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The generalized Morse-Sard theorem Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Andrew McLennan
The Morse-Sard theorem gives conditions under which the set of critical values of a function between Euclidean spaces has Lebesgue measure zero. Over the years the result has been extended and strengthened in various ways. We present a result, along with a simple proof, that subsumes many of these generalizations. We also review methods of constructing examples showing that differentiability hypotheses
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A theorem of Joseph-Alfred Serret and its relation to perfect quantum state transfer Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Maxim Derevyagin; Anastasiia Minenkova; Nathan Sun
In this paper we recast the Serret theorem about a characterization of palindromic continued fractions in the context of polynomial continued fractions. Then, using the relation between symmetric tridiagonal matrices and polynomial continued fractions we give a quick exposition of the mathematical aspect of the perfect quantum state transfer problem.
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A modern look at algebras of operators on Lp-spaces Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-11-07 Eusebio Gardella
The study of operator algebras on Hilbert spaces, and C∗-algebras in particular, is one of the most active areas within Functional Analysis. A natural generalization of these is to replace Hilbert spaces (which are L2-spaces) with Lp-spaces, for p∈[1,∞). The study of such algebras of operators is notoriously more challenging, due to the very complicated geometry of Lp-spaces by comparison with Hilbert
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Geometric non-commutative geometry Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-11-07 Moulay-Tahar Benameur; James L. Heitsch
In a recent paper, the authors proved that no spin foliation on a compact enlargeable manifold with Hausdorff homotopy graph admits a metric of positive scalar curvature on its leaves. This result extends groundbreaking results of Lichnerowicz, Gromov and Lawson, and Connes on the non-existence of metrics of positive scalar curvature. In this paper we review in more detail the material needed for the
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Automorphisms of symmetric groups are toy examples for mapping class groups Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Alan McLeay
We give a new proof establishing the automorphism groups of the symmetric groups inspired by the analogous result of Ivanov for the extended mapping class group. As a key tool, we consider the actions on the Kneser graphs.
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Explicit Poincaré duality in the cohomology ring of the SU(2) character variety of a surface Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-10-23 Lisa Jeffrey; Aidan Lindberg; Steven Rayan
We provide an explicit description of the Poincaré duals of each generator of the rational cohomology ring of the SU(2) character variety for a genus g surface with central extension — equivalently, that of the moduli space of stable holomorphic bundles of rank 2 and odd degree.
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One complex variable from the several variables point of view Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Steven G. Krantz
We discuss basic properties of holomorphic functions of one complex variable from the point of view of the theory of several complex variables.
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The Einstein condition on nearly Kähler six-manifolds Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Giovanni Russo
We review basic facts on the structure of nearly Kähler manifolds, focussing in particular on the six-dimensional case. A self-contained proof that nearly Kähler six-manifolds are Einstein is given by combining different known results. We finally rephrase the definition of nearly Kähler six-manifold in terms of a pair of partial differential equations.
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Solitary subgroups of Abelian groups Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Grigore Călugăreanu; Andrey R. Chekhlov
Since solitary subgroups of (infinite) Abelian groups are precisely the strictly invariant subgroups which are co-Hopfian (as groups), and strictly invariant subgroups turn out to be strongly invariant for large classes of Abelian groups we determine the solitary subgroups for these classes of groups.
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Some generalizations of the functions τ and τe in algebraic number fields Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Nicuşor Minculete; Diana Savin
In this paper, we generalize the arithmetic functions τ and τe in algebraic number fields and we find some properties of these functions.
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A relatively short self-contained proof of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff theorem Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-06-23 Harald Hofstätter
We give a new purely algebraic proof of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff theorem, which states that the homogeneous components of the formal expansion of log(eAeB) are Lie polynomials. Our proof is based on a recurrence formula for these components and a lemma that states that if under certain conditions a commutator of a non-commuting variable and a given polynomial is a Lie polynomial, then the given
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von Neumann’s trace inequality for Hilbert–Schmidt operators Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-06-22 Marcus Carlsson
von Neumann’s inequality in matrix theory refers to the fact that the Frobenius scalar product of two matrices is less than or equal to the scalar product of the respective singular values. Moreover, equality can only happen if the two matrices share a joint set of singular vectors, and this latter part is hard to find in the literature. We extend these facts to the separable Hilbert space setting
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Strong independence and the dimension of a Tverberg set Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-06-18 Snigdha Bharati Choudhury; Satya Deo
In this expository paper, we discuss several types of independence of points in the Euclidean space Rd such as algebraic independence, strong independence, weak independence, and give a detailed geometric proof of their interrelationship. We also give yet another proof of Reay’s theorem determining the dimension of a Tverberg set.
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Classical dynamics, arrow of time, and genesis of the Heisenberg commutation relations Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 Detlev Buchholz, Klaus Fredenhagen
Based on the assumption that time evolves only in one direction and mechanical systems can be described by Lagrangeans, a dynamical C*-algebra is presented for non-relativistic particles at atomic scales. Without presupposing any quantization scheme, this algebra is inherently non-commutative and comprises a large set of dynamics. In contrast to other approaches, the generating elements of the algebra
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Reflection positivity and Levin–Wen models Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 Arthur Jaffe, Zhengwei Liu
We give a transparent algebraic formulation of our pictorial approach to the reflection positivity (RP), that we introduced in a previous paper. We apply this quantization to the 2+1 Levin–Wen model to obtain 1+1 anyonic/quantum spin chain theory on the boundary, possibly entangled in the bulk. The reflection positivity property has played a central role in both mathematics and physics, as well as
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A survey on algebraic and explicit non-algebraic limit cycles in planar differential systems Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Jaume Llibre; Xiang Zhang
In the qualitative theory of differential equations in the plane one of the most difficult objects to study is the existence of limit cycles. There are many papers dedicated to this subject. Here we will present a survey mainly dedicated to the algebraic and explicit non-algebraic limit cycles of the polynomial differential systems in R2 and of the discontinuous piecewise differential systems in R2
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Coefficients and higher order derivatives of cyclotomic polynomials: Old and new Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-03-16 Andrés Herrera-Poyatos; Pieter Moree
The nth cyclotomic polynomial Φn(x) is the minimal polynomial of an nth primitive root of unity. Its coefficients are the subject of intensive study and some formulas are known for them. Here we are interested in formulas which are valid for all natural numbers n. In these a host of famous number theoretical objects such as Bernoulli numbers, Stirling numbers of both kinds and Ramanujan sums make their
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On a spectral theorem of Weyl Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-03-14 Nigel Higson, Qijun Tan
We give a new proof of a theorem of Weyl on the continuous part of the spectrum of Sturm–Liouville operators on the half-line with asymptotically constant coefficients. Earlier arguments, due to Weyl and Kodaira, depended on particular features of Green’s functions for linear ordinary differential operators. We use a concept of asymptotic containment of C∗-algebra representations that has geometric
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Extinction times of an inhomogeneous Feller diffusion process: A PDE approach Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Florian Lavigne; Lionel Roques
We focus on the distribution of the extinction times of a population whose size N(t) follows a Feller diffusion process with inhomogeneous growth term r(t). Obtaining a precise description of the extinction times and of their dependence with respect to r(t) has important applications in adaptive biology, for understanding “evolutionary rescue” phenomena. A formula for the distribution of the extinction
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Quantum Spacetime, Quantum Geometry and Planck scales Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-02-14 Sergio Doplicher
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics and of Classical General Relativity indicate that Spacetime in the small (Planck scale) ought to be described by a noncommutative C* Algebra, implementing spacetime uncertainty relations. A model C* algebra of Quantum Spacetime and its Quantum Geometry is described. Interacting Quantum Field Theory on such a background is discussed, with open problems and recent
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Uniquely separable extensions Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Lars Kadison
The separability tensor element of a separable extension of noncommutative rings is an idempotent when viewed in the correct endomorphism ring; so one speaks of a separability idempotent, as one usually does for separable algebras. It is proven that this idempotent is full if and only if the H-depth is 1 (H-separable extension). Similarly, a split extension has a bimodule projection; this idempotent
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The emergence of time Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-02-07 Roberto Longo
Classically, one could imagine a completely static space, thus without time. As is known, this picture is unconceivable in quantum physics due to vacuum fluctuations. The fundamental difference between the two frameworks is that classical physics is commutative (simultaneous observables) while quantum physics is intrinsically noncommutative (Heisenberg uncertainty relations). In this sense, we may
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A hydrodynamic exercise in free probability: Setting up free Euler equations Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-02-06 Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
For the free probability analogue of Euclidean space endowed with the Gaussian measure we apply the approach of Arnold to derive Euler equations for a Lie algebra of non-commutative vector fields which preserve a certain trace. We extend the equations to vector fields satisfying non-commutative smoothness requirements. We introduce a cyclic vorticity and show that it satisfies vorticity equations and
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Cotangent bundles for “matrix algebras converge to the sphere” Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-02-06 Marc A. Rieffel
In the high-energy quantum-physics literature one finds statements such as “matrix algebras converge to the sphere”. Earlier I provided a general setting for understanding such statements, in which the matrix algebras are viewed as compact quantum metric spaces, and convergence is with respect to a quantum Gromov–Hausdorff-type distance. More recently I have dealt with corresponding statements in the
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A note on commutators in algebras of unbounded operators Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-02-06 Richard V. Kadison, Zhe Liu, Andreas Thom
We show that the identity is the sum of two commutators in the algebra of all operators affiliated with a von Neumann algebra of type II1, settling a question, in the negative, that had puzzled a number of us.
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Hutchinson without Blaschke: An alternative way to fractals Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-01-16 Mihály Bessenyei; Evelin Pénzes
The original approach of Hutchinson to fractals considers the defining equation as a fixed point problem, and then applies the Banach Contraction Principle. To do this, the Blaschke Completeness Theorem is essential. Avoiding Blaschke’s result, this note presents an alternative way to fractals via the Kuratowski noncompactness measure. Moreover, our technique extends the existence part of Hutchinson’s
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On extreme contractions between real Banach spaces Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-01-16 Debmalya Sain; Kallol Paul; Arpita Mal
We completely characterize extreme contractions between two-dimensional strictly convex and smooth real Banach spaces, perhaps for the very first time. In order to obtain the desired characterization, we introduce the notions of (weakly) compatible point pair (CPP) and μ-compatible point pair (μ-CPP) in the geometry of Banach spaces. As a concrete application of our abstract results, we describe all
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An extension of a q-deformed Heisenberg algebra and its Lie polynomials Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2020-01-15 Rafael Reno S. Cantuba; Mark Anthony C. Merciales
Let F be a field, and fix a q∈F. The q-deformed Heisenberg algebra H(q) is the unital associative algebra over F with generators A, B and a relation which asserts that AB−qBA is the multiplicative identity in H(q). We extend H(q) into an algebra R(q) defined by generators A, B and a relation which asserts that AB−qBA is central in R(q). We identify all elements of R(q) that are Lie polynomials in A
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A species approach to Rota’s twelvefold way Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 Anders Claesson
An introduction to Joyal’s theory of combinatorial species is given and through it an alternative view of Rota’s twelvefold way emerges.
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The automorphism group of the universal Coxeter group Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Olga Varghese
We study fixed point properties of the automorphism group of the universal Coxeter group Aut(Wn). In particular, we prove that whenever Aut(Wn) acts by isometries on complete d-dimensional CAT(0) space with d<⌊n2⌋, then it must fix a point. We also prove that Aut(Wn) does not have Kazhdan’s property (T). Further, strong restrictions are obtained on homomorphisms of Aut(Wn) to groups that do not contain
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Automorphism group actions in complex analysis Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Steven G. Krantz
In this paper we describe the subject of automorphism groups of domains in complex space. This has been an active area of research for fifty years or more, and continues to be dynamic and developing today. We discuss noncompact automorphism groups, the Bun Wong/Rosay theorem, the Greene/Krantz conjecture, semicontinuity of automorphism groups, the method of scaling, and other current topics. Contributions
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A note on crossed products Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Wojciech Chojnacki
We give an exposition of two fundamental results of the theory of crossed products. One of these states that every regular representation of a reduced crossed product is faithful whenever the underlying Hilbert space representation of the C∗-algebra that together with an automorphism group gives rise to the crossed product is faithful. The other result states that a full and a reduced crossed products
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All classifiable Kirchberg algebras are C∗-algebras of ample groupoids Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-07-17 Lisa Orloff Clark; James Fletcher; Astrid an Huef
In this note we show that every Kirchberg algebra in the UCT class is the C∗-algebra of a Hausdorff, ample, amenable and locally contracting groupoid. The non-unital case follows from Spielberg’s graph-based models for Kirchberg algebras. Our contribution is the unital case and our proof builds on Spielberg’s construction.
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Distances on the moduli space of complex projective structures Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-22 Gianluca Faraco
Let S be a closed and oriented surface of genus g at least 2. In this (mostly expository) article, the object of study is the space P(S) of marked isomorphism classes of projective structures on S. We show that P(S), endowed with the canonical complex structure, carries exotic hermitian structures that extend the classical ones on the Teichmüller space T(S) of S. We shall notice also that the Kobayashi
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Equidistribution of orbits of isometries on compact Riemannian manifolds Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-20 Adrián Gordillo-Merino, José Navarro
Let S be a finitely generated semigroup of isometries of a compact Riemannian manifold. We present a simple argument to prove that, if there exists a point x whose orbit Sx is dense, then the orbit of any point is equidistributed.
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Which domains have two-sided supporting unit spheres at every boundary point? Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-20 Marta Lewicka; Yuval Peres
We prove the quantitative equivalence of two important geometrical conditions, pertaining to the regularity of a domain Ω⊂RN. These are: (i) the uniform two-sided supporting sphere condition, and (ii) the Lipschitz continuity of the outward unit normal vector. In particular, the answer to the question posed in our title is: “Those domains whose unit normal is well defined and has Lipschitz constant
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Dickson’s Lemma, Higman’s Theorem and Beyond: A survey of some basic results in order theory Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-20 Erhard Aichinger; Florian Aichinger
We provide proofs for the fact that certain orders have no infinite descending chains and no infinite antichains.
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Categorical notions of fibration Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-14 Fosco Loregian; Emily Riehl
Fibrations over a category B, introduced to category theory by Grothendieck, encode pseudo-functors Bop⇝Cat, while the special case of discrete fibrations encodes presheaves Bop→Set. A two-sided discrete variation encodes functors Bop×A→Set, which are also known as profunctors from A to B. By work of Street, all of these fibration notions can be defined internally to an arbitrary 2-category or bicategory
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Differential structure associated to axiomatic Sobolev spaces Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-13 Nicola Gigli; Enrico Pasqualetto
The aim of this note is to explain in which sense an axiomatic Sobolev space over a general metric measure space (à la Gol’dshtein–Troyanov) induces – under suitable locality assumptions – a first-order differential structure.
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The Bateman–Horn conjecture: Heuristic, history, and applications Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-13 Soren Laing Aletheia-Zomlefer; Lenny Fukshansky; Stephan Ramon Garcia
The Bateman–Horn conjecture is a far-reaching statement about the distribution of the prime numbers. It implies many known results, such as the prime number theorem and the Green–Tao theorem, along with many famous conjectures, such the twin prime conjecture and Landau’s conjecture. We discuss the Bateman–Horn conjecture, its applications, and its origins.
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Some remarks on Birkhoff–James orthogonality of linear operators Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-11 Debmalya Sain, Arpita Mal, Kallol Paul
We study Birkhoff–James orthogonality of compact (bounded) linear operators between Hilbert spaces and Banach spaces. Applying the notion of semi-inner-products in normed linear spaces and some related geometric ideas, we generalize and improve some of the recent results in this context. In particular, we obtain a characterization of Euclidean spaces and also prove that it is possible to retrieve the
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Continued fractions of arithmetic sequences of quadratics Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-06-11 Menny Aka
Let x be a quadratic irrational and let P be the set of prime numbers. We show the existence of an infinite set S⊂P such that the statistics of the period of the continued fraction expansions along the sequence px:p∈S approach the ‘normal’ statistics given by the Gauss–Kuzmin measure. Under the generalized Riemann hypothesis, we prove that there exist full density subsets S⊂P and T⊂N satisfying the
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Lelong–Poincaré formula in symplectic and almost complex geometry Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-05-20 Emmanuel Mazzilli, Alexandre Sukhov
In this paper, we present two applications of the theory of singular connections developed by Harvey and Lawson (1993). The first one is a version of the Lelong–Poincaré formula with estimates for sections of vector bundles over an almost complex manifold. The second one is a convergence theorem for divisors associated to a general family of symplectic submanifolds constructed by Donaldson (1996) (the
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A new first-principles approach for the catenary Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-05-15 George Victor McIlvaine
This paper reports on findings relating to catenaries since the publication in Expositiones Mathematicae of Denzler and Hinz’s pioneering 1999 paper, Catenaria Vera – the True Catenary. New governing differential equations and explicit solutions are derived for the catenary in positive and negative radial potentials with physical constants incorporated in the derivations. In keeping with precedent
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Dynamics, points and places at infinity, and the inversion of polynomial self-maps of R2 Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-05-15 Luis Fernando Mello, Frederico Xavier
In this partly expository paper we give two applications of ideas from dynamical systems to the study of the injectivity properties of a polynomial local diffeomorphism F=(F1,F2):R2→R2 (by the work of Pinchuk, these maps need not be globally injective). I) The Jacobian conjecture claims that all polynomial local biholomorphisms G=(G1,G2):ℂ2→ℂ2 must be injective. By the Abhyankar–Moh theory in algebraic
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A new first-principles approach for the catenary Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-05-08 George Victor McIlvaine
This paper reports on findings relating to catenaries since the publication in Expositiones Mathematicae of Denzler and Hinz’s pioneering 1999 paper, Catenaria Vera – the True Catenary. New governing differential equations and explicit solutions are derived for the catenary in positive and negative radial potentials with physical constants incorporated in the derivations. In keeping with precedent
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Stoïlow’s theorem revisited Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-05-06 Rami Luisto, Pekka Pankka
Stoïlow’s theorem from 1928 states that a continuous, open, and light map between surfaces is a discrete map with a discrete branch set. This result implies that such maps between orientable surfaces are locally modeled by power maps z↦zk and admit a holomorphic factorization. The purpose of this expository article is to give a proof of this classical theorem having readers in mind that are interested
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On a new method for controlling the entire spectrum in the problem of column subset selection Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-04-12 Stéphane Chrétien, Sébastien Darses
The problem of extracting a well conditioned submatrix from any rectangular matrix (with normalized columns) has been studied for some time in functional and harmonic analysis. In the seminal work of Bourgain and Tzafriri and many subsequent improvements, methods using random column selection were considered. Constructive approaches have been proposed lately, mainly sparked by the work of Batson, Spielman
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Entropy numbers of finite-dimensional embeddings Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-04-04 Marta Kossaczká, Jan Vybíral
Entropy numbers and covering numbers of sets and operators are well known geometric notions, which found many applications in various fields of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Their values for finite-dimensional embeddings id:ℓpn→ℓqn, 0
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The unit theorem for finite-dimensional algebras Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-03-22 Hendrik W. Lenstra
The unit theorem that forms the subject of the present article, is a theorem from algebra that has a combinatorial flavour, and that originated in fact from algebraic combinatorics. Beyond a proof, we also address applications, one of which is a proof of the normal basis theorem from Galois theory.
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The Lebesgue differentiation theorem revisited Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-02-26 E. Dubon, A. San Antolín
We prove a general version of the Lebesgue differentiation theorem where the averages are taken on a family of sets that may not shrink nicely to any point. These families of sets involve the unit ball and its dilated by negative integers of an expansive linear map. We also give a characterization of the Lebesgue measurable functions on Rn in terms of approximate continuity associated to an expansive
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On the ℓ1 non-embedding in the James Tree Space Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-02-14 Ioakeim Ampatzoglou
James Tree Space (JT), introduced by R. James in James (1974), is the first Banach space constructed having non-separable conjugate and not containing ℓ1. James actually proved that every infinite dimensional subspace of JT contains a Hilbert space, which implies the ℓ1 non-embedding. In this expository article, we present a direct proof of the ℓ1 non-embedding, using Rosenthal’s ℓ1-Theorem (Rosenthal
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Parallelisability of 3-manifolds via surgery Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2019-02-14 Sebastian Durst, Hansjörg Geiges, Jesús Gonzalo Pérez, Marc Kegel
We present two proofs that all closed, orientable 3-manifolds are parallelisable. Both are based on the Lickorish–Wallace surgery presentation; one proof uses a refinement of this presentation due to Kaplan and some basic contact geometry. This complements a recent paper by Benedetti–Lisca.
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Notes on the Sasaki metric Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-12-22 R. Albuquerque
We survey on the geometry of the tangent bundle of a Riemannian manifold, endowed with the classical metric established by S. Sasaki 60 years ago. Following the results of Sasaki, we try to write and deduce them by different means. Questions of vector fields, mainly those arising from the base, are related as invariants of the classical metric, contact and Hermitian structures. Attention is given to
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Closed geodesics on geodesic spaces of curvature <∞ Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-12-18 Pedro Ontaneda, Cristina Salviano
We show how to use classical methods to prove that a compact, connected, non-contractible geodesic space of curvature <∞ has at least one closed geodesic.
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Dissipative extension theory for linear relations Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-11-05 Josué I. Rios-Cangas, Luis O. Silva
This work is devoted to dissipative extension theory for dissipative linear relations. We give a self-consistent theory of extensions by generalizing the theory on symmetric extensions of symmetric operators. Several results on the properties of dissipative relations are proven. Finally, we deal with the spectral properties of dissipative extensions of dissipative relations and provide results concerning
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Sturm’s theorem on zeros of linear combinations of eigenfunctions Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-10-26 Pierre Bérard, Bernard Helffer
Motivated by recent questions about the extension of Courant’s nodal domain theorem, we revisit a theorem published by C. Sturm in 1836, which deals with zeros of linear combination of eigenfunctions of Sturm–Liouville problems. Although well known in the nineteenth century, this theorem seems to have been ignored or forgotten by some of the specialists in spectral theory since the second half of the
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Pseudo Frobenius numbers Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-10-25 Benjamin Sambale
For a prime p, we call a positive integer n a Frobenius p-number if there exists a finite group with exactly n subgroups of order pa for some a≥0. Extending previous results on Sylow’s theorem, we prove in this paper that every Frobenius p-number n≡1(modp2) is a Sylow p-number, i. e., the number of Sylow p-subgroups of some finite group. As a consequence, we verify that 46 is a pseudo Frobenius 3-number
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Geometry of the Sasakura bundle Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-10-25 Cristian Anghel
The Sasakura bundle is a relatively recent appearance in the world of remarkable vector bundles on projective spaces. In fact, it is connected with some surfaces in P4 which were missed in early classification papers. The aim of this review is to present various, scattered in the literature, aspects concerning the geometry of this bundle. The last part will be devoted to the place of this bundle in
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Srishti Dhar Chatterji (1935–2017): In Memoriam Expos. Math. (IF 0.88) Pub Date : 2018-09-17 V.S. Varadarajan, Robert C. Dalang
This article discusses the life and work of Professor Srishti Dhar Chatterji, who passed away on September 28, 2017, in Lausanne, Switzerland, most suddenly and unexpectedly, after a very brief illness. Complete bibliographical information is included.
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