Two fixed point theorems for multi-valued mappings in a complete, ε-chainable metric space are proved. The theorems, thus established, extend result of M. Edelstein, Peter K. F. Kuhfittig, Hwei-mei Ko and Yueh-hsia Tsai, S. B. Nadler, Jr. and S. Reich.

Some of the most important G-Structures of the first kind [1] are those defined by linear operators satisfying algebraic relations. If the linear operator J acting on the complexified space of a differentiable manifold V satisfies a relation of the form

where I is the identity operator, the manifold has an almost complex structure ([2] [3]). The structures defined by

are the almost product structures ([3] [4]).

Let C(X) be the ring of continuous real-valued functions on a (completely regular) topological space X. The structure of the prime ideals and the prime z-ideals of C(X) has been the subject of much investigation (see e-g- [1], [3], [5]). One of the surprising facts about C(X) is that the sum of two prime ideals is again prime.

In this note we study the convergence of sequences of Monge–Ampère measures $\{{{(d{{d}^{c}}{{u}_{s}})}^{n}}\}$, where $\{{{u}_{s}}\}$ is a given sequence of plurisubharmonic functions, converging in capacity.

Let $R$ be a ring and $b,c\in R$. In this paper, we give some characterizations of the $(b,c)$-inverse in terms of the direct sum decomposition, the annihilator, and the invertible elements. Moreover, elements with equal $(b,c)$-idempotents related to their $(b,c)$-inverses are characterized, and the reverse order rule for the $(b,c)$-inverse is considered.

We consider simple complex Lie algebras extended over the commutative ring C[z,(z — a1)-1, . . . ,(z — an)-1] where a1, . . . ,an ∊ C. We compute the universal central extensions of these Lie algebras and present explicit commutation relations for these extensions. These algebras generalize the untwisted affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras, which correspond to the case n = 1, a1 = 0.

Let $b\,\in \,\text{BMO}\left( {{\mathbb{R}}^{n}} \right)$ and ${{T}_{\Omega }}$ be the singular integral operator with kernel $\Omega \left( x \right)/{{\left| x \right|}^{n}}$, where $\Omega$ is homogeneous of degree zero, integrable, and has mean value zero on the unit sphere ${{S}^{n-1}}$. In this paper, using Fourier transform estimates and approximation to the operator ${{T}_{\Omega }}$ by integral operators with smooth kernels, it is proved that if $b\,\in \,\text{CMO}\left( {{\mathbb{R}}^{n}} \right)$ and $\Omega$ satisfies certain minimal size condition, then the commutator generated by $b$ and ${{T}_{\Omega }}$ is a compact operator on ${{L}^{p}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}}^{n}} \right)$ for appropriate index $p$. The associated maximal operator is also considered.

In this paper we find a formula for the Alexander polynomial ${{\Delta }_{p1,...,{{p}_{k}}\left( x \right)}}$ of pretzel knots and links with $\left( {{p}_{1}},...,{{p}_{k}},-1 \right)$ twists, where $k$ is odd and ${{p}_{1}},...,{{p}_{k}}$ are positive integers. The polynomial ${{\Delta }_{2,3,7}}\left( x \right)$ is the well-known Lehmer polynomial, which is conjectured to have the smallest Mahler measure among all monic integer polynomials. We confirm that ${{\Delta }_{2,3,7}}\left( x \right)$ has the smallest Mahler measure among the polynomials arising as ${{\Delta }_{p1,...,{{p}_{k}}\left( x \right)}}$.

In this paper, we prove a global rigidity theorem for negatively curved Finsler metrics on a compact manifold of dimension $n\,\ge \,3$. We show that for such a Finsler manifold, if the flag curvature is a scalar function on the tangent bundle, then the Finsler metric is of Randers type. We also study the case when the Finsler metric is locally projectively flat.

Given a finite group $G$, we examine the classification of all frame representations of $G$ and the classification of all $G$-frames, i.e., frames induced by group representations of $G$. We show that the exact number of equivalence classes of $G$-frames and the exact number of frame representations can be explicitly calculated. We also discuss how to calculate the largest number $L$ such that there exists an $L$-tuple of strongly disjoint $G$-frames.

It is known [3], [5] that, the complex-valued solutions of

(B)

(apart from the trivial solution f(x)≡0) are of the form

(C)

(D)

In case f is a measurable solution of (B), then f is continuous [2], [3] and the corresponding ϕ in (C) is also continuous and ϕ is of the form [1],

(E)

In this paper, the functional equation

(P)

where f is a complex-valued, measurable function of the real variable and A≠0 is a real constant, is considered. It is shown that f is continuous and that (apart from the trivial solutions f ≡ 0, 1), the only functions which satisfy (P) are the cosine functions cos ax and - cos bx, where a and b belong to a denumerable set of real numbers.

Let R be a commutative ring with identity and let X be an indeterminate. In [5] and [16] it was shown that if f, g∈R[X], then for some integer n≥l, c(f)n+1c(g) = c(g)nc(fg), where c(h) denotes the additive subgroup of JR generated by the coefficients of h ∈ R[X]. Actually the statements in [5J and [16] are not so general as this; however, the proofs are. Specifically, in [16] Mertens considers only the case that R is a polynomial ring over the integers, but this gives the result for any ring by specializing the coefficients of f and g. In [5] Dedekind considers only the case that JR is a ring of algebraic integers, but his proof is completely general. Further, the above formula then holds if one lets c(h) denote the S-submodule of R generated by the coefficients of h ∈ R[X], S a subring of R, and it is in this form that it usually appears, especially the case S = R. Dedekind′s very elegant proof is reproduced in [15, p. 9, Lemma 6.1].

Let V be a vector space of dimension n over a field k of characteristic p. Let G ⊆ Gl(V) be a finite group with p-Sylow subgroup P. G and P act on the symmetric algebra R of V. Denote the respective rings of invariants by RG and Rp. We show that if Rp is Cohen-Macaulay (CM) so also is RG, generalizing a result of M. Hochster and J. A. Eagon. If P is normal in G and G is generated by P and pseudo-reflections, we show that if RG is CM so also is Rp. However, in general, RG may even be polynomial with Rp not CM. Finally, we give a procedure for determining a set of generators for RG given a set of generators for Rp.

If H is an arbitrary harmonic function defined on an open set Ω⊂ℂ, then the curvature of the level curves of H can be strictly maximal or strictly minimal at a point of Ω. However, if Ω is a doubly connected domain bounded by analytic convex Jordan curves, and if H is harmonic measure of Ω with respect to the outer boundary of Ω, then the minimal curvature of the level curves of H is attained on the boundary of Ω.

We show that L1(μ) has a weak Hadamard differential)le renorm (i.e. differentiable away from the origin uniformly on all weakly compact sets) if and only if μ is sigma finite. As a consequence several powerful recent differentiability theorems apply to subspaces of L1.

Extending the notion of parallelism we introduce the concept of approximate parallelism in normed spaces and then substantially restrict ourselves to the setting of Hilbert space operators endowed with the operator norm. We present several characterizations of the exact and approximate operator parallelism in the algebra $\mathbb{B}\left( H \right)$ of bounded linear operators acting on a Hilbert space $H$. Among other things, we investigate the relationship between the approximate parallelism and norm of inner derivations on $\mathbb{B}\left( H \right)$. We also characterize the parallel elements of a ${{C}^{*}}$-algebra by using states. Finally we utilize the linking algebra to give some equivalent assertions regarding parallel elements in a Hilbert ${{C}^{*}}$-module.

Consider approximation of elements of C[0, 1] with respect to the sup-norm by a non-empty subset V of C[0, 1]. Of interest in recent years are subsets V called suns. As C[0, 1] is an MS-space [1, 5], the suns V of C[0, 1] are precisely those subsets V for which each local best approximation is a global best approximation.

Let F be a field containing a primitive p-th root of unity, let K / F be a cyclic extension with group 〈σ〉 of order pn, and choose a in K. This paper shows how the Galois group of the normal closure of K(a1/p) over F can be determined by computations within K. The key is to define a sequence by applying the operation x ↦ σ(x)/x repeatedly to a. The first appearance of a p-th power determines the degree of the extension and restricts the Galois group to one or two possibilities. A certain expression involving that p-th root and the terms in the sequence up to that point is a p-th root of unity, and the group is finally determined by testing whether that root is 1. When (σ(a)/a G Kp, the results reduce to a theorem of A. A. Albert on cyclic extensions.

Let Sn be the set of n2 points with integer coordinates n (x, y), 1 ≤ x, y <n. Let fn be the maximum cardinal of a subset T of Sn such that no three points of T are collinear. Clearly fn < 2n.

For 2 ≤ n ≤ 10 it is known ([2], [3] for n = 8, [ 1] for n = 10, also [4], [6]) that fn = 2n, and that this bound is attained in 1, 1, 4, 5, 11, 22, 57, 51 and 156 distinct configurations for these nine values of n. On the other hand, P. Erdös [7] has pointed out that if n is prime, fn ≥ n, since the n points (x, x2) reduced modulo n have no three collinear. We give a probabilistic argument to support the conjecture that there is only a finite number of solutions to the no-three-in-line problem. More specifically, we conjecture that

If G is a connected cubic graph with ρ vertices, ρ > 4, then G has a vertex-induced forest containing at least (5ρ - 2)/8 vertices. In case G is triangle-free, the lower bound is improved to (2ρ — l)/3. Examples are given to show that no such lower bound is possible for vertex-induced trees.