Elementary Classes of Groups

Let be a class of groups. The elementary class with base is defined as the minimal class of groups containing and closed with respect to taking subgroups, quotient groups, group extensions, and direct limits. Properties of such classes are studied. Some applications to the theory of elementary amenable groups and a relation to the Kurosh--Chernikov classes of generalized solvable groups are considered.     

Stability and other limit laws for exit times of random walks from a strip or a halfplane

We show that the passage time, T^*(r), of a random walk S_n above a horizontal boundary at r (r≥0) is stable (in probability) in the sense that as r→∞ for a deterministic function C(r)>0, if and only if the random walk is relatively stable in the sense that as n→∞ for a deterministic sequence B_n>0. The stability of a passage time is an important ingredient in some proofs in sequential analysis, where it arises during applications of Anscombe's Theorem. We also prove a counterpart for the almost sure stability of T^*(r), which we show is equivalent to E|X|<∞, EX>0. Similarly, counterparts for the exit of the random walk from the strip {|y|≤r} are proved. The conditions arefurther related to the relative stability of the maximal sum and the maximum modulus of the sums. Another result shows that the exit position of the random walk outside the boundaries at ±r drifts to ∞ as r→∞ if and only if the random walk drifts to ∞.     

Complete Positivity of Elementary Operators on C^＊—algebras

1.IntroductionandPreliminariesInthispaper,AdenotesaC'-algebra.AnelementaryoperatoronAisamappingoftheformE:x-Zaixbi,whereaiandbiarefixedelementsofA.AnidempotenteinAiscalledi-lminimal,ifeAe=Ce.ThesocleofA,soc(A)isdefinedtobethetwo-sidedidealgeneratedbyallminimalidempotentsinAoroiftherearenone.AissaidtObeprimeifxAy=Oimpliesx=oory=oforallx,yinA.Aiscalledprimitiveifithasafaithfulirreduciblerepresenta-tion.LetAandBbeC'-algebras,alinearmap@:A-Biscalledpositiveifdi(a)ispositiveforallPositiv…     

Riemann problem for kinematical conservation laws and geometrical features of nonlinear wavefronts

A pair of kinematical conservation laws (KCL) in a ray coordinatesystem (,t) are the basic equations governing the evolutionof a moving curve in two space dimensions. We first study elementarywave solutions and then the Riemann problem for KCL when themetric g, associated with the coordinate designating differentrays, is an arbitrary function of the velocity of propagationm of the moving curve. We assume that m>1 (m is appropriatelynormalized), for which the system of KCL becomes hyperbolic.We interpret the images of the elementary wave solutions inthe (,t)-plane to the (x,y)-plane as elementary shapes of themoving curve (or a nonlinear wavefront when interpreted in aphysical system) and then describe their geometrical properties.Solutions of the Riemann problem with different initial datagive the shapes of the nonlinear wavefront with different combinationsof elementary shapes. Finally, we study all possible interactionsof elementary shapes.     

Convergence Acceleration of Some Continued Fractions

The tails of a continued fraction satisfy a bilinear recurrent equation. Transforming iteratively these tails (in a special manner) as well as these equations one may obtain finally, for a given fraction, a new, so-called diagonal continued fraction (DF) having the same value. For many important classes of continued fractions the DF has a calculable analytical form and converges qualitatively faster. Using the same method one may transform some hypergeometrical series directly into fast convergent DFs.     

Ultrasonic Broadband Spectrometry of Liquids A Research Tool in Pure and Applied Chemistry and Chemical Physics

This review is a survey of the many scientific applications of ultrasonic broadbandspectrometry (absorption and velocity measurements with coherent sound waves)in liquids and liquid systems, covering, at present, a frequency range from nearly10 kHz to 10 GHz. Ultrasonic spectrometry has proved to be an almost universalresearch tool in many laboratories, one that is useful for investigation of variouschemical, biochemical, and physicochemical systems. Sound waves traversingliquids induce periodic perturbations in pressure and temperature, which can shiftequilibria, resulting in characteristic sound absorption and velocity dispersionspectra. An analysis of such spectra yields valuable information about thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of the particular system that is often difficult toobtain by other methods. Since such periodic perturbations imposed on the systemare incremental in nearly all cases, the system can be studied under equilibriumconditions. All nonlinear effects (heating, nonconstant fluid compressibility, andothers) are negligible, permitting, for instance, the application of linearized rateequations. In this review, various examples of measured broadband spectra arepresented. Related elementary processes are discussed. Among these are ionicand molecular reactions, including mechanisms of association and complexation,proton transfer, solvation, isomerization, interconversion, side-group rotation,hydrogen-bonding, as well as stacking processes and micelle formation. Specialattention will be given to the extensive research on chemical relaxation.Fundamental early and recent publications are cited and discussed. Many referencesare included with particular emphasis on less well known research and publicationsfrom countries of the former USSR. This review aims at a demonstration of thewidespread applications of modern ultrasonic techniques in many fields ofliquid-state research.     

On Unimodular Rows over Polynomial Rings

Let A be a commutative ring and n 3 a positive integer. In this paper, we consider unimodular rows (f₁(x),..., f_n(x)) over A[x]. We prove that, if the row of the leading coefficients of f_i(x) is unimodular over A and a A, then there exists E_n(A[x]) such that (f₁(x),...,f_n(x)) = (f₁(a),...,f_n(a)). Also, if A is a Noetherian ring with finite Krull dimension and the row of leading coefficients satisfies the same condition, then we give a bound for the length of in terms of elementary transvections.Partially supported by INTAS 93–436EXT and DFG–RFBR grant No. 96–01–00092G.2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 19A13, 19B14, 13C10, 13B25, 13F20     

Orthogonality of the range and the kernel of some elementary operators

We prove the orthogonality of the range and the kernel of an important class of elementary operators with respect to the unitarily invariant norms associated with norm ideals of operators. This class consists of those mappings , , where is the algebra of all bounded Hilbert space operators, and , , , are normal operators, such that , and . Also we establish that this class is, in a certain sense, the widest class for which such an orthogonality result is valid. Some other related results are also given.

     

Creation evidence of the second non-dispersive Zakharenko wave by helium atomic beams in superfluid helium-II at low temperatures

In this work, the experimental results of the creation of the second non-dispersive Zakharenko wave (C _ph = C _g ≠ 0) in the negative roton branch (the so-called second sound) of the bulk elementary excitations (BEEs) energy spectra are introduced. Several BEE signals detected by a bolometer situated in the isotopically pure liquid helium-II at low temperatures ∼100 mK are shown, which give evidence of negative roton creation in the liquid by helium atomic beams striking the liquid surface. The negative roton signals were clearly distinguished by the following ways: the negative roton signal created by helium atomic beams appeared earlier than the positive roton signal created by the beams, and presence of both positive and negative roton signals together. It is natural that the negative roton creation by the beams requires the ⁴He-atom energies ∼12 K, while the positive roton creation by the atomic beams requires energies ∼35 K. Therefore, successive increase in the heater power resulting in an increase in the ⁴He-atom energies gives solid evidence that the negative rotons are first created in the liquid by the helium atomic beams.