The Choquet integral representation in the affine vector-valued case

LetX be any compact convex subset of a locally convex Hausdorff space andE be a complex Banach space. We denote byA(X, E) the space of all continuous and affineE-valued functions defined onX. In this paper we prove thatX is a Choquet simplex if and only if the dual ofA(X, E) is isometrically isomorphic by a selection map toM _m (X, E*), the space ofE*-valued,w*-regular boundary measures onX. This extends and strengthens a result of G. M. Ustinov. To do this we show that for any compact convex setX, each element of the dual ofA(X, E) can be represented by a measure inM _m (X, E*) with the same norm, and this representation is unique if and only ifX is a Choquet simplex. We also prove that ifX is metrizable andE is separable then there exists a selection map from the unit ball of the dual ofA(X, E) into the unit ball ofM _m (X, E*) which is weak* to weak*-Borel measurable.This work will constitute a portion of the author's Ph.D. Thesis at the University of Illinois.     

Preserving affine baire classes by perfect affine maps

Let ? : X → Y be an affine continuous surjection between compact convex sets. Suppose that the canonical copy of the space of real-valued affine continuous functions on Y in the space of real-valued affine continuous functions on X is complemented. We show that if F is a topological vector space, then f : Y → F is of affine Baire class α whenever the composition f ? ? is of affine Baire class α. This abstract result is applied to extend known results on affine Baire classes of strongly affine Baire mappings.     

A remark on the representation of vector lattices as spaces of continuous real-valued functions

The well-known Ogasawara-Maeda-Vulikh representation theorem asserts that for each Archimedean vector lattice L there exists an extremally disconnected compact Hausdorff space , unique up to a homeomorphism, such that L can be represented isomorphically as an order dense vector sublattice of the universally complete vector lattice C () of all extended-real-valued continuous functions f on for which % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiGc9yrFr0xXdbba91rFfpec8Eeeu0x% Xdbba9frFj0-OqFfea0dXdd9vqaq-JfrVkFHe9pgea0dXdar-Jb9hs% 0dXdbPYxe9vr0-vr0-vqpWqaaeaabiGaciaacaqabeaadaqaaqGaaO% qaamaacmqabaGaeqyYdCNaeyicI4SaeyyQdCLaeyOoaOJaaiiFaiab% gkzaMkabgIcaOiabgM8a3jabgMcaPiaacYhacqGH9aqpcqGHEisPai% aawUhacaGL9baaaaa!4E05!\[\left\{ {\omega \in \Omega :|f(\omega )| = \infty } \right\}\] is nowhere dense. Since the early days of using this representation it has been important to find conditions on L such that consists of bounded functions only.The aim of this short article is to present a simple complete characterization of such vector lattices.     

A generalized inductive limit strict topology on the space of bounded continuous functions

A generalized inductive limit strict topology β_∞ is defined on C_b(X, E), the space of all bounded, continuous functions from a zero-dimensional Hausdorff space X into a locally -convex space E, where is a field with a nontrivial and nonarchimedean valuation, for which is a complete ultrametric space. Many properties of the topology β_∞ are proved and the dual of (C_b (X, E), β_∞) is studied.     

A solution of the abstract Dirichlet problem for Baire-one functions

Let X be a compact convex subset of a locally convex space. We show that any bounded Baire-one function defined on can be extended to an affine Baire-one function on X if and only if X is a Choquet simplex and satisfies a certain topological property.     

Representations of Archimedean Riesz spaces by continuous functions

A brief survey of representations of Archimedean Riesz spaces in spaces of continuous extended real-valued functions, together with an example of their use in proving results about Riesz spaces     

A note on uniform exponential convergence of sample average approximation of random functions

Shapiro and Xu (2008) [17] investigated uniform large deviation of a class of Hölder continuous random functions. It is shown under some standard moment conditions that with probability approaching one at exponential rate with the increase of sample size, the sample average approximation of the random function converges to its expected value uniformly over a compact set. This note extends the result to a class of discontinuous functions whose expected values are continuous and the Hölder continuity may be violated for some negligible random realizations. The extension entails the application of the exponential convergence result to a substantially larger class of practically interesting functions in stochastic optimization.     

A note on uniform approximation by the indestructibles

We modify an idea in an earlier paper to enlarge the collection of inner functions that are known to be in the uniform closure of the indestructible Blaschke products.     

Unitary representations of the groups of measurable and continuous functions with values in the circle

We give a classification of unitary representations of certain Polish, not necessarily locally compact, groups: the groups of all measurable functions with values in the circle and the groups of all continuous functions on compact, second countable, zero-dimensional spaces with values in the circle. In the proofs of our classification results, certain structure theorems and factorization theorems for linear operators are used.     

A note on weighted Banach spaces of holomorphic functions

For every open subset G of and for every continuous, strictly positive weight v on G, the Banach space of all the holomorphic functions f on G such that vanishes at infinity on G, endowed with the natural weighted sup-norm, is isomorphic to a closed subspace of the Banach space c₀; hence it is reflexive if and only if it is finite dimensional.Received: 30 September 2002     

Distance to spaces of continuous functions

We link here distances between iterated limits, oscillations, and distances to spaces of continuous functions. For a compact space K, a uniformly bounded set H of the space of real-valued continuous functions C(K), and ε?0, we say that H ε-interchanges limits with K, if the inequality

     

Best uniform approximation by harmonic functions on subsets of Riemannian manifolds

We investigate best uniform approximations to bounded, continuous functions by harmonic functions on precompact subsets of Riemannian manifolds. Applications to approximation on unbounded subsets ofR ² are given.Communicated by J. Milne Anderson.     

On the uniform strong approximation of Marcinkiewicz type for multivariable continuous functions

The rate of uniform strong approximation of Marcinkiewicz type for multivariable continuous func-tions is obtained in this paper as follows:‖1/k 1 k∑j=0|Sj(f)- f|q‖≤C/k 1 k∑j=0 Eqj(f),where Sj (f) denotes the square partial Fourier sum of f and Ej (f) denotes the square best approximation of f by trigonometric polynomials of degree (j, j, … ,j),j = 0,1, 2,….     

A note on feebly continuous functions

A function f from to is said to be feebly continuous at a point (x,y) if there exist sequences x_nx and y_ny with lim_n→∞lim_m→∞f(x_n,y_m)=f(x,y). Dales asked if every function has a point of feeble continuity. Our aim in this short note is to show that (assuming the Continuum Hypothesis) the answer is ‘no’. Dales also asked what happens for functions taking only two values: we show that in this case the answer is ‘yes’.