-identities on associative algebras

Let be an algebra over a field and a finite group of automorphisms and anti-automorphisms of . We prove that if satisfies an essential -polynomial identity of degree , then the -codimensions of are exponentially bounded and satisfies a polynomial identity whose degree is bounded by an explicit function of . As a consequence we show that if is an algebra with involution satisfying a -polynomial identity of degree , then the -codimensions of are exponentially bounded; this gives a new proof of a theorem of Amitsur stating that in this case must satisfy a polynomial identity and we can now give an upper bound on the degree of this identity.

     

Normalizers of the congruence subgroups of the Hecke group

Let cos and let be the Hecke group associated to . In this article, we show that for a prime ideal in , the congruence subgroups of are self-normalized in .

     

Some corollaries of Frobenius' normal -complement theorem

For a prime divisor of the order of a finite group , we present the set of -subgroups generating . In particular, we present the set of primary subgroups of generating the last member of the lower central series of . The proof is based on the Frobenius Normal -Complement Theorem and basic properties of minimal nonnilpotent groups. Let be a group and a group-theoretic property inherited by subgroups and epimorphic images such that all minimal non--subgroups (-subgroups) of are not nilpotent. Then (see the lemma), if is generated by all -subgroups of it follows that is a -group.

     

Ample divisors on the blow up of at points

Fix integers with and ; if assume . Let be general points of the complex projective space and let be the blow up of at with exceptional divisors , . Set . Here we prove that the divisor is ample if and only if , i.e. if and only if .

     

Sharper changes in topologies

Let be a Polish group, a Polish topology on a space , acting continuously on , with -invariant and in the Borel algebra generated by . Then there is a larger Polish topology on so that is open with respect to , still acts continuously on , and has a basis consisting of sets that are of the same Borel rank as relative to .

     

Positive differentials, theta functions and Hardy kernels

Let be a planar regular region whose Schottky double has genus and set . For fixed we determine the range of the function where is the Riemann theta function on . Also we introduce two weighted Hardy spaces to study the problem when the matrix is positive definite. The proof relies on new theta identities using Fay's trisecants formula.

     

Toeplitz -algebras on ordered groups and their ideals of finite elements

Let be a discrete abelian group and an ordered group. Denote by the minimal quasily ordered group containing . In this paper, we show that the ideal of finite elements is exactly the kernel of the natural morphism between these two Toeplitz -algebras. When is countable, we show that if the direct sum of -groups , then .

     

Smith equivalence of representations for finite perfect groups

Using smooth one-fixed-point actions on spheres and a result due to Bob Oliver on the tangent representations at fixed points for smooth group actions on disks, we obtain a similar result for perfect group actions on spheres. For a finite group , we compute a certain subgroup of the representation ring . This allows us to prove that a finite perfect group has a smooth -proper action on a sphere with isolated fixed points at which the tangent representations of are mutually nonisomorphic if and only if contains two or more real conjugacy classes of elements not of prime power order. Moreover, by reducing group theoretical computations to number theory, for an integer and primes , we prove similar results for the group , , or . In particular, has Smith equivalent representations that are not isomorphic if and only if , , .

     

Relative Brauer groups of discrete valued fields

Let be a non-trivial finite Galois extension of a field . In this paper we investigate the role that valuation-theoretic properties of play in determining the non-triviality of the relative Brauer group, , of over . In particular, we show that when is finitely generated of transcendence degree 1 over a -adic field and is a prime dividing , then the following conditions are equivalent: (i) the -primary component, , is non-trivial, (ii) is infinite, and (iii) there exists a valuation of trivial on such that divides the order of the decomposition group of at .

     

Complete positivity of elementary operators

In this paper, we prove that if is an -dimensional subspace of , then is -reflexive, where denotes the greatest integer not larger than . By the result, we show that if is an elementary operator on a -algebra , then is completely positive if and only if is -positive.

     

On principal eigenvalues for boundary value problems with indefinite weight and Robin boundary conditions

We investigate the existence of principal eigenvalues (i.e., eigenvalues corresponding to positive eigenfunctions) for the boundary value problem on ; on , where is a bounded region in , is an indefinite weight function and may be positive, negative or zero.

     

New facts

We use ``iterated square sequences' to show that there is an -definable partition such that if is an inner model not containing :

(a)

For some is stationary.

(b)

For each there is a generic extension of in which does not exist and is non-stationary.

This result is then applied to show that if is an inner model without , then some sentence not true in can be forced over .

     

A description of Hilbert -modules in which all closed submodules are orthogonally closed

Let , be -algebras and a full Hilbert --bimodule such that every closed right submodule is orthogonally closed, i.e., . Then there are families of Hilbert spaces , such that and are isomorphic to -direct sums , resp. , and is isomorphic to the outer direct sum .

     

Quadratic base change for as a theta correspondence I: Occurrence

The local theta correspondence is considered for reductive dual pairs where is a -adic field of characteristic zero and is the orthogonal group attached to a quaternary quadratic form with coefficients in and of Witt rank one over . It is shown that certain representations of occur in the correspondence.

     

The distribution of solutions of the congruence

For a cube of size , we obtain a lower bound on so that is nonempty, where is the algebraic subset of defined by

a positive integer and an integer not divisible by . For we obtain that is nonempty if , for we obtain that is nonempty if , and for we obtain that is nonempty if . Using the assumption of the Grand Riemann Hypothesis we obtain is nonempty if .

     

An uncertainty principle for Hankel transforms

There exists a generalized Hankel transform of order on , which is based on the eigenfunctions of the Dunkl operator

For this transform coincides with the usual Fourier transform on . In this paper the operator replaces the usual first derivative in order to obtain a sharp uncertainty principle for generalized Hankel transforms on . It generalizes the classical Weyl-Heisenberg uncertainty principle for the position and momentum operators on ; moreover, it implies a Weyl-Heisenberg inequality for the classical Hankel transform of arbitrary order on

     

The connected stable rank of the purely infinite simple -algebras

Suppose that is a unital purely infinite simple -algebra. If the class [1] of the unit 1 in has torsion, then ; if [1] is torsion-free in , then . If is a non-unital purely infinite simple -algebra, then .

     

Projections from

Let and be two infinite dimensional real Banach spaces. The following question is classical and long-standing. Are the following properties equivalent?

a) There exists a projection from the space of continuous linear operators onto the space of compact linear operators.

b) .

The answer is positive in certain cases, in particular if or has an unconditional basis. It seems that there are few results in the direction of a general solution. For example, suppose that and are reflexive and that or has the approximation property. Then, if , there is no projection of norm 1, from onto . In this paper, one obtains, in particular, the following result:

Theorem. Let be a real Banach space which is reflexive (resp. with a separable dual), of infinite dimension, and such that has the approximation property. Let be a real scalar with . Then can be equivalently renormed such that, for any projection from onto , one has . One gives also various results with two spaces and .

     

Sur les -corps

Here we give new examples of fields in characteristic whose -invariant and -invariant are different: or . These fields are also -fields.

RSUM. Nous donnons ici de nouveaux exemples de corps en caractéristique dont le -invariant et le -invariant diffèrent. Plus précisément: et ou . Ces corps sont aussi des -corps.

     

On the range and the kernel of the operator

Let denote the algebra of (bounded linear) operators on the separable complex Hilbert space , and let denote a norm ideal in . For , let the derivation be defined by , and let be defined by . The main result of this paper is to show that if , are contractions, then for every operator such that , then for all .