This is an announcement for the paper "Column subset selection, matrix
factorization, and eigenvalue optimization" by Joel A. Tropp.
Abstract: Given a fixed matrix, the problem of column subset selection
requests a column submatrix that has favorable spectral properties. Most
research from the algorithms and numerical linear algebra communities
focuses on a variant called rank-revealing {\sf QR}, which seeks a
well-conditioned collection of columns that spans the (numerical) range
of the matrix. The functional analysis literature contains another strand
of work on column selection whose algorithmic implications have not been
explored. In particular, a celebrated result of Bourgain and Tzafriri
demonstrates that each matrix with normalized columns contains a large
column submatrix that is exceptionally well conditioned. Unfortunately,
standard proofs of this result cannot be regarded as algorithmic.
This paper presents a randomized, polynomial-time algorithm that
produces the submatrix promised by Bourgain and Tzafriri. The method
involves random sampling of columns, followed by a matrix factorization
that exposes the well-conditioned subset of columns. This factorization,
which is due to Grothendieck, is regarded as a central tool in modern
functional analysis. The primary novelty in this work is an algorithm,
based on eigenvalue minimization, for constructing the Grothendieck
factorization. These ideas also result in a novel approximation algorithm
for the $(\infty, 1)$ norm of a matrix, which is generally {\sf NP}-hard
to compute exactly. As an added bonus, this work reveals a surprising
connection between matrix factorization and the famous {\sc maxcut}
semidefinite program.
Archive classification: math.NA math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 15A60; 15A23; 65F30; 90C25
Remarks: Conference version
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This is an announcement for the paper "A criterion of weak compactness
for operators on subspaces of Orlicz spaces" by Pascal Lefevre, Daniel
Li, Herve Queffelec, and Luis Rodriguez-Piazzaa.
Abstract: To appear in J. Funct. Spaces and Appl.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46E30
Remarks: 18 pages
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Submitted from: lefevre(a)euler.univ-artois.fr
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This is an announcement for the paper "Quotients of Banach spaces with the
Daugavet property" by Vladimir Kadets, Varvara Shepelska and Dirk Werner.
Abstract: We consider a general concept of Daugavet property with respect
to a norming subspace. This concept covers both the usual Daugavet
property and its weak$^*$ analogue. We introduce and study analogues for
narrow operators and rich subspaces in this general setting and apply the
results to show that a quotient of $L_1[0,1]$ over an $\ell_1$-subspace
can fail the Daugavet property. The latter answers a question posed to
us by A. Pelczynski in the negative.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B04; 46B25; 47B38
Remarks: 15 pages
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Submitted from: werner(a)math.fu-berlin.de
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This is an announcement for the paper "Strong peak points and strongly
norm attaining points with applications to denseness and polynomial
numerical indices" by Jaegil Kim and Han Ju Lee.
Abstract: Using the variational method, it is shown that the set of
all strong peak functions in a closed algebra $A$ of $C_b(K)$ is dense
if and only if the set of all strong peak points is a norming subset of
$A$. As a corollary we can induce the denseness of strong peak functions
on other certain spaces. In case that a set of uniformly strongly exposed
points of a Banach space $X$ is a norming subset of $\mathcal{P}({}^n X)$,
then the set of all strongly norm attaining elements in $\mathcal{P}({}^n
X)$ is dense. In particular, the set of all points at which the norm of
$\mathcal{P}({}^n X)$ is Fr\'echet differentiable is a dense $G_\delta$
subset.
In the last part, using Reisner's graph theoretic-approach, we
construct some strongly norm attaining polynomials on a CL-space with
an absolute norm. Then we show that for a finite dimensional complex
Banach space $X$ with an absolute norm, its polynomial numerical indices
are one if and only if $X$ is isometric to $\ell_\infty^n$. Moreover,
we give a characterization of the set of all complex extreme points of
the unit ball of a CL-space with an absolute norm.
Archive classification: math.FA math.CO
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46G25; 46B20; 46B22; 52A21; 46B20
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This is an announcement for the paper "A new approach to the Ramsey-type
games and the Gowers dichotomy in F-spaces" by G. Androulakis,
S. J. Dilworth, and N. J. Kalton.
Abstract: We give a new approach to the Ramsey-type results of Gowers on
block bases in Banach spaces and apply our results to prove the Gowers
dichotomy in F-spaces.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46A16, 91A05, 91A80
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Submitted from: giorgis(a)math.sc.edu
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This is an announcement for the paper "Descriptive set theoretic methods
applied to strictly singular and strictly cosingular operators" by
G. Androulakis and K. Beanland.
Abstract: The class of strictly singular operators originating from
the dual of a separable Banach space is written as an increasing union
of $\omega_1$ subclasses which are defined using the Schreier sets. A
question of J. Diestel, of whether a similar result can be stated for
strictly cosingular operators, is studied.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47B07, 47A15
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This is an announcement for the paper "Graph norms and Sidorenko's
conjecture" by Hamed Hatami.
Abstract: Let $H$ and $G$ be two finite graphs. Define $h_H(G)$ to be
the number of homomorphisms from $H$ to $G$. The function $h_H(\cdot)$
extends in a natural way to a function from the set of symmetric
matrices to $\mathbb{R}$ such that for $A_G$, the adjacency matrix of
a graph $G$, we have $h_H(A_G)=h_H(G)$. Let $m$ be the number of edges
of $H$. It is easy to see that when $H$ is the cycle of length $2n$,
then $h_H(\cdot)^{1/m}$ is the $2n$-th Schatten-von Neumann norm. We
investigate a question of Lov\'{a}sz that asks for a characterization
of graphs $H$ for which the function $h_H(\cdot)^{1/m}$ is a norm.
We prove that $h_H(\cdot)^{1/m}$ is a norm if and only if a H\"{o}lder
type inequality holds for $H$. We use this inequality to prove both
positive and negative results, showing that $h_H(\cdot)^{1/m}$ is a norm
for certain classes of graphs, and giving some necessary conditions on the
structure of $H$ when $h_H(\cdot)^{1/m}$ is a norm. As an application we
use the inequality to verify a conjecture of Sidorenko for certain graphs
including hypercubes. In fact for such graphs we can prove statements
that are much stronger than the assertion of Sidorenko's conjecture.
We also investigate the $h_H(\cdot)^{1/m}$ norms from a Banach space
theoretic point of view, determining their moduli of smoothness and
convexity. This generalizes the previously known result for the $2n$-th
Schatten-von Neumann norms.
Archive classification: math.FA math.CO
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46E30; 05C35
Remarks: to appear in Israel Journal of Mathematics
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This is an announcement for the paper "Isometry and symmetrization for
logarithmic Sobolev inequalities" by Joaquim Martin and Mario Milman.
Abstract: Using isoperimetry and symmetrization we provide a unified
framework to study the classical and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities. In
particular, we obtain new Gaussian symmetrization inequalities and connect
them with logarithmic Sobolev inequalities. Our methods are very general
and can be easily adapted to more general contexts.
Archive classification: math.FA math.AP
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This is an announcement for the paper "Lattice homomorphisms between
Sobolev spaces" by Markus Biegert.
Abstract: We show that every vector lattice homomorphism $T$
from $W^{1,p}_0(\Omega_1)$ into $W^{1,q}(\Omega_2)$ for $p,q\in
(1,\infty)$ and open sets \Omega_1,\Omega_2\subset\IR^N$ has a
representation of the form $Tu=(u\circ\xi)g\quad\mbox{ $\Cap_q$-quasi
everywhere on }\Omega_2$ with mappings $\xi:\Omega_2\to\Omega_1$ and
$g:\Omega_2\to[0,\infty)$. This representation follows as an application
of an abstract and more general representation theorem, which can be
applied in many other situations. We prove that every lattice homomorphism
$T$ from $\tsW^{1,p}(\Omega_1)$ into $W^{1,q}(\Omega_2)$ admits a
representation of the form $Tu=(u\circ\xi)g\quad\mbox{ $\Cap_q$-quasi
everywhere on }\Omega_2$ with mappings $\xi:\Omega_2\to\overline\Omega_1$
and $g:\Omega_2\to[0,\infty)$. Here $\tsW^{1,p}(\Omega_1)$ denotes
the closure of $W^{1,p}(\Omega_1)\cap C_c(\overline\Omega_1)$
in $W^{1,p}(\Omega_1)$ and every $u\in\tsW^{1,p}(\Omega_1)$ admits
a trace on the boundary $\partial\Omega_1$ of $\Omega_1$. Finally we
prove that every lattice homomorphism $T$ from $\tsW^{1,p}(\Omega_1)$
into $\tsW^{1,q}(\Omega_2)$ where $\Omega_1$ is bounded has
a representation of the form $Tu=(u\circ\xi)g\quad\mbox{
$\Cap_{q,\Omega_2}$-quasi everywhere on }\overline\Omega_2$
with mappings $\xi:\overline\Omega_2\to\overline\Omega_1$ and
$g:\overline\Omega_2\to[0,\infty)$. At the end of this article we consider
also lattice isomorphisms between Sobolev spaces and the representation
of their inverses.
Archive classification: math.AP math.FA
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