An Operator-valued Berezin Transform and the Class of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Hypercontractions

We study an operator-valued Berezin transform corresponding to certain standard weighted Bergman spaces of square integrable analytic functions in the unit disc. The study of this operator-valued Berezin transform relates in a natural way to the study of the class of n-hypercontractions on Hilbert space introduced by Agler. To an n-hypercontraction we associate a positive -valued operator measure dω _{n, T} supported on the closed unit disc in a way that generalizes the above notion of operator-valued Berezin transform. This construction of positive operator measures dω _{n, T} gives a natural functional calculus for the class of n-hypercontractions. We revisit also the operator model theory for the class of n-hypercontractions. The new results here concern certain canonical features of the theory. The operator model theory for the class of n-hypercontractions gives information about the structure of the positive operator measures dω _{n, T} .     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>-bounded Representations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)

We investigate R-bounded representations , where X is a Banach space and G is a lca group. Observing that Ψ induces a (strongly continuous) group homomorphism , we are then able to analyze certain classical homomorphisms U (e.g. translations in L^p (G)) from the viewpoint of R-boundedness and the theory of scalar-type spectral operators. Dedicated to the memory of H. H. Schaefer     

Maximal regularity for evolution equations in weighted <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>-spaces

Let X be a Banach space and let A be a closed linear operator on X. It is shown that the abstract Cauchy problem enjoys maximal regularity in weighted L _p -spaces with weights , where , if and only if it has the property of maximal L _p -regularity. Moreover, it is also shown that the derivation operator admits an -calculus in weighted L _p -spaces. Received: 26 February 2003     

Spectral Exponent of Finite Sums of Weighted Positive Operators in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-Spaces

In this paper we investigate the spectral exponent, i.e. logarithm of the spectral radius of operators having the form

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-nilpotency of finite groups*

Let be a class of groups. A subgroup H of a group G is called -s-supplemented in G, if there exists a subgroup K of G such that G = HK and K/K ∩ H_G belongs to where H_G is the maximal normal subgroup of G which is contained in H. The main purpose of this paper is to study some subgroups of Fitting subgroup and generalized Fitting subgroup -s-supplemented and some new criterions of p-nilpotency of finite groups are obtained. *This research is supported by the grant of NSFC and TianYuan Fund of Mathematics of China (Grant #10626047).     

Weighted <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> Boundedness of Marcinkiewicz Integral

A weighted norm inequality for the Marcinkiewicz integral operator is proved when belongs to . We also give the weighted L^p-boundedness for a class of Marcinkiewicz integral operators with rough kernels and related to the Littlewood-Paley -function and the area integral S, respectively.     

Optimal Domains and Integral Representations of Convolution Operators in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)

Given , a compact abelian group G and a function , we identify the maximal (i.e. optimal) domain of the convolution operator (as an operator from L^p(G) to itself). This is the largest Banach function space (with order continuous norm) into which L^p(G) is embedded and to which has a continuous extension, still with values in L^p(G). Of course, the optimal domain depends on p and g. Whereas is compact, this is not always so for the extension of to its optimal domain. Several characterizations of precisely when this is the case are presented.     

Positive Operator Majorization and <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-hyponormality

In this note we examine the relationships between p-hyponormal operators and the operator inequality . This leads to a method for generating examples of p-hyponormal operators which are not q-hyponormal for any . Our methods are also shown to have implications for the class of Furuta type inequalities.     

Normality of Products of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Hyponormal Operators and Their Aluthge Transforms

Let B(H) denote the algebra of operators on a complex separable Hilbert space H, and let A $\in$ B(H) have the polar decomposition A = U|A|. The Aluthge transform is defined to be the operator . We say that A $\in$ B(H) is p-hyponormal, . Let . Given p-hyponormal , such that AB is compact, this note considers the relationship between denotes an enumeration in decreasing order repeated according to multiplicity of the eigenvalues of the compact operator T (respectively, singular values of the compact operator T). It is proved that is bounded above by and below by for all j = 1, 2, . . . and that if also is normal, then there exists a unitary U¹ such that for all j = 1, 2, . . ..     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Superscript>*</Superscript>-Algebras of Bergman Type Operators with Piecewise Continuous Coefficients

The C ^*-algebra generated by the n poly-Bergman and m antipoly-Bergman projections and by the operators of multiplication by piecewise continuous functions on the Lebesgue space L ²(Π) over the upper half-plane is studied. Making use of a local principle, limit operators techniques, and the Plamenevsky results on two-dimensional convolution operators with symbols admitting homogeneous discontinuities we reduce the study to simpler C ^*-algebras associated with points and pairs . Applying a symbol calculus for the abstract unital C ^*-algebras generated by N orthogonal projections sum of which equals the unit and by M = n + m one-dimensional orthogonal projections and using relations for the Gauss hypergeometric function, we study local algebras at points being the discontinuity points of coefficients. A symbol calculus for the C ^*-algebra is constructed and a Fredholm criterion for the operators is obtained.     

Structure on Powers of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Hyponormal and log-Hyponormal Operators

Inspired by the problem of powers of hyponormal operators, this paper is to discuss the structure on powers of p-hyponormal and log-hyponormal operators. The structure on powers of operators consists of same-side structure and different-side structure. The same-side structure means relations between and , and the different-side structure means relations between where m, n are positive integers and T is a bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space. Thus, the original problem of powers of hyponormal operators belongs to different-side structure on powers of hyponormal operators. The structure on powers of p-hyponormal operators for p > 0 is emphasized. Also, some applications are obtained.      

Some results on b-AM-compact operators

We show that for positive operator B : E → E on Banach lattices, if there exists a positive operator S : E → E such that:1.SB ≤ BS;2.S is quasinilpotent at some x₀ > 0; 3.S dominates a non-zero b-AM-compact operator, then B has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace. Also, we prove that for two commuting non-zero positive operators on Banach lattices, if one of them is quasinilpotent at a non-zero positive vector and the other dominates a non-zero b-AM-compact operator, then both of them have a common non-trivial closed invariant ideal. Then we introduce the class of b-AM-compact-friendly operators and show that a non-zero positive b-AM- compact-friendly operator which is quasinilpotent at some x₀ > 0 has a non-trivial closed invariant ideal.     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Summations,II

Given any R-semimodule M equipped with a semitopology we construct an N-protosummation for M. If satisfies certain properties, then a similar construction leads to an unconditional N-summation for M, that is an N-summation for M equipped with the trivial prenorm MD over the N-summation (D^N,_D) for D. Conversely any N-protosummation on M gives rise to a topology . If both and satisfy a certain separation property, then and form a Galois connection. Dedicated to my friend and collegue Nico Pumplün on the occasion of his 70th birthdayMathematics Subject Classifications (2000) 16Y60, 54A05.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-commutators

The N-commutator is conjecturally a well-defined nontrivial operation on for x = (x ₁, ... , x _n ) if and only if N = n ² + 2n - 2. This is proved for n = 2 and confirmed by computer experiments for n < 5. Under 2- and 5-commutators the algebra of divergence-free vector fields in two dimensions is an sh-Lie (strong homotopic Lie) algebra in the sense of Stasheff. Similarly, W(2) is an sh-Lie algebra with respect to 2- and 6-commutators.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>-sequences of algebras with one fundamental operation

We show that if (p₀, p₁, ...) is the p_n-sequence of a nontrivial algebra with one fundamental operation, then p₁ ≥ p₀. Moreover, if , then p₁ > 2p₀. Received April 21, 2003; accepted in final form November 28, 2005.     

Smooth noncompact operators from <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>), <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis> scattered

Let X be a Banach space, K be a scattered compact and T: B _C(K) → X be a Fréchet smooth operator whose derivative is uniformly continuous. We introduce the smooth biconjugate T**: B _C(K)** → X** and prove that if T is noncompact, then the derivative of T** at some point is a noncompact linear operator. Using this we conclude, among other things, that either is compact or that ℓ₁ is a complemented subspace of X*. We also give some relevant examples of smooth functions and operators, in particular, a C ^1,u -smooth noncompact operator from B _{c O} which does not fix any (affine) basic sequence. P. Hájek was supported by grants A100190502, Institutional Research Plan AV0Z10190503.     

Inequalities for derivatives of functions in the spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>

  We obtain a new sharp inequality for the local norms of functions x ∈ L _{∞, ∞} ^r (R), namely,

Multivariate Refinement Equations and Convergence of Cascade Algorithms in Lp（0〈p〈1）Spaces

We consider the solutions of refinement equations written in the form

The Dual Spaces of Sets of Difference Sequences of Order <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis> and Matrix Transformations

Let p = （pk）k=0^∞ be a bounded sequence of positive reals, m C N and u be s sequence of nonzero terms. If x = （xk）k=0^∞ is any sequence of complex numbers we write Δ（m）x for the sequence of the m th order differences of x and Δu^（m）X = {x=（x）k=0^∞ uΔ（m）x ∈ X} for any set X of sequences. We determine the α-, β- and γ-duals of the sets Δμ^（m）X for X=co（p）,c（p）,l∞（p） and characterize some matrix transformations between these spaces Δ^（m）X.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Besselian Frames in Banach Spaces

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of q-Besselian frame and （p, σ）-near Riesz basis in a Banach space, where a is a finite subset of positive integers and 1/p＋1/q = 1 with p 〉 1, q 〉 1, and determine the relations among q-frame, p-Riesz basis, q-Besselian frame and （p, σ）-near Riesz basis in a Banach space. We also give some sufficient and necessary conditions on a q-Besselian frame for a Banach space. In particular, we prove reconstruction formulas for Banach spaces X and X^＊ that if {xn}n=1^∞ C X is a q-Besselian frame for X, then there exists a p-Besselian frame {y＆＊}n=1^∞ belong to X^＊ for X^＊ such that x = ∑n=1^∞ yn^＊（x）xn for all x ∈ X, and x^＊ =∑n=1^∞ x^＊（xn）yn^＊ for all x^＊ ∈ X^＊. Lastly, we consider the stability of a q-Besselian frame for the Banach space X under perturbation. Some results of J. R. Holub, P. G. Casazza, O. Christensen and others in Hilbert spaces are extended to Banach spaces.