The spectral properties of certain linear operators and their extensions

Let be a Hilbert space with inner-product , and let be a bounded positive operator on which determines an inner-product, . Denote by the completion of with respect to the norm . In this paper, operators having certain relationships with are studied. In particular, if where , then has an extension , and and have essentially the same spectral and Fredholm properties.

     

Curvature restrictions on convex, timelike surfaces in Minkowski 3-space

Suppose that and are Minkowski Gauss curvature and Minkowski mean curvature respectively on a timelike surface that is immersed in Minkowski 3-space . Suppose also that and that is complete as a surface in the underlying Euclidean 3-space . It is shown that neither nor can be bounded away from zero on such a surface .

     

Extensions of holomorphic maps through hypersurfaces and relations to the Hartogs extensions in infinite dimension

A generalization of Kwack's theorem to the infinite dimensional case is obtained. We consider a holomorphic map from into , where is a hypersurface in a complex Banach manifold and is a hyperbolic Banach space. Under various assumptions on , and we show that can be extended to a holomorphic map from into . Moreover, it is proved that an increasing union of pseudoconvex domains containing no complex lines has the Hartogs extension property.

     

A bound on the reduction number of a primary ideal

Let be a local ring of positive dimension and let be an -primary ideal. We denote the reduction number of by , which is the smallest integer such that for some reduction of In this paper we give an upper bound on in terms of numerical invariants which are related with the Hilbert coefficients of when is Cohen-Macaulay. If , it is known that where denotes the multiplicity of If in Corollary 1.5 we prove where is the first Hilbert coefficient of From this bound several results follow. Theorem 1.3 gives an upper bound on in a more general setting.

     

On covering translations and homeotopy groups of contractible open -manifolds

This paper gives a new proof of a result of Geoghegan and Mihalik which states that whenever a contractible open -manifold which is not homeomorphic to is a covering space of an -manifold and either or and is irreducible, then the group of covering translations injects into the homeotopy group of .

     

A generalization of Kelley's theorem for -spaces

We prove that if an open map of compacta and has perfect fibers and is a -space, then there exists a -dimensional compact subset of intersecting each fiber of . This is a stronger version of a well-known theorem of Kelley. Applications of this result and related topics are discussed.

     

The number of knot group representations is not a Vassiliev invariant

For a finite group and a knot in the -sphere, let be the number of representations of the knot group into . In answer to a question of D.Altschuler we show that is either constant or not of finite type. Moreover, is constant if and only if is nilpotent. We prove the following, more general boundedness theorem: If a knot invariant is bounded by some function of the braid index, the genus, or the unknotting number, then is either constant or not of finite type.

     

Universal -lattices of minimal rank

Let be the minimal rank of -universal -lattices, by which we mean positive definite -lattices which represent all positive -lattices of rank . It is a well known fact that for . In this paper, we determine and find all -universal lattices of rank for .

     

A criterion for splitting -algebras in tensor products

The goal of the paper is to prove the following theorem: if , are unital -algebras, simple and nuclear, then any -subalgebra of the -tensor product of and , which contains the tensor product of with the scalar multiples of the unit of , splits in the -tensor product of with some -subalgebra of .

     

Iwasawa invariants and class numbers of quadratic fields for the prime

Let be a square-free integer with and . Put and . For the cyclotomic -extension of , we denote by the -th layer of over . We prove that the -Sylow subgroup of the ideal class group of is trivial for all integers if and only if the class number of is not divisible by the prime . This enables us to show that there exist infinitely many real quadratic fields in which splits and whose Iwasawa -invariant vanishes.

     

Integer-valued polynomials over Krull-type domains and Prüfer -multiplication domains

Let be a domain with quotient field . The ring of integer-valued polynomials over is . We characterize the Krull-type domains such that is a Prüfer -multiplication domain.

     

On covering multiplicity

Let be a system of arithmetic sequences which forms an -cover of (i.e. every integer belongs at least to members of ). In this paper we show the following surprising properties of : (a) For each there exist at least subsets of with such that . (b) If forms a minimal -cover of , then for any there is an such that for every there exists an for which and

     

Bloch radius, normal families and quasiregular mappings

Bloch's Theorem is extended to -quasiregular maps , where is the standard -dimensional sphere. An example shows that Bloch's constant actually depends on for .

     

An extension of a non-commutative Choquet-Deny theorem

Let be a discrete group, and let be a normal subgroup of . Then the quotient map induces a group algebra homomorphism . It is shown that the kernel of this map may be decomposed as , where is a closed right ideal with a bounded left approximate identity and is a closed left ideal with a bounded right approximate identity. It follows from this fact that, if is a closed two-sided ideal in , then is closed in . This answers a question of Reiter.

     

On the boundary of attractors with non-void interior

Let be a family of contractive mappings on such that the attractor has nonvoid interior. We show that if the 's are injective, have non-vanishing Jacobian on , and have zero Lebesgue measure for then the boundary of has measure zero. In addition if the 's are affine maps, then the conclusion can be strengthened to . These improve a result of Lagarias and Wang on self-affine tiles.

     

On semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension

We consider the problem of the classification of semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension where are two prime numbers. First we prove that the order of the group of grouplike elements of is not , and that if it is , then . We use it to prove that if and its dual Hopf algebra are of Frobenius type, then is either a group algebra or a dual of a group algebra. Finally, we give a complete classification in dimension , and a partial classification in dimensions and .

     

Sharper changes in topologies

Let be a Polish group, a Polish topology on a space , acting continuously on , with -invariant and in the Borel algebra generated by . Then there is a larger Polish topology on so that is open with respect to , still acts continuously on , and has a basis consisting of sets that are of the same Borel rank as relative to .

     

On Tate-Shafarevich groups of abelian varieties

Let be a finite Galois extension of number fields with Galois group , let be an abelian variety defined over , and let and denote, respectively, the Tate-Shafarevich groups of over and of over . Assuming that these groups are finite, we derive, under certain restrictions on and , a formula for the order of the subgroup of of -invariant elements. As a corollary, we obtain a simple formula relating the orders of , and when is a quadratic extension and is the twist of by the non-trivial character of .

     

A note on -bases of rings

Let be a tower of rings of characteristic . Suppose that is a finitely presented -module. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of -bases of over . Next, let be a polynomial ring where is a perfect field of characteristic , and let be a regular noetherian subring of containing such that . Suppose that is a free -module. Then, applying the above result to a tower of rings, we shall show that a polynomial of minimal degree in is a -basis of over .