Realization theory for linear input-output operators and frequency-domain methods for the solvability of Riccati operator equations are used for the stability and instability investigation of a class of nonlinear Volterra integral equations in a Hilbert space. The key idea is to consider, similar to the Volterra equation, a time-invariant control system generated by an abstract ODE in a weighted Sobolev space, which has the same stability properties as the Volterra equation.

In this paper we first consider a real-linear isometry T from a certain subspace A of C(X) (endowed with supremum norm) into C(Y) where X and Y are compact Hausdorff spaces and give a result concerning the description of T whenever A is a uniform algebra on X. The result is improved for the case where T(A) is, in addition, a complex subspace of C(Y). We also give a similar description for the case where A is a function space on X and the range of T is a real subspace of C(Y) satisfying a ceratin...

In these notes we report on recent progress in the theory of hypercyclic and chaotic operators. Our discussion will be guided by the following fundamental problems: How do we recognize hypercyclic operators? How many vectors are hypercyclic? How many operators are hypercyclic? How big can non-dense orbits be?

The aim of these lectures is to present a survey of some results on spaces of functions with dominating mixed smoothness. These results concern joint work with Winfried Sickel and Miroslav Krbec as well as the work which has been done by Jan Vybíral within his thesis. The first goal is to discuss the Fourier-analytical approach, equivalent characterizations with the help of derivatives and differences, local means, atomic and wavelet decompositions. Secondly, on this basis we study approximation...

The aim of this paper is to review the state-of-the-art of recent research concerning the numerical index of Banach spaces, by presenting some of the results found in the last years and proposing a number of related open problems.

Des semi-groupes de Feller locaux, deux à deux compatibles et définis sur des ouverts recouvrant un espace compact $E$, se recollent en un semi-groupe de Feller local unique défini sur $E$. Le principe du maximum joue un rôle essentiel dans la démonstration de ce résultat. Un théorème de recollement des générateurs infinitésimaux s’en déduit.

We discuss an exact reconstruction algorithm for time expanding semi-algebraic sets given by a single polynomial inequality. The theoretical motivation comes from the classical $L$-problem of moments, while some possible applications to 2D fluid moving boundaries are sketched. The proofs rely on an adapted co-area theorem and a Hankel form minimization.

Using the techniques of approximation and factorization of convolution operators we study the problem of irregular sampling of band-limited functions on a locally compact Abelian group $G$. The results of this paper relate to earlier work by Feichtinger and Gröchenig in a similar way as Kluvánek’s work published in 1969 relates to the classical Shannon Sampling Theorem. Generally speaking we claim that reconstruction is possible as long as there is sufficient high sampling density. Moreover, the iterative...

Let $X$ be a Banach space, $ℬ\left(X\right)$ the algebra of bounded linear operators on $X$ and $(J,\parallel ·{\parallel }_J)$ an admissible Banach ideal of $ℬ\left(X\right)$. For $T\in ℬ\left(X\right)$, let $L_{J,T}$ and $R_{J,T}\in ℬ\left(J\right)$ denote the left and right multiplication defined by $L_{J,T}\left(A\right)=TA$ and $R_{J,T}\left(A\right)=AT$, respectively. In this paper, we study the transmission of some concepts related to recurrent operators between $T\in ℬ\left(X\right)$, and their elementary operators $L_{J,T}$ and $R_{J,T}$. In particular, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for $L_{J,T}$ and $R_{J,T}$ to be sequentially recurrent. Furthermore, we prove that $L_{J,T}$ is recurrent if and only...

The main aim of our lectures is to give a pedagogical introduction to various mathematical formalisms used to describe open quantum systems: completely positive semigroups, dilations of semigroups, quantum Langevin dynamics and the so-called Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonians. We explain two kinds of the weak coupling limit. Both of them show that Hamiltonian dynamics of a small quantum system interacting with a large resevoir can be approximated by simpler dynamics. The better known reduced weak coupling...

We consider the reducibility and unitary equivalence of multiplication operators on the Dirichlet space. We first characterize reducibility of a multiplication operator induced by a finite Blaschke product and, as an application, we show that a multiplication operator induced by a Blaschke product with two zeros is reducible only in an obvious case. Also, we prove that a multiplication operator induced by a multiplier ϕ is unitarily equivalent to a weighted shift of multiplicity 2 if and only if...

A criterion for reducibility of certain representations of abelian groups is established. Among the applications of this criterion, we give a positive answer to the translation invariant subspace problem for weighted $L^p$ spaces on locally compact abelian groups, for even weights and $1\<p\<\infty$.