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Title: The realization problem for von Neumann regular rings Author: Samuel Mokriš Department: Department of Algebra Supervisor of the master thesis: Mgr. Pavel Růžička, Ph.D., Department of Algebra Abstract: With every unital ring R, one can associate the abelian monoid V (R) of isomor- phism classes of finitely generated projective right R-modules. Said monoid is a conical monoid with order-unit. Moreover, for von Neumann regular rings, it satisfies the Riesz refinement property. In the thesis, we deal with the question, under what conditions an abelian conical re- finement monoid with order-unit can be realized as V (R) for some unital von Neumann regular ring or algebra, with emphasis on countable monoids. Two generalizations of the construction of V (R) to the context of nonunital rings are presented and their interrelation is analyzed. To that end, necessary properties of rings with local units and modules over such rings are devel- oped. Further, the construction of Leavitt path algebras over quivers is presented, as well as the construction of a monoid associated with a quiver that is isomorphic to V (R) of the Leavitt path algebra over the same quiver. These methods are then used to realize directed unions of finitely generated free abelian monoids as V (R) of algebras over any given field. A method...

Inverse problems naturally occur in many branches of science and mathematics. An inverse problem entails finding the values of one or more parameters using the values obtained from observed data. A typical example of an inverse problem is the inversion of the Radon transform. Here a function (for example of two variables) is deduced from its integrals along all possible lines. This problem is intimately connected with image reconstruction for X-ray computerized tomography. Moment problems are a special class of inverse problems. While the classical theory of moments dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, the systematic study of truncated moment problems began only a few years ago. In this dissertation we will first survey the elementary theory of truncated moment problems, and then focus on those problems with cubic column relations. For a degree 2n real d-dimensional multisequence β ≡ β (2n) ={β i}i∈Zd+,|i|≤2n to have a representing measure μ, it is necessary for the associated moment matrix Μ(n) to be positive semidefinite, and for the algebraic variety associated to β, Vβ, to satisfy rank Μ(n)≤ card Vβ as well as the following consistency condition: if a polynomial p(x)≡ ∑|i|≤2naixi vanishes on Vβ, then Λ(p):=∑|i|≤2naiβi=0. In 2005, Professor Raúl Curto collaborated with L. Fialkow and M. Möller to prove that for the extremal case (Μ(n)= Vβ), positivity and consistency are sufficient for the existence of a (unique, rank Μ(n)-atomic) representing measure. In joint work with Professor Raúl Curto we have considered cubic column relations in M(3) of the form (in complex notation) Z3=itZ+ubar Z, where u and t are real numbers. For (u,t) in the interior of a real cone, we prove that the algebraic variety Vβ consists of exactly 7 points, and we then apply the above mentioned solution of the extremal moment problem to obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a representing measure. This requires a new representation theorem for sextic polynomials in Z and bar Z which vanish in the 7-point set Vβ. Our proof of this representation theorem relies on two successive applications of the Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra. Finally, we use the Division Algorithm from algebraic geometry to extend this result to other situations involving cubic column relations.

We develop the method of Fischer-Riesz equations for general boundary value problems elliptic in the sense of Douglis-Nirenberg. To this end we reduce them to a boundary problem for a (possibly overdetermined) first order system whose classical symbol has a left inverse. For such a problem there is a uniquely determined boundary value problem which is adjoint to the given one with respect to the Green formula. On using a well elaborated theory of approximation by solutions of the adjoint problem, we find the Cauchy data of solutions of our problem.

This study revolves around operators defined by conditional expectations and operators generated by random measures. Studies of operators in function spaces defined by conditional expectations first appeared in the mid 1950's by S-T.C. Moy [22] and S. Sidak [26]. N. Kalton studied them in the setting of Lp-spaces 0 < p < 1 in [15, 131 and in L1-spaces, [14], while W. Arveson [5] studied them in L2-spaces. Their averaging properties were studied by P.G. Dodds and C.B. Huijsmans and B. de Pagter in [7] and C.B. Huijsmans and B. de Pagter in [lo]. A. Lambert [17] studied their relationship with multiplication operators in C*-modules. It was shown by J.J. Grobler and B. de Pagter [8] that partial integral operators that were studied A.S. Kalitvin et a1 in [2, 4, 3, 11, 121 and the special cases of kernel operators that were, inter alia, studied by A.R. Schep in [25] were special cases of conditional expectation operators. On the other hand, operators generated by random measures or pseudo-integral operators were studied by A. Sourour [28, 271 and L.W. Weis [29,30], building on the studies of W. Arveson [5] and N. Kalton [14, 151, in the late 1970's and early 1980's. In this thesis we extend the work of J.J. Grobler and B. de Pagter [8] on Multiplication Conditional Expectation-representable (MCE-representable) operators. We also generalize the result of A. Sourour [27] and show that order continuous linear maps between ideals of almost everywhere finite measurable functions on u-finite measure spaces are MCE-representable. This fact enables us to easily deduce that sums and compositions of MCE-representable operators are again MCE-representable operators. We also show that operators generated by random measures are MCE-representable. The first chapter gathers the definitions and introduces notions and concepts that are used throughout. In particular, we introduce Riesz spaces and operators therein, Riesz and Boolean homomorphisms, conditional expectation operators, kernel and absolute T-kernel operators. In Chapter 2 we look at MCE-operators where we give a definition different from that given by J.J. Grobler and B. de Pagter in [8], but which we show to be equivalent. Chapter 3 involves random measures and operators generated by random measures. We solve the problem (positively) that was posed by A. Sourour in [28] about the relationship of the lattice properties of operators generated by random measures and the lattice properties of their generating random measures. We show that the total variation of a random signed measure representing an order bounded operator T, it being the difference of two random measures, is again a random measure and represents ITI. We also show that the set of all operators generated by a random measure is a band in the Riesz space of all order bounded operators. In Chapter 4 we investigate the relationship between operators generated by random measures and MCE-representable operators. It was shown by A. Sourour in [28, 271 that every order bounded order continuous linear operator acting between ideals of almost everywhere measurable functions is generated by a random measure, provided that the measure spaces involved are standard measure spaces. We prove an analogue of this theorem for the general case where the underlying measure spaces are a-finite. We also, in this general setting, prove that every order continuous linear operator is MCE-representable. This rather surprising result enables us to easily show that sums, products and compositions of MCE-representable operator are again MCE-representable. Key words: Riesz spaces, conditional expectations, multiplication conditional expectation-representable operators, random measures. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Mathematics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.

We look from a new point of view at the definition and basic properties of the Lebesgue measure and integral on Euclidean spaces, on abstract spaces, and on locally compact Hausdorff spaces. We use mini sums to give all of them a unified treatment that is more efficient than the standard ones. We also give Fubini's theorem a proof that is nicer and uses much lighter technical baggage than the usual treatments.

Dans une première partie, on donne une condition nécessaire et suffisante à ce qu'un opérateur de Schrödinger sur une variété complète non-compacte ait un nombre fini de valeurs propres négatives. Dans une deuxième partie, on s'intéresse à la transformée de Riesz sur une classe de variétés complètes non-compactes vérifiant une inégalité de Sobolev. On montre d'abord une estimée gaussienne pour le noyau de la chaleur d'opérateurs de Schrödinger généralisés, comme par exemple le Laplacien de Hodge agissant sur les formes différentielles, puis on utilise ceci pour montrer que la transformée de Riesz est bornée sur les espaces $L^p$ si $p$ est compris entre $1$ et la dimension de Sobolev. Enfin, on montre un résultat de perturbation pour la transformée de Riesz.

This study revolves around operators defined by conditional expectations and operators generated by random measures. Studies of operators in function spaces defined by conditional expectations first appeared in the mid 1950's by S-T.C. Moy [22] and S. Sidak [26]. N. Kalton studied them in the setting of Lp-spaces 0 < p < 1 in [15, 131 and in L1-spaces, [14], while W. Arveson [5] studied them in L2-spaces. Their averaging properties were studied by P.G. Dodds and C.B. Huijsmans and B. de Pagter in [7] and C.B. Huijsmans and B. de Pagter in [lo]. A. Lambert [17] studied their relationship with multiplication operators in C*-modules. It was shown by J.J. Grobler and B. de Pagter [8] that partial integral operators that were studied A.S. Kalitvin et a1 in [2, 4, 3, 11, 121 and the special cases of kernel operators that were, inter alia, studied by A.R. Schep in [25] were special cases of conditional expectation operators. On the other hand, operators generated by random measures or pseudo-integral operators were studied by A. Sourour [28, 271 and L.W. Weis [29,30], building on the studies of W. Arveson [5] and N. Kalton [14, 151, in the late 1970's and early 1980's. In this thesis we extend the work of J.J. Grobler and B. de Pagter [8] on Multiplication Conditional Expectation-representable (MCE-representable) operators. We also generalize the result of A. Sourour [27] and show that order continuous linear maps between ideals of almost everywhere finite measurable functions on u-finite measure spaces are MCE-representable. This fact enables us to easily deduce that sums and compositions of MCE-representable operators are again MCE-representable operators. We also show that operators generated by random measures are MCE-representable. The first chapter gathers the definitions and introduces notions and concepts that are used throughout. In particular, we introduce Riesz spaces and operators therein, Riesz and Boolean homomorphisms, conditional expectation operators, kernel and absolute T-kernel operators. In Chapter 2 we look at MCE-operators where we give a definition different from that given by J.J. Grobler and B. de Pagter in [8], but which we show to be equivalent. Chapter 3 involves random measures and operators generated by random measures. We solve the problem (positively) that was posed by A. Sourour in [28] about the relationship of the lattice properties of operators generated by random measures and the lattice properties of their generating random measures. We show that the total variation of a random signed measure representing an order bounded operator T, it being the difference of two random measures, is again a random measure and represents ITI. We also show that the set of all operators generated by a random measure is a band in the Riesz space of all order bounded operators. In Chapter 4 we investigate the relationship between operators generated by random measures and MCE-representable operators. It was shown by A. Sourour in [28, 271 that every order bounded order continuous linear operator acting between ideals of almost everywhere measurable functions is generated by a random measure, provided that the measure spaces involved are standard measure spaces. We prove an analogue of this theorem for the general case where the underlying measure spaces are a-finite. We also, in this general setting, prove that every order continuous linear operator is MCE-representable. This rather surprising result enables us to easily show that sums, products and compositions of MCE-representable operator are again MCE-representable. Key words: Riesz spaces, conditional expectations, multiplication conditional expectation-representable operators, random measures. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Mathematics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.

The present work consists of two main parts. In the first part, invariant subspaces of positive operators or operator families on locally convex solid Riesz spaces are examined. The concept of a weakly-quasinilpotent operator on a locally convex solid Riesz space has been introduced and several results that are known for a single operator on Banach lattices have been generalized to families of positive or close-to-them operators on these spaces. In the second part, the so-called generalized Alexandroff duplicates are studied and CDsigma, gamma(K, E)-type spaces are investigated. It has then been shown that the space CDsigma, gamma(K, E) can be represented as the space of E-valued continuous functions on the generalized Alexandroff duplicate of K.

Thesis--Lund. / Extra t.p., with thesis note inserted. Imprint on cover: Lund, C.W.K. Gleerup. "A study of problems connected with Riesz' generalization of the Riemann-Liouville integral."--Introd. "References": p. [98].