Saak Gabriyelyan, Jan van Mill, Evgenii Reznichenko
{"title":"Closed embeddings of spaces and groups into pseudocompact (k_mathbb {R})-groups","authors":"Saak Gabriyelyan, Jan van Mill, Evgenii Reznichenko","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01602-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01602-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A well-known theorem of Noble states that each Tychonoff space <i>X</i> is homeomorphic to a closed subspace of a pseudocompact <span>(k_mathbb {R})</span>-space. We strengthen this result by showing that any Tychonoff space <i>X</i> is homeomorphic to a closed subspace of an abelian pseudocompact <span>(k_mathbb {R})</span>-group <i>G</i> such that <span>(w(G)le aleph _1cdot w(X))</span>, and if, in addition, <i>X</i> is a precompact group, then <i>X</i> is topologically isomorphic to a closed subgroup of <i>G</i>. It is constructed the first examples of pseudocompact groups <span>(G_1)</span> and <span>(G_2)</span> (in fact, they are even countably compact and of weight <span>(aleph _2)</span>) such that <span>(G_1)</span> is Ascoli but not a <span>(k_mathbb {R})</span>-space, and <span>(G_2)</span> is a <span>(k_mathbb {R})</span>-space but not a <i>k</i>-space. Under <span>(mathrm {MA+lnot CH})</span>, we show that any pseudocompact group of weight <span>(aleph _1)</span> is Ascoli. These results are proved using topological properties of pseudocompact spaces <i>X</i> of weight <span>(aleph _1)</span> and of <span>(Sigma )</span>-products in products of compact spaces. Being motivated by these results and the countably compact part of Noble’s theorem, it is shown by a well-known technique that each countably compact infinite group has a separable countably compact subgroup of cardinality continuum.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"261 - 278"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10474-026-01602-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"For any space X, either (C_p(X)) or (C_pC_p(X)) is (psi )-separable","authors":"J. A. Aguilar-Velázquez, V. V. Tkachuk","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01603-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01603-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We establish that, for any Tychonoff space <i>X</i>, at least one of the spaces <span>(C_p(X))</span> and <span>(C_pC_p(X))</span> has a dense subspace of countable pseudocharacter. Under MA, we give an example of a space <i>X</i> such that <span>(C_p(X))</span> does not have a dense subspace of countable functional tightness. We also show that there exists a compact zero-dimensional space <i>K</i> such that <span>(C_p(K,{0,1}))</span> is exponentially separable while <i>K</i> is not a Sokolov space. For compact scattered spaces <i>K</i> of countable dispersion index, we show that <span>(C_p(K))</span> has a dense exponentially separable subspace if and only if <i>K</i> is <span>(omega )</span>-monolithic. Our results provide answers to several published open questions.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"279 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10474-026-01603-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explicit lower bounds for opaque sets of unit square and unit disc","authors":"Markus Kiderlen, Florian Pausinger","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01606-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01606-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Explicit lower bounds for the length of the shortest opaque set for the unit disc and the unit square in the Euclidean plane are derived. The results are based on an explicit application of the general method of Kawamura, Moriyama, Otachi and Pach [9]. Employing a recent observation by Steinerberger on the possible orientations of straight barriers with length close to Jones’ bound, we improve the bound in [9] by more than a factor 3. The bound for barriers of the unit disc is new and based on the idea that the free parameters in the general method from [9] can be optimized due to the strong symmetry properties of the disc. Our approach illustrates both the power and the limitations of the method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"289 - 303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10474-026-01606-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classification of orbit spaces of free (mathbb {S}^3)- actions on the product of three spheres","authors":"Dimpi, Jitendra Kumar Maitra","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01601-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01601-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The cohomological classification of orbit spaces of free <span>(G=mathbb {Z}_2)</span> or <span>(G=mathbb {S}^1)</span> actions on the mod 2 or rational cohomology product of three spheres <span>(mathbb {S}^ntimes mathbb {S}^m times mathbb {S}^l,1le nle mle l )</span>, has been discussed in [5, 14]. In this paper, we discuss orbit spaces of free <span>(G=mathbb {S}^3)</span> actions on a finitistic space <i>X</i> whose rational cohomology is isomorphic to the product of three spheres. As an application, we determine Borsuk-Ulam type theorems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"242 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addendum to “Entropy on quasi-uniform spaces” [Acta Math. Hungar., 171 (2023), 241-266]","authors":"Paulus Haihambo, O. Olela Otafudu","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01597-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01597-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This note is intended to strengthen the result in the paper mentioned in the title, which states that for join-compact <span>(T_0)</span> quasi-uniform spaces, the quasi-uniform entropy of a uniformly continuous self-map coincides with the quasi-uniform entropy of its extension to the bicompletion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"239 - 241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10474-026-01597-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncertainty principle, annihilating pairs and Fourier restriction","authors":"A. Iosevich, P. Jaming, A. Mayeli","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01589-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01589-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Let <span>(G)</span> be a locally compact Abelian group, and let <span>(widehat{G})</span> denote its dual group, equipped with a Haar measure. A variant of the uncertainty principle states that for any <span>(S subset G)</span> and <span>(Sigma subset widehat{G})</span>, there exists a constant <span>(C(S, Sigma ))</span> such that for any <span>(f in L^2(G))</span>, the following inequality holds: </p><div><div><span>$$ Vert fVert _{L^2(G)} le C(S, Sigma ) bigl ( Vert fVert _{L^2(G setminus S)} + Vert widehat{f}Vert _{L^2(widehat{G} setminus Sigma )} bigr ), $$</span></div></div><p>where <span>(widehat{f})</span> denotes the Fourier transform of <span>(f)</span>. This variant of the uncertainty principle is particularly useful in applications such as signal processing and control theory. The purpose of this paper is to show that such estimates can be strengthened when <span>(S)</span> or <span>(Sigma )</span> satisfies a restriction theorem and to provide an estimate for the constant <span>(C(S, Sigma ))</span>. This result serves as a quantitative counterpart to a recent finding by the first and last author [24]. In the setting of finite groups, the results also extend those of Matolcsi–Szűcs and Donoho–Stark.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"220 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legendrian non-simple Whitehead doubles of the trefoil","authors":"Saliha Kivanç","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01600-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01600-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ozsváth and Stipsicz showed that some Eliashberg–Chekanov twist knots, which are Whitehead doubles of the unknot, are not Legendrian simple. We extend their result by considering some Whitehead doubles of the trefoil: Using properties of knot Floer homology and the distinguished surgery triangle, we show that this family of knots is Legendrian non-simple in the standard contact 3-sphere.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"207 - 219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explicit discriminant and integral basis of ({{textbf{Q}}}(root p^2 of {a}))","authors":"Anuj Jakhar","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01598-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01598-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Let <span>(K = {{textbf{Q}}}(theta ))</span> be an algebraic number field, where <span>(theta )</span> is a root of the irreducible polynomial <span>(x^n - a in {{textbf{Q}}}[x])</span> of degree <i>n</i>, and let <span>({textbf {Z}}_K)</span> denote the ring of integers of <i>K</i>. In general, for arbitrary integers <i>n</i> and <i>a</i>, the explicit computation of the discriminant and an integral basis of <i>K</i> remains unresolved, except in special cases such as <span>(n = 4)</span>, 8, 9, a prime <i>p</i>, or a product <i>pq</i> of distinct primes <i>p</i> and <i>q</i>. Most existing results assume either that <i>a</i> is square-free or that <span>(gcd (a, n) = 1)</span>. In this article, we address the case <span>(n = p^2)</span> for an odd prime <i>p</i>, without imposing any condition on <i>a</i>. Using the theory of Newton polygons of first and second order, we determine the exact power of each prime <i>q</i> dividing the index <span>([{textbf {Z}}_K : {textbf {Z}}[theta ]])</span>. This allows us to construct explicitly a <i>q</i>-integral basis of <i>K</i> for each prime <i>q</i>, which in turn yields a complete integral basis of <i>K</i>. Several illustrative examples are provided. As an application, we show that if <i>a</i> is square-free and satisfies <span>(a^{p-1} not equiv 1 pmod {p^2})</span>, then <i>K</i> admits a power basis; that is, <span>({textbf {Z}}_K = {textbf {Z}}[theta ])</span>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"169 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The shortest distance between orbits of two different dynamical systems","authors":"Saisai Shi, Jia Liu, Yuan Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01596-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01596-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We study the shortest distance, denoted by <span>(widehat{m}_{n}(x,y))</span>, between distinct <i>n</i>-step orbits of different dynamical systems. The main results concern the asymptotic behavior of <span>(widehat{m}_{n}(x,y))</span> as <i>n</i> increases. We prove that the asymptotic behavior of <span>(widehat{m}_{n}(x,y))</span> as <i>n</i> increases is characterized by the correlation dimension of the invariant measures of the systems, provided both systems exhibit exponential mixing in a suitable functional analytic framework. Applications of the results are provided for rotations and expanding maps.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"193 - 206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Higher order Wiener–Wintner systems: examples and applications","authors":"Idris Assani, Jacob Folks, Ryo Moore","doi":"10.1007/s10474-026-01595-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10474-026-01595-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We will construct “higher-dimensional\" versions of the Wiener–Wintner dynamical system that was originally studied by I. Assani in 2003. We will show that on these systems we can provide very simple proofs of the a.e. convergence of the multiple recurrence averages, as well as the multiple recurrence return times averages. We will do so by obtaining a quantitative control of the multiple ergodic averages by extending the estimate for the double recurrence that was attained by J. Bourgain. We will also observe that this class of dynamical systems contains numerous examples that are not bounded by the standard classifications (e.g. entropy, mixing), such as Kolmogorov systems, classical skew products, as well as systems for which the a.e. convergence of multiple recurrence is not currently known. Along our way, we will also provide alternative characteristics of the Host–Kra–Ziegler factors from the point of view of the uniform Wiener–Wintner theorem.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50894,"journal":{"name":"Acta Mathematica Hungarica","volume":"178 1","pages":"68 - 129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}