This is an announcement for the paper "Optimal lower bounds on the
maximal p-negative type of finite metric spaces" by Anthony Weston.
Abstract: This article derives lower bounds on the supremal (strict)
p-negative type of finite metric spaces using purely elementary
techniques. The bounds depend only on the cardinality and the (scaled)
diameter of the underlying finite metric space. Examples show that
these lower bounds can easily be best possible under clearly delineated
circumstances. We further point out that the entire theory holds (more
generally) for finite semi-metric spaces without modification and wherein
the lower bounds are always optimal.
Archive classification: math.FA math.MG
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B20
Remarks: 10 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "Saturated extensions, the
attractors method and Hereditarily James Tree Space" by Spiros
A. Argyros, Alexander D. Arvanitakis, and Andreas G. Tolias.
Abstract: In the present work we provide a variety of examples of
HI Banach spaces containing no reflexive subspace and we study the
structure of their duals as well as the spaces of their linear bounded
operators. Our approach is based on saturated extensions of ground sets
and the method of attractors.
Archive classification: math.FA
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This is an announcement for the paper "Strictly singular non-compact
diagonal operators on HI spaces" by Spiros A. Argyros, Irene Deliyanni,
and Andreas G. Tolias.
Abstract: We construct a Hereditarily Indecomposable Banach space
$\eqs_d$ with a Schauder basis \seq{e}{n} on which there exist
strictly singular non-compact diagonal operators. Moreover, the space
$\mc{L}_{\diag}(\eqs_d)$ of diagonal operators with respect to the
basis \seq{e}{n} contains an isomorphic copy of $\ell_{\infty}(\N)$.
\end{abstract}
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B28, 46B20, 46B03
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This is an announcement for the paper "An exact Ramsey principle for
block sequences" by Christian Rosendal.
Abstract: We prove an exact, i.e., formulated without $\Delta$-expansions,
Ramsey principle for infinite block sequences in vector spaces over
countable fields, where the two sides of the dichotomic principle are
represented by respectively winning strategies in Gowers' block sequence
game and winning strategies in the infinite asymptotic game. This allows
us to recover Gowers' dichotomy theorem for block sequences in normed
vector spaces by a simple application of the basic determinacy theorem
for infinite asymptotic games.
Archive classification: math.FA math.LO
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B03, 03E15
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This is an announcement for the paper "The Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma
almost characterizes Hilbert space, but not quite" by William B. Johnson
and Assaf Naor.
Abstract: Let $X$ be a normed space that satisfies the
Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma (J-L lemma, in short) in the sense that for
any integer $n$ and any $x_1,\ldots,x_n\in X$ there exists a linear
mapping $L:X\to F$, where $F\subseteq X$ is a linear subspace of
dimension $O(\log n)$, such that $\|x_i-x_j\|\le\|L(x_i)-L(x_j)\|\le
O(1)\cdot\|x_i-x_j\|$ for all $i,j\in \{1,\ldots, n\}$. We show that
this implies that $X$ is almost Euclidean in the following sense:
Every $n$-dimensional subspace of $X$ embeds into Hilbert space with
distortion $2^{2^{O(\log^*n)}}$. On the other hand, we show that there
exists a normed space $Y$ which satisfies the J-L lemma, but for every
$n$ there exists an $n$-dimensional subspace $E_n\subseteq Y$ whose
Euclidean distortion is at least $2^{\Omega(\alpha(n))}$, where $\alpha$
is the inverse Ackermann function.
Archive classification: math.FA math.MG
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This is an announcement for the paper "The complex Busemann-Petty problem
for arbitrary measures" by Marisa Zymonopoulou.
Abstract: The complex Busemann-Petty problem asks whether origin symmetric
convex bodies in C^n with smaller central hyperplane sections necessarily
have smaller volume. The answer is affirmative if n\leq 3 and negative
if n\geq 4. In this article we show that the answer remains the same if
the volume is replaced by an "almost" arbitrary measure. This result is
the complex analogue of Zvavitch's generalization to arbitrary measures
of the original real Busemann-Petty problem.
Archive classification: math.FA
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This is an announcement for the paper "The modified complex Busemann-Petty
problem on sections of convex bodies" by Marisa Zymonopoulou.
Abstract: Since the answer to the complex Busemann-Petty problem is
negative in most dimensions, it is natural to ask what conditions on the
(n-1)-dimensional volumes of the central sections of complex convex bodies
with complex hyperplanes allow to compare the n-dimensional volumes. In
this article we give necessary conditions on the section function in
order to obtain an affirmative answer in all dimensions.
Archive classification: math.FA
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This is an announcement for the paper "From the Mahler conjecture to
Gauss linking integrals" by Greg Kuperberg.
Abstract: We establish a version of the bottleneck conjecture, which in
turn implies a partial solution to the Mahler conjecture on the product
$v(K) = (\Vol K)(\Vol K^\circ)$ of the volume of a symmetric convex
body $K \in \R^n$ and its polar body $K^\circ$. The Mahler conjecture
asserts that the Mahler volume $v(K)$ is minimized (non-uniquely) when
$K$ is an $n$-cube. The bottleneck conjecture (in its least general
form) asserts that the volume of a certain domain $K^\diamond \subseteq
K \times K^\circ$ is minimized when $K$ is an ellipsoid. It implies
the Mahler conjecture up to a factor of $(\pi/4)^n \gamma_n$, where
$\gamma_n$ is a monotonic factor that begins at $4/\pi$ and converges
to $\sqrt{2}$. This strengthens a result of Bourgain and Milman, who
showed that there is a constant $c$ such that the Mahler conjecture is
true up to a factor of $c^n$.
The proof uses a version of the Gauss linking integral to obtain
a constant lower bound on $\Vol K^\diamond$, with equality when $K$
is an ellipsoid. It applies to a more general conjecture concerning
the join of any two necks of the pseudospheres of an indefinite inner
product space. Because the calculations are similar, we will also
analyze traditional Gauss linking integrals in the sphere $S^{n-1}$
and in hyperbolic space $H^{n-1}$.
Archive classification: math.MG math.DG math.FA
Remarks: 10 pages, 4 figures. Dedicated to my father, on no particular
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2nd ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUMIRFAS 2008
The Informal Regional Functional Analysis Seminar
August 8 - 10
Texas A&M University, College Station
Confirmed speakers and titles are given below. The schedule for SUMIRFAS
will be posted on the Workshop in Analysis and Probability page, URL
http://www.math.tamu.edu/research/workshops/linanalysis/
The first talk will be in the early afternoon on Friday and the Seminar
concludes by lunch time on Sunday. All talks will be in Blocker 165. The
Blocker Building is on Ireland St. just south of University Dr. on the
Texas A&M campus:
http://www.tamu.edu/map/building/overview/BLOC.html.
Coffee and refreshments will be available in Blocker 155.
Julien Giol <giol(a)math.tamu.edu>, David Kerr (chair) <kerr(a)math.tamu.edu>,
and Andrew Toms <atoms(a)mathstat.yorku.ca> are organizing a Concentration
Week on "Operator Algebras, Dynamics, and Classification" which will take
place August 4-8. For more information, go to
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kerr/concweek08.html.
Ron Douglas <rdouglas(a)math.tamu.edu> and Jaydeb Sarkar
<jsarkar(a)math.tamu.edu> are organizing a Concentration Week on
"Multivariate Operator Theory" that will take place July 28 - August 1.
For more information, please visit URL
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~jsarkar/cowmot.html.
On Saturday evening there will be a BBQ at the home of Jan and Bill
Johnson.
We expect to be able to cover housing for most participants from support
the
National Science Foundation has provided for the Workshop. Preference will
be
given to participants who do not have other sources of support, such as
sponsored
research grants. When you ask Cara to book your room, please tell them if
you are requesting support. Minorities, women, graduate students, and
young
researchers are especially encouraged to apply.
For logistical support, please contact Cara Barton, cara(a)math.tamu.edu.
For more information on the Workshop itself, please contact William
Johnson, johnson(a)math.tamu.edu, David Larson, larson(a)math.tamu.edu, Gilles
Pisier, pisier(a)math.tamu.edu, or Joel Zinn, jzinn(a)math.tamu.edu.
Speakers include:
Bill Arveson, Maximal vectors in Hilbert space and quantum entanglement
Nate Brown, Hilbert modules and the Cuntz semigroup
Marius Dadarlat, Finite dimensional approximations of amenable groups
Ron DeVore, A Taste of Compressed Sensing
Detelin Dosev, Commutators on certain Banach spaces
Constanze Liaw, Singular integrals and rank one perturbations
Timur Oikhberg, The complexity of the complete isomorphism relation
between subspaces of an operator space (joint work with C. Rosendal)
Grigoris Paouris, Small ball probability estimates for log-concave
measures
Chris Phillips, Freeness of actions of finite groups on C*-algebras
Bunyamin Sari, On uniform classification of the direct sums of
$\ell_p$-spaces
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, Random embeddings and other high-dimensional
geometric phenomena
Elisabeth Werner, Orlicz functions and minima and maxima of random
variables
This is an announcement for the paper "Simultaneous packing and covering
in sequence spaces" by Konrad J. Swanepoel.
Abstract: We adapt a construction of Klee (1981) to find a packing
of unit balls in $\ell_p$ ($1\leq p<\infty$) which is efficient in
the sense that enlarging the radius of each ball to any $R>2^{1-1/p}$
covers the whole space. We show that the value $2^{1-1/p}$ is optimal.
Archive classification: math.MG math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B20 (primary), 52C17 (secondary)
Remarks: 5 pages
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