On Weyl structures

We characterize the relation between the geometrical properties of Weyl manifolds and the algebraic properties of the Weyl algebras (§1) and the deformation algebras associated to two conformal Weyl connections (§2). The last section is devoted to the study of the Weyl-Lyra algebras associated to a conformal Weyl connection and a conformal semisymmetric connection.     

$BMO, H^1$, and Calderón-Zygmund operators for non doubling measures

Given a Radon measure on , which may be non doubling, we introduce a space of type BMO with respect to this measure. It is shown that many properties which hold for the classical space when is a doubling measure remain valid for the space of type BMO introduced in this paper, without assuming doubling. For instance, Calderón-Zygmund operators which are bounded on are also bounded from into the new BMO space. Moreover, this space also satisfies a John-Nirenberg inequality, and its predual is an atomic space . Using a sharp maximal operator it is shown that operators which are bounded from into the new BMO space and from its predual into must be bounded on , . From this result one can obtain a new proof of the T(1) theorem for the Cauchy transform for non doubling measures. Finally, it is proved that commutators of Calderón-Zygmund operators bounded on with functions of the new BMO are bounded on . Received February 18, 2000 / Published online October 11, 2000     

Uniform Asymptotic Expansions of Symmetric Elliptic Integrals

Symmetric standard elliptic integrals are considered when two or more parameters are larger than the others. The distributional approach is used to derive seven expansions of these integrals in inverse powers of the asymptotic parameters. Some of these expansions also involve logarithmic terms in the asymptotic variables. These expansions are uniformly convergent when the asymptotic parameters are greater than the remaining ones. The coefficients of six of these expansions involve hypergeometric functions with less parameters than the original integrals. The coefficients of the seventh expansion again involve elliptic integrals, but with less parameters than the original integrals. The convergence speed of any of these expansions increases for an increasing difference between the asymptotic variables and the remaining ones. All the expansions are accompanied by an error bound at any order of the approximation. January 31, 2000. Date revised: May 18, 2000. Date accepted: August 4, 2000.     

Little Grothendieck`s theorem for real JB*-triples

We prove that given a real JB*-triple E, and a real Hilbert space H, then the set of those bounded linear operators T from E to H, such that there exists a norm one functional and corresponding pre-Hilbertian semi-norm on E such that for all , is norm dense in the set of all bounded linear operators from E to H. As a tool for the above result, we show that if A is a JB-algebra and is a bounded linear operator then there exists a state such that for all . Received June 28, 1999; in final form January 28, 2000 / Published online March 12, 2001     

A version of the Jensen–Johnsbråten coding at arbitrary level n≥ 3

We generalize, on higher projective levels, a construction of “incompatible” generic Δ¹ ₃ real singletons given by Jensen and Johnsbr?ten. Received: 3 November 1998 / Revised version: 23 April 2000 / Published online: 3 October 2001     

Asymptotic behaviour and the moduli space of doubly-periodic instantons

We study doubly-periodic instantons, i.e. instantons on the product of a 1-dimensional complex torus T with a complex line ℂ, with quadratic curvature decay. We determine the asymptotic behaviour of these instantons, constructing new asymptotic invariants. We show that the underlying holomorphic bundle extends to T×ℙ¹. The converse statement is also true, namely a holomorphic bundle on T×ℙ¹ which is flat on the torus at infinity, and satisfies a stability condition, comes from a doubly-periodic instanton. Finally, we study the hyperk?hler geometry of the moduli space of doubly-periodic instantons, and prove that the Nahm transform previously defined by the second author is a hyperk?hler isometry with the moduli space of certain meromorphic Higgs bundles on the dual torus. Received June 8, 2000 / final version received February 1, 2001?Published online April 3, 2001     

Some Periodic and Non-Periodic Recursions

 It is well known that the recurrence relations

Local solvability of partial differential operators on the Heisenberg group

In this article the following class of partial differential operators is examined for local solvability: Let P(X, Y) be a homogeneous polynomial of degree n ≥ 2 in the non-commuting variables X and Y. Suppose that the complex polynomial P(iz, 1) has distinct roots and that P(z, 0) = zⁿ. The operators which we investigate are of the form P(X, Y) where X = δ_x and Y = δ_y + xδ_w for variables (x, y, w) ∈ ?³. We find that the operators P (X, Y) are locally solvable if and only if the kernels of the ordinary differential operators P(iδ_x, ± x)* contain no Schwartz-class functions other than the zero function. The proof of this theorem involves the construction of a parametrix along with invariance properties of Heisenberg group operators and the application of Sobolev-space inequalities by Hörmander as necessary conditions for local solvability.     

Rank reduction, factorization and conjugation

We investigate the rank reduction procedure, related factorizations and conjugation algorithms. An exact characterization of the full rank factorization produced by the rank reduction algorithm is given. This result is then used to derive matrix decompositions and conjugation procedures.     

Zero-term rank preservers

We obtain characterizations of those linear operators that preserve zero-term rank on the m×n matrices over antinegative semirings. That is, a linear operator T preserves zero-term rank if and only if it has the form T(X)=P(B∘X)Q, where P, Q are permutation matrices and B∘X is the Schur product with B whose entries are all nonzero and not zero-divisors.