On a Definitizable Analog of the Trigonometric Moment Problem Generating an Indefinite Toeplitz Form

We prove the existence of an integro-polynomial representation for a sequence of numbers such that there exists a difference operator mapping this sequence to a sequence that generates the solvable trigonometric moment problem. A similar result related to the power moment problem was given in [12].     

On the Riccati equations

In this article we give, in terms of so-called Berezin symbols, some necessary conditions for the solvability of the Riccati equation on the set of all Toeplitz operators on the Hardy space . Author’s address: Department of Technical Programs, Isparta (MYO) Vocational School, Suleyman Demirel University, 32260 Isparta, Turkey     

Numerical index of some polyhedral norms on the plane

We give explicit formulae for the numerical index of some (real) polyhedral spaces of dimension two. Concretely, we calculate the numerical index of a family of hexagonal norms, two families of octagonal norms and the family of norms whose unit balls are regular polygons with an even number of vertices.     

Grothendieck space ideals and weak continuity of polynomials on locally convex spaces

We introduce the classes of locally convex spaces with the local Dunford-Pettis property and locally dual Schur spaces. We examine their properties and their relationship to other classes of locally convex spaces. In the class of locally convex spaces with the local Dunford-Pettis property all polynomials are weakly sequentially continuous whereas in the class of locally dual Schur spaces all polynomials are weakly continuous on bounded sets. Research supported by Science Foundation Ireland, Basic Research Grant 2004.     

On an Extremal Problem About the Arc-Length of Algebraic Polynomials

In this work we investigate polynomials of maximal (minimal) arc-length in the interval [−1, 1] amongst all monic polynomials of fixed degree n with n real zeros in [−1, 1].     

On the Constants in the Meyer Inequality

 We study the growth of the constants in the Meyer inequality as p → 1 and p → ∞. Both constants grow, within constant factors, like (p − 1)⁻¹ and like p respectively. Received August 10, 2001; in revised form February 5, 2002     

The Schur Algorithm for Generalized Schur Functions II: Jordan Chains and Transformations of Characteristic Functions

 In the first paper of this series (Daniel Alpay, Tomas Azizov, Aad Dijksma, and Heinz Langer: The Schur algorithm for generalized Schur functions I: coisometric realizations, Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 129 (2001), pp. 1–36) it was shown that for a generalized Schur function s(z), which is the characteristic function of a coisometric colligation V with state space being a Pontryagin space, the Schur transformation corresponds to a finite-dimensional reduction of the state space, and a finite-dimensional perturbation and compression of its main operator. In the present paper we show that these formulas can be explained using simple relations between V and the colligation of the reciprocal s(z)⁻¹ of the characteristic function s(z) and general factorization results for characteristic functions. Received October 31, 2001; in revised form August 21, 2002 RID="a" ID="a" Dedicated to Professor Edmund Hlawka on the occasion of his 85th birthday     

On the Range of the Chébli–Trimèche Transform

We first characterise the L²-Schwartz functions whose image under the Chébli–Trimèche transform are compactly supported smooth functions. We then generalise a theorem by H. H. Bang, characterising the smooth L^p-functions whose (distributional) transform have compact support.The author is supported by a research grant from the Australian Research Council.     

Linear Mappings which Preserve Paracontractions

It shown that a linear, surjective mapping which preserves paracontractions in both directions (relative to Euclidean norm) is an (anti)isometry. This is no longer the case if it preserves paracontractions in one direction only.This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Slovenia.Received February 4, 2002; in revised form September 20, 2002 Published online May 9, 2003     

Strong Dunford-Pettis sets and spaces of operators (Monatsh. Math. 144, 275–284 (2005))

In a recent paper, Ghenciu and Lewis studied strong Dunford-Pettis sets and made the following two assertions:

On the false pole problem

We prove that if a convex body has an interior false pole with respect to some hyperplane, then the body is an ellipsoid. This research was partially carried out during the postdoctoral visit of this author at University College London, and it was supported by CONACYT, México.     

On Subspaces and Quotients of Banach Spaces C(K, X)

 We study the relation of to the subspaces and quotients of Banach spaces of continuous vector-valued functions , where K is an arbitrary dispersed compact set. More precisely, we prove that every infinite dimensional closed subspace of totally incomparable to X contains a copy of complemented in . This is a natural continuation of results of Cembranos-Freniche and Lotz-Peck-Porta. We also improve our result when K is homeomorphic to an interval of ordinals. Next we show that complemented subspaces (resp., quotients) of which contain no copy of are isomorphic to complemented subspaces (resp., quotients) of some finite sum of X. As a consequence, we prove that every infinite dimensional quotient of which is quotient incomparable to X, contains a complemented copy of . Finally we present some more geometric properties of spaces. Received 8 November 2000; in revised form 7 December 2001     

On the <Emphasis Type="Italic">DOTU</Emphasis>-Factorization Problem in Dimension Four

 We prove that any basis of a non-degenerate 4-dimensional lattice with sufficiently small (positive) homogeneous minimum can be represented in the form DOTU. This is of interest in connection with Minkowski’s conjecture about the product of inhomogeneous linear forms. Received 23 September 2001 RID="a" ID="a" Dedicated to Prof. Edmund Hlawka on the occasion of his 85th birthday     

Moment inequalities and central limit properties of isotropic convex bodies

The object of our investigations are isotropic convex bodies , centred at the origin and normed to volume one, in arbitrary dimensions. We show that a certain subset of these bodies – specified by bounds on the second and fourth moments – is invariant under forming ‘expanded joinsrsquo;. Considering a body K as above as a probability space and taking , we define random variables on K. It is known that for subclasses of isotropic convex bodies satisfying a ‘concentration of mass property’, the distributions of these random variables are close to Gaussian distributions, for high dimensions n and ‘most’ directions . We show that this ‘central limit property’, which is known to hold with respect to convergence in law, is also true with respect to -convergence and -convergence of the corresponding densities. Received: 21 March 2001 / in final form: 17 October 2001 / Published online: 4 April 2002     

On the definability of verbal subgroups

We show that if G is a group of finite Morley rank, then the verbal subgroup <w(G)> is of finite width, where w is a concise word. As a byproduct, we show that if G is any abelian-by-finite group, then G ⁿ =<x ⁿ (G)> is definable. Received: 15 March 1996 / Published online: 18 July 2001     

Orlicz-Pettis Polynomials on Banach Spaces

 We introduce the class of Orlicz-Pettis polynomials between Banach spaces, defined by their action on weakly unconditionally Cauchy series. We give a number of equivalent definitions, examples and counterexamples which highlight the differences between these polynomials and the corresponding linear operators. (Received 17 May 1999; in revised form 6 October 1999)     

On Maps Preserving Zero Jordan Products

Let R be a ring, A = M _n (R) and θ: A → A a surjective additive map preserving zero Jordan products, i.e. if x,y ∈ A are such that xy + yx = 0, then θ(x)θ(y) + θ(y)θ(x) = 0. In this paper, we show that if R contains and n ≥ 4, then θ = λϕ, where λ = θ(1) is a central element of A and ϕ: A → A is a Jordan homomorphism. The third author is Corresponding author.     

A Composition Theorem for Multiple Summing Operators

We prove that the composition S(u₁, …, u_n) of a multilinear multiple 2-summing operator S with 2-summing linear operators u_j is nuclear, generalizing a linear result of Grothendieck. Both authors were partially supported by DGICYT grant BMF2001-1284.     

A Discontinuous Colombeau Differential Calculus

Starting from the Colombeau Generalized Functions, the sharp topologies and the notion of generalized points, we introduce a new kind of differential calculus (for functions between totally disconnected spaces). We also define here the notions of holomorphic generalized functions (in this new framework) and generalized manifold. Finally we give an answer to a question raised in [6].Research partially supported by CNPq (Proc 300652/95-0).