Self-adjunctions and matrices

It is shown that the multiplicative monoids of Temperley-Lieb algebras are isomorphic to monoids of endomorphisms in categories where an endofunctor is adjoint to itself. Such a self-adjunction is found in a category whose arrows are matrices, and the functor adjoint to itself is based on the Kronecker product of matrices. This self-adjunction underlies the orthogonal group case of Brauer's representation of the Brauer centralizer algebras.     

Singularités topologiques des systoles généralisées

We prove that a generalized systole defined by functions with positive definite Hessians is a topological Morse function such that critical points are eutactic points. We deduce that systole is a topological Morse function on Teichmüller space.     

Geometric formulas for Smale invariants of codimension two immersions

We give three formulas expressing the Smale invariant of an immersion f of a (4k−1)-sphere into (4k+1)-space. The terms of the formulas are geometric characteristics of any generic smooth map g of any oriented 4k-dimensional manifold, where g restricted to the boundary is an immersion regularly homotopic to f in (6k−1)-space.The formulas imply that if f and g are two non-regularly homotopic immersions of a (4k−1)-sphere into (4k+1)-space then they are also non-regularly homotopic as immersions into (6k−1)-space. Moreover, any generic homotopy in (6k−1)-space connecting f to g must have at least a_k(2k−1)! cusps, where a_k=2 if k is odd and a_k=1 if k is even.     

Growth of Betti numbers

We discuss growth rates of Betti numbers in a family of coverings of a compact cell complex X, when the corresponding L² Betti number of X is zero. We show that the Betti numbers are bounded by a function, sub-linear in the order of the covering. If the appropriate Novikov-Shubin invariant of X is positive, the rate bounds are improved. For well behaved families (such as congruence covers of symmetric spaces), if the L² spectrum of X? has a gap at zero then the growth rate is bounded by the order of the covering raised to a power less than one.     

Rank estimation in reduced-rank regression

Reduced rank regression assumes that the coefficient matrix in a multivariate regression model is not of full rank. The unknown rank is traditionally estimated under the assumption of normal responses. We derive an asymptotic test for the rank that only requires the response vector have finite second moments. The test is extended to the nonconstant covariance case. Linear combinations of the components of the predictor vector that are estimated to be significant for modelling the responses are obtained.     

Rates of convergence and optimal spectral bandwidth for long range dependence

Summary For a realization of lengthn from a covariance stationary discrete time process with spectral density which behaves like ^1–2H as 0+ for 1/2<H<1 (apart from a slowly varying factor which may be of unknown form), we consider a discrete average of the periodogram across the frequencies 2j/n,j=1,..., m, wherem andm/n0 asn. We study the rate of convergence of an analogue of the mean squared error of smooth spectral density estimates, and deduce an optimal choice ofm.     

Spaces from pieces IV

We are going to investigate simultaneous extensions of various topological structures (i.e. traces on several subsets at the same time are prescribed), also with separation axioms T₀, T₁, symmetry (in the sense of Part I, § 3), Riesz property, Lodato property. The following questions will be considered: (i) Under what conditions is there an extension? (ii) How can the finest extension be described? (iii) Is there a coarsest extension? (iv) Can we say more about extensions of two structures than in the general case? (v) Assume that certain subfamilies (e.g. the finite ones) can be extended; does the whole family have an extension, too? The general categorial results from Part I will be applied whenever possible (even they are not really needed).     

Relationship between tetrahedron shape measures

Tetrahedron shape measures are used for evaluating the quality of tetrahedra in finite element meshes. Three shape measures, theminimum solid angle _min theradius ratio , and themean ratio , are discussed in this paper. A new formula for the computation of a solid angle of tetrahedron is derived. For different shape measures andv (with values 1), we establish a relationship between andv of the form wherec ₀,c ₁,e ₀, ande ₁ are positive constants. This means that if one measure approaches zero for a poorly-shaped tetrahedron, so does the other. Combined with the property that each measure attains a maximum value only for the regular tetrahedron, this means that the shape measures are equivalent.This work was partially supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.     

Algebras of sets generating non-barrelled spaces

IfA is a -algebra on setX, thenl ₀ (X,A) is a barrelled space of class ₀. IfA is an algebra, there are conditions which imply thatl ₀ (X,A) is suprabarelled. Here, wheneverA is an algebra, we give conditions forl ₀ (X,A) to be not barrelled which are related with the existence of non-trivial convergent sequences.Supported in part by DGICYT, project PB91-0407 and by the Institució Valenciana d'Estudis i Investigació, project 023.