On C *-Extreme Maps and *-Homomorphisms of a Commutative C *-Algebra

The generalized state space of a commutative C^*-algebra, denoted , is the set of positive unital maps from C(X) to the algebra of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space . C^*-convexity is one of several non-commutative analogs of convexity which have been discussed in this context. In this paper we show that a C^*-extreme point of satisfies a certain spectral condition on the operators in the range of the associated positive operator-valued measure. This result enables us to show that C^*-extreme maps from C(X) into , the algebra generated by the compact and scalar operators, are multiplicative. This generalizes a result of D. Farenick and P. Morenz. We then determine the structure of these maps. This paper constitutes a part of the author’s Ph.D. thesis at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.     

Thin interpolating sequences in the disk

Using a kind of summability procedure we give, within this survey, a new proof of a result by Sundberg and Wolff on large perturbations of thin interpolating sequences and present a detailed proof of the statement of Dyakonov and Nicolau that asymptotic interpolation problems in H^∞ can be solved by thin Blaschke products. Dedicated to Professor Heinz K?nig on the occasion of his 80^th birthday     

Asymptotically almost periodic solutions of abstract retarded functional differential equations of second order

We establish existence of asymptotically almost periodic mild solutions for a class of semi-linear second-order abstract retarded functional differential equations with infinite delay. Research supported in part by FONDECYT, grant 1050314.     

Envelopes of holomorphy and holomorphic discs

The envelope of holomorphy of an arbitrary domain in a two-dimensional Stein manifold is identified with a connected component of the set of equivalence classes of analytic discs immersed into the Stein manifold with boundary in the domain. This implies, in particular, that for each of its points the envelope of holomorphy contains an embedded (non-singular) Riemann surface (and also an immersed analytic disc) passing through this point with boundary contained in the natural embedding of the original domain into its envelope of holomorphy. Moreover, it says, that analytic continuation to a neighbourhood of an arbitrary point of the envelope of holomorphy can be performed by applying the Continuity Principle once. Another corollary concerns representation of certain elements of the fundamental group of the domain by boundaries of analytic discs. A particular case is the following. Given a contact three-manifold with Stein filling, any element of the fundamental group of the contact manifold whose representatives are contractible in the filling can be represented by the boundary of an immersed analytic disc.     

Infinite-dimensional homology and multibump solutions

We start by introducing a Čech homology with compact supports which we then use in order to construct an infinite-dimensional homology theory. Next we show that under appropriate conditions on the nonlinearity there exists a ground state solution for a semilinear Schr?dinger equation with strongly indefinite linear part. To this solution there corresponds a nontrivial critical group, defined in terms of the infinite-dimensional homology mentioned above. Finally, we employ this fact in order to construct solutions of multibump type. Although our main purpose is to survey certain homological methods in critical point theory, we also include some new results. Dedicated to Felix Browder on the occasion of his 80th birthday     

On some variational properties of metric spaces

We use the basic formulation of Ekeland’s variational principle to establish characterizations of complete path metric spaces which, being described in terms of the strong slope, are called coherent as in [3]. We also provide some basic nonlinear error bound and metric regularity results, in the context of coherent spaces.     

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     

Multiplicity one theorem for ({\rm GL}_{n+1}({\mathbb{R}}), {\rm GL} _ {n} ({ \mathbb{R}}))

Let F be either or . Consider the standard embedding and the action of GL_n(F) on GL_n+1(F) by conjugation. We show that any GL_n(F)-invariant distribution on GL_n+1(F) is invariant with respect to transposition. We prove that this implies that for any irreducible admissible smooth Fréchet representations π of GL_n+1(F) and of GL_n(F),

A measurable-group-theoretic solution to von Neumann’s problem

We give a positive answer, in the measurable-group-theory context, to von Neumann’s problem of knowing whether a non-amenable countable discrete group contains a non-cyclic free subgroup. We also get an embedding result of the free-group von Neumann factor into restricted wreath product factors. D. Gaboriau’s research was supported by CNRS. R. Lyons’ research was supported partially by NSF grant DMS-0705518 and Microsoft Research.     

An Extension of the Admissibility-Type Conditions for the Exponential Dichotomy of C 0-Semigroups

In the present paper we obtain a sufficient condition for the exponential dichotomy of a strongly continuous, one-parameter semigroup , in terms of the admissibility of the pair . It is already known the equivalence between the -admissibility condition and and the hyperbolicity of a C ₀-semigroup , when we assume a priori that the kernel of the dichotomic projector (denoted here by X ₂) is T(t)-invariant and is an invertible operator. We succeed to prove in this paper that the admissibility of the pair still implies the existence of an exponential dichotomy for a C ₀-semigroup even in the general case where the kernel of the dichotomic projector, X ₂, is not assumed to be T(t)-invariant.