Über die Minimalflächen des isotropen Raumes,welche zugleich Affinminimalflächen sind

One determines all the minimal surfaces of the isotropic space, which simultaneously are affinminimal surfaces. A characteristic property of those surfaces is that the isotropic spherical imagines of the asymptotic lines of form two orthogonal pencils of circles. There are three types of such surfaces : first the well known right helicoid _I , second an interesting transcendental surface _II , and third the isotropic analogy _III of the minimal surface ofEnneper. The surfaces permit cinematic generations. Especially _II and _III can be generated byClifford screws in a certain indefinite quasielliptic space.In the isotropic space conjugate to the surfaces are isotropic minimal surfaces ^* with plane lines of curvature. There are also three types of such surfaces: _I ^* is a logarithmic surface of revolution, _II ^* is an interesting transcendental surface, and _III ^* is again the isotropic minimal surface ofEnnerper.     

Descendants constructed from matter field in Landau-Ginzburg theories coupled to topological gravity

It is argued that gravitational descendants in the theory of topological gravity coupled to topological Landau-Ginzburg theory (not necessarily conformal) can be constructed from matter fields alone (without metric fields and ghosts). In this sense topological gravity is induced. We discuss the mechanism of this effect (that turns out to be connected with K. Saito's higher residue pairing: Kⁱ(_i(₁),₂)=K⁰(₁,₂)), and demonstrate how it works in a simplest nontrivial example: correlator on a sphere with four marked points. We also discuss some results on k-point correlators on a sphere. From the idea of induced topological gravity it follows that the theory of pure topological gravity (without topological matter) is equivalent to the trivial Landau-Ginzburg theory (with quadratic superpotential).Published in Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 95, No. 2, pp. 307–316, May, 1993.     

Circle orders,N-gon orders and the crossing number

Let ={P ₁,...,P _m } be a family of sets. A partial order P(, <) on is naturally defined by the condition P _i <P _j iff P _i is contained in P _j . When the elements of are disks (i.e. circles together with their interiors), P(, <) is called a circle order; if the elements of are n-polygons, P(, <) is called an n-gon order. In this paper we study circle orders and n-gon orders. The crossing number of a partial order introduced in [5] is studied here. We show that for every n, there are partial orders with crossing number n. We prove next that the crossing number of circle orders is at most 2 and that the crossing number of n-gon orders is at most 2n. We then produce for every n4 partial orders of dimension n which are not circle orders. Also for every n>3, we prove that there are partial orders of dimension 2n+2 which are not n-gon orders. Finally, we prove that every partial order of dimension 2n is an n-gon order.This research was supported under Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Canada) grant numbers A2507 and A0977.     

On the central limit theorem in R k

Summary Let F ^*n denote the n th convolution of a distribution function F on R ^k and suppose that F has zero moments of the first order and finite second order moment matrix. It is well-known that F ^*n (n·) converges to a Gaussian d.f. as n + t8. These d.f.s determine measures F ^*n (nA) and (A) for Borelsets A, We present a method that admits the estimation of the remainder-term F ^*n (n A)- (A) when A belongs to a certain class of Borelsets. This class contains all convex sets. If F has finite absolute third order moments then the remainder-term is of the order n ^–1/2. Also the remainder term's dependence on the dimension k is given. These results strengthen and generalize earlier results in the same direction.This paper was first communicated at the Scandinavian mathematical congress in Oslo, August 1968.     

Kennzeichnungen von Minimalschraubflächen Mittels Vertikalisophoten und Horizontalschattengrenzen

In Euclidean space E³, let be a (regular C-) minimal surface without planar points having locally (without loss of generality) the spherical representation n(u,v)=(cos v/cosh u, sin v/cosh u, tanh u), (u,v)G². The corresponding (isothermal) parametrization : x(u,v), (u,v)G can be expressed using agenerating Function (u,v) which satisfies _{uu + vv} – 2_utanh u + =0; the v-curves (coordinate curves u=u₀) in , along each of which the angle between the normal n(u,v) of and the x₃-axis is constant, are thevertical- isophotes of , the u-curves (v=v₀) being their orthogonal trajectories (theorems 1, 2). Considering u-curves and/or v-curves of having additional geometric properties (curves of constant/steepest slope, curves of constant Gaussian curvature, asymptotic curves, lines of curvature or geodesies of ) we prove many newgeometric characterizations of theright helicoid, thecatenoid andScherk's second surface (theorems 3–7). All of these surfaces areminimal hélicoidal surfaces.     

Extensions and selections in subspaces ofC(K)

LetK be a compact Hausdorff space and letFK be a peak interpolation set for a function algebraAC(K). Let be a map fromK to the family of all convex subsets of such that the set {(z, x)zK, x(z)} is open inK×C and such thatg(z)(z) (zK) for somegA. We prove that everyfC(F) satisfyingf(s)(s) (sF) (f(s)closure (s) (sF)) admits an extensionfAA} satisfyingf(z)(z) (zK) (f(z))}closure (z) (zK), respectively). We prove a more general theorem of this kind and present various applications which generalize known dominated interpolation theorems for subspaces ofC(K).     

Generalized ornstein-uhlenbeck process having a characteristic operator with polynomial coefficients

Summary Let be a weighted Schwartz's space of rapidly decreasing functions, the dual space and (t) a perturbed diffusion operator with polynomial coefficients from into itself. It is proven that (t) generates the Kolmogorov evolution operator from into itself via stochastic method. As applications, we construct a unique solution of a Langevin's equation on : whereW(t) is a Brownian motion and ^*(t) is the adjoint of (t) and show a central limit theorem for interacting multiplicative diffusions.     

A condition for nonnegativity of an operator related to the Dirichlet operator

Let L₀ be a positive definite closed linear operator with domain of definition D(L₀) dense in the Hilbert space H; let(, ₁, ₂) be the positive boundary value space of the operator L₀ such that the restriction of L ₀ ^* to ker ₂ is the Friedrichs extension of the operator L₀. We establish a test for nonnegativity of an operator T of the form Ty=L ₀ ^* y+^*(₁–C)y, y D(T)= ker(₂+), where :H and C: are respectively a compact operator and a bounded nonnegative operator.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 32, 1990, pp. 30–33.     

On the existence of a cyclic vector for some families of operators

Under certain restrictions, it is proved that a family of self-adjoint commuting operatorsA=(A ) _where is a nuclear space, possesses a cyclic vector iff there exists a Hubert spaceH of full operator-valued measureE, where is the space dual to andE is the joint resolution of the identity of the familyA.Published in Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol.45, No. 10, pp. 1362–1370, October, 1993.     

Inequalities Between the Radii of Some Spheres That Are Connected with a Convex Surface in Space of Constant Curvature

With a convex surface in space of constant curvature, we associate four numbers (,M,), where is the radius of a largerst sphere freely rolling over the interior side of , is the inradius of , M is the outradius of , and is the radius of a sphere over whose interior may roll freely. Exact inequalities connecting these four numbers are found.     

Asymptotic behavior of general M-estimates for regression and scale with random carriers

Summary Let (xini, y _i be a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables, where x _i R ^p and y _i R, and let R ^p be an unknown vector such that y _i =x _i +u _i (^*), where u _i is independent of x _i and has distribution function F(u/), where >0 is an unknown parameter. This paper deals with a general class of M-estimates of regression and scale, ( ^*,^*), defined as solutions of the system: , where r= (y _i –x _i ^1*/)^*, with R ^p ×RR and RR. This class contains estimators of (, ) proposed by Huber, Mallows and Krasker and Welsch. The consistency and asymptotic normality of the general M-estimators are proved assuming general regularity conditions on and and assuming the joint distribution of (x _i , y _i ) to fulfill the model (^*) only approximately.     

The Connes–Moscovici Approach to Cyclic Cohomology for Compact Quantum Groups

Consider the Hopf algebra (A, ) of regular functions on a compact quantum group. Let (A ^o ,) denote its maximal dual Hopf algebra. We show that the tensor product Hopf algebra (H ₂,₂) of (A ^o ,) and its opposite Hopf algebra is endowed with a modular pair (,) in involution; a notion introduced by A. Connes and J. Moscovici, who associate canonically a cocyclic object to such Hopf algebras. Denote the Hopf cyclic cohomology thus obtained by HC ^* _(,)(H ₂). Next we define an action of H ₂),₂ on A and show that the Haar state of (A, ) is a -invariant -trace on A with respect to this action. This gives us a canonical map from HC ^* _(,)(H ₂) to the ordinary cyclic cohomology of A.     

On Vector Valued Measure Spaces of Bounded Φ-variation containing copies of ℓ∞

Given a Young function , we study the existence of copies of c ₀ and in cabv (,X) and in cabsv (,X), the countably additive, -continuous, and X-valued measure spaces of bounded -variation and bounded -semivariation, respectively.     

Stability of the C *-Algebra Associated with Twisted CCR

The universal enveloping C ^*-algebra A of twisted canonical commutation relations is considered. It is shown that, for any (–1,1), the C ^*-algebra A is isomorphic to the C ^*-algebra A ₀ generated by partial isometries t _i ,t _i ^*,i=1,¨,d satisfying the relations t _i ^* t _j = _ij (1– _k<i t _k t _k ^*), t _j t _i =0, ij and it is proved that the Fock representation of A is faithful.     

Drachennetze mit geradlinigen Hauptdiagonalen

A C^s-net of curves N (s1) [3] in a regular C^s-2-surface Eⁿ (n2) is called a C^s-kite- net [4] if N and the net N₁ of its angular bisecting curves form a pair of diagonal nets [1] in such a way that each mesh of N-curves possessing two N₁-diagonals shows, with respect to one of these (calledmain diagonal), the same symmetry of angles and lengths as a rectilinear kite in E². Referring to the fact that the main diagonals of any C^s-kite-net N (s2) are geodesics in [5], we ask in this paper for all C^s-kite-nets and, more generally, C^s-D-nets [5] (s1) withstraight main diagonals. This leads, among other results, to a characterization of the skew ruled surfaces in Eⁿ (n3) with constant parameter of distribution and the constant striction /2.

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Herrn Professor Dr. WERNER BURAU zum 70. Geburtstag gewidmet     

Compromise optimization of a composite plate with a given probability of realization

A method is proposed for solution of the problem of the compromise optimization of three properties of a composite plate (thermal conductivity, stability, and the probability P^* of design realization), which depend on three initial stochastic data with constant average values, and two variable initial data. The geometry of the domain of plate properties, the curve of optimal Pareto solutions, and the scatter ellipses is determined at four points for a given range of variable parameters. A method of constructing the curves of optimal Pareto solutions for the following assigned probabilities of design realization is proposed and numerically implemented: P^*=0.40, 0.80, and 0.95. The generalized efficiency function ( max, 0 1) of the first two properties decreases from 0.74 to 0.23 as the numerical value of P^* increases from 0.40 to 0.95. A family of isolines = const is plotted for all three properties investigated, and max determined as 0.63.A paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, April 1998).Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Riga, Latvia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 626–635, September–October, 1997.     

On the parallel factorization of matrices over principal ideal rings

We describe all the factorizations A=BC (up to associates) of a matrix A over a commutative principal ideal domain parallel to the factorization D^A= of its canonical diagonal form D^A ( and are diagonal matrices), that is, the factorizations such that the matrices B and C are equivalent to the matrices and respectively.Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 4, 1997, pp. 96–100.     

The dependence on parameters of the modulus problem for families of several classes of curves

Let, where A={a₁,..., a_n} and B={b₁,...,b_m} are systems of distinguished points, and let H be a family of homotopic classes H_i, i=1, ..., j + m, of closed Jordan curves in C, where the classes H_j+, =1, ..., m, consist of curves that are homotopic to a point curve in b. Let ={₁,...,_j+m} be a system of positive numbers. By P=P(,A,B) we denote the extremal-metric problem for the family H and the numbers : for the modulusU=U(,A,B) of this problem we have the equality , whereD ^*={D ₁ ^* ,...,D _j+m ^* } is a system of domains realizinga maximum for the indicated sum in the family of all systemsD={D ₁,...,D _j+m } of domains, associated with the family H (byU(D _i )) we denote the modulus of the domain D_i, associated with the class H_i). In the present paper we investigate the manner in whichU=U(,A,B) and the moduliU=(D ₁ ^* ) depend on the parameters _i, a_k, b; moreover, we consider the conditions under which some of the doubly connected domains D _i ^* ,i=1,...,j, from the system D^* turn out to be degenerate (Theorems 1–3). In particular, one obtains an expression for the gradient of the function M, as function of the parameter a=a_k (Theorem 4). One gives some applications of the obtained results (Theorem 5).Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 144, pp. 136–148, 1985.     

Hypercentral Series and Paired Intersections of Sylow Subgroups of Chevalley Groups

Let G(k) be the Chevalley group of normal type associated with a root system G = , or of twisted type G = ^m,m = 2,3, over a field K. Its root subgroups X_s, for all possible s G⁺, generate a maximal unipotent subgroup U = UG(k) if p = charK < 0, U is a Sylow p-subgroup of G(K). We examine G and K for which there exists a paired intersection U U⁹, g G(K), which is not conjugate in G(K) to a normal subgroup of U. If K is a finite field, this is equivalent to a condition that the normalizer of U U⁹ in G(K)has a p-multiple index. Put p() = max(r,r)/(s,s) | r,s . We prove a statement (Theorem 1) saying the following. Let G(K) be a Chevalley group of Lie rank greater than 1 over a finite field K of characteristic p and U be its Sylow p-subgroup equal to UG(K); also, either G = and p() is distinct from p and 1, or G(K) is a twisted group. Then G(K) contains a monomial element n such that the normalizer U of Uⁿ in G(K) has a p-multiple index. Let K be an associative commutative ring with unity and (K,J) be a congruence subgroup of the Chevalley group (K) modulo a nilpotent ideal J. We examine an hypercentral series 1 Z₁ Z₂ ... Z_c-1 of the group U(K) (K,J). Theorem 2 shows that under an extra restriction on the quotient (J_t : J) of ideals, central series are related via Z_i = T_c-iC, 1 i < c, where C is a subgroup of central diagonal elements. Such a connection exists, in particular, if K = Z_pm and J = (p^d), 1 d < m, d| m.