized theory of primary decompositions and a second uniqueness theorem holds. The theory can be applied to congruence lattices of algebras in congruence-modular varieties of algebras, using the generalized commutator operation. An important special case is the theory of finite groups, where the descending chain condition allows a natural choice of a distinguished tertiary decomposition and this yields a canonical decomposition of any finite group as a subdirect product of cotertiary finite groups. The group-theoretic application of the tertiary theory yields elementary structure theorems about Galois extensions of fields, where the tertiary decomposition of the Galois group transforms into a representation of a Galois extension as a compositum. For example, given a fieldF, there are distinguished tertiary field extensions ofF, of which all other finite Galois extensions ofF are compositums.Presented by Bjarni Jónsson.