A formula for the Whitehead group of a three-dimensional crystallographic group

We give an explicit formula for the Whitehead group of a three-dimensional crystallographic group Γ in terms of the Whitehead groups of the virtually infinite cyclic subgroups of Γ.     

Actor of a Precrossed Module

Applying the equivalence of the category of precrossed modules with the category of groups with two additional unary operations satisfying the corresponding conditions, the construction of an actor is given in terms of Whitehead group of generalized regular derivations, defined in the article, and the automorphism group of a precrossed module. The analogous approach to this problem in the case of crossed modules leads to the well-known construction given in the works of Lue and Norrie.     

Algebraic K-theory of generalized free products and functors Nil

In this paper, we extend Waldhausen's results on algebraic K-theory of generalized free products in a more general setting and we give some properties of the Nil functors. As a consequence, we get new groups with trivial Whitehead groups.     

The Chern-Simons invariants of cone-manifolds with Whitehead link singular set

In the present article, we obtain some explicit integral formulas for the generalized Chern-Simons function I(W(α,β)) for Whitehead link cone-manifolds in the hyperbolic and spherical cases. We also give the Chern-Simons invariant for the Whitehead link orbifolds. We find a formula for the Chern-Simons invariant of n-fold coverings of the three-sphere branched over the Whitehead link.     

The involution on the equivariant Whitehead group

For a finite group G we define an involution on the equivariant Whitehead group given by reversing the direction of an equivariant h-cobordism. It turns out that the involution is not compatible with the splitting of the equivariant Whitehead group into a direct sum of algebraic Whitehead groups, certain correction terms involving the transfer maps of the normal sphere bundles of the various fixed point sets come in. However, if the group has odd order, these transfer maps all vanish. We prove a duality formula for a G-homotopy equivalence (f f): (M; M) (N, N) relating the equivariant Whitehead torsion of f and (f,f).     

Vassiliev invariants and the Poincaré conjecture

This article examines the relationship between 3-manifold topology and knot invariants of finite type. We prove that in every Whitehead manifold there exist knots that cannot be distinguished by Vassiliev invariants. If, on the other hand, Vassiliev invariants distinguish knots in each homotopy sphere, then the Poincaré conjecture is true (i.e. every homotopy 3-sphere is homeomorphic to the standard 3-sphere).     

Algebraic traveling waves for the generalized Newell–Whitehead–Segel equation

In this paper we provide the only possible algebraic traveling wave solutions for the celebrated general Newell–Whitehead–Segel equation.     

Invariants de Vassiliev et conjecture de PoincaréVassiliev invariants and the Poincaré conjecture

We prove the following result: if Vassiliev invariants distinguish knots in each homotopy sphere, then the Poincaré conjecture is true, in other words every homotopy sphere is homeomorphic to the standard sphere. On the other hand, in every Whitehead manifold there exist knots that cannot be distinguished by Vassiliev invariants. To cite this article: M. Eisermann, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 1005–1010.     

WHITEHEAD GROUPS OF MODULE EXTENSIONS

When R satisfies (strong unit) 1-stable range and M is a R-R-bimodule, theauthors calculate that K1(R ∞ M) ≌ U(R ∞ M)/L(R ∞ M). As applications, the authors also calculate some Whitehead groups for exchange rings with artinian primitive factors.Key words Whitehead group, module extension, (strong unit) 1-stable range     

The group SK1 for simple algebras

We prove that the reduced Whitehead group SK ₁(A) is generically nontrival for any central simple algebra A of index divisible by 4. This work has been supported by the NSF grant DMS #0355166.     

The Fibered Isomorphism Conjecture for Complex Manifolds

In this paper we show that the Fibered Isomorphism Conjecture of Farrell and Jones, corresponding to the stable topological pseudoisotopy functor, is true for the fundamental groups of a class of complex manifolds. A consequence of this result is that the Whitehead group, reduced projective class groups and the negative K-groups of the fundamental groups of these manifolds vanish whenever the fundamental group is torsion free. We also prove the same results for a class of real manifolds including a large class of 3-manifolds which has a finite sheeted cover fibering over the circle.     

A comparison between the reduced differential transform method and the Adomian decomposition method for the Newell–Whitehead–Segel equation

In this paper, we will carry out a comparative study between the reduced differential transform method and the Adomian decomposition method. This is been achieved by handling the Newell–Whitehead–Segel equation. Two numerical examples have also been carried out to validate and demonstrate efficiency of the two methods. Furthermost, it is shown that the reduced differential transform method has an advantage over the Adomian decomposition method that it takes less time to solve the nonlinear problems without using the Adomian polynomials.     

Smash Products for Secondary Homotopy Groups

We construct a smash product operation on secondary homotopy groups yielding the structure of a lax symmetric monoidal functor. Applications on cup-one products, Toda brackets and Whitehead products are considered. The second author was partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under MEC-FEDER grants MTM2004-01865 and MTM2004-03629, the postdoctoral fellowship EX2004-0616, and a Juan de la Cierva research contract.     

Maximal tubes under the deformations of 3-dimensional hyperbolic cone-manifolds

Hodgson and Kerckhoff found a small bound on Dehn surgered 3-manifolds from hyperbolic knots not admitting hyperbolic structures using deformations of hyperbolic cone-manifolds. They asked whether the area normalized meridian length squared of maximal tubular neighborhoods of the singular locus of the cone-manifold is decreasing and that summed with the cone-angle squared is increasing as we deform the cone-angles. We confirm this near 0 cone-angles for an infinite family of hyperbolic cone-manifolds obtained by Dehn surgeries along the Whitehead link complements. The basic method rests on explicit holonomy computations using the A-polynomials and finding the maximal tubes. One of the key tools is the Taylor expansion of a geometric component of the zero set of the A-polynomial in terms of the cone-angles. We also show that a sequence of Taylor expansions for Dehn surgered manifolds converges to 1 for the limit hyperbolic manifold.     

Analytical and numerical solutions of the Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation and their multistability behavior

In this paper, we propose an analytical method and a modification of explicit exponential finite difference method (EEFDM) for analytical and numerical solutions of the Fitzhugh–Nagumo (FN) and Newell–Whitehead (NW) equations. The method is improved computationally by using the Padé approximation technique. Furthermore, multistability behavior of traveling wave solutions of the FN and NW equations are examined in presence of external forcing. It is observed that there exist coexisting periodic and quasiperiodic orbits for the FN equation, where as only quasiperiodic orbits is observed in case of NW equation.     

A function space model approach to the rational evaluation subgroups

Let f : U → X be a map from a connected nilpotent space U to a connected rational space X. The evaluation subgroup G _*(U, X; f), which is a generalization of the Gottlieb group of X, is investigated. The key device for the study is an explicit Sullivan model for the connected component containing f of the function space of maps from U to X, which is derived from the general theory of such a model due to Brown and Szczarba (Trans Am Math Soc 349, 4931–4951, 1997). In particular, we show that non Gottlieb elements are detected by analyzing a Sullivan model for the map f and by looking at non-triviality of higher order Whitehead products in the homotopy group of X. The Gottlieb triviality of a fibration in the sense of Lupton and Smith (The evaluation subgroup of a fibre inclusion, 2006) is also discussed from the function space model point of view. Moreover, we proceed to consideration of the evaluation subgroup of the fundamental group of a nilpotent space. In consequence, the first Gottlieb group of the total space of each S ¹-bundle over the n-dimensional torus is determined explicitly in the non-rational case.      

AlgebraicK-theory of von Neumann algebras

To every von Neumann algebra, one can associate a (multiplicative) determinant defined on the invertible elements of the algebra with range a subgroup of the Abelian group of the invertible elements of the center of the von Neumann algebra. This determinant is a normalization of the usual determinant for finite von Neumann algebras of type I, for the type II₁-case it is the Fuglede-Kadison determinant, and for properly infinite von Neumann algebras the determinant is constant equal to 1. It is proved that every invertible element of determinant 1 is a product of a finite number of commutators. This extends a result of T. Fack and P. de la Harpe for II₁-factors. As a corollary, it follows that the determinant induces an injection from the algebraicK ₁-group of the von Neumann algebra into the Abelian group of the invertible elements of the center. Its image is described. Another group,K ₁ ^w (A), which is generated by elements in matrix algebras overA that induce injective right multiplication maps, is also computed. We use the Fuglede-Kadison determinant to detect elements in the Whitehead group Wh(G).Partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-9103327.     

The relationship between the boundedly controlled K1 and Whitehead groups

Let Z be a boundedness control space and p: X Z be a continuous map. The boundedly controlled Whitehead group Wh ^bc (X, p) is defined to be a quotient of the boundedly controlled K ₁-group K ₁ ^bc (X, p) by a certain subgroup whose generators are explicitly given. In general, little is known about this subgroup and it is even possible that it vanishes; i.e. that the boundedly controlled K ₁ and Whitehead groups are identical. This paper examines the structure of this subgroup in the case when p is the open cone on a PL map between compact polyhedra. As a byproduct, it calculates Wh ^bc (X, p) in some of these cases.Partially supported by the NSF under grant number DMS-8803149.     

On the existence of a single test module

We revisit two questions concerning the existence of a single test module by comparing them with similar questions (see Theorem 3.3). As a corollary, we identify domains over which strongly flat modules and torsion-free Whitehead modules coincide (see Corollary 3.6). We obtain several analogous results to the main theorem under stronger hypotheses (see section 4). In particular, we settle a long-standing question concerning a characterization of almost perfect domains (see Corollary 4.4). We also look into the case when the character module of K and the Matlis-dual of K are isomorphic (see Theorem 5.2).