We introduce the notion of L2-rigidity for von Neumann algebras, a generalization of property (T) which can be viewed as an analogue for the vanishing of 1-cohomology into the left regular representation of a group. We show that L2rigidity passes to normalizers and is satisfied by nonamenable II1 factors which are non-prime, have property Γ, or are weakly rigid. As a consequence we obtain that ...

We introduce the notion of L2-rigidity for von Neumann algebras, a generalization of property (T) which can be viewed as an analogue for the vanishing of 1-cohomology into the left regular representation of a group. We show that L2-rigidity passes to normalizers and is satisfied by nonamenable II1 factors which are non-prime, have property Γ , or are weakly rigid. As a consequence we obtain tha...

We investigated the influence of sentence context on initial integration of novel word meanings into semantic memory. Adults read strongly or weakly constrained sentences ending in known and unknown (novel) words as electrical brain activity was recorded. Word knowledge was assessed via a lexical decision task where recently seen known and unknown word sentence endings served as primes for rela...

Let Σ2n be the set of all partitions of the even integers from the interval (4, 2n], n > 2, into two odd prime parts. We show that |Σ2n| ∼ 2n2/ log n as n → ∞. We also assume that a partition is selected uniformly at random from the set Σ2n. Let 2Xn ∈ (4, 2n] be the size of this partition. We prove a limit theorem which establishes that Xn/n converges weakly to the maximum of two random variabl...

in this work, by employing the krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem, we study the existence of positive solutions of a three-point boundary value problem for the following fourth-order differential equation begin{eqnarray*} left { begin{array}{ll} u^{(4)}(t) -f(t,u(t),u^{prime prime }(t))=0 hspace{1cm} 0 leq t leq 1, & u(0) = u(1)=0, hspace{1cm} alpha u^{prime prime }(0) - beta u^{prime prime...

Ontology-based data access (OBDA) is a new and promising paradigm in database and logics research and offers the added benefit that detailed world knowledge about a subject can be embodied in an ontology, in addition to the classical instance database. Description logics are a prime candidate for expressive and efficient ontology languages, and complexity analysis of the accompanying reasoning ...

In this paper, we introduce a class of $J$-quasipolar rings. Let $R$ be a ring with identity. An element $a$ of a ring $R$ is called {it weakly $J$-quasipolar} if there exists $p^2 = pin comm^2(a)$ such that $a + p$ or $a-p$ are contained in $J(R)$ and the ring $R$ is called {it weakly $J$-quasipolar} if every element of $R$ is weakly $J$-quasipolar. We give many characterizations and investiga...

A subgroup H is said to be s-permutable in a group G, if HP = PH holds for every Sylow subgroup P of G. If there exists a subgroup B of G such that HB = G and H permutes with every Sylow subgroup of B, then H is said to be SS-quasinormal in G. In this paper, we say that H is a weakly SS-quasinormal subgroup of G, if there is a normal subgroup T of G such that HT is s-permutable and H ∩ T is SS-...

In a recent paper Borel and Serre proved the theorem: If 8 is a Lie algebra of characteristic 0 and 8 has an automorphism of prime period without fixed points f^O, then 8 is nilpotent.1 In this note we give a proof valid also for characteristic p^O. By the same method we can prove several other similar results on automorphisms and derivations. Our method is based on decompositions of the Lie al...

generalizing the concepts of -fuzzy (left, right, lateral) ideals, -fuzzy quasi-ideals and   -fuzzy bi (generalized bi-) ideals in ternary semigroups, the notions of -fuzzy (left, right, lateral) ideals, -fuzzy quasi-ideals and -fuzzy bi (generalized bi-) in ternary semigroups are introduced and several related properties are investigated. some new results are obtained.