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It is an open problem whether one can always extend an absolutely continuous function (in the sense of Ashton and Doust) on a compact subset of the plane to a larger compact set. In this paper we show that this can be done for a large family of initial domains whose components consist of polygons and convex curves. An application is given to the spectral theory of $AC(\sigma)$ operators.
Well-bounded operators are linear operators on a Banach space $X$ that have an $AC[a,b]$ functional calculus for some interval $[a,b]$. A well-bounded operator is of type (B) if it can be written as an integral against a spectral family of projections, and this is always the case when $X$ is reflexive. There are many examples of well-bounded operators on non-reflexive spaces that are not of type (B), and it is open whether there is a non-reflexive Banach space upon which every well-bounded operator is of type (B). The spaces constructed by Pisier, which answered a conjecture of Grothendieck in the negative, have been suggested by Cheng and Doust as a candidate to answer this open problem. In this paper, it will be shown that on a class of Banach spaces containing these spaces, there is always a well-bounded operator not of type (B).
The spaces $BV(\sigma)$ and $AC(\sigma)$ were introduced as part of a program to find a general theory which covers both well-bounded operators and trigonometrically well-bounded operators acting on a Banach space. Since their initial appearance it has become clear that the definitions could be simplified somewhat. In this paper we give a self-contained exposition of the main properties of these spaces using this simplified approach.
Graham and Winkler derived a formula for the determinant of the distance matrix of a full-dimensional set of $n + 1$ points $\{ x_{0}, x_{1}, \ldots , x_{n} \}$ in the Hamming cube $H_{n} = ( \{ 0,1 \}^{n}, \ell_{1} )$. In this article we derive a formula for the determinant of the distance matrix $D$ of an arbitrary set of $m + 1$ points $\{ x_{0}, x_{1}, \ldots , x_{m} \}$ in $H_{n}$. It follows from this more general formula that $\det (D) \not= 0$ if and only if the vectors $x_{0}, x_{1}, \ldots , x_{m}$ are affinely independent. Specializing to the case $m = n$ provides new insights into the original formula of Graham and Winkler. A significant difference that arises between the cases $m < n$ and $m = n$ is noted. We also show that if $D$ is the distance matrix of an unweighted tree on $n + 1$ vertices, then $\langle D^{-1} \mathbf{1}, \mathbf{1} \rangle = 2/n$ where $\mathbf{1}$ is the column vector all of whose coordinates are $1$. Finally, we derive a new proof of Murugan's classification of the subsets of $H_{n}$ that have strict $1$-negative type.
For a nonempty compact subset $\sigma$ in the plane, the space $AC(\sigma)$ is the closure of the space of complex polynomials in two real variables under a particular variation norm. In the classical setting, $AC[0,1]$ contains several other useful dense subsets, such as continuous piecewise linear functions, $C^1$ functions and Lipschitz functions. In this paper we examine analogues of these results in this more general setting.