Topological hochschild homology of extensions of ?/p? by polynomials, and of ?[x]/(xn) and ?[x]/(xn?1)

Topological Hochschild homology is calculated for the rings /p[x]/(f(x)) (where p is prime and f(x) /p[x] any polynomial), [x]/(x ⁿ) and [x]/(x ⁿ–1). A spectral sequence argument is used for calculating the homology of the topological Hochschild homology spectrum, from which its stable homotopy structure can be read off since the spectrum is known for a priori reasons to be a restricted product of Eilenberg-MacLane spectra.     

Singular systems of linear forms and non-escape of mass in the space of lattices

Singular systems of linear forms were introduced by Khintchine in the 1920s, and it was shown by Dani in the 1980s that they are in one-to-one correspondence with certain divergent orbits of one-parameter diagonal groups on the space of lattices. We give a (conjecturally sharp) upper bound on the Hausdorff dimension of the set of singular systems of linear forms (equivalently, the set of lattices with divergent trajectories) as well as the dimension of the set of lattices with trajectories “escaping on average” (a notion weaker than divergence). This extends work by Cheung, as well as by Chevallier and Cheung. Our method differs considerably from that of Cheung and Chevallier and is based on the technique of integral inequalities developed by Eskin, Margulis and Mozes.     

On the complemented subspaces problem

A Banach space is isomorphic to a Hilbert space provided every closed subspace is complemented. A conditionally σ-complete Banach lattice is isomorphic to anL _p -space (1≤p<∞) or toc ₀(Γ) if every closed sublattice is complemented.     

Lowering topological entropy

The main result we prove in this paper is that for any finite dimensional dynamical system (with topological entropyh), and for any factor with strictly lower entropyh′, there exists an intermediate factor of entropyh″ for everyh″∈[h′, h]. Two examples, one of them minimal, show that this is not the case for infinite dimensional systems.     

A predual ofl 1 which is not isomorphic to aC(K) space

We give an example of a Banach spaceX such that (i)X ^* is isometric tol ₁, (ii)X is isometric to a subspace ofC(ω^θ) and (iii)X is not isomorphic to a complemented subspace of anyC(K) space. This is a part of the first author’s Ph. D. Thesis prepared in the Hebrew University of erusalem under the supervision of the second author.     

Distribution of points on spheres and approximation by zonotopes

It is proved that if we approximate the Euclidean ballB ⁿ in the Hausdorff distance up toɛ by a Minkowski sum ofN segments, then the smallest possibleN is equal (up to a possible logarithmic factor) toc(n)ε ^{−2(n−1)/(n+2)}. A similar result is proved ifB ⁿ is replaced by a general zonoid inR ⁿ .     

A selection theorem

It is shown that under certain assumptions the existence of a continuous selection on every compact subset of a metric space implies the existence of a continuous selection on the whole space. An application of this result to a problem concerning the extension of compact operators is given. Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation, U.S.A. (NSF-GP-378).     

On orlicz sequence spaces III

It is proved that the set ofp's such thatl _p is isomorphic to a subspace of a given Orlicz spacel _Fforms an interval. Some examples and properties of minimal Orlicz sequence spaces are presented. It is proved that an Orlicz function space (different froml ₂) is not isomorphic to a subspace of an Orlicz sequence space. Finally it is shown (under a certain restriction) that if two Orlicz function spaces are isomorphic, then they are identical (i.e. consist of the same functions).