This paper is concerned with a generalization of the classical Bernstein polynomials where the function is evaluated at intervals which are in geometric progression. It is shown that, when the function is convex, the generalized Bernstein polynomials Bn are monotonic in n, as in the classical case.

Let Kq[X] = Oq(M(m, n)) be the quantization of the ring of regular functions on m × n matrices and Iq (X) be the ideal generated by the 2 × 2 quantum minors of the matrix X=(Xij)l≤i≤m, I≤j≤n of generators of Kq[X]. The residue class ring Rq(X) = Kq[X]/Iq(X) (a quantum analogue of determinantal rings) is shown to be an integral domain and a maximal order in its divisionring of fractions. For the proof we use a general lemma concerning maximalorders that we first establish. This lemma actually applies widely to prime factors of quantum algebras. We also prove that, if the parameter isnot a root of unity, all the prime factors of the uniparameter quantum space are maximal orders in their division ring of fractions.

Banach modules over C*-algebras (von Neumann algebras) that can be represented isometrically as operator modules (normal operator modules, respectively) are characterised.

The asymptotics behaviour of solutions of the Becker-Döring cluster equations is determined for cases in which coagulation dominates fragmentation. We show that all non-zero solutions tend weak* to zero.

Composition algebras in which the subalgebra generated by any element has dimension at most two are classified over fields of characteristic ≠2,3. They include, besides the classical unital composition algebras, some closely related algebras and all the composition algebras with invariant quadratic norm.