The finiteness of K-rational torsion points of a Drinfeld module of rank 2 over a locally compact complete field K with a discrete valuation is proved.

This paper concerns an inverse problem in the calculus of variations, namely, when a two-dimensional symmetric connection is globally a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian connection. Two new local characterizations of such connections in terms of the Ricci tensor and the Riemann curvature tensor respectively are given, together with a solution to the global problem. As an application, the problem of whether the characteristic curves of a connection on an SO(3)-bundle on a surface are the geodesies of a Riemannian metric on the surface is studied. Some applications to non-holonomic dynamics are discussed.

In this note we prove that one aspect of the similarity theory, for the Volterra nest in Lp (0,1 ) for 1 < p ≠ 2 < ∞, is like that for p = 1 ; we thus answer a question from [ALWW].

We show that several "good" properties of the standard part map on regular Hausdorff spaces do not hold for arbitrary Hausdorff spaces.

The relations between the adjoint group and the additive group of a radical ring and its nilpotency are investigated. It is shown that certain finiteness conditions carry over from the adjoint group to the additive group and that the converse holds for the class of minimax groups.

Let k: be a perfect field such that is solvable over k. We show that a smooth, affine, factorial surface birationally dominated by affine 2-space is geometrically factorial and hence isomorphic to . The result is useful in the study of subalgebras of polynomial algebras. The condition of solvability would be unnecessary if a question we pose on integral representations of finite groups has a positive answer.

Let p be a prime number and let m, r denote positive integers with r ≥ 1 if p > 3 (resp. r ≥ 2 if p = 2) and m ≥ 1. We put and Γ = Gd1(N/M). Then the associated order of N/M is the unique maximal order M in the group ring MΓ and ON is a free, rank one module over M. A generator of ON over M is explicitly given.

In an earlier paper we provided a counterexample to an old conjecture of Hopf. In this note we show that the "strong sweeping out property" obtains for the Hopf operators (Tt ) both when t —> +∞ and when t —> 0+, that is a.e. convergence fails in the worst possible way.

Let M 2n+1 be a compact contact manifold and 𝓐 the set of associated metrics. Using the scalar curvature R and the *-scalar curvature R*, in [5] we defined the "total scalar curvature", by and showed that the critical points of I(g) on 𝓐 are the K-contact metrics, i.e. metrics for which the characteristic vector field is Killing. In this paper we compute the second variation of I(g) and prove that the index of I(g) and of —I(g) are both positive at each critical point. As an application we show that the classical total scalar curvature A(g) = ∫M R dVg restricted to 𝓐 cannot have a local minimum at any Sasakian metric.

Let M be a circular CR manifold and let N be a rigid CR manifold in some complex vector spaces. The problem of the existence of local CR mappings from M into N is considered. Conditions are given which ensure that the space of such CR mappings depends on a finite number of parameters. The idea of the proof of the main result relies on a Bishop type equation for CR mappings. Roughly speaking, we look for CR mappings from M into N in the form F = (ƒ,g), we assume that g is given, then we find ƒ in terms of g and some parameters, and finally we look for conditions on g. It works independently of assumptions on the Levi forms of M and N, and there is also some freedom on the codimension of the manifolds.

Let γ(t) = (t, t2,..., tn) + a be a curve in Rn , where n ≥ 2 and a ∊ Rn . We prove LP-Lq estimates for the weighted lacunary maximal function, related to this curve, defined by

If n = 2 or 3 our results are (nearly) sharp.

A function f analytic in any disc of radius greater than 1 is approximated in the L 2-sense over a class of polynomials which also interpolate f on a subset of the roots of unity. The resulting solution is used to discuss Walsh-type equiconvergence. The main theorem of the paper generalizes certain results of Walsh, Rivlin and Cavaretta et al.

An F-measure on a Cartesian product of algebras of sets is a scalar-valued function which is a scalar measure independently in each coordinate. It is demonstrated that an F-measure on a product of algebras determines an F-measure on the product of the corresponding σ-algebras if and only if its Fréchet variation is finite. An analogous statement is obtained in a framework of fractional Cartesian products of algebras, and a measurement of p-variation of F-measures, based on Littlewood-type inequalities, is discussed.

In this note, we obtain, in a rather easy way, examples of stably free non-free right ideals. We also give an example of a stably free non-free two-sided ideal in a maximal ℤ-order. These are obtained as applications of a theorem giving necessary and sufficient conditions for H/nH to be a complete 2 x 2 matrix ring, when H is a generalised quaternion ring.

In 1975, L. Fejes Toth conjectured that in Ed , d ≥ 5, the sausage arrangement is denser than any other packing of n unit balls. This has been known if the convex hull Cn of the centers has low dimension. In this paper, we settle the case when the inner m-radius of Cn is at least O(ln d/m). In addition, we consider the extremal properties of finite ballpackings with respect to various intrinsic volumes.

Let F be a relatively closed subset of a domain G in the complex plane. Let f be a function that is the limit, in the Lip α norm on F, of functions which are holomorphic or meromorphic on G (0 < α < 1). We prove that, under the same conditions that give Lip α-approximation (0 < α < 1 ) on relatively closed subsets of G, it is possible to choose the approximating function m in such a way that f — m can be extended to a function belonging to lip

We show that if is a nest with no isolated atoms of finite multiplicity, then the invertibles in are connected. The key technical ingredient is that in such nest algebras, every operator with zero atomic diagonal part factors through the non-atomic part of . In particular, these results apply for the Cantor nest.

In this note we extend a theorem of Kwong and Zettl concerning the inequality

The Kwong-Zettl result holds for 1 ≤ p < ∞ and real numbers α, β, γ such that the conditions (i) β = (α + γ)/2, (ii) β > - 1 , and (iii) γ - 1 - p hold. Here the inequality is proved with β satisfying (i) for all α, γ except p — 1,-1 — p. In this case the inequality is false; however u is shown to satisfy the inequality

Let k = Fq be a finite field of characteristic p with q elements and let K be a function field of one variable over k. Consider an elliptic curve E defined over K. We determine how often the reduction of this elliptic curve to a prime ideal is cyclic. This is done by generalizing a result of Bilharz to a more general form of Artin's primitive roots problem formulated by R. Murty.

Si (A 0,A 1) est un couple d'interpolation et si A 0 est uniformément convexe on montre que pour tous θ 1, θ 2 ∊ ]0,1 [ il existe un homéomorphisme uniforme entre la sphère unité de (A 0,A 1)θ 1 et la sphère unité de (A 0, A 1)θ 2.