Absolutely summing multipliers on abstract Hardy spaces

We study summing multipliers from Banach spaces of analytic functions on the unit disc of the complex plane to the complex Banach sequence lattices. The domain spaces are abstract variants of the classical Hardy spaces generated by the complex symmetric spaces. Applying interpolation methods, we prove the Hausdorff Young and Hardy-Littlewood type theorems. We show applications of these results to study summing multipliers from the Hardy-Orlicz spaces to the Orlicz sequence lattices. The obtained results extend the well-known results for the Hp spaces.     

Even infinite-dimensional real Banach spaces

This article is a continuation of a paper of the first author [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] about complex structures on real Banach spaces. We define a notion of even infinite-dimensional real Banach space, and prove that there exist even spaces, including HI or unconditional examples from [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] and C(K) examples due to Plebanek [G. Plebanek, A construction of a Banach space C(K) with few operators, Topology Appl. 143 (2004) 217–239]. We extend results of [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] relating the set of complex structures up to isomorphism on a real space to a group associated to inessential operators on that space, and give characterizations of even spaces in terms of this group. We also generalize results of [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] about totally incomparable complex structures to essentially incomparable complex structures, while showing that the complex version of a space defined by S. Argyros and A. Manoussakis [S. Argyros, A. Manoussakis, An indecomposable and unconditionally saturated Banach space, Studia Math. 159 (1) (2003) 1–32] provides examples of essentially incomparable complex structures which are not totally incomparable.     

Centralisers of spaces of symmetric tensor products and applications

We show that the centraliser of the space of n-fold symmetric injective tensors, n≥2, on a real Banach space is trivial. With a geometric condition on the set of extreme points of its dual, the space of integral polynomials we obtain the same result for complex Banach spaces. We give some applications of this results to centralisers of spaces of homogeneous polynomials and complex Banach spaces. In addition, we derive a Banach-Stone Theorem for spaces of vector-valued approximable polynomials. This project was supported in part by Enterprise Ireland, International Collaboration Grant – 2004 (IC/2004/009). The second author was also partially supported by PIP 5272,UBACYTX108 and PICT 03-15033     

Three real hypersurfaces some of whose geodesics are mapped to circles with the same curvature in a nonflat complex space form

We characterize all totally η-umbilic hypersurfaces and ruled real hypersurfaces in nonflat complex space forms and certain real hypersurfaces of type (A₂) in complex projective spaces by using the property that some of their geodesics are mapped to circles of the same curvature in these ambient spaces.     

Generalized complex and Dirac structures on homogeneous spaces

The aim of this paper is to study generalized complex geometry (Hitchin, 2002) [6] and Dirac geometry (Courant, 1990) [3], (Courant and Weinstein, 1988) [4] on homogeneous spaces. We offer a characterization of equivariant Dirac structures on homogeneous spaces, which is then used to construct new examples of generalized complex structures. We consider Riemannian symmetric spaces, quotients of compact groups by closed connected subgroups of maximal rank, and nilpotent orbits in sln(R). For each of these cases, we completely classify equivariant Dirac structures. Additionally, we consider equivariant Dirac structures on semisimple orbits in a semisimple Lie algebra. Here equivariant Dirac structures can be described in terms of root systems or by certain data involving parabolic subalgebras.     

Some consequences of Pisier’s approach to interpolation

A recent result of Pisier onK-functionals is exploited in the context of function spaces defined from singular integrals. The main consequences appear forH ^p spaces on the complex ball (1≤p≤∞) and spaces of differentiable functions in several variables. It turns out that the complex variable arguments used in [P1] may in certain cases be substituted for real variable methods, which of course have a wider range of applicability. We discuss interpolation of vector valued Hardy spaces on the ball and prove thatL ¹(S)/H ¹(B) satisfies Grothendieck’s theorem, similarly as in the disc case.     

On the structure of Gabor and super Gabor spaces

We study the structure of Gabor and super Gabor spaces inside L²(\mathbbR^2d){L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{2d})} and specialize the results to the case where the spaces are generated by vectors of Hermite functions. We then construct an isometric isomorphism between such spaces and Fock spaces of polyanalytic functions and use it in order to obtain structure theorems and orthogonal projections for both spaces at once, including explicit formulas for the reproducing kernels. In particular we recover a structure result obtained by N. Vasilevski using complex analysis and special functions. In contrast, our methods use only time-frequency analysis, exploring a link between time-frequency analysis and the theory of polyanalytic functions, provided by the polyanalytic part of the Gabor transform with a Hermite window, the polyanalytic Bargmann transform.     

Differential geometry of real submanifolds in a Kähler manifold

LetN be a real submanifold in a complex manifoldM. If the maximal complex subspaces of the tangent spaces ofM contained in the tangent spaces ofN are of constant dimension and they define a differentiable distribution, thenN is called a generic submanifold. The class of generic submanifold includes all real hypersurfaces, complex submanifolds, totally real submanifolds andCR-submanifolds. In this paper we initiate a study of generic submanifolds in a Kähler manifold from differential geometric point of view. Some fundamental results in this respect will be obtained.     

On the symplectic structure of instanton moduli spaces

We study the complex symplectic structure of the quiver varieties corresponding to the moduli spaces of SU(2) instantons on both commutative and non-commutative R⁴. We identify global Darboux coordinates and quadratic Hamiltonians on classical phase spaces for which these quiver varieties are natural completions. We also show that the group of non-commutative symplectomorphisms of the corresponding path algebra acts transitively on the moduli spaces of non-commutative instantons. This paper should be viewed as a step towards extending known results for Calogero–Moser spaces to the instanton moduli spaces.     

Real moduli of complex objects: Surfaces and bundles

Here we study the real locus (i.e. the fixed locus by the conjugation) of a few moduli spaces (defined overR) of complex objects (essentially moduli spaces of surfaces of general type or of vector bundles on curves andP ²).     

About a special class of two-dimensional complex Finsler spaces

In this paper we investigate a class of two-dimensional complex Finsler spaces, called η-Einstein, in [3]. The holomorphic sectional curvatures of such spaces, in directions of the local complex Berwald frames {l, m, [`(l)],[`(m)]\bar l,\bar m} and {λ, μ, [`(l)] ,[`(m)]\bar \lambda ,\bar \mu } are studied. We classify some subclasses of η-Einstein spaces, with respect to the horizontal holomorphic sectional curvature in direction λ. Finally, a special approach is devoted to the holomorphic bisectional curvatures of the two — dimensional η-Einstein spaces.     

Some Open Problems and Conjectures Associated with the Invariant Subspace Problem

There is a subtle difference as far as the invariant subspace problem is concerned for operators acting on real Banach spaces and operators acting on complex Banach spaces. For instance, the classical hyperinvariant subspace theorem of Lomonosov [Funktsional. Anal. nal. i Prilozhen 7(3)(1973), 55–56. (Russian)], while true for complex Banach spaces is false for real Banach spaces. When one starts with a bounded operator on a real Banach space and then considers some “complexification technique” to extend the operator to a complex Banach space, there seems to be no pattern that indicates any connection between the invariant subspaces of the “real” operator and those of its “complexifications.” The purpose of this note is to examine two complexification methods of an operator T acting on a real Banach space and present some questions regarding the invariant subspaces of T and those of its complexifications Mathematics Subject Classification 1991: 47A15, 47C05, 47L20, 46B99 Y.A. Abramovich: 1945–2003 The research of Aliprantis is supported by the NSF Grants EIA-0075506, SES-0128039 and DMI-0122214 and the DOD Grant ACI-0325846     

Interpolation of Herz Spaces and Applications

C. Herz introduced in [Hr] some new spaces to study properties of functions. An Interesting account, with many applications, of some particular cases of the generalized Herz spaces is given in [BS]. In this paper we first identify the duals of the generalized Herz spaces. Then, we characterize their intermediate spaces when the complex method of interpolation for families of spaces Is used. Applications are given that show the bounded ness of many operators on the generalized Herz spaces.     

Maximal dominated operator semigroups

Maximal operator semigroups, bounded in a certain sense, on real or complex vector spaces are studied. For any maximal semigroup \MM dominated by a certain pair of homogeneous functions there is an operator quasinorm for which \MM is exactly the semigroup of contractions in this quasinorm. Applications to Riesz spaces are given. In particular, maximal semigroups of matrices dominated by a given positive matrix are characterized. We thus answer the question implicitly posed in [2]. November 20, 1998     

Determination of the J-groups of Complex Projective and Lens Spaces

We determine completely the J-groups of complex projective and lens spaces by means of a set of generators and a complete set of relations.     

Linear homeomorphisms of non-classical Hilbert spaces

Let K be a complete infinite rank valued field. In [4] we studied Norm Hilbert Spaces (NHS) over K i.e. K-Banach spaces for which closed subspaces admit projections of norm ≤ 1. In this paper we prove the following striking properties of continuous linear operators on NHS. Surjective endomorphisms are bijective, no NHS is linearly homeomorphic to a proper subspace (Theorem 3.7), each operator can be approximated, uniformly on bounded sets, by finite rank operators (Theorem 3.8). These properties together — in real or complex theory shared only by finite-dimensional spaces — show that NHS are more ‘rigid’ than classical Hilbert spaces.     

Geometrical properties of subclasses of complexL 1-preduals

We introduce the concept of a center of a set of complex functions. The concept is used to extend to complex spaces the max + min characterization of realG-spaces given by Lindenstrauss and Wulbert, to give geometrical and algebraic characterizations of complexC _o-spaces and to characterizeM-ideals.     

Improving Schwarz inequality in inner product spaces

Some improvements of the celebrated Schwarz inequality in complex inner product spaces are given. Applications for n-tuples of complex numbers are provided.     

On genus and cancellation in homotopy

Thegenus is determined for spaces of the homotopy type of aCW complex with one cell each in dimensions 0, 2n and 4n (and no other cells), such spaces providing the only cases of spaces with two non-trivial cells such that the homotopy class of the attaching map for the top cell is of infinite order and the genus of the space is non-trivial. The genus is characterised completely by two well understood invariants: theHopf invariant of the attaching map of the 4n-cell and the genus of thesuspension of the space. The algebraic tools are developed for the investigation of the ν-cancellation behaviour of these spaces and a cancellation theorem is proved: the homotopy type of a finite wedge of such spaces determines the homotopy type of each of the summands as long as the attaching maps of the 4n-cells all represent homotopy classes of infinite order. Comparing this result to known results aboutfinite co-H-spaces shows that the Hopf invariant is the single obstruction to such spaces admitting a co-H structure.     

Hardy and BMO spaces associated to divergence form elliptic operators

Consider a second order divergence form elliptic operator L with complex bounded measurable coefficients. In general, operators based on L, such as the Riesz transform or square function, may lie beyond the scope of the Calderón–Zygmund theory. They need not be bounded in the classical Hardy, BMO and even some L ^p spaces. In this work we develop a theory of Hardy and BMO spaces associated to L, which includes, in particular, a molecular decomposition, maximal and square function characterizations, duality of Hardy and BMO spaces, and a John–Nirenberg inequality. S. Hofmann was supported by the National Science Foundation.