Virtual resolutions of points in P1×P1

We explore explicit virtual resolutions, as introduced by Berkesch, Erman, and Smith, for ideals of finite sets of points in ${\mathbb{P}}^1\times {\mathbb{P}}^1$. Specifically, we describe a virtual resolution for a sufficiently general set of points X in ${\mathbb{P}}^1\times {\mathbb{P}}^1$ that only depends on $|X|$. We also improve an existence result of Berkesch, Erman, and Smith in the special case of points in ${\mathbb{P}}^1\times {\mathbb{P}}^1$; more precisely, we give an effective bound for their construction that gives a virtual resolution of length two for any set of points in ${\mathbb{P}}^1\times {\mathbb{P}}^1$.     

An example of the geometry of a 5th-order ODE: The metric on the space of conics in CP2

As an application of the method of [4], we find the metric and connection on the space of conics in ${\mathbb{CP}}^2$ determined as the solution space of the ODE (1). These calculations underpin the twistor construction of the Radon transform on conics in ${\mathbb{CP}}^2$ described in [5]. Two further examples of the method are provided.     

Low-energy points on the sphere and the real projective plane

We present a generalization of a family of points on ${\mathbb{S}}^2$, the Diamond ensemble, containing collections of N points on ${\mathbb{S}}^2$ with very small logarithmic energy for all $N\in \mathbb{N}$. We extend this construction to the real projective plane ${\mathbb{RP}}^2$ and we obtain upper and lower bounds with explicit constants for the Green and logarithmic energy on this last space.     

Solution of the Navier–Stokes problem

A new a priori estimate for solutions to Navier–Stokes equations is derived. Uniqueness and existence of these solutions in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ for all $t>0$ is proved in a class of solutions locally differentiable in time with values in $H^1\left({\mathbb{R}}^3\right)$, where $H^1\left({\mathbb{R}}^3\right)$ is the Sobolev space. By the solution a solution to an integral equation is understood. No smallness restrictions on the data are imposed.     

Simply connected open 3-manifolds with slow decay of positive scalar curvature

The goal of this paper is to investigate the topological structure of open simply connected 3-manifolds whose scalar curvature has a slow decay at infinity. In particular, we show that the Whitehead manifold does not admit a complete metric whose scalar curvature decays slowly, and in fact that any contractible complete 3-manifolds with such a metric is diffeomorphic to ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. Furthermore, using this result, we prove that any open simply connected 3-manifold M with ${\pi }_2(M)=\mathbb{Z}$ and a complete metric as above is diffeomorphic to ${\mathbb{S}}^2\times \mathbb{R}$.     

Equivalences among Z2s-linear Hadamard codes

The ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2^s}$-additive codes are subgroups of ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2^s}^n$, and can be seen as a generalization of linear codes over ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ and ${\mathbb{Z}}_4$. A ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2^s}$-linear Hadamard code is a binary Hadamard code which is the Gray map image of a ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2^s}$-additive code. A partial classification of these codes by using the dimension of the kernel is known. In this paper, we establish that some ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2^s}$-linear Hadamard codes of length $2^t$ are equivalent, once $t$ is fixed. This allows us to improve the known upper bounds for the number of such nonequivalent codes. Moreover, up to $t=11$, this new upper bound coincides with a known lower bound (based on the rank and dimension of the kernel). Finally, when we focus on $s\in \{2,3\}$, the full classification of the ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2^s}$-linear Hadamard codes of length $2^t$ is established by giving the exact number of such codes.     

Permutation binomials of the form xr(xq−1 + a) over Fqe

We present several existence and nonexistence results for permutation binomials of the form $x^r(x^{q-1}+a)$, where $e\ge 2$ and $a\in {\mathbb{F}}_{q^e}^{⁎}$. As a consequence, we obtain a complete characterization of such permutation binomials over ${\mathbb{F}}_{q^2}$, ${\mathbb{F}}_{q^3}$, ${\mathbb{F}}_{q^4}$, ${\mathbb{F}}_{p^5}$, and ${\mathbb{F}}_{p^6}$, where p is an odd prime.