Block partitions of sequences

Given a sequence A = (a ₁, …, a _n ) of real numbers, a block B of A is either a set B = {a _i , a _i+1, …, a _j } where i ≤ j or the empty set. The size b of a block B is the sum of its elements. We show that when each a _i ∈ [0, 1] and k is a positive integer, there is a partition of A into k blocks B ₁, …, B _k with |b _i ?b _j | ≤ 1 for every i, j. We extend this result in several directions.     

A Rolle Type Theorem for Cyclicity of Zeros of Families of Analytic Functions

Let \({\{ {f_{\lambda ;j}}\} _{\lambda \in V;1 \leqslant j \leqslant k}}\) be families of holomorphic functions in the open unit disk \({\text{D}} \subset {\Bbb C}\) ? ? depending holomorphically on a parameter λ ∈ V ? ? ⁿ . We establish a Rolle type theorem for the generalized multiplicity (called cyclicity) of zeros of the family of univariate holomorphic functions \({\left\{ {\sum\nolimits_{j = 1}^k {{f_{\lambda ;j}}} } \right\}_{\lambda \in V}}\) at 0 ∈ D. As a corollary, we estimate the cyclicity of the family of generalized exponential polynomials, that is, the family of entire functions of the form \(\sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^m {{P_k}(z){e^{{Q_k}(z)}}} \), z ∈ ?, where P _k and Q _k are holomorphic polynomials of degrees p and q, respectively, parameterized by vectors of coefficients of P _k and Q _k .     

Gelfand-Kirillov dimension of algebras with locally nilpotent derivations

Let R be a finitely generated algebra over a field of characteristic 0 with a locally nilpotent derivation δ ≠ 0. We show that if {ie313-1}, where the invariants {ie313-2} are prime and satisfy a polynomial identity, then {ie313-3}. Furthermore, when R is a domain, the same conclusion holds without the assumption that R is finitely generated. This enables us to obtain a result on skew polynomial rings. These results extend work of Bell and Smoktunowicz on domains with GK dimension in the interval [2, 3).     

Generalized 3-edge-connectivity of Cartesian product graphs

The generalized k-connectivity κ _k (G) of a graph G was introduced by Chartrand et al. in 1984. As a natural counterpart of this concept, Li et al. in 2011 introduced the concept of generalized k-edge-connectivity which is defined as λ _k (G) = min{λ(S): S ? V (G) and |S| = k}, where λ(S) denotes the maximum number l of pairwise edge-disjoint trees T ₁, T ₂, …, T _l in G such that S ? V (T _i ) for 1 ? i ? l. In this paper we prove that for any two connected graphs G and H we have λ ₃(G □ H) ? λ ₃(G) + λ ₃(H), where G □ H is the Cartesian product of G and H. Moreover, the bound is sharp. We also obtain the precise values for the generalized 3-edge-connectivity of the Cartesian product of some special graph classes.     

Ojective ideals in modular lattices

The concept of an extending ideal in a modular lattice is introduced. A translation of module-theoretical concept of ojectivity (i.e. generalized relative injectivity) in the context of the lattice of ideals of a modular lattice is introduced. In a modular lattice satisfying a certain condition, a characterization is given for direct summands of an extending ideal to be mutually ojective. We define exchangeable decomposition and internal exchange property of an ideal in a modular lattice. It is shown that a finite decomposition of an extending ideal is exchangeable if and only if its summands are mutually ojective.     

Toeplitz Operators with Uniformly Continuous Symbols

Let T _f be a Toeplitz operator on the Segal–Bargmann space or the standard weighted Bergman space over a bounded symmetric domain \({\Omega \subset {\bf C}^n}\) with possibly unbounded symbol f. Combining recent results in Bauer et al. (J. Funct. Anal. 259:57–78, 2010), Bauer et al. (J. reine angew. Math. doi: 10.1515/crelle-2015-0016), Issa (Integr. Equ. Oper. Theory 70:569–582, 2011) we show that in the case of uniformly continuous symbols f with respect to the Euclidean metric on C ⁿ and the Bergman metric on \({\Omega}\), respectively, the operator T _f is bounded if and only if f is bounded. Moreover, T _f is compact if and only if f vanishes at the boundary of \({\Omega.}\) This observation substantially extends a result in Coburn (Indiana Univ. Math. J. 23:433–439, 1973).