LCM-splitting sets in some ring extensions

Let be a saturated multiplicative set of an integral domain . Call an lcm splitting set if and are principal ideals for every and . We show that if is an -stable overring of (that is, if whenever and is principal, it follows that and if is an lcm splitting set of , then the saturation of in is an lcm splitting set in . Consequently, if is Noetherian and is a (nonzero) prime element, then is also a prime element of the integral closure of . Also, if is Noetherian, is generated by prime elements of and if the integral closure of is a UFD, then so is the integral closure of .

     

Simple algebras of Weyl type, II

Over a field of any characteristic, for a commutative associative algebra , and for a commutative subalgebra of , the vector space which consists of polynomials of elements in with coefficients in and which is regarded as operators on forms naturally an associative algebra. It is proved that, as an associative algebra, is simple if and only if is -simple. Suppose is -simple. Then, (a) is a free left -module; (b) as a Lie algebra, the subquotient is simple (except for one case), where is the center of . The structure of this subquotient is explicitly described. This extends the results obtained by Su and Zhao.

     

Open subgroups and the centre problem for the Fourier algebra

Let be the Fourier algebra of a locally compact group and the -algebra of uniformly continuous linear functionals on . We study how the centre problem for the algebra (resp. ) is related to the centre problem for the algebras (resp. ) of -compact open subgroups of . We extend some results of Lau-Losert on the centres of and .

     

Automatic continuity of -derivations on -algebras

Let be a -algebra acting on a Hilbert space , let be a linear mapping and let be a -derivation. Generalizing the celebrated theorem of Sakai, we prove that if is a continuous -mapping, then is automatically continuous. In addition, we show the converse is true in the sense that if is a continuous --derivation, then there exists a continuous linear mapping such that is a --derivation. The continuity of the so-called - -derivations is also discussed.

     

Equivalence of domains with isomorphic semigroups of endomorphisms

For two bounded domains in whose semigroups of analytic endomorphisms are isomorphic with an isomorphism , Eremenko proved in 1993 that there exists a conformal or anticonformal map such that for all .

In the present paper we prove an analogue of this result for the case of bounded domains in .

     

Single elements and module isomorphisms of some operator algebra modules

In this paper, we first introduce the concept of single elements in a module. A systematic study of single elements in the Alg-module is initiated, where is a completely distributive subspace lattice on a Hilbert space . Furthermore, as an application of single elements, we study module isomorphisms between norm closed Alg-modules, where is a nest, and obtain the following result: Suppose that are norm closed Alg-modules and that is a module isomorphism. Then and there exists a non-zero complex number such that .

     

A global pinching theorem for surfaces with constant mean curvature in

Let be a compact immersed surface in the unit sphere with constant mean curvature . Denote by the linear map from into , , where is the linear map associated to the second fundamental form and is the identity map. Let denote the square of the length of . We prove that if , then is either totally umbilical or an -torus, where is a constant depending only on the mean curvature .

     

An automatic adjoint theorem and its applications

In this paper, we prove the following automatic adjoint theorem: For any sequence spaces and , if has the signed-weak gliding hump property and is an infinite matrix which transforms into , then the transpose matrix of transforms into , and for any and , . That is, the adjoint operator of automatically exists and is just the transpose matrix of . From the theorem we obtain a class of infinite matrix topological algebras , and prove also a -multiplier convergence theorem of Orlicz-Pettis type. The theorem improves substantially the famous Stiles' Orlicz-Pettis theorem.

     

Radicals and Plotkin's problem concerning geometrically equivalent groups

If and are groups and is a normal subgroup of , then the -closure of in is the normal subgroup of . In particular, is the -radical of . Plotkin calls two groups and geometrically equivalent, written , if for any free group of finite rank and any normal subgroup of the -closure and the -closure of in are the same. Quasi-identities are formulas of the form for any words in a free group. Generally geometrically equivalent groups satisfy the same quasi-identities. Plotkin showed that nilpotent groups and satisfy the same quasi-identities if and only if and are geometrically equivalent. Hence he conjectured that this might hold for any pair of groups. We provide a counterexample.

     

Relaxation and convexity of functionals with pointwise nonlocality

It is shown that the relaxation of the integral functional involving argument deviations

in weak topology of a Lebesgue space (where and are standard measure spaces, the latter with nonatomic measure), coincides with its convexification whenever the matrix of measurable functions : satisfies the special condition, called unifiability, which can be regarded as collective nonergodicity or commensurability property, and is automatically satisfied only if . If, however, either 1$"> or 1$">, then it is shown that as opposed to the classical case without argument deviations, for nonunifiable function matrix one can always construct an integrand so that the functional itself is already weakly lower semicontinuous but not convex.

     

Sufficient conditions for a linear functional to be multiplicative

A commutative Banach algebra is said to have the property if the following holds: Let be a closed subspace of finite codimension such that, for every , the Gelfand transform has at least distinct zeros in , the maximal ideal space of . Then there exists a subset of of cardinality such that vanishes on , the set of common zeros of . In this paper we show that if is compact and nowhere dense, then , the uniform closure of the space of rational functions with poles off , has the property for all . We also investigate the property for the algebra of real continuous functions on a compact Hausdorff space.

     

Signed sums of polynomial values

We give a generalization of Bleicher's result on signed sums of th powers. Let be an integral-valued polynomial of degree satisfying the necessary condition that there exists no integer 1$"> dividing the values for all integers . Then, for every positive integer and every integer , there are infinitely many integers and choices of such that

     

Index of B-Fredholm operators and generalization of a Weyl theorem

The aim of this paper is to show that if and are commuting B-Fredholm operators acting on a Banach space , then is a B-Fredholm operator and , where means the index. Moreover if is a B-Fredholm operator and is a finite rank operator, then is a B-Fredholm operator and We also show that if is isolated in the spectrum of , then is a B-Fredholm operator of index if and only if is Drazin invertible. In the case of a normal bounded linear operator acting on a Hilbert space , we obtain a generalization of a classical Weyl theorem.     

-Weyl's theorem for operator matrices

If is a upper triangular matrix on the Hilbert space , then -Weyl's theorem for and need not imply -Weyl's theorem for , even when . In this note we explore how -Weyl's theorem and -Browder's theorem survive for operator matrices on the Hilbert space.

     

-boundedness for the Hilbert transform and maximal operator along a class of nonconvex curves

Some sufficient conditions on a real polynomial and a convex function are given in order for the Hilbert transform and maximal operator along to be bounded on , for all in , with bounds independent of the coefficients of . The same conclusion is shown to hold for the corresponding hypersurface in under weaker hypotheses on .

     

Nonabelian free subgroups in homomorphic images of valued quaternion division algebras

Given a quaternion division algebra a noncentral element is called pure if its square belongs to the center. A theorem of Rowen and Segev (2004) asserts that for any quaternion division algebra of positive characteristic and any pure element the quotient of by the normal subgroup generated by is abelian-by-nilpotent-by-abelian. In this note we construct a quaternion division algebra of characteristic zero containing a pure element such that contains a nonabelian free group. This demonstrates that the situation in characteristic zero is very different.

     

Entropy for automorphisms of free groups

Let be the automorphism of the free group which is arising from a permutation of the free generators of The naturally induces the automorphism of the reduced -algebra and also the automorphism of the group factor We show that the Brown-Germain entropy is zero. This implies that the Brown-Voiculescu topological entropy the Connes-Narnhofer-Thirring dynamical entropy and the Connes-Størmer entropy are all zero.

     

Metric entropy of convex hulls in type spaces--The critical case

Given a precompact subset of a type Banach space , where , we prove that for every and all

holds, where is the absolutely convex hull of and denotes the dyadic entropy number. With this inequality we show in particular that for given and with for all the inequality holds true for all . We also prove that this estimate is asymptotically optimal whenever has no better type than . For this answers a question raised by Carl, Kyrezi, and Pajor which has been solved up to now only for the Hilbert space case by F. Gao.

     

The Hopf conjecture for manifolds with low cohomogeneity or high symmetry rank

We prove that the Euler characteristic of an even-dimensional compact manifold with positive (nonnegative) sectional curvature is positive (nonnegative) provided that the manifold admits an isometric action of a compact Lie group with principal isotropy group and cohomogeneity such that . Moreover, we prove that the Euler characteristic of a compact Riemannian manifold or with positive sectional curvature is positive if admits an effective isometric action of a torus , i.e., if the symmetry rank of is .

     

Local dual spaces of Banach spaces of vector-valued functions

We show that is a local dual of , and is a local dual of , where is a Banach space. A local dual space of a Banach space is a subspace of so that we have a local representation of in satisfying the properties of the representation of in provided by the principle of local reflexivity.