Talagrand has shown [4, p. 76] that there exists a continuous linear operator from L1[0, 1] to c0 which is not a Dunford-Pettis operator. In contrast to this result, Gretsky and Ostroy [2] have recently proved that every positive operator from L[0, 1] to c0 is a Dunford-Pettis operator, hence that every regular operator between these spaces (i.e. a difference of positive operators) is Dunford-Pettis.

We consider the system where p(x), q(x) ∈ C1(RN) are radial symmetric functions such that sup|∇ p(x)| < ∞, sup|∇ q(x)| < ∞ and 1 < inf p(x) ≤ sup p(x) < ∞, 1 < inf q(x) ≤ sup q(x) < ∞, where −Δp(x)u = −div(|∇u|p(x)−2∇u), −Δq(x)v = −div(|∇v|q(x)−2∇v), respectively are called p(x)-Laplacian and q(x)-Laplacian, λ1, λ2, μ1 and μ2 are positive parameters and Ω = B(0, R) ⊂ RN is a bounded radial symmetric domain, where R is sufficiently large. We prove the existence of a positive solution when for every M > 0, and . In particular, we do not assume any sign conditions on f(0), g(0), h(0) or γ(0).

We study properties of -free numbers, that is numbers that are not divisible by any member of a set . First we formulate the most-used procedure for finding them (in a given set of integers) as easy-to-apply propositions. Then we use the propositions to consider Diophantine properties of -free numbers and their distribution on almost all short intervals. Results on -free numbers have implications to non-vanishing Fourier coefficients of cusp forms, so this work also gives information about them.

Let $A$ (resp. $B$) be a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space $ {\mathcal H}$ (resp. $ {\mathcal K}$). We show that the tensor product $ A \otimes B $ is log-hyponormal if and only if $A$ and $B$ are log-hyponormal, and that a similar result holds for class $A(s,t)$ operators.

We prove uniqueness of positive solutions for the boundary value problems

\[ \{\begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u=\lambda f(u)\ \ &\text{in}\Omega, \ \ \ \ \ u=0 &\text{on \partial \Omega, \]

A number theoretical aspect of the fundamental cycle of a periodic box-ball system is investigated. Using the formulae for the fundamental cycle of a class of initial states, we point out that the asymptotic behaviour of the fundamental cycle is closely related to the celebrated Riemann hypothesis.

Let L be a convex body in n and z an interior point of L. We associate with L and z a new, convex and centrally symmetric, body CI(L, z). This generalizes the classical intersection bodyI(L, z) (whose radial function at u ∈ Sn−1 is the volume of the hyperplane section of L through z, orthogonal to u). CI(L, z) coincides with I(L, z) if and only if L is centrally symmetric about z. We study the properties of CI(L, z).

R is called a right WV-ring if each simple right R-module is injective relative to proper cyclics. If R is a right WV-ring, then R is right uniform or a right V-ring. It is shown that a right WV-ring R is right noetherian if and only if each right cyclic module is a direct sum of a projective module and a CS (complements are summands, a.k.a. ‘extending modules’) or noetherian module. For a finitely generated module M with projective socle over a V-ring R such that every subfactor of M is a direct sum of a projective module and a CS or noetherian module, we show M = X ⊕ T, where X is semisimple and T is noetherian with zero socle. In the case where M = R, we get R = S ⊕ T, where S is a semisimple artinian ring and T is a direct sum of right noetherian simple rings with zero socle. In addition, if R is a von Neumann regular ring, then it is semisimple artinian.

In this paper we are concerned with a class of p(x)-Kirchhoff equation where the non-linearity has non-standard growth and contains a bi-non-local term. We prove, by using variational methods (Mountain Pass Theorem and Ekeland Variational Principle), several results on the existence of positive solutions.

We prove the CR version of the Obata's result for the first eigenvalue of the sub-Laplacian in the setting of a compact strictly pseudoconvex pseudohermitian three-dimensional manifold with non-negative CR-Paneitz operator which satisfies a Lichnerowicz-type condition. We show that if the first positive eigenvalue of the sub-Laplacian takes the smallest possible value, then, up to a homothety of the pseudohermitian structure, the manifold is the standard Sasakian three-dimensional unit sphere.

The formula to be established is

where | amp z < π, z ≠ 0, R(α + β) > R(ς) > R(alpha;) > 0, R(ς - β) > 0.

In proving (1) use will be m ade of the two following formulae.

The most classical sufficient condition for the fixed point property of non-expansive mappings FPP in Banach spaces is the normal structure (see [6] and [10]). (See definitions below). Although the normal structure is preserved under finite lp-product of Banach spaces, (1<p≤∞), (see Landes, [12], [13]), not too many positive results are known about the normal structure of an l1,-product of two Banach spaces with this property. In fact, this question was explicitly raised by T. Landes [12], and M. A. Khamsi [9] and T. Domíinguez Benavides [1] proved partial affirmative answers. Here we give wider conditions yielding normal structure for the product X1⊗1X2.

Let W denote the intersection with the pseudovariety of completely regular semigroups of the Mal'cev product of the pseudovariety of bands with a pseudovariety V of completely regular semigroups. It is shown that the (pseudo)word problem for W is reduced to that for V in such a way that decidability is preserved in the case in which terms involving only multiplication and weak inversion are considered. It is also shown that, if V is a hyperdecidable (respectively canonically reducible) pseudovariety of groups, then so is W.

Unless the contrary is stated, all matrices are understood to be complex and of type n × n. The transposed conjugate of A is denoted by A*. The non-negative square roots of the characteristic roots of A*A are called the singular values of A; they will be denoted by st(A), i = 1, …, n, where s1(A)≥…≥ sn(A). The symbol [A]k denotes the k × k submatrix standing in the upper left-hand corner of A. We shall write Ei(z1, …, zn) for the j-th elementary symmetric function of z1..., zn, and E1(A) for the j-th elementary symmetric function of the characteristic roots of A. It is understood that, throughout, 1≥j≥k≥n.

In any field of nonlinear analysis Nemytskij operators, the superposition operators generated by appropriate functions, play a crucial part. Their analytic properties depend on the postulated properties of the defining function and on the function space in which they are considered. A rich source for related questions is the monograph by J. Appell and P. P. Zabrejko [2] and the survey paper by J. Appell [1].

In this paper we consider complex doubles of compact Klein surfaces that have large automorphism groups. It is known that a bordered Klein surface of algebraic genus g > 2 has at most 12(g − 1) automorphisms. Surfaces for which this bound is sharp are said to have maximal symmetry. The complex double of such a surface X is a compact Riemann surface X+ of genus g and it is easy to see that if G is the group of automorphisms of X then C2 × G is a group of automorphisms of X+. A natural question is whether X+ can have a group that strictly contains C2 × G. In [8] C. L. May claimed the following interesting result: there is a unique Klein surface X with maximal symmetry for which Aut X+ properly contains C2 × Aut X (where Aut X+ denotes the group of conformal and anticonformal automorphisms of X+).

Let s = s(a1, a2,...., ar) denote the number of integer solutions of the equation

subject to the conditions

the ai being given positive integers, and square brackets denoting the integral part. Clearly s (a1,..., ar) is also the number s = s(m) of divisors of which contain exactly λ prime factors counted according to multiplicity, and is therefore, as is proved in [1], the cardinality of the largest possible set of divisors of m, no one of which divides another.

Unit-regular rings were introduced by Ehrlich [4]. They arose in the search for conditions on a regular ring that are weaker than the ACC, DCC, or finite Goldie dimension, which with von Neumann regularity imply semisimplicity. An account of unit-regular rings, together with a good bibliography, is given by Goodearl [5].

This note contains extensions of the Abelian ergodic theorems in [3] and [6] to functions which take their values in a Banach space. The results are based on an adaptation of Rota's maximal ergodic theorem for Abel limits [8]. Convergence theorems for continuous parameter semigroups are deduced by the approximation technique developed in [3], [6]. A direct application of the resolvent equation also enables us to deduce a convergence theorem for pseudo-resolvents.

An associative ring R is called a left SI-ring if every singular left R-module is injective. In Goodearl [4] it is shown that these rings have a finite ring decomposition into a ring K with K/Soc K left semisimple, and simple rings which are Morita equivalent to left SI-domains.