Rational surfaces in algebraic models of smooth manifolds

Every compact smooth manifold M is diffeomorphic to a nonsingular real algebraic set, called an algebraic model of M. We study modulo 2 homology classes represented by rational algebraic surfaces in X, as X runs through the class of all algebraic models of M. Received: 16 June 2007     

Xia Spectrum for Some Class of Operators

In this paper, we introduce Xia spectra of n-tuples of operators satisfying |T ²| ≥ U|T ²|U* for the polar decomposition of T = U|T| and we extend Putnam’s inequality to these tuples [7]. This research is partially supported by Grant-in-Aid Research No.17540176.     

A Characterization of Some Classes of Harmonic Functions

In this paper we investigate harmonic Hardy-Orlicz and Bergman-Orlicz b _φ,α (B) spaces, using an identity of Hardy-Stein type. We also extend the notion of the Lusin property by introducing (φ, α)-Lusin property with respect to a Stoltz domain. The main result in the paper is as follows: Let be a nonnegative increasing convex function twice differentiable on (0, ∞), and u a harmonic function on the unit ball B in . Then the following statements are equivalent:

Complemented ideals in A({\mathbb{R}}^{d}) of algebraic curves

It is shown that for an algebraic curve the ideal of real analytic functions vanishing on X is complemented in if and only if in every a ∈ X every irreducible component of the germ X_a is either regular or a point. Received: 5 January 2009     

Fixed point theorems for a class of nonlinear mappings related to maximal monotone operators in Banach spaces

In this paper, the class of nonspreading mappings in Banach spaces is introduced. This class contains the recently introduced class of firmly nonexpansive type mappings in Banach spaces and the class of firmly nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert spaces. Among other things, we obtain a fixed point theorem for a single nonspreading mapping in Banach spaces. Using this result, we also obtain a common fixed point theorem for a commutative family of nonspreading mappings in Banach spaces. Received: 10 August 2007     

Meromorphic Factorization Revisited and Application to Some Groups of Matrix Functions

Some properties and applications of meromorphic factorization of matrix functions are studied. It is shown that a meromorphic factorization of a matrix function G allows one to characterize the kernel of the Toeplitz operator with symbol G without actually having to previously obtain a Wiener–Hopf factorization. A method to turn a meromorphic factorization into a Wiener–Hopf one which avoids having to factorize a rational matrix that appears, in general, when each meromorphic factor is treated separately, is also presented. The results are applied to some classes of matrix functions for which the existence of a canonical factorization is studied and the factors of a Wiener–Hopf factorization are explicitly determined. Submitted: April 15, 2007. Revised: October 26, 2007. Accepted: December 12, 2007.     

Some properties and applications of weakly equicompact sets

Let X and Y be Banach spaces. A set (the space of all weakly compact operators from X into Y) is weakly equicompact if, for every bounded sequence (x _n) in X, there exists a subsequence (x _k(n)) so that (Tx_k(n)) is uniformly weakly convergent for T ∈ M. In this paper, the notion of weakly equicompact set is used to obtain characterizations of spaces X such that X ↩̸ ℓ₁, of spaces X such that B _X* is weak* sequentially compact and also to obtain several results concerning to the weak operator and the strong operator topologies. As another application of weak equicompactness, we conclude a characterization of relatively compact sets in when this space is endowed with the topology of uniform convergence on the class of all weakly null sequences. Finally, we show that similar arguments can be applied to the study of uniformly completely continuous sets. Received: 5 July 2006     

Graph homology of the moduli space of pointed real curves of genus zero

The moduli space parameterizes the isomorphism classes of S-pointed stable real curves of genus zero which are invariant under relabeling by the involution σ. This moduli space is stratified according to the degeneration types of σ-invariant curves. The degeneration types of σ-invariant curves are encoded by their dual trees with additional decorations. We construct a combinatorial graph complex generated by the fundamental classes of strata of . We show that the homology of is isomorphic to the homology of our graph complex. We also give a presentation of the fundamental group of .      

On Some Product of Two Unbounded Self-Adjoint Operators

We give a spectral analysis of some unbounded normal product HK of two self-adjoint operators H and K (which appeared in [7]) and we say why it is not self-adjoint even if the spectrum of one of the operators is sufficiently “asymmetric”. Then, we investigate the self-adjointness of KH (given it is normal) for arbitrary self-adjoint H and K by giving a counterexample and some positive results and hence finishing off with the whole question of normal products of self-adjoint operators (appearing in [1, 7, 12]). The author was supported in part by CNEPRU: B01820070020 (Ministry of Higher Education, Algeria).     

The Leray separating operator in the theory of the Cauchy problem

The paper is devoted to the presentation of Leray’s approach to the Cauchy problem for strictly hyperbolic operators. In the first section we give the main definitions of strictly hyperbolic operators and separating operators corresponding to them. We present the plan of derivation of the a priori estimates necessary for the proof of solvability of the Cauchy problem. In the second section we generalize the Leray approach to some classes of PDO which are not hyperbolic.     

Harmonic 1-Forms on Compact f-Manifolds

We consider a Riemannian manifold with a compatible f-structure which admits a parallelizable kernel. With some additional integrability conditions it is called -manifold. This class of manifolds is a natural generalization of the Sasakian manifolds. We study properties of harmonic 1-forms on such a manifold and deduce some topological properties. Research supported by the Italian MIUR 60% and GNSAGA. Professor J.J. Konderak died just during the preparation of this paper. His contribution has been substantial. Note of the Editor-in-Chief. Professor Jerzy J. Konderak passed away on September 14, 2005, at the age of 49. Born on February 12, 1956, in Krakow, Poland, he received his Ph.D. in 1986 from the Jagiellonian University of Krakow. Since 2003 he was associated professor of Mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bari. The main area of his scientific interests was Differential Geometry. Professor Konderak was a very gifted researcher and was appreciated by students and colleagues for his passion and devotion to Mathematics and its teaching. All the colleagues of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bari will remember him not only as a clever mathematician but also as a men of rare quality.     

Certain invariants of extension algebras of C({\mathbb{T}}^{2})

In this paper, we compute certain invariants of extension algebras of the torus algebra by , where is the C*-algebra of compact operators on an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space H. These extension algebras are also constructed up to isomorphism. Received: 5 July 2007, Revised: 14 February 2008     

Testing Sign Conditions on a Multivariate Polynomial and Applications

Let f be a polynomial in of degree D. We focus on testing the emptiness and computing at least one point in each connected component of the semi-algebraic set defined by f > 0 (or f < 0 or f ≠ 0). To this end, the problem is reduced to computing at least one point in each connected component of a hypersurface defined by f − e = 0 for positive and small enough. We provide an algorithm allowing us to determine a positive rational number e which is small enough in this sense. This is based on the efficient computation of the set of generalized critical values of the mapping which is the union of the classical set of critical values of the mapping f and the set of asymptotic critical values of the mapping f. Then, we show how to use the computation of generalized critical values in order to obtain an efficient algorithm deciding the emptiness of a semi-algebraic set defined by a single inequality or a single inequation. At last, we show how to apply our contribution to determining if a hypersurface contains real regular points. We provide complexity estimates for probabilistic versions of the latter algorithms which are within arithmetic operations in . The paper ends with practical experiments showing the efficiency of our approach on real-life applications.      

Conorm and Essential Conorm in C*-Algebras

Let A be a unital C^*-algebra with non-zero socle (soc(A)). We introduce the essential conorm of an element a in A (denoted by γ _e (a)), as the conorm of the element π(a), where π denotes the canonical projection of A onto . It is established that for every von Neumann regular element , γ _e (a) = max . We characterize the continuity points of the conorm and essential conorm for extremally rich C^*-algebras. Some formulae for the distance from zero to the generalized spectrum and Atkinson spectrum are also obtained. Authors partially supported by I+D MEC projects no. MTM2005-02541 and MTM2007-65959, and Junta de Andalucía grants FQM0199 and FQM1215.     

Point localization and spectral theory for symmetric random operators

In a Hilbert space context, we propose a rather general notion of “random operators” which allows for taking stochastic limits. After establishing a connection with measurable fields of closed operators, we may speak of a spectral theory for symmetric random operators. Received: 18 December 2008     

On Vector Integral Inequalities

The first author introduced an integration theory of vector functions with respect to an operator-valued measure in complete bornological locally convex vector spaces. In this paper some important results behind this Dobrakov-type integration technique in non-metrizable spaces are given. Received: December 10, 2007., Accepted: May 6, 2008.     

On the Multiplicity of Nodal Solutions to a Singularly Perturbed Neumann Problem

We consider the problem

Lyapunov-type Inequalities for Differential Equations

Let us consider the linear boundary value problem

Some results for a finite family of uniformly L-Lipschitzian mappings in Banach spaces

The purpose of this paper is to prove a strong convergence theorem for a finite family of uniformly L-Lipschitzian mappings in Banach spaces. The results presented in the paper improve and extend some recent results in Chang [1], Cho et al. [2] Ofoedu [5], Schu [7] and Zeng [8, 9]. The present studies were supported by “the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10771141),” the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Y605191), the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (A0211), the Scientific Research Foundation from Zhejiang Province Education Committee (20051897).     

Skew representations of twisted Yangians

Analogs of the classical Sylvester theorem have been known for matrices with entries in noncommutative algebras including the quantized algebra of functions on GL _N and the Yangian for $$ \mathfrak{g}\mathfrak{l}_{{N}} $$ . We prove a version of this theorem for the twisted Yangians $$ {\text{Y(}}\mathfrak{g}_{N} {\text{)}} $$associated with the orthogonal and symplectic Lie algebras $$ \mathfrak{g}_{N} = \mathfrak{o}_{N} {\text{ or }}\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{p}_{N} $$. This gives rise to representations of the twisted Yangian $$ {\text{Y}}{\left( {\mathfrak{g}_{{N - M}} } \right)} $$ on the space of homomorphisms $$ {\text{Hom}}_{{\mathfrak{g}_{M} }} {\left( {W,V} \right)} $$, where W and V are finite-dimensional irreducible modules over $$ \mathfrak{g}_{{M}} {\text{ and }}\mathfrak{g}_{{N}} $$, respectively. In the symplectic case these representations turn out to be irreducible and we identify them by calculating the corresponding Drinfeld polynomials.We also apply the quantum Sylvester theorem to realize the twisted Yangian as a projective limit of certain centralizers in universal enveloping algebras.