Sufficient Conditions for the Oscillation of Delay Difference Equations

The most important result of this paper is a new oscillation criterion for delay difference equations. This criterion constitutes a substantial improvement of the one by Ladas et al. [J. Appl. Math. Simulation 2 (1989), 101–111] and should be looked upon as the discrete analogue of a well-known oscillation criterion for delay differential equations.     

Equivariant maps and bimodule projections

We construct a counterexample to Solel's [B. Solel, Contractive projections onto bimodules of von Neumann algebras, J. London Math. Soc. 45 (2) (1992) 169–179] conjecture that the range of any contractive, idempotent, MASA bimodule map on is necessarily a ternary subalgebra. Our construction reduces this problem to an analogous problem about the ranges of idempotent maps that are equivariant with respect to a group action. Such maps are important to understand Hamana's theory [M. Hamana, Injective envelopes of C^*-dynamical systems, Tohoku Math. J. 37 (1985) 463–487] of G-injective operator spaces and G-injective envelopes.     

Rough singular integrals on Triebel–Lizorkin space and Besov space

In this paper the authors prove that the homogeneous singular integral T_Ω with ΩH¹(Sⁿ⁻¹) is bounded on the Triebel–Lizorkin spaces and the Besov spaces. These results answer an open problem proposed by Chen and Zhang in [J. Chen, C. Zhang, Boundedness of rough singular integral on the Triebel–Lizorkin spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 337 (2008) 1048–1052]. The same results hold also for the rough singular integral operators T_Ω,h with radial function kernels.     

On a generalization of the Schauder and Krasnosel'skii fixed points theorems on Dunford–Pettis spaces and applications

In this paper, we give a generalization of the Schauder and Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorems in Dunford–Pettis spaces. Both of these theorems can be used to resolve some open problems posed by Jeribi (Nonlinear Anal.: Real World Appl. 2002; 3 :85–105); and Latrach (J. Math. Phys. 1996; 37 :1336–1348). Further, we applied our work to prove some existence results for a source problem with general boundary conditions in L₁ spaces. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Locally conformally homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian spaces

Locally homogeneous Riemannian spaces were studied in [1–4]. Locally conformally homogeneous Riemannian spaces were considered in [10]. Moreover, the theorem claiming that every such space is either conformally flat or conformally equivalent to a locally homogeneous Riemannian space was proved.In this article, we study locally conformally homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian spaces and prove a theorem on their structure. Using three-dimensional Lie groups and the six-dimensional Heisenberg group [11], we construct some examples showing the difference between the Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian cases for such spaces.     

CLASSIFICATION OF FINITE-MULTIPLICITY SYMMETRIC PAIRS

We give a complete classification of the reductive symmetric pairs (G, H) for which the homogeneous space (G × H)/ diag H is real spherical in the sense that a minimal parabolic subgroup has an open orbit. Combining with a criterion established in T. Kobayashi, T. Oshima, Adv. Math. 2013, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a reductive symmetric pair (G, H) such that the multiplicities for the branching law of the restriction of any admissible smooth representation of G to H have finiteness/boundedness property.     

Complete involutive algebras of functions on cotangent bundles of homogeneous spaces

Homogeneous spaces of all compact Lie groups admit Riemannian metrics with completely integrable geodesic flows by means of C –smooth integrals [9, 10]. The purpose of this paper is to give some constructions of complete involutive algebras of analytic functions, polynomial in velocities, on the (co)tangent bundles of homogeneous spaces of compact Lie groups. This allows us to obtain new integrable Riemannian and sub-Riemannian geodesic flows on various homogeneous spaces, such as Stiefel manifolds, flag manifolds and orbits of the adjoint actions of compact Lie groups. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 70H06, 37J35, 53D17, 53D25     

Riesz Potentials in Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin Spaces over Spaces of Homogeneous Type

By using the discrete Calderón reproducing formulae, the author first establishes the boundedness of the Riesz-potential-type operator in homogeneous Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin spaces over spaces of homogeneous type. Then, by use of the T1 theorems for these spaces, the author proves that this operator of Riesz potential type can be used as the lifting operator of these spaces.     

Compact Clifford–Klein Forms of Homogeneous Spaces of SO(2, n)

A homogeneous space G/H is said to have a compact Clifford–Klein form if there exists a discrete subgroup of G that acts properly discontinuously on G/H, such that the quotient space \G/H is compact. When n is even, we find every closed, connected subgroup H of G = SO(2, n), such that G/H has a compact Clifford–Klein form, but our classification is not quite complete when n is odd. The work reveals new examples of homogeneous spaces of SO(2, n) that have compact Clifford–Klein forms, if n is even. Furthermore, we show that if H is a closed, connected subgroup of G = SL(3, R), and neither H nor G/H is compact, then G/H does not have a compact Clifford–Klein form, and we also study noncompact Clifford–Klein forms of finite volume.     

Properties of (θ,s)-continuous functions

Joseph and Kwack [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 80 (1980) 341–348] introduced the notion of (θ,s)-continuous functions in order to investigate S-closed spaces due to Thompson [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (1976) 335–338]. In this paper, further properties of (θ,s)-continuous functions are obtained and relationships between (θ,s)-continuity, contra-continuity and regular set-connectedness defined by Dontchev et al. [Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 19 (1996) 303–310 and elsewhere] are investigated.     

Uniqueness results for fractional functional differential equations with infinite delay in Fréchet spaces

In this article, a recent nonlinear alternative for contraction maps in Fréchet spaces due to Frigon and Granas [1998, Résultats de type Leray-Schauder pour des contractions sur des espaces de Fréchet, Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 22, 161–168] is used to investigate the existence and uniqueness of solutions for fractional order functional differential equations with infinite delay.     

A non-separable Christensen's theorem and set tri-quotient maps

For every space X let K(X) be the set of all compact subsets of X. Christensen [J.P.R. Christensen, Necessary and sufficient conditions for measurability of certain sets of closed subsets, Math. Ann. 200 (1973) 189-193] proved that if X,Y are separable metrizable spaces and F:K(X)→K(Y) is a monotone map such that any L∈K(Y) is covered by F(K) for some K∈K(X), then Y is complete provided X is complete. It is well known [J. Baars, J. de Groot, J. Pelant, Function spaces of completely metrizable space, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 340 (1993) 871-879] that this result is not true for non-separable spaces. In this paper we discuss some additional properties of F which guarantee the validity of Christensen's result for more general spaces.     

Stability of iterative procedures with errors for approximating common fixed points of a couple of q-contractive-like mappings in Banach spaces

Recently, Agarwal, Cho, Li and Huang [R.P. Agarwal, Y.J. Cho, J. Li, N.J. Huang, Stability of iterative procedures with errors approximating common fixed points for a couple of quasi-contractive mappings in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 272 (2002) 435-447] introduced the new iterative procedures with errors for approximating the common fixed point of a couple of quasi-contractive mappings and showed the stability of these iterative procedures with errors in Banach spaces. In this paper, we introduce a new concept of a couple of q-contractive-like mappings (q>1) in a Banach space and apply these iterative procedures with errors for approximating the common fixed point of the couple of q-contractive-like mappings. The results established in this paper improve, extend and unify the corresponding ones of Agarwal, Cho, Li and Huang [R.P. Agarwal, Y.J. Cho, J. Li, N.J. Huang, Stability of iterative procedures with errors approximating common fixed points for a couple of quasi-contractive mappings in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 272 (2002) 435-447], Chidume [C.E. Chidume, Approximation of fixed points of quasi-contractive mappings in Lp spaces, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 22 (1991) 273-386], Chidume and Osilike [C.E. Chidume, M.O. Osilike, Fixed points iterations for quasi-contractive maps in uniformly smooth Banach spaces, Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 30 (1993) 201-212], Liu [Q.H. Liu, On Naimpally and Singh's open questions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 124 (1987) 157-164; Q.H. Liu, A convergence theorem of the sequence of Ishikawa iterates for quasi-contractive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 146 (1990) 301-305], Osilike [M.O. Osilike, A stable iteration procedure for quasi-contractive maps, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 27 (1996) 25-34; M.O. Osilike, Stability of the Ishikawa iteration method for quasi-contractive maps, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 28 (1997) 1251-1265] and many others in the literature.     

The rationality of vector valued modular forms associated with the Weil representation

 In a recent paper [Duke Math. J., 97, 219–233], Borcherds asks whether or not the spaces of vector valued modular forms associated to the Weil representation have bases of modular forms whose Fourier expansions have only integer coefficients. We give an affirmative answer to Borcherds' question. This strengthens and simplifies Borcherds' main theorem which is a generalization of a theorem of Gross, Kohnen, and Zagier [Math. Ann., 278, 497–562]. Received: 27 September 2001 / Revised version: 22 July 2002 / Published online: 28 March 2003 Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 11F30; 11F27     

Pseudo-Riemannian 3-manifolds with prescribed distinct constant Ricci eigenvalues

We study three-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian manifolds having distinct constant principal Ricci curvatures. These spaces are described via a system of differential equations, and a simple characterization is proved to hold for the locally homogeneous ones. We then generalize the technique used in [O. Kowalski, F. Prüfer, On Riemannian 3-manifolds with distinct constant Ricci eigenvalues, Math. Ann. 300 (1994) 17-28] for Riemannian manifolds and construct explicitly homogeneous and non-homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian metrics in R³, having the prescribed principal Ricci curvatures.     

Mass transportation and rough curvature bounds for discrete spaces

We introduce and study rough (approximate) lower curvature bounds for discrete spaces and for graphs. This notion agrees with the one introduced in [J. Lott, C. Villani, Ricci curvature for metric-measure spaces via optimal transport, Ann. of Math. 169 (2009), in press] and [K.T. Sturm, On the geometry of metric measure spaces. I, Acta Math. 196 (2006) 65-131], in the sense that the metric measure space which is approximated by a sequence of discrete spaces with rough curvature ?K will have curvature ?K in the sense of [J. Lott, C. Villani, Ricci curvature for metric-measure spaces via optimal transport, Ann. of Math. 169 (2009), in press; K.T. Sturm, On the geometry of metric measure spaces. I, Acta Math. 196 (2006) 65-131]. Moreover, in the converse direction, discretizations of metric measure spaces with curvature ?K will have rough curvature ?K. We apply our results to concrete examples of homogeneous planar graphs.     

Tessellations of Homogeneous Spaces of Classical Groups of Real Rank Two

Let H be a closed, connected subgroup of a connected, simple Lie group G with finite center. The homogeneous space G/H has a tessellation if there is a discrete subgroup of G, such that acts properly discontinuously on G/H, and the double-coset space \G/H is compact. Note that if either H or G/H is compact, then G/H has a tessellation; these are the obvious examples.It is not difficult to see that if G has real rank one, then only the obvious homogeneous spaces have tessellations. Thus, the first interesting case is when G has real rank two. In particular, Kulkarni and Kobayashi constructed examples that are not obvious when G=SO(2, 2n)° or SU(2, 2n). Oh and Witte constructed additional examples in both of these cases, and obtained a complete classification when G=SO(2, 2n)°. We simplify the work of Oh-Witte, and extend it to obtain a complete classification when G=SU(2, 2n). This includes the construction of another family of examples.The main results are obtained from methods of Benoist and Kobayashi: we fix a Cartan decomposition G=K A ⁺ K, and study the intersection (K H K)A ⁺. Our exposition generally assumes only the standard theory of connected Lie groups, although basic properties of real algebraic groups are sometimes also employed; the specialized techniques that we use are developed from a fairly elementary level.     

Explicit solution of the operator equation

In this paper we find the explicit solution of the equation

A^*X+X^*A=B