Path bundles on n-cubes

A path bundle is a set of 2^a paths in an n-cube, denoted Q_n, such that every path has the same length, the paths partition the vertices of Q_n, the endpoints of the paths induce two subcubes of Q_n, and the endpoints of each path are complements. This paper shows that a path bundle exists if and only if n>0 is odd and 0?a?n-⌈log₂(n+1)⌉.     

Characterizations of postman sets

Using results by McKee and Woodall on binary matroids, we show that the set of postman sets has odd cardinality, generalizing a result by Toida on the cardinality of cycles in Eulerian graphs. We study the relationship between T-joins and blocks of the underlying graph, obtaining a decomposition of postman sets in terms of blocks. We conclude by giving several characterizations of T-joins which are postman sets.     

Critically prime interval orders

We prove that a prime interval order, not necessarily finite, has no prime upper cover if and only if it has width two. On the other hand, we prove that every finite prime N-free order has at least one prime upper cover.     

Kato's square root problem in Banach spaces

Let L be an elliptic differential operator with bounded measurable coefficients, acting in Bochner spaces Lp(Rn;X) of X -valued functions on Rn. We characterize Kato's square root estimates and the H^∞-functional calculus of L in terms of R-boundedness properties of the resolvent of L, when X is a Banach function lattice with the UMD property, or a noncommutative Lp space. To do so, we develop various vector-valued analogues of classical objects in Harmonic Analysis, including a maximal function for Bochner spaces. In the special case X=C, we get a new approach to the Lp theory of square roots of elliptic operators, as well as an Lp version of Carleson's inequality.     

The resolvent algebra: A new approach to canonical quantum systems

The standard C^∗-algebraic version of the algebra of canonical commutation relations, the Weyl algebra, frequently causes difficulties in applications since it neither admits the formulation of physically interesting dynamical laws nor does it incorporate pertinent physical observables such as (bounded functions of) the Hamiltonian. Here a novel C^∗-algebra of the canonical commutation relations is presented which does not suffer from such problems. It is based on the resolvents of the canonical operators and their algebraic relations. The resulting C^∗-algebra, the resolvent algebra, is shown to have many desirable analytic properties and the regularity structure of its representations is surprisingly simple. Moreover, the resolvent algebra is a convenient framework for applications to interacting and to constrained quantum systems, as we demonstrate by several examples.     

Maximal ergodic theorems for some group actions

We prove maximal ergodic inequalities for a sequence of operators and for their averages in the noncommutative Lp-space. We also obtain the corresponding individual ergodic theorems. Applying these results to actions of a free group on a von Neumann algebra, we get noncommutative analogues of maximal ergodic inequalities and pointwise ergodic theorems of Nevo-Stein.     

Noncommutative maximal ergodic theorems for positive contractions

Let M be a von Neumann algebra equipped with a normal semifinite faithful trace τ. Let T be a positive linear contraction on M such that τ○T?τ and such that the numerical range of T as an operator on L₂(M) is contained in a Stoltz region with vertex 1. We show that Junge and Xu's noncommutative Stein maximal ergodic inequality holds for the powers of T on Lp(M), 1<p?∞. We apply this result to obtain the noncommutative analogue of a recent result of Cohen concerning the iterates of the product of a finite number of conditional expectations.     

Drop properties and approximative compactness in Orlicz-Bochner function spaces

The representation of dual spaces of EM(μ,X), owing to its extensive application, is given in this paper. Using the representation, we get the sufficient and necessary conditions of LM(μ,X) possessing drop property, and extend the result of Hudzik and Wang [H. Hudzik, B. Wang, Approximative compactness in Orlicz spaces, J. Approx. Theory 95 (1998) 82-89]. Simultaneously, under some conditions, the weak^∗ drop property in LM(μ,X^∗) and LM^∗(μ,X) is discussed.     

On the Cauchy-Rassias stability of a generalized additive functional equation

Let X and Y be Banach spaces and f:X→Y an odd mapping. We solve the following generalized additive functional equation

     

Numerical radius and zero pattern of matrices

Let A be an n×n complex matrix and r be the maximum size of its principal submatrices with no off-diagonal zero entries. Suppose A has zero main diagonal and x is a unit n-vector. Then, letting ‖A‖ be the Frobenius norm of A, we show that

|〈Ax,x〉^|2?(1−1/2r−1/2n)‖A^‖2.