Extremally disconnected spaces, subspaces and retracts

A characterization of compact subspaces of extremally disconnected spaces is given which is similar to Gleason's characterization that the extremally disconnected spaces are projective for the class of compact spaces. An equivalence is established between the questions of whether every basically disconnected space is embeddable into an extremally disconnected space and the Borel lifting problems for the category algebras of generalized Cantor cubes. We study an inductive method of strengthening the product topology on the Cantor cubes to extremally disconnected topologies and use this to establish, from CH, that every compact F-space of weight c⁺ embeds into an extremally disconnected space.     

Proof of the Mixing Theorem for Statistical Systems in Classical Physics

In a general measure-theoretic context, it is proved that the action of a stochastic map on a pair of probability distributions can be characterized by the criterion of decreasing mixing distance.     

The measure of a translated ball in uniformly convex spaces

Let (E, ¦·¦) be a uniformly convex Banach space with the modulus of uniform convexity of power type. Let be the convolution of the distribution of a random series inE with independent one-dimensional components and an arbitrary probability measure onE. Under some assumptions about the components and the smoothness of the norm we show that there exists a constant such that |{·<t}–{·+r<t}|r ^q , whereq depends on the properties of the norm. We specify it in the case ofL spaces, >1.     

Calculus I: The first derivative of pseudoisotopy theory

Let P be the (stable, smooth) pseudoisotopy space of the space X. For any map Y: YX of spaces, we identify the homotopy type of the fiber of P(f): P(f) P(f) in a stable range, roughly twice the connectivity of the map YX. We establish some language for discussing and manipulating such stable-range relative calculations for any homotopy functor. The theorem about P has a corollary about Waldhausen's A. Dedicated to Alexander GrothendieckResearch supported in part by NSF grant DMS-8806444 and by a Sloan Fellowship. Research at MSRI supported in part by NSF grant DMS-8505550.     

Optimality for set functions with values in ordered vector spaces

Let (X, , ) be a finite atomless measure space,L a convex subfamily of , andY andZ locally convex Hausdorff topological vector spaces which are ordered by the conesC andD, respectively. LetF:LY beC-convex andG:LZ beD-convex set functions. Consider the following optimization problem (P): minimizeF(), subject to L andG() _D . The paper generalizes the Moreau-Rockafellar theorem with set functions. By applying this theorem, a Kuhn-Tucker type optimality condition and a Fritz John type optimality condition for problem (P) are established. The duality theorem for problem (P) is also studied.This work was partially supported by National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan. This paper was written while the first author was visiting at the University of Iowa, 1987-88.The authors would like to express their gratitude to the two anonymous referees for their valuable comments. Also, they would like to thank Professor P. L. Yu for his encouragement and suggestions which improved the material presented here considerably.     

Some Estimates for $θ$-Type Calderόn–Zygmund Operators and Linear Commutators on Certain Weighted Amalgam Spaces

In this paper, we first introduce some new kinds of weighted amalgam spaces. Then we discuss the strong type and weak type estimates for a class of Calderόn–Zygmund type operators $T_θ$ in these new weighted spaces. Furthermore, the strong type estimate and endpoint estimate of linear commutators $[b, T_θ]$ formed by $b$ and $T_θ$ are established. Also we study related problems about two-weight, weak type inequalities for $T_θ$ and $[b, T_θ]$ in the weighted amalgam spaces and give some results.     

Besov spaces and the multifractal hypothesis

Parisi and Frisch proposed some time ago an explanation for multiscaling of turbulent velocity structure functions in terms of a multifractal hypothesis, i.e., they conjecture that the velocity field has local Hölder exponents in a range [h _min,h _max], with exponents <h occurring on a setS(h) with a fractal dimensionD(h). Heuristic reasoning led them to an expression for the scaling exponentz _p ofpth order as the Legendre transform of the codimensiond-D(h). We show here that a part of the multifractal hypothesis is correct under even weaker assumptions: namely, if the velocity field hasL ^p -mean Hölder indexs, i.e., if it lies in the Besov spaceB _p ^s, , then local Hölder regularity is satisfied. Ifs<d/p, then the hypothesis is true in a generalized sense of Hölder space with negative exponents and we discuss the proper definition of local Hölder classes of negative index. Finally, if a certain box-counting dimension exists, then the Legendre transform of its codimension gives the scaling exponentz _p , and, more generally, the maximal Besov index of order,p, ass _p =z _p /p. Our method of proof is derived from a recent paper of S. Jaffard using compactly-supported, orthonormal wavelet bases and gives an extension of his results. We discuss implications of the theorems for ensemble-average scaling and fluid turbulence.     

Weakly compactly generated Banach spaces and the strong law of large numbers

IfB is a weakly compactly generated Banach space andf: (S,S, ) satisfies the strong law of large numbers, thenf=f ₁+f ₂, wheref ₁ is Bochner -integrable andf ₂ is Pettis -integrable with Pettis norm 0. The decomposition is unique.     

Cramér theorem on symmetric spaces of noncompact type

We prove the Cramér theorem forK-invariant Gaussian measures on irreducible symmetric spacesX=G/K withG semisimple noncompact. To do this we use a kind of Abel transform ofK-invariant measures onX.This research is supported by KBN Grant.