Propagation Properties for Schrödinger Operators Affiliated with Certain C*-Algebras

We consider anisotropic Schrödinger operators H = -D + V H = -{\Delta} + V in L²(\mathbbRⁿ) L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^n) . To certain asymptotic regions F we assign asymptotic Hamiltonians H_F such that (a) s(H_F) ì s_ess(H) \sigma(H_F) \subset \sigma_{\textrm{ess}}(H) , (b) states with energies not belonging to s(H_F) \sigma(H_F) do not propagate into a neighbourhood of F under the evolution group defined by H. The proof relies on C*-algebra techniques. We can treat in particular potentials that tend asymptotically to different periodic functions in different cones, potentials with oscillation that decays at infinity, as well as some examples considered before by Davies and Simon in [4].     

A note on a conjecture of Borwein and Choi

A polynomial P(X) with coefficients {ǃ} of odd degree N - 1 is cyclotomic if and only if¶¶P(X) = ±F_p1 (±X)F_p2(±X^p1) ?F_pr(±X^{p1 p2 ?p_r-1}) P(X) = \pm \Phi_{p1} (\pm X)\Phi_{p2}(\pm X^{p1}) \cdots \Phi_{p_r}(\pm X^{p1 p2 \cdots p_r-1}) ¶where N = p₁ p₂ · · · p_r and the p_i are primes, not necessarily distinct, and where F_p(X) : = (X^p - 1) / (X - 1) \Phi_{p}(X) := (X^{p} - 1) / (X - 1) is the p-th cyclotomic polynomial. This is a conjecture of Borwein and Choi [1]. We prove this conjecture for a class of polynomials of degree N - 1 = 2^r p^l - 1 N - 1 = 2^{r} p^{\ell} - 1 for any odd prime p and for integers r, l\geqq 1 r, \ell \geqq 1 .     

A rigidity result for highest order local cohomology modules

Let M be a finitely generated faithful module over a noetherian ring R of dimension d < ￥ \infty and let \mathfrak a \subseteqq R {\mathfrak a} \subseteqq R be an ideal. We describe the (finite) set Supp_R(H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M)) = Ass_R(H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M)) \textrm{Supp}_R(H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M)) = \textrm{Ass}_R(H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M)) of primes associated to the highest local cohomology module H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M) H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M) in terms of the local formal behaviour of \mathfrak a {\mathfrak a} . If R is integral and of finite type over a field, Supp_R(H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M)) \textrm{Supp}_R(H_{\mathfrak a}^d (M)) is the set of those closed points of X = Spec(R) whose fibre under the normalization morphism n: X￠? X \nu : X' \rightarrow X contains points which are isolated in n^-1(Spec(R/\mathfrak a)) \nu^{-1}(\textrm{Spec}(R/{\mathfrak a})) .     

On a question of Erdös and Graham

We prove that for any $ \varepsilon > 0 $ \varepsilon > 0 there is k (e) k (\varepsilon) such that for any prime p and any integer c there exist k \leqq k(e) k \leqq k(\varepsilon) pairwise distinct integers x_i with 1 \leqq x_i \leqq p^e, i = 1, ?, k 1 \leqq x_{i} \leqq p^{\varepsilon}, i = 1, \ldots, k , and such that¶¶?_i=1^k [1/(x_i)] o c    (mod p). \sum\limits_{i=1}^k {{1}\over{x_i}} \equiv c\quad (\mathrm{mod}\, p). ¶¶ This gives a positive answer to a question of Erdös and Graham.     

Product of nilpotent subgroups

We will say that a subgroup X of G satisfies property C in G if C_G(X?X^g)\leqq X?X^g{\rm C}_{G}(X\cap X^{{g}})\leqq X\cap X^{{g}} for all g ? G{g}\in G. We obtain that if X is a nilpotent subgroup satisfying property C in G, then XF(G) is nilpotent. As consequence it follows that if N\triangleleft GN\triangleleft G is nilpotent and X is a nilpotent subgroup of G then C_G(N?X)\leqq XC_G(N\cap X)\leqq X implies that NX is nilpotent.¶We investigate the relationship between the maximal nilpotent subgroups satisfying property C and the nilpotent injectors in a finite group.     

White noise eliminates instability

Let x₁,..., x_n be points in the d-dimensional Euclidean space E^d with || x_i-x_j|| ￡ 1\| x_{i}-x_{j}\| \le 1 for all 1 \leqq i,j \leqq n1 \leqq i,j \leqq n, where || .||\| .\| denotes the Euclidean norm. We ask for the maximum M(d,n) of \mathop?_i, j=1ⁿ|| x_i-x_j|| ²\textstyle\mathop\sum\limits _{i,\,j=1}^{n}\| x_{i}-x_{j}\| ^{2} (see [4]). This paper deals with the case d = 2. We calculate M(2, n) and show that the value M(2, n) is attained if and only if the points are distributed as evenly as possible among the vertices of a regular triangle of edge-length 1. Moreover we give an upper bound for the value \mathop?_i, j=1ⁿ|| x_i-x_j|| \textstyle\mathop\sum\limits _{i,\,j=1}^{n}\| x_{i}-x_{j}\| , where the points x₁,...,x_n are chosen under the same constraints as above.     

On conjugacy of some systems of functions

Summary. We investigate the bounded solutions j:[0,1]? X \varphi:[0,1]\to X of the system of functional equations¶¶j(f_k(x))=F_k(j(x)),    k=0,?,n-1,x ? [0,1] \varphi(f_k(x))=F_k(\varphi(x)),\;\;k=0,\ldots,n-1,x\in[0,1] ,(*)¶where X is a complete metric space, f₀,?,f_n-1:[0,1]?[0,1] f_0,\ldots,f_{n-1}:[0,1]\to[0,1] and F₀,...,F_n-1:X? X F_0,...,F_{n-1}:X\to X are continuous functions fulfilling the boundary conditions f₀(0) = 0, f_n-1(1) = 1, f_k+1(0) = f_k(1), F₀(a) = a,F_n-1(b) = b,F_k+1(a) = F_k(b), k = 0,?,n-2 f_{0}(0) = 0, f_{n-1}(1) = 1, f_{k+1}(0) = f_{k}(1), F_{0}(a) = a,F_{n-1}(b) = b,F_{k+1}(a) = F_{k}(b),\,k = 0,\ldots,n-2 , for some a,b ? X a,b\in X . We give assumptions on the functions f_k and F_k which imply the existence, uniqueness and continuity of bounded solutions of the system (*). In the case X = \Bbb C X= \Bbb C we consider some particular systems (*) of which the solutions determine some peculiar curves generating some fractals. If X is a closed interval we give a collection of conditions which imply respectively the existence of homeomorphic solutions, singular solutions and a.e. nondifferentiable solutions of (*).     

On the sum of a prime and a k-th power of prime in short intervals

Let H_k\mathcal{H}_{k} denote the set {n∣2|n, n\not o 1 (mod p)n\not\equiv 1\ (\mathrm{mod}\ p) ∀ p>2 with p−1|k}. We prove that when X^{\frac1120(1-\frac12k) +e}\leqq H\leqq XX^{\frac{11}{20}\left(1-\frac{1}{2k}\right) +\varepsilon}\leqq H\leqq X, almost all integers n ? \allowbreak H_k ?(X, X+H]n\in\allowbreak {\mathcal{H}_{k} \cap (X, X+H]} can be represented as the sum of a prime and a k-th power of prime for k≧3. Moreover, when X^{\frac1120(1-\frac1k) +e}\leqq H\leqq XX^{\frac{11}{20}\left(1-\frac{1}{k}\right) +\varepsilon}\leqq H\leqq X, almost all integers n∈(X,X+H] can be represented as the sum of a prime and a k-th power of integer for k≧3.     

Sharp bounds for the Bernoulli numbers

We determine the best possible real constants a\alpha and b\beta such that the inequalities [(2(2n)!)/((2p)²ⁿ)] [1/(1-2^a-2n)] \leqq |B_2n| \leqq [(2(2n)!)/((2p)²ⁿ)] [1/(1-2^b-2n)]{2(2n)! \over(2\pi)^{2n}} {1 \over 1-2^{\alpha -2n}} \leqq |B_{2n}| \leqq {2(2n)! \over (2\pi )^{2n}}\, {1 \over 1-2^{\beta -2n}}hold for all integers n\geqq 1n\geqq 1. Here, B₂, B₄, B₆,... are Bernoulli numbers.     

On matrix near-rings

Let R be a right near-ring with identity and M_n(R) be the near-ring of n 2 n matrices over R in the sense of Meldrum and Van der Walt. In this paper, M_n(R) is said to be s\sigma-generated if every n 2 n matrix A over R can be expressed as a sum of elements of X_n(R), where X_n(R)={f_ij^r | 1\leqq i, j\leqq n, r ? R}X_n(R)=\{f_{ij}^r\,|\,1\leqq i, j\leqq n, r\in R\}, is the generating set of M_n(R). We say that R is s\sigma-generated if M_n(R) is s\sigma-generated for every natural number n. The class of s\sigma-generated near-rings contains distributively generated and abstract affine near-rings. It is shown that this class admits homomorphic images. For abelian near-rings R, we prove that the zerosymmetric part of R is a ring, so the class of zerosymmetric abelian s\sigma-generated near-rings coincides with the class of rings. Further, for every n, there is a bijection between the two-sided subgroups of R and those of M_n(R).     

Simple Explicit Formulas for the Frame-Stewart Numbers

Several different approaches to the multi-peg Tower of Hanoi problem are equivalent. One of them is Stewart's recursive formula ¶¶ S (n, p) = min {2S (n₁, p) + S (n-n₁, p-1) | n₁, n-n₁ ? \mathbbZ⁺}. S (n, p) = min \{2S (n_1, p) + S (n-n_1, p-1)\mid n_1, n-n_1 \in \mathbb{Z}^+\}. ¶¶In the present paper we significantly simplify the explicit calculation of the Frame-Stewart's numbers S(n, p) and give a short proof of the domain theorem that describes the set of all pairs (n, n₁), such that the above minima are achieved at n₁.     

On the derivatives of X-ray functions

We show that for every n \geqq 4, 0 \leqq k \leqq n - 3, p ? (0, 3] n \geqq 4, 0 \leqq k \leqq n - 3, p \in (0, 3] and every origin-symmetric convex body K in \mathbbRⁿ \mathbb{R}^n , the function ||x ||^-k₂ ||x ||^-n+k+p_K \parallel x \parallel^{-k}_{2} \parallel x \parallel^{-n+k+p}_{K} represents a positive definite distribution on \mathbbRⁿ \mathbb{R}^n , where ||·||₂ \parallel \cdot \parallel_{2} is the Euclidean norm and ||·||_K \parallel \cdot \parallel_{K} is the Minkowski functional of K. We apply this fact to prove a result of Busemann-Petty type that the inequalities for the derivatives of order (n - 4) at zero of X-ray functions of two convex bodies imply the inequalities for the volume of average m-dimensional sections of these bodies for all 3 \leqq m \leqq n 3 \leqq m \leqq n . We also prove a sharp lower estimate for the maximal derivative of X-ray functions of the order (n - 4) at zero.     

Extension theorems for functional equations with bisymmetric operations

Summary. In this paper we deal with the extension of the following functional equation¶¶ f (x) = M (f (m₁(x, y)), ..., f (m_k(x, y)))        (x, y ? K) f (x) = M \bigl(f (m_{1}(x, y)), \dots, f (m_{k}(x, y))\bigr) \qquad (x, y \in K) , (*)¶ where M is a k-variable operation on the image space Y, m₁,..., m_k are binary operations on X, K ì X K \subset X is closed under the operations m₁,..., m_k, and f : K ? Y f : K \rightarrow Y is considered as an unknown function.¶ The main result of this paper states that if the operations m₁,..., m_k, M satisfy certain commutativity relations and f satisfies (*) then there exists a unique extension of f to the (m₁,..., m_k)-affine hull K^* of K, such that (*) holds over K^*. (The set K^* is defined as the smallest subset of X that contains K and is (m₁,..., m_k)-affine, i.e., if x ? X x \in X , and there exists y ? K^* y \in K^* such that m₁(x, y), ?, m_k(x, y) ? K^* m_{1}(x, y), \ldots, m_{k}(x, y) \in K^* then x ? K^* x \in K^* ). As applications, extension theorems for functional equations on Abelian semigroups, convex sets, and symmetric convex sets are obtained.     

Inequalities of Hlawka type for matrices

A generalized Hlawka's inequality says that for any n (\geqq 2) (\geqq 2) complex numbers¶ x₁, x₂, ..., x_n,¶¶ ?_i=1ⁿ|x_i - ?_j=1ⁿx_j| \leqq ?_i=1ⁿ|x_i| + (n - 2)|?_j=1ⁿx_j|. \sum_{i=1}^n\Bigg|x_i - \sum_{j=1}^{n}x_j\Bigg| \leqq \sum_{i=1}^{n}|x_i| + (n - 2)\Bigg|\sum_{j=1}^{n}x_j\Bigg|. ¶¶ We generalize this inequality to the trace norm and the trace of an n x n matrix A as¶¶ ||A - Tr A ||₁ \leqq ||A||₁ + (n - 2)| Tr A|. ||A - {\rm Tr} A ||_1\ \leqq ||A||_1 + (n - 2)| {\rm Tr} A|. ¶¶ We consider also the related inequalities for p-norms (1 \leqq p \leqq ￥) (1 \leqq p \leqq \infty) on matrices.     

The distribution of dense Sidon subsets of $ \mathbb{Z}_m $

Let S \subseteqq \mathbbZ_m S \subseteqq \mathbb{Z}_m be a Sidon set of cardinality | S | = m^1/₂ + O(1) \mid S \mid = m^{1 \over 2} + O(1) . It is proved, in particular, that for any interval á = {a, a + 1, ?, a + l- 1} {\cal I} = \{a, a + 1, \ldots, a + \ell - 1\} in \mathbbZ_m \mathbb{Z}_m , 0 \leqq l 0 \leqq \ell < m, we have | | S ?á | - | S | l/m | = O( | S | ^1/₂ln m) \big| {\mid S \cap {\cal I} \mid - \mid S \mid \ell/m} \big| = O(\mid S \mid^{1 \over 2}\textrm{ln}\, m) .     

On some inequalities for Doob decompositions in Banach function spaces

Let ${\Phi : \mathbb{R} \to [0, \infty)}Let F: \mathbbR ? [0, ￥){\Phi : \mathbb{R} \to [0, \infty)} be a Young function and let f = (f_n)_n ? \mathbbZ₊{f = (f_n)_n\in\mathbb{Z}_{+}} be a martingale such that F(f_n) ? L₁{\Phi(f_n) \in L_1} for all n ? \mathbbZ₊{n \in \mathbb{Z}_{+}} . Then the process F(f) = (F(f_n))_n ? \mathbbZ₊{\Phi(f) = (\Phi(f_n))_n\in\mathbb{Z}_{+}} can be uniquely decomposed as F(f_n)=g_n+h_n{\Phi(f_n)=g_n+h_n} , where g=(g_n)_n ? \mathbbZ₊{g=(g_n)_n\in\mathbb{Z}_{+}} is a martingale and h=(h_n)_n ? \mathbbZ₊{h=(h_n)_n\in\mathbb{Z}_{+}} is a predictable nondecreasing process such that h ₀ = 0 almost surely. The main results characterize those Banach function spaces X such that the inequality ||h_￥||_X ￡ C ||F(Mf) ||_X{\|{h_{\infty}}\|_{X} \leq C \|{\Phi(Mf)} \|_X} is valid, and those X such that the inequality ||h_￥||_X ￡ C ||F(Sf) ||_X{\|{h_{\infty}}\|_{X} \leq C \|{\Phi(Sf)} \|_X} is valid, where Mf and Sf denote the maximal function and the square function of f, respectively.     

The Theorem of the k-1 Happy Divorces

Given a binary relation R between the elements of two sets X and Y and a natural number k, it is shown that there exist k injective maps f₁, f₂,...,f_k: X \hookrightarrow Y X \hookrightarrow Y with # {f₁(x), f₂(x),...,f_k(x)}=k    and    (x,f₁(x)), (x, f₂(x)),...,(x, f_k(x)) ? R \# \{f_1(x), f_2(x),...,f_k(x)\}=k \quad{\rm and}\quad (x,f_1(x)), (x, f_2(x)),...,(x, f_k(x)) \in R for all x ? X x \in X if and only if the inequality k ·# A ￡ ?_{y ? Y} min(k, #{a ? A | (a,y) ? R}) k \cdot \# A \leq \sum_{y \in Y} min(k, \#\{a \in A \mid (a,y) \in R\}) holds for every finite subset A of X, provided {y ? Y | (x,y) ? R} \{y \in Y \mid (x,y) \in R\} is finite for all x ? X x \in X .¶Clearly, as suggested by this paper's title, this implies that, in the context of the celebrated Marriage Theorem, the elements x in X can (simultaneously) marry, get divorced, and remarry again a partner from their favourite list as recorded by R, for altogether k times whenever (a) the list of favoured partners is finite for every x ? X x \in X and (b) the above inequalities all hold.¶In the course of the argument, a straightforward common generalization of Bernstein's Theorem and the Marriage Theorem will also be presented while applications regarding (i) bases in infinite dimensional vector spaces and (ii) incidence relations in finite geometry (inspired by Conway's double sum proof of the de Bruijn-Erdös Theorem) will conclude the paper.     

The character values of the irreducible constituents of a transitive permutation representation

In this article we determine the irreducible ordinary characters c_r \chi_r of a finite group G occurring in a transitive permutation representation (1_M )^G of a given subgroup M of G, and their multiplicities m_r = ((1_M)^G, c_r) 1 0 m_r = ((1_{M})^G, \chi_r) \neq 0 by means of a new explicit formula calculating the coefficients a_rk of the central idempotents e_r = ?_k=1^d a_rk D_k e_r = \sum\limits_{k=1}^{d} a_{rk} D_k in the intersection algebra B \cal B of (1_M )^G generated by the intersection matrices D_k corresponding to the double coset decomposition G = è_k=1^d Mx_k M G = \bigcup\limits_{k=1}^{d} Mx_{k} M .¶Furthermore, an explicit formula is given for the calculation of the character values c_r(x) \chi_{r}(x) of each element x ? G x \in G . Using this character formula we obtain a new practical algorithm for the calculation of a substantial part of the character table of G.     

On the mean lattice point discrepancy of a convex disc

For a convex planar domain D \cal {D} , with smooth boundary of finite nonzero curvature, we consider the number of lattice points in the linearly dilated domain t D t \cal {D} . In particular the lattice point discrepancy P_D(t) P_{\cal {D}}(t) (number of lattice points minus area), is investigated in mean-square over short intervals. We establish an asymptotic formula for¶¶ ò_{T - L}^{T + L}(P_D(t))²dt \int\limits_{T - \Lambda}^{T + \Lambda}(P_{\cal {D}}(t))^2\textrm{d}t ,¶¶ for any L = L(T) \Lambda = \Lambda(T) growing faster than logT.     

Linear independence of time-frequency shifts under a generalized Schrödinger representation

Let r_\mathbbR \rho_{\mathbb{R}} be the classical Schrödinger representation of the Heisenberg group and let L \Lambda be a finite subset of \mathbbR ×\mathbbR \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R} . The question of when the set of functions {t ? e^{2 pi y t} f(t + x) = (r_\mathbbR(x, y, 1) f)(t) : (x, y) ? L} \{t \mapsto e^{2 \pi i y t} f(t + x) = (\rho_{\mathbb{R}}(x, y, 1) f)(t) : (x, y) \in \Lambda\} is linearly independent for all f ? L²(\mathbbR), f 1 0 f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}), f \neq 0 , arises from Gabor analysis. We investigate an analogous problem for locally compact abelian groups G. For a finite subset L \Lambda of G ×[^(G)] G \times \widehat{G} and r_G \rho_G the Schrödinger representation of the Heisenberg group associated with G, we give a necessary and in many situations also sufficient condition for the set {r_G (x, w, 1)f : (x, w) ? L} \{\rho_G (x, w, 1)f : (x, w) \in \Lambda\} to be linearly independent for all f ? L²(G), f 1 0 f \in L^2(G), f \neq 0 .