Uniform bounds on the number of rational points of a family of curves of genus 2

We exhibit a genus-2 curve defined over which admits two independent morphisms to a rank-1 elliptic curve defined over . We describe completely the set of -rational points of the curve and obtain a uniform bound on the number of -rational points of a rational specialization of the curve for a certain (possibly infinite) set of values . Furthermore, for this set of values we describe completely the set of -rational points of the curve . Finally, we show how these results can be strengthened assuming a height conjecture of Lang.     

Hilbert-Speiser number fields for a prime p inside the p-cyclotomic field

Let p be a prime number. We say that a number field F satisfies the condition when for any cyclic extension N/F of degree p, the ring of p-integers of N has a normal integral basis over . It is known that F=Q satisfies for any p. It is also known that when p?19, any subfield F of Q(ζp) satisfies . In this paper, we prove that when p?23, an imaginary subfield F of Q(ζp) satisfies if and only if and p=43, 67 or 163 (under GRH). For a real subfield F of Q(ζp) with F≠Q, we give a corresponding but weaker assertion to the effect that it quite rarely satisfies .     

The ring of quasimodular forms for a cocompact group

We describe the additive structure of the graded ring of quasimodular forms over any discrete and cocompact group Γ⊂PSL(2,R). We show that this ring is never finitely generated. We calculate the exact number of new generators in each weight k. This number is constant for k sufficiently large and equals where I and are the ideals of modular forms and quasimodular forms, respectively, of positive weight. We show that is contained in some finitely generated ring of meromorphic quasimodular forms with i.e., the same order of growth as      

Moduli of metaplectic bundles on curves and Theta-sheaves

We give a geometric interpretation of the Weil representation of the metaplectic group, placing it in the framework of the geometric Langlands program.For a smooth projective curve X we introduce an algebraic stack of metaplectic bundles on X. It also has a local version , which is a gerbe over the affine Grassmanian of G. We define a categorical version of the (nonramified) Hecke algebra of the metaplectic group. This is a category of certain perverse sheaves on , which act on by Hecke operators. A version of the Satake equivalence is proved describing as a tensor category. Further, we construct a perverse sheaf on corresponding to the Weil representation and show that it is a Hecke eigen-sheaf with respect to .     

On sums of a prime and four prime squares in short intervals

In this paper, we are able to sharpen Hua's classical result by showing that each sufficiently large integer can be written as

     

Congruences involving Bernoulli and Euler numbers

Let [x] be the integral part of x. Let p>5 be a prime. In the paper we mainly determine , , and in terms of Euler and Bernoulli numbers. For example, we have

     

Volumes and diophantine inequalities associated with decomposable forms

For homogeneous decomposable forms in n variables with real coefficients, we consider the associated volume of all real solutions to the inequality . We relate this to the number of integral solutions to the Diophantine inequality in the case where F has rational coefficients. We find quantities which bound the volume and which yield good upper bounds on the number of solutions to the Diophantine inequality in the rational case.     

Pseudovarieties defining classes of sofic subshifts closed under taking shift equivalent subshifts

For a pseudovariety of ordered semigroups, let be the class of sofic subshifts whose syntactic semigroup lies in . It is proved that if contains then is closed under taking shift equivalent subshifts, and conversely, if is closed under taking conjugate subshifts then contains and . Almost finite type subshifts are characterized as the irreducible elements of , which gives a new proof that the class of almost finite type subshifts is closed under taking shift equivalent subshifts.     

Additive maps on standard operator algebras preserving parts of the spectrum

Let and be standard operator algebras on infinite dimensional complex Banach spaces X and Y, respectively, and let Φ be a unital additive surjection from  onto . We introduce thirteen parts of the spectrum for elements in  and , and prove that if Φ preserves any one of these parts of the spectrum, then it is either an isomorphism or an anti-isomorphism.     

On a theorem of Chowla

Let be a finite field with q=p^felements, where p is a prime number and f is a positive integer. For a nonprincipal multiplicative character χ and a nontrivial additive character ψ on , it is well known that Gauss sum has absolute value . In this paper, we investigate when is a root of unity.     

A one-to-one correspondence between colorings and stable sets

Given a graph G, we construct an auxiliary graph with vertices such that the set of all stable sets of is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of all colorings of G. Then, we show that the Max-Coloring problem in G reduces to the Maximum Weighted Stable set problem in .