Some extensions of the Hewitt-Savage zero-one law

Summary Let denote the class of infinite product probability measures = ₁× ₂× defined on an infinite product of replications of a given measurable space (X, A), and let denote the subset of for which (A) =0 or 1 for each permutation invariant event A. Previous works by Hewitt and Savage, Horn and Schach, Blum and Pathak, and Sendler (referenced in the paper) discuss very restrictive sufficient conditions under which a given member , of belongs to . In the present paper, the class is shown to possess several closure properties. E.g., if and _{0 n} for some n 1, then ₀× ₁× ₂×.... While the current results do not permit a complete characterization of they demonstrate conclusively that is a much larger subset of than previous results indicated. The interesting special case X={0,1} is discussed in detail.Research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. MCS75-07556     

Small Ball Probabilities Around Random Centers of Gaussian Measures and Applications to Quantization

Let be a centered Gaussian measure on a separable Hilbert space (E, ). We are concerned with the logarithmic small ball probabilities around a -distributed center X. It turns out that the asymptotic behavior of –log (B(X,)) is a.s. equivalent to that of a deterministic function _R (). These new insights will be used to derive the precise asymptotics of a random quantization problem which was introduced in a former article by Dereich, Fehringer, Matoussi, and Scheutzow.⁽⁸⁾     

Quasianapole Interaction of Charged Fermions

We obtain the analytic expression for the total cross section of the reaction e ^– e ⁺l ^– l ⁺ (l=,) taking possible quasianapole interaction effects into account. We find numerical restrictions on the interaction parameter value from data for the reaction e ^– e ^+–+ in the energy domain below the Z ⁰ peak.     

Covering a convex body by smaller homothetic copies

Let a convex bodyAE ⁿ be covered bys smaller homothetic copies with coefficients ₁, ..., _s , respectively. It is conjectured that ₁ + ...+ _s n. This conjecture is confirmed in two cases:n is arbitrary ands=n+1;s is arbitrary andn=2.     

Nonnegative Hall Polynomials

The number of subgroups of type and cotype in a finite abelian p-group of type is a polynomialg with integral coefficients. We prove g has nonnegative coefficients for all partitions and if and only if no two parts of differ by more than one. Necessity follows from a few simple facts about Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions; sufficiency relies on properties of certain order-preserving surjections that associate to each subgroup a vector dominated componentwise by . The nonzero components of (H) are the parts of , the type of H; if no two parts of differ by more than one, the nonzero components of – (H) are the parts of , the cotype of H. In fact, we provide an order-theoretic characterization of those isomorphism types of finite abelian p-groups all of whose Hall polynomials have nonnegative coefficients.     

On measures that agree on balls

The fundamental result: if and v are two finite Borel measures, defined in the spaceL ^p[0, 1] (1p<) or in C(K) (K is a metric compactum without isolated points), then from the equalities (B)=v(B) for all balls B of radius 1 there follows that =v. In addition, in the spaces C(K) and _p (1p<) from the inequalities (B) v(B) there follows that v.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Vol. 177, pp. 122–128, 1989.     

On the Choquet Charge of δ-superharmonic Functions

Let u v be positive superharmonic functions in a general potential-theoretic setting, where these functions have a Choquet-type integral representation by minimal such functions with Choquet charges (i.e. representing measures) and , respectively. We show that on the contact set {u – v = 0} of the -superharmonic function u – v, if this set is properly interpreted as the set of those minimal superharmonic functions s which satisfy lim sup _{T s} v/u = 1 for the co-fine neighborhood filter T _s associated with s. In the setting of classical potential theory for Laplace's equation this result improves on results obtained by Fuglede in 1992.     

An infinite dimensional analogue of the Albeverio-Röckner's theorem on Fukushima's conjecture

LetX be the solution of the SDE:dX _t = (X _t)dB _t +b(X _t)dt, with andb C _b (R) such that >0 for some constant , andB a real Brownian motion. Let be the law ofX onE=C([0, 1],R) andk E* – {0}, whereE* is the topological dual space ofE. Consider the classical form: _k (u, v)=u / kv / kd, whereu andv are smooth functions onE. We prove that, if _k is closable for anyk in a dense subset ofE* and if the smooth functions are contained in the domain of the generator of the closure of _k , must be a constant function.     

On the Continuity of Pathwise Solutions to Langevin Equations in Infinite Dimensions

We fix a rich probability space (,F,P). Let (H,) be a separable Hilbert space and let be the canonical cylindrical Gaussian measure on H. Given any abstract Wiener space (H,B,) over H, and for every Hilbert–Schmidt operator T: HBH which is (|{}|,)-continuous, where |{}| stands for the (Gross-measurable) norm on B, we construct an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process : (,F,P)×[0,1](B,|{}|) as a pathwise solution of the following infinite-dimensional Langevin equation d _t =db _t +T( _t )dt with the initial data ₀=0, where b is a B-valued Brownian motion based on the abstract Wiener space (H,B,). The richness of the probability space (,F,P) then implies the following consequences: the probability space is independent of the abstract Wiener space (H,B,) (in the sense that (,F,P) does not depend on the choice of the Gross-measurable norm |{}|) and the space C _B consisting of all continuous B-valued functions on [0,1] is identical with the set of all paths of . Finally, we present a way to obtain pathwise continuous solutions :d _t =

Operator stable laws: Series representations and domains of normal attraction

LetX,X ₁,X ₂,... be i.i.d. random vectors in ^d. The limit laws that can arise by suitable affine normalizations of the partial sums,S _n=X ₁+...+X _n, are calledoperator-stable laws. These laws are a natural extension to ^d of the stable laws on. Thegeneralized domain of attraction of [GDOA()] is comprised of all random vectorsX whose partial sums can be affinely normalized to converge to . If the linear part of the affine transformation is restricted to take the formn ^–B for some exponent operatorB naturally associated to thenX is in thegeneralized domain of normal attraction of [GDONA()]. This paper extends the theory of operator-stable laws and their domains of attraction and normal attraction.     

Sur certaines algèbres associées à une mesure de Guelfand

Let be a Guelfand measure (cf. [A, B]) on a locally compact groupG DenoteL ₁ (G)=*L ₁(G)* the commutative Banach algebra associated to . We show thatL ₁ (G) is semi-simple and give a characterization of the closed ideals ofL ₁ (G). Using the -spherical Fourier transform, we characterize all linear bounded operators inL ₁ (G) which are invariants by -translations (i.e. such that ¹(( _x f) )=( _x ((f)) for eachxG andfL ₁ (G); where _x f(y)=f(xy); x,y G). WhenG is compact, we study the algebraL ₁ (G) and obtain results analogous to ones obtained for the commutative case: we show thatL ₁ (G) is regular, all closed sets of its Guelfand spectrum are sets of synthesis and establish theorems of harmonic synthesis for functions inL _p (G) (p=1,2 or +).

     

Positive Solutions for a Singular Nonlinear Problem on a Bounded Domain in R 2

For a bounded regular Jordan domain in R ², we introduce and study a new class of functions K() related on its Green function G. We exploit the properties of this class to prove the existence and the uniqueness of a positive solution for the singular nonlinear elliptic equation u+(x,u)=0, in D(), with u=0 on and uC(), where is a nonnegative Borel measurable function in ×(0,) that belongs to a convex cone which contains, in particular, all functions (x,t)=q(x)t ^–,>0 with nonnegative functions qK(). Some estimates on the solution are also given.     

Approximate Identities in Spaces of all Absolutely Continuous Measures on Locally Compact Semigroups

Let G be a locally compact group. Then M_a (G), the space of all absolutely continuous measures on G, has a bounded approximate identity. Baker and Baker proved that (S) (the space of all measures M(S) so that maps x _x *|| and x ||*_x are weak continuous from a locally compact semigroup S into M(S)) is closed under absolutely continuity and has an approximate identity. The main purpose of this paper is to show that similar results hold true for a locally compact semigroup S and M_a(S) the space of all absolutely continuous measures on S.     

Some remarks on Rademacher's theorem in infinite dimensions

We provide an infinite dimensional version of Rademacher's theorem in a linear space provided with a bounded Radon measure . The underlying concepts of the Lipschitz property and differentiability hold -almost everywhere and only in the linear subspace of directions along which is quasiinvariant. The particular case where (X, ) is the Wiener space (and for which the subspace of quasiinvariance coincides with the Cameron-Martin space) was proved in Enchev and Stroock (1993).Partially supported by the fund for promotion of research at the Technion.     

Harmonic analysis in infinite dimension

We study the Hermite transform onL ²() where is a Gaussian measure on a Lusin locally convex spaceE. We are then lead to a Hilbert space () of analytic functions onE which is also a natural range for the Laplace transform. LetB be a convenient Hilbert-Schmidt operator on the Cameron-Martin spaceH of . There exists a natural sequence Cap _n of capacities onE associated toB. This implies the Kondratev-Yokoi theorem about positive linear forms on the Hida test-functions space.     

Finitely subadditive and countably subadditive outer measures

Results are given comparing countably subadditive (csa) outer measures and finitely subadditive (fsa) outer measures, especially relating to regularity and measurability conditions such as (*) condition:A setE (of an arbitrary setX), is measurable ( an outer measure),ES (the collection of measurable sets) iff (X)=(E)+(E). Specific examples are given contrasting csa and fsa outer measures. In particular fsa and csa outer measures derived from finitely additive measures defined on an algebra of sets generated by a lattice of sets, are investigated in some detail.     

Isometries of symmetric operator spaces associated with AFD factors of typeII and symmetric vector-valued spaces

If is a surjective isometry of the separable symmetric operator spaceE(M, ) associated with the approximately finite-dimensional semifinite factorM and if · _E(M,) is not proportional to · _{L 2}, then there exist a unitary operatorUM and a Jordan automorphismJ ofM such that(x)=UJ(x) for allxME(M, ). We characterize also surjective isometries of vector-valued symmetric spacesF((0, 1), E(M, )).Research supported by the Australian Research Council     

A study on Markovian maximality,change of probability and regularity

LetE be a rigid separable Banach space andm a bounded Borel measure onE. Let Ext denote the family of all gradient type Dirichlet forms onL ²(E, m) such that the domain of their extended generators (cf. Definition 1.1) contain the smooth functions. We prove three results. First, we prove the existence of the maximum element in Ext whenever Ext is not empty. Secondly, let be the maximum element in Ext (when Ext Ø) and let be a positive function in D(). We define a new measure =²·m and we consider the family Ext associated with the measure . We prove that if is associated with a diffusion process, Ext is not empty and its maximum element is also associated with a diffusion process. Finally, whenm is a centered Gaussian measure onE, we can prove that Ext contains exactly one element.     

Tritronquée Solutions of Perturbed First Painlevé Equations

We consider solutions of the class of ODEs y=6y ²–x , which contains the first Painlevé equation (PI) for =1. It is well known that PI has a unique real solution (called a tritronquée solution) asymptotic to and decaying monotonically on the positive real line. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a corresponding solution for each real nonnegative 1.     

Conditioned super-Brownian motion

Summary We investigate classes of conditioned super-Brownian motions, namely H-transformsP ^H with non-negative finitely-based space-time harmonic functionsH(t, ). We prove thatH ^H is the unique solution of a martingale problem with interaction and is a weak limit of a sequence of rescaled interacting branching Brownian motions. We identify the limit behaviour of H-transforms with functionsH(t, )=h(t, (1)) depending only on the total mass (1). Using the Palm measures of the super-Brownian motion we describe for an additive spacetime harmonic functionH(t, )=h(t, x) (dx) theH-transformP ^H as a conditioned super-Brownian motion in which an immortal particle moves like an h-transform of Brownian motion.