An extension of the Naimark dilation theorem [N], [SzF2] to positive-definite functions on free semigroups is given. This is used to extend the operatorial trigonometric moment problem [A] to a non-commutative setting and to characterize the classes 𝐶ρ (ρ > 0) of all n-tuples of operators that have a p-isometric dilation (see [SzF2] for the case n = 1). It is also shown that 𝐶ρ ⊂ 𝐶ρ′ and 𝐶ρ ≠ 𝐶ρ′ for 0 < ρ < ρ′ < ∞.

The von Neumann inequality [vN], [Po2] is extended to the classes 𝐶p. This is used to prove that any element in 𝐶ρ is simultaneously similar to an element in 𝐶1.

We show that over a field k of characteristic zero an affine (n — 1)- space embedded as a closed subvariety in affine n-space and homogeneous for a codimension two linear torus action on is defined by the vanishing of a variable.

Let X be a Banach space and (fn)n be a bounded sequence in L1(X). We prove a complemented version of the celebrated Talagrand's dichotomy, i.e., we show that if (en)n denotes the unit vector basis of c0, there exists a sequence gn ∈ conv(fn, fn+1,...) such that for almost every ω, either the sequence (gn(ω) ⊗ en) is weakly Cauchy in or it is equivalent to the unit vector basis of ℓ1. We then get a criterion for a bounded sequence to contain a subsequence equivalent to a complemented copy of ℓ1 in L1(X). As an application, we show that for a Banach space X, the space L1(X) has Pełczyńiski's property (V*) if and only if X does.

A new approach to the analysis of the well-posedness of difference parabolic problems is proposed, which is based on weaker assumptions than in earlier works. The results are applied to the study of multi-dimensional difference parabolic problems in mesh Lebesgue spaces.

The aim of this paper is to derive the expansion of the following class of multi-dimensional integrals

with respect to the large parameter λ when Ω is a subset of ℝn, a > 0, w is a strictly positive and bounded function on Σ and fp means an integration in the finite part sense of Hadamard (see Section 2). This is performed for weak assumptions bearing on pseudofunction K and by extending to higher dimensional cases the tools developed in the one-dimensional context. The range of applications of the proposed results is outlined by the exhibition of several examples.

Generalized Riesz products similar to the type which arise as the spectral measure for a rank-one transformation are studied. A condition for the mutual singularity of two such measures is given. As an application, a probability space of transformations is presented in which almost all transformations are singular with respect to Lebesgue measure.

Our main result implies that for any choice 1 ≤ m ≤ n ≤ p of integers there exist finitary algebras A1 and A2 that generate the same variety, and such that the initial k-segments of their centralizer clones coincide exactly when k ≤ m, are isomorphic exactly when k ≤ n and are elementarily equivalent exactly when k ≤ p. The proof uses the existence and properties of disciplined topological spaces which we introduce and investigate here.

For amenable Lie groups of NC-type the heat kernel satisfies pt ~ t-a. We find the exact value of a ≥ 0.

Let A be a finite dimensional associative K-algebra with an identity over an algebraically closed field K, d a natural number, and modA(d) the affine variety of d-dimensional A-modules. The general linear group Gld(K) acts on modA(d) by conjugation, and the orbits correspond to the isomorphism classes of d-dimensional modules. For M and N in modA(d), N is called a degeneration of M, if TV belongs to the closure of the orbit of M. This defines a partial order ≤deg on modA(d). There has been a work [1], [10], [11], [21] connecting ≤deg with other partial orders ≤ext and ≤deg on modA(d) defined in terms of extensions and homomorphisms. In particular, it is known that these partial orders coincide in the case A is representation-finite and its Auslander-Reiten quiver is directed. We study degenerations of modules from the additive categories given by connected components of the Auslander-Reiten quiver of A having oriented cycles. We show that the partial orders ≤ext, ≤deg and < coincide on modules from the additive categories of quasi-tubes [24], and describe minimal degenerations of such modules. Moreover, we show that M ≤degN does not imply M ≤ext N for some indecomposable modules M and N lying in coils in the sense of [4].

We provide an isomorphism between the Grothendieck ring of modules of the twisted quantum double of a finite group, and a product of centres of twisted group algebras of centralizer subgroups. It follows that this Grothendieck ring is semisimple. Another consequence is a formula for the characters of this ring in terms of representations of twisted group algebras of centralizer subgroups.