Modular Lie algebras and the Gelfand–Kirillov conjecture

Let ${\mathfrak{g}}Let \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} be a finite dimensional simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field \mathbbK\mathbb{K} of characteristic 0. Let \mathfrakg_\mathbbZ{\mathfrak{g}}_{{\mathbb{Z}}} be a Chevalley ℤ-form of \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} and \mathfrakg_\Bbbk=\mathfrakg_\mathbbZ?_\mathbbZ\Bbbk{\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}={\mathfrak{g}}_{{\mathbb{Z}}}\otimes _{{\mathbb{Z}}}\Bbbk, where \Bbbk\Bbbk is the algebraic closure of  \mathbbF_p{\mathbb{F}}_{p}. Let G_\BbbkG_{\Bbbk} be a simple, simply connected algebraic \Bbbk\Bbbk-group with \operatornameLie(G_\Bbbk)=\mathfrakg_\Bbbk\operatorname{Lie}(G_{\Bbbk})={\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}. In this paper, we apply recent results of Rudolf Tange on the fraction field of the centre of the universal enveloping algebra U(\mathfrakg_\Bbbk)U({\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}) to show that if the Gelfand–Kirillov conjecture (from 1966) holds for \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}}, then for all p≫0 the field of rational functions \Bbbk (\mathfrakg_\Bbbk)\Bbbk ({\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}) is purely transcendental over its subfield \Bbbk(\mathfrakg_\Bbbk)^G_\Bbbk\Bbbk({\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk})^{G_{\Bbbk}}. Very recently, it was proved by Colliot-Thélène, Kunyavskiĭ, Popov, and Reichstein that the field of rational functions \mathbbK(\mathfrakg){\mathbb{K}}({\mathfrak{g}}) is not purely transcendental over its subfield \mathbbK(\mathfrakg)^\mathfrakg{\mathbb{K}}({\mathfrak{g}})^{\mathfrak{g}} if \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is of type B _n , n≥3, D _n , n≥4, E₆, E₇, E₈ or F₄. We prove a modular version of this result (valid for p≫0) and use it to show that, in characteristic 0, the Gelfand–Kirillov conjecture fails for the simple Lie algebras of the above types. In other words, if \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is of type B _n , n≥3, D _n , n≥4, E₆, E₇, E₈ or F₄, then the Lie field of \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is more complicated than expected.     

Balanced Deep Matrix Algebras

This paper continues the study of associative and Lie deep matrix algebras, DM(X,\mathbbK){\mathcal{DM}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}) and \mathfrakgld(X,\mathbbK){\mathfrak{gld}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}), and their subalgebras. After a brief overview of the general construction, balanced deep matrix subalgebras, BDM(X,\mathbbK){\mathcal{BDM}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}) and \mathfrakbld(X,\mathbbK){\mathfrak{bld}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}), are defined and studied for an infinite set X. The global structures of these two algebras are studied, devising a depth grading on both as well as determining their ideal lattices. In particular, \mathfrakbld(X,\mathbbK){\mathfrak{bld}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}) is shown to be semisimple. The Lie algebra \mathfrakbld(X,\mathbbK){\mathfrak{bld}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}) possesses a deep Cartan decomposition and is locally finite with every finite subalgebra naturally enveloped by a semi-direct product of \mathfraksl_n{\mathfrak{{sl}_n}}’s. We classify all associative bilinear forms on \mathfraksl₂\mathfrakd{\mathfrak{sl}_2\mathfrak{d}} (a natural depth analogue of \mathfraksl₂{\mathfrak{{sl}_2}}) and \mathfrakbld{\mathfrak{bld}}.     

Über die Bedingung Going up für {R \subset \hat{R}}

Let (R,\mathfrak m){(R,\mathfrak m)} be a noetherian, local ring with completion [^(R)]{\hat{R}} . We show that R ì [^(R)]{R \subset \hat{R}} satisfies the condition Going up if and only if there exists to every artinian R-module M with Ann_R(M) ì \mathfrakp{{\rm Ann}_R(M) \subset \mathfrak{p}} a submodule U ì M{U \subset M} with Ann_R(U)=\mathfrakp.{{\rm {Ann}}_R(U)=\mathfrak{p}.} This is further equivalent to R being formal catenary, to α(R) = 0 and to H^d_{\mathfrakq/\mathfrakp}(R/\mathfrakp)=0{H^d_{\mathfrak{q}/\mathfrak{p}}(R/\mathfrak{p})=0} for all prime ideals \mathfrakp ì \mathfrakq \subsetneq \mathfrakm{\mathfrak{p} \subset \mathfrak{q} \subsetneq \mathfrak{m}} where d = dim(R/\mathfrakp){d = {\rm {dim}}(R/\mathfrak{p})}.     

Mappings preserving the area equality of hyperbolic triangles are motions

It is shown that a mapping ${\varphi: \mathfrak{A}\rightarrow \mathfrak{B}}It is shown that a mapping j: \mathfrakA? \mathfrakB{\varphi: \mathfrak{A}\rightarrow \mathfrak{B}} between models \mathfrakA{\mathfrak{A}} and \mathfrakB{\mathfrak{B}} of elementary plane hyperbolic geometry, coordinatized by Euclidean ordered fields, that maps triangles having the same area and sharing a side into triangles that have the same property, must be a hyperbolic motion onto j(\mathfrakA){\varphi(\mathfrak{A})}. The relations that Tarski and Szmielew used as primitives for geometry, the equidistance relation ≡ and the betweenness relation B are shown to be positively existentially definable in terms of the quaternary relation Δ, with Δ(abcd) standing for “the triangles abc and abd have the same area.”     

An inverse spectral theorem for Kre?n strings with a negative eigenvalue

A string is a pair (L, \mathfrakm){(L, \mathfrak{m})} where L ? [0, ￥]{L \in[0, \infty]} and \mathfrakm{\mathfrak{m}} is a positive, possibly unbounded, Borel measure supported on [0, L]; we think of L as the length of the string and of \mathfrakm{\mathfrak{m}} as its mass density. To each string a differential operator acting in the space L²(\mathfrakm){L^2(\mathfrak{m})} is associated. Namely, the Kreĭn–Feller differential operator -D_\mathfrakmD_x{-D_{\mathfrak{m}}D_x} ; its eigenvalue equation can be written, e.g., as

Irreducible holonomy algebras of Riemannian supermanifolds

Possible irreducible holonomy algebras \mathfrakg ì \mathfrakosp(p, q|2m){\mathfrak{g}\subset\mathfrak{osp}(p, q|2m)} of Riemannian supermanifolds under the assumption that \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is a direct sum of simple Lie superalgebras of classical type and possibly of a 1-dimensional center are classified. This generalizes the classical result of Marcel Berger about the classification of irreducible holonomy algebras of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.     

Soluble minimal non-(finite-by-Baer)-groups

Let \mathfrakX{\mathfrak{X}} be a class of groups. A group G is called a minimal non- \mathfrakX{\mathfrak{X}}-group if it is not an \mathfrakX{\mathfrak{X}}-group but all of whose proper subgroups are \mathfrakX{\mathfrak{X}}-groups. In [16], Xu proved that if G is a soluble minimal non-Baer-group, then G/G ^′′ is a minimal non-nilpotent-group which possesses a maximal subgroup. In the present note, we prove that if G is a soluble minimal non-(finite-by-Baer)-group, then for all integer n ≥ 2, G/γ _n (G′) is a minimal non-(finite-by-abelian)-group.     

An Inverse Theorem for the Uniformity Seminorms Associated with the Action of {{\mathbb {F}^{\infty}_{p}}}

Let ${\mathbb {F}}Let \mathbb F{\mathbb {F}} a finite field. We show that the universal characteristic factor for the Gowers–Host–Kra uniformity seminorm U ^k (X) for an ergodic action (T_g)_{g ? \mathbb F^w}{(T_{g})_{{g} \in \mathbb {F}^{\omega}}} of the infinite abelian group \mathbb F^w{\mathbb {F}^{\omega}} on a probability space X = (X, B, m){X = (X, \mathcal {B}, \mu)} is generated by phase polynomials f: X ? S¹{\phi : X \to S^{1}} of degree less than C(k) on X, where C(k) depends only on k. In the case where k ￡ char(\mathbb F){k \leq {\rm char}(\mathbb {F})} we obtain the sharp result C(k) = k. This is a finite field counterpart of an analogous result for \mathbb Z{\mathbb {Z}} by Host and Kra [HK]. In a companion paper [TZ] to this paper, we shall combine this result with a correspondence principle to establish the inverse theorem for the Gowers norm in finite fields in the high characteristic case k ￡ char(\mathbb F){k \leq {\rm char}(\mathbb {F})} , with a partial result in low characteristic.     

Topology and Smooth Structure for Pseudoframes

Given a closed subspace ${\mathcal{S}}Given a closed subspace S{\mathcal{S}} of a Hilbert space H{\mathcal{H}}, we study the sets F_S{\mathcal{F}_\mathcal{S}} of pseudo-frames, CF_S{\mathcal{C}\mathcal{F}_\mathcal{S}} of commutative pseudo-frames and \mathfrakX_S{\tiny{\mathfrak{X}}_{\mathcal{S}}} of dual frames for S{\mathcal{S}}, via the (well known) one to one correspondence which assigns a pair of operators (F, H) to a frame pair ({f_n}_{n ? \mathbbN},{h_n}_{n ? \mathbbN}){(\{f_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}},\{h_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}})},

F:l2? H,     F({cn}n ? \mathbbN )=?n cn fn,F:\ell^2\to\,\mathcal{H}, \quad F\left(\{c_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}} \right)=\sum_n c_n f_n,      12. Around splitting and reaping for partitions of ω      Hiroaki Minami 《Archive for Mathematical Logic》2010,49(4):501-518 We investigate splitting number and reaping number for the structure (ω) ω of infinite partitions of ω. We prove that \mathfrakrd ￡ non(M),non(N),\mathfrakd{\mathfrak{r}_{d}\leq\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{M}),\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{N}),\mathfrak{d}} and \mathfraksd 3 \mathfrakb{\mathfrak{s}_{d}\geq\mathfrak{b}} . We also show the consistency results ${\mathfrak{r}_{d} > \mathfrak{b}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{d}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{r}, \mathfrak{r}_{d} < \mathsf{add}(\mathcal{M})}${\mathfrak{r}_{d} > \mathfrak{b}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{d}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{r}, \mathfrak{r}_{d} < \mathsf{add}(\mathcal{M})} and ${\mathfrak{s}_{d} > \mathsf{cof}(\mathcal{M})}${\mathfrak{s}_{d} > \mathsf{cof}(\mathcal{M})} . To prove the consistency \mathfrakrd < add(M){\mathfrak{r}_{d} < \mathsf{add}(\mathcal{M})} and \mathfraksd < cof(M){\mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathsf{cof}(\mathcal{M})} we introduce new cardinal invariants \mathfrakrpair{\mathfrak{r}_{pair}} and \mathfrakspair{\mathfrak{s}_{pair}} . We also study the relation between \mathfrakrpair, \mathfrakspair{\mathfrak{r}_{pair}, \mathfrak{s}_{pair}} and other cardinal invariants. We show that cov(M),cov(N) ￡ \mathfrakrpair ￡ \mathfraksd,\mathfrakr{\mathsf{cov}(\mathcal{M}),\mathsf{cov}(\mathcal{N})\leq\mathfrak{r}_{pair}\leq\mathfrak{s}_{d},\mathfrak{r}} and \mathfraks ￡ \mathfrakspair ￡ non(M),non(N){\mathfrak{s}\leq\mathfrak{s}_{pair}\leq\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{M}),\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{N})} .      13. Legendrian Links, Causality, and the Low Conjecture      Vladimir Chernov  Stefan Nemirovski 《Geometric And Functional Analysis》2010,19(5):1320-1333 Let (X m+1, g) be a globally hyperbolic spacetime with Cauchy surface diffeomorphic to an open subset of ${\mathbb{R}^{m}}Let (X m+1, g) be a globally hyperbolic spacetime with Cauchy surface diffeomorphic to an open subset of \mathbbRm{\mathbb{R}^{m}} . The Legendrian Low conjecture formulated by Natário and Tod says that two events x, y ? X{x, y \in X} are causally related if and only if the Legendrian link of spheres \mathfrakSx, \mathfrakSy{{\mathfrak{S}_x,\,\mathfrak{S}_y}} whose points are light geodesics passing through x and y is non-trivial in the contact manifold of all light geodesics in X. The Low conjecture says that for m = 2 the events x, y are causally related if and only if \mathfrakSx, \mathfrakSy{{\mathfrak{S}_x,\,\mathfrak{S}_y}} is non-trivial as a topological link. We prove the Low and the Legendrian Low conjectures. We also show that similar statements hold for any globally hyperbolic (X m+1, g) such that a cover of its Cauchy surface is diffeomorphic to an open domain in \mathbbRm{\mathbb{R}^{m}} .      14. An $ \mathfrak{X} $-crown of a finite soluble group      S. F. Kamornikov  L. A. Shemetkov 《Algebra and Logic》2010,49(5):400-415 Let G be a finite soluble group and F\mathfrakX(G) {\Phi_\mathfrak{X}}(G) an intersection of all those maximal subgroups M of G for which G

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\textCor\texteG(M) ? \mathfrakX {{G} \left/ {{{\text{Cor}}{{\text{e}}_G}(M)}} \right.} \in \mathfrak{X} . We look at properties of a section F( G

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F\mathfrakX(G) ) F\left( {{{G} \left/ {{{\Phi_\mathfrak{X}}(G)}} \right.}} \right) , which is definable for any class \mathfrakX \mathfrak{X} of primitive groups and is called an \mathfrakX \mathfrak{X} -crown of a group G. Of particular importance is the case where all groups in \mathfrakX \mathfrak{X} have equal socle length.      15. Lifting of convex functions on Carnot groups and lack of convexity for a gauge function      Andrea Bonfiglioli 《Archiv der Mathematik》2009,93(3):277-286 Let ${\mathbb{G}}Let \mathbbG{\mathbb{G}} be a Carnot group of step r and m generators and homogeneous dimension Q. Let \mathbbFm,r{\mathbb{F}_{m,r}} denote the free Lie group of step r and m generators. Let also p:\mathbbFm,r?\mathbbG{\pi:\mathbb{F}_{m,r}\to\mathbb{G}} be a lifting map. We show that any horizontally convex function u on \mathbbG{\mathbb{G}} lifts to a horizontally convex function u°p{u\circ \pi} on \mathbbFm,r{\mathbb{F}_{m,r}} (with respect to a suitable horizontal frame on \mathbbFm,r{\mathbb{F}_{m,r}}). One of the main aims of the paper is to exhibit an example of a sub-Laplacian L=?j=1m Xj2{\mathcal{L}=\sum_{j=1}^m X_j^2} on a Carnot group of step two such that the relevant L{\mathcal{L}}-gauge function d (i.e., d 2-Q is the fundamental solution for L{\mathcal{L}}) is not h-convex with respect to the horizontal frame {X 1, . . . , X m }. This gives a negative answer to a question posed in Danielli et al. (Commun. Anal. Geom. 11 (2003), 263–341).      16. Relative universality and universality obtained by adding constants      Marie?Demlová  Václav?Koubek  Ji?í?SichlerEmail author 《Algebra Universalis》2011,65(2):179-184 A variety ${\mathbb{V}}${\mathbb{V}} is var-relatively universal if it contains a subvariety \mathbbW{\mathbb{W}} such that the class of all homomorphisms that do not factorize through any algebra in \mathbbW{\mathbb{W}} is algebraically universal. And \mathbbV{\mathbb{V}} has an algebraically universal α-expansion a\mathbbV{\alpha\mathbb{V}} if adding α nullary operations to all algebras in \mathbbV{\mathbb{V}} gives rise to a class a\mathbbV{\alpha\mathbb{V}} of algebras that is algebraically universal. The first two authors have conjectured that any varrelative universal variety \mathbbV{\mathbb{V}} has an algebraically universal α-expansion a\mathbbV{\alpha\mathbb{V}} . This note contains a more general result that proves this conjecture.      17. Slices for biparabolics of index 1      Anthony Joseph  Florence Fauquant-Millet 《Transformation Groups》2011,16(4):1081-1113 Let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be an algebraic Lie subalgebra of a simple Lie algebra \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} with index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a}  ≤ rank \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . Let Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) denote the algebra of \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} invariant polynomial functions on \mathfraka* {\mathfrak{a}^*} . An algebraic slice for \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is an affine subspace η + V with h ? \mathfraka* \eta \in {\mathfrak{a}^*} and V ì \mathfraka* V \subset {\mathfrak{a}^*} subspace of dimension index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} such that restriction of function induces an isomorphism of Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) onto the algebra R[η + V] of regular functions on η + V. Slices have been obtained in a number of cases through the construction of an adapted pair (h, η) in which h ? \mathfraka h \in \mathfrak{a} is ad-semisimple, η is a regular element of \mathfraka* {\mathfrak{a}^*} which is an eigenvector for h of eigenvalue minus one and V is an h stable complement to ( \textad  \mathfraka )h \left( {{\text{ad}}\;\mathfrak{a}} \right)\eta in \mathfraka* {\mathfrak{a}^*} . The classical case is for \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} semisimple [16], [17]. Yet rather recently many other cases have been provided; for example, if \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is of type A and \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is a “truncated biparabolic” [12] or a centralizer [13]. In some of these cases (in particular when the biparabolic is a Borel subalgebra) it was found [13], [14], that η could be taken to be the restriction of a regular nilpotent element in \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . Moreover, this calculation suggested [13] how to construct slices outside type A when no adapted pair exists. This article makes a first step in taking these ideas further. Specifically, let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be a truncated biparabolic of index one. (This only arises if \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is of type A and \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is the derived algebra of a parabolic subalgebra whose Levi factor has just two blocks whose sizes are coprime.) In this case it is shown that the second member of an adapted pair (h, η) for \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is the restriction of a particularly carefully chosen regular nilpotent element of \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . A by-product of our analysis is the construction of a map from the set of pairs of coprime integers to the set of all finite ordered sequences of ±1.      18. Property $${(\hbar)}$$ and cellularity of complete Boolean algebras      Miloš S. Kurilić  Stevo Todorčević 《Archive for Mathematical Logic》2009,48(8):705-718 A complete Boolean algebra \mathbbB{\mathbb{B}}satisfies property ((h/2p)){(\hbar)}iff each sequence x in \mathbbB{\mathbb{B}}has a subsequence y such that the equality lim sup z n = lim sup y n holds for each subsequence z of y. This property, providing an explicit definition of the a posteriori convergence in complete Boolean algebras with the sequential topology and a characterization of sequential compactness of such spaces, is closely related to the cellularity of Boolean algebras. Here we determine the position of property ((h/2p)){(\hbar)}with respect to the hierarchy of conditions of the form κ-cc. So, answering a question from Kurilić and Pavlović (Ann Pure Appl Logic 148(1–3):49–62, 2007), we show that ${``\mathfrak{h}{\rm -cc}\Rightarrow (\hbar)"}${``\mathfrak{h}{\rm -cc}\Rightarrow (\hbar)"}is not a theorem of ZFC and that there is no cardinal \mathfrakk{\mathfrak{k}}, definable in ZFC, such that ${``\mathfrak{k} {\rm -cc} \Leftrightarrow (\hbar)"}${``\mathfrak{k} {\rm -cc} \Leftrightarrow (\hbar)"}is a theorem of ZFC. Also, we show that the set { k: each k-cc c.B.a. has ((h/2p) ) }{\{ \kappa : {\rm each}\, \kappa{\rm -cc\, c.B.a.\, has}\, (\hbar ) \}}is equal to [0, \mathfrakh){[0, \mathfrak{h})}or [0, \mathfrak h]{[0, {\mathfrak h}]}and that both values are consistent, which, with the known equality {k: each c.B.a. having  ((h/2p) ) has the k-cc } = [\mathfrak s, ￥){{\{\kappa : {\rm each\, c.B.a.\, having }\, (\hbar )\, {\rm has\, the}\, \kappa {\rm -cc } \} =[{\mathfrak s}, \infty )}}completes the picture.      19. Stability of unitary SK<Subscript>1</Subscript> of Azumaya algebras      Roozbeh?HazratEmail author 《Archiv der Mathematik》2012,98(1):19-23 For an Azumaya algebra A with center C of rank n 2 and a unitary involution τ, we study the stability of the unitary SK1 under reduction. We show that if R = C τ is a Henselian ring with maximal ideal \mathfrakm{\mathfrak{m}} and 2 and n are invertible in R then SK1(A, t) @ SK1(A/ \mathfrakm A, overline t){{{\rm SK}_1}(A, \tau) \cong {{\rm SK}_1}(A/ \mathfrak{m} A, overline \tau)}.      20. Lifting automorphisms of generalized adjoint quotients      J. Kuttler 《Transformation Groups》2011,16(4):1115-1135 Let G be a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field K of characteristic zero. Let p:\mathfrakgr ? X = \mathfrakgr//G \pi :{\mathfrak{g}^r} \to X = {\mathfrak{g}^r}//G be the categorical quotient where \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is the adjoint representation of G and r is a suitably large integer (in general r ≥ 5, but for many cases r ≥ 3 or even r ≥ 2 suffices). We show that every automorphism φ of X lifts to a map F:\mathfrakgr ? \mathfrakgr \Phi :{\mathfrak{g}^r} \to {\mathfrak{g}^r} commuting with π. As an application we consider the action of φ on the Luna stratification of X.

Around splitting and reaping for partitions of ω

We investigate splitting number and reaping number for the structure (ω) ^ω of infinite partitions of ω. We prove that \mathfrakr_d ￡ non(M),non(N),\mathfrakd{\mathfrak{r}_{d}\leq\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{M}),\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{N}),\mathfrak{d}} and \mathfraks_d 3 \mathfrakb{\mathfrak{s}_{d}\geq\mathfrak{b}} . We also show the consistency results ${\mathfrak{r}_{d} > \mathfrak{b}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{d}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{r}, \mathfrak{r}_{d} < \mathsf{add}(\mathcal{M})}${\mathfrak{r}_{d} > \mathfrak{b}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{d}, \mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathfrak{r}, \mathfrak{r}_{d} < \mathsf{add}(\mathcal{M})} and ${\mathfrak{s}_{d} > \mathsf{cof}(\mathcal{M})}${\mathfrak{s}_{d} > \mathsf{cof}(\mathcal{M})} . To prove the consistency \mathfrakr_d < add(M){\mathfrak{r}_{d} < \mathsf{add}(\mathcal{M})} and \mathfraks_d < cof(M){\mathfrak{s}_{d} < \mathsf{cof}(\mathcal{M})} we introduce new cardinal invariants \mathfrakr_pair{\mathfrak{r}_{pair}} and \mathfraks_pair{\mathfrak{s}_{pair}} . We also study the relation between \mathfrakr_pair, \mathfraks_pair{\mathfrak{r}_{pair}, \mathfrak{s}_{pair}} and other cardinal invariants. We show that cov(M),cov(N) ￡ \mathfrakr_pair ￡ \mathfraks_d,\mathfrakr{\mathsf{cov}(\mathcal{M}),\mathsf{cov}(\mathcal{N})\leq\mathfrak{r}_{pair}\leq\mathfrak{s}_{d},\mathfrak{r}} and \mathfraks ￡ \mathfraks_pair ￡ non(M),non(N){\mathfrak{s}\leq\mathfrak{s}_{pair}\leq\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{M}),\mathsf{non}(\mathcal{N})} .     

Legendrian Links, Causality, and the Low Conjecture

Let (X ^m+1, g) be a globally hyperbolic spacetime with Cauchy surface diffeomorphic to an open subset of ${\mathbb{R}^{m}}Let (X ^m+1, g) be a globally hyperbolic spacetime with Cauchy surface diffeomorphic to an open subset of \mathbbR^m{\mathbb{R}^{m}} . The Legendrian Low conjecture formulated by Natário and Tod says that two events x, y ? X{x, y \in X} are causally related if and only if the Legendrian link of spheres \mathfrakS_x, \mathfrakS_y{{\mathfrak{S}_x,\,\mathfrak{S}_y}} whose points are light geodesics passing through x and y is non-trivial in the contact manifold of all light geodesics in X. The Low conjecture says that for m = 2 the events x, y are causally related if and only if \mathfrakS_x, \mathfrakS_y{{\mathfrak{S}_x,\,\mathfrak{S}_y}} is non-trivial as a topological link. We prove the Low and the Legendrian Low conjectures. We also show that similar statements hold for any globally hyperbolic (X ^m+1, g) such that a cover of its Cauchy surface is diffeomorphic to an open domain in \mathbbR^m{\mathbb{R}^{m}} .     

An $ \mathfrak{X} $-crown of a finite soluble group

Let G be a finite soluble group and F_\mathfrakX(G) {\Phi_\mathfrak{X}}(G) an intersection of all those maximal subgroups M of G for which G

Lifting of convex functions on Carnot groups and lack of convexity for a gauge function

Let ${\mathbb{G}}Let \mathbbG{\mathbb{G}} be a Carnot group of step r and m generators and homogeneous dimension Q. Let \mathbbF_m,r{\mathbb{F}_{m,r}} denote the free Lie group of step r and m generators. Let also p:\mathbbF_m,r?\mathbbG{\pi:\mathbb{F}_{m,r}\to\mathbb{G}} be a lifting map. We show that any horizontally convex function u on \mathbbG{\mathbb{G}} lifts to a horizontally convex function u°p{u\circ \pi} on \mathbbF_m,r{\mathbb{F}_{m,r}} (with respect to a suitable horizontal frame on \mathbbF_m,r{\mathbb{F}_{m,r}}). One of the main aims of the paper is to exhibit an example of a sub-Laplacian L=?_j=1^m X_j²{\mathcal{L}=\sum_{j=1}^m X_j^2} on a Carnot group of step two such that the relevant L{\mathcal{L}}-gauge function d (i.e., d ^2-Q is the fundamental solution for L{\mathcal{L}}) is not h-convex with respect to the horizontal frame {X ₁, . . . , X _m }. This gives a negative answer to a question posed in Danielli et al. (Commun. Anal. Geom. 11 (2003), 263–341).     

Relative universality and universality obtained by adding constants

A variety ${\mathbb{V}}${\mathbb{V}} is var-relatively universal if it contains a subvariety \mathbbW{\mathbb{W}} such that the class of all homomorphisms that do not factorize through any algebra in \mathbbW{\mathbb{W}} is algebraically universal. And \mathbbV{\mathbb{V}} has an algebraically universal α-expansion a\mathbbV{\alpha\mathbb{V}} if adding α nullary operations to all algebras in \mathbbV{\mathbb{V}} gives rise to a class a\mathbbV{\alpha\mathbb{V}} of algebras that is algebraically universal. The first two authors have conjectured that any varrelative universal variety \mathbbV{\mathbb{V}} has an algebraically universal α-expansion a\mathbbV{\alpha\mathbb{V}} . This note contains a more general result that proves this conjecture.     

Slices for biparabolics of index 1

Let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be an algebraic Lie subalgebra of a simple Lie algebra \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} with index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a}  ≤ rank \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . Let Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) denote the algebra of \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} invariant polynomial functions on \mathfraka^* {\mathfrak{a}^*} . An algebraic slice for \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is an affine subspace η + V with h ? \mathfraka^* \eta \in {\mathfrak{a}^*} and V ì \mathfraka^* V \subset {\mathfrak{a}^*} subspace of dimension index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} such that restriction of function induces an isomorphism of Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) onto the algebra R[η + V] of regular functions on η + V. Slices have been obtained in a number of cases through the construction of an adapted pair (h, η) in which h ? \mathfraka h \in \mathfrak{a} is ad-semisimple, η is a regular element of \mathfraka^* {\mathfrak{a}^*} which is an eigenvector for h of eigenvalue minus one and V is an h stable complement to ( \textad  \mathfraka )h \left( {{\text{ad}}\;\mathfrak{a}} \right)\eta in \mathfraka^* {\mathfrak{a}^*} . The classical case is for \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} semisimple [16], [17]. Yet rather recently many other cases have been provided; for example, if \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is of type A and \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is a “truncated biparabolic” [12] or a centralizer [13]. In some of these cases (in particular when the biparabolic is a Borel subalgebra) it was found [13], [14], that η could be taken to be the restriction of a regular nilpotent element in \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . Moreover, this calculation suggested [13] how to construct slices outside type A when no adapted pair exists. This article makes a first step in taking these ideas further. Specifically, let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be a truncated biparabolic of index one. (This only arises if \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is of type A and \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is the derived algebra of a parabolic subalgebra whose Levi factor has just two blocks whose sizes are coprime.) In this case it is shown that the second member of an adapted pair (h, η) for \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is the restriction of a particularly carefully chosen regular nilpotent element of \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . A by-product of our analysis is the construction of a map from the set of pairs of coprime integers to the set of all finite ordered sequences of ±1.     

Property $${(\hbar)}$$ and cellularity of complete Boolean algebras

A complete Boolean algebra \mathbbB{\mathbb{B}}satisfies property ((^h/_2p)){(\hbar)}iff each sequence x in \mathbbB{\mathbb{B}}has a subsequence y such that the equality lim sup z _n = lim sup y _n holds for each subsequence z of y. This property, providing an explicit definition of the a posteriori convergence in complete Boolean algebras with the sequential topology and a characterization of sequential compactness of such spaces, is closely related to the cellularity of Boolean algebras. Here we determine the position of property ((^h/_2p)){(\hbar)}with respect to the hierarchy of conditions of the form κ-cc. So, answering a question from Kurilić and Pavlović (Ann Pure Appl Logic 148(1–3):49–62, 2007), we show that ${``\mathfrak{h}{\rm -cc}\Rightarrow (\hbar)"}${``\mathfrak{h}{\rm -cc}\Rightarrow (\hbar)"}is not a theorem of ZFC and that there is no cardinal \mathfrakk{\mathfrak{k}}, definable in ZFC, such that ${``\mathfrak{k} {\rm -cc} \Leftrightarrow (\hbar)"}${``\mathfrak{k} {\rm -cc} \Leftrightarrow (\hbar)"}is a theorem of ZFC. Also, we show that the set { k: each k-cc c.B.a. has ((^h/_2p) ) }{\{ \kappa : {\rm each}\, \kappa{\rm -cc\, c.B.a.\, has}\, (\hbar ) \}}is equal to [0, \mathfrakh){[0, \mathfrak{h})}or [0, \mathfrak h]{[0, {\mathfrak h}]}and that both values are consistent, which, with the known equality {k: each c.B.a. having  ((^h/_2p) ) has the k-cc } = [\mathfrak s, ￥){{\{\kappa : {\rm each\, c.B.a.\, having }\, (\hbar )\, {\rm has\, the}\, \kappa {\rm -cc } \} =[{\mathfrak s}, \infty )}}completes the picture.     

Stability of unitary SK<Subscript>1</Subscript> of Azumaya algebras

For an Azumaya algebra A with center C of rank n ² and a unitary involution τ, we study the stability of the unitary SK₁ under reduction. We show that if R = C ^τ is a Henselian ring with maximal ideal \mathfrakm{\mathfrak{m}} and 2 and n are invertible in R then SK₁(A, t) @ SK₁(A/ \mathfrakm A, overline t){{{\rm SK}_1}(A, \tau) \cong {{\rm SK}_1}(A/ \mathfrak{m} A, overline \tau)}.     

Lifting automorphisms of generalized adjoint quotients

Let G be a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field K of characteristic zero. Let p:\mathfrakg^r ? X = \mathfrakg^r//G \pi :{\mathfrak{g}^r} \to X = {\mathfrak{g}^r}//G be the categorical quotient where \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is the adjoint representation of G and r is a suitably large integer (in general r ≥ 5, but for many cases r ≥ 3 or even r ≥ 2 suffices). We show that every automorphism φ of X lifts to a map F:\mathfrakg^r ? \mathfrakg^r \Phi :{\mathfrak{g}^r} \to {\mathfrak{g}^r} commuting with π. As an application we consider the action of φ on the Luna stratification of X.