Vol 58, No 2 (2017)

Suppose that P and Q are idempotents on a Hilbert space H, while Q = Q* and I is the identity operator in H. If U = P − Q is an isometry then U = U* is unitary and Q = I − P. We establish a double inequality for the infimum and the supremum of P and Q in H and P − Q. Applications of this inequality are obtained to the characterization of a trace and ideal F-pseudonorms on a W*-algebra. Let φ be a trace on the unital C*-algebra A and let tripotents P and Q belong to A. If P − Q belongs to the domain of definition of φ then φ(P − Q) is a real number. The commutativity of some operators is established.

We study the Pringsheim pointwise convergence of multiple trigonometric series. We obtain a condition on the coefficients of the series that guarantees its Pringsheim convergence and prove the unimprovability of this condition.

We state a new nonlocal boundary value problem for a mixed parabolic-hyperbolic equation. The equation is of the first kind, i.e., the curve on which the equation changes type is not a characteristic. The nonlocal condition involves points in hyperbolic and parabolic parts of the domain. This problem is a generalization of the well-known Frankl-type problems. Unlike other close publications, the hyperbolic part of the domain agrees with a characteristic triangle. We prove unique solvability of this problem in the sense of classical and strong solutions.

We consider linear functional equations of the third kind in L₂ with arbitrary measurable coefficients and unbounded integral operators with kernels satisfying broad conditions. We propose methods for reducing these equations by linear continuous invertible transformations either to equivalent integral equations of the first kind with nuclear operators or to equivalent integral equations of the second kind with quasidegenerate Carleman kernels. To the integral equations obtained after the reduction, one can apply various exact and approximate methods of solution; in particular, the two approximate methods developed in this article.

We give a sufficient condition for supersolubility of a finite group that is a product of two subnormal supersoluble subgroups. We prove that the supersoluble residual of such a group is equal to its nilpotent residual. Also we apply these results to finite groups that are a product of two subnormal p-supersoluble subgroups.

Under study are the two classes of elliptic spectral problems with homogeneous Dirichlet conditions and discontinuous nonlinearities (the parameter occurs in the nonlinearity multiplicatively). In the former case the nonlinearity is nonnegative and vanishes for the values of the phase variable not exceeding some positive number c; it has linear growth at infinity in the phase variable u and the only discontinuity at u = c. We prove that for every spectral parameter greater than the minimal eigenvalue of the differential part of the equation with the homogeneous Dirichlet condition, the corresponding boundary value problem has a nontrivial strong solution. The corresponding free boundary in this case is of zero measure. A lower estimate for the spectral parameter is established as well. In the latter case the differential part of the equation is formally selfadjoint and the nonlinearity has sublinear growth at infinity. Some upper estimate for the spectral parameter is given in this case.

We identify M(24) by the structure of the normalizer of a 3-central element. Also as a corollary we identify M(24) by two of its 3-local subgroups.

Let P₁ be the class of all finite groups that are products of two normal supersoluble subgroups. Let P be the class of all nonsupersoluble P₁-groups G such that all proper P₁-subgroups of G and nontrivial factor groups of G are supersoluble. We classify the P-groups.

We consider special series in the classical Laguerre polynomials coinciding in particular cases with the mixed series associated to Laguerre polynomials, introduced by the author previously, as well as Fourier–Sobolev series in Sobolev orthogonal Laguerre polynomials. We address the questions of uniform convergence of these series on a finite segment of the positive half-axis. We study the approximation properties of partial sums of special series on the positive half-axis, with particular attention paid to estimating their Lebesgue function.