Positivity and Convexity in Rings of Fractions

Given a commutative ring A equipped with a preordering A⁺ (in the most general sense, see below), we look for a fractional ring extension (= “ring of quotients” in the sense of Lambek et al. [L]) as big as possible such that A⁺ extends to a preordering R⁺ of R (i.e. with A ∩ R⁺ = A⁺) in a natural way. We then ask for subextensions A ⊂ B of A ⊂ R such that A is convex in B with respect to B⁺ : = B ∩ R⁺. Supported by DFG. A short form of this article has been delivered at the conference Carthapos 2006 at Carthago (Tunisia).     

On a theorem by Kronecker

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Notes on the bifurcation theorem

We reexamine bifurcation questions for potential operators. Based on the Conley index theory we present a unified approach to bifurcations both at the origin and at infinity. Our results provide improvements of the existing theory.     

An extension of a theorem of Frobenius and Stickelberger to modules of projective dimension one over a factorial domain

Let R be a Cohen–Macaulay ring. A quasi-Gorenstein R-module is an R-module such that the grade of the module and the projective dimension of the module are equal and the canonical module of the module is isomorphic to the module itself. After discussing properties of finitely generated quasi-Gorenstein modules, it is shown that this definition allows for a characterization of diagonal matrices of maximal rank over a Cohen–Macaulay factorial domain R extending a theorem of Frobenius and Stickelberger to modules of projective dimension 1 over a commutative factorial Cohen–Macaulay domain.     

The colorful Helly theorem and colorful resolutions of ideals

We demonstrate that the topological Helly theorem and the algebraic Auslander-Buchsbaum theorem may be viewed as different versions of the same phenomenon. Using this correspondence we show how the colorful Helly theorem of I. Barany and its generalizations by G. Kalai and R. Meshulam translate to the algebraic side. Our main results are algebraic generalizations of these translations, which in particular give a syzygetic version of Helly’s theorem.     

On the chernoff-savage theorem for dependent sequences

Summary Given a sequence of ϕ-mixing random variables not necessarily stationary, a Chernoff-Savage theorem for two-sample linear rank statistics is proved using the Pyke-Shorack [5] approach based on weak convergence properties of empirical processes in an extended metric. This result is a generalization of Fears and Mehra [4] in that the stationarity is not required and that the condition imposed on the mixing numbers is substantially relaxed. A similar result is shown to hold for strong mixing sequences under slightly stronger conditions on the mixing numbers. Research partially supported by the National Research Council of Canada under Grant No. A-3954.     

On a hyperplane section theorem of Gurjar

A hyperplane section theorem by R. V. Gurjar [3] is given a short proof. Power series in any number (at least three) of variables satsifying the condition of the theorem are explicitly constructed. In the course of the proof, the restrictive-looking condition of the theorem is given an easy sufficient condition from the view point of the weighted projective spaces. Received April 12, 2000 / Accepted August 21, 2000 / Published online October 30, 2000     

Moment problem of Hamburger,hierarchies of integrable systems,and the positivity of tau-functions

A moment problem of Hamburger is studied to find a parametric Stieltjes measure from given moments. It is shown that if a deformation, or a dynamics, of moments is governed by a hierarchy of a Kac-van Moerbeke system, then the Stieltjes measure can be constructed explicitly by integrating a hierarchy of Moser's nonlinear dynamical system. The positivity of tau-functions is related to the existence of the Stieltjes measure at a deep level.