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We prove some inequalities for the spectral radius of positive operators on Banach function spaces. In particular, we show the following extension of Levinger's theorem. Let $K$ be a positive compact kernel operator on $L^2(X,\mu)$ with the…

For real functions \Phi and \Psi that are integrable and compactly supported, we prove the norm resolvent convergence, as \epsilon\ goes to 0, of a family S(\epsilon) of one-dimensional Schroedinger operators on the line of the form…

It is shown using Schur complement techniques that on finite dimensional Hilbert spaces, a non-negative operator valued trigonometric polynomial in two variables with degree $(d_1,d_2)$ can be written as a finite sum of hermitian squares of…

Conditions for a composition operator on the Hardy space of the disk to have closed range or be similar to an isometry are well known. We provide such conditions for composition operators on the Hardy space of the upper half-plane. We also…

It is well known that for higher order elliptic equations the positivity preserving property (PPP) may fail. In striking contrast to what happens under Dirichlet boundary conditions, we prove that the PPP holds for the biharmonic operator…

This article proves the existence of completely positive quasimultiplicative maps from the group algebra of imprimitive reflection groups to the set of bounded operators, and uses those linear maps to define creation and annihilation…

We prove that in the setting of operator spaces the result of Davis, Figiel, Johnson and Pelczynski on factoring weakly compact operators holds accordingly. Though not related directly to the main theorem we add a remark on the description…

We consider the spectrum of a two-dimensional Pauli operator with a compactly supported electric potential and a variable magnetic field with a positive mean value. The rate of accumulation of eigenvalues to zero is described in terms of…

Positive definite functions are fundamental to many areas of applied mathematics, probability theory, spatial statistics and machine learning, amogst others. Motivated by a problem coming from the maximum likelihood estimation under fixed…

Let $\phi$ be a quadratic, monic polynomial with coefficients in $\mathcal O_{F,D}[t]$, where $\mathcal O_{F,D}$ is a localization of a number ring $\mathcal O_F$. In this paper, we first prove that if $\phi$ is non-square and…

We study $K$-positivity preservers with given closed $K\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$, i.e., linear maps $T:\mathbb{R}[x_1,\dots,x_n]\to\mathbb{R}[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ such that $T\mathrm{Pos}(K)\subseteq\mathrm{Pos}(K)$ holds, and their generators…

Let P be an elementary closed semi-algebraic set in R^d, i.e., there exist real polynomials p_1,...,p_s such that P= \{x \in R^d : p_1(x) \ge 0, >..., p_s(x) \ge 0 \}; in this case p_1,...,p_s are said to represent P. Denote by $n$ the…

Let $H$ be a complex separable Hilbert space of dimension $\geq 2$, ${\mathcal B}_s(H)$ the space of all self-adjoint operators on $H$. We give a complete classification of non-linear surjective maps on $\mathcal B_s(H)$ preserving…

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold. We consider operators of the form $\Delta_g + V$, where $\Delta_g$ is the non-negative Laplacian associated with the metric $g$, and $V$ a locally integrable function. Let $\rho :…

The paper gives the following characterization of the disc algebra in terms of the argument principle: A continuous function f on the unit circle T extends holomorphically through the unit disc if and only if for each polynomial P such that…

Let $\{\phi_s\}_{s\in S}$ be a commutative semigroup of completely positive, contractive, and weak*-continuous linear maps acting on a von Neumann algebra $N$. Assume there exists a semigroup $\{\alpha_s\}_{s\in S}$ of weak*-continuous…

In this paper we consider the system involving fully nonlinear nonlocal operators: $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} F_{\alpha}(u(x)) = C_{n,\alpha} PV \int_{{R}^n} \frac{G(u(x)-u(y))}{|x-y|^{n+\alpha}} dy=f(v(x)), F_{\beta}(v(x)) = C_{n,\beta}…

This paper provides a method to study the non-negativity of certain linear operators, from other operators with similar spectral properties. If these new operators are formally self-adjoint and non-negative, we can study the complex powers…

A multivariate polynomial is {\em stable} if it is nonvanishing whenever all variables have positive imaginary parts. We classify all linear partial differential operators in the Weyl algebra $\A_n$ that preserve stability. An important…

We consider linear operators defined on a subspace of a complex Banach space into its topological antidual acting positively in a natural sense. The goal of this paper is to investigate of this kind of operators. The main theorem is a…