This paper analyzes the n-fold composition of a certain non-linear integral operator acting on a class of functions on [0,1 ]. The attracting orbit is identified and various properties of convergence to this orbit are derived. The results imply that the space-time scaling limit of a certain infinite system of interacting diffusions has universal behavior independent of model parameters.

A necessary and sufficient geometric characterization and a necessary and sufficient analytic characterization of interpolating varieties for the space of entire functions will be obtained in the paper, which as an application will also give a generalization of the well-known Pólya-Levinson density theorem.

In the paper we find, for certain values of the parameters, the spaces of multipliers (H(p, q, α), H(s, t, β) and (H(p, q, α), ls), where H(p, q, α) denotes the space of analytic functions on the unit disc such that . As corollaries we recover some new results about multipliers on Bergman spaces and Hardy spaces.

The operator Im is defined as m-fold indefinite integration with zero constants of integration. The zero distribution of Im (p) for polynomials p is studied in general, and for two special classes of polynomials in detail. The main results are: (i) The zeros of In (Pn ), where Pn (𝑧) is the n-th Legendre polynomial, converge to a certain algebraic curve; (ii) the zeros of an integer) converge to pieces of a circle and of two "Szegö curves".

In this paper, we prove that any sequence of polynomials (pn )n for which dgr(pn ) = n which satisfies a (2N + l)-term recurrence relation is orthogonal with respect to a positive definite N × N matrix of measures. We use that result to prove asymptotic properties of the kernel polynomials associated to a positive measure or a positive definite matrix of measures. Finally, some examples are given.

For any finite abelian group A, let Ω(A) denote the group of units in the integral group ring which are mapped to cyclotomic units by every character of A. It always contains a subgroup Y(A), of finite index, for which a basis can be systematically exhibited. For A of order pq, where p and q are odd primes, we derive estimates for the index [Ω(A) : Y(A)]. In particular, we obtain conditions for its triviality.

We answer three problems by J. D. Monk on cardinal invariants of Boolean algebras. Two of these are whether taking the algebraic density πA resp. the topological density cL4 of a Boolean algebra A commutes with formation of ultraproducts; the third one compares the number of endomorphisms and of ideals of a Boolean algebra.

Let L be a restricted Lie algebra over a field of characteristic p. Denote by u(L) its restricted enveloping algebra and by ωu(L) the augmentation ideal of u(L). We give an explicit description for the dimension subalgebras of L, namely those ideals of L defined by Dn (L) - L∩ωu(L) n for each n ≥ 1. Using this expression we describe the nilpotence index of ωU(L). We also give a precise characterisation of those L for which ωu(L) is a residually nilpotent ideal. In this case we show that the minimal number of elements required to generate an arbitrary ideal of u(L) is finitely bounded if and only if L contains a 1-generated restricted subalgebra of finite codimension. Subsequently we examine certain analogous aspects of the Lie structure of u(L). In particular we characterise L for which u(L) is residually nilpotent when considered as a Lie algebra, and give a formula for the Lie nilpotence index of u(L). This formula is then used to describe the nilpotence class of the group of units of u(L).

We prove some new results on quasi-regular Dirichlet forms. These include results on perturbations of Dirichlet forms, change of speed measure, and tightness. The tightness implies the existence of an associated right continuous strong Markov process. We also discuss applications to a number of examples including cases with possibly degenerate (sub)-elliptic part, diffusions on loop spaces, and certain Fleming- Viot processes.

We give (1) a formula of the first Betti numbers of abelian coverings of links in terms of the Alexander ideals, (2) certain estimates of the orders of the torsion parts of their first homology groups in terms of the Alexander polynomials, and (3) a structure theorem of the first homology groups of -coverings of spatial graphs. As an application, we generalize a result of E. Hironaka on polynomial periodicity of the first Betti numbers in certain towers of abelian coverings of complex surfaces.