On nonlinear gauge theories

In this note, we study non-linear gauge theories for principal bundles, where the structure group is replaced by a Lie groupoid. We follow the approach of Moerdijk–Mr?un and establish its relation with the existing physics literature. In particular, we derive a new formula for the gauge transformation which closely resembles and generalizes the classical formulas found in Yang Mills gauge theories.     

An Expansion Formula for q-Series and Applications

In this paper the author proves a q-expansion formula which utilizes the Leibniz formula for the q-differential operator. This expansion leads to new proofs of the Rogers–Fine identity, the nonterminating ₆₅ summation formula, and Watson's q-analog of Whipple's theorem. Andrews' identities for sums of three squares and sums of three triangular numbers are also derived. Other identities of Andrews and new identities for Hecke type series are also discussed.     

Théorie de Kasparov équivariante et groupo?des I

Let be a locally compact topological groupoid, A and B two C*-algebras endowed with a continuous action of . We define an operator K-theory group K K (A,B). We describe two basic properties of this theory: the existence of a Kasparov product and functoriality with respect to groupoid cocycles.     

Cyclic Cohomology of étale Groupoids: The General Case

We give a general method for computing the cyclic cohomology of crossed products by étale groupoids, extending the Feigin–Tsygan–Nistor spectral sequences. In particular we extend the computations performed by Brylinski, Burghelea, Connes, Feigin, Karoubi, Nistor, and Tsygan for the convolution algebra C _c (G) of an étale groupoid, removing the Hausdorffness condition and including the computation of hyperbolic components. Examples like group actions on manifolds and foliations are considered.     

Spherical functions on harmonic extensions ofH-type groups

We consider the harmonic extension AN of an H-type group N with Lie algebra n = v + z, and [v, v] = z. We characterize the positive definite spherical functions on AN.     

Free products of kω-topological groups with normal amalgamation

It is shown in this paper that if A is a closed normal subgroup of k_ω-topological groups G and H, then the free product of G and H with A amalgamated, G1_AH, exists, is Hausdorff and indeed a k_ω-group.     

On the connectedness of self-affine attractors

Let T = T(A, D) be a self-affine attractor in defined by an integral expanding matrix A and a digit set D. In the first part of this paper, in connection with canonical number systems, we study connectedness of T when D corresponds to the set of consecutive integers . It is shown that in and , for any integral expanding matrix A, T(A, D) is connected. In the second part, we study connectedness of Pisot dual tiles, which play an important role in the study of -expansions, substitutions and symbolic dynamical systems. It is shown that each tile of the dual tiling generated by a Pisot unit of degree 3 is arcwise connected. This is naturally expected since the digit set consists of consecutive integers as above. However surprisingly, we found families of disconnected Pisot dual tiles of degree 4. We even give a simple necessary and sufficient condition of connectedness of the Pisot dual tiles of degree 4. Detailed proofs will be given in [4]. Received: 2 March 2003     

The bitangential inverse spectral problem for canonical systems

The theory of the direct and bitangential inverse input impedance problem is used to solve the direct and bitangential inverse spectral problem. The analysis of the direct spectral problem uses and extends a number of results that appear in the literature. Special attention is paid to the class of canonical integral systems with matrizants that are strongly regular J-inner matrix valued functions in the sense introduced in [7]. The bitangential inverse spectral problem is solved in this class. In our considerations, the data for this inverse problem is a given nondecreasing p×p matrix valued function σ(μ) on and a normalized monotonic continuous chain of pairs , of entire inner p×p matrix valued functions. Each such chain defines a class of canonical integral systems in which we find a solution of the inverse problem for the given spectral function σ(μ). A detailed comparison of our investigations of inverse problems with those of Sakhnovich is presented.