Iyama’s finiteness theorem via strongly quasi-hereditary algebras

Let Λ be an artin algebra and X a finitely generated Λ-module. Iyama has shown that there exists a module Y such that the endomorphism ring Γ of X⊕Y is quasi-hereditary, with a heredity chain of length n, and that the global dimension of Γ is bounded by this n. In general, one only knows that a quasi-hereditary algebra with a heredity chain of length n must have global dimension at most 2n−2. We want to show that Iyama’s better bound is related to the fact that the ring Γ he constructs is not only quasi-hereditary, but even left strongly quasi-hereditary. By definition, the left strongly quasi-hereditary algebras are the quasi-hereditary algebras with all standard left modules of projective dimension at most 1.     

Submodule categories of wild representation type

Let Λ be a commutative local uniserial ring with radical factor field k. We consider the category S(Λ) of embeddings of all possible submodules of finitely generated Λ-modules. In case Λ=Z/〈pⁿ〉, where p is a prime, the problem of classifying the objects in S(Λ), up to isomorphism, has been posed by Garrett Birkhoff in 1934. In this paper we assume that Λ has Loewy length at least seven. We show that S(Λ) is controlled k-wild with a single control object I∈S(Λ). It follows that each finite dimensional k-algebra can be realized as a quotient End(X)/End(X)_I of the endomorphism ring of some object X∈S(Λ) modulo the ideal End(X)_I of all maps which factor through a finite direct sum of copies of I.     

Generalized Dirichlet to Neumann operator on invariant differential forms and equivariant cohomology

In recent work, Belishev and Sharafutdinov show that the generalized Dirichlet to Neumann (DN) operator Λ on a compact Riemannian manifold M with boundary ∂M determines de Rham cohomology groups of M. In this paper, we suppose G is a torus acting by isometries on M. Given X in the Lie algebra of G and the corresponding vector field XM on M, Witten defines an inhomogeneous coboundary operator dXM=d+ιXM on invariant forms on M. The main purpose is to adapt Belishev-Sharafutdinov?s boundary data to invariant forms in terms of the operator dXM in order to investigate to what extent the equivariant topology of a manifold is determined by the corresponding variant of the DN map. We define an operator ΛXM on invariant forms on the boundary which we call the XM-DN map and using this we recover the XM-cohomology groups from the generalized boundary data (∂M,ΛXM). This shows that for a Zariski-open subset of the Lie algebra, ΛXM determines the free part of the relative and absolute equivariant cohomology groups of M. In addition, we partially determine the ring structure of XM-cohomology groups from ΛXM. These results explain to what extent the equivariant topology of the manifold in question is determined by ΛXM.     

The influence of the nonrecent past in prediction for stochastic processes

Consider the stochastic processes X₁, X₂,… and Λ₁, Λ₂,… where the X process can be thought of as observations on the Λ process. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the conditional distributions of X_t+v given X₁,…, X_t and Λ_t+v given X₁,…, X_t with regard to their dependency on the “early” part of the X process. These distributions arise in various time series and sequential decision theory problems. The results support the intuitively reasonable and often used (as a basic tenet of model building) assumption that only the more recent past is needed for near optimal prediction.     

A spectral sequence for string cohomology

Let X be a 1-connected space with free-loop space ΛX. We introduce two spectral sequences converging towards H^*(ΛX;Z/p) and H^*((ΛX)_hT;Z/p). The E₂-terms are certain non-Abelian-derived functors applied to H^*(X;Z/p). When H^*(X;Z/p) is a polynomial algebra, the spectral sequences collapse for more or less trivial reasons. If X is a sphere it is a surprising fact that the spectral sequences collapse for p=2.     

Rearrangement invariance of Rademacher multiplicator spaces

Let X be a rearrangement invariant function space on [0,1]. We consider the Rademacher multiplicator space Λ(R,X) of all measurable functions x such that x⋅h∈X for every a.e. converging series h=∑anrn∈X, where (rn) are the Rademacher functions. We study the situation when Λ(R,X) is a rearrangement invariant space different from L^∞. Particular attention is given to the case when X is an interpolation space between the Lorentz space Λ(φ) and the Marcinkiewicz space M(φ). Consequences are derived regarding the behaviour of partial sums and tails of Rademacher series in function spaces.     

Irreducible morphisms in the bounded derived category

We study irreducible morphisms in the bounded derived category of finitely generated modules over an Artin algebra Λ, denoted , by means of the underlying category of complexes showing that, in fact, we can restrict to the study of certain subcategories of finite complexes. We prove that as in the case of modules there are no irreducible morphisms from X to X if X is an indecomposable complex. In case Λ is a selfinjective Artin algebra we show that for every irreducible morphism f in either f^j is split monomorphism for all j∈Z or split epimorphism, for all j∈Z. Moreover, we prove that all the non-trivial components of the Auslander-Reiten quiver of are of the form ZA_∞.     

Normal covers of various products

Throughout this paper, we consider the following two problems: (A) When does a rectangular normal cover of a product X×Y (or an infinite product _∏λ∈ΛXλ) have a σ-locally finite rectangular cozero refinement? (B) What kind of a refinement makes a rectangular open cover of a product X×Y (or an infinite product _∏λ∈ΛXλ) be normal? We shall discuss these problems on various products listed below.     

Quasi-median hulls in Hamming space are Steiner hulls

A Hamming space Λⁿ consists of all sequences of length n over an alphabet Λ and is endowed with the Hamming distance. In particular, any set of aligned DNA sequences of fixed length constitutes a subspace of a Hamming space with respect to mismatch distance. The quasi-median operation returns for any three sequences u,v,w the sequence which in each coordinate attains either the majority coordinate from u,v,w or else (in the case of a tie) the coordinate of the first entry, u; for a subset of Λⁿ the iterative application of this operation stabilizes in its quasi-median hull. We show that for every finite tree interconnecting a given subset X of Λⁿ there exists a shortest realization within Λⁿ for which all interior nodes belong to the quasi-median hull of X. Hence the quasi-median hull serves as a Steiner hull for the Steiner problem in Hamming space.     

An algorithm for the construction of exceptional modules over tubular canonical algebras

Let Λ be a tubular canonical algebra of quiver type. We describe an algorithm, which for numerical data computes all regular exceptional Λ-modules, or more generally all indecomposable modules in exceptional tubes. The input for the algorithm is a quadruple consisting of the slope, the number of the tube, the quasi-socle and the quasi-length, the output are explicit matrices for the module with the data above.     

Symmetry and bifurcation near families of solutions

Let X, Z and Λ be Banach spaces, M: X × Λ → Z a C¹-function, and assume that the equation M(x, λ) = 0 has a family of solutions for λ = 0. In this paper we consider the bifurcation of solutions from this family, for ¦λ¦ small, under the condition that both the unperturbed (λ = 0) and the perturbed (λ ≠ 0) equations have certain symmetry properties. The problem is reduced by the Liapunov-Schmidt method, and the bifurcation equations are solved by a straightforward use of the symmetry. As an application we obtain existence of certain periodic solutions for the undamped Duffing equation, a result recently obtained by Schmitt and Mazzanti using different methods.     

Actions of Totally Disconnected Groups and Equivariant Singular Cohomology

In this work, we study the special properties of the equivariant singular cohomology of a G-space X, where G is a totally disconnected, locally compact group. We prove that any short exact sequence of coefficient systems for G, over a ring R, gives a long exact sequence of the associated equivariant singular cohomology modules. We establish the relationship between the ordinary singular cohomology modules and the equivariant singular cohomology modules with the natural contravariant coefficient system. Moreover, under some conditions, we give an isomorphism of the equivariant singular cohomology modules of the G-space X onto the ordinary singular cohomology modules of the orbit space X/G.     

Spaces Λα(X) and interpolation

For two pairs of rearrangement invariant spaces α = [(X₁, Y₁), (X₂, Y₂)] we give necessary and sufficient conditions for pairs (X, Y) to be weak intermediate for σ, i.e., each operator which is of weak types (X_i, Y_i), i = 1, 2, also maps X boundedly to Y. Spaces Λ_α(X) are introduced and are shown to have many of the properties that characterize Lorentz L^pq spaces. Necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of a simple function F(s, t) are given in order that (Λ_α(X), Λ_α(Y)) be weak intermediate for σ. Other properties of the function F(s, t) yield sufficient conditions and necessary conditions for interpolation theorems.     

Combinatorial bases of modules for affine Lie algebra B 2 (1)

We construct bases of standard (i.e. integrable highest weight) modules L(Λ) for affine Lie algebra of type B ₂ ⁽¹⁾ consisting of semi-infinite monomials. The main technical ingredient is a construction of monomial bases for Feigin-Stoyanovsky type subspaces W(Λ) of L(Λ) by using simple currents and intertwining operators in vertex operator algebra theory. By coincidence W(kΛ₀) for B ₂ ⁽¹⁾ and the integrable highest weight module L(kΛ₀) for A ₁ ⁽¹⁾ have the same parametrization of combinatorial bases and the same presentation P/I.     

A generalization of doubly stochastic matrices over a field

Let X and Y be m×n matrices over a field F such that Y^TX is nonsingular, and let Λ and Λ′ be sets of n-square matrices over F. Solutions A to the simultaneous equations AX = XK and $\text{Y}{}^{\mathrm{T}}\text{A =}\text{K}\text{?}\text{Y}{}^{\mathrm{T}}$ where K?Λ and $\text{K}\text{?}\text{? Λ′}$ are considered. It is shown that many properties of doubly stochastic matrices over a field have a natural generalization in terms of the set Δ(Λ,Λ′) of all such solutions.     

Polynomial numerical indices of Banach spaces with absolute norm

We study when a Banach space with absolute norm may have polynomial numerical indices equal to one. In the real case, we show that a Banach space X with absolute norm, which has the Radon-Nikodým property or is Asplund, satisfies n⁽²⁾(X)<1 unless it is one-dimensional. In the complex case, we show that the only Banach spaces X with absolute norm and the Radon-Nikodým property which satisfy n⁽²⁾(X)=1 are the spaces . Also, the only Asplund complex space X with absolute norm which satisfies n⁽²⁾(X)=1 is c₀(Λ).     

Representations of the Lie algebra of vector fields on a sphere

For an affine algebraic variety X we study a category of modules that admit compatible actions of both the algebra A of functions on X and the Lie algebra of vector fields on X. In particular, for the case when X is the sphere ${\mathbb{S}}^2$, we construct a set of simple modules that are finitely generated over A. In addition, we prove that the monoidal category that these modules generate is equivalent to the category of finite-dimensional rational ${\mathrm{GL}}_2$-modules.