Multiplicative bijections of

Let be a compact Hausdorff space which satisfies the first axiom of countability, let and let , be the set of all continuous functions from to If , ,is a bijective multiplicative map, then there exist a homeomorphism and a continuous map such that for all and for all

     

Eigenvalues of scaling operators and a characterization of -splines

A finitely supported sequence that sums to defines a scaling operator on functions a transition operator on sequences and a unique compactly supported scaling function that satisfies normalized with It is shown that the eigenvalues of on the space of compactly supported square-integrable functions are a subset of the nonzero eigenvalues of the transition operator on the space of finitely supported sequences, and that the two sets of eigenvalues are equal if and only if the corresponding scaling function is a uniform -spline.

     

On differentiability properties of typical continuous functions and Haar null sets

Let () be the set of all continuous functions on which have a derivative ( , respectively) at least at one point . B. R. Hunt (1994) proved that is Haar null (in Christensen's sense) in .

In the present article it is proved that neither nor its complement is Haar null in . Moreover, the same assertion holds if we consider the approximate derivative (or the ``strong' preponderant derivative) instead of the ordinary derivative; these results are proved using a new result on typical (in the sense of category) continuous functions, which is of interest in its own right.

     

Linear functionals on the Cuntz algebra

For a pure state on , which is an extension of a pure state on with the property that if is a corresponding representation, then , induces a unital shift of of the Powers index . We describe states on by using sequences of unit vectors in . We study the linear functionals on the Cuntz algebra whose restrictions are the product pure state on . We find conditions on the sequence of unit vectors for which the corresponding linear functionals on become states under these conditions.

     

Approximation of holomorphic maps with a lower bound on the rank

Let be a closed polydisc or ball in , and let be a quasi-projective algebraic manifold which is Zariski locally equivalent to , or a complement of an algebraic subvariety of codimension in such a manifold. If is an integer satisfying , then every holomorphic map from a neighborhood of to with rank at every point of can be approximated uniformly on by entire maps with rank at every point of .

     

Lightface -indescribable cardinals

-absoluteness for forcing means that for any forcing , . `` inaccessible to reals' means that for any real , . To measure the exact consistency strength of `` -absoluteness for forcing and is inaccessible to reals', we introduce a weak version of a weakly compact cardinal, namely, a (lightface) -indescribable cardinal; has this property exactly if it is inaccessible and .

     

On the Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture for quantum algebras

Let be a complex not a root of unity and be a semi-simple Lie -algebra. Let be the quantized enveloping algebra of Drinfeld and Jimbo, be its triangular decomposition, and the associated quantum group. We describe explicitly and as a quantum Weyl field. We use for this a quantum analogue of the Taylor lemma.

     

Linear series over real and -adic fields

We note that the degeneration arguments given by the author in 2003 to derive a formula for the number of maps from a general curve of genus to with prescribed ramification also yields weaker results when working over the real numbers or -adic fields. Specifically, let be such a field: we see that given , , , and satisfying , there exists smooth curves of genus together with points such that all maps from to can, up to automorphism of the image, be defined over . We also note that the analagous result will follow from maps to higher-dimensional projective spaces if it is proven in the case , , and that thanks to work of Sottile, unconditional results may be obtained for special ramification conditions.

     

Equicompact sets of operators defined on Banach spaces

Let and be Banach spaces. We say that a set denotes the space of all compact operators from into ) is equicompact if there exists a null sequence in such that for all and all . It is easy to show that collectively compactness and equicompactness are dual concepts in the following sense: is equicompact iff is collectively compact. We study some properties of equicompact sets and, among other results, we prove: 1) a set is equicompact iff each bounded sequence in has a subsequence such that is a converging sequence uniformly for ; 2) if does not have finite cotype and is a maximal equicompact set, then, given and a finite set in , there is an operator such that for and all .

     

Oblique projections and frames

We characterize those frames on a Hilbert space which can be represented as the image of an orthonormal basis by an oblique projection defined on an extension of . We show that all frames with infinite excess and frame bounds are of this type. This gives a generalization of a result of Han and Larson which only holds for normalized tight frames.

     

Degree of a holomorphic map between unit balls from to

Let be a rational proper holomorphic map between the unit ball in and the unit ball in Write

where and are holomorphic polynomials, with Recall that the degree of is defined by

   deg

In this paper, we give a bound estimate for the degree of improving the bound given by Forstneric (1989).

     

Almost simple groups of Suzuki type acting on polytopes

Let , with an odd power of two. For each almost simple group such that , we prove that is not a C-group and therefore is not the automorphism group of an abstract regular polytope. For , we show that there is always at least one abstract regular polytope such that . Moreover, if is an abstract regular polytope such that , then is a polyhedron.

     

Combinatorics of rank jumps in simplicial hypergeometric systems

Let be an integer matrix, and assume that the convex hull of its columns is a simplex of dimension  not containing the origin. It is known that the semigroup ring is Cohen-Macaulay if and only if the rank of the GKZ hypergeometric system equals the normalized volume of for all complex parameters (Saito, 2002). Our refinement here shows that has rank strictly larger than the volume of if and only if lies in the Zariski closure (in  ) of all -graded degrees where the local cohomology is nonzero. We conjecture that the same statement holds even when is not a simplex.

     

The real rank zero property of crossed product

Let be a unital -algebra, and let be a -dynamical system with abelian and discrete. In this paper, we introduce the continuous affine map from the trace state space of the crossed product to the -invariant trace state space of . If is of real rank zero and is connected, we have proved that is homeomorphic. Conversely, if is homeomorphic, we also get some properties and real rank zero characterization of . In particular, in that case, is of real rank zero if and only if each unitary element in with the form can be approximated by the unitary elements in with finite spectrum, where , , and if moreover is a unital inductive limit of the direct sums of non-elementary simple -algebras of real rank zero, then the above can be cancelled.

     

Gaussian estimates and regularized groups

We show that if a bounded analytic semigroup on satisfies a Gaussian estimate of order and is the generator of its consistent semigroup on , then generates a -regularized group on where . We obtain the estimate of () and the -independence of , and give applications to Schrödinger operators and elliptic operators of higher order.

     

Isolated invariant curves of a foliation

We bound the equisingularity type of the set of isolated separatrices of a holomorphic foliation of in terms of the Milnor number of . This result gives a bound for the degree of an algebraic invariant curve of a foliation of in terms of the degree of , provided that all the branches of are isolated separatrices.

     

On chaotic -semigroups and infinitely regular hypercyclic vectors

A -semigroup on a Banach space is called hypercyclic if there exists an element such that is dense in . is called chaotic if is hypercyclic and the set of its periodic vectors is dense in as well. We show that a spectral condition introduced by Desch, Schappacher and Webb requiring many eigenvectors of the generator which depend analytically on the eigenvalues not only implies the chaoticity of the semigroup but the chaoticity of every . Furthermore, we show that semigroups whose generators have compact resolvent are never chaotic. In a second part we prove the existence of hypercyclic vectors in for a hypercyclic semigroup , where is its generator.

     

Cuntz-Pimnser algebras, completely positive maps and Morita equivalence

Let be a completely positive map on and let be the associated GNS--correspondence. We prove a result that implies, in particular, that the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra of , , is strongly Morita equivalent to the Cuntz algebra , where is the index of .

     

Convergence of paths and approximation of fixed points of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings

Let be a real Banach space with a uniformly Gâteaux differentiable norm possessing uniform normal structure, be a nonempty closed convex and bounded subset of , be an asymptotically nonexpansive mapping with sequence . Let be fixed, be such that , , and . Define the sequence iteratively by , n= 0, 1, 2, ..._. $"> It is proved that, for each integer , there is a unique such that If, in addition, and , then converges strongly to a fixed point of .

     

Conformal metrics and Ricci tensors in the pseudo-Euclidean space

We consider constant symmetric tensors on , , and we study the problem of finding metrics conformal to the pseudo-Euclidean metric such that . We show that such tensors are determined by the diagonal elements and we obtain explicitly the metrics . As a consequence of these results we get solutions globally defined on for the equation Moreover, we show that for certain unbounded functions defined on , there are metrics conformal to the pseudo-Euclidean metric with scalar curvature .