The Reduced Minimum Modulus in <Emphasis>C</Emphasis><Superscript>*</Superscript>-Algebras

We define the reduced minimum modulus of a nonzero element a in a unital C ^*-algebra by . We prove that . Applying this result to and its closed two side ideal , we get that dist , and for any if RR = 0, where and is the quotient homomorphism and . These results generalize corresponding results in Hilbert spaces.     

One-sided Grothendieck quotients

We introduce one-sided thick subcategories of an arbitrary preadditive category and define a quotient category . When is abelian, this concept specializes to Grothendieck’s quotient for two-sided thick . We determine the left noetherian rings for which the injective modules form a left thick subcategory. We exhibit a class of one-sided thick subcategories in categories of coherent functors which are ubiquitous in representation theory. Received: 14 November 2006 Revised: 12 March 2007     

Schur Complements in Krein Spaces

The aim of this work is to generalize the notions of Schur complements and shorted operators to Krein spaces. Given a (bounded) J-selfadjoint operator A (with the unique factorization property) acting on a Krein space and a suitable closed subspace of , the Schur complement of A to is defined. The basic properties of are developed and different characterizations are given, most of them resembling those of the shorted of (bounded) positive operators on a Hilbert space. To the memory of Professor Mischa Cotlar     

Hyperinvariant Subspace Problem for Quasinilpotent Operators

In this paper we consider the hyperinvariant subspace problem for quasinilpotent operators. Let denote the class of quasinilpotent quasiaffinities Q in such that Q ^* Q has an infinite dimensional reducing subspace M with Q ^* Q| _M compact. It was known that if every quasinilpotent operator in has a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace, then every quasinilpotent operator has a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace. Thus it suffices to solve the hyperinvariant subspace problem for elements in . The purpose of this paper is to provide sufficient conditions for elements in to have nontrivial hyperinvariant subspaces. We also introduce the notion of “stability” of extremal vectors to give partial solutions to the hyperinvariant subspace problem.      

Three-dimensional sets with small sumset

We describe the structure of three dimensional sets of lattice points, having a small doubling property. Let be a finite subset of ℤ³ such that dim = 3. If and , then lies on three parallel lines. Moreover, for every three dimensional finite set that lies on three parallel lines, if , then is contained in three arithmetic progressions with the same common difference, having together no more than terms. These best possible results confirm a recent conjecture of Freiman and cannot be sharpened by reducing the quantity υ or by increasing the upper bounds for .     

A remark on left invariant metrics on compact Lie groups

We show that a left invariant metric on a compact Lie group G with Lie algebra has some negative sectional curvature if it is obtained by enlarging a biinvariant metric on a subalgebra , unless the semi-simple part of is an ideal of This answers a question raised in [8]. Received: 7 May 2007     

Rigidity of hyperstable complexes

A module J over a ring is said to be hyperstable when . Over a module M for which Ext we show that the projective n-stems for which is hyperstable constitute a single homotopy type. Received: 17 November 2006     

C*-Algebras of Singular Integral Operators with Shifts Having the Same Nonempty Set of Fixed Points

The C*-subalgebra of generated by all multiplication operators by slowly oscillating and piecewise continuous functions, by the Cauchy singular integral operator and by the range of a unitary representation of an amenable group of diffeomorphisms with any nonempty set of common fixed points is studied. A symbol calculus for the C*-algebra and a Fredholm criterion for its elements are obtained. For the C*-algebra composed by all functional operators in , an invertibility criterion for its elements is also established. Both the C*-algebras and are investigated by using a generalization of the local-trajectory method for C*-algebras associated with C*-dynamical systems which is based on the notion of spectral measure. Submitted: April 30, 2007. Accepted: November 5, 2007.     

On an Essentially Algebraic Theory for Locally Presentable Categories

This paper presents a general construction, defining for each given strong generator in any locally finitely presentable category an essentially algebraic, finitary theory – maximal in a certain sense – such that is equivalent to the category of models of . For regular generators , generalization to the non-finitary case is easily done, and yields a new proof of the famous characterization of many-sorted quasivarieties.     

Lie and Jordan Ideals in Reflexive Algebras

A CDCSL algebra is a reflexive operator algebra with completely distributive and commutative subspace lattice. In this paper, we show, for a weakly closed linear subspace of a CDCSL algebra , that is a Lie ideal if and only if for all invertibles A in , and that is a Jordan ideal if and only if it is an associative ideal.     

On Separation of Points from Additive Subgroups of Banach Spaces by Continuous Characters and Positive Definite Functions

Let G be an additive subgroup of a normed space X. We say that a point is weakly separated (resp. -separated) from G if it can be separated from G by a continuous character (resp. by a continuous positive definite function). Let T : X → Y be a continuous linear operator. Consider the following conditions: (ws) if , then x is weakly separated from G; (ps) if , then x is -separated from G; (wp) if Tx is -separated from T(G), then x is weakly separated from G. By (resp. , ) we denote the class of operators T : X → Y which satisfy (ws) (resp. (ps), (wp)) for all and all subgroups G of X. The paper is an attempt to describe the above classes of operators for various Banach spaces X, Y. It is proved that if X, Y are Hilbert spaces, then is the class of Hilbert-Schmidt operators. It is also shown that if T is a Hilbert-to-Banach space operator with finite ℓ-norm, then .      

Stable Ranks of Banach Algebras of Operator-Valued Analytic Functions

Let E be a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, and let denote the algebra of all functions that are holomorphic. If is a subalgebra of , then using an algebraic result of Corach and Larotonda, we derive that under some conditions, the Bass stable rank of is infinite. In particular, we deduce that the Bass (and hence topological stable ranks) of the Hardy algebra , the disk algebra and the Wiener algebra are all infinite. Submitted: October 10, 2007., Revised: January 11, 2008., Accepted: January 12, 2007.     

Certain invariants of extension algebras of C({\mathbb{T}}^{2})

In this paper, we compute certain invariants of extension algebras of the torus algebra by , where is the C*-algebra of compact operators on an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space H. These extension algebras are also constructed up to isomorphism. Received: 5 July 2007, Revised: 14 February 2008     

Parabolic twists for the linear algebras <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>−1</Subscript>

New solutions of twist equations for the universal enveloping algebras U (A_n−1) are found. These solutions can be represented as products of full chains of extended Jordanian twists Abelian factors (“rotations”) , and sets of quasi-Jordanian twists . The latter are generalizations of Jordanian twists (with carrier b²) for special deformed extensions of the Hopf algebra U (b²). The carrier subalgebra for the composition is a nonminimal parabolic subalgebra in A _n−1 such that . The parabolic twisting elements are obtained in an explicit form. Details of the construction are illustrated by considering the examples n = 4 and n = 11. Bibliography: 21 titles. Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 347, 2007, pp. 187–213.     

A Note on the Green Invariants in Finite Group Modular Representative Theory

As in Finite Group Modular Representation Theory, let be a commutative complete noetherian ring with an algebraically closed residue field k. Let G be a finite group and let N be a normal subgroup of G. First suppose that V is an indecomposable -module, so that Inf ^G _G/N (V) is an indecomposable G-module. We relate the Green invariants of V as an -module to those of Inf ^G _G/N (V) as an G-module. Secondly, let V and W be indecomposable G-modules. Assume that W is an endo-permutation lattice and that is also an indecomposable G-module. We relate the Green invariants of the G-modules V and . (This situation arises under important Morita equivalences.) Received: December 11, 2006. Revised: August 22, 2007.     

<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.     

Divisors of Bernoulli Sums

Let where are independent Bernoulli random variables. In relation with the divisor problem, we evaluate the almost sure asymptotic order of the sums , where and is a sequence of positive integers. Received: May 23, 2007. Revised: June 8, 2007.     

Moore-Penrose Inverse in Kreĭn Spaces

We discuss the notion of Moore-Penrose inverse in Kreĭn spaces for both bounded and unbounded operators. Conditions for the existence of a Moore-Penrose inverse are given. We then investigate its relation with adjoint operators, and study the involutive Banach algebra . Finally applications to the Schur complement are given.      

KK-theoretic duality for proper twisted actions

Let be a smooth continuous trace algebra, with a Riemannian manifold spectrum X, equipped with a smooth action by a discrete group G such that G acts on X properly and isometrically. Then is KK-theoretically Poincaré dual to , where is the inverse of in the Brauer group of Morita equivalence classes of continuous trace algebras equipped with a group action. We deduce this from a strengthening of Kasparov’s duality theorem. As applications we obtain a version of the above Poincaré duality with X replaced by a compact G-manifold M and Poincaré dualities for twisted group algebras if the group satisfies some additional properties related to the Dirac dual-Dirac method for the Baum- Connes conjecture. This research was supported by the EU-Network Quantum Spaces and Noncommutative Geometry (Contract HPRN-CT-2002-00280) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 478) and by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant program.     

Commutative C*-Algebras of Toeplitz Operators on the Unit Ball, II. Geometry of the Level Sets of Symbols

In the first part [16] of this work, we described the commutative C*-algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on the unit ball whose symbols are invariant under the action of certain Abelian groups of biholomorphisms of . Now we study the geometric properties of these symbols. This allows us to prove that the behavior observed in the case of the unit disk (see [3]) admits a natural generalization to the unit ball . Furthermore we give a classification result for commutative Toeplitz operator C*-algebras in terms of geometric and “dynamic” properties of the level sets of generating symbols. This work was partially supported by CONACYT Projects 46936 and 44620, México.