We compare several different concepts of integer-valued polynomials on algebras and collect the few results and many open questions to be found in the literature. (2000 Math. Subj. Classification: Primary 13F20; Secondary 16S50, 13B25, 13J10, 11C08, 11C20)

A charge (finitely additive measure) defined on a Boolean algebra of sets taking values in a group G is called a strictly nonzero (SNZ) charge if it takes the identity value in G only for the zero element of the Boolean algebra. A study of such charges was initiated by Rudiger Göbel and KPS Bhaskara Rao in 2002 [3]. Our main result is a solution to one of the questions posed in that paper: we s...

Article history: Received 15 November 2010 Available online 13 October 2011 Communicated by Luchezar L. Avramov MSC: 13F05 11C08 13F20 13G05 13B25

In the signal-processing literature, a frame is mechanism for performing analysis and reconstruction in Hilbert space. By contrast, quantum theory, positive operator-valued measure (POVM) decomposes Hilbert-space vector purpose of computing measurement probabilities. Frames their most common generalizations can be seen to give rise POVMs, but does every reasonable POVM arise from type frame? We...

Let R be a Krull ring with quotient field K and a1, . . . , an in R. If and only if the ai are pairwise incongruent mod every height 1 prime ideal of infinite index in R does there exist for all values b1, . . . , bn in R an interpolating integer-valued polynomial, i.e., an f ∈ K[x] with f(ai) = bi and f(R) ⊆ R. If S is an infinite subring of a discrete valuation ring Rv with quotient field K a...