On the Karoubi Filtration of a Category

Let be an -filtered category in the sense of Karoubi. This is the categorical analogue of an ideal in a ring . Pedersen and Weibel constructed a fibration of K-theory spectra associated with the sequence . We present a new easier proof based on Waldhausen' generic fibration.     

Completion of an additive measure to a σ-additive measure by an extension of the space

For an algebra of subsets of a set X there is constructed a set and an algebra of its subsets so that the mapping is a one-to-one correspondence between and and for each additive measure on the measure on defined by the equation is countably additive.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 71–76, January, 1968.The author wishes to express his deep appreciation to S. V. Fomin, under whose guidance this paper was written.     

Additive L-theory

The cobordism groups of quadratic Poincaré complexes in an additive category with involution are identified with the Wall L-groups of quadratic forms and formations in , generalizing earlier work for modules over a ring with involution by avoiding kernels and cokernels.     

Determinants in Triangulated Categories

For a small triangulated category , Bass's K ₁ group is described, and the theorem of the heart is proved. We define the determinant map from to Neeman's , and we compute this map when is the derived category of an Abelian category .     

Repleteness and regular lattice measures

Let X be an abstract set and L a lattice of subsets of X. To each lattice regular measure µ, we associate two induced measures and on suitable lattices of the Wallman space IR(L) and another measure µ on the spaceIR(L). We will investigate the reflection of smoothness properties of p onto , and µ; and try to set some new criterion for repleteness and measure repleteness.     

The Martin boundary and completion of Markov chains

Summary In this paper we treat a time-symmetrical Martin boundary theory for continuous parameter Markov chains. This is done by reversing the time sense of a Markov chainX _t in such a way as to obtain a dual Markov chain , and considering the two chains together. Various relations between the Martin exit boundaries and of these processes are studied. The exit boundary of , is in a sense an entrance boundary forX _t and vice versa. After a natural identification of certain points in and one can topologizeI in such a way thatboth X _t and have standard modifications in this space which are right continuous, have left limits, and are strongly Markov.Research supported in part at Stanford University, Stanford, California under AFOSR 0049.     

Topological and bornological characterisations of ideals in von Neumann algebras: I

Suppose is a von Neumann algebra on a Hilbert space and is any ideal in . We determine a topology on , for which the members of that are to norm continuous are exactly those in ; and a bornology on such that the elements of which map the unit ball to an element of , equivalently those members of that are norm to bounded, are exactly those in . This is achieved via analogues of the notions of injectivity and surjectivity in the theory of operator ideals on Banach spaces.     

Rings of regular functions on nilpotent orbits and their covers

Summary LetG be a complex semisimple algebraic group with Lie algebra . Let be a nilpotentG-orbit, its ring of regular functions. We derive a formula for as aG-module and prove some partial results on a cover of . We then relate this formula to various existing multiplicity formulas forK-types in Harish-Chandra bimodules ofG.Supported by National Science Foundation Grant DMS-8505550     

Isometrische Immersionen der Kodimension 2 von Raumformen

Let M, resp. , denote Riemannian manifolds of dimensions m>4, resp. =m+2, and of constant sectional curvatures C, resp. , with 0 and is a standard space form, then the foliation L is a (globally) trivial fibre bundle with fibre S^m–1.     

Operator inequalities and construction of Krein spaces

Let be a Hilbert space. A continuous positive operatorT on uniquely determines a Hilbert space which is continuously imbedded in and for which with the canonical imbedding . A Kreîn space version of this result, however, is not valid in general. This paper provides a necessary and sufficient condition for that a continuous selfadjoint operatorT uniquely determines a Kreîn space ( ) which is continuously imbedded in and for which with the canonical imbedding .     

Large deviations for trajectories of sums of independent random variables

Given a sequence of independent, but not necessarily identically distributed random variables,Y _i , letS _k denote thekth partial sum. Define a function by taking to be the piecewise linear interpolant of the points (k, S _k ), evaluated att, whereS ₀=0, andk=0, 1, 2,... Fort[0, 1], let . The are called trajectories. With regularity and moment conditions on theY _i , a large deviation principle is proved for the .     

On the convergence of powers of interval matrices (2)

Summary Let be a real irreduciblen×n interval matrix. Then a necessary and sufficient condition is given for the sequence of the powers of an interval matrix to converge to a matrix which is not the null matrix. In addition a criterion for is proved to decide whether the limit matrix satisfies the condition of symmetry .     

Bemerkungen zur Deformationstheorie nichtrationaler Singularitäten

Let be a 1-convex holomorphic mapping between complex spaces resp.S, and let be the blowingdown factorization of over S. We prove in part 1 of the present note: The fiber ^–1(s₀) over a point s₀S is the Remmert quotient of if and only if every holomorphic function on (defined in a neighborhood of the exceptional subvariety of that fiber) can be extended holomorphically to . This is true, for instance, in the case: flat, S reduced at s₀ and dim , =const for all sS. In part 2, we use this result to obtain the following: For any Riemann surface R with genus g2 there exists a 2-dimensional normal complex analytic singularity X such that the minimal resolution of X contains R as exceptional subvariety, and has a deformation over the unit disc S={|s|<1} which can not be blown down to a deformation of X.     

Common invariant subspaces for collections of operators

Let be a collection of bounded operators on a Banach spaceX of dimension at least two. We say that is finitely quasinilpotent at a vectorx ₀X whenever for any finite subset of the joint spectral radius of atx ₀ is equal 0. If such collection contains a non-zero compact operator, then and its commutant have a common non-trivial invariant, subspace. If in addition, is a collection of positive operators on a Banach lattice, then has a common non-trivial closed ideal. This result and a recent remarkable theorem of Turovskii imply the following extension of the famous result of de Pagter to semigroups. Let be a multiplicative semigroup of quasinilpotent compact positive operators on a Banach lattice of dimension at least two. Then has a common non-trivial invariant closed ideal.This work was supported by the Research Ministry of Slovenia.     

Localizations of Transfors

Let be n-dimensional teisi, i.e., higher-dimensional Gray-categorical structures. The following questions can be asked. Does a left q-transfor , i.e., a functor 2 _q , induce a right q-transfor , i.e., a functor More generally, does a functor induce a functor For k-arrows c and whose (k – 1)-sources and targets agree, does a q-transfor induce a q-transfor , for appropriate k-arrows For k-arrows c and whose (k – 1)-sources and targets agree, does a q-transfor induce a (q + k + 1)-transfor , for appropriate k-arrows I give answers to these questions in the cases where n-dimensional teisi and their tensor product have been defined, i.e., for n 3, and for n up to 5 in some cases that do not need all data and axioms of n-dimensional teisi.I apply the above to compositions in teisi, in particular to braidings and syllepses. One of the results is that a braiding on a monoidal 2-category induces a pseudo-natural transformation , where is the reverse of ? –, which is almost, but not quite, equal to – ?. However, in higher dimensions need not be reversible, so a braiding on a higher-dimensional tas can not be seen as a transfor A B B A.     

K-Theory for the Banach Algebra of Operators on James''s Quasi-reflexive Banach Spaces

We prove that the K-groups of the Banach algebra of bounded, linear operators on the pth James space , where 1 < p < , are given by and . Moreover, for each Banach space and each non-zero, closed ideal contained in the ideal of inessential operators, we show that and . This enables us to calculate the K-groups of for each Banach space which is a direct sum of finitely many James spaces and -spaces.     

On periodic groups of automorphisms of extremal groups

It is proved that if a periodic group has an extremal normal divisor , determining a complete abelian factor group , then the center of the group contains a complete abelian subgroup , satisfying the relation and intersecting on a finite subgroup. It is also established with the aid of this proposition that every periodic group of automorphisms of an extremal group is a finite extension of a contained in it subgroup of inner automorphisms of the group .Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 91–96, July, 1968.     

On some properties of the metric subalgebras ofℓ ∞

The objects studied are the subalgebras of which contain c_o. These are isometrically isomorphic to the algebras C( ) where is a compactification of a discrete denumerable set N . It is shown: 1) If is metric then there is a projection of norm 1, P: C( ) C( ) with kernel c_o defined by PF = f o where is a retraction of onto = – N . 2) If is metric, then the group of homeomorphisms of is isomorphic to a complete group of permutations of the natural numbers . 3) The group of homeomorphisms of a compact metric space is the homomorphic image of a complete group of permutations of ("complete" means "no outer automorphisms, trivial center").     

Skew-symmetric derivations of a complex Lie algebra

Let be a complex Lie algebra, its underlying real Lie algebra, a real form of and ·, · the euclidean product induced by the real part of an hermitian inner product on . Let aut be the Lie algebra of skew-symmetric derivations of . We give necessary and sufficient conditions to ensure that aut is composed of skew-hermitian derivations. As an application, we study holomorphy in large subgroups of isometries of Lie groups.     

Uniform and universal Glivenko-Cantelli classes

A class of measurable functions on a probability space is called a Glivenko-Cantelli class if the empirical measuresP _n converge to the trueP uniformly over almost surely. is a universal Glivenko-Cantelli class if it is a Glivenko-Cantelli Cantelli class for all lawsP on a measurable space, and a uniform Glivenko-Cantelli class if the convergence is also uniform inP. We give general sufficient conditions for the Glivenko-Cantelli and universal Glivenko-Cantelli properties and examples to show that some stronger conditions are not necessary. The uniform Glivenko-Cantelli property is characterized, under measurability assumptions, by an entropy condition.