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APPROXIMATION THEORY AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

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Approximation Theory and Functional Analysis Proceedings of the International Symposium on Approximation Theory, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil, August 1-5, 1977 Edited by

Joio B. PROLLA Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Brazil

1979

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T h i s book c o n t a i n s t h e P r o c e e d i n g s of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Sympo-

sium on Approximation Theory h e l d a t t h e U n i v e r s i d a d e Campinas (UNICAMP), B r a z i l , d u r i n g August 1 - 5 ,

1977.

Estadual

de

Besides

the

t e x t s of l e c t u r e s d e l i v e r e d a t t h e Symposium, it c o n t a i n s some papers by i n v i t e d l e c t u r e r s whowere u n a b l e t o a t t e n d t h e m e e t i n g . The Symposium w a s s u p p o r t e d by t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union, b y t h e Fundaqao d e Amparo 5 P e s q u i s a do E s t a d o

Mathematical de

,550 P a u l o

(FAPESP), by German and S p a n i s h government a g e n c i e s , and by

UNICAMP

itself. The o r g a n i z i n g committee w a s c o n s t i t u t e d by P r o f e s s o r s Machado, Leopoldo Nachbin, Joao B . P r o l l a ( c h a i r m a n ) ,

Silvio

and

Guido

Zapata. W e would l i k e t o t h a n k P r o f e s s o r U b i r a t a n D’Ambrosio, d i r e c t o r

of t h e I n s t i t u t e of Mathematics o f UNICAMP, whose s u p p o r t

made

the

m e e t i n g p o s s i b l e . Our s p e c i a l t h a n k s a r e e x t e n d e d to Miss E l d a M o r t a r i who t y p e d t h i s volume.

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TABLE O F CONTENTS

R. ARON,

J.

.

1

. . .

13

. . . . . .

19

P o l y n o m i a l a p p h o x i m a t i o n and a q u e o t i a n 06 G.E.Skieov. A n a l y t i c h y p o e l l i p t i c i t y 0 6 a p e h a t o h n 06 paincipae type . . . . . . . . . . . .

BARROS NETO,

. .

.

.

. . .

H . BAUER,

Kahawkin apphoximatian i n dunctian npacen.

K.

an compact n e t n , a p p h a x i m a t i a n a n p h o d u c t n c t n , and t h e apphoximation phopehty . . , . . . , . . ,

D. BIERSTEDT,

A hemath a n v e c t a h - v a l u e d apphaximatian

.

B.

.

.

. . .

T h e c o m p l e t i o n 0 6 p a h t i a l L y a h d e t e d wectah dpacen . . . . . . . . . . . , . and KOhOWhin'b t h e o h e m

BROSOWSKI,

. .

63

. . . . .. . . .. . ..

71

. . .

121

de wahiabLe.4

..

133

Mehamokphic unidahm a p p h a x i m a t i a n a n c e a s e d n u b n e t s a d o p e n Riemann nuhdacen . . . . . . .

. .

139

. . .

159

P . L . BUTZER,

.

R. L .

STENS and M.

WEHRENS,

g e b h a i c canvalLLtian i n t e g a a l o

A p p h a x i m a ~ a nb y d-

Nan-ahchimedean w e i g h t e d a p p h o x i m a t i o n

J. P.

Q. CARNEIRO,

J. P.

FERRIER, T h z o k i e

P . M.

GAUTHIER,

n p e c t h a l e en une i n d i n i t E

.

.

C. S . GUERREIRO, W h i t n e y ' n n p e c t h a l n y n t h e b i b t h e o h e m

. . . . .

d i n i t e dimennionn G.

37

G. LORENTZ a n d S . D.

,

RIEMENSCHNEIDER,

Bihkhodd i n t e k p o L a t i a n

Rec.ent

phogenn

.

-

* .

.

in

.. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

P. MALLIAVIN, A p p k o x i m a t i o n poLynamiaLe p o n d e k z e e t C a f l O f l i Q U U . .

i n in-

. . . . . . . .

. . . .

vi i

187

phoduitn

. . .. - .- .. . -

237

viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS

R . M E I S E , Spacen a d d i d d e h e n t i a b l e d u n c t i o n n and

t i o n phapehty.

. . . . .

,

.the u p p o x h a -

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L . NACHBIN, A l o o k a t a p p h o x i m a t i a n t h e o h y

. . . . . . . . . .

,

309

. .

333

. . .

343

L . N A R I C I and E . BECKENSTEIN, Banach a l g e b h a ovm valued ~L&dh

P h . NOVERRAZ, A p p h o x i m a t i a n a d p L u h i n u b h a k m o n i c d u n c t i o n n . 0. T . W.

PAQUES, T h e a p p h o x i m a t i o n p h o p e h t y d o h c e h t a i n npacen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

351

. .

371

. . . . . . . . .

383

..

409

. . . .

421

.. .... . . . . .. . .. .

429

......

445

o d h o l o m o h p h i c mappingn. J . B . PROLLA,

The a p p h o x i m a t i a n p h o p e h t y d o h Nachbin n p a c e n .

I . J . SCHOENBERG,

I)n c a h d i n a l n p L i n e n m o a t h i n g

0 6 e c h e l o n KB,#~e-Schwahtz npacen

M. VALDIVIA, A c h a h a c t t h i z a t i o n

D . WULBERT, T h e h a t i a n a l ? a p p h o x i m a t i o n a d h e a l d u n c t i o n n G.

ZAPATA,

lndtx.

263

Fundamental? neminahmn

. . . . .

,

.

,

. . . .

,

. . . . . . . . . .

Approximation Theory and Functional Analysis J. 8. Prolla led. I 0 North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION AND A QUESTION OF G. E.

SHILOV

RICHARD M. ARON

I n s t i t u t o de Matemztica Universidade Federal

do Rio de J a n e i r o

Caixa P o s t a l 1835, z c - 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 Rio de J a n e i r o , B r a z i l

and School of Mathematics University

ABSTRACT

Let

s p a c e . For

of

Dublin

39 T r i n i t y

College

Dublin

Ireland

2,

E be an i n f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l r e a l o r complex

n =0,1,2,.

.. , m ,

let

Banach

a n ( E ) be t h e a l g e b r a g e n e r a t e d

by

a l l c o n t i n u o u s polynomials on E which a r e homogeneous o f d e g r e e ( n . u n ( E ) with respect t o s e v e r a l

W e d i s c u s s t h e completion of

natural

t o p o l o g i e s , i n t h e r e a l and complex c a s e . I n p a r t i c u l a r , weprove that when

i s a complex Banach s p a c e whose d u a l h a s

E

T~ - c o m p l e t i o n of

property, then the

t h o s e holomorphic f u n c t i o n s compact

-+

Q:

approximation

whose d e r i v a t i v e

with

a f : E + E l is

.

Let

ball

f :E

the

a 1( E ) c a n be i d e n t i f i e d

B1.

E

be a Banach s p a c e o v e r

For e a c h

n

c o n t i n u o u s polynomials s u p { I I P ( ~ ) I:I x

E

E

IN

,

P :E

let -+

B ~ )( P ( O E , F )

IK= IR o r

a:, w i t h c l o s e d

-

unit

P(nE,F) be t h e s p a c e o f n-hctruxJeneous F, normed by E F).

P E P(nE,F)

P(E,F) is

11 P 11

the s p a c e of mcon-

t i n u o u s l y F r g c h e t d i f f e r e n t i a b l e f u n c t i o n s from E t o

F and

H(E,F)

i s t h e s p a c e o f holomorphic mappings from E t o F , where E and are complex Banach s p a c e s . Throughout, i f t h e 1

range

space

F

F

is

ARON

2

HE)= H(E,C).

F = IK i s u n d e r s t o o d ; t h u s f o r example

suppressed, then

I n t h i s p a p e r , w e c o n s i d e r v a r i a t i o n s on t h e f o l l o w i n g problem posed by G . E . S h i l o v [ 8 ]

.

F o r each

n = 0,1,2,.

.., ,

b e t h e a l g e b r a g e n e r a t e d by t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f f u n c t i o n s CL)

5 n; thus

j

a (E) =

( ~ " ( E ) , T ) " of

topology

P(jE),

E P ( E ) . Then, what is t h e

E lN,

completion

a n ( E ) w i t h r e s p e c t t o some s p e c i f i e d l o c a l l y

on

T

P("E)

n@j:

an ( E )

let

03

convex

a n ( E ) ? I n t h e r e a l c a s e , t h i s problem h a s been con-

s i d e r e d by many a u t h o r s . I n S e c t i o n 1, w e b r i e f l y o u t l i n e some recent r e s u l t s i n t h i s c a s e . When E i s a complex Banach s p a c e ,

the

above

problem h a s a p p a r e n t l y n o t been s t u d i e d . I n S e c t i o n 2 , w e d i s c u s s the c o m p l e t i o n of

.

1

u ( E ) and

a m ( E ) f o r s e v e r a l c o m o n t o p o l o g i e s on the

(Related r e s u l t s w i l l a l s o appear i n [ 1 1 .) I n p a r t i c u l a r , we c h a r a c t e r i z e t h e completion o f A 1 ( E ) a s a s p a c e o f anaH(E)

space

l y t i c f u n c t i o n s h a v i n g weakly uniformly c o n t i n u o u s d e r i v a t i v e s ,

and

i n t e r m s o f compact holomorphic mappings. Some o f t h e r e s u l t s i n t h i s p a p e r were o b t a i n e d w h i l e t h e

au-

t h o r was a v i s i t o r a t t h e I n s t i t u t o d e Matemstica, U n i v e r s i d a d e

Fe-

d e r a l d o Rio d e J a n e i r o ,

s u p p o r t e d i n p a r t by t h e CNPq and FINEP, t o

which t h e a u t h o r e x p r e s s e s h i s g r a t i t u d e .

SECTION 1.

Among t h e most n a t u r a l , and so f a r u n s o l v e d , v e r s i o n s of

t h e q u e s t i o n of S h i l o v i s t h e f o l l o w i n g . Given E , d i m e n s i o n a l Banach s p a c e , l e t

0

T~

a

real i n f i n i t e

d e n o t e t h e t o p o l o g y on um(E) = P(E)

g e n e r a t e d by t h e f a m i l y o f norms

where Bm = {x A

F ( E ) 'b

0

E

E :

.

o f am(E)

[ 1x1 I 5 m

.

Then, c h a r a c t e r i z e t h e c o m p l e t i o n

W e r e c a l l t h a t t o e a c h polynomial P

E

P("E)

c o r r e s p o n d s a u n i q u e symmetric c o n t i n u o u s n - l i n e a r mapping A : E x E x Z

Ax".

...

x E +

K , v i a t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n P(x) = A ( x ,

Thus, s i n c e

..., x)

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION AND A QUESTION OF SHILOV

3

1 + ...

for

P

E

P(nE)

element i n

I

x, y

P(E)

,

E Bm

,

and a c o n s t a n t

Cm

,

w e c o n c l u d e t h a t every

and hence e v e r y e l e m e n t i n ( P ( E ) , T : ) ~

c o n t i n u o u s on bounded s u b s e t s o f Nemirovskir and Semenov [ 6 1

E

.

is uniformly

However, i t h a s been shown

by

t h a t f o r any i n f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l Banach

s p a c e E l t h e r e always e x i s t s a u n i f o r m l y c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n on

B1 B1 by p o l y n o m i a l s . Incon-

which c a n n o t b e a p p r o x i m a t e d u n i f o r m l y on

n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s , w e remark t h a t i n many Banach s p a c e s

E

I

t h e norm

f u n c t i o n (which i s o b v i o u s l y u n i f o r m l y c o n t i n u o u s on bounded sets) is n o t t h e u n i f o r m l i m i t of p o l y n o m i a l s on bounded s e t s . T h i s was s e r v e d by Kurzweil [ 4 ]

,

( r e s p . Rp 1

-

1 5 p,

(resp. [ p ] -)

noted, i f

inf

who showed t h a t , f o r example i n

ob-

E = C [ 0,1]

p n o t e v e n ) I t h e norm i s n o t t h e u n i f o r m l i m i t of d i f f e r e n t i a b l e f u n c t i o n s . I n p a r t i c u l a r , as Kurzvd.1

IP(x) 1

:

IIx 11 = 1 } = 0 for e v e r y

P E P("E)

and n E l N ,

t h e n , t h e norm c a n n o t be u n i f o r m l y a p p r o x i m a t e d byplynosnials on balls; t h i s c o n d i t i o n i s c l o s e l y c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e u n i f o r m c o n v e x i t y of the space [ 5

I

.

F o r a r b i t r a r y r e a l Banach s p a c e s E 1

a (E) w a s d i s c u s s e d i n [ 2

1

. We

f :E

-+ F

the

0

T~

- completion

of

b r i e f l y s k e t c h t h e p r o o f of a g e n e r -

a l i z a t i o n o f t h i s r e s u l t . Given a f a m i l y tion

,

P C P(E)

, we

say t h a t a func-

i s P - u n i f o r m l y c o n t i n u o u s on bounded subsets of

E

ARON

4

( a b b r e v i a t e d "P-continuous") there is if

6

x, y

i f f o r each

E

some

n , then

f(y)ll


hi,

h;

,... ,h;l

...,h n'

and

h = sup ( h i ,

...,h;)

f

be a f u n c t i o n i n

p. Compactness

of

'2 .

and

in

-

such t h a t t h e

X

h = i n f (h;,

...,h i )

Then

S then leads,

t o t h e e x i s t e n c e o f f i n i t e l y many

a g i v e n number

0,

Let

for

functions

two

functions

satisfy

and h(x)

- h(x)


o

E

S

X

C

33

will be called bfittrUng& 6 > o

there exists a

d:-de-

such that

the

implication

f E 8. Obviously, strongly L-determining impliesl-de-

holds for all

termining. A closed set if the map

: d:

ps

+

d:

S

C

X

is strongly E-determining if andonly

defined by restricting a function

S ,

f E d:

to the set S, is bijective and open. of

We have seen that the closure &determining.

If S is 6-determining and if

then, by the open mapping theorem, d:

S

is

aEX

d:

S

always

is closed in C ( S )

is strongly E-determining.

If

has finite dimension n then there exists astrongly L-determining

set S of cardinality n. It suffices to choose a base of

strongly

d:

.

, ... , fn

A simple induction argument then yields the existence of

xl,. ..xn E X

points

fl

n

such that

det (fi(xj))

*

0.

s = ~xl,...,xnl is E-determining and by the preced-

Consequently,

ing argument strongly E-determining. In particular, if 6 .is the set of real polynomials of degree 5 n [ a,b ] C

IR , a

*

restricted to a compact

b, every set of n + 1

interval

different pints xl,. ..,xn+,E[a,b]

is strongly determining. Therefore,in Example 1 the set S ={-l, - 2 ' 1) 2' E is strongly E-determining and contained in a x X . 1

A simple revision of the proof of Proposition 3 now leads

1

to

the announced improvement:

THEOREM 3 : fion

f E E

Let

S

be a h t t O n g C y

hatisdying

E - d e t e h m i n i n g h e x . T h e n euehy dunc-

BAUER

i n i n Kor(Jf,L). Since f

E

E

ascX

i s t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n of a l l sets

h

If = f

with

}

V

E , we o b t a i n

COROLLARY: Kor(X,E) = E

id

E aJcx

cantainh a btkongty

L -detehmining

bet.

This c o r o l l a r y s e t t l e s Example 1. I t contains t h e

corollaries

of Proposition 3 as s p e c i a l c a s e s .

For t h e case of a b s o l u t e Korovkin approximation, t h a t

e

=

C(X)

,

Theorem 1 s t a t e s t h a t

Kor (JC,E)

is

equals ?E , We have seen

t h a t i n t h e r e l a t i v e theory o n e cannot expect a s i m i l a r r e s u l t o u t an a d d i t i o n a l assumption on

f . . For

for

c

with-

s t a t e space 1 S ( C ( X ) ) , defined i n Chapter 11, i s t h e convex compact s e t M + ( X ) of

a l l (Radon) p r o b a b i l i t y measures on

X

,

= C(X)

the

hence a simplex ( i n t h e sense

of Choquet). I t has been proved r e c e n t l y by Leha and Papadopoulou [81 t h a t t h e corresponding property f o r general

d: l e a d s t o t h e complete

g e n e r a l i z a t i o n of Theorem 1. Continuing t h e discussion i n t h e general case of t h e theory,

relative

l i s c a l l e d b i m p L i c i a l i f t h e s t a t e space S(f) i s asimplex.

The r e s u l t then i s :

The proof given i n Lazar [ 6 1

[ 8

1 makes use of t h e s e l e c t i o n theorem of

f o r ( m e t r i z a b l e ) simplexes. A n immediate consequence

is

35

KOROVKIN APPROXIMATION IN FUNCTION SPACES

t h e n t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s u l t which c o n t a i n s Theorem 2 as a s p e c i a l c a s e :

-

aSx c aJCd: X.

F o r t h e r e m a i n i n g p a r t o f t h e p r o o f w e o n l y have that

to

observe

i s c o n t a i n e d i n t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n of a l l t h e s e t s

{f = f )

with a r b i t r a r y

aEx

Since

Gd: =

f

E

c

E ajcx

A

V

d:.

is equivalent to

we

aJCX = a E X

a

obtain

p a r t i a l c o n v e r s e t o C o r o l l a r y 2 of P r o p o s i t i o n 3:

COROLLARY:

aJCX = a E X

t o a b i m p t i c i a t Apace

h o t d n id

i h a K a J w v h i n hpace W i X h

JC

kehpect

E.

We a r e now i n t h e p o s i t i o n t o f i n i s h t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f Example 6: i s s i m p l i c i a 1 s i n c e e v e r y c o n t i n u o u s real f u n c t i o n

2. Here

a E X = ] 0,1] i s t h e r e s t r i c t i o n of a f u n c t i o n

compact subset o f d: ( c f . [ 5 ]

,

aEX =

p. 1 6 9 ) . From

X = [ O,l]

But a f u n c t i o n

f E 6: \ Jc

for a l l

a c c o r d i n g t o Lemma 1.

x E X

s e n t i n g measure f o r d e f i n i t i o n of

JC.

x =

cannot be

0;

however,

We t h u s o b t a i n

l~ =

f fdp

Kor(JC,E)

*

monic in

E ) i s a n JE-repre-

1

.

u

c

X be

d',

n

2

the

t h e closure 2.

Define

U

a n d 6: as t h e s e t o f f u n c t i o n s f E C ( X ) which a r e h a r 6: U . Again aJCX C U" where U* denotes t h e topolcJgical bound(and X )

.

Furthermore

ajcX = e x X

and

aE X

= U* s i n c e a l l

boundary p o i n t s of t h e convex s e t U are r e g u l a r ( c f . [ 2 d:

Mx(JC)

=

f ( 0 ) according to

= JC

3-f.

-

JC = A ( X )

a r y of

Mx(JC)

+

Example 3 c a n be g e n e r a l i z e d as follows. L e t

of a n o p e n , convex, r e l a t i v e l y compact set

;6: =7C

A

T ( E ~ , ~

in h

it f o l l m s that

Jc-affine s i n c e 1

a

on

is s i m p l i c i a l s i n c e e v e r y f u n c t i o n

f E C(U*) i s t h e

1 , p. 127). restriction

BAUER

36

of a function in 1:. It follows from the preceding Corollary andCorollary 2 of Proposition 3, or from Theorem 5, that JC space with respect to d:

ex X

if and only if

=

is a Korovkin

U”, i.e. if and only

if U is n t t r i c t L y c o n v e x .

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ProlZa ( e d . )

0 North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979

A REMARK ON VECTOR-VALUED

APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT

SETS, APPROXIMATION ON PRODUCT SETS, AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

KLAUS

-

D.

BIERSTEDT

FB 1 7 d e r GH, Mathematik, D2-228 Warburger S t r . 1 0 0 , P o s t f a c h 1 6 2 1 D-4790 Paderborn Germany (Fed. Rep.)

INTRODUCTION

A f t e r Grothendieck [ 211

,

a l o c a l l y convex ( 1 . c . )

space

s a i d t o have t h e apptoximation phopehty ( f o r s h o r t , a . p . ) i f the identity

idE

precompact s u b s e t of

of E

E

is

E

i f andonly

can be approximated u n i f o r m l y

on

by c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r o p e r a t o r s from

every into

E

E of f i n i t e r a n k ( i . e . w i t h f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l range).lvlany " c o n c r e t e "

1.c. s p a c e s are known t o have t h e a . p . , (1972)

, with

b u t a countehexampLc?

s u b s e q u e n t r e f i n e m e n t s due t o Figiel,Davie, and Szankmski,

shows t h a t t h e r e a r e even c l o s e d subspace o f each

EndLo

06

lP w i t h o u t

a . p.

for

p 2 1, p # 2 . I n connection with t h e a.p.,

a c r i t e r i o n due

to

L.

Schwartz

1 2 6 1 i s v e r y u s e f u l : Schwartz i n t r o d u c e s f o r two L . c . s p a c e s E and

F

t h e i r E-ptroduc-t by E E F := Le(FA

where

Fk i s t h e d u a l of

on precompact subsets of

,E ) ,

F w i t h t h e topology of uniform convergence F and where t h e s u b s c r i p t e on t h e 37

space

BIERSTEDT

38

E(F;,E)

of a l l c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r o p e r a t o r s from FA i n t o E i n d i c a t e s

t h e t o p o l o g y of uniform convergence on t h e e q u i c o n t i n u o u s s u b s e t s of F'

.

F are q u a s i - c o m p l e t e ,

E and

If

o n e c a n e a s i l y show E E F S F E E ,

E E F o f t w o complete s p a c e s E and F i s oanplete

and t h e € - p r o d u c t

( c f . [26]). Moreover, t h e E - t e n n o h p h o d u c t

[21 1 i s a t o p o l o g i c a l s u b s p a c e o f ctitenion

60t

t h e a.p.

I26

E BE F

of

Grothendieck

E E F. W e c a n now f o d a t e SchwatLtz'b

, Proposition

11, c f . a l s o 131, I,

3.9,

and [ 8 ] ) :

THEOREM (L. Schwartz) :

id and o n l y id L.c.

bpace F

T h e quahi-complete L . c .

i n denbe i n

E 0 F

equivalently,

(at,

and F ahe complete l . c . get:

bpaCeb

E EF

doh

bpace E ha4 t h e a . p .

d o h each ( q u a s i - ) c o m p l e t e

each Banach Apace F ) . S o id

buch t h a t E o h F han t h e a . p . ,

V

E E F = E BE F, t h e c o m p l e t i o n 06 t h e E - . t e M b O t phoduct

( w h i c h we w i l l

UehO

caLC,

doh

E

we

E QE F

b h a h t , c o m p l e t e E-tenboh p h o d u c t ) .

I n f a c t , t h e a p p l i c a t i o n s of t h i s theorem, s a y , i n t h e c a s e o f f u n c t i o n s p a c e s E d e r i v e from t h e remark t h a t t h e "abstract"operator space

E

E

F

c a n u s u a l l y be i d e n t i f i e d w i t h a

F-valued f u n c t i o n s " o f t y p e E "

. And

E QE F

"concrete"

i s t h e s p a c e of

responding" f u n c t i o n s w i t h f i n i t e dimensional ranges i n proof of t h e a . p .

of

E

space

F.

of

"cor-

Hence

is t h e n e q u i v a l e n t t o t h e approximation

a of

c e r t a i n F-valued f u n c t i o n s by f u n c t i o n s w i t h v a l u e s i n f i n i t e dimens i o n a l s u b s p a c e s o f F f o r e v e r y ( q u a s i - ) complete L . c . o n l y f o r e v e r y Banach s p a c e F ,

space

F

or

a r e s u l t which i s o f i n t e r e s t i n b o t h

directions.

I n t h i s a r t i c l e , w e w i l l g i v e some ( r a t h e r s i m p l e ) new examp.h o f how t o a p p l y S c h w a r t z ' s theorem t o f u n c t i o n s p a c e s

more

general

t h a n , b u t e s s e n t i a l l y s i m i l a r t o t h e well-known u n i f o r m a l g e b r a s H(K) and

A ( K ) on compact s u b s e t s

K of

CN (N '1).

More p r e c i s e l y , we deal

h e r e w i t h s p a c e s of c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s on a compact

set K

which

VECTOR-VALUED

APPROXIMATION O N COMPACT SETS

39

e i t h e r are u n i f o r m l y a p p r o x i m a b l e by f u n c t i o n s b e l o n g i n g ,

t o a g i v e n bubbheah

sets U c o n t a i n i n g K ,

F of t h e s h e a f

c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s o r have r e s t r i c t i o n s b e l o n g i n g t o terior

$

of

on

open

C of a l l

F on t h e i n -

K.

In

The genehue d i t u a t i o n i s t h e s u b j e c t of s e c t i o n s 1 a n d 2 .

s e c t i o n 1, the v e c t o r - v a l u e d case i s c o n s i d e r e d , w h i l e s e c t i o n 2deals w i t h "slice product''

-

r e s u l t s (on p r o d u c t s e t s ) . F i n a l l y , i n s e c t i o n

3 , w e look a t some o f t h e m o t i v a t i n g exampeed and s u r v e y

the

known

r e s u l t s ( a n d their r e l a t i o n s ) i n t h i s case.

So, i n a s e n s e , t h i s p a p e r i s b a s e d on a g e n e r a l i z a t i o n o f t h e author's old article ( 2 1

and m o t i v a t e d , among o t h e r t h i n g s , by

the

more r e c e n t a r t i c l e [27] o f N . Sibony: W e show t h e c o n n e c t i o n of sane of Sibony's r e s u l t s with topological tensor product theory and t h e a . p . o f t h e s p a c e s of s c a l a r f u n c t i o n s i n q u e s t i o n . The o f t h i s p a p e r w i l l be combined w i t h t h e t e c h n i q u e o f o f t h e a.p.

with

results

"localization"

f o r s u b s p a c e s of w e i g h t e d Nachbin s p a c e s ( c f . [ 5 1 and [lo])

i n a s u b s e q u e n t p a p e r t o y i e l d new examples o f f u n c t i o n s p a c e s mixed t y p e " w i t h a . p .

"of

and t o demonstrate a p p l i c a t i o n s of t h e l o c a l

-

i z a t i o n p r o c e d u r e i n some c o n c r e t e cases.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

The a u t h o r g r a t e f u l l y acknowledges

,support

under

t h e GMD/CNPq a g r e e m e n t d u r i n g h i s s t a y a t UNICAMP July-September1977 w i t h o u t which i t would n o t h a v e been p o s s i b l e t o a t t e n d t h i s Confere n c e i n Campinas. I would a l s o l i k e tothank J. B . P r o l l a f o r h i s

con-

s t a n t i n t e r e s t i n my c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e s e P r o c e e d i n g s . A s everybody can see i m m e d i a t e l y , p a r t o f t h e r e s u l t s i n t h i s a r t i c l e d a t e s

(at

l e a s t ) back t o t h e t i m e when t h e j o i n t p u b l i c a t i o n [lo 1 was p r e p a r e d . So t h e a u t h o r t h a n k s B. Gramsch and R. Meise f o r many v e r s a t i o n s and remarks i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n .

helpful

con-

EIERSTEDT

40

CASE

1. THE GENERAL VECTOR-VALUED Let

and

X be a c o m p l e t e l y r e g u l a r ( H a u s d o r f f ) t o p o l o g i c a l

space

F a c l o h e d .LocaL.Ly convex ( L . c . 1 bubdhead of t h e s h e a f Cx of a l l o r complex

continuous ( r e a l open s u b s e t

v a l u e d ) f u n c t i o n s on

C ( U ) w i t h t h e compact-open

f i c i e n t to r e q u i r e

t o p o l o g y c o . I n f a c t , i t would be

F to be a

p t e a h e a 6 o n l y , and w e p r e f e r

presheaf n o t a t i o n throughout t h i s paper. compare [ 9 1 and [ 101

Let

.A

+.

of our

F a s above was called "ahead

sheaf

use

notation 06

F-matpkic

E always d e n o t e a q u a s i - c o m p l e t e locally convex ( H a u s d o r f f ) W e w i l l always assume t h a t

C).

t h a t any f u n c t i o n

f : X

( F o r some

to

suf-

I.)

space ( o v e r R o r i.e.

foreach

i.e.,

X, F ( U ) i s a c l o s e d t o p o l o g i c a l l i n e a r subspaceof

U of

dunc-tianh" i n [ 9

X,

f : X

+.

X

IR ( o r , e q u i v a l e n t l y ,

i s a kR-space, any

function

Y, Y any c o m p l e t e l y r e g u l a r s p a c e ) i s c o n t i n u o u s i f and only

i f the r e s t r i c t i o n of

t o e a c h compact s u b s e t o f

f

X

i s continuous.

(Each l o c a l l y compact o r m e t r i z a b l e s p a c e , a n d , more g e n e r a l l y , e a c h k-space is also a KIR-space,

km-space.)

c

U C X

c f . B l a s c o [12], and hence t h e s h e a v e s

p l e t e , i.e. the spaces

u

Then each open

( C ( U ) , C O ) and

Cx

is

again

a

and F are com-

F ( U ) a r e complete f o r e a c h open

x. Under t h e s e a s s u m p t i o n s , t h e r e e x i s t s ( c f . 110 1,1.5) the '!E-vdutd

ahead

FE

06

=

F", namely, f o r any open

U in

X,

t h e s p a c e o f a l l c o n t i n u o u s E-valued f u n c t i o n s which s a t i s f y e ' o f with t h e topology

subsets of

U

E

F ( U ) f o r each

e' E E ' ,

f

on U

endowed

c o of uniform convergence on ccmpct

( c f . 1 3 ) and

151 ),

and t h e c o n o n i c a l r e s t r i c t i o n mappings of t h e s h e a f

FE a r e j u s t t h e

VECTOR-VALUED APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT SETS

o r d i n a r y r e s t r i c t i o n s o f f u n c t i o n s . FE sheaf

:C

41

i s a c L a b e d subsheaf of

of a l l c o n t i n u o u s E-valued f u n c t i o n s on

X.

I n o u r d e f i n i t i o n and i n some of o u r r e s u l t s below, h e l p f u l t o keep t h e f o l l o w i n g m o t i v a t i n g examples F-morphic f u n c t i o n s i n mind ( c f . a l s o [ 9

( i i ) X open i n

of

it may

be

F of

sheaves

1 and [lo] for mre examples) :

1. EXAMPLES: ( i )X = complex monifold or j u s t o f holomorphic f u n c t i o n s on

the

11, F=O=sheaf

CN (I?

XI

(n 2 1) , L = P(x,D) a ( l i n e a r ) h y p o e l l i p t i c

IRn

d i f f e r e n t i a l o p e r a t o r w i t h Cw-coefficients,and F = t = s h e a f of n u l l s o l u t i o n s o f L , i . e .

f o r any any open

U i n X.

N ~ ( u )= I f

and by

C"(U)

c"(u); (LI

U)frOI

(The c l o s e d graph theorem

F r g c h e t s p a c e s i m p l i e s t h a t , on N,(U), duced by

E

for

t h e topologiesin-

c o c o i n c i d e and hence t h a t N ( U )

L i s a c l o s e d t o p o l o g i c a l l i n e a r subspace o f (CCU), c o ) .)

E s p e c i a l l y , the sheaf

X

of harmonic f u n c t i o n s on

IRn

satisfies

a l l a s s u m p t i o n s o f 1. (ii)above, and a l s o t h e "harmonic s h e a v e s " o f a b s t r a c t p o t e n t i a l t h e o r y are s h e a v e s of F-morphic f u n c t i o n s .

All

t h e s h e a v e s of example 1. a r e (FN)-sheaves.

2.

For a compact s u b s e t K o f

DEFINITION: (i)

X I we d e f i n e :

C ( K , E ) := t h e s p a c e o f a l l c o n t i n u o u s E - v a l u e d

functions

on K w i t h t h e topology of uniform convergence on K , (ii) A F ( K , E )

:= i f E C ( K , E ) ;

i.e. ( i i i )H F ( K , E )

{f

E

:=

e'of

I

I f(EFE(Ei)r

f

K

E

the closure i n

C(K,E);

(depending on

0

F ( K ) f o r e a c h e'E E ' } , and C ( K , E ) of

t h e r e e x i s t s an open neighbourhood f ) and a f u n c t i o n

g

c o n t i n u o u s and e ' o g E F(U) for any

e'E

E

U of

K

E

F ( U ) [ i . e . g: U + E

El] such t h a t g

iK

=f

1.

BIERSTEDT

42

h o l d s , and b o t h are closed s u b s p a c e s of C(K,E) which

C AF(K,E)

HF(K,E)

w e endow w i t h t h e topology o f uniform convergence on K ( i n d u c e d C(K,E)).

If

E =

IR o r

by

w e w r i t e C ( K ) , A F ( K ) , and H F ( K ) , r e s p e c -

C,

tively. NOW, of c o u r s e , i f

and

HF(K,E)

i s complete, a l l t h e spaces C(K,E), AF(K,E),

E

are complete, t o o . The e q u a t i o n

quasi-complete

E i s well-known

(cf. [ 3

for

= E EC(K)

C(K,E)

1 ) , and, once t h i s e q u a t i o n is

w e l l - u n d e r s t o o d , t h e proof of t h e f i r s t p a r t of t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s u l t

i s c l e a r (see e . g .

1 or

[ 3

a r b i t r a r y subspace of

f o r a d e s c r i p t i o n of

[5]

C(K),

an

E EF, F

from which o u r r e s u l t below

is

easily

derived, too) :

3 . THEOREM:

(1) A F ( K , E )

AF(K,E)

Hence

(2)

(oh,

= E

m

V

aPEA F ( K ) h o l d s do& a&? complete

equiuaeently,

doh

t.c.

a l e 8 a n a c h J Apace4 E id and o n l y

hub t h e a.p.

AF(K)

id

= E EAF(K)

For t h e second p a r t of 3, S c h w a r t z ' s c r i t e r i o n for t h e a . p . t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n ) i s needed. I n o t h e r words, A F ( K ) h a s t h e and o n l y i f , f o r a r b i t r a r y Banach space with e ' o f on

K,

1

it

E

0

F ( K ) f o r any e'

each f u n c t i o n f E C ( K , E )

E,

may be approximated, uniformly

E E'

E

t h a t s a t i s f y e' o g

I

have t h e form g(x) =

E

if

by c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s g on K w i t h v a l u e s i n f i n i t e dimen-

s i o n a l s u b s p a c e s of

n

a.p.

(in

n

C eigi(x) i =1

IN f i n i t e (depending on g ) , ei

E

f o r complete t . c . E . )

E

F(I?),

for all

E, and

(Remark t h a t such a n approximation w i t h p o s s i b l e by t h e a.p.

K

gi

gi

x

E

oney

o f C ( K ) and by t h e e q u a t i o n

t o o , and

E

hence

K;

AF(K)

, i = l , ... , n . is

UeWayb

C(K,E) = E

aE C(K)

E

C(K)

V

VECTOR-VALUE0 APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT SETS

As t o t h e a . p . o f t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g s p a c e

43

HF(K), the situation

t h e r e i s , i n some s e n s e , j u s t t h e o p p o s i t e :

We U b b U m e t h a t , d o h some b a b i b

4.

THEOREM:

K,

F ( U ) hub t h e a . p .

d o t each

U E UL

. [ Fah

le

neighbouhhoodb

06

06

I I ] b e L o w , we couLd a l b o

i n b t e a d t h a t E hub t h e a.p.1

UbbUme

Then

(1)

06

E QE H F ( K ) i b a denne topoLogicnL [ i f l e a n .

and hence

HF(K,E),

hoedo w h e n e u e t E (2)

compLete.

i b

has t h e a s p . id and onLy id, doh each

ConsequentLy

HF(K)

compeete L . c .

( o h each B a n a c h ) bpace

HF(K,E)

= {f E C ( K , E ) ;

thehe exints

nubbpace

UM

d o h each

e'

open n e i g h b v u h h o o d

E

E

,

E'

and e a c h

U = U(e',E)

E

06

> 0

Kaod

g = g ( e ' , E ) E F ( U ) buch t h a t

a 6unction

E BE C ( K ) i s a t o p o l o g i c a l l i n e a r subspace o f C ( K , E )

and

PROOF:

As

as t h e

E - t e n s o r p r o d u c t p r e s e r v e s t o p o l o g i c a l l i n e a r s u b s p a c e s , only E Q HF(K)

d e n s i t y of

s e r t i o n . So l e t f E HF(K,E). function

g

s&watz's

must b e v e r i f i e d f o r t h e f i r s t a s -

p be a c o n t i n u o u s seminorm

E

FE(U)

such t h a t

= E

on compact subsets o f

a,

HF(K,E)

on

E,

By d e f i n i t i o n , t h e r e e x i s t s a n open s e t

definition, FE(U)

U E

in

E

F(U)

m~ p ( f ( x )

-

g(x))


0

u 3 K and $. B u t , a g a i n

and

a by

( w i t h t h e t o p o l o g y o f uniform convergence

U). W i t h o u t l o s s o f g e n e r a l i t y , w e may assume

and hence t h e a.p.

of

F ( U ) or o f

E and o n e

theorem from t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n imply t h a t

direction

of

E 0 F ( U ) i s dense

44

EIERSTEDT

5.

E 4 F ( U ) w i t h s u p p(g(x)- h ( x ) ) < xCK Now h l K E E d H F ( K ) h o l d s and s u p p ( f ( x ) h ( x ) ) < E , which p r o v e s XEK t h e r e q u i r e d d e n s i t y of E @ H F ( K ) i n HF(K,E).

i n FE(U). Therefore we can f i n d h

E

-

( 2 ) i s t h e n c l e a r from S c h w a r t z ' s c r i t e r i o n because t h e

on t h e r i g h t hand s i d e of t h e e q u a t i o n i s n o t h i n g b u t

a close look w i l l i m m e d i a t e l y r e v e a l .

E

E

space

-

HF(K)

as

0

I n other wordsl i t i s adwayd t r u e ( u n d e r t h e a s s u m p t i o n of t h a t a function

f E C ( K , E ) which can be a p p r o x i m a t e d u n i f o r m l y on K

FE

by f u n c t i o n s e x t e n d i n g t o e l e m e n t s o f K may a l s o b e a p p r o x i m a t e d u n i f o r m l y on

h(x) =

n

Z

i=l

n E IN f i n i t e (depending on But t h e a . p .

eihi(x)

on open neighbourhoods of

K by f u n c t i o n s of t h e form

for a l l

x

E K;

..., n .

ei E E l a n d

h)

gi E HF(kI1 i =1,

HF(K) is equivalent to the f a c t t h a t , f o r a r b i t r a r y

of

Banach s p a c e E l e a c h f u n c t i o n given any

4)

e' E Eq1 e' o f

f E C(K,E) with the property

K

by

( s c a l a r ) f u n c t i o n s b e l o n g i n g t o F on open sets c o n t a i n i n g K i s

al-

ready an element of

may b e a p p r o x i m a t e d u n i f o r m l y

i . e . can be approximated u n i f o r m l y

HF(K,E),

K by E-valued f u n c t i o n s b e l o n g i n g t o Or,

F

E

on open s e t s c o n t a i n i n g

t o p u t i t this wayl H F ( K ) h a s t h e a.p.

Banach s p a c e E and an a r b i t r a r y f u n c t i o n e x i s t s f o r any

E

e' o g o E F(Uo)

I (e'

0

REMARK:

f ) (x)

> O , unidahmly f o r a l l U

E l I an open s e t

0

3

K

for each

- (e'

and a f u n c t i o n

e ' E Ei

o g o ) ( x ) ]
0

E

and a f u n c t i o n

x K2

W i t h o u t l o s s of g e n e r a l i t y w e may assume

g E (F1

U = U

E

x U2

F 2 ) ( U ) s u c h that

with

Ui E UI

( i= 1 / 2 1 , a n d h e n c e

F1(U1)

by S c h w a r t z ' s t h e o r e m , b e c a u s e there exists

h

E

F1(U1)

8 F2(U2)

F2(U2)

or

f E A F ~F,(K~

XK2)

,

y i e l d c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r mappings of The c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f 6 implies

v

I1(gl)

C

I1 : t K

A F ~F , ( K ~ x

A F ( ~K 2 )

-

and

h a s t h e a.p. fien

such t h a t

( 2 ) Notice t h a t , by t h e i d e n t i t y C ( K 1 x K 2 )

for arbitrary

+

=C(K1,C(K2))=C(K2,C(Kl))r

f ( t , * ) resp.12:x

0

12(K2)

C A F ~ ( K ~ a) n d

0

(1) 14

A F , (Ki) 1

= H

Fi

t h e b e b p a c e n hub -the a . p . ,

f(.,x)

hence also

C

8. COROLLARY:

+

r e s p . K 2 i n t o C(K2) resp. C(K1). 1 K2) a t t h e e n d o f t h e proof of

and 1 2 ( K 2 ) C A ( K 1 ) . So, f o r f a t s e t s K1 AF ( K 2 ) 2 F1 t h e a s s e r t i o n f o l l o w s i m m e d i a t e l y from 6 . (1).o

I1(K1)

1

(Ki)

(i = 1 , 2 ) hoLdb a n d

t h e n we o b t a i n

and K 2 ,

one

04

VECTOR-VALUED APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT SETS

nets (2) H

(K1

F1

K2.

and

K1

x

han t h e a . p .

K2)

F2 have -the a . p .

( 3 ) 1 6 K1

have t h e a . p . ,

AFl

wheneve& both H

F1

(K ) and H ( K )

F2

id b o t h

ahe 6 a t and

K2

and

61

F2(Kl

AF2 (K2)

han t h e a s p . , t o o .

xK2)

(1) i s clear from S c h w a r t z ' s t h e o r e m , 6 . ( 3 ) , a n d 7 . ( 2 ) .

PROOF:

(2)

and ( 3 ) f o l l o w from 7 by a i d of t h e r e s u l t ( S c h w a r t z [ 2 6 ] , P r o p o s i t i o n 11, C o r o l l a i r e 2 ) t h a t t h e € - p r o d u c t of two compete L . c .

a.p.

spaces with

a l s o e n j o y s t h e a.p. I n d u c t i o n on I a n d 8. (1) u s i n g , among o t h e r ( o b v i o u s ) t h i n g s ,

t h a t f i n i t e E - p r o d u c t s are U h A o C i a t i W e a n d t h a t E - p r o d u c t s of carrplete

spaces w i t h a . p . are a g a i n spaces w i t h a.p.

9 . COROLLARY: with

x1

nheaveb

...

x

OA

xn

x

-

c xll..

hen p e c t i v e l y

.

.,Xn

X1,..

Let

be c o m p l e t e l y h e g u l a h (H~~.4li0h,46) bpaCeA

a klR-npace,

,

'CXn

d o h each

F1,

bet

.. ,Kn

K1,.

and

(1) L e t , d o h name banid Ui have t h e a.p.

y i e l d s now:

, . . , Fn compact

hubbe&

06

06

neighbouhhoodn 0 6

Ki

Ui

E

Uli

( i=1,

a t mod2 one i) o h l e t a l e b u t one have t h e a . p . H

F1

E

...

Fn

(K1 x

H

name h o l d b d o h LCZ U e e t h e b e t 6

A

F1

E

...

H

Fi

... , n

X1 ,

...,Xn

,

Fi(Ui)

except ( i=1,

(Ki)

...

604

n)

Then

... x K H

i n t h u e , and id aLl

(2)

be c l o n e d l . c . nub-

Fn

(K1

F1

E

Fi

(Ki)

...

K1,... x

=H

...

Frl ,Kn

x

F1

(K1)

( i= 1 . . . , n )

(K1

x

.. .

have t h e a . p . , Zhe

x Kn)

.

be bat. Th e n

Kn) = A F (K1)

1

E

...

E

AFn(Kn)

BIE RSTEDT

62

hoRdn t h u e , and id aLL t h e bame h o l d s d o h

E

E

(Ki)

(i = 1 ,

...

i=l,.

...

Fn

(K1

X

. ..

x

= H

F1

E

mod?

...

have t h e u . p . ,

x Kn).

AFi ( K i ) =HF i (K.11-

be dat and

Ki

Kn)

... , n )

..-

at.! t h e d e dpaced ( e x c e p t do& at

16 t h e n

F1

A Fl

Fi

..,n ,

( 3 ) L e t , doh each

A

A

oneJ have t h e a.p.,

Fn

(K1 x

.. . x Kn)

ib valid, too. F o r t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g s p a c e s o f f u n c t i o n s w i t h values i n a quasicomplete .t.c. s p a c e E

(1) L e t

1 0 . COROLLARY: A

F1

E

...

s e c t i o n 1), we g e t e . g . :

(see

,...,K n

K1

Fn

(K1 x

be dat. Then

. .. x K n l E )

= E € A F (K1)

1

E

.. .

in t t u e . bouhhoods

06

.., n ) .

( i=1,.

H F1 i d

m i 06

E be compeete and l e t , d o h borne babio

( 2 ) Let

E

...

Fn

K~

Fi(Ui)

I

neigh-

h a v e t h e a s p . doh e a c h

Ui

E

Lzi

Then

(K1 x

.. . x K n , E )

=E

./eE H F

U

(K1) BE

1

. .. BE H Fn(K V

)

uaLid.

( 3 ) L e t E be c o m p l e t e , l e X Ki b e bat and A

.., n .

e a c h i =1,.

have t h e a . p .

T h e n id a L l t h e b p a c e b

( i =1,.

.. , n )

(Ki) Fi

A

Fi

= H F . (Ki) doh 1

(Ki)

=HF

i

(Ki)

I

holds, too.

PROOF:

(1) is a consequence of 3 . (1) and 9. ( 2 ) . Let u s remark t h a t ,

under the h y p o t h e s i s of ( 2 1 ,

(F1

E

.. .

E

Fn) ( U ) ( a s c - p r o d u c t of ample&

VECTOR-VALUE0 APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT SETS

spaces with a.p.) up

s a t i s f i e s the a.p. :=

IU,

of neighbourhoods of

x

... x Un

K1

;

Ui

... x K n

x

f o r each

i n the basis

( i =l,.

Uli

6

U

53

., n ) 1

Hence ( 2 ) follows from 4 . (1) and

9 . ( 1 ) . F i n a l l y ( 3 ) i s i m p l i e d by 9 . ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) and by t h e remark a t t h e

v e r y end o f s e c t i o n 1.

0

3. DISCUSSION OF THE MOTIVATING EXAMPLES

I n t h i s f i n a l s e c t i o n , w e w i l l look a t some o f t h e known results i n t h e case of o u r m o t i v a t i n g examples o f s h e a v e s F ( c f . 1 above) a n d

w i l l p o i n t o u t t h a t , between s o m e theorems i n t h e l i t e r a t u r e , s t r o n g It is

r e l a t i o n s f o l l o w from o u r p r e v i o u s d i s c u s s i o n . here to survey

not

intended

aLL t h e r e l e v a n t a r t i c l e s , b u t we w i l l r a t h e r i l l u s -

t r a t e some of t h e ideas which m i g h t p l a y a r b l e , when one t r i e s

to

a p p l y t h e r e s u l t s of s e c t i o n s 1 and 2 , by s p e c i f i c examples. P e r h a p s t h e case most p e o p l e have b e e n i n t e r e s t e d i n i s

F

=o,

the nucLeah F r g c h e t s h e a f o f holomorphic f u n c t i o n s on a complex manifold

X . F o r s i m p l i c i t y , however, w e w i l l o n l y d e a l w i t h h o l o m o r p h i c

f u n c t i o n s on of sheaves

X = CN (N 2 1) h e r e .

I t i s c l e a r t h a t f i n i t e ~-prcducts

I) are n o t h i n g b u t t h e c o r r e s p e n d i n g s h e a f

u c t a n d that, f o r a n y q u a s i - c o m p l e t e L.c.

s p a c e E , OE

F

s h e a f o f E-valued holomorphic f u n c t i o n s . When for short, A(K,E)

, H(K,E)

i n s t e a d of

0 on t h e prod-

AF(K,E)

,

=o,

is j u s t

we w i l l

the

write,

HF(K,E), respectively.

F = O , some o f the r e s u l t s i n s e c t i o n s 1 and 2 are

appar-

e n t l y p a r t o f t h e “ f o l k l o r e “ of t h e subject, b u t u s u a l l y n o t

easily

For

e have a l r e a d y p o i n t e d o u t i n t h e i n accessible i n the l i t e r a t u r e : W t r o d u c t i o n t h a t this p a p e r i s b a s e d on a g e n e r a l i z a t i o n of t h e “ o l d ”

article [ 2 1 .

L a t e r on ( i n [ 1 ]

c l o s e d s u b s p a c e s of

C(K)

,

K

,

s e c t i o n 1), 0. B. Bekken l o o k e d

at

compact, w i t h the so-called “Afice p t o p U t y ”

64

BIERSTEOT

A f t e r the p r o p r change

and showed t h a t t h i s p r o p e r t y i m p l i e s t h e a . p .

of n o t a t i o n and some i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s ( u s i n g t h e f a c t t h a t e a c h Banach space is a c l o s e d subspace o f

f o r some compact K ' ) h i s r e s u l t s

C(K')

there a r e q u i t e s i m i l a r t o o u r theorem 3 ( f o r Banach s p a c e s E ) . s e c t i o n 3 of [ 1 ]

,

(making u s e o f t h e n u c l e a r i t y o f

In

Bekken obtains

(1)

a p r o p o s i t i o n r e l a t e d t o ( b u t somewhat weaker t h a n ) o u r theorem

4.

For a d e t a i l e d account of t h e r e l a t i o n of t h e slice p r o p e r t y w i t h t h e a . p . and t h e consequences of a theorem o f Milne i n t h i s see a l s o [ 6

connection,

I. we

A s u s u a l w i t h s p a c e s o f holomorphic f u n c t i o n s ,

s p l i t up o u r d i s c u s s i o n f o r t h e cases

N =1 and

N22. If

must

now

i.e.

N = l

K i s a compact subset of t h e complex p l a n e , t h e problem i s completely

s o l v e d : A ( K ) and

H ( K ) have t h e n atLoayn t h e a . p .

(whereas i t r e m a i n s

a n o p e n p h o b l e m w h e t h e r e v e n t h e Banach a l g e b r a

H m ( D ) o f a l l bounded

D e n j o y s t h e a . p . Fanark

holomorphic f u n c t i o n s on t h e open u n i t d i s k t h a t the a.p. i a l !).

of t h e d i s k a l g e b r a

A(;)

=

H(6)

is really quite triv-

T h i s i n t e r e s t i n g r e s u l t i s due t o t h e j o i n t e f f o r t o f several

p e o p l e ( a n d a l s o , u n f o r t u n a t e l y , n o t e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e i n the l i t e r a t u r e i n i t s f u l l generality) : E i f l e r [171 6 for

H ( K ) , and Davie [151 f o r

A(K)

r e s u l t s ) . More g e n e r a l l y , Gamelin

,

Gamelin-Garnett [19],secticn

u e c t o h - UaLued

( t h e y a l l use

[ 181, s e c t i o n 12

has pointed

out

t h a t t h e c o n s t r u c t i v e t e c h n i q u e s (and t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n scheme)

of

Mergelyan and V i t u s h k i n show t h a t t h e s o - c a l l e d "T-inuahiant"algebras have the a . p . A s t o

A ( K ) = H ( K ) i n t h e c a s e o f one v a r i a b l e l a neced-

s a h y and b u d d i c i e n t

c o n d i t i o n ( i n v o l v i n g COntinuouA andyx%

was g i v e n by V i t u s h k i n , see e . g . For

[19]

and [ 2 9 ] .

N z 2 , t h e r e are o n l y p a h t i a l r e s u l t s . Remark f i r s t

by a n example o f D i e d e r i c h and F o r n a e s s , there e x i s t s compact domain G of holomorphy i n A(K)

#

H(K)

capadty)

for

K =

c.

1CN

with

a

Cm-boundary

that,

relatively such t h a t

For a s u r v e y o f some r e l a t e d r e c e n t work

on

VECTOR-VALUED

t h e q u e s t i o n when

APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT SETS

55

A ( K ) = H ( K ) i n s e v e r a l complex v a r i a b l e s , we r e f e r

t o B i r t e l [111, and f o r r e s u l t s i n “ 6 i n i t e S. P a . C . m a n i d o e d n ” Rossi-Taylor [ 25

1.

I t i s known now t h a t

A(K)

lowing t y p e s of compact s e t s (i)

to

K c

f o r the fol-

( o r H ( K ) ) has t h e a.p.

cN:

i s t h e c l o s u r e of a a t f i i c t ~ yp a e u d o c o n v e x k e g i o n w i t h

K

s u f f i c i e n t l y smooth ( s a y , C 3 -1

boundary, o r :

i s t h e c l o s u r e of a heguLan WeiL p o t y e d e h .

(ii) K

Both c o n d i t i o n s imply K f a c t ( t r i v i a l l y ) , and

(in

A(K) =H(K)

c a s e ( i ), t h i s approximation theorem i s due t o Henkin-Lieb -Kerzman, i n c a s e ( i i ) ,i t i s a r e s u l t of P e t r o s j a n ) .

( i )was proved

e.g.

in

Bekken 11 1 , s e c t i o n 2 , a p p l y i n g a v e c t o r - v a l u e d v e r s i o n of Henk n ’ s s e p a r a t i o n o f s i n g u l a r i t i e s r e s u l t . I t a l s o f o l l o w s from Sibony P r o p o s i t i o n 4 ( i n view of o u r C o r o l l a r y 5 ) . Sibony [ 2 7 ]

,

p. 1 7 3

a l s o remarked t h a t P e t r o s j a n ’ s arguments may be m o d i f i e d A(K,E)

= H(K,E)

f o r each F r s c h e t s p a c e E i f

K

to

is the closure

271, has

yield of

a

r e g u l a r W e i l p o l y e d e r , and hence ( i i ) f o l l o w s a g a i n from ourCorollary 5.

The method of ‘ Y o c a L i z a t i a n

REMARK:

tio n spaces ( c f . [ 5 t h e a.p.

1 and

06

t h e a.p.”

for certain

[ 1 0 ] ) may be used t o show t h a t

f o r compact sets K ’ t h a t a r e “ s u f f i c i e n t l y w e l l ”

func-

A ( K ’ ) has

didjoint

UMionb of s e t s K a s above and t h a t some r e l a t e d f u n c t i o n s p a c e s h a v e the a.p.

,

too ( c f . [ 5 1 ,

Corollary 15)

,

b u t w e w i l l n o t go i n t o

de-

t a i l s here. L e t u s now e x p l i c i t l y s t a t e what w e g e t from t h e p r e c e d i n g res u l t s by a p p l y i n g o u r C o r o l l a r i e s 9 and 1 0 :

14. THEOREM: ( i = 1,.

.. , n )

(i)

(1) H(K) hub t h e a . p . id

eithen. a n y compact n u b b e t

06

C

oh

K = K1

x

... x K n

with

Ki

BIERSTEDT

56

(ii) t h e C l o A u h e a d

a b t h i c t C y pdeudoconvex k e g i o n w i t h

6 i c i e n t L g nmooth boundahg o h (2)

A ( K ) had t h e a . p .

06

a t e g u l a h Weil polyedeh.

undeh t h e name c o n d i t i o n n

i n ( 1 ) ( i ) ,a d d i t i o n a l t y , Ki t o be h a t . " " = A ( K ~ )aE ... QE A ( K n ) i n t h e n t h u e . (3)

H ( K ) = A ( K ) holdd

doh K = K 1

t i t h e h ( i )a 6a.t compact an

x

det

nub-

... x K n

heqLLitled

And

W,h%

i n a: w i t h

4 one

A(K)

=

...,n )

Ki ( i= 1 ,

H(Ki)

= A(Ki)

oh

i n ( I ) (ii) a b o v e .

L e t .then E b e an a h b i t k a h g c o m p l e t e 1 . c . n p a c e . (4)

Undeh t h e ahnumptionn o d ( 2 1 ,

(5)

Undek t h e annumptionb

06

( 3 1 , we h a v e

A(K,E)

= H(K

, E ),

too.

11. ( 3 ) i s r e l a t e d t o a r e s u l t of Weinstock [30 I ,

p . 812, where,

i n s t e a d of the assumption of a smooth boundary i n 11. (1)( i i ) ,he needs o n l y t h e s o - c a l l e d " n e g m e n t p h a p e h t y " o f K.

( W e i n s t o c k ' s methods a r e

q u i t e d i f f e r e n t , however.) A t t h i s p o i n t , a few remarks on p a p e r [ 271 a r e a l s o i n o r d e r ( i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h

OLX

Sibony's

preceding results):

P r o p o s i t i o n 1 o f [ 2 7 1 i s , i n some s e n s e , e a s y , i f n o t t r i v i a l ,

a s o u r theorem 4 . ( 1 )

(and i t s simple p r o o f ) demonstrates: I t is

n e c e s s a r y t o invoke G l e a s o n ' s theorem a t t h i s p o i n t ; t h e w e l l n u c l e a r i t y ( o r even t h e a . p . )

of

not

- known

0 and s i m p l e t e n s o r p r o d u c t a r g u

-

ments s u f f i c e ! C o r o l l a i r e 3 of [ 2 7 ] c o r r e s p o n d s w i t h 7 . (1) and l0.Q) i n t h i s p a p e r . A s we have a l r e a d y n o t e d above,

however,

Sibony's

p r o p o s i t i o n 4 i s r e a l l y a Mon-thiWial? r e s u l t b a s e d on H e n k i n ' s mthod and i m p l i e s t h e a . p . of

A ( K ) i n c a s e ( i ) .Hence, by o u r C o r o l l a r y 5,

it i s ( e s s e n t i a l l y ) e ~ u i ~ a t e n t ot theorem 2.4 o f Bekken [ 1 1. Finally,

Corollaire 8 of [ 2 7 ] c o r r e s p o n d s w i t h o u r theorem 1 1 . ( 5 ) .

It should

p e r h a p s be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t , whereas p a r t o f S i b o n y ' s p r o o f s looks as

VECTOR-VALUED APPROXIMATION ON COMPACT SETS

57

though t h e y a r e b a s e d on theorems and methods which a r e j u s t t r u e i n h i s g i v e n d p e c i a l s i t u a t i o n , i t t u r n s o u t from o u r d i s c u s s i o n t h a t what i s r e a l l y needed i s o n l y a p r o o f o f t h e a . p .

above

o f A(K) ( = H ( K ) )

t o make e v e r y t h i n g work, even i n many u t h e h cases.

W e turn t o sheaves

F of harmonic f u n c t i o n s o r , more g e n e r a l l y ,

of n u l l - s o l u t i o n s o f h y p o e l l i p t i c d i f f e r e n t i a l o p e r a t o r s w i t h Cm-meff i c i e n t s now. These a r e a g a i n n u c l e a r F r g c h e t s h e a v e s , a n d h e n c e o u r

F h a s t h e a . p . i s c e r t a i n l y s a t i s f i e d . For nuclearity

assumption t h a t

of the sheaves i n axiomatic p o t e n t i a l theory, c f . Cornea 1 1 4 1 ,

Constantinescu-

5 11.

I n t h i s case, w e w i l l assume f o r t h e moment t h a t

s e t K i s t h e c l o s u r e o f some open s u b s e t

U of

X

for

AF(K):

F

,

i . e . f o r each with

f E AF(i) L :f

+

f

I au

g E C(aU) there e x i s t s

I f w e suppose that

i s b i j e c t i v e from

f o r functions i n

AF(K) onto

A F ( K ) w i l l imply t h a t

c e r t a i n l y h a s t h e a.p.

result that

L :f

+

dpace w i t h a . p . o f closed set

K'

621/2,

the

function

C(3I.l) and h e n c e y i e l d s a

C aU)

L

( A maximum p r i n c i p l e

i s e v e n a n i d u m e t h y . ) Then

I n f a c t , i t would be enough f o r s u c h

flK,

is bijective from

C(K')

f o r some c l o s e d subset K '

.

Let f o r instance t i o n s on

unique

to

f l a u = g , t h e c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r r e s t r i c t i o n mapping

t o p o l o g i c a l isomorphism of t h e s e Banach s p a c e s .

AF(K)

a

fat).

comp.leteLy x7~Lv.L-

U is a hegulak set for t h e DihiehLet phoblem with r e s p e c t

sheaf

compact

(and hence

A v e r y n i c e phenomenon may o c c u r h e r e which y i e l d s a a t s o l u t i o n t o t h e question of t h e a.p.

the

F be t h e s h e a f

AF(K) onto

of

a cLodsdbubK

(say,

JC of ( r e a l ) haamonic

R" ( n 1. 2). W e refer e . g . t o Ho-Van-Thi-Si

a

a

func-

[ 2 2 ] , p. 617/8,

6 2 6 , 637 f o r c o n d i t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g , s a y , t h e e q u a l i t i e s (i)

= HJC(K)

+(K)

(ii) +(K)

I aK

ciple,

,

and

( o r , e q u i v a l e n t l y , by t h e maximum prin-

= C ( aK)

L : +(K)

+

C ( 3 K ) b i j e c t i v e and i s o m e t r i c ) .

BIERSTEDT

68

L e t u s o n l y n o t e t h a t i n g e n e r a l a s u i t a b l e ( o u t s i d e ) cone con-

d i t i o n i m p l i e s b o t h ( i ) and ( i i )and t h a t , i n t h e case

n =2,

(ii)are v a l i d for a compact set K such t h a t e a c h p o i n t

x

E

( i )and aK

is

a boundary p o i n t of a c o n n e c t e d component o f t h e complement o f K . So then

= HX(K)

Ax(K)

has the a.p.

W e a l s o r e f e r t o Weinstock [ 311 f o r r e s u l t s on

f o r sheaves

AF(K)

F = NL (on Rn) o f n u l l s o l u t i o n s of ( l i n e a r )

partical differential operators

L of o r d e r

elliptic

m with constant coeffi-

c i e n t s i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n and t o Vincent-Smith [ 2 8 ] f o r i n t h e s e t t i n g o f harmonic s h e a v e s

= HF(K)

AF(K) = H F ( K )

F of a x i o m a t i c p o t e n t i a l t h e o r y .

I t would l e a d us too f a r a f i e l d e v e n t o g i v e o n l y c o m p l e t e he@~encu

for a l l interesting relevant results i n t h i s direction. Another argument t h e n y i e l d s t h e a . p . of

AF(K)

and

HF(K)

e v e n i n a much more g e n e r a l s e t t i n g :

1 2 . THEOREM:

(n

1. 2 ) and

L e t again K

JC

be t h e nhead a d haamonic dunctiono o n R n

an a h b i t h a h y compact nubhet

(1)

Then b o t h

(2)

Hence

Ax(K,E)

dpace

E , a n d , doh duch an

+(K,E)

PROOF:

=

E

GE

Hx(K)

alwayn have t h e a . p . h o l d n d o h each c o m p l e t e l . ~ .

+(K)

=Hx(K)

m a y s himpfiu

p. 6 2 1 , 634 shows, b o t h

A = Hx(K)and

E , +(K)

= Hx(K,E).

As Ho-Van-Thi-Si

A = Ax(K)

and

&(K)

1221,

are h i m p . t i c i a l s p a c e s , i . e . t h e null measure i s t h e

A - m a x i m a l measure ( o r , e q u i v a l e n t l y , measure

Choquet boundary of 116 1 , p.

A)

99) t h a t t h e s t a t e space

C(S).

concentrated

only

in

the

o r t h o g o n a l t o A . T h i s means (cf. Effros-Kazdan S = S(A) i s a A i m p L e x and t h a t

i s order isometric t o t h e Banach s u b s p a c e tions in

Wn.

06

A(S)

o f a l l addine

A

func-

However, i t i s well-known t h a t e a c h s u c h A h f l e x Apace

A(S) h a s t h e a . p . :

In f a c t , A ( S )

i s an a b d t k a c t

(L)

- apace.

( This

68

VECTOR-VALUED APP ROXlMATlON ON COMPACT SETS

argument can be found e . g . i n t h e p r o o f o f C o r o l l a r y 2 . 6 , Namioka-Phelps

( 2 ) f o l l o w s from (1) and 3 . ( 2 ) ,

l231.1

p. 4 7 7

of

5 above.

For t h e c o n n e c t i o n between s i m p l i c i a l s p a c e s a n d t h e of " w e a k PihichLet p t o b t e m n " see Effros-Kazdan 1161 :

solution (say) is

+(K)

s i m p l i c i a l i f and o n l y i f e a c h c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n d e f i n e d on a comp a c t s u b s e t o f t h e Choquet baundaty of element of

A X ( K ) may b e e x t e n d e d t o

an

o f t h e s a m e norm.

+(K)

But now w e g e t t h e a . p .

of

A F ( K ) and

f o r many

HF(K)

sheaves

F o f a x i o m a t i c p o t e n t i a l ? t h e o h y a n d aLl? sets K = c l o s u r e o f a r e l a t i v e l y compact open s e t

U:

I n f a c t , under c e r t a i n

u n d e r l y i n g hahmonic npace ( X IF)

,

i t i s known t h a t

axioms

on

the

AF(K) resp. HF(K)

i s a g a i n b i m p L i c i a L , and t h e n we may p r o c e e d a s i n t h e p r o o f o f t n e orem 1 2 t o c a r r y t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g r e s u l t s o v e r t o t h i s

(much

more

g e n e r a l ) s e t t i n g . For t h e r e l e v a n t axioms needed here and t h e AF(K) resp. H (K)

F

[ 1 6 ] , Cor. 4 . 3 ,

i s a s i m p l i c i a l s p a c e , we

p . 1 0 8 and Cor. 4 . 2 ,

s u f f i c i e n t condition for

orem 4 . 4 ) .

I n [16 ]

,

r e f e r t o E f f r o s -Kazc*.

p. 112.

(For a n e c e s s a r y

and

A F ( K ) = H F ( K ) i n t h i s s e t t i n g see [ 1 6 ] , t h e -

t h e axioms s t i l l e x c l u d e d genehat

sets

open

U

f o r d e g e n e t a t e e l l i p t i c e q u a t i o n s , b u t t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g problem was s o l v e d a f f i r m a t i v e l y by B l i e d t n e r - H a n s e n [ 1 3 ] ,

and w e r e f e r t o

f o r t h e m o s t g e n e r a l r e s u l t s on s i m p l i c i a l s p a c e s

[13]

AF(K).

I n concluding, we should p o i n t o u t t h a t t h e €-product

E

Jfl

o f two s h e a v e s o f harmonic f u n c t i o n s i n a x i o m a t i c p o t e n t i a l

X2

theory

y i e l d s n o t h i n g b u t t h e ( m u L t i p L y r e s p . ) b e p a h a t e e y h a h m o n i c functions of

Gowrisankaran [ 201

resp.

Reay [ 2 4 1 . W e l e a v e i t t o t h e reader to

combine o u r p r e c e d i n g remark on t h e a . p .

of

AF(K) resp.

in

HF(K)

above

to

o b t a i n , s a y , theorem 11 and lemma 2 3 of [ 2 4 ] w i t h o u t any e f f o r t .

Of

axiomatic p o t e n t i a l theory with t h e r e s u l t s i n s e c t i o n

c o u r s e , w e could also immediately s t a t e r e s u l t s f o r holomorphic

- harmonic

sheaves

0

E

JC

etc.

,

2

"mixed"

(say)

b u t t h e p r e c e d i n g examples

BIE RSTE DT

60

and a p p l i c a t i o n s may s u f f i c e .

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THE COMPLETION OF PARTIALLY ORDERED VECTOR SPACES AND KOROVKIN S THEOREM

BRUNO BROSOWSKI

Johann Wolfgang Goethe U n i v e r s i t a t F a c h b e r e i c h Mathematik Robert Mayer-Str. 6-10 D-6000 F r a n k f u r t / Main, Germany

I n t h e p r e s e n t p a p e r w e w i l l g i v e a new p r o o f of a g e n e r a l i z a t i o n o f K o r o v k i n ' s theorem u s i n g t h e completion of a g a r t i a l l y o r d e r e d v e c t o r s p a c e by Dedekind-cuts.

The g i v e n proof works n o t o n l y i n t h e

case of C[0,1] b u t also f o r c e r t a i n p a r t i a l l y o r d e r e d realvector spaces

where a mode of convergence i s d e f i n e d , which i s c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h e

l i n e a r s t r u c t u r e and t h e p a r t i a l o r d e r i n g o f t h e c o n s i d e r e d

linear

space. L e t X b e a r e a l vector s p a c e w i t h a p a r t i a l o r d e r i n g d e f i n e d b y K , t h e s e t o f a l l p o s i t i v e e l e m e n t s of

a cone space X

i s c a l l e d Dedekind-complete

X including

i f e v e r y non-empty

. The

0

s u b s e t which

i s bounded f r o m above h a s a supremum and i f e v e r y non -empty

subset

which i s bounded from below h a s a n infimum. I n t h e f o l l o w i n g w e

as-

sume t h a t t h e p a r t i a l o r d e r i n g i s Archimedean which i s d e f i n e d by

f o r a l l elements

u , v E X.

T h m we have t h e f o l l o w i n g

THEOREM:

Let X be a p a f i t i a g l y ohdefied h e a l u e c t o f i o p a c e , w h i c h 63

id

64

BROSOWSKI

Ahchimedean. Then we have: T h e h e i n a uni que detehmintd Dedekind - cornpLete p a h t i a L L y

dehed heaL v e c t o h Apace (i)

oh-

6x w i t h t h e BoLlowing p n o p e h t i e d :

x 06

Thehe e x i b t b a dubbpace

6 X duch t h a t

x ahe

X and

ihom okphi c. (ii)

~ v e h ye k e m e n t

x#

E

6x

hatis die4

6~ L A c a l l e d t h e V e d e k i n d - c o m p l e t i o n

X i s directed i.e.

If i n a d d i t i o n t h e o r d e r i n g i n

then

06 X .

6X is also a lattice. For a proof of t h e theorem compare LUXEMBURG, ZAANEN [ Z

DEFINITION:

A subspace

c a l l e d Dedekind-denhe i n

1.

X of a p a r t i a l l y o r d e r e d B - v e c t o r s p a c e is Y

iff

x c

Y C 6X.

For s t a t i n g t h e g e n e r a l i z e d Korovkin-theorem w e have t o d e f i n e t h e mode of convergence i n a p a r t i a l l y o r d e r e d v e c t o r s p a c e . W e some r e s u l t s of BANASCHEWSKI A subset

[ 11 :

E C K \ {O} d e f i n e s a convergence g e n e r a t i n g s e t i n X

i f E s a t i s f i e s t h e following conditions:

REMARK:

S i n c e w e assume X t o be Archimedean w e have

111.

use

inf E = 0 .

COMPLETION OF PARTIALLY ORDERED SPACE5 AND KOROVKIN'S THEOREM

85

Now w e d e f i n e a mode of convergence a s f o l l o w s : A sequence (xn)

x

c

converges t o an element

I n t h i s case we w r i t e

xn

+

E

lowing p r o p e r t i e s :

Z

x

iff

-

x. T h i s mode of convergence h a s t h e fol-

(a)

C o n s t a n t s e q u e n c e s are c o n v e r g e n t .

(b)

If

(x

E

converges t o

converges a l s o t o

x.

G I t h e n e v e r y subsequence of ( x n )

F u r t h e r w e assume

(e)

L e t ( x n ) b e a sequence such t h a t

and such t h a t

x (f)

Let

*

n E

i n f (x,) e x i s t s I t h e n inf(rcn).

(3:n ) be a sequence s u c h t h a t XI

2 x2 2 x3 5

and such t h a t

---

s u p ( ~ ~e )x i s t s , then

xn * s u p ( x n ) . E

Now w e can s t a t e t h e g e n e r a l i z a t i o n of K o r o v k i n ' s theorem:

THEOREM I:

LeZ

Y be a p a h t i a l l y atdehed

b e a COi?vehgenccL g e n e h a t i n g 6 e Z i n Y

.

W - w e c t o h & p a c e and LeZ

E

Fuhtheh L e t X be a n k c h e d e a n

BROSOWSKI

66

p a h t i a L L y o h d e f i e d a - v e c t a h pace, Luhich

Let

( L ) be

a oequence Ln:Y

06

i 6

Vedekind-dende i n Y.

monotonic opetlatohn

Y

+

buch t h a t

A : Y + Y

i b

a monotonic o p c h a t a h ouch t h a t t h e h e d t h i c t i o n A

map o d

X o n t o X and

-LA

06

,x

i d u

bijtdue

mona.tonic t y p e l i . e . A ~ ~ ( ~ ~ ) & *AZ ,I =< ~ z( 1,z ~ ) 2

T h e n rue have

PROOF:

For t h e proof l e t

u L

F o r each

u

E

U

Y

Y Y

and

y

E

Y C 6X

be given. Then d e f i n e t h e s e t s

:= I u E

x

:= { I

X I 2 5 - y).

I

E

E

L

Y

I y

5 ul,

w e have

2 5 Y ( U . Since L n

and

A

are monotonic w e have Ln(I)

and

5

Ln(Y)

5

Ln(u)

COMPLETION OF PARTIALLY ORDERED SPACES A N D KOROVKIN'S THEOREM

For a b b r e v i a t i o n w e set 1 , := L , ( Z ) , W e now p r o v e :

(y,)

y,

:= LJy),

un := L J u L

converges t o a n element y

0

.

S i n c e by a s s u m p t i o n

w e have

From t h i s w e c o n c l u d e t h a t t h e e l e m e n t s

e x i s t and a l s o s a t i s f y t h e r e l a t i o n

C o n s e q u e n t l y w e have

where

-

i := s u p { i n )

T h i s i s t r u e for e v e r y

E E

and

-

s

:= i n f

isn}.

E; t h u s w e have a l s o

67

68

BROSOWSKI

iqow l e t

u E

U-

i

. Then w e

7 5

have

u

and by ( " 1

S i n c e A i s of monotonic t y p e and b i j e c t i v e w e have

and c o n s e q u e n t l y

A

-1

(u) E U

Y

.

From t h i s w e c o n c l u d e

and hence

Now l e t

.

u E UA(Y)

I = A-'A(Z)

W

l € L

and consequently

and hence

A

u E U-

i

-1

,

Then w e have

z

(u) E U

i.e.

=

2

u

and

2 A- 1 (u)

Y

Y

. Using

'A(y)

c U-

S i m i l a r l y one c a n p r o v e L - = L A ( y t h i s w e conclude:

A($)

s

From t h e r e l a t i o n s

i

= A(y).

(*)

we c o n c l u d e

. Consequently we

have

y)

.Using

COMPLETION OF PARTIALLY ORDERED SPACES AND KOROVKINS THEOREM

Since

E E

was a r b i t r a r y w e have

E

Let

REMARK:

68

C [ a , b 1 be t h e v e c t o r l a t t i c e o f a l l r e a l - v a l u e d con

-

t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s on [ a, h 1 under t h e o r d e r i n g d e f i n e d by "f 0.

1 , is

whether

n c a n be c o n s t r u c t e d which

gives

The n a t u r a l e x t e n s i o n of t h i s p r o b l e m , p o s e d i n [ 8 a n a l g e b r a i c p o l y n o m i a l of d e g r e e

u n i f o r m a p p r o x i m a t i o n t o t h e associate order

0 (n-l-a)

f

on t h e w h o l e [ - 1 , 11 w i t h

p r o v i d e d t h e d e r i v a t i v e f'

L i p l ( a ; C) ,

belongs t o

o 0.

So t h a t

wl,...,w

i,t h e

m

]w.(x)j I h ( x ) - f ( x ) I = O < E , I

W is non-vanishing on X I and

i W - c l o s u r e of

q ( x ) = 0 , for every

E W,

f E -fA(A).

As t o t h e n e c e s s i t y , assume t h a t

f belongs t o

f

such t h a t g ( x o ) # 0 . Since q i s also h and h i y = f l y . ( I f X = O , h=O h = g E A

E A,

w i l l do). Then, g i v e n

that

f ( x ) = 0 , and

nun-vaninhing on X , t h e n t h e s e c o n d i t i o n s

f E - f A ( A ) . Given

for

g

impLies

For t h e s u f f i c i e n c y , i t i s enough, by Theorem 2, t o show t h a t

PROOF:

Let

E A,

A

g E A, t a k e

in

L.

Then i f x

Ax

as i n

E

5 1 , and

X is

we

get:

s i n c e E i s H a u s d o r f f , so t h a t f o r every f(x)

f ( x ) = 0. S i m i l a r l y , i f

q E A, t h e same r e a s o n i n g w i t h

= f(y).

6,

-

6y

g(x) =g(Y), shows

that

128

CARNEIRO

then f bdongn t o t h e c o m p a c t - o p e n (i) g(x) = 0,

4 u h euetiy

g

( b ) Id

a nubalgebha

A

06

f E Cb(X,F), t h e n

and

Co(X,F)

i n L o c a l l y compact,

X

f(x) = 0

g E A, impeieb

Longb t o t h e uni6vhm cLonuhe

(c) 16

id and o n d y id

A

impeien

A,

E

( i i )g ( x ) = g ( y ) , 6oh e u e h y

06

CL#bUhe

f E CO(X,F), t h e n

06

A i n a nubalgebha

be-

and

Cb(X,F)

b e l u n g b -to t h e A t h i c t c l o b u h e

f

f

id and v n d y id

A

06

f(x) = f(y).

06

i d and

A

o n l y id (i) g(x) = 0,

( i i )g ( x ) = g ( y ! ,

g E A, i m p e i e b

euehy

doh

f ( x ) = 0.

g E A, i m p l i e d

d o h euehy

f(x) = f(y).

5. DENSITY I N TENSOR PRODUCTS S and T are, r e s p e c t i v e l y , v e c t o r subspaces of C(X,F) and

If E,

then

S 8 T

t h e form

x

+

d e n o t e s t h e set of a l l f i n i t e sums o f f u n c t i o n s

s ( x ) t , with

s

t

E S,

E

T.

a r e z e r o - d i m e n s i o n a l Hausdorff s p a c e s , and t i v e l y , vector subspaces of

C(X1,F)

denotes the s e t of a l l f i n i t e (x1,x2)

+

THEOREM 4 :

sl(xl)s,(x,),

with

sums

s1

E

and

of

S1 and S2

are,

C(X2,F), the

is an A-module,

s i n c e A i s non-vanishing

at

functions

A 8 E

i n

and ( A 8 E) ( x ) = E ,

X.

and

s1 of

X2

respec-

then

1 6 A i n bepaha-ting and n o n - v a n i b h i n g on X ,

A 8 E

Corollary.

X1

s2

t h e form

S1, s2 E S 2 .

and i6 we a t e i n t h e bounded c a n e , t h e n

PROOF:

Similarly, i f

of

A 8 E C

L,

T w - d e n n e i n L.

f o r every

x E X,

I t s u f f i c e s t h e n t o a p p l y Theorem 1,

129

NON-ARCHIMEDEAN WEIGHTED APPROXIMATION

COROLLARY 1:

( i ) C(X,F) 0 E

i b

C ( X , F ) , d o t t h e compact

dens e i n

open

-

t o p a e o g y. (ii) I d doh-

X

is l o c a l C g compact,

(K(X,F)

t h e unidoam t o p o l o g y .

tinuoun (iii) I d

K[X,F) 8 E

X

is d e n b e i n Co(X,E), con-

i n the s e t od abl

6unct i onn w i t h compact b u p p o h t ) .

bCaeah

is eocaley compact, Cb(X,F) 8

in d e n b e i n %(X,E),

E

topology.

d o t the ntaict

COROLLARY 2 (Dieudonng) : (i) (C(X1,F)

Q C(XZ,F))

8 E

id

dense i n

C(Xl

x X2,E),

do&

t h e compact-open t o p o e o g y . ( i i )C(X1,F) @ C ( X 2 , F )

in denbe i n

C(X1

X2)

x

@ F.

6 . EXTENSION THEOREMS

THEOREM 5:

Id E i d a non-aachimedean Fhzhchet bpaCe a u e h F , and

i n a non-empty compact s u b n e t X,

t h e n eueay

04

t h e z e k o - d i m e n s i o n a l Haundoh6d o p c e

E - uat ued COntinUOUb d u n c t i o n o n Y can b e ext ended t o

a bounded co n ti nuous d u n c t i o n o n PROOF:

X.

.

W e w i l l employ a t e c h n i q u e due t o D e La F u e n t e [ 7 I

l i n e a r mapping

Ty : C ( X , E )

* C ( Y , E ) , d e f i n e d by

c l e a r l y c o n t i n u o u s f o r t h e compact-open For

Y

S C C(X,E),

denote

u n i t a r y s u b a l g e b r a of

Ty(S)

by

C ( Y , F ) , and

S i n c e t h e c o n s t a n t f u n c t i o n s belong By Theorem 1, C o r o l l a r y ,

Assume f i r s t t h a t

Cb(X,E) X

Iy

Sly.

topologies i n both Then

M = Cb(X,E)

to

Ty(f) = f l y

i s an

,

is

spaces.

ly

A = Cb(X,F)

ly

The

is

a

A-module.

M , M ( x ) = E l f o r each X E Y .

is dense i n

i s compact. Then C ( X , E )

s p a c e , a n d so i s i t s q u o t i e n t by t h e c l o s e d s u b s p a c e

C(Y,E).

is

a

Fr6chet

K = T-l(O) Y

.

Now

CARNEIRO

130

we c l a m t h a t

,

C (X,E)

C ( X , E /K

i s l i n e a r l y and t o p o l o g i c a l l y i s o m o r p h i c t o

f o r which i t i s enough t o p r o v e t h a t

homomorphism. I n d e e d , g i v e n

U,

a b a s i c neighborhood of 0 i n

then

U = {g E C ( X , E ) ; p [ g ( x ) ]
0 t e l q u e c o n t i e n t l a boule ouverte boule o u v e r t e

z1

t e l l e que

B (zn,€) e t

6

~ ( 6 1 =)

B ( X A n z n , ~ )d e s o r t e que

'n

(zn)

2

ZA S

n n

61P(a)( Z A n

, alors

E

'n

contient

Zn)

2

la

E.

5. On p e u t donc se p o s e r de f a q o n g d n d r a l e l e probldme s u i v a n t x s t a n t

donn6e une s u i t e b o r n g e (a,) d e que

sn

N A e t une s u i t e (Sn) d e

E a ( a ) avec uniformits par rapport

n

l a r e l a t i o n ( 4 ) pour t o u t e s u i t e (1,) de

avec u n i f o r m i t 6 p a r r a p p o r t

S (A,)

CN

telle

B n , est-ce que l ' o n

L1(CC) telle que

a

X /Anl

= 1,

Banach.

On

?

Consid6rons l e cas p a r t i c u l i e r d ' u n e a l g s b r e

de

v d r i f i e t o u t d ' a b o r d , e n p r e n a n t d e s caractzres, l ' i n c l u s i o n suivante, dans l a q u e l l e Sn e s t remplac6 p a r l ' e n s e m b l e t e r s e c t i o n du f i l t r e

s p ( an ) ( q u i e s t l ' i n -

u (a,))

C e t t e mgme i n c l u s i o n montre donc q u e pour t o u t choix de SnE5(aJ,

on a l a r e l a t i o n ( 4 ) . Cependant il r e s t e r a i t 5 d t a b l i r

l'uniformit6

THEORIE SPECTRALE EN UNE INFINITE DE VARIABLES

par rapport au choix d'une s u i t e (An)

137

de l a s p h g r e u n i t e d e

L1(c),

I1 n ' y a p a s d e d i f f i c u l t 6 s i on remplace l a b o r n e sur les coef-

ficients avec

u

i

E > 0

p a r l e f a i t q u e S c o n t i e n n e un E-voisinage d u f i x e . En e f f e t s i

AE

spectre

d 6 s i g n e l ' e n s e m b l e des p i n t s dont

la distance 5 4 est strictement infgrieure

on a

E

( 2 x n s p (an)

.

On e s t a i n s i c o n d u i t 5 L t u d i e r la c r o i s s a n c e des

coefficients

s p e c t r a u x e n f o n c t i o n de l a d i s t a n c e a u s p e c t r e . Dans un s e n s on a l ' i n L g a l i t 6 :

q u i s ' d t a b l i t facilement en prenant que

Ix(ui)

I 5

llui

II

t = x(a)

E

s p ( a ) e t en

sachant

.

La q u e s t i o n fondamentale c o n c e r n e l ' a u t r e s e n s : p e u t - o n

tout

E

> 0

pour

t r o u v e r une b o r n e d e s c o e f f i c i e n t s u i ( s ) avec d(s,sp(a)),c

q u i s o i t i n d g p e n d a n t e de

a , I1 a II 5 1 ?

B I B L I OGRAPHIE

[ 1]

J.-P.

FERRIER, T h g o r i e s p e c t r a l e e t a p p r o x i m a t i o n p a r des f o x t i o n s d ' u n e i n f i n i t 6 de variables, C o l l . An. H a r m . Comp l e x e , La Garde - F r e i n e t 1977.

[ 2

1

K . NISHIZAWA, A propos de l ' u n i c i t 6 du c a l c u l f o n c t i o n n e l h o l o -

morphe d e s b - a l g s b r e s , [ 3

1

t h s s e , U n i v e r s i t d de Nancy, 1977.

L . WAELBROEK, Etude s p e c t r a l e d e s a l g s b r e s compl&es,Acad.

Belg. C1. S c i . M6m., 1 9 6 0 .

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MEROMORPHIC UNIFORM APPROXIMATION ON CLOSED SUBSETS OF OPEN R I E M A " SURFACES

P. M.

GAUTHIER*

Dgpartement de Mathgmatiques e t de S t a t i s t i q u e U n i v e r s i t g de M o n t r g a l , Canada D e d i c a t e d i n memory o f A l i c e Roth

1. INTRODUCTION

Let

F be a ( r e l a t i v e l y ) c l o s e d s u b s e t o f an open Riemann s u r -

f a c e R. Denote by

H(F) and

M(F) r e s p e c t i v e l y

the

holornorphic

and

m e r o m r p h i c f u n c t i o n s on ( a neighbourhood o f ) F. L e t A(F) d e n o t e t h a f u n c t i o n s c o n t i n u o u s o n F a n d h o l o m o r p h i c on t h e i n t e r i o r

Fo o f F.

R e c e n t l y , t h e problem of a p p r o x i m a t i n g f u n c t i o n s i n A(F) u n i f o r m l y b y f u n c t i o n s i n H ( R ) h a s been c o n s i d e r e d by S c h e i n b e r g [ 1 7 ] . I n t h e p r e s e n t p a p e r , w e c o n s i d e r t h e problem of a p p r o x i m a t i n g a g i v e n f u n c t i o n on

F u n i f o r m l y by f u n c t i o n s i n t 4 ( R ) a n d o b t a i n , as

a corollary,

a

r e s u l t r e l a t e d t o S c h e i n b e r g ' s . Our method o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n i s b a s e d o n t h e t e c h n i q u e o f t h e l a t e A l i c e Roth I15

1.

W e s h a l l r e l y on S c h e i n b e r g 1171 for s o m e r e s u l t s

to-

on t h e

pology o f s u r f a c e s . W i t h o u t loss of g e n e r a l i t y , w e s h a l l assume t h a t e v e r y Riemann s u r f a c e

its closure i n of

*

R if

R i s connected. A s u b s e t i s bounded i n

R i s compact. A Riemann s u r f a c e

R'

is an

if

extenhion

R i s ( c o n f o r m a l l y e q u i v a l e n t t o ) an open s u b s e t of

Research supp0rtedbyN.R.C.

R

R ' , If

of Canada a n d M i n i s t s r e de 1 ' E d u c a t i o n

d u Qu6bec. 139

140

GAUTHIER

furthermore

ii #

R',

i s an e o b e n t i d e x t e n s i o n of R. W e s h a l l say

R'

t h a t a c l o s e d s u b s e t F of

a

R i s ebbentiaLLy

0 6 d i n i t e genUb i f F has

c o v e r i n g by a f a m i l y of p a i r w i s e d i s j o i n t open sets, e a c h

n i t e genus. Denote by morphic on

i t s on

r?(F) t h e uniform l i m i t s on F of functions

R w i t h p o l e s o u t s i d e of

F and by

F of f u n c t i o n s holomorphic on

c o m p a c t i f i c a t i o n of

R

of f i -

R

. R*

wro-

G ( F ) t h e uniform l i m -

w i l l d e n o t e t h e o n e point

.

The c e n t r a l problem i n t h e q u a l i t a t i v e t h e o r y of a p p r o x i m a t i o n

i s t h a t o f a p p r o x i m a t i n g a g i v e n f u n c t i o n on a g i v e n s e t . I n t h i s d i r e c t i o n w e s t a t e our p r i n c i p a l theorem.

THEOREM 1: ( L o c a L i z a t i o n ) :

Mite genuo i n an o p e n Riemann o u k d a c e R . T h e n , a d u n c t i o n f i(F)

6.i-

Let F be c l o s e d and k ? b b E n t i a l l y 0 6 i b

in

id and o n l y i d

doh eVehy

compact

bet

K i n

R.

I f we drop t h e c o n d i t i o n t h a t

F be e s s e n t i a l l y o f f i n i t e genus,

t h e n t h e theorem i s no l o n g e r t r u e I 9 d i t i o n , for

I

.

However, w e may drop the con-

R p l a n a r , s i n c e it is t r i v i a l l y v e r i f i e d by a l l F

.

In

t h i s s i t u a t i o n , Theorem 1 i s due t o A l i c e Roth [ 1 5 ] . An immediate consequence o f Theorem 1 i s t h e f o l l o w i n g

Walsh-

t y p e theorem, which w a s f i r s t o b t a i n e d for p l a n a r R by N e r s e s i a n I 1 4 1.

THEOREM 2:

Let

F b e c l o b e d and e b b e n , t i a l L y

o p e n Riemann b u t 6 a c e that

0 6 d i n i t e genub i n

R. A b u d d i c i e n t c o n d i t i o n d o h

an

A(F) = G;I(F) i A

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dolr

e v e h y bounded o p e n b e t

V in R.

By t h e Bishop-Kodama L o c a l i z a t i o n Theorem [ 1 2 1 ,

w e may r e p l a c e

t h e open s e t s V by p a r a m e t r i c d i s c s . The f o l l o w i n g i s a Runqe-type theorem.

THEOREM 3:

Let F be c l o b e d and ebAenLiai%'y

open Riernann bu4dace R

.

Then

H(F)

C

06

d i n i t e genub

G ( F ) . MO4eOVe4, H ( F )

C

in

an

H(F)

and o n l y i 6 R*\ F 0 c o n n e c t e d and l o c a l l q c o n n e c t e d . R e c e n t l y , w e p r o v e d Theorem 3 f o r more r e s t r i c t e d p a i r s (F , R ) [ 7 1 . From Theorem 2 , w e h a v e a c o r o l l a r y o n Walsh-type approximation by h o l o m o r p h i c f u n c t i o n s .

THEOREM A:

( S c h e i n b e h g I171 1 :

L e t F be c t o n e d and

enben,tiatXy

06

d i n i t e genun i n a o p e n Riemann h u t d a c e R . A b u d d i c i e n t c o n d i t i o n doh A(F) =

i ( i~ n t h) at

R* \ F

b e c o n n e c t e d and toca&?y

connected.

S c h e i n b e r g a c t u a l l y o b t a i n e d t h i s r e s u l t for somewhat mre gene r a l p a i r s ( F I R ) . F o r a r b i t r a r y p a i r s ( F I R ) , t h e c o n d i t i o n t h a t R*\ F b e c o n n e c t e d and l o c a l l y c o n n e c t e d i s a l s o n e c e s s a r y b u t

no

longer

s u f f i c i e n t [ 9 ] . I n f a c t , S c h e i n b e r g h a s shown t h a t t h e r e i s no t o p o l o g i c a l c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f p a i r s ( F I R ) f o r which A ( F ) = H ( F ) [17].

R*\ F

i s c o n n e c t e d , i t f o l l o w s from t h e

Bishop-Mergelyan Theorem 1 2 1 t h a t

F s a t i s f i e s t h e h y p o t h e s e s of The-

PROOF OF THEOREM A:

Since

orem 2, when t h e sets V are p a r a m e t r i c d i s c s . Thus, i f E

> 0,

there is a

g1

E M(R) with

Now by Theorem 3, t h e r e i s a

q E H(R)

such t h a t

f e A ( F ) and

GAUTHlE R

I42

g(z)l < ~

z2 E F. ~

/

T h i s c o m p l e t e s t h e p r o o f of t h e c o r o l l a r y .

A c l o s e d set F i n R i s c a l l e d a s e t of Carleman t i o n by meromorphic f u n c t i o n s , i f f o r e a c h t i v e and c o n t i n u o u s on F

,

there is a

g

€

approxima-

f E A ( F ) and e a c h M(R)

E

psi-

with

The n e x t r e s u l t c h a r a c t e r i z e s such sets c o m p l e t e l y when

Fo =

8. This

r e s u l t i s known € o r R p l a n a r 1 1 4 1 .

THEOREM 4 :

L e t F b e cloned w i t h emp.ty i n t e h i o h i n arz open Riemaw

dace R . Then F i n a 6 e t

06

CUhJ?emaM apphoximation

by

5Wr-

mehomohphic

dunctionn id and o n l y id

doh

each compact

bet

K.

2. FUSION LEMMA

Using Behnke-Stein t e c h n i q u e s , Gunning and Narasimhan I l l ] have shown t h a t e v e r y open Riemann s u r f a c e R can b e v i s u a l i z e d i n a v e r y c o n c r e t e way. I n d e e d , t h e y showed t h a t f i c a t i o n ) above t h e f i n i t e p l a n e

(11.

R c a n be s p r e a d ( w i t h o u t rami-

R a d m i t s a l o c a l l y i n j e c t i v e holomornhic f u n c t i o n

is t h e spread.

-

To be p r e c i s e , t h e y p r o v e d t h a t p . Thus

R

P

(11

W e w i s h t o r e c o n s t r u c t t h e Cauchy k e r n e l of Behnke-Stein on R , -1 something r e s e m b l i n g ( q - p ) C o n c e p t u a l l y w e p r e f e r t o t h i n k of p

.

MEROMORPHIC APPROXIMATION ON CLOSED SUBSETS OF RIEMANN SURFACES

and q as b o t h l y i n g o n R

ble t o t h i n k of two c o p i e s the

z and

,

143

however, f o r p r o o f s , it may b e p r e f e r a R

P

and

R

9

of

-

R s p r e a d respectively above

5 planes:

We c o n s t r u c t a n open c o v e r o f

R x R.

If

(w,q)

E

R x R,

let

and D b e d i s c s a b o u t p and q r e s p e c t i v e l y w h i c h l i e s c h l i c h t P 9 is o v e r B . S e t U(p,q) = Dp x D . C o n s i d e r t h e Cousin data which q (5 z ) ” on U ( p , q ) . S i n c e R x R is S t e i n , t h e f i r s t Cousin probD

-

l e m c a n be s o l v e d . Hence t h e r e i s a meromorphic f u n c t i o n whose s i n g u l a r i t i e s are o n

@

on R x R

t h e d i a g o n a l . I n t h e neighbourhood o f

a

d i a g o n a l p o i n t , w e h a v e , i n local c o o r d i n a t e s (forever more g i v e n by P x

PI, that

i s holomorphic. O ( c

I

z ) means

O ( p , q ) , where

p ( p ) = 5 and p ( q ) = z .

We s h a l l p e r s i s t i n t h i s a b u s i v e n o t a t i o n , s i n c e i t is i n v a r i a n t under l o c a l change of c h a r t s w i t h i n t h e a t l a s g i v e n by

the function

O

a Cauchy k e r n e l on

ResZ@(

p x p. W e c a l l

R since

,z) = 1

.

We s h a l l now e x t e n d t o s u r f a c e s t h e p o w e r f u l F u s i o n

Lemma

of

A l i c e Roth [15].

FUSION LEMMA:

Let

K1, KZ, and K be c o m p a c t b u b b e t b o $ a n o p e n R i e -

mann buhdacc? R , w i t h K1 and K2 d i n j o . i n t . T h e h e i n a ponh%~e numbs

144

GAUTHIER

a Auch t h a t id ml

Aatihdying,

doh

and m2 aae any t w o meaomaaphic i u n c t i a n h

home

Iml

then theae

i.4

In W e may assume

PROOF:

bourhoods and

K

U1 and U2 of

LK
0,

E

(1)

on

O f i =@ 1 2 t h e bound-

and U,L c o n s i s t of f i n i t e l y many d i s j o i n t smooth J o r d a n

c u r v e s . L e t E be t h e compliment o f compact neighbourhood o f

( R \ U2)

i s u n i f o r m l y bounded f o r

z E G , where

U

i n R . L e t G be a p r e -

U1 U U2

K2

U

K.

then

i s a Cauchy k e r n e l f o r

0

W e i n t r o d u c e now a n a u x i l i a r y f u n c t i o n

i n [0,1] such t h a t

0 i s 1 o n U1 and

@ is

( 3 ) i s u n i f o r m l y bounded, t h e r e i s a c o n s t a n t

with values

$8 E C1(R) 0 on

U2

a > 2

R.

. Then,

since

such t h a t

(4)

for

z E G.

R e t u r n i n g now t o our rneromorphic ml

and m2

By (1) w e c a n f i n d a precompact neighbourhood /q(Z)

I


n,

< - 'n 2n

As

z E F n (Gn\ Gn-l)r

g

m tends t o

m

E

n+l 2n+1

+

+

c

% < E n .

j = n + l 2'

w e have

m ,

T h is completes t h e p r o o f .

If

Fo = @

and

R*\F

i s connected

and

locally

cannected,

S c h e i n b e r g [ 1 7 ] h a s shown t h a t

F i s a s e t o f Carleman a p p r o x i m a t i o n

by f u n c t i o n s h o l o m o r p h i c on

(see a l s o [ 8 I ) . T h i s i s i m p l i c i t i n the

p r o o f of Theorem 4 .

R

I n d e e d , w e may c o n s t r u c t a n exhaustion c o m p a t i b l e

with F , t h a t i s , such t h a t

i s connected and l o c a l l y connected f o r each

j . Thus

w e may

choose

GAUTHIER

156

t h e functions

gn from

H(R).

4 . OPEN PROBLEMS

a) If

R i s p l a n a r and

f

i s g i v e n on

Theorem 3 t h a t approximation of

F

,

t h e n i t f o l l o w s fEom

f by f u n c t i o n s holomorphic

on F o r by f u n c t i o n s meromorphic

on

e q u i v a l e n t . However, t h e example i n [ 9

R

are

essentially

1 shows t h a t for

s

a

c l o s e d sets i n some Riemann s u r f a c e s , t h e r e a r e f u n c t i o n s i n

H(F) which c a n n o t b e approximated by f u n c t i o n s from The problem of a p p r o x i m a t i o n by f u n c t i o n i n

M(R).

becomes,

H(F)

t h e n , a s e p a r a t e q u e s t i o n which h a s n o t been t r e a t e d on a r b i t r a r y open Riemann s u r f a c e s . b) I f

R i s p l a n a r , t h e c o n d i t i o n i n Theorem 2 i s n o t o n l y s u f -

f i c i e n t b u t a l s o n e c e s s a r y [ 1 4 ] , I t would b e o f i n t e r e s t t o know whether it i s a l s o n e c e s s a r y on an open R

c ) There remains t h e problem (F,R)

.

of

i

m surface.

pairs

considering a r b i t r a r y

Only Theorem 4 i s complete i n t h i s r e s p e c t . Scheinberg

[ 1 7 ] h a s shown t h a t t h e r e i s no t o p o l o g i c a l c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n

o f p a i r s ( F , R ) f o r which

A(F) = i ( F ) . This is not

at

all

o b v i o u s , b u t it i s e a s y t o see t h a t t h e r e i s a l s o no t o p 0 l o g i c a l c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of p a i r s

(see

6

-

(F,R) f o r which A(F) =R(F)

I).

d ) S c h e i n b e r g [17] h a s solved t h e problem of Carleman a p p r o x i mation by holomorphic f u n c t i o n s f o r t h e c a s e t h a t (see also [ 8 1 ) .

I n t h e c a s e where

R is p l a n a r ,

Fo =

necessary

and s u f f i c i e n t c o n d i t i o n s are known ( n e c e s s i t y [ 5 I c i e n c y [ 1 3 ] ) f o r Carleman a p p r o x i m a t i o n , even when What a b o u t Riemann s u r f a c e s ?

0

,

suffi-

Fo # '@.

~

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167

e) T h e r e i s a l s o t h e q u e s t i o n of u n i f o r m a p p r o x i m a t i o n on u n bounded s e t s i n s e v e r a l complex v a r i a b l e s . T h i s i s p r a c t i c a l l y v i r g i n t e r r i t o r y . S e e , however, [ 4

I

.

and [16]

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Prolla (ed.)

0 North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979

WHITNEY'S SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM I N INFINITE DIMENSIONS

CLAUDIA S. GUERREIRO(*)

I n s t i t u t o d e Matemdtica U n i v e r s i d a d e F e d e r a l do R i o d e J a n e i r o Rio

0.

de J a n e i r o , B r a z i l

IJTRODUCTION

I n 1 9 4 8 H. Whitney [131, b a s e d o n a c o n j e c t u r e of

L.

Schwartz,

p r o v e d t h a t , g i v e n a non-empty open s u b s e t U C IR", t h e c l o s u r e , r e s p e c t t o t h e compact-open t o p o l o g y o f o r d e r m , o f an ideal

with

I C Rm(U)

i s d e t e r m i n e d b y i t s s e t o f local i d e a l s . The o r i g i n a l p r o o f w a s s i m p l i f i e d i n 1 9 6 6 by B. Malgrange [ 5

1.

The main c o n c e r n o f t h i s p a p e r

i s t o e x t e n d W h i t n e y ' s theorem t o open s u b s e t s o f i n f i n i t e

dimen-

s i o n a l s p a c e s . I n f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n s t h e r e are t w o e q u i v a l e n t formu

-

l a t i o n s of this theorem:

(*)

T h i s r e s e a r c h was p a r t i a l l y s u p p o r t e d by

FINEP ( B r a s i l ) t h r o u g h

-

U n i v e r s i d a d e F e d e r a l do

a g r a n t t o t h e I n s t i t u t o d e Matemstica R i o de J a n e i r o . 1 59

160

GUERREIRO

n {I

=

+

I ( a , k , ~ ) ;a

E U,

k E N, k 5 m ,

E

> 01

and

I n i n f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n s , W h i t n e y ' s theorem i s f a l s e i n formulat i o n 1, even i n t h e c a s e

U = H , a real s e p a r a b l e H i l b e r t s p a c e , and

m = l . We p r e s e n t an example of t h i s i n s e c t i o n 2 . I n f o r m u l a t i o n i t i s t r u e , w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e u s u a l compact-open

case

m =1 w i t h some r e s t r i c t i o n s . The case

2

topology, f o r the

m 1. 2

r e m a i n s a n open

problem and o u r g u e s s i s t h a t t h e theorem i s f a l s e i n t h i s c o n t e x t . Two o t h e r d i r e c t i o n s a r i s e n a t u r a l l y i n i n f i n i t e dimensions:the f i r s t one i s t o c o n s i d e r subspaces o f d i m e n s i o n s , w i t h t h e whole s p a c e new t o p o l o g y i n

am(U)

g r n ( U ) which c o i n c i d e , i n f i n i t e

am(U);

t h e second i s t o l o o k f o r a

which c o i n c i d e s , i n f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n s ,

with

t h e u s u a l one. I n s e c t i o n 2 w e c o n s i d e r t h e c o n c e p t o f d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y type, which g i v e s u s a u n i f i e d way t o d e a l s i m u l t a n e o u s l y s u b s p a c e s of

several

with

grn(U).

I n [ 1 2 ] R e s t r e p o s t u d i e d t h e c l o s u r e o f t h e a l g e b r a of

poly-

n o m i a l s of f i n i t e type i n a Banach s p a c e o f a c e r t a i n k i n d , f o r t h e topology o f t h e uniform convergence of t h e f u n c t i o n and i t s d e r i v a t i v e on bounded s u b s e t s . I n [ l ] Aron and P r o l l a e x t e n d e d t h i s r e s u l t

to

a more g e n e r a l c l a s s of Banach s p a c e s , c o n s i d e r i n g t h e case m 2 2 and polynomial a l g e b r a s o f v e c t o r f u n c t i o n s weakly u n i f o r m l y

continuous

on bounded s u b s e t s . I n s e c t i o n 3 w e s t u d y i d e a l s of f u n c t i o n s weakly u n i f o r m l y c o n t i n u o u s on bounded s e t s , w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e t o p o l o g y of t h e u n i f o r m convergence o f order m on bounded sets. I n s e c t i o n 4 , w e c o n s i d e r t h e topology

in

[lo].

T

C

introducedbyProlla

WHITNEYS SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

161

F i n a l l y , i n s e c t i o n 5, we use t h e r e s u l t s of s e c t i o n 4

t o es-

t a b l i s h some f a c t s a b o u t modules. The r e s u l t s o f t h i s p a p e r a r e t a k e n from t h e a u t h o r ' s D o c t o r a l D i s s e r t a t i o n a t t h e U n i v e r s i d a d e F e d e r a l d o R i o de J a n e i r o ,

written

under t h e guidance of P r o f e s s o r J . B . P r o l l a .

1. PmLIMINARIES

I n t h e sequel

stands

N

for

{0,1,2,...1,

m s t a n d s f o r a n e l e m e n t of

e l e m e n t s of

N.

Let

E

cal d u a l s E ' E' 8 F 9 8

a n d F'

For

E E +

X

IN

U

natural

{ml

and

respectively,

9(x)v

E

U

for

v

applications

F.

E

a real H a u s d o r f f l o c a l l y c o n v e x s p a c e , a function

unique) such t h a t , f o r

x E U,

Df(x)y = l i m

X

E

uniformly with respect to

Df : U

+

f :U + X

6(E;X) ( n e c e s s a r i l y

IR,

f ( x + XY)

A+O

A

-

f(x)

y o n e a c h bounded s u b s e t of

I n t h e same way, w e d e f i n e c - d i 6 6 e h e n t i a b i l i t y by

i, j,k

a non-empty open s u b s e t ,

s p a n n e d by t h e

d:(E;F)

F, p E E ' ,

E

C

i s c a l l e d b-diddehentiabLe i f there i s

b

integers

a n d F b e r e a l normed l i n e a r s p a c e s w i t h t o p o l o g i -

# 0

t h e l i n e a r s u b s p a c e of

v: x

set of

the

c a n d bounded by compact. W e o b s e r v e t h a t i f

space, b - d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y i s Frechet

E

E .

by

replacing

is

a

normed

d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y and c - d i f -

f e r e n t i a b i l i t y i s Hadamard d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y (Nashed [ 9 1 1 . Let

gy

T~

b d: ( E ; X )

denote the space

S ( E ; X ) endowed w i t h t h e t o p o l o -

of u n i f o r m c o n v e r g e n c e on bounded s u b s e t s o f

denote the space

f(E;X)

endowed w i t h t h e t o p o l o g y

E 7

C

and of

LC(E;X)

uniform

may d e f i n e c o n v e r g e n c e o n compact s u b s e t s of E . By i n d u c t i o n w e b k b b k-1 d:'(OEIF) = F a n d , f o r k 2 1, d: ( EIF) = d: (E;d: ( E I F ) ) . I n t h e same

162

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way, replacing b by c, we have

LC(kEIF). Furthermore, let C(U;X)

denote the vector space of all continuous functions from U endowed with the compact-open topology The space

.

0

7

Gbm(U;F) and its topology

T~~

will

be

to

X,

defined

inductively as follows: For if

m = O , gbo(U;F)

=

C(U;F),

T~~

0

and we denote D f = f ,

= '7

f E C(U;F). gbl U;F) as the vector space of all € b

For m = 1, define

which are b-differentiable and such that

rbl

pology

Df

E

E

C(U;F)

C(U;d: (E;F)). The to-

is defined as the topology €or which the isomorphism

f E gbl(U;F)

+

(f,Df)

C(U;F)

x

C(U;Lb (E;F))

is a homeomorphism. For uniformity of notation, D1f = Df. Suppose we had already defined Eb(k-l) (U;F), 'Ib (k-1) Dk-l , &b(k-l) (U;F)

-+

C(U;lb(k-lEIF)), for some

and

2.

k

8b(k-1) (U;F) b k such that Dk-lf is b-differentiable and D(Dk-lf) E C(U;I: ( EIF)) Define Dk: gbk(U;F) -t C(U;eb(kEIF)) by Dkf = D(Dk-'f) and the toDefine

pology

-rbk

gbk(U;F) as the vector space of all

f

E

.

as being the only one for which the isomorphism

is a homeomorphism. Finally, define

ab"(U;F) =

n

kslN

the topology for which the isomorphism

is a

homeomorphism.

sbk(U;F) and consider as

b-

7

WHITNEY'SSPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

F = IR, w e w i l l w r i t e

For t h e c a s e The s p a c e

BCrn(U;F) and i t s t o p o l o g y

163

Ebm(U;F) = 8bm ( U ) .

i s defined

T~~

t i v e l y i n t h e same way, by j u s t r e p l a c i n g b by

induc-

c i n t h e above defi-

nition. k k There i s a n a t u r a l i d e n t i f i c a t i o n between L ( EIF) and L ( E;F) , t h e v e c t o r s p a c e o f c o n t i n u o u s k - l i n e a r maps from Ek t o F. b k

t h e r e i s a homeomorphism between b k d: ( E;F) ( r e s p e c t i v e l y

and

w i t h t h e topology

d: ( EIF)

d : C ( k E I F ) ) ,t h e space

(respectively

T'

(respectively

T

C

I n fact,

d:C(kEIF))

d:(kE;F)

endowed

1.

On t h e o t h e r hand, t h e n a t u r a l isomorphism between

Xs(kE;F)

t h e vector s p a c e of c o n t i n u o u s symmetric k - l i n e a r maps f r o m k

F , and

P ( E ; F ) , t h e s p a c e of c o n t i n u o u s k-homogeneous

from E

i n t o F,

Ek

,

to

polynomials

i s , a c t u a l l y , a homeomorphism, i f w e endow both spaces

w i t h t h e topology

T~

or both with t h e topology

T

C

.

cm

Moreover, g i v e n f b e l o n g i n g t o Cbm(U;F)or 8 (U;F), x E U, k z m , k k w e may a s s o c i a t e D f ( x ) w i t h a n e l e m e n t d k f ( x ) o f gs( E;F) which k may be i d e n t i f i e d w i t h a p o l y n o m i a l a k f ( x ) of P ( E ; F ) . bm I n t h a t case, t h e T t o p o l o g y may be d e f i n e d i n gbm(U;F) by t h e f a m i l y o f seminorms o f t h e form

K

C

U

a compact s u b s e t , k 5 m. cm

The t o p o l o g y

T

may be d e f i n e d i n

o f seminorms :

K

C

U, L C E

compact s u b s e t s ,

k

F o r d e t a i l s , see Nachbin [ 8

5 m.

1

.

LCm(U;F) by t h e

family

164

GUERREIRO

2 . IDEALS AND DIFFERENTIABILITY TYPES The c o n c e p t of holomorphy t y p e f o r complex f u n c t i o n s i s already

w e l l known (Nachbin [ 7 1 1 . The same d e f i n i t i o n may be a p p l i e d t o real s p a c e s (Aron and P r o l l a 11

DEFINITION 2.1:

P + II PII,

Pek (E;F) k

, which

E INl

t h e norm on e a c h b e i n g

denoted

s a t i s f i e s the following conditions:

i s t h e normed s p a c e o f a l l c o n s t a n t functions fran

Peo(E;F)

i)

F is asequence

A di6dekentiabiLity type dhom E ,to

of Bnnach s p a c e s by

1 1.

to F, i d e n t i f i e d w i t h F ; 8k ii) each P ( E ; F ) i s a v e c t o r s u b s p a c e o f E

iii) t h e r e i s a r e a l number

x E E

DEFINITION 2.2:

Let

0 b e a d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e from E

E

Pek(E;F) imply

j, k E IN

P

,jc

k,

i J P ( x ) E P e J ( E ; F ) and

pern(U;F) a s t h e v e c t o r s u b s p a c e of

t o F.We

gbm(U;F)

of

such t h a t , f o r x E U, k 5 m , w e have 2 f ( x ) EPek(E;F) -k Bk x E U + d f ( x ) E P (E;F) is c o n t i n u o u s .

f

and t h e mapping

W e endow

u 1. 1 s u c h t h a t

and

d e f i n e t h e space a l l functions

k P (E;F);

sem(U;F) w i t h t h e topology

em

d e f i n e d by t h e fam-

‘I

ily of seminorms; -i

p K I k ( f ) = sup IIld f ( x ) l l e ; x E K , 0

where

K

C

U

i s a compact s u b s e t and

I n t h e case

F = IR w e w i l l w r i t e

W e remark t h a t t h e s p a c e definition.

k E IN

5

i

5 kl,

I

k

5 m.

Eern(U;F)

= tZ e m ( U ) .

sbrn(U;F) i s a p a r t i c u l a r case of t h i s

WHITNEYS SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

DEFINITION 2 . 3 (Aron a n d P r o l l a [ 1 1 ) : from E

A d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y type

-3

F i s c a l l e d compact i f i t s a t i s f i e s t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n d i -

to

t i o n s f o r each i)

166

k E IN:

k

Pf (E;F)

,

t h e v e c t o r s p a c e of c o n t i n u o u s k-homogeneous p l y -

n o m i a l s of f i n i t e t y p e , i s d e n s e l y c o n t a i n e d i n

v E F

ii) f o r e a c h

q

+

i s continuous

qk 8 v

from

* I l l t o ( Pkf ( E ; F ) , 11 * I l e ) ;

(E',lI

iii) i f

t h e map

Pek(E;F);

P E E ' 8 E,

then

For each

k E IN,

Q O P E Pek(E;F) f o r a l l

6k (E;F)

Q E P

and

EXAMPLES 2.4: k P f (E;F) i n

let

PCk(E;F)

k

be

the closure

of

6 = c i s a compact dif-

P (E;F) f o r t h e u s u a l norm. Then

f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e c a l l e d cukhenZ compact t y p e . I f we c o n s i d e r , f o r each

k E IN, P N k ( E ; F ) , t h e Banach to

o f a l l n u c l e a r c o n t i n u o u s p o l y n o m i a l s from E

I/*l l N ,

n u c l e a r norm

F , endowed w i t h t h e

E h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y ,

then

i s a compact d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e called nuceeah type (see[ 2 1 ) .

9 = N

PROPOSITION 2.5:

Xy

and i f

space

.type ghom 16

P

Bk

E

Let

F b e a Banach npace and

F. k

to

(E;F) = P ( E ; F ) , k E I N , k

6 a di66eaentiabili-

5 m, t h e n

gbm(U;F) = Egm(U;F)

topoLogicalLy.

PROOF:

map

As w e h a v e ( P e k ( E ; F ) , 11. 11 ) a Banach s p a c e a n d t h e i n c l u s i o n 8

k

Pek(E;F) C P (E;F)

e q u i v a l e n t norms.

COROLLARY 2 . 6 :

is continuous, then

11

I1

and

11

- It6

are

0

Let E be a 6 i n i t e dimension nohmed bpace and

compac2 d i 6 6 e h e n t i a b i l i t g t y p e daom E t o

F.

9

a

GUERREIRO

166

k Pf(E;F) =

PROOF:

DEFINITION 2 . 7 : A

C

P 9k (E;F)

k

= P (E;F),

k E IN.

0

8 b e a d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e from E t o F and

Let

a e m ( U ; F ) a non-empty s u b s e t .

W e define:

i= where

n {A

+

m; k

I ( a , k ) ; a E U, k

I ( a , k ) = { f E Eem(U;F); $ f ( a )

=

E

0, 0 5 i

IN}

5

and:

k)

PROPOSITION 2 . 8 : A C

1 6 0 i d a di6dexentiabiLity t y p e 6hom em Eem(U;F) a n o n - e m p t y d u b b e t , t h e n in T - c l o d e d .

PROOF:

Fix

If every

g

f

a E U, k

E A,

T

t o F

and

E,

for

and c o n s i d e r

9 B(a,k) there is

E >

0

such t h a t

p(f

-

g) 2

where

Consider

em

5 m

E

V = {h E gem(U;F); p ( f

-neighborhood o f I f there exists

-

h)


0,

A function

f :E

+

i s c a l l e d Weahey unidohmey can-

F

a n bounded n e t n ( w u c b b ) i f g i v e n B C E a bounded subset

t h e r e are

x , y E B, ( p i ( x l

DEFINITION 3.2:

-

6 > 0

1

vi(yl

Let

B

< 6

and

,

p1

, ...

I

(pk E

1 5 i 5 k , imply

E'

Ilf(x)

-

be a d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e from

We d e f i n e :

i s wucbs,

k E IN

, k 5 ml.

such

and that

f ( y ) i I < E.

E

to

F.

WHITNEY'S SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

W e endow

gem(E;F) w i t h t h e

d e f i n e d by t h e fam-

+:-topology,

W

175

i l y o f seminorms:

B

C

a bounded subset,

E

W e remark t h a t

k E IN

,

IF(E;F) = I

k

5 m.

bm

(E;F)

f o r a n y compact

type

of

0 , whenever E i s a f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l s p a c e . No-

differentiability

t i c e a l s o t h a t f o r 8 a compact d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e from E t o F , Om Pf ( E ; F ) C Iw ( E ; F ) (see Aron and P r o l l a [ 1 ] 1 .

DEFINITION 3 . 3 :

Let

b e a d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e from E

O

A C 8 p ( E ; F ) a non-empty

subset. W e define:

i n a s i m i l a r way a n d , by i n t r o d u c t i n g t h e na-

We may d e f i n e

t u r a l m o d i f i c a t i o n s i n Example 2 . 1 9 , +We m - c l o s e d subset of f o r any

A C

t o F and

is n o t always a

A -4

On the o t h e r h a n d , A

&:(E;F).

em Iw (E;F) a

w e see t h a t

non-empty

is

+:-closed

s u b s e t . The p r o o f o f t h i s f a c t

is

similar t o 2.8.

PROPOSITION 3 . 4 :

16

0

id

a di6dekentiabiLity t y p e 6kom

o a t i d 6 y i n g ( i i i ) 0 6 U e d i n i t i o n 2 . 3 , .then att

to

F

S p ( E ; F ) O P C S:(E;F),

doh

P E E ' @ E.

PROOF: then

E

Let

f E & p ( E ; F ) and

i k ( f o P ) ( x ) = ikf(Px) oP.

P E E ' 8 E.

If

k E IN, k

5 m, x

E

E,

176

GUERREIRO

Let

b e a bounded s u b s e t and

B C E

bounded subset, t h e r e are

- vi(Py)

Ivi(Px)

x,y E B,

IIGkf

(Px)

and

6 > 0

I

< 6 , 1:

-

i k f (Py) II

i

ql,...,ps

5
0. A s

E

Sr

P(B) E

is a

C E

such t h a t

E'

imply

€/I1 P I1k .

Then :

which p r o v e s that

x

E E

Let

DEFINITION 3 . 5 :

+

€I be

hk(f

oP) (x) E Pek(E;F)

i s wucbs.

a d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e from

s a t i s f y i n g (iii)of D e f i n i t i o n 2 . 3 , and l e t G

C

0

E

to

F

E ' 8 E and A C &$(E;F)

be non-empty subsets.

W e s a y t h a t ( A , G ) 6 a t i h d i e n c o n d i t i o n (L) i f g i v e n

have

A og

POlogY

C

em

A,

t h e closure being considered with respect t o t h e to-

'Iw *

{Pn ; n E IN }

C

E' 8 E

such t h a t

Let

IR nuch t h a t

& r ( E ) i6 an a l g e b h a and L e t

Suppobe thehe

v

o Pn

+

i b

a nequence

I

C

Then

ib

for all 9 EE'.

G = { P n ; n E IN } C E ' 8 E

ha4 p h o p e h t y (B*) N i t h h t h p e c t t o G ;

?

,

hatib6ie6

the

c o n d i t i o n (L).

Tp-tLobuhe

06

I i n

For t h e proof w e need t h e f o l l o w i n g lemmas:

.lE(:&

E

t o

8 P ( E ) b e an i d e a l .

that:

ii) ( 1 , G )

9

be a compact d i d b e h e n t i a b i l i t y Xype dhom

0

THEOREM 3 . 7 :

i) E

se-

W e s a y t h a t E had phopehty ( B * ) i f t h e r e i s a

DEFINITION 3 . 6 : quence

we

g E G

nuch

WHITNEY'S SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

Let

LEMMA 3.8:

be a d i d i e h e n t i a b i e i t y .type daom

8

& P ( E ) in an aegebaa and

.that

R : g E Iwe m ( E l

16 i d e a l ad

I

+

C

C

m 1;

E

Thehe

id

Muheouek,

R ( 1 ) i n an

f

E

E P ( E ) , and

in

f E

I,

then

Rf

Sbm(El).

8 a compact d i d d e h e n t i a b i l i t y t y p e d h o m

id

IN, k 5 m , B C E

u bounded n u b n e t ,

E

henpect

E

t o

F,

> 0.

no E hl d u c h t h a t

S e e Aron a n d P r o l l a [ 1]

PROOF OF THEOREM 3 . 7 : Conversely, l e t

.

I t i s clear t h a t f E

:,

B

E

C

-

Y

I C I.

a bounded subset,

k

5 m,

and

be given.

By Lemma 3 . 9 ,

there is

no

E N

such t h a t

pBIk(f - f oPn) < ~ / 3 , n Fix

n

1. n 0

and l e t

P = P

a n d r e s u l t s from Lemma 3 . 8 , Rf in

connideh

l e t E b e a b p a c e 6 a t i b B y i f l g phopehty (B*) w i t h

f E s ~ ( E ; F ) ,k E

> 0

and

Analogous t o 2 . 1 3 .

t o {Pn ; n

E

nuch

EP(E).

g F ( E ) i n an i d e a e Xhen t h e rbm-cLonuhe 06

Ebm(E1).

LEMMA 3 . 9 :

PROOF:

rn

t o

glEl E gbm(El).

6eLongn t o t h e ~ ~ ~ - c k ? o b u06h e R ( 1 )

PROOF:

E

b e a d i n i t e dimenbionae llubbpace

El C E

Let

E'

I??

n

.

If

n0

.

= P(E)

belongs to t h e

Sbrn(El). F u r t h e r m o r e , P ( B ) C El

,

by u s i n g n o t a t i o n

r b m - c l o s u r e of

R(1)

i s a bounded subset, then a rela-

t i v e l y compact s u b s e t , a n d t h e t o p o l o g y by t h e f a m i l y of seminorms:

El

2

T~~

may be defined i n gh(El)

178

GUERREIRO

L C El

a compact subset, j

So, t h e r e i s

g

such t h a t :

E I

I i i i ( R f ) (Px) O P x E B ,

El, j 5 m.

E

-

ii(Rg) (Px) o P l l , < E / 3 ,

O ( i ( k ,

and u s i n g t h e f a c t t h a t ( 1 , G )

s a t i s f i e s c o n d i t i o n ( L ) , t h e r e is h E I

such t h a t

'B,k

(4 O P

-

h) < ~ / 3 .

Then :

x E B, 0

4.

-

i < k , which c o n c l u d e s the p r o o f .

IDEALS OF

0

Ecm(U)

DEFINITION 4.1:

For

A C ECm(U;F) a n o n - e m p t y

= n {A+I(a,k,L,E); a

E

U, k 5 m , L

C

subset

E compact,

E

we

define

> 0)

where I ( a , k , L , ~ l = { f E g C m ( u ; F ) ; I I i i f ( a ) v I I < E , v E L, 0

5 i 5

kl.

WHITNEYS SPECTRALSYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

The d e f i n i t i o n o f

e x t e n d s n a t u r a l l y and obvious modifica

-

may b e f a i l t o b e TCm-closed. Bycontrast,

t i o n s i n 2.19 show t h a t

i s always

179

Tcm-closed.

The d e f i n i t i o n of c o n d i t i o n (L) f o r a p a i r ( A , G ) ,

G

C

E' 8 E

a non-empty s u b s e t , i s n a t u r a l l y e x t e n d e d t o o .

THEOREM 4.2:

be a n k k d and buppobe Ahetre 0 G

I C Ecm(U)

Let

C

E' 8 E

buch t h a t

i)

iE, t h e i d e n t i t y

E

06

,

betungb t o t h e ctobuhe

06

i n

G

F(E;E) ; ii) (1,G) b a t i b 6 i e b c o n d i t i o n ( L ) Then

LEMMA 4.3: VeCtOh

i b

Let

t h e Tcm-c.labuhe

I

U n El

C

16 we c a n b i d e h 06

06

then

Bcm(U1).

i,

K

C

giUl E gCm(U1)aU'l .the Tcm-dClbWze

06

acm(U),

f E

id

R(1)

i n

f E

1,

gCm(U1).

gbm(U1) = BCm(U1)

W e j u s t remark t h a t

I t i s clear t h a t

PROOF OF THEOREM 4.2: f E

dimevlshnd

to-

is a f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n vector space.

p o l o g i c a l l y b e c a u s e El

Let

+

Moheoveh,

Rf b e l o n g b t o t h e Tcm-C.tObWLe

PROOF: Analogous t o 2.13.

a dinite

E

C

a non-empty open bubbet.

Scm(U)

R :g

R ( 1 ) i b an i d e a l

ECm(U).

i n

be an i d e a l , El

C Ficm(U)

a u b b p a c e , U1

06 I

.

U

and

L

C E

i

C

i.

compact s u b s e t s , k

By Lemma 3 . 1 , P r o l l a a n d G u e r r e i r o [ l l ] , t h e r e are

5 m,

u E G

E

> 0.

and V C U

a non-empty open s u b s e t s u c h t h a t

Consider

El = u ( E ) , U1= E l

11 U,

K 1 = u(K) a n d

L1 = u ( L ) .

By

GUEAREIRO

180

u s i n g n o t a t i o n and r e s u l t s f r o m Lemma 4 . 3 , t h e r e i s

g

On t h e o t h e r hand (1,G) s a t i s f i e s c o n d i t i o n ( L ) h

E

I

acm(U)

-

THEOREM 5.1: C

aLL

so

there

is

L, 0 5 i 5 k .

x

T h i s shows t h a t

W

such t h a t

such t h a t

(x,v) E K

5.

E I

f E

7.

0

SUBMODULES OF

tCm(U;F)

Let F be a bpace with t h e apphoximation phopehtg

BCm(U;F) an

8m(u)-submodule s a t i n d y i n g :

(v

o W) 8 v c

tp E F', v E F .

Suppose thehe is i)

iE

G C E' Q E

duch t h a t :

6eLongn t o the ~ L o d u h e06 G in

LC(E;E);

if

and doh

WHITNEY'S SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

Then

06

i b t h e Tcm-ctobuhe

W in

The p r o o f of 5 . 1 u s e s t h e f o l l o w i n g W

C

GCm(U;F) i s a n

T h e v e c t o h bubhpace

LEMMA 5.2:

. Moheoueh,

ECm(U)

&Cm(U)-submodule a n d

(9 o

W,G)

SCm(U;F). two

lemmas,

both ,

In

9 E F'.

9 o w = {p

hatib 6ieb

181

o g; g E W }

ad

an id&

i b

condition (L), id ( W , G )

hatib-

iieb condition (L).

PROOF:

If

h E gcm(U) a n d

= h(p og) E 9

g E W, then

O W . Therefore

9

OW

a n d , so

hg E W

i s an i d e a l .

Suppose now t h a t (W,G) s a t i s f i e s (L) a n d l e t be a non-empty open s u b s e t s u c h t h a t and

L C E

compact s u b s e t s , f

E

9 o (gh) =

g

and

E G

V C U

g ( V ) C U . I f we c o n s i d e r K

W , k 5 m,

E

> 0,

is

there

h

C

V

E

W

such t h a t

Then :

This proves t h a t

Suppobe t h a t

LEMMA 5.3:

G

doh borne

16

C

f E

(9 o

W) o ( g !V) C (9 o W l V )

.

0

iE beLong6 t o t h e c t o b u k e

G

06

in EC(E;E),

E' 8 E , and t h a t ( W I G )batid6ieb condition ( L ) .

GI

then 9 o f

beLong6 to t h e r c m - c l o b u h e

06

9 o

W

in

FhCrn(U).

PROOF:

Consider

f E

5,

a

E

U, k 5 m ,

E >

0

and

L

C

E

a

compact

182

GUERREIRO

s u b s e t . There i s

y

E

L, 0 5 i

5

g E W

such t h a t

9 o f E

k , which p r o v e s t h a t

, S i n c e Lemma 5.2

(9 o W)'

e n a b l e s u s t o a p p l y Theorem 4 . 2 , w e c o n c l u d e t h a t t h e TCm-closure of

q oW

PROOF OF THEOREM 5.1:

sets, k 5 m,

Then

E

>O

in

acm(U)

f

Let

E

i;,

and d e f i n e f o r

A = U {Ai;O

5

i

5 k)

a p p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r t y , t h e r e are that:

E

W

5

K C U, L i

5 k

be compact sub-

C E

t h e set

i s a compact s u b s e t of n

to

E

N,

'jEF',

"j

F.

E F

By t h e such

belongs t o

9.o f 3

9 .OW, 1

so

t h e r e are

w.

Consider

such t h a t

'K,L,k where

belongs

0

let 0

o f

n

By Lemma 5 . 3 , e a c h gj

.

q

E~

Let

= ~ / 3(1 +

(9.o f 7

-

9 . 09.) < E 3 3 1

n I: II vj 1 1 ) . j=1

n By h y p o t h e s i s , h = .E ( 9 . 09.)8 V ]=I 1 3 j'

t E W such t h a t

h

E

WHITNEY'S SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS THEOREM IN INFINITE DIMENSIONS

183

-

P ~ , ~ , k ( ht) < E/3.

Then:

E/3

n

+

I:

(x,v)

E

This proves t h a t

p

+

EIIIV.lI

3

j=1 K

x

L,

KiLik

(f

4 3 < E,

0 5 i

- t)
-(

r + l n - r

=

A s a corollary, we obtain

(2.2 * 10)

D(E,X) =

f

D(E1,X)D(E2,X).

Hence ,

THEOREM 2.3:

.LA h e g u d a h

( A t k i n s o n and Sharma [ 1 1

.L6 and o n l y i6 b a t h

2.3. REGULAR MATRICES

a6

i t b

A decompobable rncukix E =El @ E2

components ahe h e g u l a h .

By Theorem 2.2, t h e P 6 l y a c o n d i t i o n

(2.2.5)

i s n e c e s s a r y f o r r e g u l a r i t y . To o b t a i n a w o r k a b l e s u f f i c i e n t

t i o n , w e need t h e f o l l o w i n g n o t i o n . By a s e q u e n c e i n a r o w

condi-

i of t h e

m a t r i x E , w e mean a c o n t i n u o u s b l o c k of o n e s e ik =

(2.3.1)

,.. -- eill

= 1

which i s maximal. T h e r e f o r e , f o r a s e q u e n c e e i t h e r e i ,k-1

= 0,

and e i t h e r

d

=

n

or

ei,l+l

= 0

.

k = 0

A sequence

or is

else odd

LORENTZ and RIEMENSCHNEIDER

194

(or euen) i f i t h a s a n odd ( e v e n ) number o f o n e s . A sequence (2.3.1) i s b u p p a a t e d i f t h e r e e x i s t two o n e s

t o the

NW and

SW of

,

positions (il,kl)

in

E

eik = 1, i n o t h e r words, i f t h e r e a r e o n e s i n

(i2,k2) i n

Already G . D . B i r k h o f f [ 3

E with

il < i , k

k; i 2> i tk 2 0.

q i m p l i q u e que

est c r o i s s a n t e .

implique que

Q(z) l a transformge de M e l l i n de q .

Soit

mellement l e s deux membres de 2 . 1 . 2 .

1

m

0

l o g 11

-

uI uZ-ldu =

-

Transformons

for-

p a r M e l l i n , remarquant que

cotg

-

712

Z

1 < Rez < 0

on o b t i e n t

2.1.3.

donne, n o t a n t p a r

h ( x ) l a fonction ayant

Notons p a r

%,

M l a transform6e de M e l l i n - S t i e l j g s de

-

< Rez
0

2.1.4.

2.1.5.

06

L

(Indgalitd fondamentale)

%,a

2.1.6.

h E Lm

1,a

mesure

243

- -'2

< a < -1

- -l

< a 2 -1

2

2 -

fa

2

ddsigne l'espace des fonctions sommables par rapport 5 la -a l'espace des fonctions borndes par x .Ceci xa-1 dx; a

dtant, justifions les opsrations formelles effetudes ci-dessus. Posons :

dm

Alors

E

Mc1

espace des mesures sommables pour xa

d'oii d'aprss 2.1.5.

2.1.8.

est bien d6fini et

C o m e d'autre part

duit de composition k

- -

2

h*dm

:=

2.1.7.

< B < 0.

=

log11

log 11

-

- XI

XI

%,a

LlIa, - 1 < a < 0, le

E

*

s

1 Si a > - 7 ; - - 1< a < - .1 2 2

4

est bien d6fini et

On a enfin

K(z) =

- cotgnz

. 6(z)

si

Re2 = 6,

-

1 7

< B < 0,

et

(z) K ( z ) =- M 2

k(t) =

jot

les deux membres &ant

dx

et

presque partout

continus ceci vaut partout d'oc 2.1.2.

E

proL

1, B

MALLlAVlN

244

Posons

il rgsulte de 2.1.8. que

lim r(x)

2.1.9.

existe

X=m

Nous allons monter un lemme glbmentaire sur l’allure d’un potentiel d’une mesure portbe pour l’axe ri?el.

lim y=o

exibte e t

+ iy)

b0it

dinie

.

ALohd o n u

lim U” (xo + iy)

y=o

PREWE:

=

up(x0).

Up (x) est semi-continue infbrieurement donc

D‘o6 l’intggrale

- .f log11

-

xot-1I d p (t) est convergente. ReMlrquant

que les points rgguliers de E lim h(x y =o d’oG en utilisant 2 . 2 .

+

iy) = q(x)

APPROXIMATION POLYNOMIAL€ PONDIRE€ ET PRODUITS CANONIQUES

en tous les points rsguliers de E l tout dense sur E et

246

ceux-ci formant un ensemble par-

Wp(x) 6tant semi-continue supgrieurement, q(x)

continue, on obtieni

3.

3.1.

Nous nous proposons dans ce paragraphe de d6montrer 6nonc6s 1.2.

THEOREME:

u n e mebuhe dX

DEMONSTRATION:

Si

H(E,

- logp)

e b t non

v i d e , aeohn o n p e u t &ouve,t

a y a n t pouh buppotrt u n enbemble d i b c h e t

Soit

H ( E , -1ogp)

El

# 6. I1 existe d'aprgs

I1 r6sulte du fait que cette int6grale est >

-

m

que

t

C E,Z&

que

1.1.

dp=p(t) est

0

une fonction continue. Soit n(t)

=

et soit exp [

-

partie entigre de

1

log(1

-

zt-')dn(t)]

~(t)

= F(z).

F ( z ) est une fonction m6romorphe n'admettant que des pzles simples.

D'autre part, posons s(t) = II

3.1.3.

j log11 - zt-l

MALL1AVlN

246

=

a/x

Jo

Lx 1/2

+

2

+

J1/2

+

Jim.

La premisre int6grale est i n f 6 r i e u r e 5

L a seconde d

+

log x

.

0 (1)

.

La d e r n i s r e d

(1 (1)

R e s t e d 6 v a l u e r l a 3sme i n t 6 g r a l e s = s

1

+ - -1

I

1 Isl! 2 T

La p r e m i s r e i n t 6 g r a l e
A

+

2, bl,

. . , ,br

,r

a l o r s on p e u t t r o u v e r une f r a c t i o n r a t i o n n e l l e pour p 6 l e s s i m p l e s e t t e l l e que

F

1

(2)

= F(z) H(z)

v6rifiera

p o i n t s d e E distincts; H ( z ) a y a n t les

bk

APPROXIMATION POLYNOMIALE

PONDEREE ET PRODUITS CANONIOUES

247

3.1.3.

On a

OG

E R6sidus de F1(x) < t. e Le m- r6sidu a v6rifiant

p(t)

=

D‘autre part on a

-

d’oc .f

06 yn

t2


0.

D'autre part

0 , on o b t i e n t

= R

est a t t e i n t sur l'axe

qu'il

existe

une

suite

APPROXIMATION POlYNOMlALE PONDERBE ET PRODUITS CANONlClUES

R + k

261

telle que

D’autre part on a sur E

d’oG en remarquant que Wr et W’

sont hmniques dans { z ; [ z / 0

such

IT

i n E such t h a t

f o r any that

u E U’.

S C XU.

If

S E y

Hence f o r

t h e symmetry o f

A 1 (x,

i s a r b i t r a r y , t h e n t h e r e is one h a s AJ(x,V

V := X-J’lU )

A 1 (x,

t h i s proves

Now l e t us show t h e c o n t i n u i t y of f o r any compact K i n pology of Cy“ ( Q )

I.

Q and any

Cy(Q), t h e set A j ( K

By t h e c o i n c i d e n c e of

S E y,

x Sj)

-

a’.

x SJ-’)

C W.

By

) E Ls(Ej,Cn(Q)i).

Y

Y

F i r s t w e observe

that

by t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f Dheto-

A j ( K x SJ) i s equicontinuous i n

X ( C y (L?)I , C y ( 5 2 )

)

and

u (Cn ( a ) I ,Cy”(f2)) Y

282

MElSE

on e q u i c o n t i n u o u s subsets of bourhood W of zero i n

Cy(R)

Cy(n)A

I

f o r any convex b a l a n c e d neigh-

t h e r e are

flr

. . . ,fm

in

C n ( Q ) such

Y

that

(1) : s2 + Ls(EJ) is c o n t i n u o u s for 1 5 k 5 m, f o r any x E K fk Y t h e r e e x i s t s a neighbourhood U of x s u c h t h a t f o r any x ' E U and

Since

any k w i t h

15k 5 m

Hence w e have for any

x' E U

and any

y

Sj

E

By o u r f i r s t o b s e r v a t i o n t h i s shows f o r any

where

q ,

d e n o t e s t h e gauge o f

W

. Since

x'

ij

U

n K

,,I

S

i s c o n t i n u o u s for any compact s u b s e t K of hence

E

E

y

was a r b i t r a r y , A'

1K

0 . But R is a k m - s p a c e ,

i s continuous.

I t is e a s y t o see t h a t f o r

0

i s c o n t i n u o u s . Hence w e have proved

5

j < n

+

1

t h e mapping

f U E CY(R,F), i f w e

can

show

283

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

A- j + l

f(j+l) = U

h E E, any

any

K := { x

+

thl

i

t

x

I 5

+

y

j < n. T o do t h i s , t a k e j w i t h 0

and an a r b i t r a r y for

t h E S2

6 1.

i s equicontinuous i n

and any

5

0

x E R

such t h a t

6 > 0

for

with

t

with

S E y

I

t

5

h

5 j

Choose

E S.

6

< n,

and

put

Then remark t h a t t h e s e t

Cy(Q)

',

s i n c e by 2 . 2 w e have f o r any f

E Cn(R)

Y

E SJ

S i n c e t h e t o p o l o g y of

Cy(il)A

c o i n c i d e s w i t h t h e weak t o p o l o g y

on

e q u i c o n t i n u o u s s u b s e t s , w e have

l i m +(Aj(x t th,y) t+o uniformly i n

- Aj(x,y) y E SJ

-

Aj+'(x, ( t h , y ) 1 ) = 0

i f t h i s holds i n

Cy(S2); u n i f o r m l y

in

Cy(S2);

in

y E S J . But t h e l a t t e r i s a consequence of the d e f i n i t i o n o f c"(R), Y

s i n c e f o r any

f E cC(il)

tends t o zero uniformly i n w e g e t by i n d u c t i o n

y E Sj

it

t t e n d s t o z e r o . From

this

284

in

MEISE

e S ( E j , F ) . Hence

( j + l )( x ) = u

fU

shown

fu

0

is Gzteaux-differentiable i n

f'j)

Y

U

,jcl ( x )

. Since

E

and

R

i s continuous, by 2 . 3 we have

u 0 Lj"

E CY(Q,F).

I n o r d e r t o show t h a t w e even have compact K i n R and any Alaoglu-Bourbaki t h a t f o r n t i v e l y compact i n Cy (a); pact i n F .

d)

x

S

E

0

,

fUE Cy(R,F),

take

any

y. Then i t f o l l o w s from t h e theorem of

5

j < n

hence

u

+ 0

1 the set

A 1 ( K x ,911 is rela-

A 1 (K x S J ) i s r e l a t i v e l y com

-

But w e have shown above t h a t

The mapping

k :F

CnP(Q,F) d e f i n e d by Y i s an i n j e c t i v e t o p o l o g i c a l homomorphism.

Y

L e t any compact K i n 51

-+

, any

S E y

For

we have

--

'l! , K

I

,

S 1

By t h e theorem of b i p o l a r s t h i s i m p l i e s

and

k(u)

:=

fU

L < n t 1 be given.

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

S i n c e any

286

u E F eC"(S2) i s weakly c o n t i n u o u s on e q u i c o n t i n u o u s sub

Y

sets, w e have f o r any c o n t i n u o u s semi-norm

q on F and

-

any

Hence t h e r e s u l t claimed under d ) i s proved.

e)

The mapping k d e f i n e d i n d ) i s s u r j e c t i v e , i . e .

a

topo-

l o g i c a l isomorphism. The s u r j e c t i v i t y of inverse

j

of

k w i l l be proved by c o n s t r u c t i n g a r i g h t -

k . Take any

f

an e a s y e x e r c i s e t o show t h a t uf : F'

u

E

+

C"(n)

f Y j ( f ) = tuf

Cfj(S2)

by

€

and any

CnP(Q,F)

Y

y'

Hence

€

we

F ' , then it is

y'

0

f

uf ( y ' ) := y '

0

f . L e t us assume f o r a moment that

E C;(Q).

can

define

E F h o l d s . Then w e can d e f i n e

,

since

isomorphism between

j : C Y ( Q , F ) + F E C " ( R ) by Y by o u r h y p o t h e s e s t r a n s p o s i t i o n i s a t o p o l o g i c a l Cn(n)

Y

i s now proved, i f we show

E

F

and

ka j = id

F

E

Cn(n).

Y

Cnp (O,F)

Y

The s u r j e c t i v i t y of

. But

k

t h i s is a consequence

286

MElSE

of the following identity which holds for any any

y'

F, any x

E

R, and

E

f E c"P(~,F): Y

Hence the proof of the theorem is complete, if we show uf ECn(R) EF. Y Let any compact subset K of 0 , any S E y , and l? < n + 1 be given. By hypothesis, the set Ll :=

is a neighbourhood of zero in FA

hence :L

vl,K, S, 1 *

i.e. uf(~y) c

2. COROLLARY: nyntem

yco

Aubbet

R

Thib

the

i d

06

.

Thus we have shown

16 t h e h y p o t h e b e b

06

0 4 aLL compact b u b b e t n

Rheohem 1 06

precompact

For any

y' EL:

in

F

,

we ham

L(F;,c~(o)).

uf

U h t

batib6ied doh t h e

E , t h e n #e have d o t a n y o p e n

E:

C u b e 6 0 ) ~a n y

(FI-npace o h a n y (DFM)-bpace E

c o m p lete 1 . c . space F , and a n y

PROOF:

6 f (1) (K)[SJ] is

j=o

n

E INm

.

,

any yuabi-

The first part of the statement follows from theorem 1, and

CEE(f2,F) = Czo(R,F). To prove this identity, let

f

E

Cn co (R,F)

be

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

g i v e n . Then f o r any

15 j

j E lN w i t h

and any compact Q i n

E

,

n

287

+ 1, any compact K i n

SZ,

we

by p a r t a ) o f t h e proof o f theorem 1,

have

Now o b s e r v e t h a t t h e e v a l u a t i o n map A : C Q J I F ) X Q j -+F, A ( g , x ) : = g ( x ) ,

i s c o n t i n u o u s . Hence

B :K

X

Qj

F , B(x Y ) = A ( f ( j )

-+

(XI ,y) ,

i s con-

t i n u o u s and t h u s

i s compact i n F . The second p a r t o f t h e s t a t e m e n t f o l l o w s from remark 2 . 6 .

REMARK:

C o r o l l a r y 2 g e n e r a l i z e s a r e s u l t o f Bombal Gord6nand Conzaez

Llavona [lo 1 , who c h a r a c t e r i z e d f o r Banach s p a c e s E of

, Aron

[2

C:o(E)

E

f o r Banach s p a c e s E . Also

F

1 gave a somewhat d i f f e r e n t description

Cb(E) E F .

Now w e come t o t h e main lemma for many of t h e r e s u l t s p r e s e n t e d i n t h e s e q u e l . For Banach s p a c e s E i t goes back t o Bombal Gord6n and Gonzslez Llavona 1101 a s w e l l a s t o P r o l l a and G u e r r e i r o [ 2 0 1 .

3 . LEMMA:

Let

be a quasi-compeete bahheLLed L . c . n p a c e w i t h

E

the

~ o L L o w i n g phopehty: (CFA) : Foh a n y compact n u b n e t EK

j,

K i n

w i t h a . p . and a c o n t i n u o u n L i n e a h : EK

-+

E duch t h a t K C jK(EK)

Fuhthehmote l e t SZ be an open n u b b e t and L e t

n

E

E t h e h e e x i n t b an

INm

and

f E CEo(n,F)

06

injective

and j , l ( K )

E , Let

be g i v e n .

F

(P)-Apace

mapping

.& compact i n

8.

b e a nohmed bpace,

Then d o h any

compact

288

MElSE

06

R,

> 0 thehe i n

u

KO

hubnet E

,that

f0 u

PROOF:

E

Put

a n y compact E

E' 8 E

Qo

i n

E

,

any

L

n

and a n o p e n neighbouhhood

+ w

1, and

any

K,

nuch

06

n Cco(wlF) and h u c h t h a t

K := KO

U

and choose -according to (CFA)-an(F)-space

Qo

EK with a.p. for which there is a continuous embedding jK Assume that the topology of EK is given

by

can find w m

E

(EK)' 8 EK

EK

the increasing

of semi-norms. Since EK has the a.p. I for any

(qs)s

:

+

E.

system

m E lN

we

such that

By the quasi-completeness of EK and E it follows from the injectiK K K vity of 1, that tjK(E') is A ( (E ) ',E )-dense in (E ) I . Hence by um E E ' 8 E K C E '

approximating wm appropriately we can find

8

E

such that

Consequently there is a sequence for any

E' 8 EK

such

that

s E

lim m+m

sup qs(um(x) xEK

luation map

A

K

: C(K,E )

x

K

-+

- x)

=

0,

in C(K,EK )

.

Since the eva K E , A(f ,x) := f (x), is continuous, the

m restricted to K tends to

i.e. u

set

in

idK

269

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

i s compact i n E K r h e n c e a l s o compact i n E. S i n c e K K t h e same arguments show t h a t f o r any

s e t of

Ls

:= KO U

0

i s a c o m p a c t sub-

s E IN

t h e set

um(Ko)

U

m>s

i s compact i n EK and E .

Wo b e a convex b a l a n c e d neighbourhood of z e r o

Now l e t f o r which

+

KO

Wo

C

KO C K , t h e r e e x i s t s

n. s

l i m um = i d K i n

Since

Lo := Ls

J

and

E

since

m*m 0

E IN

s u c h t h a t f o r a n y s ? s o a n d a n y x E KO

us(x)

Put

C(K,E)

in

-

x

E

wo.

then it follows

0

LoCKo+WoCR.

S i n c e Lo tion

is a compact subset o f

0 2 1 ( 1 t h e func-

f ( j ) : 51 + L A ~ ( E , F )i s c o n t i n u o u s , t h e r e e x i s t s a convex

a n c e d neighbourhood any

51 and s i n c e f o r

j with

U of z e r o i n

0 < j 5 l , any

x

E

E with

Lo

Lo

and a n y

+

bal-

U C s2 s u c h t h a t

z E E

with

for

x-zEU

t h e f o l l o w i n g estimate h o l d s

For

1 5 j 5 !k t h e s e t

f (j) (Lo)

i s compact and hence

bounded

in

= L c o ( E r L f ~ l ( E r F1). E i s b a r e l l e d by h y p o t h e s i s , hence fJ(Lol j- 1 i s e q u i c o n t i n u o u s i n Lco(E,Lco (E,F)). T h i s i m p l i e s t h a t t h e r e i s a

L:O(E,F)

MEISE

280

neighbourhood W and any

j

of z e r o i n

y ' E Lj-l

E such t h a t f o r any

f o r any

y = (ylI...,yj)

o n e of t h e yk i s i n The s e t

Now w e d e f i n e

W

e

x

El, where

E

Lo,any y1 E W

j

,

t h i s means t h a t we have

j

- 1 of

t h e yk a r e i n

L and

j '

-1 ( n ( W . j, j=1 J

hence t h e r e e x i s t s

E

w e have

f (1) (x) i s symmetric f o r any

Since

x

fl

U) i s a neighbourhood of z e r o i n

s E IN w i t h

s

our construction we get

u(x)

E KO

,

2 s0 s u c h t h a t

and o b s e r v e t h a t b y t h e c h o i c e of

u := us

EK

+

U C B

f o r any

x

E

s

and by

Ko(from now

on l e t us omit t h e map j, l i . e . w e r e g a r d u as mapping from E i n t o E). Then t h e s e t w := u-1 (s1) i s an open neighbourhood of KO and on w w e c a n d e f i n e t h e mapping

is e a s y t o see t h a t with

j

f

0

n t 1 and any

f

0

u : w

+

F. By o u r d e f i n i t i o n 2 . 4

u E Cgo(w,F) and t h a t f o r any y E Ej

x

E

w,

any

it j

t h e following holds

I n o r d e r t o prove t h e d e s i r e d estimate, w e o b s e r v e f i r s t t h a t we have

u(Ko) (1):

C

Lo, and t h a t f o r any

x

E

KO

,u(x) -

x E U. Hence w e g e t fran

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

Then w e o b s e r v e t h a t f o r any

x

hence f o r any

KO

E

j

and any

with y

E

291

1 5 j 5.e w e have u(Q,) Q:

1

C

L

1’

w e g e t from (11,( 2 ) and ( 3 )

< (e+1).L + 1 -

By ( 4 ) and (S), t h e proof of t h e lemma i s complete.

4.

L e t us r e c a l l from B i e r s t e d t and Meise 1 6

REMARK:

d u c t i v e i n j e c t i v e system

s u b s e t of

Ea

~

o A f 1 . c . s p a c e s Ea

(CFA)

. Then

i t i s obvious t h a t any 1 . c . s p a c e E which c a n b e

E A of

lEa I

. Hence i)

is called

E = ind E

r e p r e s e n t e d a s an i n d u c t i v e l i m i t o f a compactly r e g u l a r system

in-

i s Hausdorff And i f f o r any acanpact a+ a E t h e r e e x i s t s a E A such t h a t K i s a l r e a d y a ccnpact

campactLy heguLah, i f s u b s e t K of

{ E a I*j u BIa

1 t h a t an

( F ) - s p a c e s Eu w i t h a.p.

has

inductive

the

property

i n any of t h e f o l l o w i n g c a s e s E h a s (CFA):

E i s a (F)-space with a.p.

i i ) E = i n d En I where { E n l j n m } i s a s t r i c t i n d u c t i v e n + of ( F ) - s p a c e s En w i t h a . p . i i i ) E = in$ En

n

I

system

where { E n l j n m } i s a compact i n j e c t i v e induc-

t i v e system of

( F ) - s p a c e s En w i t h a . p . For b r e v i t y w shall

c a l l any s p a c e o f t h i s t y p e (DFSA)-space. Using a t r i c k which g o e s back t o Aron and S c h o t t e n l o h e r [ 4 ],we can now prove t h e d e s i r e d r e s u l t on t h e a . p .

of

Czo(Sa).

MElSE

232

5. THEOREM:

L e t E be an in Lemma 3 and

and

y = yco

n E INm aLl t h e hypothedeb

a t e d a t L d 6 i e d . Then

PROOF:

in

of

n Cco(Q)

identify

c a n b e proved by showing t h a t C z o ( Q ) 8 F is dense

Czo(R)

E

F

f o r any Banach s p a c e F.

C:o(Q)

E

F

in

Q,

ma 3 , t h e r e e x i s t s such t h a t Let

f

0

us define

fo E Cao(Qo,F)

E , any

u

E

e

C g o ( Q , F ) , a n y compact subset KO o f

+ I, and

0

and E ~ f o := f

(finite

CEO (Eo)

i s dense

in

Czo(R)

3

,

such t h a t

g : = hou E C a o ( E ) 8 F, and f o r any

Y

E

E ’ 8 E and an open neighbourhood

u(Ko) C Q n Eo = Qo, and s i n c e

there exists

any

f E

u E CZo(wlF) s a t i s f i e s t h e estimates g i v e n i n lemma 3 .

CZo(QotF) = Ccn0(Q) that

that

C Z o ( Q t F ) f o r any Banach s p a c e F .

To do t h i s , l e t any any compact

By c o r o l l a r y 2 w e mayand shall

CZo(R,F). Hence w e o n l y have t o show

and

i s dense i n

Czo(Q) 8 F

6 a h a n y open d u b n e t R a 6 E.

had t h e a . p .

Cgo(Q)

c0(Q)

theohem 1 o n E and

06

i s quasi-complete by h y p o t h e s i s . Hence, by theorem 1.7

Cgo(Q)

t h e a.p.

adburnt duathehmohe t h a t doh

x E KO

,

any

x

E KO

j with

15 j

5 L

and

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

Hence w e have shown of

mm

(f

-

5

g)

2s

,

which proves t h e d e n s i t y

a F in c ~ ~ ( . Q , F ) .

c:~(E)

A l l t h e hypotheses of theorem 6 a r e s a t i s f i e d

6 . REMARK:

n E

K~ ,Q,

293

s2 of

and any open s u b s e t

E,

if

E is either

w i t h a . p . o r a (DFSA)-space. T h i s follows from 2 . 5 ,

for

any

an (F) - s p a c e

2 . 6 andremark 4 .

We s h a l l show now t h a t f o r Frgchet spaces E w i t h a . p . t h i s r e s u l t i s optimal.

7. THEOREM: a)

Fax a F h e c h e t Apace E t h e doLLowing axe e q u i u a e e n t :

C:o(Sl)

Q

# $

has t h e a . p . 06

that

c)

E

n E INw

and a n y o p e n n u b s e t

E-

Thexe exidt

b)

d o h any

n E INm and a n open n u b b e t

czo(a)

had

R # pl

ad

E

nuch

t h e a.p.

had t h e a . p .

(a) * (b): t r i v i a l

PROOF:

(b)

=.

( c ) : By 2 . 8 ,

ELo = E ’ i s a continuously p r o j e c t e d topo-

l o g i c a l l i n e a r subspace of Frgchet space E t h e a . p . of

C

C : o( . Q ) ,

hence

EA has t h e a.p.

But f o r a

EA i s e q u i v a l e n t t o t h e a . p . of Elhence

E has t h e a . p .

( c) * ( a ) : This is clear according t o t h e remark 6.

REMARK:

For Banach spaces E theorem 7 was shown by Bombal

Gorddn

294

MEISE

and Gonzslez Llavona [lo] f o r

51 = E . Again f o r Banach s p a c e s

s l i g h t l y d i f f e r e n t version (using

[ 201 and a l s o by Aron [ 3

topology

.

I

T h e h e C X i 4 t A a n (FS)-npace

8. COROLLARY:

06

the

a

C z o (51) ) of theorem 7 w a s p r e s e n t e d by P r o l l a andGuerreiro

i n d u c e d by

t h e a . p . go& a n y

n o t have

Cf: ( 0 ) endowed w i t h

E

E huch t h a t

doeA

Czo(51)

mm a n d a n y n o n - e m p t y o p e n nubnet

n E

R

E.

T h i s i s a consequence of theorem 7 and t h e e x i s t e n c e of (FS)-

PROOF:

s p a c e s w i t h o u t a . p . The e x i s t e n c e of s u c h (FS) - s p a c e

follows

from

E n f l o ' s c o u n t e r e x a m p l e , a s Hogbe-Nlend p r o v e d i n [ 1 6 1 . Because of lemma 3 , t h e method a p p l i e d i n t h e proof o f theorem 5 c a n be used a l s o t o d e r i v e some f u r t h e r d e n s i t y r e s u l t s

just

by

" l i f t i n g " d e n s i t y r e l a t i o n s known i n t h e f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l case. Bef o r e s t a t i n g them l e t u s r e c a l l t h a t a c o n t i n u o u s n-homogeneous p o l r nomial

p on E i s c a l l e d Ainite, i f t h e r e

exist

y i ,...,y;

E

E'

such t h a t n p(X) =

By

n

j =1

f o r any

(y;,X)

x E E.

P f ( E ) w e d e n o t e t h e l i n e a r h u l l o f a l l c o n t i n u o u s n-homogeneous

p o l y n o m i a l s on E

,

9. THEOREM:

E be a q u a A i - c o m p k k t e b a h a L t e d

Let

(CFii). Then doh 0(#

0)

PROOF:

06

E

n

any

E

n E

t h e space

L e t any

p a c t s u b s e t Q of

f

INo.

I t i s e a s y t o see t h a t

and 1 . c . Pf(E) @ F

,

E CZo(QIF)

E , any

m

Pf (E) C C c o ( E l .

L.c.

pace F a n d a n y

i n dense i n

Apace open

With

oubaet

Czo(51,F).

a n y compact s u b s e t K of

51 , a n y can-

1 < n +1, any c o n t i n u o u s seml-norm

q onF,

296

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and

> 0

E

be g i v e n . W e s h a l l show t h a t t h e r e e x i s t s

g

E Pf(E)

€3 E

with

Let

F

9 and l e t

d e n o t e t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e c a n o n i c a l normed s p a c e

F/ker q

d e n o t e t h e c a n o n i c a l c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r map.Since q II 0 f E Cn ( Q I F ) , a c c o r d i n g t o lemma 3 t h e r e e x i s t s u E E' 8 E s u c h co 9 that a : F

+

F

Now we p r o c e e d as i n t h e proof of theorem 5 and d e f i n e

no :=

Ci n Eo and f o : (IT

0

f ) ICio.Then f o E C,"o(Qo,F

S i n c e t h e p o l y n o m i a l s o n Eo are d e n s e i n in F

q i

and s i n c e

ho

E

)

= CEo(Qo)

gE

Fq.

CEo(Qo) ;since II(F) is dense

no ( t h i s was shown

u(K) i s c o n t a i n e d i n

p r o o f of lemma 3 ) , t h e r e e x i s t s

4

:= I m u I

Eo

P(Eo) 8

IT

(F) =

Pf (Eo)

in @

IT (

the F)

such t h a t

Assume t h a t

i=ll...,m.

ho = Then

m -..

Z pi 8 r ( y i ) , where i=1 h :=

Z piOu8yi

i =1

pi E Pf (Eo) and

is i n

Pf(E) 8 F

yi E F f o r and

as

in

t h e p r o o f of theorem 5 i t f o l l o w s

PL,KIQ,q

Hence we have shown t h a t

(f

-

h) 5 2~

Pf (E) €3 F

.

is d e n s e i n

Czo(Q,F).

The following c o r o l l a r y i s a n immediate consequence of theorem 9.

286

MElSE

10. COROLLARY:

Let E be a q u a b i - c o m p l e t e b a w i e l l e d l . c . npace w i t h

(CFA). T h e n

any

n ( # 0 ) 06

604

.the a p a c e

E

m m , any

n E

l . c . b p a c e F , and a n y o p e n n u b a e t

63 F

C:o(E)

CEo(n,F).

dense i n

i b

Looking a t theorem 5 and c o r o l l a r y 1 0 and t h e i r p r o o f

in

f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l c a s e one h a s t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t c o n d i t i o n ( o r more o r less t h e a . p . )

t o g e t h e r w i t h f i n i t e dimensional

the (CFA)

results

c a n b e u s e d i n s t e a d o f C m - f u n c t i o n s w i t h compact s u p p o r t . T h e f o l l o w i n g theorem i s o f t h e s a m e n a t u r e . B e f o r e w e s t a t e i t , l e t us remark E be any 1.c. space

t h a t a n e a s y c a l c u l a t i o n shows t h e f o l l o w i n g : L e t and l e t

d e n o t e i t s ( c o n t i n u o u s ) d u a l . For any system y o f bounded

E'

subsets of

( c o v e r i n g E ) and any

E

m

C y ( E ) . Using t h i s and t h e c l a s s i c a l theorem

belongs to

Wiener-Schwartz

11. THEOREM:

0) 0 6

denbe

ifl

E

Paley

L e t E b e a q u a b i - c o m p l e t e b a a a e l l e d l . c . bpace n

a n y 1 . c . b p a c e F , and a n y o p e n

E INm,

t h e L in ea h hue1

06

the net

Ie,

-

*

with bubbet

f I y E E', f E F)

LA

Cgo(Q,F).

4 . A KERNEL THEOREM FOR FUNCTIONS OF CLASS

CEO

I n t h i s s e c t i o n w e s h a l l show ( u n d e r a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t any f u n c t i o n s i n m

of

t h e proof o f theorem 9 a l s o g i v e s

(CFA). T h e n d o h a n y

fi(#

y E E', t h e f u n c t i o n

m

Cco(Ql

x

hypotheses)

Q 2 ) c a n b e r e g a r d e d as a n e l e m e n t o f

m

C c o ( Q l , C c o ( ~ 2 ) ) and v i c e v e r s a . Using theorem 3 . 5 t h i s a l s o

a tensor product representation f o r

m

Cco(Ql

x Q,)

.

B e f o r e w e c a n prove

o u r r e s u l t w e need s e v e r a l lemmas. The f i r s t lemma i s consequence o f d e f i n i t i o n 2 . 4 .

implies

an

immediate

SPACESOF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

1. LEMMA: 06

Let E,F and

b e L . c . b p a c e b , l e t R be an o p e n

G

y b e a covetring b y b t e m

E l leX

297

0 6 bounded b u b b e t

dubbet

let

E , and

06

u E L(F,G) b e g i v e n .

any

a)

Foh

b)

Fotr a n y

f E Cm(51,F) t h e d u n c t i o f l

Y

f E Cm(R,F) a n d a n y

belongs t o c)

2.

06

subbet

x1

1e.t

LEMMA:

Ei

PROOF:

t o p o t o g i c a l bubbpace

and

doh i =1,2.

F

The mapping

m

+

tonuous and j - l i n e a r ,

El

(ii)* :

( i d ) * ( m ) [ x ]= m ( [ i d ( x ) ] ) .

t h e n by lemma 1 . b )

,

j

f o r any

c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r map

1.5,and l

(ii)*

( i a )*

o

f'j)

any j E IN

0

6

be an

open

,F)

by

g E C(R1,Cco(Q2,F)1 .

i2

d e f i n e d by

ii

: E';

IN. Thus

eEo( (El x

(0,x2)is

=

(El x E 2 ) j i s con-

+

gives rise

ia

E2)JrF)

( x2 )

to

a

eEo(E);,F), d e f i n e d

-+

I f now f i s a n y e l e m e n t of C~o(511xR2rF)r m

m l.c), f ( 1 ) is i n C c o ( R l ~ ~ 2 , ~ ~ o ( (E2)jrF). E1~ m

(EJrF)), (i$*o f ( j ) i s in Cco (511X 512' Ls co 2

L3 (E ,F)). L e t u s d e n o t e t h e f u n c t i o n 512' co 2 m R2,F) t h a t f o r Then it f o l l o w s from f E Cco(R1x

Cco(nl

f (1) by

Cco(R,G).

m

x E2

Then i t f o l l o w s from lemma 1.a) that hence

m

x R2

f E Cco(Rl

T h e n dotr any

i2: E 2

b e l o n g n to

.then

F,

06

be 1 . c . hpaceb and l e L Qi

o b v i o u s l y l i n e a r and c o n t i n u o u s , hence

by

f(1)

Y

1 , o n e de,4inen a 6 u n c X i o n

f (xlf

+

Y

E2

El

t h e dunction

E INo

f E Czo(RrF) m i t h f ( R ) C G

any

Y

C m ( R , L j (E,F)1 .

G i b a closed lineah

76

j

Y

beloflgb to C m ( R r G ) .

uo f

gj

.

and any x1 E

R1 t h e f u n c t i o n

gj(xlr

) :

R2

-+

Lio(E2rF)

i s G z t e a u x - d i f f e r e n t i a b l e and t h a t i t s Gsteaux-derivative is g j + l ( y , * 1. T h i s p r o v e s t h a t f o r any m

x1 E Q1

Cco(512,F) , hence t h e f u n c t i o n

t h e function

g : nl

f(xlr

) belongs

Cco(n2,F) , g(Xl) = f 00

-+

to

( X l l o ) Can

be d e f i n e d . I n o r d e r t o show c o n t i n u i t y o f E

> 0 , and any c o n t i n u o u s

be given. Since

g

j

g on

semi-norm on

R1

, let

any

x1

6

61,

any

m

Cco(S22rF) of the f o m p

l r 5 r Q 2 r ~

i s uniformly c o n t i n u o u s on {x,} x K 2 f o r any

j,

MElSE

258

t h e r e e x i s t s a neighbourhood f o r any ( x l , x 2 ) any j w i t h

(where

0

{xll

E

and any ( h l , h 2 )

d e n o t e s t h e semi-norm

I

Pj,Q2,s

E

V1

El

w e have

V2

x

such t h a t

x E2

for

hl

E

u

+

s u p . q(u(y)) on L20(E,F)).

FQ;

V1

g i s continuous.

3 . PROPOSITION: 604

of zero i n

x V2

5 j5 l

T n i s i m p l i e s f o r any

hence

K2

x

V1

Which

and L e t

i =1,2

Fok

(Ei)A

Let

C o m p L e t e and w h i c h eQllaeA (Ei)AA

i d

be a n o p e n h u b b e t a d

sli

b e a quabi-compLete L . c . bpuce

Ei

t#pOfOgiCUk?Ly,

Abdume 6uhthekmohe t h a t

Ei.

E2

in

a k I R - b p a c e . Then t h e h e e X i b t h a continuoub Lineah a n d i n j e c t i v e map 03

A : Cco(Ql 6oh

any

PROOF:

tion

x

f

E

Q2)

m

+

m

Co(Q1,Cco(~Z)),

m

Cco(nl

x

dediMed b y

-+

f

(xl,

: x1

*

f(X1,

1

a,)

t h e func

-

Q2).

L e t u s show f i r s t t h a t for any

g : x1

A(f)

)

belongs to

m

Cco

f E CEo(fil

x

(Ql,c;o(i22)1 *

L e t il d e n o t e t h e l i n e a r c o n t i n u o u s mapping i l : E 1 El x E2, m i l ( x l ) = (xl,O) a n d l e t f E Cco(Ql x Q,) b e g i v e n . As i n t h e p r o o f -+

of lemma 2 one shows t h a t f o r any

j E IN

t h e mapping

~p :=

j

( i i ) * o f(1)

SPACES OF OIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

m

belongs t o g j : x1

+

Cco ( i l l

x

R2,L~o(El,IR1 ) .

29%

Hence, by lemma 2 t h e

mapping

i s i n C(Rl,C~o(R2,L~o(E1,1R))). Now o b s e r v e

9 . (xl,

3

i t f o l l o w s from 3.2

by o u r h y p o t h e s e s

and g e n e r a l

results

that

on t h e

€ - p r o d u c t t h a t w e have n a t u r a l isomorphisms

Using t h i s isomorphism, w e g e t from f o r any

j E IN

. Obviously

g.7 the napping

g. E C(Ql,L~o(E1,C~o(Q2)) 7

go = A ( f ) , and w e s h a l l p r o v e

now t h a t

i s t h e G s t e a u x - d e r i v a t i v e of g I n o r d e r t o do t h i s , gj+1 j ’ (k) = (‘j * 0 f f i r s t remark t h a t f o r any k E IN w e have

l e t us and

5)

‘Oj

that

f o l l o w s f r o m t h e proof of lemma 2. Hence w e g e t

Now l e t

R2

x1 E Q1

hl E E l ,

any compact Q2 o f

any

L

E M

, any

E 2 , any compact s u b s e t Q1 o f

b e g i v e n . W e have t o p r o v e t h a t t h e r e e x i s t s any

t

with

0
0,

6

By (1) and 1 . 5 w e have t o e s t i m a t e f o r

0

5

k

5 R

El

K2 o f

and

such t h a t

E

> O for

MEISE

300

-t ( f ( j + k )(xl

+

-

thl,x2)

f

(X1'X2)

f ( j + k + l ) i s c o n t i n u o u s on

Since

R~

x

a2 ,

-

it i s uniformly continu-

ous on a s u i t a b l e neighbourhood o f t h e compact set

uniform c o n t i n u i t y o f

Cx,)

element o f

.

By

g = go

isan

.

m

m

K2

f ( j + k + l ) a n d ( 3 ) i t i s clear t h a t t h e r e exists

s a t i s f y i n g ( 2 ) . C o n s e q u e n t l y w e h a v e shown t h a t

6 > 0

x

Cco (Ql,Cco (Q,)

L i n e a r i t y and i n j e c t i v i t y o f

A are o b v i o u s . C o n t i n u i t y

of

A

follows i m m e d i a t e l y from (1) a n d t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g topologies.

Now w e want t o p r o v e t h a t A i s s u r j e c t i v e i f w e impose

some

f u r t h e r conditions.

4 . LEMMA:

subset

06

Fon Ei.

i =1,2

El

Asbume t h a t

'Let g b e a a n y 6unc;tion i n a)

Fon a n y ( j, k )

b e a L . c . bpace and l e t

L e t Ei

E

x m

E2 k

i b

604

be an open

any ( j , k )

E

E!

k E2

IN 2

.

cco(~l,cco(~2)). m

IN2 t h e mapping f ( j r k :Ql )

dehilzed b y f ( j t k ) (x1,xi,y1,y2)

is c o n t i n u o u s .

a km-6pace

Ri

.

x

Q2

X

x

+

IR

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

331

a ) Observe t h a t f o r any open s u b s e t R of a 1.c. s p a c e E l a n y

PROOF:

1 . c . s p a c e F and any

i s c o n t i n u o u s on

K

x

f

QJ

E

m

Cco(QIF)

the function

f o r any compact s u b s e t

K

R and

of

any

compact s e t Q i n E and has v a l u e s i n F . Hence f o r any compact s u b s e t K1

of

Rl

and any compact s u b s e t Q1

of

Ell

the function

i s l i n e a r and c o n t i n u o u s f o r any compact s e t K 2 i n p a c t s e t Q 2 i n E2 , w e g e t from lemma 1.b) t h a t b e l o n g s t o C(K1 x QllC(K2 x Q,k)) = C(K1 x Q! x K2 x

b)

x

-

) [

x K2 x

Q:'

x

Q,). k

is a kR-space

The s e c o n d a s s e r t i o n i s a consequence o f t h e f o l l o w i n g con-

siderations:

=: A ( t )

pk((g(j)(

d;) =C(K1

T h i s p r o v e s t h e c o n t i n u i t y o f f ( j r k )I s i n c e El1' f o r any ( j , k ) E IN 2

.

R 2 and any com-

+

B(t).

302

MElSE

uniformly i n

y1 E Qi

By lemma 2.2

=

k y 2 E Q,

and

.

we g e t

lo

1

f ( j r k + ' )(x,

+ t h l r x 2 + T t h Z r y l r ( h 2 , y 2 ) )dT

f ( J r k + l ) i s u n i f o r m l y c o n t i n u o u s i n a neighbourhood of t h e compact set {xl} x {x,) x Qi* x Q2k hence w e also have I t f o l l o w s from a ) t h a t

uniformly i n

5. THEOREM:

equal6

Foh

(Ei)AA

Then t h e mapping ib

i =1,2

a topological

l e t Ei

E!

x E:

m

A : Cco(Ql

ment o f

m

C c o ( a l f C ~ o ( ~ 2 ))

any ( j , k ) A(f) : x l + f

E

.

2 D l

(Xlf*)r

Q1

A i s s u r j e c t i v e . L e t g be any e l e

-

1 . By lemma 4 t h e f u n c t i o n f : (x,,x2) +g(xl) (x,)

Cco(Ql,C~,(Q,)

is obvious t h a t

+

doh

Ei.

06

idomohphibm.

m

i s c o n t i n u o u s on

be an open bubbet

i b a km-hpace

x "2)

F i r s t l e t us show t h a t

PROOF:

be a q u a b i - c o m p l e t e l.c.bpace w h i c h

t o p o l o g i c a l t y and l e t Qi

buathekmoke t h a t

Addume

k y2 E Q 2 .

and

y1 E Q:

x Q,.

W e s h a l l prove

A ( f ) = g, hence

I n order t o prove

m

m

f E CCo(al

x

a,).

Then it

A is surjective.

f E Cc0(R1 x

a,)

let usremark t h e following:

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS AND THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

and a s u r j e c t i o n u

Let (j,k) E

:

{I,...f j j

U

303

{l'f...fk'}+.{lf,..,j+k~

b e g i v e n . Then w e d e f i n e a c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r map ru :(El x E 2 ) j + k

+

E

by

= ( ( e l , u (1)'

-

r e l (, j~ )

-(j,k)

By lemma 4.a) t h e f u n c t i o n Ql

X

R2

x

(El

any (x1,x2)

€

X

R1

:= f ( I , k ) o r

fU

-f a(j,k) ( x l , x 2 , * )

E2)j+k and x

' (e20 (1')'. . - 'e2u ( k ' )

X

E2,1R),

is c o n t i n u o u s . Using t h e mappings duction t h a t

f

m

belongs t o

Cco(R1

for

is ( j + k ) - l i n e a r

-f a(I 'k)

R2. Because of t h e c o n t i n u i t y o f c]+'(El o

c o n t i n u o u s on

is

U

t h e map-

d e f i n e d by

f u( J ' k ) I t is e a s y t o p r o v e by i n x

Q,).

Let

us

show

that

f

is

Gsteaux-differentiable:

u

Define

u2

:

0

U (1')

+

{l}

*

1 '

11)

0

U

{l}

by

ul(l)

= 1

and

define

~ ~ ( 1 =' 1. ) Thenwe g e t from 4 . b ) t h a t f o r

by

x = (x1,x2) E Q1 x R2

+

and

h = ( h l , h 2 ) E El

E2

x

1

+

f ; O r 1 ) ( x ) ) [ h ] , and f E Cco(R1 x R,) ul 2 by lemma 2.3. From t h i s and l e m a 4 . b ) w e g e t by i n d u c t i o n t h a t f o r

Hence

f'(x)[h] = (f(l'')(x)

any 1 E W t h e f u n c t i o n

f

be r e p r e s e n t e d as a sum of

k in

INo w i t h

j +k =

L

is i n

L

Cco(Rl

x Q,)

and t h a t

f ('1

can

f, ( J r k ) where t h e sum r u n s o v e r a l l j and and o v e r c e r t a i n

(J

.

This proves

that

MEISE

f E

cco (a, m

x

Q,).

Hence w e have shown t h a t

A : Cm c o ( ~ xl o 2 )

b i j e c t i v e . From t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f (A'l ( g ) )

follows t h a t A - l

m

+ c ~ ~ ( Q ~ , ci s~ ~ ( ~ ~ i n d i c a t e d above i t

i s c o n t i n u o u s . Then A i s a t o p o l o g i c a l isomorphism

by p r o p o s i t i o n 3 .

REMARK:

R e s u l t s of t h e same t y p e as i n theorem 5 a r e also g i v e n

in

t h e l e c t u r e n o t e s of F r o h l i c h e r a n d Bucher [151 ( w i t h a d i f f e r e n t defin i t i o n o f d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y ) and i n Colombeau [111I [ 1 2 ] . Itseems t o b e i m p o s s i b l e t o g e t t h e r e s u l t on (DFM)-spaces g i v e n below by

bor-

n o l o g i c a l methods. Concluding t h i s s e c t i o n , l e t us combine theorem 5 and some

of

t h e r e s u l t s i n s e c t i o n 3 . Then w e g e t

6 . THEOREM:

Let El

and E 2 b e e i t h e k (F)-Apactd o h (DFM)-bpacesand

L e t Oi be a n o p e n d u b n e t a d Ei

doh

i =1,2.

Then we h a v e t h e

dot-

bowing t o pob a g i c a l 16 a ma h p hid m d

7 . THEOREM: Ei

.

Foh

i =1,2, b e t

be an open s u b s e t

Cli

06

t h e L . c . space

Assume t h a t e i t h e n . 1)

El

2)

El

and E 2 and

E2

ahe ( F ) - d p a c e n , o n e

06

a h e (DFM) - s p a c e s , o n e

w h i c h had a . p . ,

05

ah

wkich A a ( D F S A ) -npace.

T h e n t h e d o l l o w i n g hold4

8. REMARK:

The d u a l of

CEo(Sa)

forms a n a t u r a l g e n e r a l i z a t i o n of the

s p a c e of d i s t r i b u t i o n s w i t h compact s u p p o r t t o i n f i n i t e

dimensions.

SPACES OF DIFFERENTIABLE FUNCTIONS ANDTHE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY

306

It is obvious that many of the results of this article can regarded as results on the dual of

also

be

m

Cco(Q). E.g. theorem 3.10 is of

importance in connection with the theorem of Paley -Wiener -Schwartz (in order to see this one has to extend several results

to

complex

valued functions on R , then (for certain 1.c. spaces E) one can define the Fourier-Laplace transform of any

m

T E Cco(Q,fl!)'

morphic function on the complexification of EA growth condition). Theorem 6 can be used

* : Cmco (E)'

x

CZo(E) '

-+

to

,

as a

holo-

satisfying acertain

define

a

convolution

Czo(E) I . The precise formulation of the results

just mentioned will be contained in a subsequent paper.

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Approximation Theory and Functional A n a l y s i s J.B. Prol2a ( e d . ) 0North-HoZland Publishing Compmzy, 1979

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

LEOPOLDO NACHBIN I n s t i t u t o de Matemgtica U n i v e r s i d a d e F e d e r a l do Rio de J a n e i r o 20.000 R i o de J a n e i r o RJ ZC-32 Brazil Department of Mathematics U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r R o c h e s t e r NY 14627 USA

1, INTRODUCTION I would l i k e t o d e s c r i b e v e r y b r i e f l y how I w a s l e d t o

become

s e r i o u s l y i n t e r e s t e d i n Approximation Theory, t h a t i s , t o i n d i c a t e t h e m o t i v a t i o n t h a t I had i n my mind. T h i s f i e l d h a s d e v e l o p e d i n B r a z i l i n t h e p a s t t e n y e a r s or so, t h a n k s a l s o t o t h e work of S i l v i o Machado,

Joao Bosco

Prolla

and

Guido Z a p a t a , as w e l l as t h e r e s e a r c h s c h o o l t h a t t h e y formed. I f I had t o r e d u c e b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l r e f e r e n c e s t o a b a r e

mini-

mum, i n what c o n c e r n s t h e work of t h e B r a z i l i a n s c h o o l i n Approximat i o n Theory and i t s r e l a t i o n s h i p t o t h e r e s e a r c h o f o t h e r g r o u p s ,

I

would q u o t e my monograph Element6 ad A p p t o x i m a t i a n T h e o h y ( 1 9 6 7 ) , as w e l l as P r o l l a ' s monograph Apphoximation (1977) (see [ 3 4 1 up-to-date

,

0 4 Vectoh Vatued

[ 5 4 1 ) . However, t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y

at

the

Funciionb end

is

and complete w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e work by Machado, P r o l l a ,

Zapata and m y s e l f .

I t i s extremely incomplete o th er wis e.

emphasize t h e f o l l o w i n g aspects:

Let

me

310

NACHBIN

1)

I s h a l l r e s t r i c t myself

h e r e t o t h e r e a l v a l u e d c a s e . The

v e c t o r v a l u e d c a s e was t r e a t e d i n a d e s i r a b l e d e g r e e

of

generality

(see also

through v e c t o r f i b r a t i o n s by Machado [ 1 6 ] and P r o l l a [ 4 0 ] [35 1

I361 1 * 2)

I n t h e complex c a s e ,

Bishop and W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e 3)

I p o i n t o u t t h e work by Machado on the

theorems [ 181

.

W e c a l l a t t e n t i o n t o t h e work by Zapaka on Mergelyan's the-

orem and q u a s i - a n a l y t i c classes [ 65 ] (see a l s o [ 541 ) 4)

.

(See a l s o [ 541 )

.

Weighted approximation i n t h e c o n t i n u o u s l y

differentiable

c a s e was s t u d i e d by Zapata [631 , [ 6 4 1 . 5)

A d e n s i t y theorem f o r polynomial a l g e b r a s of

continuously

d i f f e r e n t i a b l e mappings i n i n f i n i t e dimensions and i t s

relationship

t o t h e Banach-Grothendieck

approximation p r o p e r t y was i n v e s t i g a t e d by

P r o l l a and G u e r r e i r o I 5 3 I (see a l s o [ 38 1 ) . 6)

Nonarchimedean Approximation Theory h a s

P r o l l a [ 561,

and C a r n e i r o [ 7 1

,

[ 8

1

.

been

sthdied

by

2 . APPROXIMATION OF CONTINUOUSLY DIFFERENTIABLE MAPPINGS

I n 1 9 4 7 , M a r s h a l l S t o n e came from t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Chicago t o l e c t u r e a t t h e U n i v e r s i d a d e F e d e r a l do R i o de J a n e i r o (known t h e n as U n i v e r s i d a d e do B r a s i l ) f o r t h r e e months.

He

offered

a

beautiful

c o u r s e on "Rings of Continuous F u n c t i o n s " . Among o t h e r t h i n g s ,

he

t a l k e d a b o u t h i s c e l e b r a t e d p a p e r A GenehaLized W C i e & A t h U A A A p p h o x i -

m a t i o n Theohem which he had j u s t w r i t t e n . I t was p u b l i s h e d n e x t y e a r i n volume 21 (1948) of Mathematics Magazine. T h i s is a good

example

of an a r t i c l e t h a t became famous i n s p i t e of t h e f a c t

is

that

was

p u b l i s h e d i n an o b s c u r e j o u r n a l . S t o n e ' s c o u r s e d e a l t w i t h c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s , and was

going

t o have a l a s t i n g i n f l u e n c e on m e . I t was d u r i n g a n d shortly a f t e r i t t h a t , i n 1948, I t h o u g h t of and proved, b u t d i d n o t

gublish

then,

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

31 1

I will

w h a t I c a l l e d the W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem f o r modules [ 3 4 ] .

come back t o t h i s a s p e c t i n a b r i e f w h i l e . The r e a s o n I d i d n o t publ i s h r i g h t aw'ay t h a t r e s u l t f o r modules w a s t h i s . I t took u n t i l 1960

to r e a l i z e

- 1961,

years

me

w h i l e I v i s i t e d B r a n d e i s U n i v e r s i t y f o r four months,

th!, i n t e r e s t f o r Approximation Theory o f

modules i n p l a c e

o f a l g e b r a s , and t o g e t s t a r t e d i n w e i g h t e d a p p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r f o r continuous functions. I n 1948, I went t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Chicago v i s i t during 1948-1950,

for

a two

a t t h e i n v i t a t i o n o f S t o n e . While t h e r e ,

had an a p p o r t u n i t y , i n 1 9 4 9 , o f p r e s e n t i n g a t And& Weil's

I

seminar

the t h e n r e c e n t a r t i c l e "On i d e a l s of d i f f e r e n t i a b l e f u n c t i o n s "

Hassler

year

by

Whitney, j u s t p u b l i s h e d i n volume 70 (1948) of t h e American

J o u r n a l of Mathematics. A f t e r my l e c t u r e ,

I r v i n g Segal

asked

me:

how a b o u t a s i m i l a r r e s u l t f o r a l g e b r a s of c o n t i n u o u s l y differentiable f u n c t i o n s , a l o n g the l i n e s o f t h e W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e t h e o r e m ? I n o t h e r

words, t h e problem w a s t o describe t h e c l o s u r e of

a subalgebra

continuously d i f f e r e n t i a b l e functions , or e q u i v a l e n t l y , to

of

describe

t h e closed subalgebras of c o n t i n u o u s l y d i f f e r e n t i a b l e f u n c t i o n s ,

in

t h e s p i r i t of t h e W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem. To t h e b e s t of my knowl e d g e , t h i s problem h a s remained open so f a r : see below f o r t h e con-

jecture t h a t I h a v e i n mind i n t h i s r e s p e c t . Pressed by S e g a l ' s q u e s t i o n , I s t u d i e d i m m e d i a t e l y i n 1949 [ 231

t h e noteworthy case of d e n s e s u b a l g e b r a s , t o o b t a i n t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s u l t . L e t E be a r e a l m - d i f f e r e n t i a b l e ( m = 0 , 1 , f i n i t e dimension. Denote by

...,-)

Cm(E) t h e a l g e b r a o f

m - d i f f e r e n t i a b l e real f u n c t i o n s o n E ,

all

manifold

continuously

endowed w i t h t h e t o p o l o g y

o f uniform convergence on t h e compact subsets of and a l l t h e i r d i f f e r e n t i a l s up t o o r d e r m .

of

T~

E of suchfunctions

312

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(Nl)

F o h euehg

x

E

E, thehe i d

(N2)

F a t euehg

x

E

E,y

E

E

E

f E A

duck t h a t f ( x ) #O.

# y , ,?%thehe0

E, x

f E A nuch t h a t

f(x) # f(y).

F a h evehy

(N3)

x

x , thehe

at

ib

t # 0

and evehy t a n g e n t u e c t o h f

E A

t o E

buck t h a t

These c o n d i t i o n s do n o t depend on m . The case

excluded

m=O

by t h e above r e s u l t i s c o v e r e d by t h e W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e

theorem.

Coming back t o t h e q u e s t i o n S e g a l a s k e d m e i n 1 9 4 9 , b i t by b i t I was l e d t o f o r m u l a t e t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n j e c t u r e . I f i t i s t r u e ,

the

Whitney i d e a l theorem a n d t h e above d e n s i t y theorem are subsumed

by

i t . For t h e s a k e o f s i m p l i c i t y o f terminology and n o t a t i o n o n l y , l e t

15 m

us assume t h a t of

f o r some

lRn

n = 1,2,.

16

belongb t o t h e

CeObUhe

modueo

jD"g(x)

06

-

and evehy

U/A

Daf(x) 1 c

oadeh a t

mobt

Notice t h a t

E

doh

A

any

f

K ad

E

U

doh

T~

x E K

and

QO

equivalence are

Cm(U) t h e n f

i d (and ahJay4

contained i n

> 0, theke i b

E

m=

A.

LA a d u b a l g e b k a a d

Cm(U)

in

doh e u e h g compact h u b b e t

ceabb

D"

A

consider the

U, a c c o r d i n g t o which x , y E U

f E C m ( U ) and 06

subset

t o a r b i t r a r y E and t o

C"(U),

f(x) = f(y) for a l l

CONJECTURE 2 :

i s a nonvoid open

E=U

.., e x t e n s i o n

d e f i n e d by A on

U/A

e q u i v a l e n t when

id),

and t h a t

A is a subalgebra of

being easy. I f relation

m

g

any

dome

E

A

pahtiae

OMLy

equivalence buch

that

dehiuadiue

epual t o m.

f belongs to t h e c l o s u r e of

A in

Cm(U)

for

T~

when t h e above c o n d i t i o n h o l d s t r u e f o r e v e r y compact s u b s e t K o f U, by d e f i n i t i o n , n o t j u s t f o r t h o s e K c o n t a i n e d i n

some

equivalence

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class modulo

The above c o n j e c t u r e i s a n a s p e c t of what I called

U /A.

LacaLizabiLity (see below too). If t r u e , t h e above c o n j e c t u r e h a s a n a t u r a l e x t e n s i o n t o modules i n p l a c e of a l g e b r a s . T h e r e i s a more n a i v e c o n j e c t u r e , which i s e a s i l y s e e n

to

f a l s e . W e m i g h t i n d e e d c o n j e c t u r e t h a t e v e r y s u b a l g e b r a A of which i s c l o s e d f o r

p l e convergence a t p o i n t s o f

t i a l s up t o order m. F o r

E of f u n c t i o n s and a l l t h e i r d i f f e r e n -

m = 0, t h i s i s i n d e e d t h e case; as a matter

of f a c t , t h e s t a t e m e n t t h a t g e b r a s of

Co(E)

Cm(E)

of s i m -

i s a l s o c l o s e d f o r t h e t o p o l o g y rms

T~

be

and

T~

= C(E) i s easily

have t o same c l o s e d s u b a l -

T~~

seen

to

be

to

equivalent

the

W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem.

Lef: A be f:he n u b a t g e b f i a 0 6

EXAMPLE 3:

f(l/k) = f(0)

n u c h bha-t

Then A i d c t o b e d

60fi

60k

- c ~

a&!

k=1,2,

C1(n) a 6 a t e

... and

f

E

m

tnofieaweh Z,=,f'(l/n)/n

but it in n o 2 c t o n e d

doh

C1 ( R ) 2

=O.

71s.

A few y e a r s a g o , I a s k e d J a i m e Lesmesthe q u e s t i o n o f e x t e n d i n g

t h e above Theorem 1 t o i n f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n s . I a l s o d i d

raise

q u e s t i o n d u r i n g a l e c t u r e I gave a t Madrid, where Jos6 L l a v o n a

that got

i n t e r e s t e d i n i t . Recent work a l o n g t h i s l i n e w a s done by L e s m e s [13] and P r o l l a [ 4 9 ]

,

[ 531 i n B r a z i l , and by Llavona [14 I

,

[15]

i n Spain.

W e now summarize t h a t a s p e c t v e r y s u c c i n t l y , a l o n g t h e l i n e s o f 1381.

L e t E l F be Hausdorff r e a l l o c a l l y convex s p a c e s , E # 0 , U a nonvoid open s u b s e t o f

m

and

E

t h e v e c t o r s p a c e of a l l mappings

=

1,2,.

f :U

+

F

..

,m.

W e d e n o t e by

FfO,

?(U;F)

t h a t a r e c o n t i n u o u s l y m-

d i f f e r e n t i a b l e i n t h e following sense: 1)

f

is f i n i t e l y m-differentiable;

dimensional v e c t o r subspace

S

w e assume t h a t the r e s t r i c t i o n

of

E with

f ] (U

13 S )

t h a t is, f o r every f i n i t e

S # 0

+

fa,(

k

E;F)

U n S nonvoid,

is m - d i f f e r e n t i a b l e i n t h e

c l a s s i c a l s e n s e . Thus we h a v e the d i f f e r e n t i a l s dkf : U

and

NACHBIN

314

for

k =0,1,.

. ., k

5 n,

k

w i t h v a l u e s i n t h e v e c t o r s p a c e gas ( E;F) o f

Ek t o

a l l symmetric k - l i n e a r mappings of 2)

F.

The mapping

i s c o n t i n u o u s of e v e r y

longs t o t h e v e c t o r subspace k - l i n e a r mappings of

We endow

.,

k = 0,1,.

Ek

to

k 5 m . I n p a r t i c u l a r , d k f ( x ) be-

k ~ ; of ~ ) all Is

c o n t i n u o u s symmetric

F.

Cm(U;F) w i t h t h e t o p o l o g y

T~

of seninorms depending on t h e p a r a m e t e r s k ,

fc

d e f i n e d by t h e

4, K, L

a c o n t i n u o u s seminorm on

b e i n g nonvoid compact subsets of

family

F and K , L

respectively.

U, E

W e s h a l l u s e t h e n o t i o n of polynomial a l g e b r a ; see t h e convent i o n on page 6 3 , [ 5 4 1 .

THEOREM 4 :

Let

m 2 1 and A be a p o L y n a m i a l b u b a t g e b t a

SUppObe t h a t t h e t e i n a b u b n e t G c o n t i n u o u n L i n e a z endomohphibmh duch

06

06

t h e v e c t a h Apace

E'

?(U;F).

06

06 all

@ E

E w i t h d i n i t e dimenbionaL h a g u ,

that: 1)

T h e i d e n t i t y mapping

IE

belong4 t o t h e clonute 0 6 G doh

t h e compact-open t o p o l o g y an t h e v e c t o h npace a L L c o n t i n u o u n L i n e a h endomohphibmb 2)

Fon evetry that

06

and e v e h y

f

E

h t h i c t i o n ( f o J) IV = f o (J I V)

A,

; E)

06

U

06

E.

J E G, e v e t y n o n v a i d open nubbet V

J(V) c U

E(E

it 6 o l l o w h t h a t t h e

belongn t a t h e

nuch ze-

ctonuhe i n

316

A LOOK A T APPROXIMATION THEORY

Cm(U;F)

Then A i n d e n s e i n (Nl)

Foh e v e h y

x

(N2)

Fah evehy

x E U, y

that (N3)

6

in

f

E

A

nuch

thehe i b

f

E A

buch

x # y, t h e h e

U,

E

h u c h t h a t f ( x ) # 0.

f E A

U, t h e h e in

f ( x ) # f(y)

Foh e V e h y

don .rm i d and ondy id:

.

x E U, t E E , t # 0,

that

aa ft ( X I If

E

= d f ( x ) (t)

# 0.

i s f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l , c o n d i t i o n s 1) and 2 ) of Theorem 4

are s a t i s f i e d by G r e d u c e d t o

IE. Hence Theorem 4 i m p l i e s

Theorem

1. C o n d i t i o n 1) o f Theorem 4 i m p l i e s t h a t Grothendieck approximation p r o p e r t y , t h a t i s , closure of

E' 8 E

in

L(E;E)

E

has

the

belongs

IE

f o r t h e compact-open

Banachto

topology.

the Thus

Theorem 4 leads t o t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n j e c t u r e :

CONJECTURE

5:

F a h evetry

given

E,

t h e 60tLaiuing c o n d i t i o n n a h e equi-

vatent: Foh a h b i t h a h y

U, F , m 1. 1, t h e n e v e h y poLynamiaL

adgebha A i n d e n h e i n

o n l y id) A E

hatihdieh

Cm(U;F) d o h

(Nl)

,

-rm id ( a n d

nubaLwayn

(N2) , ( N 3 ) .

hab t h e Ranach - G h o t h e n d i e c k a p p h o x i m a t i o n p h o p e h t y .

I t i s known t h a t ( C 1 ) i m p l i e s ( C 2 ) . The c o n j e c t u r e i m p l i e s ( C l ) i s an a t t e m p t t o improve Theorem 4 .

that

(C2)

316

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I n t h e d i r e c t i o n of r e s e a r c h t h a t I j u s t mentioned,

there

is

more g e n e r a l l y t h e q u e s t i o n of s t u d y i n g Approximation Theory f o r a l g e b r a s o r modules of c o n t i n u o u s l y d i f f e r e n t i a b l e v e c t o r v a l u e d mappi n g s by u s i n g w e i g h t s . T h i s q u e s t i o n however i s s t i l l wide open,

in

s p i t e o f t h e a v a i l a b l e r e s u l t s . See t h e n e x t s e c t i o n f o r t h e c o n t i n uous c a s e .

3 . WEIGHTED APPROXIMATION FOR MODULES AND ALGEBRAS OF CONTINUOUS F"C-

TIONS L e t m e t a l k now a b o u t t h e W e i e s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem f o r m o d u l e s , how i t l e d m e t o t h e B e r n s t e i n a p p r o x i m a t i o n problem and what I t h e n c a l l e d t h e w e i g h t e d a p p r o x i m a t i o n problem ( o r t h e B e r n s t e i n - N a c h b i n a p p r o x i m a t i o n problem, a c c o r d i n g t o a more r e c e n t terminology by other authors). Let

E be a c o m p l e t e l y r e g u l a r t o p o l o g i c a l s p a c e , and C ( E ) de-

n o t e t h e a l g e b r a o f a l l c o n t i n u o u s r e a l f u n c t i o n s on E endowed w i t h t h e compact-open t o p o l o g y . T h e r e i s t h e i d e a l theorem f o r I f I i s an i d e a l i n

C ( E ) and

b e l o n g s t o t h e c l o s u r e of

-1

1

I

I-'(O)

in

as

C(E) which reads =

nf

,

I f-'(O)

C ( E ) i f and only i f

then

follows. f

E

f vanishes

C (E) on

(0). More g e n e r a l l y , t h e r e i s t h e W e i e s t r a s s - S t o n e

a l g e b r a A of

C ( E ) which r e a d s as f o l l o w s . L e t

l e n c e r e l a t i o n on E d e f i n e d by for every

f E A. C o n s i d e r

x1

A in

E / A

be t h e e q u i v a -

i f xl, x2 E E and f ( 5 ) = f ( x 2 )

n f € A f"(0)

A-'(O)=

o f e q u i v a l e n c e c l a s s e s modulo E / A belongs to t h e c l o s u r e of

- x2

theorem f o r a sub-

which e i t h e r is one

o r e l s e is v o i d . Then

C ( E ) i f and only i f

on e v e r y e q u i v a l e n c e class modulo E / A -1 A (0) i s nonvoid.

and f

f

f E C(E) i s constant

v a n i s h e s on A-'(O)

if

I n t h e i d e a l theorem, we have a module I over the algebra A = C ( E ) .

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

31 7

I n t h e W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem, w e have a module bra

A

+

A over t h e alge-

IR g e n e r a t e d b y A and a l l c o n s t a n t r e a l f u n c t i o n s on

w e c o n s i d e r e d j u s t a v e c t o r subspace W of

C(E)

,

w e would

If

E.

have

a

module W o v e r t h e a l g e b r a A of a l l c o n s t a n t r e a l f u n c t i o n s on E . I n t h e succession of these t h r e e c a s e s , t h e algebra of m u l t i p l i e r s vari e s from t h e l a r g e s t t o t h e s m a l l e s t p o s s i b i l i t y c o n t a i n i n g t h e unit. More g e n e r a l l y , l e t A be a s u b a l g e b r a o f

C ( E ) whichwe mayrylw

w

assume t o c o n t a i n t h e u n i t w i t h o u t loss o f g e n e r a l i t y , and l e t a v e c t o r subspace o f

C ( E ) which i s a module o v e r

be

A so t h a t A W C W .

The W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem f o r modules r e a d s a s f o l l o w s . 1 n t r o d u c e as b e f o r e t h e e q u i v a l e n c e r e l a t i o n E/A to t h e closure of

s e t K of E

E

W in

on E .

Then

f E C(E) belongs

C ( E ) i f , a n d o n l y i f , f o r e v e r y compact sub-

c o n t a i n e d i n some e q u i v a l e n c e c l a s s modulo E/A and every

> 0, there is

g E W

such t h a t

Ig(x)

-

f ( x )1
0

T(V) C X V , form a b a s i s o f neighborhoods a t 0 ; i n equiva-

such t h a t

l e n t t e r m s , when c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o e v e r y neighborhood U of

0 in

W

w e may f i n d a n o t h e r neighborhood V o f 0 i n W and E > 0 such t h a t k k Urn T ( E V) C U. More g e n e r a l l y , t h e members o f a c o l l e c t i o n C o f k =O l i n e a r o p e r a t o r s on W are s a i d t o be " s i m i l a r l y d i r e c t e d " i f the neighborhoods such t h a t

a t 0.

V of

T(V) C

0 in

W

,

f o r e a c h o f which there i s X = A ( V , T ) > 0 T E C , form a b a s i s of neighborhoods

X V f o r every

D i r e c t e d n e s s o f a l i n e a r o p e r a t o r i m p l i e s i t s c o n t i n u i t y . Both

d i r e c t e d n e s s and s i m i l a r d i r e c t e d n e s s r e d u c e t o continuity when a normed s p a c e . These c o n c e p t s a r i s e o n l y i n t r e a t i n g

more

t o p o l o g i c a l v e c t o r s p a c e s . Thus t h e h y p o t h e s i s i n Theorem t h a t the operators i n i s f i e d when

THEOREM 6:

W is

general 6

below

A be s i m i l a r l y d i r e c t e d is a u t o m a t i c a l l y sat-

W i s a normed s p a c e .

The p a i h A , W ha6

b0Me

h e p h e s e n t a t i o n b y continuous A e a L

a Haubdoadd s p a c e lukich 4~ lady convex

dunc.tionb id and o n L y i6 W

i6

undeh A ,

i n A a t e bimieahdy d i t e c t e d .

and the

0pehU.tOth

A WOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

76 the pait

THEOREM 7: h u e

6uncXionn and

undex A ,

S

i 4

A , W han 40me h e p h e n e n t a t i o n b y

06

a wectoh oubnpuce

t h e n t h e q u o t i e n t paih

A / S , WIS

16 t h e p a i h

areal d u n c t i o n b , t h e n 16

dea W

A, W

bpeC.tkae

cont i nuoun

which in

inuahiant

aeptenentation

S i 4 cloaed i n

had n u m e h e p h e d e n t a t i o n

W.

by cant i nuoun

nynt hebi d hoedn i n t h e doLl!owing

S i n a cLoned p h o p e h v e c t o h bubnpuce

A,

W

hab dome

b y Cona%tUOUb heal! 6unct i onn i6 a n d o n l y id

THEOREM 8:

319

t h e n S in t h e intehnection

06

06

W which

in

inwahiant un-

a l l ! C t 0 4 e d w e c t o h n u b 4 p a c ~0 6

w h ich a x e i n v a a i a n t undeh A , have cadimenhion o n e i n W and c o n - .

tain S. The p a s s i n g t o a q u o t i e n t s t a t e m e n t of Theorem 7 i m p l i e s

spec;

t r a l s y n t h e s i s i n Theorem 8 , which may be viewed a s an a b s t r a c t v e r s i o n o f the W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem f o r modules. L e t u s a l s o p o i n t

,

then

Theorem 8 becomes t h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t . Every c l o s e d p r o p e r

vec-

o u t t h a t , when

tor subspace

A i s reduced t o t h e scalar o p e r a t o r s

S o f a l o c a l l y convex s p a c e

a l l c l o s e d vector s u b s p a c e s o f and c o n t a i n

W

of

W

is t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n

of

W which have codimension one i n

S . As i t i s c l a s s i c a l , such a s t a t e m e n t

is

W

equivalent

t o t h e Hahn-Banach theorem. Thus Theorem 8 may be looked upon

as

a

g e n e r a l i z a t i o n of b o t h t h e W e i e r s t r a s s - S t o n e theorem f o r modules a n d t h e Hahn-Banach theorem f o r l o c a l l y convex s p a c e s . We may t h e n ask t h e f o l l o w i n g n a t u r a l q u e s t i o n . To what e x t e n t

the c o n d i t i o n o f t h e o p e r a t o r s i n

A b e i n g s i m i l a r l y d i r e c t e d i s mu-

c i a l f o r the v a l i d i t y o f Theorem 6, o r Theorem 7 , or Theorem 8 ? Lo-

c a l c o n v e x i t y under

A

i s n o t superfluous.

In fact,

r e d u c e d t o t h e scalars o p e r a t o r s o f

W , t h e n i t may

e v e r y c l o s e d p r o p e r v e c t o r subspace

S of

s l l closed vector subspaces of

and c o n t a i n

S,

letting be

A

false

be that

is the intersection

of

W which have condimension one i n

W

W

i n case W i s n o t assumed t o be l o c a l l y convex.

The

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answer t o t h e above n a t u r a l q u e s t i o n i s no. The example t h a t I found i n 1957 l e d m e t o t h e c l a s s i c a l B e r n s t e i n a p p r o x i m a t i o n problem, a s 1 s h a l l describe next.

EXAMPLE 9 :

t i o n s on

Let

R

W be t h e F r g c h e t s p a c e o f a l l c o n t i n u o u s r e a l f u n c -

t h a t are r a p i d l y d e c r e a s i n g a t i n f i n i t y . C a l l

t h e a l g e b r a o f a l l r e a l p o l y n o m i a l s on

a

R . Every

E

A = P (33)

is

that

C(lR)

s l o w l y i n c r e a s i n g a t i n f i n i t y g i v e s r i s e t o t h e c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r opTa : f E W

erator

+

af

E W

which i s d i r e c t e d i f and only a is bounded.

Thus A may be v i e w e d . a s a commutative a l g e b r a operators of

of

continuous l i n e a r

W c o n t a i n i n g the i d e n t i t y o p e r a t o r o f

W , b u t each such

o p e r a t o r i s d i r e c t e d i f and o n l y i f t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g p o l y n o m i a l

is

c o n s t a n t . I t i s c l e a r t h a t W i s l o c a l l y convex u n d e r A .

is

w

some

E W

v a n i s h i n g nowhere

i n lR s u c h t h a t

W ( t h i s i s e a s i l y seen t o be e q u i v a l e n t

v a n i s h i n g nowhere i n of

BAP

-2

or BA P

t o e x i s t e n c e o f some

W which i s i n v a r i a n t u n d e r

lR, i t can be shown t h a t A w

any c l o s e d v e c t o r s u b s p a c e o f condimension o n e i n W .

in

b e l o w ) . Then t h e c l o s u r e

p r o p e r v e c t o r subspace o f never vanishes i n

i s n o t dense i n

Aw

w

E

W

t h a t i s n o t a f u n d a m e n t a l w e i g h t i n the sense

R

-1

There

W is a closed

Since

w

i s n o t contained

in

A.

W which i s i n v a r i a n t under

A, having

Thus Theorem 8 d o e s n o t h o l d i n t h i s case due

t o l a c k o f d i r e c t e d n e s s . A f o r t i o r i Theorem 7 a n d Theorem 6

do n o t

h o l d i n t h i s c a s e f o r t h e same r e a s o n . This counterexample l e a d s us t o t h e

CLUbbiCae

&MnAZeh a p p o x i -

m a t i o n p t o b L e m , u s u a l l y f o r m u l a t e d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g t w o forms, where P(lRn)

i s t h e a l g e b r a o f a l l r e a l p o l y n o m i a l s on IRn B AP

and

- 1.

Let

v : IRn

+

IR,

b e an upper s e m i c o n t i n u o u s " w e i g h t "

Cvm(lRn) be t h e v e c t o r s p a c e o f a l l

tends to

... .

f o r n = 1,2 ,

f E C(IEln)

such

that

0 a t i n f i n i t y , seminormed by II f Ilv = s u p { v ( x ) If ( x ) ; x EW

Assume t h a t

vf n

v i s r a p i d l y d e c r e a s i n g a t i n f i n i t y , t h a t is P(Rn) CCv,(*).

1.

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

When i s

dense i n

P(IRn)

321

Cvw(lRn) ? W e t h e n s a y t h a t

mentaL w e i g h t . W e s h a l l d e n o t e by R n

v is a

dunda-

t h e s e t o f a l l s u c h fundamental

w e i g h t s i n t h e s e n s e of B e r n s t e i n . F o r t e c h n i c a l r e a s o n s w e a l s o i n -

rn

troduce the set

rn

Clearly

BAP

i n g to

0

C

f o r a l l k > 0.

Rn

E

This inclusion i s proper.

Rn.

- 2.

vk

o f a l l such v such t h a t

Let

Cw(lRn)

be t h e Banach s p a c e o f a l l

a t i n f i n i t y , normed by

the s p e c i a l case of

E

C(#)tend-

Ilfll= s u p { i f ( x ) I ; x E lRn 1 ;

Cvm(lRn) when

w

v = l . Assume t h a t

rapidly decreasing a t i n f i n i t y , t h a t i s

w a w e i g h t . When i s

f

P(IRn) w dense i n

P(lRn) w

it

is

E C(IRn)

is

and c a l l

Cm(IRn),

C

Cw(lRn) ? W e t h e n s a y

that

w

is a 6undarnentaL w e i g h t . If

w

E

C(IR")

is rapidly decreasing a t i n f i n i t y , then w i s a

f u n d a m e n t a l w e i g h t i n the s e n s e of v a n i s h e s on B AP

- 1. H o w e v e r

v a n i s h on that

and

IRn

IRn

B A P -1

I wI

BAP- 2

i f and o n l y i f

is a fundamental weight i n t h e

a fundamental w e i g h t v i n t h e s e n s e of

a n d may f a i l t o be c o n t i n u o u s .

is

It

B AP

sense

of

-1

my

€3 A P

i n t h i s sense

i s a b e t t e r way o f l o o k i n g a t t h e c o n c e p t

m e n t a l w e i g h t s i n t h e s e n s e of B e r n s t e i n t h a n

never

w

of

funda-

- 2.

The f o l l o w i n g a r e t h e s i m p l e s t c r i t e r i a f o r a n upper s e m i c o n tinuous function

v : IR

+

IR+

t o belong to

rl ,

thus t o

R1 ,

by

i n c r e a s i n g d e g r e e of g e n e r a l i t y : BOUNDED CASE: ANALYTIC CASE:

v

hub a b o u n d e d buppoht.

Thehe ahe

C > 0

and

c > 0 dvh w h i c h , doh any x E IR,

we have

QUASI-ANALYTIC CASE:

We h a v e

1 z;=l -

VM,

=

+

-

whehe,

{oh

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322

m = O,l,...,

In

we b e t

B A P - 1, t h e s u b a l g e b r a

Cvm(IRn), and we have t h e weight BAP

- 2,

i s contained i n

C(IRn)

Cvm(IRn). I n

v i n the definition of

t h e submodule P ( I R n ) w o v e r t h e s u b a l g e b r a

is contained i n of

of

P(IRn)

of

P(IRn)

C (IR")

c,(IRn), and w e have t h e w e i g h t w i n t h e d e f i n i t i o n

P(EP)W. Thus

was l e d

I

t o t h e following general

formulation

of t h e

weighted a p p h o x i m a t i o n phobLem. The v i e w p o i n t t h u s adopted embraces the

Weierstrass

- Stone

theorem f o r modules, t h u s f o r a l g e b r a s ,

B e r n s t e i n approximation problem. A c t u a l l y , it i s guided by

and t h e the

idea

of e x t e n d i n g t h e c l a s s i c a l B e r n s t e i n approximation problem i n t h e same s t y l e t h a t the Weierstrass

- Stone

theorem g e n e r a l i z e s

W e i e r s t r a s s theorem (see [ 3 4 ] f o r d e t a i l s )

.

t h e classical

L e t V be a s e t of upper semicontinuous p o s i t i v e r e a l f u n c t i o n s

on a completely r e g u l a r t o p o l o g i c a l s p a c e E.

d i m c t e d i n t h e s e n s e t h a t , i f vl, v 2 v1 5 X v and

such t h a t

v2

E V,

and any

v E V

E

f

+

is

V

i s called

f E C ( E ) such t h a t ,

a for

> 0 , t h e c l o s e d s u b s e t CxEE; v ( x ) - i f ( x ) l L E I

i s compact, w i l l be denoted by seminorm

V

t h e r e a r e h > 0 and v E V

5 X v. Each element of

w e i g h t . The v e c t o r subspace of C ( E ) o f a l l any

W e assume t h a t

CVm(E).

It f l l v = sup I v ( x )

0

Each

If ( x ) 1 ; x E E

n a t u r a l topology on t h e w e i g h t e d d p a c e

CV,(E)

v

determines a

E V

on

the

CVm(E).

is defined

by

the

f a m i l y of a l l such seminorms. Let

A

C

C ( E ) be a s u b a l g e b r a c o n t a i n i n g t h e u n i t , and W

be a v e c t o r subspace. A s s u m e t h a t W i s a module o v e r A W C W.

A

,

C

CVm(E)

that

is

The w e i g h t e d a p p h u x i m a t i o n pAObeem c o n s i s t s of a s k i n g f o r a

d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e c l o s u r e of

W in

CVm(E) under such c i r c u m s t a n c e s

We s a y t h a t W i s LocaLizabLe undefi A i n Wm(E)when the following

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

condition holds true: i f of

W

in

CVm(E) i f

f(x)1


0

such t h a t

The n t h i c t w e i g h t e d appaoxi-

E X.

mation phab-tern c o n s i s t s of a s k i n g f o r n e c e s s a r y and s u f f i c i e n t c o n d i tions i n order t h a t W e d e n o t e by

W b e l o c a l i z a b l e under G ( A ) a s u b s e t of

A as a n a l g e b r a w i t h u n i t ,

W e a l s o introduce a subset W a s a module o f

t h a t i s , such t h a t t h e s u b a l g e b r a

G(W) of

f o r t h e t o p o l o g y of

A

of

A

C(E)

.

W which t o p o l o g i c a l l y g e n e r a t e s

t h a t i s , the submodule over A of

A,

G(W) i s dense i n W

by

CV,(E).

A which t o p o l o g i c a l l y g e n e r a t e s

G ( A ) and one i s d e n s e i n

g e n e r a t e d by

A in

f o r t h e topology of

W

generated

CVm(E).

A b a s i c r e s u l t i s t h e n t h e f o l l o w i n g one.

THEOREM 10:

w

E

doh

G(w),

any

Addume

thehe id

x

E E.

t h a t , 604

Y

E

rl

v

eUChg

E

V,

euehy

a

E G(A)

and e u e h q

nuch t h a t

Then W i n locaLiza6Le undeh A i n

CVm(E).

W e may combine Theorem 10 w i t h t h e i n d i c a t e d c r i t e r i a f o r memb e r s h i p of

rl.

COROLLARY 11: evekg

L e t u s c o n s i d e r e x p l i c i t l y the a n a l y t i c case.

Anbume t h a t , d o h e v e h y

w E G(W), t h e t e a t e

6 o h any

x

E

E.

Then W

i b

C > 0

and

v

E

V,

c > 0

evehy

a E G(A)

and

nuch t h a t

LocaLizabLe undeh A i n

CV=(E).

A s a p a r t i c u l a r c a s e o f t h e above r e s u l t s f o r modules,

w e have

324

NACHBIN

t h e f o l l o w i n g o n e s f o r a l g e b r a s . For s i m p l i c i t y s a k e , assume t h a t

i s s t r i c t l y p o s i t i v e , t h a t is, f o r every that

v ( x ) > 0 . L e t A be c o n t a i n e d i n

,

there is v E V

su&

We s a y t h a t A i s

lo-

E E

CV,(E).

C V m ( E ) when t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n

calizabte i n f E CV,(E)

x

then

always o n l y i f )

belongs t o t h e c l o s u r e o f

f f

holds

A in

true:

CV-(E)

if

is c o n s t a n t on e v e r y e q u i v a l e n c e class mdulo

W e d e n o t e by

G ( A ) a s u b s e t of

V

A which t o p o l o g i c a l l y

if (and E/A.

generates

A as an a l g e b r a w i t h u n i t , t h a t i s such t h a t t h e s u b a l g e b r a o f A g e n -

e r a t e d by

G ( A ) and one i s d e n s e i n

A

f o r t h e topology of

CVm(E).

The p a r t i c u l a r c a s e i s t h e n t h e f o l l o w i n g one.

W e may combine Theorem 12 w i t h t h e i n d i c a t e d c r i t e r i a f o r membership of

rl.

COROLLARY 1 3 : ahe

C > 0

d o h any

x

and

E E.

W e quote

L e t us c o n s i d e r e x p l i c t l y t h e a n a l y t i c case.

Andume t h a t , 6 0 4 e v e h y

c > 0

buch

Then A [34]

,

i b

v

E

V and evehy a E G ( A ) , t h e t r e

that

localizable i n C V m ( E ) .

[37] for additional details.

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R g s u l t a t s & c e n t s e t probldmes d e n a t u r e a l q a r i q u ?

e n t h g o r i e d e l ' a p p r o x i m a t i o n , P t o c e e d i n g n 06 t h e

t e t n a t i o n a t COnghe6b o 6 M a t h e m a t i c i a n s , Stockholm (19631, 379

[281

- 384,

ln1962

A l m q v i s t a n d W i k s e l l s , Sweden.

L. NACHBIN, S u r l e thsorzrne de Denjoy-Carleman p o u r les a p p l i c a t i o n s v e c t o r i e l l e s i n d s f i n i m e n t d i f f g r e n t i a b l e s quasia n a l y t i q u e s , Comptes Rendus d e 1'Acadgmie

des Sciences

de P a r i s 256 (19631, 8 6 2 - 8 6 3 . [29 I

-

L. NACHBIN, F o n c t i o n s a n a l y t i q u e s e t q u a s i - a n a l y t i q u e s v e c t o r i e l l e s e t l e problgme d ' a p p r o x i m a t i o n d e B e r n s t e i n , S z m i n a i h e P i e h h e Letong ( A n a l y s e ) , I n s t i t u t H e n r i P o i n C ~ (1963) , F r a n c e .

328

NACHBIN

[30 ]

L.

NACHBIN, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n o v e r t o p o l o g i c a l s p a c e s and

t h e B e r n s t e i n problem

over f i n i t e dimensional

vector

s p a c e s , Topology 3 ( 1 9 6 4 ) , s u p p l . 1, 1 2 5 - 1 3 0 . [31 ]

L . N A C H B I N , Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n f o r a l g e b r a s and modules of

c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s : real and s e l f - a d j o i n t Annals o f Mathematics 8 1 (19651, 289 [32]

-

complex cases,

302.

L . NACHBIN, Aproximaqao p o n d e r a d a d e f u n q o e s c o n t i n u a s p o r po-

lin6mios, A t a d do T e h c e i h a Coloquio B h a d i L e i h a d e Mate-

m z t i c a , F o r t a l e z a 1 9 6 1 (1965), 1 4 6 - 189, I n s t i t u t o

de

Matem6tica P u r a e A p l i c a d a , B r a s i l . 133 ]

L . NACHBIN, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n f o r f u n c t i o n

F. T . B i r t e l ( 1 9 6 6 ) , 330

134 ]

algebras

q u a s i - a n a l y t i c mappings , i n F u n c t i o n A l g e b h a d

L . NACHBIN,

- 333,

and

(Editor:

S c o t t a n d Foresman, USA.

E l e m e n t 4 a 6 apphoximatian Rheahy (1967) , Van N o s t r a n d .

R e p r i n t e d ( 1 9 7 6 ) , K r i e g e r , USA. 135 ]

L . NACHBIN, J . B . PROLLA a n d S. MACHADO, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n ,

v e c t o r f i b r a t i o n s and a l g e b r a s o f o p e r a t o r s , J o u r n a l de

Mathgmatiques P u r e s e t A p p l i q u g e s 5 0 ( 1 9 7 1 ) , 2 9 9 [36 ]

L . NACHBIN, J . B . PROLLA and S . MACHADO,

- 323.

Concerning weighted

approximation, v e c t o r f i b r a t i o n s and a l g e b r a s of

opera-

t o r s , J o u r n a l o f Approximation Theory 6 ( 1 9 7 2 1 , 80 - 8 9 . [371

L.

N A C H B I N , On t h e p r i o r i t y o f a l g e b r a s o f c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s

i n w e i g h t e d a p p r o x i m a t i o n , Symposia Mathematica 17(1976),

169 [ 38

I

- 183.

L. NACHBIN , S u r l a d e n s i t 6 d e s s o u s - a l g g b r e s p o l y n o m i a l e s

d'ap-

p l i c a t i o n s c o n t i n h e n t d i f fgrentiables ,Seminaihe Piehhe

LeLung e t Henhi S k a d a (Andyde) , 1976/77,

Springer Verlag

L e c t u r e Notes i n Mathematics, t o appear. [39]

J . B.

PROLLA,

Vectah

dibhatiann

and

aLgebhan a d o p e h a t o f i b ,

P u b l i c a t i o n s du S g m i n a i r e d ' A n a l y s e Moderne, U n i v e r s i t g de S h e r b r o o k e (1968/69)

,

Canada.

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

[40]

J. B.

329

PROLLA, Aproximaqiio p o n d e r a d a e S l g e b r a s

de operadores,

A n a i s d a Academia B r a s i l e i r a d e C i g n c i a s 43(1971), 23

[41]

L , B.

PROLLA, The w e i g h t e d Dieudonn6 t h e o r e m

for

- 36.

density

in

t e n s o r p r o d u c t s , I n d a g a t i o n e s Ebthermticae 33(1971), 170-175. 142

I

J. €3. PROLLA, Weighted s p a c e s o f v e c t o r - v a l u e d

c o n t i n u o u s func-

t i o n s , A n n a l i d i Matematica P u r a e d A p p l i c a t a 145 [43 ]

J . B.

- 158.

PROLLA, B i s h o p ' s g e n e r a l i z e d S t o n e - W e i e r s t r a s s f o r weighted s p a c e s , Mathematische 283

[44 1

89 (1971),

- 289.

theorem

Annalen 1 9 1 (1971) ,

J . B . PROLLA, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n o f c o n t i n u o u s

functions,

B u l l e t i n o f t h e American M a t h e m a t i c a l S o c i e t y 7 7 ( 1 9 7 1 ) , 1021-1024.

[45 I

J . B.

PROLLA, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n a n d s l i c e p r o d u c t s of iscdu-

l e s o f c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s , A n n a l i d e l l a S c u o l a Nomle S u p e r i o r e d i P i s a 2 6 ( 1 9 7 2 ) , 5 6 3 571.

-

[46 1

J . B . PROLLA a n d S . MACHADO, W e i g h t e d G r o t h e n d i e c k

subspaces,

T r a n s a c t i o n s o f t h e American M a t h e m a t i c a l S o c i e t y (1973) [471

J. B.

,

247

- 258.

186

PROLLA, Modules od c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s , i n

Functional A n a e y b i n and A p p l i c a t i a n n ( E d i t o r : L. N a c h b i n ) ,S p r i n g e r

V e r l a g L e c t u r e N o t e s i n M a t h e m a t i c s 384 (19741, 123- 128. [48]

J . B.

PROLLA, Then c o n d e 4 e n c i a b n a b h e t e o h i a

de aphoximacion,

P u b l i c a c i o n e s d e l D e p a r t a m e n t o de E c u a c i o n e s F u n c i o n a

-

lest U n i v e r s i d a d d e S e v i l l a ( 1 9 7 4 1 , S p a i n . (491

J. B.

PROLLA, On p o l y n o m i a l algebras o f c o n t i n u o u s l y d i f f e r e n t i a b l e f u n c t i o n s , R e n d i c o n t i d e l l a Accademia N a z i o n a l e d e i L i n c e i 57 ( 1 9 7 4 ) , 481

[501

J . B.

- 486.

PROLLA, On o p e r a t o r i n d u c e d t o p o l o g i e s , i n A n a l y n e

tionnelee e t Applications 225 - 2 3 2 ,

Hermann, P a r i s .

( E d i t e u r : L. N a c h b i n )

Fonc-

(1975) ,

NACHEIN

330

[51]

J.

1521

J . B. PROLLA,

B. PROLLA,

Dense approximation f o r polynomial algebras, Bonner

Mathematische S c h r i f t e n 8 1 (1975) , 115

- 123.

Aphaximacizn en litgebhab p a l i n o m i c a b de duncianu dibehenciabled,Publicaciones d e l Departamento de An6l i s i s Matemstico, U n i v e r s i d a d de S a n t i a g o de Compostela (19751, S p a i n .

1531

[54

1

J . B. PROLLA and C . S . GUERREIRO, An e x t e n s i o n

of Nachbin's theorem t o d i f f e r e n t i a b l e f u n c t i o n s on Banach s p a c e s w i t h t h e approximation p r o p e r t y , Arkiv f o r Matematik 1 4 (19761, 251 - 258.

J. B . PROLLA, Apphoximation o d u e c t o t - v a t u e d d u n c t i o n n ,

de Matemitica 6 1 ( 1 9 7 7 ) [55]

J. B.

,

Notas

North-Holland.

PROUA, The approximation p r o p e r t y f o r Nachbin s p a c e s , i n Appaaximation Theohy and F u n c t i o n a l A n a l y b i b ( E d i t o r : J. B. P r o l l a )

, Notas

de Matem6tica (19791, North - H o l l a n d ,

t o appear. [56 1

J. B.

PROLLA, Non-archimedean f u n c t i o n s p a c e s , i n Lineah Spaces

a n d Appkoximation ( E d i t o r s : P. L. B u t z e r and B.Sz-Nagy)

,

I n t e r n a t i o n a l S e r i e s i n Numerical Mathematics 40 (1978) , 1 0 1 - 1 1 7 , B i r k h a u s e r Verlag B a s e l , S w i t z e r l a n d . [57]

J. B. PROLLA and S. MACHADO, S u r l ' a p p r o x i m a t i o n polynomialeen

dimension i n f i n i e , Acted d e l a VT Rzunion du Ghoupernent d e Mathematiciend d ' Exphehbion L a t h e , Palrna de M a l l o r c a 1977, S p a i n , t o a p p e a r . [581

W.

H.

SUMMERS, Weighted bpaceb and w e i g h t e d a p p h o x i m a t i o n , PUb l i c a t i o n s du S i m i n a i r e d'Analyse Moderne , U n i v e r s i t S de Sherbrooke ( 1 9 7 0 ) , Canada.

[59 1

W.

H.

SUMMERS, The bounded case of t h e weighted

approximation problem, i n FunctionaL Analydid and A p p t i c a t i o n b (Editor: L. Nachbin) , S p r i n g e r V e r l a g L e c t u r e Notes i n Mathematics

384 ( 1 9 7 4 ) , 1 7 7 - 183.

331

A LOOK AT APPROXIMATION THEORY

160 ]

W.

H. SUMMERS, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n f o r modules o f c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s 11, i n Anak?yne F a n c t i o n n e L l e ( E d i t e u r : L . Nachbin) ( 1 9 7 5 ) , 2 7 7

[61]

G.

I . ZAPATA, A p t o x i m a C Z a

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et

Appticationd

Hermann, P a r i s .

p o n d e a a d a paka d u n ~ o e b &&?hen&&&,

M o n o g r a f i a s do C e n t r o B r a s i l e i r o de P e s q u i s a s F i s i c a s 30

(1971) , B r a s i l .

[62]

G.

I . ZAPATA, S u r le problsme d e B e r n s t e i n e t l e s a l g s b r e s

de

f o n c t i o n s c o n t i n h e n t d i f f g r e n t i a b l e s , Comptes Rendusde

1'Acadgmie des S c i e n c e s de P a r i s 274 (1972) , 70 [631

G.

- 72.

I . ZAPATA, B e r n s t e i n a p p r o x i m a t i o n problem f o r differentiable

f u n c t i o n s and q u a s i - a n a l y t i c weights, T r a n s a c t i o n s

of

t h e American M a t h e m a t i c a l S o c i e t y 182 (19731, 503-509. [64]

G.

I . ZAPATA, Approximation f o r w e i g h t e d a l g e b r a s o f d i f f e r e n -

t i a b l e s f u n c t i o n s , B o l l e t t i n o d e l l a Unione I t a l i a n a 9 ( 1 9 7 4 ) , 32 [651

G. I . ZAPATA, Weighted a p p r o x i m a t i o n , Mergelyan t h e o r e m and q u a s i - a n a l y t i c w e i g h t s , A r k i v f o r Matematik 1 3 ( 1 9 7 5 ) ,

255 [66 ]

Matematica

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G.

- 262.

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F u n c t i o n a l Anadgdid

( E d i t o r : J. B . P r o l l a ) ,

Matemztica (1979) , N o r t h - H o l l a n d ,

t o appear.

Notas

de

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Approximation Theory and Functional Analysis J.B. ProZla led. I @North-HoZZand PubZishing Company, 1979

BANACH ALGEBRAS OVER VALUED FIELDS

LAWRENCE N A R I C I

St. John's University

Jamaica, N e w York, 11439, USA and EDWARD BECKENSTEIN

S t . John ' s U n i v e r s i t y S t a t e n I s l a n d , N e w York 1 0 3 0 1 , USA

ABSTRACT By " G e l f a n d t h e o r y " h e r e is meant t h e s t u d y o f t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f t o p o l o g i z i n g t h e maximal i d e a l s of a Banach algebra.

The

i s most r i c h when t h e u n d e r l y i n g f i e l d i s t h a t of t h e complex

R o r some o t h e r v a l u e d

b e r s . I f t h e u n d e r l y i n g f i e l d is

theory num-

field,

a

t h e o r y c a n s t i l l b e d e v e l o p e d however and t h a t i s d i s c u s s e d here. F i r s t t h e G e l f a n d t h e o r y for complex Banach a l g e b r a s i s reviewed

briefly;

t h e n t h e a n a l o g o u s t h e o r y f o r t h e case when t h e f i e l d c a r r i e s a nonarchimedean r e a l - v a l u e d v a l u a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d . I n t h e c o u r s e o f t h e

l a t t e r d i s c u s s i o n , a S t o n e - W e i e r s t r a s s t h e o r e m is needed. I n t h e l a s t p a r t of t h e p a p e r some versions of t h e S t o n e - W e i e r s t r a s s

theoremwhich

h o l d i n a l g e b r a s of c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s over f i e l d s w i t h n o n a r c h i medean v a l u a t i o n are d i s c u s s e d .

1. CLASSICAL GELFAND THEORY.

If

I,

G i s an open s u b s e t o f

a t o p o l o g i c a l vector s p a c e , a map

[9

1

C , t h e complex numbers,

x:G + X

333

and

X

is

is a n a l y X h i n G i f t h e

NARlCl and BECKENSTEIN

334

d i f f e r e n c e q u o t i e n t has a l i m i t a t each p o i n t i n

G.

For t h e v e c t o r - v a l u e d v e r s i o n o f L i o u v i l l e ' s theorem t o

hold,

t h e v e c t o r s p a c e must have a good s u p p l y o f c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r f u n c t i o n a l s . The d u a l s p a c e X' must be t o t a l i n t h e s e n s e t h a t i f e v e r y vanishes a t

f E X'

x , then x must be

1.1. LIOWILLE'S THEOREM:

0.

16 X LA a TVS

and

X'

i A

totae then

, p.211).

([l1

x : & + X in e n t i h e and b o u n d e d , t h e n x mu4.t be c o n h t a n t .

id

F o r t h e remainder o f t h e r e s u l t s i n t h i s s e c t i o n w e a s s u m e t h a t X is a complex commutative Banach a l g e b r a w i t h i d e n t i t y e

A complex number

A

v e r t i b l e . The s e t

06

i s a hegueah p a i n t

if

x E X

x

-

(11 e 11 =1). X e is i n

-

p ( x ) of r e g u l a r p o i n t s o f

over t h e r e s o l v e n t map

rx : p ( x )

X,X

+

x i s an open set.More-1 ( x -Xe) i s a n a l y t i c , "11,

+

p. 2 0 8 ) . An i m p o r t a n t consequence o f t h e s e r e s u l t s i s :

1.2.

GELFAND - M A Z U R THEOREM ( [ i ] , p.

bpecthum

u(x)

06

212):

x, t h o b e compgex numbetrn

( a ) F o t evehy A

doh

which

x E

x,

the

-

he

ib

x

n o t i n v m t i b e e , i b n o t empzy. ( b ) 16 X i n

a d i v i n i a n a l g e b t a [ a l l nanzeto elementn have i n -

v e t b e d ) t h e n X i6 i n o m o t p h i c and i n o m e t h i c t o

PROOF:

(b) Since

a(x) #

@, x

Since X i s a d i v i s i o n algebra,

-

Xe x

-

&.

i s n o t i n v e r t i b l e for sore A Xe

must be

E

Q.

0 , i . e . x = Xe.

The proof of p a r t ( a ) depends h e a v i l y on t h e L i o u v i l l e theorem. Consequently one would s u s p e c t t h a t t h i s r e s u l t would

not

transfer

e a s i l y t o Banach a l g e b r a s o v e r o t h e r f i e l d s , and i n d e e d t h i s i s c a s e . Even i n r e a l Banach a l g e b r a s t h e r e may be e l e m e n t s w i t h

the empty

spectrum. A s l o n g as t h e u n d e r l y i n g f i e l d i s Q , however, wecan obtain v e r s i o n s o f t h e above r e s u l t f o r l o c a l l y convex Hausdorff and l o c a l l y m-convex a l g e b r a s ( [ lI

,

p . 212

- 3).

algebras

The o n l y change that

336

BANACHALGEBRASOVERVALUEDFIELDS

o c c u r s i s t h a t t h e " i s o m e t r y " of p a r t ( b ) i s r e p l a c e d by "homeomor phism". For a t i m e i t was wondered ( [ 6 1 ) l o g i c a l d i v i s i o n a l g e b r a s o t h e r t h a n Q.

i f t h e r e w e r e complex top.

1 ,[ 1, p. 2141)

Williamson "12

showed t h a t t h e r e were by p r o v i d i n g an a l g e b r a i c a l l y c o m p a t i b l e

t with

Q(t) of r a t i o n a l f u n c t i o n s i n

pology f o r t h e f i e l d

-

to-

complex

coefficients. ( b ) above i s t h a t

An i m p o r t a n t consequence o f maximal i d e a l M of

X

. We

(I:

for any

d e n o t e t h e c o s e t (complex number) x + M by

x(M). I t now becomes p o s s i b l e t o view on t h e s p a c e M o f maximal i d e a l s of function

is

X/M

2 which s e n d s M i n t o

X as a collectionoffunctions X

.

We a s s o c i a t e x

x(M).Once M h a s been

X as a c o l l e c t i o n

it becomes p o s s i b l e t o view

of

X with

the

topologized,

c o n t i n u o u s func-

t i o n s mapping M i n t o Q. Among o t h e r t h i n g s , even w i t h o u t

endowing

M w i t h a t o p o l o g y , i t now f o l l o w s t h a t

a(x)

1.3

= %(MI.

I n a l g e b r a s o f c o n t i n u o u s o r a n a l y t i c f u n c t i o n s ( [ 1 1 , p.202-3) c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n s such as 1 . 3 are t h e r u l e f o r d e s c r i b i n g

spectra,

i . e . , t h e spectrum of a f u n c t i o n x i s i t s r a n g e . We endow M w i t h t h e weakest t o p o l o g y which w i l l make each t h e maps

Z

c o n t i n u o u s and c a l l t h i s t h e Gelband t o p o l o g y .

of then

M

becomes a compact Hausdorff s p a c e .

i s a Banach a l g e b r a w i t h i n v o l u t i o n s a t i s f y i n g t h e

A B*-algebra

condition

II x* x 11 = I1 x 11 2 . The c e l e b r a t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n theorem

of

Gelfand and Naimark states:

1.4. REPRESENTATION OF B*-ALGEBRAS ( 1 1

algebta, t h e n X

06

CVfltiflUVUb

maximal i d e a &

i b

1

, p.

259f.

:

iboaethically i ~ o m a ~ p h ti oc t h e algebha

c o m p l e x - v a l u e d dunctiond on t h e compact 06

16 X i b a

X with

bUp

nahm ( a n d p V i n t w i b e

bpaCC

VpehUtiVnb).

C(M

U

B*I

Q)

04

NARlCl and BECKENSTEIN

336

2.

GELFAND THEORY OVER VALUED F I E L D S

Here w e assume t h a t

X i s a commutative Banach

algebra

with

i d e n t i t y o v e r a f i e l d F where t h e norm on X and t h e v a l u a t i o n on F each s a t i s f y t h e s t r o n g IIx + y 11 5 max (Ilx 11 t y a r e t h a t if

,

("nonarchimedean")

II y I1 )

. Among

IIxII ZIlyll , t h e n

triangle

inequality:

t h e consequences of t h i s i n e q u a l i IIx+ yII =max (Ilxll

, IIy 1 1 )

and t h a t

e v e r y p o i n t i n a s p h e r e i s a c e n t e r . A l l norms and v a l u a t i o n s areassumed r e a l - v a l u e d .

A d e t a i l e d d i s c u s s i o n of such normed s p a c e s

a l g e b r a s can be found i n

[lo ] ,

and

such s p a c e s b e i n g c a l l e d n o m c k i m e d u n

hpaces, The c r i t i c a l r e s u l t ( ( 1 . 2 ) ) t h a t

each

e l e m e n t have

nonempty

spectrum f a i l s t o h o l d f o r nonarchimedean a l g e b r a s . There may b e e l e ments w i t h empty spectrum ( [ l o ] , p. 1 0 5 ) . The w o r s t consequence t h i s is t h a t w e c a n n o t s a y t h a t

X.

X/M

X/M

i s merely a s u p e r f i e l d of

F.

of

i s F f o r e a c h maximal i d e a l of If we hypothesize

separately

t h a t e a c h element have nonempty spectrum t h e n , e x a c t l y a s i n p r o o f o f (1,2) ( b ) , d i v i s i o n a l g e b r a s are i s o m e t r i c a l l y i s o m o r p h i c t o t h e

d e r l y i n g f i e l d . We d e f i n e a Geldand atgebha t o be

a

commutative Banach a l g e b r a X w i t h i d e n t i t y such t h a t each maximal i d e a l

M of

un-

nonarchimedean X/M = F

for

X.

Although w e c a n n o t show t h a t each e l e m e n t h a s n o n e m p t y s p e c t r u m i n an a r b i t r a r y nonarchimedean Banach a l g e b r a , w e c a n show f o r any x that

u ( x ) i s c l o s e d and bounded, t h e proof b e i n g a b o u t t h e same

f o r t h e complex c a s e

([lo] ,

p . 114). Thus i f

e a c h e l e m e n t h a s compact spectrum. A l s o ( c f . true that

u ( x ) = G(M)

F

is locally

(1.3) 1 i t i s

as

compact, generally

fl F.

I n an a t t e m p t t o d u p l i c a t e t h e complex Gelfand t h e o r y , w e wish t o i n t r o d u c e a t o p o l o g y t o t h e maximal i d e a l s . Two main c h o i c e s

are

a v a i l a b l e : R e s t r i c t c o n s i d e r a t i o n of what e l e m e n t s x are t o b e chosen

or c o n s i d e r o n l y c e r t a i n maximal i d e a l s . More s p e c i f i c a l l y we consider

([lo] , p . 1 1 7 f . l :

337

BANACH ALGEBRASOVER VALUED FIELDS

2.1.

THE GELFAND SUBALGEBRA

maximal i d e a l M I x(M)

2.2.

9: or

F

E

THE GELFAN'D IDEALS

f o r every

X

x

Those

E

such t h a t f o r

X

every

Those maximal i d e a l s M such that x(M) E F

:

Mg

x.

I n t h e f i r s t c a s e w e r e t a i n a l l t h e M ' s ; i n t h e s e c o n d , a l l the x's.

I t now f o l l o w s t h a t ( a ) f o r each

M E M, M 0 X

9 = F); ( b ) X = X

(i.e.l X / M n X

i s a Gelfand

iff M = M 4 9 g (X i s a Gelfand a l g e b r a i f f e a c h maximal i d e a l i s a Gelfand i d e a l or

(maximal) i d e a l i n X

9

9

X c o i n c i d e s w i t h i t s Gelfand s u b a l g e b r a ) ;

gebra o f

(c) X

g

is a closed subal

-

X.

W e may now c o n s i d e r t h e f o l l o w i n g t o p o l o g i e s .

Define t h e w c a k G e L d a n d Z o p o L o g y

2.3. THE WEAK TOPOLOGY: weakest topology f o r

M such t h a t each

i n d u c e s t h e weak Gelfand t o p o l o g y on

2.4.

x

E

X

4

t o be t h e

i s continuous.

Mg'

Define t h e s t t o n g GcLdand t o p o l o g y

THE STRONG TOPOLOGY:

t h e weakest t o p o l o g y f o r M

g

This

t o be

such t h a t e v e r y X E X i s c o n t i n u o u s . T h i s is

c l e a r l y s t r o n g e r t h a n t h e weak Gelfand t o p o l o g y .

REMARKS: M

9

( a ) S t r o n g t o p o l o g i e s y i e l d s p a c e s w i t h more s t r u c t u r e . (b)

i s g e n e r a l l y n o t b i g enough t o y i e l d i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t

t h e Gelfand i d e a l s

M

of

X

X whereas

are r i c h enough t o h e l p d e s c r i b e

X

g' a ( x ) = B ( M ) . ( c ) These t o p o l o g i e s a r e unigg 9' a r e complete. Thus M o r M i s compact f o r m i t i e s and M and M g 99 9 gg i f f t h e y are t o t a l l y bounded.

e.g.

if

x

E

X

99

g

then

The l a s t remark h e l p s t o o b t a i n t h e f o l l o w i n g compactness sult.

re-

NARlCl and BECKENSTEIN

338

2.5.

COMPACTNESS

and

Mgg

([lo],

7 6 F in eocaU?y c o m p a c t t h e n

p. 124):

ahe n t h u n g e y c o m p a c t . Convehnek?y i d

Mgg

11X

A4

oh

h t h o n g l y compact, t h e n e i t h e t F in L o c a l L y compact o h t h e 06

any element i n X

2.6.

9

i b

in 0 - d i m e n n i a n a L and each

ad t h e npaeen

Each

06

npecthum

t h e Geldand t o p d O g i 5 5

Mg' Mgg'

M

1 3

t o p o C o g y i b t o t a L C y d i b c o n n e c t e d and Haundoh66.

([lo],

in

9

n o n e m p t y , compact, and nowhehe d e n b e .

DISCONNECTEDNESS ([lo], p . 1 2 5 ) :

2.7. SEPARATION

Mg

p. 1 2 6 ) :

X

4

i n fie nfivng

T h e d o L l o ~ i n 9n t a t e m e n . t n a t e e q u h a -

Cent. (a) The (weak1 Geldand t a p o l o g y on M ( b ) T h e dunctionn dhom

X

(c) The dunctiono dhom X ( d ) The map M + M n X

g

in

g g

i n Haundohdd.

nepahate p a i n t n .

nepahate pointb

hth0Mgly.

1-1.

Maximal i d e a l s must a l w a y s be o f codimension 1. C o n v e r s e l y , i n

I , Gleason p r o v e d t h a t a l i n e a r s u b s p a c e o f codimension

1

in a

complex commutative Banach a l g e b r a w i t h i d e n t i t y i s a maximal

ideal

I 5

i f f i t c o n s i s t s o f s i n g u l a r e l e m e n t s . Hence,in a nonarchimedean Banach a l g e b r a , one might c o n s i d e r t h e q u e s t i o n : I f

M i s a l i n e a r subspace

o f codimension 1 c o n s i s t i n g s o l e l y o f s i n g u l a r e l e m e n t s , must M b e a G e l f a n d i d e a l ? The f a c t t h a t G l e a s o n ' s

argument uses d e e p theorems

from complex v a r i a b l e t h e o r y g i v e s warning t h a t

the

nonarchimedean

q u e s t i o n c o u l d be d i f f i c u l t . In [ 2 ]

t h e a u t h o r s c o n s i d e r e d G l e a s o n ' s q u e s t i o n i n t h e topo-

l o g i c a l a l g e b r a (endowed w i t h t h e compact-open t o p o l o g y ) C (T,F) c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n from a t o p o l o g i c a l s p a c e T i n t o

a

of

topological

f i e l d F . I t i s shown t h e r e t h a t G l e a s o n ' s r e s u l t i s t r u e i f F i s t h e f i e l d of complex numbers, f a l s e i f

F i s t h e reals, a n d t r u e i f F i s

a n u l t r a r e g u l a r f i e l d c o n t a i n i n g a t l e a s t t h r e e p o i n t s under a n y t h e following conditions.

of

BANACH ALGEBRAS OVER VALUED FIELDS

339

1. F

i s n o t a l g e b r a i c a l l y closed.

2. F

p o s s e s s e s a s e q u e n c e o f d i s t i n c t e l e m e n t s converging to 0.

3. F

i s d i s c r e t e l y valued.

4 . The t o p o l o g y of

i s g i v e n by a v a l u a t i o n .

F

is ultranormal.

5. T

2

W e s a y t h a t a Gelfand a l g e b r a i s fiegulah i f t h e f u n c t i o n s s e p a r a t e p o i n t s and closed subsets of

2.8.

REGULAR:

X

i d

M strongly.

f i e g u l a f i i d 6 t h e I w t a k l Geldand t o p o l o g y

c o i n c i d e n w i t h t h e h u l l - k e f i n e l t o p o l o g y on M .

( I10

1

,

on

M

p. 1 3 5 ) .

I n t h e complex case, X i s r e g u l a r i f f t h e h u l l - k a r n e l t o p o l o g y

i s Hausdorff and t h e p r o o f r e l i e s h e a v i l y on t h e compactness o f M i n t h e Gelfand t o p o l o g y . By c!ioosing nonarchimedean a l g e b r a s i n which M

i s n o t compact, one o b t a i n s c o u n t e r e x a m p l e s t o ' i f t h e X is regular".

topology is Hausdorff, t h e n

U be the u n i t b a l l i n

Let

each maximal i d e a l M 1 . that

U C W. If

hull - k e r n e l

X and l e t

S i n c e II x(M) 11'

U = W, w e c a l l

II x I1

W = { x I Ilx(M)II

f o r every M

I

5

it i s clear

X a v*-aLgebaa.As w i l l ba seen shortly,

t h e V*-algebras are t h e nonarchimedean a n a l o g s o f B*-algebras (2.10)).

for

1

I t i s e a s y t o v e r i f y ([lo 1

I

(

see

p . 1 4 8 ) t h a t V*-algebras m u s t be

semisimple.

2.9.

16

T i n a 0 - d i m e n n i o n a e compact Haubdofid6 Apace and F in com-

p l e t e t h e n T in homeomofiphic t o t h e n p a c e M a d maximal C(T,F) undeh t h e map

t

+

Mt

S

i d

06

= { x E C(T,F) I x ( t ) = 0 ) urhefl \#i c~hhieA

t h e GeLdand t o p o l o g y . A C A ~ ,C ( T , F ) L A a V * - a t g e b k a

a d d i t i o n , id

idcaln

( [ l o ] , 9. 1 5 4 ) . I n

0 - d i m e n h i a n a l , compact and Haubdok.d6 t h e n S 0 ho-

meomohphic t o T id6 C(S,F)

i b

ibomofiphic t o

C(T,F).

As a f i r s t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n t h e o r e m w e have 2 . 1 0 . ( [ 1 0 ] , ~ . 164)

16

Xg i b a V*-Gd6and

aegebfia and

Mg

in compact

NARlCl and BECKENSTEIN

340

then X

9

in i n o m e t h i c a L L y i n o m o h p h i c t o

t o w n 2ha.t id X

C(Mg

I

dhom w h i c h it

p),

a V*-Gebaand a t g e b t a i n w h i c h

X id

in idorne-th.icaley i n o m o h p h i c t o

bl

601-

i d compact t h e n

C(M,F).

F o r t h e p r o o f of ( 2 . 1 0 ) one n e e d s a version of

a Stone-Weierstarss

t h e o r e m f o r a l g e b r a s of c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n s which t a k e v a l u e s i n

a

nonarchimedean v a l u e d f i e l d . Such t h e o r e m s a r e t h e s u b j e c t o f t h e n e x t and l a s t p a r t o f t h e p a p e r .

3 . STONE-WEIERSTRASS THEOREMS

F d e n o t e s a f i e l d w i t h nonarchimedean v a l u a t i o n . G e n e r a l i z i n g a r e s u l t of Dieudonn6 ([ 4 ] ) , K a p l a n s k y ( [ 7 1 1

ob-

t a i n e d t h e f o l l o w i n g a n a l o g of t h e c l a s s i c a l S t o n e - W e i e r s t r a s s t h e o -

rem.

3.1.

KAPLANSKY-STONE-WEIERSTRASS

THEOREM:

([ 7

1,

i n a compact Haundohdd n p a c e and Y a nubaegebha & a t e 4 p o i n t s and COntainb C O n b . t U M f b t h e n

[

10, p . 162 ]

06

'Id T

:

C ( T , F ) w h i c h nepa-

Y i n dende i n

C(T,F).

An immediate c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h i s is

3.2. and

([

71,

[ 1 0 , p.

1631 1:

Y a bubatgebha

05

16 T i n a LocaLLy c o m p a c t Haundohbd n p a c e

C-(T,F)-continuoud

buncfionb which vanidh a t

i n d i n i t y - w h i c h n e p a t a t e n p a i n t d and c o n t a i n d conn.tan;tA then Y i n denbe in

Ca(T,F). A s h a s b e e n o b s e r v e d b y Nachbin

( [ a 1 ) , i t is

n o t r e a l l y neces-

s a r y t o c o n s i d e r s u b a l g e b r a s Y f o r S t o n e - W e i e r s t r a s s t y p e theorems: sub-modules s u f f i c e . T o q u o t e just one o f many p o s s i b l e i l l u s t r a t i o n s of t h i s

viewpoint ([ 3 ]

I

f o r example) w e h a v e t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s u l t of

P r o l l a ' s. 3.3.

( [ 111

,

Cor. 2.5):

Le-t T be a compact Haubdohd6

dpace,

X

a

341

EANACH ALGEBRASOVER VALUED FIELDS

n o n a h c h i m e d e a n nohmed b p a c e o v e h

F

whehLe A i n a n e p a h a t i n g n u b a e g e b h a Then i d

denne i n

and

Id a n A-bubmoduLe

06

W i d denne i n C(T,X)

06

C(T,x),

C(T,F). d o h eaclz

t i n T, V 7 ( t ) ={w(t)lwEW}

X.

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APPROXIMATION OF PLURISUBHARMONIC FUNCTIONS

PHILIPPE NOVERRAZ U n i v e r s i t g d e Nancy I Ma t h g m a t i q u e s 5 4 0 3 7 NANCY CEDEX, F r a n c e

If

U

i s a n open and c o n n e c t e d s u b s e t o f

a , an a p p l i c a t i o n

s i o n a l l o c a l l y convex v e c t o r s p a c e E o n (resp. [ -

a,

+ 1

an i n f i n i t e

dimen

-

f :U+a

i s s a i d t o b e h o t o m o h p h i c ( r e s p . p.&.U&ubhahmonLc) i f

)

a)

f

b)

t h e r e s t r i c t i o n of

i s continuous ( r e s p . upper semicontinuous)

f

t o any f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l

subspace

i s holomorphic ( r e s p . plurisubharmonic). L e t us d e n o t e by

(resp. P ( U )

H(U)

,

P,(U))

t h e s e t o f holomor-

p h i c ( r e s p . p l u r i s u b h a r m o n i c , p l u r i s u b h a r m o n i c a n d c o n t i n u o u s ) funct i o n s on

U.

If

K i s a compact , s u b s e t of

= Ix E

(U)

In

an,

n

2

2,

1) Any v i n

u,

U

,

l e t u s d e n o t e by

v ( x ) 5 s u p v , wv E P ( U ) ) . K

t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s u l t s are w e l l known ( 3 ) : P(U) i s t h e p o i n t w i s e d e c r e a s i n g l i m i t

of

p l u r i s u b h a r m o n i c f u n c t i o n s i n a s t r i c t l y smaller o p e n

2)

(ie

U'

of

If

U i s pseudo-convex

compact

U

K of

Cm

set

d(U', C U ) > 0).

U)

then

(ie Kp(u)

343

Kp(U)

-

i s compact i n

Kpc(U)

.

U

f o r any

344

NOVERRAZ

If

U i s pseudo-convex,

compact s u b s e t of al,

..., a j

Iv

If

then f o r v i n

U there e x i s t

fll..

Pc(U)

. , f 7.

,

in

E >

0 and K

and

H(U)

p o s i t i v e numbers such t h a t

-

K = KH(U)

sup ai l o g I f i

i

i s compact i--a pseudo-convex open set

U,

then any holomorphic f u n c t i o n i n a neighborhoodof Kcan be a p p r o x i m a t d u n i f o r m l y on K by elements If

u

H(U).

-

A

and U' are pseudo-convex, U C U' t h e n K H ( U ) , = K H ( " , )

f o r any compact s u b s e t of in

of

U i f and o n l y i f

H(U') i s d e n s e

H(U) f o r t h e compact open topology.

P r o p e r t i e s 31, 4 ) and 5 ) have been g e n e r a l i s e d t o l a r g e r c l a s ses of l o c a l l y convex s p a c e s w i t h Schauder b a s i s i n c l u d i n g

Banach

spaces ( 6 ) .

8, c o n d i t i o n

W e s h a l l i n v e s t i g a t e c o n d i t i o n s 1 and 2 . I n

i s o b t a i n e d by r e g u l a r i s a t i o n ( i e c o n v o l u t i o n ) of

se-

v by a D i r a c

quencer so it i s n a t u r a l t o c o n s i d e r s o m e measure.

1)

For t h e sake

of

s i m p l i c i t y w e s h a l l c o n s i d e r h e r e only ( i n f i n i t e dimensional) Banach spaces and Gaussian measures f o l l o w i n g Gross ( 5 ) . I t i s w e l l known t h a t i n a Banach s p a c e E there are no

s t i t u t e t o t h e Lebesgue measure t h a t means t h e r e does n o t e x i s t

sub-

a

measure i n v a r i a n t by t r a n s l a t i o n s o r r o t a t i o n s . A Gaussian measure l.~ on E can be c h a r a c t e r i z e d as follows: there e x i s t s an H i l b e r t space H

v

d e n s e l y and c o n t i n u o u s l y imbeded i n E such t h a t

u

t h e c y l i n d r i c a l Gauss measure on t h e c y l i n d r i c a l s e t s of

arises H

1-I

.

from The

t r i p l e t ( H p , i , E ) is c a l l e d an a b s t r a c t Wiener space. The f o l l o w i n g p r o p e r t i e s hold:

1)

L e t be

T in

P(E,E), i f

and i s u n i t a r y t h e n

p

T restricted t o H

i s i n v a r i a n t by

T

i s i n P(H H ) I-r P I !J ( i e pT-' = 11).

APPROXIMATION OF PLURISUBHARMONIC FUNCTIONS

L e t be

2)

clx(A)

= p(x

+

,A

A)

346

u

Bore1 i n E l t h e n

and p x are

e i t h e r e q u i v a l e n t o r o r t h o g o n a l , t h e y a r e e q u i v a l e n t if and only i f

x belongs t o

H

P

.

W e have t h e f o l l o w i n g Lemma:

16

LEMMA 1:

i n a Gaubbian meabutre on E and

p

hatrmonic 6uncLion i n an open n u b s e t U

doh

E we h a v e

Suppose t h a t v i s bounded from above i n t h e b a l l B ( x , r ) , t h e

mapping

x

+

eiex

- invariant,

but

a pLuhisub-

r bmale enough.

PROOF:

Te

06

i d v in

V(X)

induce& a

u n i t a r y mapping T e on H

P

I

so

u

is

and w e have

5

v(x

+

y e i e )do

.

The r e s u l t f o l l o w s from

Fubini

t h e o r em. L e t us note

P R O P O S I T I O N 1: 1)

A(v,x

A(x,v r )

p(r)A

2)

v(x) = l i m r =O

3)

A(x,v,r)

LA apLutribubhatrmonic d u n c t i o n 06

a c nwex and inctreasing dunc-tion

i n in6initely

any x i n E t h e f u n c t i o n y = 0.

and

0 6 Log r .

A(x,V,r).

L e t us r e c a l l t h a t a f u n c t i o n

entiable a t

x

y

+

cp

H

u - di66etrenZiable. 9 is H -differentiable

u

( x + y ) , d e f i n e d on

Hcl

I

if

for

is differ

-

NOVERRAZ

346

PROOF:

1) i s a consequence of t h e f a c t t h a t p l u r i s u b h a r m o n i c

func-

t i o n s depending o n l y from I1 x I) are l o g a r i t h m i c a l l y convex. S i n c e v i s upper s e m i c o n t i n u o u s , f o r any

2)

5 v(x) +

v ( x + y)

w e have

II y II 5 r X f E hence

for

E

> 0

E

Is a consequence of a r e s u l t of Gross (5).

3)

L e t us n o t i c e t h a t , u n l e s s

v i s continuous, A(v,x,r)

i n g e n e r a l a continuous f u n c t i o n of

is

not

x.

A s a consequence of 2 ) and 3 ) w e have:

A p l u t i b u b h a h m a n i c dunc-tion v

PROPOSITION 2:

wine l i m i t

a nequence

06

06

i-6

L a c a l l y ,the p o i n t -

i n , 5 i n i t d y H - d i d , 5 e h e n t i a b l e @~L5ubha/unonic

iuncztio nA . T h e r e i s a n o t h e r way t o a p p r o x i m a t e bounded f u n c t i o n s : l e t p be a Gaussian measure o f p a r a m e t e r

vt{ll x 11 2

c1

> 01

+

f u n c t i o n Ptf ( x ) = f Ptf

0

i,

if f (x

t

+

+

t > 0 , then

t h e n Gross ( 5 ) h a s proved t h a t

0

1.1

/f(x)

-

f

is uniformly continuous

f u n i f o r m l y on E .

tends t o

For

the

y)ut(dy) is i n f i n i t e l y H -differentiable if

i s bounded and m e a s u r a b l e . Moreover i f

PROOF:

t and

= 1

vt(E)

E

f(y)I 5

< 0, t h e r e i s E

.


0, t h e r e i s

,

i f g i v e n a s t r i c t compact sub-

such t h a t T E E* 8 E ,

K

C

EB

a n d i s compact i n

such t h a t

%(T(x)- x)

<E,

PAOUES

360

1 . 3 2 REMARK:

If E h a s t h e

S.a.p.,

and a l l compact subsets

= E*,

E'

are s t r i c t , t h e n E h a s t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r t y . Hence,

of

E

E

i s a normed s p a c e , o r F r s c h e t , o f

E

h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y . I f

sequence

L F , which h a s t h e S . a . p . ,

then

is a n i n d u c t i v e l i m i t

of a

E

,

of Banach s p a c e s En

(En);=o

.

property, then E has the S.a.p.

a)

which h a v e t h e approximation

Enflo i n [ 3 1

a Banach s p a c e which d o e s n o t h a v e t h e

1.33 PROPOSITION:

.

S.a.p.

g i v e s an example of

(Schwartz [14 ] :

L e t E and F b e L o c a l l y c o n v e x Haundoh66 F

E

(&2n4oh p h o d u c t

E-topoLogy) b)

i d

06

and

E

i6

E 8 F

A

d)

E EF.

E EF ,

a l e Eanach dpaced

F.

E B F

i 4

denae i n

E EF,

F.

1 6 E and

F

and E

F ha4 t h e a p p h o x i m a t i o n phopehty, t h e n

otl

doh

q u a n i - c o m p l e t e s p a c e . Then E haa t h e a p p h 0 ~ -

m a t i o n p h o p e h t y id and o n l y i6 do&

the

ha4 t h e apphoximation

i 4 denhe i n

a t e t o c a L t y c o n v e x t i a u ~ d o h d dbpacen

Then

with

a t o p o l o g i c a l ! vecdotr 4 u 6 4 p a c e 0 6

p h o p e h t y i6 and onLy

Let E b e

npacen.

endowed

F,

A L o c a t l y c o n v e x Hauadoh&,j n p a c e E

c)

if

axe t o c a l t y c o n v e x Haundof~66c o m p l e t e bpaceb,

identical t o

F. (E

dE F

denotes t h e cornpLdon

E kE F E

BE F).

W e b e g i n o u r s t u d y w i t h an e x a m i n a t i o n of t h e closure of

the

i 4

E

E

xs (U;C).

52. THE APPROXIPZATION PROPERTY FOR

tensor product

XS(U;C) 0 F

2 . 1 THEOREM:

L e t E h a v e ,the

4u64et 0 6

Then

E.

06

i n (XS(U;F), T ~ ) .

and L e t U b e a baLanced

open

~ ~ - d e n 4i ne

doh

ev5'Lg

be a s t r i c compact s e t . By h y p o t h e s i s t h e r e

is

JCsc(U;C)

S.a.p. 0 F

16

JCS(U;F),

.tocalLg c o n v e x 4pace F. PROOF:

Let

K C U

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR SPACES OF HOLOMORPHIC MAPPINGS

B E BE

such t h a t

every all

Let

x E K.

t h a t there is

EB

U

C

t h e r e is

> 0,

E

K

and i s compact i n

T E E* Q E

f E JCS(U;F)

,E

> 0

such t h a t

EB

,

361

so t h a t

pB(T(x)

-

x)
0 , 6

i s t h e complement o f

d i s t ( K , C E B ( U 87 EB) ) (where C (U n EB) EB EB U n EB i n E B ) , s u c h t h a t B ( f ( x ) f(y)) < E,

whenever

pB(x

x E K

-

and

-

y) < 6. Since

( P r o p o s i t i o n 1.15), t h e n f o r e a c h

f l U n ~ B is

x E K,

continuous

is

there

6x

>

0,

A x 5 d i S t E ( K , C E (U n E B ) ) , s u c h t h a t B ( f ( X I - f (y)) < E/ 2 , for B B n pB(x y ) < 6 x . S i n c e K C U 17 EB i s compact i s EB , K C . L J B(xi,GXi), 1=1 f o r some s e t {x, xn} C K . ( B ( a , r ) = { x E EB; p B ( x a ) C r , when

-

,...,

and

a E EB

-

Define

r > 0)).

y(x) = sup { 6

Then

y :K

+

Now f o r any B(x,6)

C

B(xi,6

‘i

Since E has the

for a l l

x E K.

for all

x

Let

Uo =

-

pB(x

-

...,n }

xi);

i=l,

i s c o n t i n u o u s a n d y > 0. L e t

R

x E K

E

xi

),

and

y E B(x, 6 )

I

for

x E K.

6 = i n f { y ( x ) ; x E K).

there

is

some

i

with

thus

S.a.p.,

there is

T E E* Q E

such that ~ f , ( T ( x- )x ) c 6 ,

By the a b o v e , w e g e t t h a t

K. L e t

{gl

, .. . , gn}

be a b a s i s i n

T ( E ) and l e t

U n EB n T ( E ) . S i n c e f i s S i l v a - h o l o m o r p h i c ,

f

can

be

c o n s i d e r e d as a h o l o m o r p h i c mapping from t h e f i n i t e d i m e n s i o n a l balanced s e t

Uo

into

F,

PAQUES

n f(z) = f ( B

i=l

where (z,,

..., z n )

f

ECn,

subsets of Uo. S i n c e is

E

P

F

5

zigi)

=

z

IPl= 0

ZPf

P '

and c o n v e r g e n c e i s uniform on compact

T(K) C U

(1

EB

and i s compact i n

there

Uo,

M E IN, such t h a t

Thus, i f

x E K,

Since

t h e proof i s complete. NOW, w e g i v e a n e x t e n s i o n of t h e p r e v i o u s theorem

class of s u b s e t s of

2 . 2 DEFINITION:

t o be

Let

s a i d t o be d i n i t e d y S

2 . 3 REMARK:

E ,

If

U be a non-void open s u b s e t of

Pb(E;C)

- Runge

(Paques [ 111)

2 . 4 THEOREM:

E,

said

T ~ ) .U

is

i n E i f for e a c h f i n i t e dimensional sub-

Eo

*

i s a Banach s p a c e , t h i s d e f i n i t i o n c o i n c i d e s w i t h

t h e D e f i n i t i o n 2 . 1 of A r o n - S c h o t t e n l o h e r [ 2 open s u b s e t o f

is

E. U

is d e n s e i n ( J C s ( U ; ( c ) ,

i s S-Runge i n

U n Eo

E

another

E.

S-Runge in E i f

s p a c e Eo of

to

then

U

1

.

If

U

is

a

i s f i n i t e l y S-Runge and S-Runge

balanced in

E.

. L e t E have t h e

S.a.p.

and L e t

U

b e an o p e n

nubbet

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR SPACES OF HOLOMORPHIC MAPPINGS

06

Jfs(U;C)

E which i h 4 i n i t e d y S-Runge. Then

JCs(U; F)

604

Q

F

i b

383

T

S

-denhe i n

F.

e v e h y l k ~ c a e e y convex hpace

F o r t h e p r o o f o f Theorem 2 . 4 i t w i l l b e n e e d e d

the

following

p r o p o s i t i o n , which h a s i m p o r t a n t c o r o l l a r i e s .

2 . 5 PROPOSITION:

L e t F b e a dpace s a t i d d y i n g t h e doLeowing

tion: I d K i n a compact bubded

v e x huLL

06

F , t h e n t h e ceohed

06

(Pb(nE;F),

( a na lo g o u s 6ohmuLaA hold a b o h a t

f o r all

to

T : 3CS(U;F)

Let

+

f E XS(U;F),

I$

f o r each

JCs(U;C).

E

JCs(U;C) F ' and

E

U

Lo a nun-void

x

f E Jcs(U;F)

ous. Indeed, l e t

U.

and

Clearly,

n E IN).

doh

+

Xs(U;C)

seminorm on

K

x E K}, where

(Tf) ($)

belongs

$ E F'.

Tf : FA

p be a rS-continuous

p ( g ) = sup { Ig(x) 1 ;

-tS),

b e d e f i n e d by (Tf) ($1 ( x ) = ( $ of) (x),

F

W e now show t h a t t h e l i n e a r map

by

F. 7 6

abno.ecl*eLy con-

E , then

o p e n 6 u b d e t 06

PROOF:

06

r ( K ) , i n a compact n u b s e t

K,

C

U

is continu-

JCs(U;C)

defined

is a strict

compact

s e t . By h y p o t h e s i s , t h e closed a b s o l u t e l y convex h u l l o f compact s u b s e t o f f i n e d by

for all

fine

F.

C a l l it

$ E F'.

Hence

Now

E

f(K)

q b e t h e seminorm on

Let

F'

is a de-

L). I t f o l l o w s t h a t

Tf E Z ( F & ; 3 C s ( U ; C ) ) .

A E Xs(U;C)

g ( x ) E (FA)' = F

$ E F'.

L.

q ( $ ) = s u p { II$(t) I; t

L e t now

condi-

E F = L(F;,

JC,(U;C)).

by t h e formula

g is weakly S-holomorphic,

For each

x E U, de-

g ( x ) ( @ ) = ( A @ )( x ) ,

hence

S

for

- holomorphic

all by

PAOUES

364

C l e a r l y , Tq = A, a n d t h e r e f o r e T is onto Xs(U;C) E F .

P r o p o s i t i o n 1.20.

On t h e o t h e r hand, T

i s i n j e c t i v e by t h e Hahn-Banach Theorem.

r e m a i n s t o show t h a t

T i s a homeomorphism.

Let T(g) = s u p

6

I

E c s ( F ) and

Ig(x) I;

x

E

K C U

KI,

b e a s t r i c t compact

g E Jcs(U;Cl.

It

subset.

Let

t h e n , f o r every f EJCS(U;F),

we have by t h e Hahn-Banach Theorem, t h a t

This completes t h e p r o o f .

2.6 COROLLARIES OF THE PROPOSITION 2 . 5 :

nubnet a 6

a)

16 U i d

U

- void

nun

Open

E , we h a v e :

16

F i b a c o m p k t e bpace a n d

F oh (X,(U;C),

T

~

)hub

the

a p p t o ximatio n p ~ ~ o p e t t yt ,h e n

I n p a t t i c u l a t id E had d i n i t e d i m e n n i o n a n d F

i d

a com-

pLete d p a c e , t h e n

b)

16 F had t h e a p p t o x i m a t i o n p t o p e t t y a n d

condition

06

Pmpodition 2.5, then

JCs(U;C)

dadiddied

B F

the

d Ts-deue

i n XS(U;F). c)

(X,(U;C),

ill

T,)

Jc,(U;C)

npuced

F.

had 8 F

t h e a p p t o x i m a t i o n p k o p e t b y id a n d i d

Ts-denAe i n

JcS(U;F),

doh

only

a l e am&

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR SPACES OF HOLOMORPHIC MAPPINGS

366

The proof of a) f o l l o w s from P r o p o s i t i o n 2.5 and

( a ) . The

1.33

Proposition

proof of b ) f o l l o w s from P r o p o s i t i o n 2 . 5 a n d

Proposition

1 . 3 3 (b); and c ) f o l l o w s from P r o p o s i t i o n 2.5 and P r o p o s i t i o n 1 . 3 3 ( c ) and P r o p o s i t i o n 1 . 2 2 .

PROOF OF THEOREM 2 . 4 :

Let

be a s t r i c t compact s e t , B E c s ( F )

K C U

f E JCs(U;F). By h y p o t h e s i s , t h e r e i s

and

EB

,

so t h a t g i v e n

pB(T(x)

-

x)
0, there

E

for a l l

E,

B E BE

x

E

K,

U be a n o n

- void

apphoximatiofl phopehty,

( E * , T ~ ) i s a complemented

subspace

of

386

PAQUES

(Xs(U;C),T

:) hence E$ h a s t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r t y . From

~

w e have t h a t , i f a

for

f E XS(U;C),

t h e mapping

U,

clear t h a t

Da : ( J c s ( U ; C ) ,

To show c o n t i n u i t y , l e t

a

Then t h e r e i s

E.

B E BE

6 > 0 , be s u c h t h a t

Let

-1

defined by Da(f) = 6 f ( a ) ,

T ~ +E;, )

i s a c o n t i n u o u s p r o j e c t i o n onto

D2 = Da.

s u b s e t of i n EB.

i s a q u a s i - c o m p l e t e s p a c e , t h e n E h a s t h e S.a.p..

E

For

this,

+

compact

K C EB and i s c o m p a c t

From Cauchy

C U n EB.

SK

Indeed, it is

K be a s t r i c t

such t h a t

a

E;.

in-

e q u a l i t i e s , ( C o r o l l a r y 1.18) i t f o l l o w s t h a t

for all

f

E Jcs(U;C).

Then

i s continuous.

Da

w e show t h a t E h a s t h e S . a . p .

NOW,

.

Since

Ei

has the

p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r t y , t h e n f o r e v e r y b a l a n c e d convex compact of

1 E

,

EZ

f o r e v e r y s t r i c t compact subset K o f

> 0, t h e r e i s

p E 1. S i n c e

g

E

g E (E;)

m g =

Since, f o r each

for of

Bi

B E

m

E

BE

U

Fo r

so t h a t

1=1

D E

BE

vi

.., m ,

vi

(EZ)', xi

E

E, a n d f o r

-

pIIK
0). Hence

PE

= Voo=V.

Sine

ED,

C

g =

I

f o r T E E*. ED J , ( I ) = I D i s a b a l a n c e d convex

$(T) = TI

V", where V i s a c l o s e d a b s o l u t e l y 0-neighborhood in ED.

( V = {v

where

(ED);

367

Z pi i=l

@ xi.

Hence,

Therefore

and t h e n

that is,

-

S i n c e , g E E* 8 E the

6

i s i n d e p e n d e n t of

i t f o l l o w s t h a t E has

S.a.p..

2 . 8 DEFINITION:

L e t E be a l o c a l l y convex complex Hausdorff s p a c e .

i s s a i d t o have t h e S - h o l a m o h p h i c a p p h o x i m a t i o n p h o p e h t y (S.H.a.p.1

E

K C E, a s t r i c t compact set, t h e r e i s

i f given K

and

C

EB

and i s compact i n EB and g i v e n

such t h a t

pB(g(x)

-

x)
0, there is g

x E K.

such t h a t E

JCs(E;&) B E

PAQUES

368

I t is clear t h a t i f

E has t h e

S.a.p.,

t h e n E h a s t h e S.H.a.p..

For t h e converse i t i s needed t h a t E be a quasi-complete space, t h a t

i s , w e have t h e f o l l o w i n g theorem, which c o n t a i n s t h e p r e v i o u s t h e o -

E, which i s f i n i t e l y S-Runge.

rem f o r an open s u b s e t U o f

2 . 9 THEOREM:

U b e an open

which i d h i n i t e l y S-Runge. Then t h e 6 o & l o w i n g conditionh

E,

d u b b e d 06

b e a q U a d i - C O m p l E t e d p a c e and l e t

Let E

ahe e q u i v a l e n t : a)

E

S.H.a.p..

b)

Foh eweny l o c a l l y convex d p a c e

had t h e

in c)

(xs(u;C),T

d)

E

)had

~

only i n

c)

+

+

E t o be a quasi-complete space i s

needed

d).

c) i s p a r t (c) o f C o r o l l a r y 2.6, which i s t r u e f o r

open s u b s e t of

E.

c)

+

d) i s Theorem 2.7.

remains o n l y t o show t h a t proof o f Theorem 2 . 1 , ( c f . D e f i n i t i o n 2.8)

2.10 COROLLARY:

S.a.p.

t h e a p p k o x i m a t i o n ptopekty.

S.a.p..

had t h e

The assumption of

b)

63 F i d -rs-dende

3ES(U;F).

REMARK:

PROOF:

F, JCs(U;C)

a)

+

Let

E

i 6 and o n l y id,

+

a ) i s obvious.

b ) . T h i s proof i s analogous

substituting

.

d)

g

E

for

HS(E;C) C3 E

be a q u a d i - c o m p l e t e d p a c e . Then 60k

each

n E IN,

(Pb(%;C),

-rs)

any It

t o the

T E E* Q E

E

had

had t h e

the ap-

pho ximation phopehty.

PROOF:

If

E has t h e

any open s u b s e t U of

S.a.p.,

i t f o l l o w s by Theorem 2 . 9 ,

E , which i s f i n i t e l y S-Runge,

h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y . S i n c e f o r each

n

E

that

(X,(U;C),

for T ~ )

1N, ( P b ( n E ; C ) ,rS

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR SPACES OF HOLOMORPHIC MAPPINGS

i s a complemented subspace of

( X S (U;(c), ' I ~ )

, we

have t h a t

369

(Pb(%;O),

'I~)

h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y . Conversely, i n p a r t i c u l a r , E* h a v i n g t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n property, has the S.a.p.

E

i n t h e proof of Theorem 2 . 7 )

.

By t h e p r e v i o u s C o r o l l a r y , w e have t h a t

2.11 REMARK: quasi-complete S-Runge,

(as

s p a c e and U i s an open s u b s e t o f

El

if

E

a

is

which is f i n i t e l y

h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y , i f and only t h e n (Ws(U;C), T ~ ) n E IN,

i f , f o r each

(Pb("E;C), ' I ~ ) h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y .

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Approximation T h e o q and Functional AnaZyaie J . B . ProZZa (ed.) QNor th-Hc Z land Pub t i s h i n g Company, 19 79

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR NACHBIN SPACES

JOAO B . PROLLA Depar tamento d e M a temstica U n i v e r s i d a d e E s t a d u a l de Campinas Campinas, S P , B r a z i l

1. INTRODUCTION Throughout t h i s p a p e r X i s a Hausdorff s p a c e s u c h t h a t C&(X;X)

(IK = I R o r

C)

s e p a r a t e s t h e p o i n t s of

X,

and

E

i s a non-zero locally

convex s p a c e . Our aim i s t o p r o v e t h a t c e r t a i n function spaces L C C(X;E) have t h e approximation p r o p e r t y as soon as E h a s t h e

approximation

p r o p e r t y . W e show t h i s f o r t h e c l a s s of a l l Nachbin s p a c e s C V m ( X ; E ) . Such s p a c e s i n c l u d e

C ( X ; E ) w i t h t h e compact-open t o p o l o g y ;

w i t h t h e s t r i c t topology:

, Bierstedt

that

CVm(X;IK)

that

X i s a completely r e g u l a r

[ 11

,

w i t h t h e uniform t o p o l o g y .

Co(X;E)

E = IK

v E V

When

u s i n g t h e t e c h n i q u e of E-products, had proved

h a s t h e approximation p r o p e r t y , under t h e h y p o t h e s i s k m - s p a c e , and t h a t t h e f a m i l y V o f

w e i g h t s i s such t h a t g i v e n a compact subset weight

Cb (X;E)

such t h a t

v(x)

1

for a l l

K C X, one c a n f i n d

x

a

E K.

The t e c h n i q u e w e u s e h e r e was s u g g e s t e d by t h e p a p e r

151

G i e r z , who proved t h e analogue o f Theorem 1 below f o r t h e c a s e of

of X

compact and b u n d l e s o f Banach s p a c e s . T h i s t e c h n i q u e of " l o c a l i z a t i o n " of t h e approximation p r o p e r t y was used by B i e r s t e d t , i n t h e c a s e t h e p a r t i t i o n by a n t i s y m m e t r i c s e t s ( B i e r s t e d t [ 2 1 1 , b u t

the

of

main

i d e a of r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e s p a c e o f o p e r a t o r s of L as a n o t h e r Nachbin s p a c e o f cross s e c t i o n s i s due t o G i e r z . However o u r p r e s e n t a t i o n is 371

372

PROLLA

much s i m p l e r , i n p a r t i c u l a r w e do n o t u s e t h e concept of a C (X)-convex

C ( X ) -module.

locally

I n t h e I n t r o d u c t i o n t o h i s paper, Gierz said

t h a t h i s method could be a p p l i e d t o t h e v e c t o r f i b r a t i o n s i n t h e sense of [ 8]

,

and t h i s l e d t o o u r e f f o r t a t s i m p l i f y i n g

his

proof

and

adapting it t o our context.

2. THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR NACHBIN SPACES A v e c t o h d i b h a t i o n o v e r a Hausdorff t o p o l o g i c a l space

p a i r ( X , ( F x ) x E X ) ,where each F,

i s a v e c t o r space over

X

the

is a field

IK (where K = IR or a ) . A c k o d b - ~ e c t i o nis then any element f o f t h e C a r t e s i a n product o f t h e s p a c e s A w e i g h t an

Fxl i . e .

X i s a f u n c t i o n v on

norm o v e r Fx f o r each L of c r o s s - s e c t i o n s

f

.

f = ( f (x)I x

I

X such t h a t

v ( x ) is a semi-

LVm i s a v e c t o r space

x E X. A Nachbin b p a c e

such t h a t t h e mapping

is upper semicontinuous and n u l l a t i n f i n i t y on X f o r each weight v

be onging t o a d i h e c t e d b e t V of weights ( d i r e c t e d means t h a t , given v1

, vz

E

v

V , t h e r e is some

( i = 1,2) f o r a l l

x

f

E

V

and

X > 0 such t h a t v i ( x ) 5 Av(x)

X); t h e space L is then equipped

with

the

topology d e f i n e d by t h e d i r e c t e d s e t of seminorms

and i t i s denoted by

LVa

.

S i n c e only t h e subspace w e may assume t h a t

L(x) = F,

L(x) = { f ( x ) ; f f o r each

x

C(X;IK)

L} C Fx i s relevant,

E X.

The C a r t e s i a n p r o d u c t of t h e s p a c e s F, C ( X ; M ) -module, where

E

h a s t h e s t r u c t u r e of a

denotes t h e r i n g of

all

continuous

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR NACHBIN SPACES

i f we d e f i n e t h e p r o d u c t

IK-valued f u n c t i o n s on X I

Q E C(X;IK)

for a l l

and e a c h c r o s s - s e c t i o n

x E X. I f

W

C

373

f

Of

each

by

B C C(X;IK) is a

is a v e c t o r subspace and

L

for

s u b a l g e b r a , w e s a y t h a t W i s a B-module,

i f BW = { $ f ; $ EB, f

W ) CW.

E

W e recall t h a t a l o c a l l y convex s p a c e E h a s t h e a p p h o x i m a t i o n

p h o p e h t y i f t h e i d e n t i t y map e on E can be approximated,

uniformly

on e v e r y t o t a l l y bounded s e t i n E, by c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r maps of f i n i t e rank. T h i s i s e q u i v a l e n t t o s a y t h a t t h e space

E ' @ E i s dense i n

L(E) w i t h t h e topology o f uniform convergence on

bounded s e t s of

E.

Let

Ec(E),

totally

c s ( E ) b e t h e s e t of a l l c o n t i n u o u s seminom

,

d e n o t e t h e spacz E s e m i P normed by p. I f , f o r e a c h p E c s ( E ) , t h e s p a c e E h a s t h e a p p r o x i P mation p r o p e r t y , t h e n E h a s t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r t y . on E .

For each seminorm

THEOREM 1:

p

E cs(E)

Suppabe t h a t , d o h each

Fx equipped w&h

x E X, t h e bpace

{v(x); v E V l

hab

B c C b ( X ; I K ) be a b e l d - a d j o i n t

and

t h e t o p o l o g y dedined by t h e damily

t h e apphoximation p h o p e h t y . L e t

let E

06

beminohnb

b e p a h a t i n g b u b a l g e b h a . Then any Nachbin d p a c e

which

LVm

id

a

B-modute hab t h e apphoximation p h o p e h t y . The i d e a o f t h e p r o o f i s t o r e p r e s e n t t h e s p a c e W = LV,

being

,

a s a Nachbin s p a c e of c r o s s - s e c t , i o n s o v e r

XI

e(W),

where

each

fiber

L(W;Fx), and t h e n a p p l y t h e s o l u t i o n o f t h e Bernstein-Nachbin

a p p r o x i m a t i o n problem i n t h e s e p a r a t i n g and s e l f - a d j o i n t bounded case. B e f o r e p r o v i n g theorem 1 l e t us s t a t e some c o r o l l a r i e s .

COROLLARY 1: Fx

L e t X be a Hauddohdd b p a c e , and

604

each

be a nohmed b p a c e w i t h t h e apphoximation p h o p e h t y .

Cb(X;IK)

be a b e t i - a d j o . i n t and b e p a h a t i n g b u b a l g e b h a .

let

x E X

Let

B

C

374

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L e t L be a v e c t o t s p a c e

x)

(X; (F,)

chodb

06

-Aectiand

pehtaining

to

nuch t h a t

x

f E L , t h e map

(1) doe evetry

+

Ilf(x)II 0 u p p a demicontinuoirn

and nuLL a t i n d i n i t y ;

i n a B-rnoduLe;

(2)

L

(3)

L(X) = F,

60%

x E

each

x.

Then L equipped w i t h nohm IIf 1 I = sup fIlf(x)lI; x E X I

had t h e

apphoximation p t o p e h t y . PROOF:

Consider t h e w e i g h t v on X d e f i n e d by

f o r each

II

f

x E X.

II = sup

REMARK:

Then

{ IIf ( x ) II ; x E

LVm

is

just

L

v ( x ) = norm of

equipped

with

FX’

norm

x).

From C o r o l l a r y 1 i t f o l l o w s t h a t a l l “ c o n t i n u o u s sums”,

t h e s e n s e of Godement [ 6

1 or

[7

in

1 , of Banach s p a c e s w i t h the approxi-

mation p r o p e r t y have t h e approximation p r o p e r t y , i f t h e X

the

i s compact and i f such a “ c o n t i n u o u s sum” i s a

“ b a s e space“

Cb(X;IK)

-module.

I n p a r t i c u l a r , a l l “ c o n t i n u o u s sums“ o f H i l b e r t s p a c e s and of C*-alg e b r a s , i n t h e sense of D i x m i e r and Douady [ 3 tion property, i f

1

have t h e approxima

X i s compact. Indeed, a ” c o n t i n u o u s sum“

sense of [ 3 1

is a

COROLLARY 2 :

Let X b e a Hauddohdd dpace buch t h a t

-

i n the

C ( X ; I I o -module.

k a t i n g ; L e t V b e a dikected b e t demicontknuoub dunctiand o n

X;

04

C b ( X ; x ) 0 bepa-

&eat-vaLued, n o n - n e g a t i v e , uppek

and l e t E be a lacuLLy convex pace

w i t h t h e apphoximation p h o p e h t y . Then C V m ( X ; E ) had t h e apphaxha.tLun pto pehty

.

PROOF:

By d e f i n i t i o n , CVm(X;E) = { f E C ( X ; E ) ;

finity, for a l l

v

€

vf

vanishes

at

in-

V), equipped w i t h t h e topology d e f i n e d

by

the

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR NACHBIN SPACES

376

f a m i l y o f seminorms

where

v E V Let

and

p

E

denote

Lv

cs(E).

C V m ( X ; E ) equipped w i t h t h e topology d e f i n e d by

t h e above seminorms when either

or

Lv(x) = 0

by t h e seminorms

v

E

V

Lv(x) = E

{v(x)p; p

i s k e p t f i x e d . Then, for e a c h x E X , equipped with t h e topology defined

E CS(E)

1 . Hence i n b o t h c a s e s , L v ( x ) h a s

t h e approximation p r o p e r t y . I t remains t o n o t i c e spaces a r e

Cb(X;JK)-modules. T h e r e f o r e

property. Since

v E V

Lv

that

has

was a r b i t r a r y , C V m ( X ; E )

the has

all

Nachbin

approximation t h e approxima-

t i o n property.

COROLLARY 3:

(a)

Let X and E b e an i n CoaoLLaay 2 . T h e n

C(X;E)

w i t h t h e compact-open t o p o L o g y h a d t h e a p p h o x i m a -

t i o n phopehty. (b) C o ( X ; E )

N i t h t h e uni6oam t o p o L o g g had

the

appkoximation

pkopehtg.

REMARK:

I n ( a ) above, i t i s s u f f i c i e n t t o assume t h a t

C(X;IK)

is

separating.

COROLLARY 4 :

(Fontenot [ 4 1 )

A p a c e , and Let E

Let

X

b e a LocaLLy compact

be a L o c a L L y convex Apace w i t h

p a o p e h t y . T h e n c ~ ( x ; E )w i t h t h e n t a i c t t o p o e o g y

the

Haundoa66

appaoximation

B had t h e a p p k o x i -

m a tio n p h o p e h t y .

PROOF:

Apply C o r o l l a r y 2 , w i t h

COROLLARY 5:

Ale Nachbin spaced

V = {v E Co(X;JR);

06

v

0).

continuoun ncaLak-vaLu&d duncfiond

376

PROLLA

h a v e t h e apphoximation p h o p e k t y .

I n Corollary 2, take

PROOF:

E = IK.

3 . PROOF OF THEOREM 1

Let

W = LV,

Let

vo

E

For e a c h

and l e t and

V T

w

be a t o t a l l y bounded s e t .

be g i v e n .

> 0

E

J(W)

E

A C

c o n s i d e r t h e map

E ~ O T : W + F ,

for

x

E

X I where

for all

f

STEP 1:

sX o T

E

E~

:W

+

W.

E L(W;Fx).

Just notice t h a t

PROOF:

is t h e e v a l u a t i o n map, i.e., ~ ~ (= ff( x) ) ,

F,

E,

E C ( W ; F ~ ) #s i n c e

v ( x ) [ ~ ( x5 ) ~1 I f

f o r every

f o r any

v

U(x)

T E

f o r any

v E V.

T E C (W), c o n s i d e r t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n

F o r each

and f o r each

IIv ,

E V

E

E o ~T)

c o n s i d e r t h e weight ? on X d e f i n e d by

C(W;Fx).

e(W).

?=(

Then

377

THE APPROXIMATION PROPERTY FOR NACHBIN SPACES

STEP 2:

x * ~ ( x ) I ? ( x ) ]i b uppetc . b e m i c o n t i n u o u b and vanishes

T h e map

at i n d i n i . t g o n X , d o & e a c h

PROOF:

Let

Choose

h"

xo E X

and

there exist

such t h a t

{ 1 , 2 , ...,rn}

x

x E Vi

Let

X. L e t

h')

. Then

6 > 0. Since

A

such t h a t , given

E

u

=

T(A) i s totally bounded, f E A,

there

is

such t h a t

+

v ( x )[

( T f i ) ( x )]

neighborhoods of

V2,...,Vm

for all

-

fl,f 2,...,fm

Since

in

h'

6 = 2(h"

Let

V1,

a n d assume

~ ( x o ) [ ? ( x o ) 0. L e t

-V

which i s t h e normal f r e q u e n c y f u n c t i o n

2m

cos vx d v ,

SCHOENBERG

388

if

m =1, o t h e r w i s e (m = 2,3,.

.

.)

Gm(x) i s an e n t i r e f u n c t i o n

having

i n f i n i t e l y many zeros, a l l r e a l . T h e caeddicients a d (1) satis6q t h e a s y m p t o t i c h e L a t i o n h

--

--

1 1 --1 a ( n ) = ( i n ) 2m Gm(v(hn) 2m ) + , o ( n 2m)

(4)

a4

V

where t h e " l i t t e e

n +

m ,

v.

or' dymbok? hoed4 unidaamly d o h n l L i n t e g e h d

For a proof see ( 5 , P a r t I ] , where i t i s a l s o shown byexamples (1.10),

t h a t ( 4 ) no l o n g e r h o l d s i f t h e e q u a l i t y s i g n i s a l l o w e d i n and t h a t t h e c o e f f i c i e n t n = 2k

aAn) d i v e r g e s e x p o n e n t i a l l y t o

t e n d s t o i n f i n i t y t h r o u g h even v a l u e s , i f

( 1 . 1 0 ) are r e v e r s e d anywhere i n t h e i n t e r v a l

the

0 < u < 2.rr

+

m

,

as

inequalities

.

The f o l l o w i n g d i s c u s s i o n , w h i l e n o t d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d

to

our

s u b j e c t of smoothing, w i l l show t h e c o n n e c t i o n of t h e a s y m p t o t i c rel a t i o n ( 4 ) w i t h t h e w i d e r f i e l d of p a r a b o l i c d i f f e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n s . Observe t h a t ( 2 ) i m p l i e s t h a t

(5)

--1

--1

U(x,t) = t 2m G m ( x t 2m) =

-

-tv

2m

+ ixv

d v , ( t > 0).

The f u n c t i o n under t h e i n t e g r a l s i g n i s immediately s e e n t o s a t i s f y for all v

, the

d i f f e r e n t i a l equation

which r e d u c e s t o t h e f a m i l i a r h e a t e q u a t i o n i f

also -plane

m = l . I t follows t h a t

U ( x , t ) , d e f i n e d by ( 5 ) , is a s o l u t i o n of (6) i n t h e upper h a l f t > 0 . On t h e o t h e r hand, a p p l y i n g t o ( 2 ) F o u r i e r ' s inversion

formula and s e t t i n g

v = O r we f i n d that

ON CARDINALSPLINE SMOOTHING

These r e m a r k s imply t h e f o l l o w i n g : 'I 6

1x 1

say, a s

+

LA a b o t u , t i o n

a,

06

f (x)

389

cantinuow and a ( I X I - * )

,

then

t h e d i , j d e ~ e n . t i a l e q u a t i o n ( 6 ) Aattin6qLng t h e boundmy

condition

This p a r t i c u l a r s o l u t i o n

u ( x , t ) may now a l s o be

approximated

by t h e f o l l o w i n g n u m e r i c a l p r o c e d u r e : Draw i n t h e ( x , t ) - p l a n e

the

rectangular lattice of p o i n t s

(WAX,

n At)

(w

= 0, k 1

, ...

;

D e f i n e on it a l a t t i c e f u n c t i o n

n = 0,1,2

u

v

, ...) .

by s t a r t i n g w i t h

uw ,o = f ( v Ax) ,

and computing t h e v a l u e s a l o n g e a c h h o r i z o n t a l l i n e from those on the l i n e below i t , by means o f t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n (1.2). T h i s

evidently

amounts t o i t e r a t i n g (1.21, a n d a f t e r n s t e p s w e o b t a i n

(10)

For any g i v e n x a n d

t > 0,

( 1 0 ) w i l l go o v e r i n t o ( 8 ) i f w e

f o l l o w i n g : We 6 h A t c o n n e c t the. m e o h - n i z e b

Ax and

A t

do the

by ,the h d a t i a n

SCHOENBERG

380

A t = X (Ax) 2m.

(11)

Id t h e i n t e g e k b

n ahe buch t h a t

v and

VAX

+

x,

and

n A t

.+

t

an

Ax

0.

+

then

U

v,n

T h i s follows r e a d i l y from r e l . a t i o n (4): ( 1 0 ) d i f f e r s

U(X,t).

+

1 0 ) and ( 8 1 , i n view o f t h e

asymptotic

from a Cauchy-Riemann sum f o r tk integral

( 8 1 , by a q u a n t i t y t h a t t e n d s t o z e r o due t o t h e u n i f o r m i t y i n

v of

t h e error t e r m o f ( 4 ) . I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t it d o e s n o t matter which

for-

mula ( 1 . 2 ) w e u s e i n t h i s c o n s t r u c t i o n , as l o n g as it i s o f the degree of exactness

2m-1,

i.e.,

i t s a t i s f i e s (1.71, and above a l l t h a t i t

s a t i s f i e s t h e s t a b i l i t y c o n d i t i o n (1.10)

,

t h e t e r m "stabi1ity"meaning

h e r e s t a b i l i t y on i t e r a t i o n . F o r t h e g e n e r a l t h e o r y of F. J o h n , which t h e e q u a t i o n ( 6 ) i s a s p e c i a l example, see [ 3 1

.

of

I n t h i s s e c t i o n w e d e a l t e x c l u s i v e l y w i t h f o r m u l a e ( 1 . 2 ) which s a t i s f y t h e symmetry r e l a t i o n . I n [ 2 ]

T.

N.

E. G r e v i l l e d e a l t

with

t h e more d i f f i c u l t c a s e o f unsymmetric f o r m u l a e .

3 . CARDINAL SPLINE INTERPOLATION (see [ 9 , L e c t u r e s 1

l e m o f caadinal intehpolation i s t o f i n d s o l u t i o n s

-

4 1 ) . T h e prob-

f ( x ) of t h e i n -

t e r p o l a t i o n problem

(1)

f ( v ) = Y"

,

for all i n t e g e r s

v

,

where ( y v ) are t h e d a t a . A f o r m a l s o l u t i o n i s f u r n i s h e d b y t h e series

391

ON CARDINAL SPLINE SMOOTHING

i n v e s t i g a t e d i n 1 9 0 8 by de l a V a l l G e P o u s s i n , also l a t e r

by

E. T.

W h i t t a k e r , who c a l l e d i t t h e cahdinad b e h i e b . The d i f f i c u l t y w i t h ( 2 )

“i: :y

i s t h e s l o w decay o f t h e f u n c t i o n

as

x

-. A

+

s o l u t i o n of (1) i s t h e p i e c e w i b e l i n e a h i n t e h p o t h z t

much s i m p l e r g i v e n by

S1(x)

m

(3)

where

M2(x) i s t h e roof f u n c t i o n d e f i n e d by

in

M2(x) = x + l

,

[-1,01

M (x) = 1

2

-x

i n [ O , l l and%(x)

=o

The p u r p o s e o f cahdinad b p l i n e i n t e h p o & z t i o n i s t o b r i d g e between t h e p i e c e w i s e l i n e a r

if 1x1 ’1.

the

gap

S1(x) d e f i n e d by (31, a n d t h e c a r d i n a l

series ( 2 ) . I t a i m s a t r e t a i n i n g s o m e of t h e s t u r d i n e s s a n d s i n p l i c i t y of ( 3 ) , a t t h e same t i m e c a p t u r i n g some of t h e s m o o t h n e s s a n d s o p h i s t i c a t i o n of

(2).

Le-t m be a natuhad numbeh, and d e b

(4)

S2rn-l

b e t h e cLadb

06

= {S(X)3

cahdinad b p d i n e d

S(x)

0 6 deghee

2m-1

dedined

by

the two conditionb:

(5)

The h e s t h i c t i o n whete

v

i d

04

S ( x ) -to e u e h y u n i t i n t e n v a l

a n i n X e g e h , i b apolynomia!.

(v ,v

0 6 deghee 2

2m

+11,

-

1.

392

SCHOENBERG

For

m =1

we f i n d

S1

t o be i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h e c l a s s ( 3 )

c o n t i n u o u s p i e c e w i s e l i n e a r f u n c t i o n s . Observe t h a t t h e c l a s s o f p o l y n o m i a l s of d e g r e e s n o t e x c e e d i n g The r o l e o f t h e r o o f - f u n c t i o n t h e s o - c a l l e d centha.! B-npLine

M 2 m ( ~ ) : Waiting

SZmml c o n t a i n s 2m-1.

of (3)

M2(x)

of

x+

i s t a k e n o v e r by = max ( x , O ) ,

it

may be d e d i n e d b y

Clearly port

M2m(~)

€

S2m-l; w e also f i n d t h a t

M2m(~) > 0

i n its

sup-

- m < x < m. The B - s p l i n e s h o u l d be f a m i l i a r i n view of the fun-

damental i d e n t i t y

which a l s o shows t h a t

IM2,(x)dx

= 1 if

w e choose

f (x) = x

The r e p r e s e n t a t i o n ( 3 ) a l s o g e n e r a l i z e s , and eueAny S ( x )

2m E

. SZm-l

admitb a unique hepheoentation m

S(x) = c c

~

M*m(X

--m

whehe t h e

-

v)

I

c v ahe c o n n t a n t n . T h i s i s t h e s o - c a l l e d ntandahd heptebefl-

t a t i o n . The c o n v e r s e i s clear: Every series (8) f u r n i s h e s an e l e m e n t of

SZm-1

ments o f

.

W e now t r y t o s o l v e t h e i n t e r p o l a t i o n problem (1) b y e l e -

S2m-l.

I n t h i s d i r e c t i o n t h e r e are t w o d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f

results.

A. T h e d a t a (y,) s e q u e n c e (y,)

ahe

06 poweh

g h o w t h (See [ 8

i s of p o w e h g n o w t h , and w r i t e

1). W e s a y t h a t t h e

ON CARDINAL SPLINE SMOOTHING

(y,)

(9)

393

E PG,

provided t h a t

y,

(10)

v

+

E

PG,

= ~ ( l v l y ) as

f

m,

f o r some

y

2

0.

y1

2

Similarly, we w r i t e

f(x)

(11)

provided t h a t

f ( x ) = O ( l x l y l ) as

x

+

f o r some

f m,

Below w e e x c l u d e t h e t r i v i a l c a s e when

m=l,

l e m i s s o l v e d by ( 3 ) w i t h o u t any r e s t r i c t i o n on t h e

THEOREM 1:

16 t h e heqUenCt

(y,)

i h

0.

s i n c e o u r prob

-

(y,,).

a d pawet g t u w t h , t h e n t h e i n t e h -

palation p t a b l e m

huh a u n i q u e h o l u t i o n

S(x)

huch t h a t

The a s s u m p t i o n ( 9 ) o f Theorem 1 i s a rough one; i t admits,e.g., a l l bounded s e q u e n c e s ( y V ) , w i t h

y = 0 i n ( 1 0 ) . The s e c o n d assump-

t i o n t o which w e now p a s s , i s much more s e l e c t i v e , and

takes

a c c o u n t t h e f i n e r s t r u c t u r e of t h e sequence: i n f a c t i t a d m i t s a narrow subclass of t h e s e q u e n c e s of

PG.

into only

As u s u a l , w i t h strongeras-

sumptions, s t r o n g e r c o n c l u s i o n s are p o s s i b l e : The i n t e r p o l a n t w i l l e x h i b i t a n i m p o r t a n t extremum p r o p e r t y .

S(x)

SCHOENBERG

394

m

B. T h e c a n e when

IAmyv12
r on H, gl(0) = O .

such t h a t

hl = 1 on

f l = hl o g l ,

f = h(gl,.

., g L )

. .,gL)

A andalso

h E C"(lR) such that h,O,

Then from Nachbin's Lenuna,there exist gl,...,gt

h(gl,..

all

for

H

i s a subalgebra of

s i n c e t h i s i s a c l o s e d s u b a l g e b r a . A l s o , fl

such t h a t

con-

h(gl,.

let

and

I n p a r t i c u l a r , f o r any

C m ( I R ) b e such t h a t

bourhood o f

IRn

i s bounded

approximates

i s p o s i t i v e on a neighbourhood of

hog

n e s s , there e x i s t

K.

without

h ( 0 ) = 0 . From the above remark, it follows t h a t

and

Let

gi

functions,

be t h e s e t o f r e a l p a r t s o f f u n c t i o n s i n A.

i s a s e l f - a d j o i n t a l g e b r a , t h e n A1

g E A1

k

1.

e R ,using

T.

f E CE(IRn)

s u p p o r t . L e t A1 A

Hence

p E P(lR )

a

h ( 0 ) = 0. Furthermore,

. . ,e.

E Corn

IRn } i s bounded i n

w e c a n approximate h on G by p o l y n o m i a l s s t a n t t e r m , since

h(0) = 0, m n

i s such t h a t

Cm(lR )

t h e W e i e r s t r a s s a p p r o x i m a t i o n theorem f o r d i f f e r e n t i a b l e

k

topology

A s s u m e a l s o t h a t C i s a s u b a l g e b r a . I n t h i s case,

7.

E C

S i n c e the set

on

c1

f

., g L )

on

A,

since

E

N o w t h e p r o o f i s complete.

z E C\lR

, let

gz

b e t h e complex f u n c t i o n on

W

FUNDAMENTAL SEMINORMS

g,(x) I t i s clear t h a t

PROOF:

g,

E

E = P(DUa. W e

In fact, for

m=O

claim t h a t

gp(IR) C E

for all

m E IN.

t h i s i s e v i d e n t . Assume t h a t t h e p r o p o s i t i o n

m E IN. L e t

t r u e f o r some

x E IR.

ci(IR).

-

Let

1 x - 2

=

437

p E P(IR). Since

-

q = gz(p

is

p ( z ) ) EP(IR),

t h e n from t h e a s s u m p t i o n i t f o l l o w s t h a t

Now t h e mapping

f E Ba

+

g f:

i s continuous hence

E Ba

S i n c e E i s a complex v e c t o r s p a c e w e h a v e

So t h e claim i s p r o v e d . F u r t h e r , t h e mapping

continuous, hence E is s e l f - a d j o i n t s i n c e for all

g:(;,)'

1

E

f

E

P(IR)

Ba

+

is.

'f

SO

E

(4,)

is

Ba

-.7E E -g,

I N : whence

E E:g

c g:

P(B)

a C

E

for all

m , n E IN.

From t h i s i t f o l l o w s t h a t t h e complex a l g e b r a A g e n e r a t e d by g, a n d

-g2

i s c o n t a i n e d i n E.

t i o n s (N) s i n c e

{gz}

Also

A

i s s e l f - a d j o i n t and s a t i s f i e s condi-

s a t i s f i e s c o n d i t i o n s (N).

From

Lemma

2

it

438

ZAPATA

P(IR) is d e n s e i n B a r t h a t i s ,

follows t h a t

LEMMA 4 :

1e.t

con6.tan.t

CzIZl

PROOF:

Let

p

,

a E SPC(IR)

z, z'

c

\ IR.

is fundamental.

T h e n t h e 4 e e x i s t 6 a pa4,itive

such ,tha.t

E

~ ( m ) .Since

gzp

i t follows

From t h e d e f i n i t i o n of

If

E

CI

r = ~ y r n z . t~h,e n

=

42 42

a, there exists

11 gzIlm =

Z

k-0

k! k+l

g Z I p = (1 + ( z

C > 0

=

cz

and m E IN s u c h t h a t

and

T o f i n i s h , i t i s enough t o o b s e r v e t h a t t h e number Cz

d o e s n o t depend on

PROOF:

Assume t h a t

- z')g2)gzlp

12'

= l + Iz-z'I CC,

p.

P a ( z ) i s unbounded. L e t

p E P(IR) be such t h a t

FUNDAMENTAL SEMINORMS

then

q

E P

(IR) and

q

-

gz =

.

g ZP

p(z)

By c h o o s i n g a c o n s t a n t C Z r i > 0

a s i n Lemma 4 i t follows t h a t

Since

P ( z ) i s unbounded, t h e n a

gz

and from Lemma 3

E P")-

is

c1

f undamen t a 1.

C o n v e r s e l y assume t h a t n

E

IN* be g i v e n . S i n c e

that

a(gZ

-

p)

a(gzq) = n a ( g Z

5

-

3.

pn

E

E

P(IR)",

q = n(l

Let

a(giq)

~ ( n, cl(gipn) ) 5

5

CirZ

1 and

-

there exists (x

-

.

pn(z) =

THEOREM 2 ( q u a s i - a n a l y t i c c r i t e r i o n ) :

a

PROOF:

on

Q: \

and

IR

p E P(IR)

Then

To f i n i s h w e l e t

unbounded.

then

ZIP).

z E

q

E

such

P ( I R ) and

i s a p o s i t i v e c o n s t a n t as is Lsrr

P) 5 1. If Ci,z

m a 4 it follows t h a t Then

gz

i s fundamental. L e t

c1

n . Hence 'i,z

Let

a

pn =

'i,z

P,(z)

is

E SPC(lR), Id

in 6undamenZaL.

Let

P(sX).

T b e a c o n t i n u o u s l i n e a r form on Let

D d e n o t e t h e s e t o f complex

Ba

s u c h t h a t T vanishes

numbers

such

that

on D. I n f a c t assuming t h i s ,

from

z

Imz < 1. D e f i n e h ( z ) = T ( g Z ) , z E D.

I t i s enough t o p r o v e t h a t

h =O

440

ZAPATA

Hahn-Banach a

-

g2 E P ( l R J a for a l l

theorem i t f o l l o w s t h a t

i s fundamental from Lemma 3 . Let

z E D, n E IN.

S i n c e T v a n i s h e s on is also t r u e f o r

If

n =O.

z, zo

E D, z

#

zo.

h(z) =

Hence

a, t h e r e e x i s t

S i n c e II g 2 I l m 5 ( m + l ) !

Let

n 2 1 then

P(lRR) i t follows t h a t

From t h e d e f i n i t i o n of

for a l l

Then

gz

=

4,

From t h i s i t follows t h a t

h

i s holomorphic on D and

n=l

m E IN such t h a t

(2

-

zO)4,g2

0

.

i s holomorphic on D . Since

m

z

~ ( g ~ x " ?his ). zn

we have t h a t

z E D

-

and

C > 0

0

h

z E D. Then

n-

4

1

=

+

(*)

is t r u e ,

m,

a(x")

t h e n Denjoy c o n d i t i o n s i n Watson's problem are s a t i s f i e d , v a n i s h e s on

Hence

D ( [ 6 1 ) . N o w t h e proof i s complete.

hence

h

441

FUNDAMENTAL SEMINORMS

COROLLARY 1: t h e h e ahe

Let A be t h e

aLl neminohmb

d e t 06

p o n i t i v e conntantd

C

I

N , m E IN

and

c

a E SPC(IR) doh

which

(ddepending o n a)

A U C ~t h a t

... - log,

a ( x n ) 5 c(c n log n whehe log,

doh

log, n = n and

dedined b y

i d

n) n

aLL log,"

n 2 N = l o g ( 1 o gm - l n)

.id

m 2 1. Then A

PROOF:

s e t 06

id a dihected

6undamentaL neminohmd.

T h i s i s a d i r e c t consequence o f Theorem 2 o b s e r v i n g t h a t t h e

"moments" o f any t w o such seminorms have a common e s t i m a t e of the sirme type

a

Let

THEOREM 3:

SPC(IRn). 1 6 t h e k c e x i d t 6undamentaL

E

JemiMohmd

~ 1 ~ , . . .E~ SPC(IR) a ~ duch t h a t

a(fl then

for

... B

f n ) 5 a 1( f 1

...

*

an(fn)

aee

doh

flI . . . I f n E B t

6undamenXaL.

a i d

PROOF:

(9

Let

n :B x . . . x Ban a1 f l l . . . l f n E B. Then

-+

Bnta

be defined by m(fl

,...,f n) =f,@ ...@ f n ,

i i s fundamental and .rr i s c o n t i n u o u s . Hence i f t h e complex s u b a l g e b r a g e n e r a t e d by

s i n c e each

a

T(C;(IR)

then

x

-a

A C P(IRn)

...

x

C;(IR))

. Since

A

viz

A = C ~ ( I R Io R)

A

... o C ~ ( I R )

is a s e l f - a d j o i n t s u b a l g e b r a o f

I

C:(IRn)

is

442

ZAPATA

and a l s o s a t i s f i e s c o n d i t i o n s (N) , from Lemma 2 i t f o l l o w s is dense i n

Hence

Bn,cl.

a

that

A

i s fundamental.

4 . OPEN PROBLEMS

1.

2.

Give i n t e g r a l c r i t e r i a l i k e t h o s e i n [ 7 ]

for characteriz-

i n g fundamental seminorms on

IR.

Under what c o n d i t i o n s on

SPC(IR) i s i t t r u e t h a t a i s

fundamental i f and o n l y i f

a

E m

L:

i=ly a ( x n )

= + a ?

3.

If

CY

E SPC(lR) i s n o t f u n d a m e n t a l , d e s c r i b e

4.

If

a E SPC(IR) i s n o t f u n d a m e n t a l , a r e t h e r e p o s i t i v e con-

s t a n t s c , C such t h a t f o r a l l

z 5.

E C

we have

p E P(IR) , a ( p )

a

SPC(IR) i s i t t r u e t h a t

fundamental i f and o n l y i f t h e s e t { p

6.

the

E

a is

P ( I R ) , a ( p ) (1) i s

s p a c e o f e n t i r e f u n c t i o n s on

Q:?

Give a c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f fundamental seminorms o n

n 7.

in

and

Ip(z) 1 5 C e C I Z I ?

Under what c o n d i t i o n s on

unbounded

5 1

IRn

,

2 2.

I s t h e set of a l l fundamental seminorms on

Same on

R

directed?

R”?

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INDEX

A

a l g e b r a i c convolution i n t e g r a l s

71

almost simple

214

a p p r o x i m a t i o n , non-archimedean

121

a p p r o x i m a t i o n on p r o d u c t

46

sets

37,

approximation p r o p e r t y approximation, r a t i o n a l

4 21

approximation, r e s t r i c t e d range

226

approximation, simultaneous

227

B

- differentiable

161

B e r n s t e i n problem

433

B e r n s t e i n seminorm

4 33

Be rnstein space

4 31

Birkhoff c on d i t i o n

192

B i r k h o f f i n t e r p o l a t i o n problem

189

Birkhoff' s kernel

222

b

C

c a r d i n a l series

391

cardinal s p l i n e i n t e r p o l a t i o n

39 0

c o a l e s c e n c e of matrices

1 98

c o e f f i c i e n t of c o l l i s i o n

200

compactly

-

291

regular

446

280,

373

446

INDEX

c o n d i t i o n (L)

167

cross -section

372

D Dedekind c o m p l e t i o n

64

degree o f e x a c t n e s s

385

differentiability type

164

d i f f e r e n t i a h i l i t y t y p e , compact

165

E e c h e l o n Kothe-Schwartz s p a c e s E

409

- product

Fe j&

- Korovkin

37, 269

F

kernel

78,

f o r m a l power series

354

fundamental seminorm

4 32

f undamen t a 1 w e i g h t

4 33

f u s i o n lemma

143

G Gaussian m a t r i x

2 31

G e 1f and t h e o r y

3 36

generating function

396

I i n c r e a s i n g seminorm

4 31

i n t e r c h a n g e number

202

i n t e r p o l a t i o n matrix

189

i n t e r p o l a t i o n matrix, p o i s e d

189

interpolation matrix, regular

189

79,

88

INDEX

447

K

Korovkin a p p r o x i m a t i o n

19

Korovkin c l o s u r e

20

Korovkin s p a c e

20

Korovkin' s theorem

63

L level functions

199

M meromorphic uniform a p p r o x i m a t i o n

139

N Nachbin s p a c e non-archimedean

3 72 spaces

121

0

order regularity

189

P

plurisubharmonic f u n c t i o n

34 3

p o i d s de B e r n s t e i n

237

point r6gulier

238

Pdlya c o n d i t i o n

192

P6lya f u n c t i o n s

191

p o l y n o m i a l l y c o m p a t i b l e seminorm

4 31

power growth

392

p r o p e r t y (B)

168

pseudodifferential operator

13

INDEX

446

q

Q

- regular

quasi

- analytic

229

4 39

criterion

R

r a t i o n a l approximation

421

regular interpolation matrix

189

r e l a t i v e Korovkin a p p r o x i m a t i o n

28

r e l a t i v e Korovkin c l o s u r e

28

r e s t r i c t e d range approximation

226

Rogosinski summation method

103

Rolle set

209

S S-approximation p r o p e r t y ( S . a . P . 1

359

seminorm, B e r n s t e i n

433

seminorm , fundamental

4 32

seminorm, i n c r e a s i n g

4 31

seminorm, p o l y n o m i a l l y c o m p a t i b l e

431

s h e a f o f F-morphic f u n c t i o n s

40

shift

203

S-holomorphic a p p r o x i m a t i o n p r o p e r t y (S.H.a.p.1

367

Silva-bounded n-homogeneous polynomial

353

Silva-bounded n - l i n e a r map

352

S i 1va- bounded po 1ynomi a 1

35 4

Silva-holomorphic

35 5

S i l v a - h o l o m o r p h i c , weakly

356

simple

21 3

s i n g u l a r i n t e g r a l of de l a v a l l d e P o u s s i n

99

singular Integral of Fej6r

98

s i n g u l a r i n t e g r a l of Landau-Stieltjes

93

449

INDEX

s i n g u l a r i n t e g r a l of Weierstrass

96

smoothing f o r m u l a S

386

- Runge

36 2

s t r i c t compact

3s 7

supported sequence

194

V V*- a l g e b r a

339

vector fibration

372

v e r y compact

275

w weakly S i l v a - h o l o m o r p h i c

355

weight

372,

w e i g h t , fundamental

4 33

433

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