Chowla’s cosine problem

A continuous linear map T from a Banach algebra A into another B approximately preserves the zero products if ‖T(a)T(b)‖ ≤ α‖a‖‖b‖ (a,b ∈ A, ab = 0) for some small positive α. This paper is mainly concerned with the question of whether any continuous linear surjective map T: A → B that approximately preserves the zero products is close to a continuous homomorphism from A onto B with respect to the operator norm. We show that this is indeed the case for amenable group algebras.     

Matrix semigroups whose ring commutators have real spectra are realizable

We introduce the numerical spectrum \(\sigma _n(A)\subseteq {\mathbb {C}}\) of an (unbounded) linear operator A on a Banach space X and study its properties. Our definition is closely related to the numerical range W(A) of A and always yields a superset of W(A). In the case of bounded operators on Hilbert spaces, the two notions coincide. However, unlike the numerical range, \(\sigma _n(A)\) is always closed, convex and contains the spectrum of A. In the paper we strongly emphasise the connection of our approach to the theory of \(C_0\)-semigroups.     

Existence of indecomposable members in indecomposable spaces of operators

In this paper we prove that if S is a set of operators acting on a separable L _p -space X, 1 ≤ p < ∞ (or, more generally, on any separable Köthe function space) such that S is indecomposable (that is, no non-trivial subspace of X of the form L _p (A), where A is measurable, is a common S-invariant subspace), then \(\overline {span} \) S admits an indecomposable operator. As applications, we obtain some new results about transitive algebas on separable Hilbert spaces, as well as an extension of the simultaneous Wielandt theorem to semigroups of operators acting on separable L _p -spaces.     

On perturbation theory for points of discrete spectrum of dissipative operator functions

We consider the operator function L(α, θ) = A(α) ? θR of two complex arguments, where A(α) is an analytic operator function defined in some neighborhood of a real point α ₀ ∈ ? and ranging in the space of bounded operators in a Hilbert space ?. We assume that A(α) is a dissipative operator for real α in a small neighborhood of the point α ₀ and R is a bounded positive operator; moreover, the point α ₀ is a normal eigenvalue of the operator function L(α, θ ₀) for some θ ₀ ∈ ?, and the number θ ₀ is a normal eigenvalue of the operator function L(α ₀ θ). We obtain analogs and generalizations of well-known results for self-adjoint operator functions A(α) on the decomposition of α- and θ-eigenvalues in neighborhoods of the points α ₀ and θ ₀, respectively, and on the representation of the corresponding eigenfunctions by series.     

Picard dimension of signed radial Kato measures

The Picard dimension dimμ of a signed local Kato measure μ on the punctured unit ball in R^d, d ≥ 2, is the cardinal number of the set of extremal rays of the convex cone of all continuous solutions u ≥ 0 of the time-independent SchrSdinger equation Δu -- uμ = 0 on the punctured ball 0 〈 ｜｜x｜｜ 〈 1, with vanishing boundary values on the sphere ｜｜x｜｜ = 1. Using potential theory associated with the Schrodinger operator we prove, in this paper, that the dimμ for a signed radial Kato measure is 0, 1 or ＋∞. In particular, we obtain the Picard dimension of locally Holder continuous functions P proved by Nakai and Tada by other methods.     

Fixed point theorems for the sum of ( ws)-compact and asymptotically $${\Phi}$$-nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we introduce the concept of an asymptotically \({\Phi}\)-nonexpansive operator. In addition, we establish some Krasnoselskiitype fixed point theorems for the sum of two operators A and B, where the operator A is assumed to be (ws)-compact, and B is a (ws)-compact and asymptotically \({\Phi}\)-nonexpansive operator on an unbounded closed convex subset of a Banach space. Also we present Leray–Schauder alternatives and Furi–Pera-type fixed point theorems for the sum of two (ws)-compact mappings.     

Estimates for sums of moduli of blocks in trigonometric Fourier series

We consider the following two problems. Problem 1: what conditions on a sequence of finite subsets A _k ? ? and a sequence of functions λ _k : A _k → ? provide the existence of a number C such that any function f ∈ L ₁ satisfies the inequality ‖U _A,Λ(f)‖ _p ≤ C‖f‖₁ and what is the exact constant in this inequality? Here, \(U_{\mathcal{A},\Lambda } \left( f \right)\left( x \right) = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {\left| {\sum\nolimits_{m \in A_k } {\lambda _k \left( m \right)c_m \left( f \right)e^{imx} } } \right|}\) and c _m (f) are Fourier coefficients of the function f ∈ L ₁. Problem 2: what conditions on a sequence of finite subsets A _k ? ? guarantee that the function \(\sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {\left| {\sum\nolimits_{m \in A_k } {c_m \left( h \right)e^{imx} } } \right|}\) belongs to L _p for every function h of bounded variation?     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>-distribution semigroups and <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>-ultradistribution semigroups in locally convex spaces

The main purpose of this paper is to study C-distribution semigroups and C-ultradistribution semigroups in the setting of sequentially complete locally convex spaces. We provide a few important theoretical novelties in this field and some interesting examples. Under consideration are stationary dense operators in a sequentially complete locally convex space.     

Perturbations of strongly continuous operator semigroups,and matrix Muckenhoupt weights

Let A and A ₀ be linear continuously invertible operators on a Hilbert space ? such that A ^?1 ? A ₀ ^?1 has finite rank. Assuming that σ(A ₀) = ? and that the operator semigroup V ₊(t) = exp{iA ₀ t}, t ≥ 0, is of class C ₀, we state criteria under which the semigroups U _±(t) = exp{±iAt}, t ≥ 0, are of class C ₀ as well. The analysis in the paper is based on functional models for nonself-adjoint operators and techniques of matrix Muckenhoupt weights.     

Spectral analysis for infinite rank perturbations of unbounded diagonal operators

In this paper we study the spectral theory for the class of linear operators A _∞ defined on the so-called non-archimedean Hilbert space E _ω by, A _∞:= D + F _∞ where D is an unbounded diagonal linear operator and F _∞:= Σ _k=1 ^∞ u _k ? v _k is an operator of infinite rank on E _ω .     

Grothendieck spaces with the Dunford–Pettis property

Banach spaces which are Grothendieck spaces with the Dunford–Pettis property (briefly, GDP) are classical. A systematic treatment of GDP-Fréchet spaces occurs in Bonet and Ricker (Positivity 11:77–93, 2007). This investigation is continued here for locally convex Hausdorff spaces. The product and (most) inductive limits of GDP-space are again GDP-spaces. Also, every complete injective space is a GDP-space. For \({p\in \{0\}\cup[1,\infty)}\) it is shown that the classical co-echelon spaces k _p (V) and \({K_p(\overline{V})}\) are GDP-spaces if and only if they are Montel. On the other hand, \({K_\infty(\overline{V})}\) is always a GDP-space and k _∞(V) is a GDP-space whenever its (Fréchet) predual, i.e., the Köthe echelon space λ ₁(A), is distinguished.     

Extrapolation in Grand Lebesgue Spaces with <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis>∞ Weights

Results on extrapolation withA∞ weights in grand Lebesgue spaces are obtained. Generally, these spaces are defined with respect to the productmeasure μ₁ ×· · ·×μ_n onX₁ ×· · ·×X_n, where (X_i, d_i, μ_i), i = 1,..., n, are spaces of homogeneous type. As applications of the obtained results, new one-weight estimates with A_∞ weights for operators of harmonic analysis are derived.     

Homogenization of hyperbolic equations

We consider a self-adjoint matrix elliptic operator A _{ε, ε} > 0, on L ₂(R ^d ;C ⁿ ) given by the differential expression b(D)*g(x/ε)b(D). The matrix-valued function g(x) is bounded, positive definite, and periodic with respect to some lattice; b(D) is an (m × n)-matrix first order differential operator such that m ≥ n and the symbol b(ξ) has maximal rank. We study the operator cosine cos(τA _ε ^1/2 ), where τ ∈ R. It is shown that, as ε → 0, the operator cos(τA _ε ^1/2 ) converges to cos(τ(A ⁰)^1/2) in the norm of operators acting from the Sobolev space H ^s (R ^d ;C ⁿ ) (with a suitable s) to L ₂(R ^d ;C ⁿ ). Here A ₀ is the effective operator with constant coefficients. Sharp-order error estimates are obtained. The question about the sharpness of the result with respect to the type of the operator norm is studied. Similar results are obtained for more general operators. The results are applied to study the behavior of the solution of the Cauchy problem for the hyperbolic equation ? _τ ² u _ε (x, τ) = ?A _ε u _ε (x, τ).     

Polynomial forms for quantum elliptic Calogero–Moser Hamiltonians

We hypothesize the form of a transformation reducing the elliptic A _N Calogero–Moser operator to a differential operator with polynomial coefficients. We verify this hypothesis for N ≤ 3 and, moreover, give the corresponding polynomial operators explicitly.     

Nonsingularity,positive definiteness,and positive invertibility under fixed-point data rounding

For a real square matrix A and an integer d ? 0, let A _(d) denote the matrix formed from A by rounding off all its coefficients to d decimal places. The main problem handled in this paper is the following: assuming that A _(d) has some property, under what additional condition(s) can we be sure that the original matrix A possesses the same property? Three properties are investigated: nonsingularity, positive definiteness, and positive invertibility. In all three cases it is shown that there exists a real number α(d), computed solely from A _(d) (not from A), such that the following alternative holdsif d > α(d), then nonsingularity (positive definiteness, positive invertibility) of A _(d) implies the same property for A if d < α(d) and A _(d) is nonsingular (positive definite, positive invertible), then there exists a matrix A′ with A′_(d) = A _(d) which does not have the respective property.For nonsingularity and positive definiteness the formula for α(d) is the same and involves computation of the NP-hard norm ‖ · ‖_∞,1; for positive invertibility α(d) is given by an easily computable formula.     

Strictly singular operators in pairs of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis> <Subscript> <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> </Subscript> space

Let E and F be Banach spaces. A linear operator from E to F is said to be strictly singular if, for any subspace Q ? E, the restriction of A to Q is not an isomorphism. A compactness criterion for any strictly singular operator from L_p to L_q is found. There exists a strictly singular but not superstrictly singular operator on L_p, provided that p ≠ 2.     

The characterization of a class of quantum Markov semigroups and the associated operator-valued Dirichlet forms based on Hilbert <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-module <Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis>)

We characterize A-linear symmetric and contraction module operator semigroup{Tt}t∈R+L(l2(A)),where A is a finite-dimensional C-algebra,and L(l2(A))is the C-algebra of all adjointable module maps on l2(A).Next,we introduce the concept of operator-valued quadratic forms,and give a one to one correspondence between the set of non-positive definite self-adjoint regular module operators on l2(A)and the set of non-negative densely defined A-valued quadratic forms.In the end,we obtain that a real and strongly continuous symmetric semigroup{Tt}t∈R+L(l2(A))being Markovian if and only if the associated closed densely defined A-valued quadratic form is a Dirichlet form.     

Khinchin’s inequality,Dunford-Pettis and compact operators on the space <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>([0, 1], <Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis>)

We prove that if X, Y are Banach spaces, Ω a compact Hausdorff space and U:C(Ω, X) → Y is a bounded linear operator, and if U is a Dunford-Pettis operator the range of the representing measure G(Σ) ? DP(X, Y) is an uniformly Dunford-Pettis family of operators and ∥G∥ is continuous at Ø. As applications of this result we give necessary and/or sufficient conditions that some bounded linear operators on the space C([0, 1], X) with values in c ₀ or l _p, (1 ≤ p < ∞) be Dunford-Pettis and/or compact operators, in which, Khinchin’s inequality plays an important role.     

Wodzicki residue for operators on manifolds with cylindrical ends

We define the Wodzicki Residue TR(A) for A belonging to a space of operators with double order, denoted \({L^{m_1,m_2}_{\rm cl}}\). Such operators are globally defined initially on \({\mathbb{R}^n}\) and then, more generally, on a class of non-compact manifolds, namely, the manifolds with cylindrical ends. The definition is based on the analysis of the associate zeta function ζ(A, z). Using this approach, under suitable ellipticity assumptions, we also compute a two terms leading part of the Weyl formula for a positive selfadjoint operator \({A\in L^{m_1,m_2}_{\rm cl}}\) in the case m ₁ = m ₂.     

On homogenization for non-self-adjoint locally periodic elliptic operators

In this note we consider the homogenization problem for a matrix locally periodic elliptic operator on R ^d of the form A ^ε = ?divA(x, x/ε)?. The function A is assumed to be Hölder continuous with exponent s ∈ [0, 1] in the “slow” variable and bounded in the “fast” variable. We construct approximations for (A ^ε ? μ)^?1, including one with a corrector, and for (?Δ) ^s/2(A ^ε ? μ)^?1 in the operator norm on L ₂(R ^d ) ⁿ . For s ≠ 0, we also give estimates of the rates of approximation.