Numerical radius distance-preserving maps on

Let be a complex Hilbert space, be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on , be the subset of all selfadjoint operators in and or . Denote by the numerical radius of . We characterize surjective maps that satisfy for all without the linearity assumption.

     

On an approximate automorphism on a -algebra

It is shown that for an approximate algebra homomorphism on a Banach -algebra , there exists a unique algebra -homomorphism near the approximate algebra homomorphism. This is applied to show that for an approximate automorphism on a unital -algebra , there exists a unique automorphism near the approximate automorphism. In fact, we show that the approximate automorphism is an automorphism.

     

A characterization of discrete groups

The purpose of this article is to prove the following result. Let be a locally compact group, the Fourier algebra of and ~0$"> such that . Then is a discrete group .

     

Strong comparison principle for solutions of quasilinear equations

Let , , be a bounded smooth connected open set and be a map satisfying the hypotheses (H1)-(H4) below. Let with , in and with be two weak solutions of

Suppose that in . Then we show that u_1$"> in under the following assumptions: either u_1$"> on , or on and in . We also show a measure-theoretic version of the Strong Comparison Principle.

     

Degenerating families of rank two bundles

We construct families of rank two bundles on , in characteristic two, where for , is a sum of line bundles, and is non-split. We construct families of rank two bundles on , in characteristic , where for , is a sum of line bundles, and is non-split.

     

Some numerical invariants of local rings

Let be a formal power series ring over a field of characteristic zero and any ideal. The aim of this work is to introduce some numerical invariants of the local rings by using the theory of algebraic -modules. More precisely, we will prove that the multiplicities of the characteristic cycle of the local cohomology modules and , where is any prime ideal that contains , are invariants of .

     

A dichotomy theorem for subsets of the power set of the natural numbers

The following dichotomy is established for any pair , of hereditary families of finite subsets of : Given , an infinite subset of , there exists an infinite subset of so that either , or , where denotes the set of all finite subsets of .

     

(APD)-property of -algebras by extensions of -algebras with (APD)

A unital -algebra is said to have the (APD)-property if every nonzero element in has the approximate polar decomposition. Let be a closed ideal of . Suppose that and have (APD). In this paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition that makes have (APD). Furthermore, we show that if and or is a simple purely infinite -algebra, then has (APD).

     

Uniqueness of exceptional singular quartics

We prove that given a general collection of 14 points of ( an infinite field) there is a unique quartic hypersurface that is singular on .

This completes the solution to the open problem of the dimension of a linear system of hypersurfaces of that are singular on a collection of general points.

     

Vector measure Banach spaces containing a complemented copy of

Let a Banach space and a -algebra of subsets of a set . We say that a vector measure Banach space has the bounded Vitaly-Hahn-Sacks Property if it satisfies the following condition: Every vector measure , for which there exists a bounded sequence in verifying for all , must belong to . Among other results, we prove that, if is a vector measure Banach space with the bounded V-H-S Property and containing a complemented copy of , then contains a copy of .

     

The norm of a symmetric elementary operator

The norm of the operator on (or on any prime C-algebra ) is computed for all and is shown to be equal to the completely bounded norm.

     

Enriched Reedy categories

We define the notion of an enriched Reedy category and show that if is a -Reedy category for some symmetric monoidal model category and is a -model category, the category of -functors and -natural transformations from to is again a model category.

     

Cohomology of symplectic reductions of generic coadjoint orbits

Let be a generic coadjoint orbit of a compact semi-simple Lie group . Weight varieties are the symplectic reductions of by the maximal torus in . We use a theorem of Tolman and Weitsman to compute the cohomology ring of these varieties. Our formula relies on a Schubert basis of the equivariant cohomology of , and it makes explicit the dependence on and a parameter in .

     

Sebestyén moment problem: The multi-dimensional case

Given a family of vectors in a Hilbert space we characterize the existence of a family of commuting contractions on having regular dilation and such that

The theorem is a multi-dimensional analogue for some well-known operator moment problems due to Sebestyén in case or, recently, to Gavruta and Paunescu in case .

     

Global properties of the lattice of classes

Let be the lattice of classes of reals. We show there are exactly two possible isomorphism types of end intervals, . Moreover, finiteness is first order definable in .

     

Polynomial approximation on real-analytic varieties in

We prove: Let be a compact real-analytic variety in . Assume (i) is polynomially convex and (ii) every point of is a peak point for . Then . This generalizes a previous result of the authors on polynomial approximation on three-dimensional real-analytic submanifolds of .

     

Transitive families of projections in factors of type

We introduce a notion of transitive family of subspaces relative to a type factor, and hence a notion of transitive family of projections in such a factor. We show that whenever is a factor of type and is generated by two self-adjoint elements, then contains a transitive family of projections. Finally, we exhibit a free transitive family of projections that generate a factor of type .

     

A concrete description of -spaces as -spaces and its applications

We prove that for a compact Hausdorff space without isolated points, and are isometrically Riesz isomorphic spaces under a certain topology on . Moreover, is a closed subspace of . This provides concrete examples of compact Hausdorff spaces such that the Dedekind completion of is (= the set of all bounded real-valued functions on ) since the Dedekind completion of is ( and spaces as Banach lattices).

     

A non-Hausdorff model for the complement of a complexified hyperplane arrangement

Given a hyperplane arrangement in a real vector space , we introduce a real algebraic prevariety , and exhibit the complement of in the complexification of as the total space of an affine bundle over with fibers modeled on the dual vector space .

     

Some remarks on totally imperfect sets

We prove the following two theorems.

Theorem 1. Let be a strongly meager subset of . Then it is dual Ramsey null.

We will say that a -ideal of subsets of satisfies the condition iff for every , if

then .

Theorem 2. The -ideals of perfectly meager sets, universally meager sets and perfectly meager sets in the transitive sense satisfy the condition .