Polarities of Compact Eight-Dimensional Planes

The polarities of eight-dimensional compact planes with at least 17-dimensional group of automorphisms are determined. We show that, among these planes, the quaternion plane is the only one admitting more than two conjugacy classes of polarities.     

Unitals in Topological Affine Translation Planes Need Not Be Strictly Convex

We study the relationship of two incidence geometric convexity notions, namely, ovoids in real affine spaces and compact unitals of codimension 1 in topological affine translation planes. In [3] we showed that every ovoid in a translation plane is a unital, and we asked if the converse is true. Here we introduce the notion of a shell, which is distinctly weaker than that of an ovoid and still implies the unital property if the translation plane is properly chosen (and the shell is not too degenerate). We give an explicit example of a shell that is not an ovoid. The question remains whether or not conversely, every compact unital of codimension 1 in a translation plane is a shell.This paper was written while the third author was supported by a grant from DFG and TÜBITAK.Received March 12, 2002 Published online November 18, 2002     

The Automorphism Group of a Compact Generalized Polygon has Finite Dimension

 For every compact generalized polygon whose point space has finite dimension, we show that the automorphism group has finite dimension as well. This opens the field for the application of Lie theoretic methods. Received 12 November 1997; in revised form 10 March 1998     

Orbit Equivalence and Topological Conjugacy of Affine Actionson Compact Abelian Groups

 We study topological rigidity of affine actions on compact connected metrizable abelian groups. We also classify one parameter flows of translations up to orbit equivalence and discrete group actions by translations up to topological conjugacy. (Received 21 December 1998; in revised form 2 June 1999)     

4-Dimensional Elation Laguerre Planes Admitting Non-Solvable Automorphism Groups

 This paper concerns 4-dimensional (topological locally compact connected) elation Laguerre planes that admit non-solvable automorphism groups. It is shown that such a plane is either semi-classical or a single plane admitting the group SL(2, ). Various characterizations of this single Laguerre plane are obtained. Received October 17 2000; in revised form April 23 2001 Published online August 5, 2002     

Completely Reducible Infinite-Dimensional Skew Linear Groups

 Let V be a left vector space over a division ring D and the group of all D-automorphisms of V. A subgroup G of is completely reducible of V is completely reducible as D–G bimodule. Our aim in this brief note is to point out that in a sense the very useful notion of a local marker extends from V finite-dimensional to V infinite-dimensional. (A local marker of a subgroup G of is any finitely generated subgroup X of G such that row n-space has least composition length as D–X bimodule. A local marker of G controls to a considerable extent the local behaviour of G.) Our main result is the following. Let G be a completely reducible subgroup of and let W be any finite-dimensional D-subspace of V. Then G has a finitely generated subgroup X such that for every finitely generated subgroup Y of G containing X the D–Y submodule WY has a D–Y submodule M with and completely reducible. We also give some examples and state without proof some stronger conclusions valid for various special subgroup G. (Received 21 December 1998; in revised form 31 May 1999)     

Duality and Reflexivity of Spaces of Approximable Polynomials on Locally Convex Spaces

 We develop a duality theory for spaces of approximable n-homogeneous polynomials on locally convex spaces, generalising results previously obtained for Banach spaces. For E a Fréchet space with its dual having the approximation property and with E′ _b locally Asplund we show that the space of n-homogeneous polynomials on (E′ _b )′ _b is the inductive dual of the space of boundedly weakly continuous n-homogeneous polynomials on E. We show that when E is a reflexive Fréchet space, the space of n-homogeneous polynomials on E is reflexive if and only if every n-homogeneous polynomial on E is boundedly weakly continuous. (Received 24 March 1999; in final form 14 February 2000)     

Behavior of the Bergman Kernel Near Smooth Convex Boundary Points

The nontangential behavior of the Bergman metric near a smooth convex boundary point of a bounded pseudoconvex domain D ⁿ is studied in terms of its multitype.Received January 25, 2002; in revised form June 20, 2002 Published online November 18, 2002     

On the analyticity of CR mappings between nonminimal hypersurfaces

Let be a connected real-analytic hypersurface containing a connected complex hypersurface , and let be a smooth CR mapping sending M into another real-analytic hypersurface . In this paper, we prove that if f does not collapse E to a point and does not collapse M into the image of E, and if the Levi form of M vanishes to first order along E, then f is real-analytic in a neighborhood of E. In general, the corresponding statement is false if the Levi form of M vanishes to second order or higher, in view of an example due to the author. We also show analogous results in higher dimensions provided that the target M' satisfies a certain nondegeneracy condition. The main ingredient in the proof, which seems to be of independent interest, is the prolongation of the system defining a CR mapping sending M into M' to a Pfaffian system on M with singularities along E. The nature of the singularity is described by the order of vanishing of the Levi form along E. Received: 12 February 2001 / Published online: 18 January 2002     

Large deviations and exponential decay for the magnetization in a Gaussian random field

Summary. We consider a continuous model for transverse magnetization of spins diffusing in a homogeneous Gaussian random longitudinal field , where is the coupling constant giving the intensity of the random field. In this setting, the transverse magnetization is given by the formula , where is the standard process of Brownian motion and is the covariance function of the original random field . We use large deviation techniques to show that the limit exists. We also determine the small behavior of the rate and show that it is indeed decaying as conjectured in the physics literature. Received: 30 June 1995 / In revised form: 26 January 1996     

Measures on the Product of Compact Spaces

 If K is an uncountable metrizable compact space, we prove a “factorization” result for a wide variety of vector valued Borel measures μ defined on K ⁿ . This result essentially says that for every such measure μ there exists a measure μ′ defined on K such that the measure μ of a product A ₁ × ⋯ × A _n of Borel sets of K equals the measure μ′ of the intersection A ₁′∩⋯∩A _n ′, where the A _i ′’s are certain transforms of the A _i ’s. Partially supported by DGICYT grant PB97-0240. Received August 23, 2001; in revised form March 21, 2002     

Rational approximation to orthogonal bases and of the solutions of elliptic equations

It is shown that given , an orthogonal basis of can be approximated by an orthogonal basis , where has integral and have rational components, such that the angle between and is at most and the length , . This improves the length of the integral approximation due to Schmidt (1995). As an application, we improve a theorem of Kocan (1995) about the minimal size of grids in the solutions of elliptic equations. Our result fits the need in Kuo and Trudinger (1990). Received January 27, 1997 / Revised version received April 1, 1998     

Sets of Locally Maximal Visibility and Finite Unions of Starshaped Sets

 Let , where is an open connected subset of some linear topological space, such that S contains all triangular regions whose (relative) boundaries lie in S. If some finite subset T of S has locally maximal visibility in S, then . Hence S is a finite union of starshaped sets whose kernels are determined by T. An analogous result holds for S open. Moreover, counterexamples show that neither the requirement on triangular regions nor the restriction to a finite set T can be deleted. (Received 7 September 1998; in revised form 25 October 1999)     

Courants invariants par une action propre

The purpose of this paper is to characterise the invariant sections-distributions by a proper action. More precisely, we show that if G is a connected Lie group acting on a differentiable vector bundle E→V such that the induced action on V is proper, then the topological vector space of the G-invariant linear functionals (on the space of C ^∞ sections with compact support) equipped with the induced weak-topology (resp. the strong-topology), is isomorphic to the weak (resp. strong) topological dual of the space (of all G-invariant sections σ with compact quotient supp(σ)/G) equipped with a suitable topology; this coincides with the usual C ^∞-topology if the orbit space is compact, and with the Schwartz-topology if the group G is compact. Received: 8 June 1998 / Revised version: 22 September 1998     

A Universal Bound for the Low Eigenvalues of Neumann Laplacians on Compact Domains in a Hadamard Manifold

 Let M be an n-dimensional simply connected Hadamard manifold with Ricci curvature satisfying and be a bounded domain having smooth boundary. In this paper, we prove that the first n nonzero Neumann eigenvalues of the Laplacian on Ω satisfy , where is a computable constant depending only on and , Ω being the volume of Ω. This result generalizes the corresponding estimate for bounded domains in a Euclidean space obtained recently by M. S. Ashbaugh and R. D. Benguria. (Received 19 May 1998; in revised form 21 September 1998)     

Moduli spaces of stable sheaves on abelian surfaces

In this paper, we consider basic problems on moduli spaces of stable sheaves on abelian surfaces. Our main assumption is the primitivity of the associated Mukai vector. We determine the deformation types, albanese maps, Bogomolov factors and their weight 2 Hodge structures. We also discuss the deformation types of moduli spaces of stable sheaves on K3 surfaces. Received: 28 February 2000 / Revised version: 15 September 2000 / Published online: 24 September 2001     

Modularity of a Certain Calabi-Yau Threefold

 The Langlands program predicts that certain Calabi-Yau threefolds are modular in the sense that their L-series correspond to the Mellin transforms of weight 4 newforms. Here we prove that the L-function of the threefold given by is , the unique normalized eigenform in . (Received 21 May 1999; in revised form 27 July 1999)     

The Space of Parabolic Affine Sphereswith Fixed Compact Boundary

 The aim of this paper is to study the moduli space of solutions of the Dirichlet problem associated to the equation of Monge-Ampeère type, det , on an exterior planar domain. We prove that this moduli space is either empty or a differentiable manifold of dimension five. (Received 23 April 1999)     

Stable Determination of Convex Bodies From Projections

If two convex bodies have the property that their orthogonal projections on any hyperplane have the same mean width and the same Steiner point, then the bodies are identical. This result is proved in a stronger stability version.