Interpolation of operators of weak type (ϕ<Subscript>0</Subscript>, ψ<Subscript>0</Subscript>, ϕ<Subscript>1</Subscript>, ψ<Subscript>1</Subscript>) in Lorentz spaces

We prove theorems on interpolation of quasilinear operators of weak type (ϕ₀, ψ₀, ϕ₀, ψ₁) in Lorentz spaces. The operators under study are analogs of the Calderón operator and the Benett operator for concave and convex functions ϕ₀(t), ψ₀(t), ϕ₁(t), and ψ₁(t). __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 1490–1507, November, 2005.     

Maxwell equations in complex form of Majorana–Oppenheimer,solutions with cylindric symmetry in Riemann <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Subscript>3</Subscript> and Lobachevsky <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>3</Subscript> spaces

Complex formalism of Riemann–Silberstein–Majorana–Oppenheimer in Maxwell electrodynamics is extended to the case of arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian space-time in accordance with the tetrad recipe of Tetrode–Weyl–Fock–Ivanenko. In this approach, the Maxwell equations are solved exactly on the background of static cosmological Einstein model, parameterized by special cylindrical coordinates and realized as a Riemann space of constant positive curvature. A discrete frequency spectrum for electromagnetic modes depending on the curvature radius of space and three parameters is found, and corresponding basis electromagnetic solutions have been constructed explicitly. In the case of elliptical model a part of the constructed solutions should be rejected by continuity considerations. Similar treatment is given for the Maxwell equations in hyperbolic Lobachevsky model, the complete basis of electromagnetic solutions in corresponding cylindrical coordinates has been constructed as well, no quantization of frequencies of electromagnetic modes arises.     

Four-manifolds with π<Subscript>1</Subscript>–free second homotopy

 We study the homotopy type of closed connected orientable topological 4–manifolds M with Λ–free second homotopy group, where Λ is the integral group ring of π₁(M). This is related with problem N.4.53 of [23], and extends some results proved for the class of closed 4–manifolds with free fundamental group [10][11]. Other applications on special classes of closed topological manifolds complete the paper. Received: 27 November 2001 / Revised version: 28 October 2002 Published online: 19 May 2003 Work performed under the auspices of the GNSAGA of the CNR of Italy and partially supported by Ministero per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica of Italy within the project Proprietà Geometriche delle Varietà Reali e Complesse, and by a research grant of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): Primary: 57 N 65, 57 R 67; Secondary: 57 Q 10, 57 R 80     

Weak interpolation in extensions of the logics <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>

Conditions are specified which are necessary and sufficient for a logic over K4 to possess the weak interpolation property. For this goal to be met, simple transitive modal algebras are described, and we establish a criterion for the class of such algebras to be amalgamable. For extensions of K4, the weak interpolation property is proved decidable. Supported by RFBR (project No. 06-01-00358) and by the Council for Grants (under RF President) and State Aid of Leading Scientific Schools (grant NSh-335.2008.1). __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 705–722, November–December, 2008.     

Automorphisms of Chevalley groups of types <Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> over local rings

In the paper, we prove that every automorphism of any adjoint Chevalley group of type B ₂ or G ₂ is standard, i.e., it is a composition of an “inner” automorphism, a ring automorphism, and a central automorphism. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 3–29, 2007.     

Recognizability of finite simple groups <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>(2<Superscript>m</Superscript>) and <Emphasis Type="Italic">U</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>(2<Superscript>m</Superscript>) by spectrum

It is proved that finite simple groups L₄(2^m), m ⩾ 2, and U₄(2^m), m ⩾ 2, are, up to isomorphism, recognized by spectra, i.e., sets of their element orders, in the class of finite groups. As a consequence the question on recognizability by spectrum is settled for all finite simple groups without elements of order 8. Supported by RFBR (grant Nos. 05-01-00797 and 06-01-39001), by SB RAS (Complex Integration project No. 1.2), and by the Ministry of Education of China (Project for Retaining Foreign Expert). Supported by NSF of Chongqing (CSTC: 2005BB8096). __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 83–93, January–February, 2008.     

Exact order of relative widths of classes <Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis><Stack><Subscript>1</Subscript><Superscript>r</Superscript></Stack> in the space <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript>

We determine the exact order of relative widths of classes W ₁ ^r of periodic functions in the space L ₁ as n → ∞ under restrictions on higher derivatives of approximating functions. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 10, pp. 1409–1417, October, 2005.     

On the imbedding of the Waterman class in the class <Emphasis Type="Italic">h</Emphasis><Stack><Subscript>p</Subscript><Superscript>ω</Superscript></Stack>

In this paper, a necessary and sufficient condition for the inclusion of the class ΛBV in the class H _p ^ω is found. Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 1557–1562, November, 2005.     

Periodic groups saturated by finite simple groups <Emphasis Type="Italic">U</Emphasis><Subscript>3</Subscript>(2<Superscript>m</Superscript>)

Let {ie166-01} be a set of finite groups. A group G is said to be saturated by the groups in {ie166-02} if every finite subgroup of G is contained in a subgroup isomorphic to a member of {ie166-03}. It is proved that a periodic group G saturated by groups in a set {U₃(2^m) | m = 1, 2, …} is isomorphic to U₃(Q) for some locally finite field Q of characteristic 2; in particular, G is locally finite. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 288–306, May–June, 2008.     

Entropy conditions for <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis></Subscript>-convergence of empirical processes

The law of large numbers (LLN) over classes of functions is a classical topic of empirical processes theory. The properties characterizing classes of functions on which the LLN holds uniformly (i.e. Glivenko–Cantelli classes) have been widely studied in the literature. An elegant sufficient condition for such a property is finiteness of the Koltchinskii–Pollard entropy integral, and other conditions have been formulated in terms of suitable combinatorial complexities (e.g. the Vapnik–Chervonenkis dimension). In this paper, we endow the class of functions with a probability measure and consider the LLN relative to the associated L _r metric. This framework extends the case of uniform convergence over , which is recovered when r goes to infinity. The main result is a L _r -LLN in terms of a suitable uniform entropy integral which generalizes the Koltchinskii–Pollard entropy integral.      

A Siegel modular threefold and Saito-Kurokawa type lift to <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Subscript>3</Subscript>(Γ<Subscript>1,3</Subscript>(2))

Hulek and others conjectured that the unique differential three-form F (up to scalar) on the Siegel threefold associated to the group Γ_1,3(2) comes from the Saito-Kurokawa lift of the elliptic newform h of weight 4 for Γ₀(6). This F have been already constructed as a Borcherds product (cf. Gritsenko and Hulek in Int Math Res Notices 17:915–937, 1999). In this paper, we prove this conjecture by using the Yoshida lift and we settle a conjecture which relates our theorem. A remarkable fact is that the Yoshida lift using the usual test function cannot give the Saito-Kurokawa type lift of weight 3 associated to the group Γ_1,3(2). So important task is to find special test functions for the Yoshida lift at the bad primes 2 and 3. Dedicated to Professor Tomoyoshi Ibukiyama on his 60th birthday.     

Banach spaces not containing<Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript>

We show that ifE is a complex Banach space which contains no subspace isomorphic tol ₁, then each infinite dimensional subspace ofE′ contains a normalized sequence which converges to zero for the weak star topology. Dedicated to the memory of Klaus Floret (1941–2002).     

Extremes and student’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>-distribution

Some new characterizations of Student’s distribution on two degrees of freedom by regressional properties of maximal order statistics are obtained. Bibliography: 5 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 351, 2007, pp. 232–237.     

An <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>\infty</Subscript>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript>-Constrained Quadratic Optimization Problem with Applications to Neural Networks

Pattern formation in associative neural networks is related to a quadratic optimization problem. Biological considerations imply that the functional is constrained in the L _\infty norm and in the L ₁ norm. We consider such optimization problems. We derive the Euler–Lagrange equations, and construct basic properties of the maximizers. We study in some detail the case where the kernel of the quadratic functional is finite-dimensional. In this case the optimization problem can be fully characterized by the geometry of a certain convex and compact finite-dimensional set.     

Existence of <Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis>–2</Subscript>’s on a double covering of a hyperelliptic curve

Abstract Let X be a non–hyperelliptic curve of genus g which is a double covering of a hyperelliptic curve C of genus h. In this paper, we prove that, if h≥ 3 and g≥ 4h+5, then X admits a complete, base point free g¹_g–2. Moreover, if h=3, this result holds under the mild condition g≥ 4h+3=15. Keywords: Double covering of hyperelliptic curves, Pencil of degree g–2 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000:) 14H30, 14H45     

Periodic groups saturated with <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>3</Subscript>(2<Superscript>m</Superscript>)

Let be a set of finite groups. A group G is saturated with groups from if every finite subgroup of G is contained in a subgroup isomorphic to some member of . It is proved that a periodic group G saturated with groups from the set {L₃(2^m)|m = 1, 2, …} is isomorphic to L₃(Q), for a locally finite field Q of characteristic 2; in particular, it is locally finite. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 606–626, September–October, 2007.     

On the best <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>-approximations of functions by using wavelets

We deduce the exact Jackson-type inequalities for the approximations of functions ƒ ∈ L ₂(ℝ) in L ₂(ℝ) by using partial sums of wavelet series in the cases of Meyer and Shannon-Kotelnikov wavelets. Translated from Ukrains'kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 8, pp. 1119–1127, August, 2008.     

Intrinsic normalizations of a nonholonomic hypersurface with <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-dimensional generators in affine space <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>

We consider some intrinsic normalizations of a nonholonomic hypersurface with m-dimensional generators in the n-dimensional affine spaced. Published in Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 532–562, October–December, 2007.     

Zeros in Tables of Characters for the Groups <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Subscript>n</Subscript> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript>n</Subscript>. II

Let P(n) be the set of all partitions of a natural number n. In the representation theory of symmetric groups, for every partition α ∈ P(n), the partition h(α) ∈ P(n) is defined so as to produce a certain set of zeros in the character table for S_n. Previously, the analog f(α) of h(α) was obtained pointing out an extra set of zeros in the table mentioned. Namely, h(α) is greatest (under the lexicographic ordering ≤) of the partitions β of n such that χ^α(g_β) ≠ 0, and f(α) is greatest of the partitions γ of n that are opposite in sign to h(α) and are such that χ^α(g_γ) ≠ 0, where χ^α is an irreducible character of S_n, indexed by α, and g_β is an element in the conjugacy class of S_n, indexed by β. For α ∈ P(n), under some natural restrictions, here, we construct new partitions h′(α) and f′(α) of n possessing the following properties. (A) Let α ∈ P(n) and n ⩾ 3. Then h′(α) is identical is sign to h(α), χ^α(g_h′(α)) ≠ 0, but χ^α(g_γ) = 0 for all γ ∈ P(n) such that the sign of γ coincides with one of h(α), and h′(α) < γ < h(α). (B) Let α ∈ P(n), α ≠ α′, and n ⩾ 4. Then f′(α) is identical in sign to f(α), χ^α(g_f′(α)) ≠ 0, but χ^α(g_γ) = 0 for all γ ∈ P(n) such that the sign of γ coincides with one of f(α), and f′(α) < γ < f(α). The results obtained are then applied to study pairs of semiproportional irreducible characters in A_n. Supported by RFBR grant No. 04-01-00463. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 643–663, November–December, 2005.     

An ansatz for sl<Subscript>2</Subscript>-invariant <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>-matrices

We study spectral decomposition of regular sl ₂-invariant R-matrices R(λ) by the method of reduction of the Yang-Baxter equation to subspaces of a given spin. Restrictions on the possible structure of several leading coefficients in the spectral decomposition are derived. The origin and structure of the exceptional solution for spin s = 3 are explained. A similar analysis is performed for constant R-matrices. In particular, it is shown that the permutation matrix ℙ is a “rigid” solution. Bibliography: 6 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 335, 2006, pp. 100–118.