On the Weak Limiting Behavior of Almost Surely Convergent Row Sums from Infinite Arrays of Rowwise Independent Random Elements in Banach Spaces

For an array {V _nk ,k1,n1} of rowwise independent random elements in a real separable Banach space with almost surely convergent row sums , we provide criteria for S _n –A _n to be stochastically bounded or for the weak law of large numbers to hold where {A _n ,n1} is a (nonrandom) sequence in .     

Some remarks on the product of two C α-compact subsets

For a cardinal , we say that a subset B of a space X is C -compact in X if for every continuous function is a compact subset of . If B is a C-compact subset of a space X, then (B, X) denotes the degree of C -compactness of B in X. A space X is called -pseudocompact if X is C -compact into itself. For each cardinal , we give an example of an -pseudocompact space X such that X × X is not pseudocompact: this answers a question posed by T. Retta in Some cardinal generalizations of pseudocompactness Czechoslovak Math. J. 43 (1993), 385–390. The boundedness of the product of two bounded subsets is studied in some particular cases. A version of the classical Glicksberg's Theorem on the pseudocompactness of the product of two spaces is given in the context of boundedness. This theorem is applied to several particular cases.     

Systèmes dynamiques non archimédiens et corps des norms (Non-Archimedean Dynamic Systems and Fields of Norms)

Let _k be the ring of integers of a finite extension k of the field _p of p-adic numbers. The endomorphisms of a formal group law defined over _k provide nontrivial examples of commuting formal series with coefficients in _k . This article deals with the inverse problem formulated by Jonathan Lubin within the context of non-Archimedean dynamical systems. We present a large family of series, with coefficients in _p , which satisfy Lubin's conjecture. These series are constructed with the help of Lubin–Tate formal group laws over _p . We introduce the notion of minimally ramified series which turn out to be modulo p reductions of some series of this family. The commutant monoids of these minimally ramified series are determined by using the Fontaine–Wintenberger theory of the field of norms which allows an interpretation of them as automorphisms of _p -extensions of local fields of characteristic zero. A particularly effective example illustrating the paper is given by a family of series generalizing ebyev polynomials     

On the Irreducibility of Commuting Varieties Associated with Involutions of Simple Lie Algebras

Let be a reductive Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and an arbitrary -grading. We consider the variety , which is called the commuting variety associated with the -grading. Earlier it was proved by the author that is irreducible, if the -grading is of maximal rank. Now we show that is irreducible for and (E₆,F₄). In the case of symmetric pairs of rank one, we show that the number of irreducible components of is equal to that of nonzero non--regular nilpotent G ₀-orbits in . We also discuss a general problem of the irreducibility of commuting varieties.     

Superlocals in Symmetric and Alternating Groups

On Aschbacher's definition, a subgroup N of a finite group is called a -superlocal for a prime if . We describe the -superlocals in symmetric and alternating groups, thereby resolving part way Problem 11.3 in the Kourovka Notebook [3].     

Algebras almost commuting with Clifford algebras in a II∞ factor

We are concerned here with certain Banach algebras of operators contained within a fixed II factor N. These algebras may be thought of as noncommutative classifying spaces for the functor Ext _* ^N The basic objects of study are the algebras A _kN (for n=1, 2,...). Here, we are given an essentially unique representation of the complex Clifford algebra C _k N and the elements of A _k are those operators in N which exactly commute with the first k–1 generators of C _k and also commute with the kth generator modulo a symmetric ideal N. Up to isomorphism, these algebras are periodic with period 2.We determine completely the homotopy types of A ₁ ^–1 and A ₂ ^–1 Here, A ₁ ^–1 is homotopy equivalent to the space of (Breuer) Fredholm operators in N, while A ₂ ^–1 is homotopy equivalent to the group K _N ^–1 ={x N^–1¦ x=1+k, k K_N}. We use these results to compute the K-theory of A ₁ and A ₂.For a fixed C ^*-algebra A, we define abelian groups G _k,N(A) of equivalence classes of homomorphisms AA _k. Letting N = M (H) for a II₁ factor M we define similar abelian groups G _k(A, M) where we replace N by L(E) for countably generated right Hilbert M-modules E with (left) actions C _k L(E). Using ideas of Skandalis, we show that G _k,NG_k(A, M) so that the G _k,N are stable half-exact homotopy functors because the G _k(·, M) are such.In general, we show that G _k(A, M)KK ^k(A, M) and so our theory fits neatly into Kasparov KK-theory. We investigate many interesting examples from our point of view.     

Iterating the Bar Construction

For a 1-connected space X Adams's bar construction B(C*(X)) describes H*(X) only as a graded module and gives no information about the multiplicative structure. Thus it is not possible to iterate the bar construction in order to determine the cohomology of iterated loop spaces ⁱ X. In this paper for an n-connected pointed space X a sequence of A()-algebra structures , is constructed, such that for each there exists an isomorphism of graded algebras      

On Fraenkel’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Heap Wythoff’s Conjectures

The N-heap Wythoffs game is a two-player impartial game with N piles of tokens of sizes Players take turns removing any number of tokens from a single pile, or removing (a₁,..., a_N) from all piles - a_i tokens from the i-th pile, providing that where is the nim addition. The first player that cannot make a move loses. Denote all the P-positions (i.e., losing positions) by Two conjectures were proposed on the game by Fraenkel [7]. When are fixed, i) there exists an integer N₁ such that when . ii) there exist integers N₂ and _2 such that when , the golden section.In this paper, we provide a sufficient condition for the conjectures to hold, and subsequently prove them for the three-heap Wythoffs game with the first piles having up to 10 tokens.AMS Subject Classification: 91A46, 68R05.     

Repleteness and regular lattice measures

Let X be an abstract set and L a lattice of subsets of X. To each lattice regular measure µ, we associate two induced measures and on suitable lattices of the Wallman space IR(L) and another measure µ on the spaceIR(L). We will investigate the reflection of smoothness properties of p onto , and µ; and try to set some new criterion for repleteness and measure repleteness.     

Limit theorems for compact two-point homogeneous spaces of large dimensions

Let be the field , , or of real dimension . For each dimensiond2, we study isotropic random walks(Y ₁)₁0 on the projective space with natural metricD where the random walk starts at some with jumps at each step of a size depending ond. Then the random variablesX ₁ ^d :=cosD(Y ₁ ^d ,x ₀ ^d ) form a Markov chain on [–1, 1] whose transition probabilities are related to Jacobi convolutions on [–1, 1]. We prove that, ford, the random variables (vd/2)(X _l(d) ^d +1) tend in distribution to a noncentral ²-distribution where the noncentrality parameter depends on relations between the numbers of steps and the jump sizes. We also derive another limit theorem for as well as thed-spheresS ^d ford.     

A Weighted Goodness-of-Fit Test for GARCH(1,1) Specification

Suppose that (j) is the lag-j autocorrelation of the squared residuals computed from a realization of length n under the assumption that the observations follow a GARCH(1,1) model. We study the asymptotic distribution of the statistics of the form , where the _j are nonnegative summable weights and the matrix , can be estimated from the data. We show that, under weak assumptions on model errors, the statistic Q _n converges in distribution to , where the N _i are iid standard normal. We discuss choices of the weights _j for which the distribution of Q is tabulated. Our results lead to and provide a rigorous justification for Portmanteau goodness-of-fit tests for GARCH(1,1) specification.     

Uniform and universal Glivenko-Cantelli classes

A class of measurable functions on a probability space is called a Glivenko-Cantelli class if the empirical measuresP _n converge to the trueP uniformly over almost surely. is a universal Glivenko-Cantelli class if it is a Glivenko-Cantelli Cantelli class for all lawsP on a measurable space, and a uniform Glivenko-Cantelli class if the convergence is also uniform inP. We give general sufficient conditions for the Glivenko-Cantelli and universal Glivenko-Cantelli properties and examples to show that some stronger conditions are not necessary. The uniform Glivenko-Cantelli property is characterized, under measurability assumptions, by an entropy condition.     

Some topological properties of ω-covering sets

We prove the following theorems:1. There exists an -covering with the property s ₀.2. Under cov there exists X such that is not an -covering orX \ B is not an -covering].3. Also we characterize the property of being an -covering.     

An Application of U(g)-bimodules to Representation Theory of Affine Lie Algebras

Let be the affine Lie algebra associated to the simple finite-dimensional Lie algebra . We consider the tensor product of the loop -module associated to the irreducible finite-dimensional -module V() and the irreducible highest weight -module L _k,. Then L _k, can be viewed as an irreducible module for the vertex operator algebra M _k,0. Let A(L _k,) be the corresponding -bimodule. We prove that if the -module is zero, then the -module is irreducible. As an example, we apply this result on integrable representations for affine Lie algebras.     

Positive Numberings of Families of Sets in the Ershov Hierarchy

It is proved that there exist infinitely many positive undecidable _n ^-1 -computable numberings of every infinite family that admits at least one _n ^-1 -computable numbering and contains either the empty set, for even n, or N for odd n.     

On microfunctions at the boundary along CR manifolds

Let X be a complex analytic manifold, a C ² submanifold, an openset with C ² boundary .Denote by (resp. ) the microlocalization along M (resp. ) of the sheaf of holomorphic functions.In the literature (cf. [A-G], [K-S 1,2])one encounters two classical results concerning the vanishing of the cohomology groups .The most general gives the vanishing outside a range of indices j whose length is equal to (with being the number of respectively positive, negative and null eigenvalues for themicrolocal Levi form ).The sharpest result gives the concentration in a single degree, provided that the difference is locally constant for near p (with for z the base point of p).The first result was restated for the complex in [D'A-Z 2], in the case codim We extend it here to any codimension and moreover we also restate for the second vanishing theorem.We also point out that the principle of our proof, related to a criterion for constancy of sheaves due to [K-S 1], is a quite new one.     

Ore Extensions of Hopf Algebras

In this paper, Ore extensions in the class of Hopf algebras are studied. The classification theorem enables one to describe the Hopf--Ore extensions for the group algebras, for the algebras and , and for the quantum ax + b group.     

Extremal Problems for Operators in Banach Spaces Arising in the Study of Linear Operator Pencils, II

This paper is devoted to the study of operators satisfying the condition