On the orders of directly indecomposable groups

We investigate the set of those integers n for which directly indecomposable groups of order n exist. For even n such groups are easily constructed. In contrast, we show that the density of the set of odd numbers with this property is zero. For each n we define a graph whose connected components describe uniform direct decompositions of all groups of order n. We prove that for almost all odd numbers (i.e., with the exception of a set of density zero) this graph has a single ‘big’ connected component and all other vertices are isolated. We also give an asymptotic formula for the number of isolated vertices of the graph, i.e., for the number of prime divisors q of n such that every group of order n has a cyclic direct factor of order q.     

On Groups with Finitely Many Conradian Orderings

We study the space of left-orderings on groups with (only) finitely many Conradian orderings. We show that, within this class of groups, having an isolated left-ordering is equivalent to having finitely many left-orderings.     

On D. I. Moldavanskii's Question About p-Separable Subgroups of a Free Group

Siberian Mathematical Journal - We prove that every free nonabelian group has a finitely generated isolated subgroup not separable in the class of nilpotent groups. This enables us to give a...     

Local behavior of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-homeomorphisms in Loewner spaces

We study the problem of the elimination of isolated singularities for so-called Q-homeomorphisms in Loewner spaces. We formulate several conditions for a function Q(x) under which every Q-homeomorphism admits a continuous extension to an isolated singular point. We also consider the problem of the homeomorphicity of the extension obtained. The results are applied to Riemannian manifolds and Carnot groups. Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 10, pp. 1378–1388, October, 2008.     

Jet cohomology of Isolated Hypersurface Singularities and Spectral Sequences

We study jet cohomology of isolated hypersurface singularities defined by partial differential forms and prove formulas to compute jet cohomology groups by linear algebra.

     

André–Quillen Cohomology of Monoid Algebras

We compute the André–Quillen (or Harrison) cohomology of an affine toric variety. The best results are obtained either in the general case for the first three cohomology groups, or in the case of isolated singularities for all cohomology groups, respectively.     

M-gap conjecture and m-normal theories

We find a small weakly minimal theory with an isolated weakly minimal type ofM-rank ∞ and an isolated weakly minimal type of arbitrarily large finiteM-rank. These examples lead to the notion of an m-normal theory. We prove theM-gap conjecture for m-normalT. In superstable theories with few countable models we characterize traces of complete types as traces of some formulas. We prove that a 1-based theory with few countable models is m-normal. We investigate generic subgroups of small superstable groups. We compare the notions of independence induced by measure (μ-independence) and category (m-independence). Research supported by KBN grant 2 P03A 006 09.     

Gorenstein gr-injective modules over graded isolated singularities

Graded isolated singularities appear very naturally in algebraic pro-jcctive geometry (cf. [18]) or invariant theory of the binary polyhedral groups (cf. [15], [17]). We define mock finitely generated modules in the category of graded modules and we use such graded modules which are also Gorenstein injective (cf. [1], [2]) in this category to characterize graded isolated Gorenstein singularities.     

Powerful 2-Engel groups II

We conclude our classification of powerful 2-Engel groups of class three that are minimal in the sense that every proper powerful section is nilpotent of class at most two. In the predecessor to this paper we obtained three families of minimal groups. Here we get a fourth family of minimal examples that is described in terms of irreducible polynomials over the field of three elements. We also get one isolated minimal example of rank 5 and exponent 27. The last one has a related algebraic structure that we call a “symplectic alternating algebra.” To each symplectic alternating algebra over the field of three elements there corresponds a unique 2-Engel group of exponent 27.     

Geometric invariants of spaces with isolated flats

We study those groups that act properly discontinuously, cocompactly, and isometrically on CAT(0) spaces with isolated flats. The groups in question include word hyperbolic CAT(0) groups as well as geometrically finite Kleinian groups and numerous two-dimensional CAT(0) groups. For such a group we show that there is an intrinsic notion of a quasiconvex subgroup which is equivalent to the subgroup being undistorted. We also show that the visual boundary of the CAT(0) space is actually an invariant of the group. More generally, we show that each quasiconvex subgroup of such a group has a canonical limit set which is independent of the choice of overgroup.The main results in this article were established by Gromov and Short in the word hyperbolic setting and do not extend to arbitrary CAT(0) groups.     

Unitarizability of a certain class of irreducible representations of classical groups

We prove that a certain class of irreducible representations of the classical p-adic groups is unitarizable and in general, can be isolated in the unitary dual. These representations are Aubert duals of a certain class of square-integrable representations, thus, in this case, Bernstein’s conjecture, which states that the Aubert involution preserves unitarizability, is confirmed.     

Frobenius Pairs with Perfect Involutions

An involution i of a group G is said to be perfect in G if any two non-commuting involutions in i^G are conjugated by an involution in the same class. We generalize theorems of Jordan and M. Hall concerning sharply doubly transitive groups, and the Shunkov theorem on periodic groups with a finite isolated subgroup of even order. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 751–762, November–December, 2005.     

Path connected components of the space of Volterra-type integral operators

We study the topological structure of the space of Volterra-type integral operators on Fock spaces endowed with the operator norm. We prove that the space has the same connected and path connected components which is the set of all those compact integral operators acting on the spaces. We also obtain a characterization of isolated points of the space of the operators and show that there exists no essentially isolated Volterra-type integral operator.     

Algebraic and Computational Formulas for the Index of Real Analytic Vector Fields

The signature formula of Eisenbud?CLevine and Khimshiashvili for computing the Poincaré?CHopf index of a real analytic vector field at an algebraically isolated singularity is well known. We present in this paper an algebraic formula which allows to compute the index in the non?Calgebraically isolated case when the complex zeros associated to the complexified vector field have codimension one. We also analyse some instances in the codimension 2 case and describe a computer implementation that permits the calculation of the index in both the algebraically and non?Calgebraically isolated cases.     

Multibump solutions for discrete periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equations

In this paper, we study the existence of multibump solutions for discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations with periodic potentials. We first reduce the existence of multibump homoclinic solutions to the existence of an isolated homoclinic solution with a nontrivial critical group. Then, we study the existence of homoclinics with nontrivial critical groups for both superlinear and asymptotically linear discrete periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equations, and we provide simple sufficient conditions for the existence of homoclinics with nontrivial critical groups in the positive definite case. As an application, we get, without any symmetry assumptions, infinitely many geometrically distinct homoclinic solutions with exponential decay at infinity.     

Survey study and experimental investigation on the local behavior of pedestrian groups

Current research on pedestrian dynamics mainly focuses on the interactions among isolated individuals, the impact of the presence of groups is not fully considered. In recent 5 years, researchers have started to investigate pedestrian group movement. The aim of this work is to explore the local behavior of pedestrian groups by questionnaires and field observation. Survey study focused on pedestrians' psychology when walking in groups, which included five parts: group size, interpersonal distance, spatial relationship among group members, speed adjustment of group members, information transmission, and acid action among group members. Meantime a field observation was carried out to study group movement characteristics, which contained speed, step frequency, offset angle and interpersonal distance. The survey results show that group members have a closer interpersonal distance, faster information transmission and plenty of acid action. Conversely, group walking has a negative influence on pedestrian's speed, step frequency by comparing with the way isolated pedestrian walks. In addition, it is found that for a certain group, the group members are able to keep movement consistent. Also there exists obvious movement diversity among different group types (male dyads, female dyads, couple groups, and ordinary‐friend groups) because of different gender and social relationship. Ultimately the results will be more promising for helping to model the movement of pedestrian groups. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 20: 87–97, 2015     

Isolated subgroups in finite groups

For G a finite group, we introduce the notion of an isolatedsubgroup of G. These subgroups arise naturally in the projectto understand the groups of local characteristic p, p a prime.We investigate how the presence of an isolated subgroup in Ginfluences the structure of G.     

Isolatedness of the minimal representation and minimal decay of exceptional groups

Using a new definition of rank for representations of semisimple groups sharp results are proved for the decay of matrix coefficients of unitary representations of two types of non-split p-adic simple algebraic groups of exceptional type. These sharp bounds are achieved by minimal representations. It is also shown that in one of the cases considered, the minimal representation is isolated in the unitary dual.     

Social roles and the evolution of networks in extreme and isolated environments

This article reports on the evolution of network structure as it relates to formal and informal social roles in well-bounded, isolated groups. Research was conducted at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Data were collected on crewmembers' networks of social interaction over each of three winter-over periods, when the station is completely isolated. In addition, data were collected on the informal roles played by crewmembers (e.g., instrumental leadership, expressive leadership). The study found that globally coherent networks in winter-over groups were associated with group consensus on the presence of critically important informal social roles (e.g., expressive leadership) where global coherence is the extent to which a network forms a single group composed of a unitary core and periphery as opposed to being factionalized into two or more subgroups. Conversely, the evolution of multiple subgroups was associated with the absence of consensus on critical informal social roles, above all the critically important role of instrumental leader.