On Standard Derived Equivalences of Orbit Categories

Let k be a commutative ring, \(\mathcal {A}\) and \(\mathcal {B}\) – two k-linear categories with an action of a group G. We introduce the notion of a standard G-equivalence from \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {B}\) to \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {A}\), where \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {A}\) is the homotopy category of finitely generated projective \(\mathcal {A}\)-complexes. We construct a map from the set of standard G-equivalences to the set of standard equivalences from \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {B}\) to \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {A}\) and a map from the set of standard G-equivalences from \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {B}\) to \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}\mathcal {A}\) to the set of standard equivalences from \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}(\mathcal {B}/G)\) to \(\mathcal {K}_{p}^{\mathrm {b}}(\mathcal {A}/G)\), where \(\mathcal {A}/G\) denotes the orbit category. We investigate the properties of these maps and apply our results to the case where \(\mathcal {A}=\mathcal {B}=R\) is a Frobenius k-algebra and G is the cyclic group generated by its Nakayama automorphism ν. We apply this technique to obtain the generating set of the derived Picard group of a Frobenius Nakayama algebra over an algebraically closed field.     

Malcev products of unipotent monoids and varieties of bands

Let \(\mathcal{U}\) be the class of all unipotent monoids and \(\mathcal{B}\) the variety of all bands. We characterize the Malcev product \(\mathcal{U} \circ \mathcal{V}\) where \(\mathcal{V}\) is a subvariety of \(\mathcal{B}\) low in its lattice of subvarieties, \(\mathcal{B}\) itself and the subquasivariety \(\mathcal{S} \circ \mathcal{RB}\), where \(\mathcal{S}\) stands for semilattices and \(\mathcal{RB}\) for rectangular bands, in several ways including by a set of axioms. For members of some of them we describe the structure as well. This succeeds by using the relation \(\widetilde{\mathcal{H}}= \widetilde{\mathcal{L}} \cap \widetilde{\mathcal{R}}\), where \(a\;\,\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}\;\,b\) if and only if a and b have the same idempotent right identities, and \(\widetilde{\mathcal{R}}\) is its dual.We also consider \((\mathcal{U} \circ \mathcal{RB}) \circ \mathcal{S}\) which provides the motivation for this study since \((\mathcal{G} \circ \mathcal{RB}) \circ \mathcal{S}\) coincides with completely regular semigroups, where \(\mathcal{G}\) is the variety of all groups. All this amounts to a generalization of the latter: \(\mathcal{U}\) instead of \(\mathcal{G}\).     

Largest initial segments pointwise fixed by automorphisms of models of set theory

Given a model \(\mathcal {M}\) of set theory, and a nontrivial automorphism j of \(\mathcal {M}\), let \(\mathcal {I}_{\mathrm {fix}}(j)\) be the submodel of \(\mathcal {M}\) whose universe consists of elements m of \(\mathcal {M}\) such that \(j(x)=x\) for every x in the transitive closure of m (where the transitive closure of m is computed within \(\mathcal {M}\)). Here we study the class \(\mathcal {C}\) of structures of the form \(\mathcal {I}_{\mathrm {fix}}(j)\), where the ambient model \(\mathcal {M}\) satisfies a frugal yet robust fragment of \(\mathrm {ZFC}\) known as \(\mathrm {MOST}\), and \(j(m)=m\) whenever m is a finite ordinal in the sense of \(\mathcal {M}.\) Our main achievement is the calculation of the theory of \(\mathcal {C}\) as precisely \(\mathrm {MOST+\Delta }_{0}^{\mathcal {P}}\)-\(\mathrm {Collection}\). The following theorems encapsulate our principal results: Theorem A. Every structure in \(\mathcal {C}\) satisfies \(\mathrm {MOST+\Delta }_{0}^{\mathcal {P}}\)-\(\mathrm { Collection}\). Theorem B. Each of the following three conditions is sufficient for a countable structure \(\mathcal {N}\) to be in \(\mathcal {C}\):(a) \(\mathcal {N}\) is a transitive model of \(\mathrm {MOST+\Delta }_{0}^{\mathcal {P}}\)-\(\mathrm {Collection}\).(b) \(\mathcal {N}\) is a recursively saturated model of \(\mathrm {MOST+\Delta }_{0}^{\mathcal {P}}\)-\(\mathrm {Collection}\).(c) \(\mathcal {N}\) is a model of \(\mathrm {ZFC}\). Theorem C. Suppose \(\mathcal {M}\) is a countable recursively saturated model of \(\mathrm {ZFC}\) and I is a proper initial segment of \(\mathrm {Ord}^{\mathcal {M}}\) that is closed under exponentiation and contains \(\omega ^\mathcal {M}\) . There is a group embedding \(j\longmapsto \check{j}\) from \(\mathrm {Aut}(\mathbb {Q})\) into \(\mathrm {Aut}(\mathcal {M})\) such that I is the longest initial segment of \(\mathrm {Ord}^{\mathcal {M}}\) that is pointwise fixed by \(\check{j}\) for every nontrivial \(j\in \mathrm {Aut}(\mathbb {Q}).\) In Theorem C, \(\mathrm {Aut}(X)\) is the group of automorphisms of the structure X, and \(\mathbb {Q}\) is the ordered set of rationals.     

On the Connection Between Ritt Characteristic Sets and Buchberger–Gröbner Bases

For any polynomial ideal \(\mathcal {I}\), let the minimal triangular set contained in the reduced Buchberger–Gröbner basis of \(\mathcal {I}\) with respect to the purely lexicographical term order be called the W-characteristic set of \(\mathcal {I}\). In this paper, we establish a strong connection between Ritt’s characteristic sets and Buchberger’s Gröbner bases of polynomial ideals by showing that the W-characteristic set \(\mathbb {C}\) of \(\mathcal {I}\) is a Ritt characteristic set of \(\mathcal {I}\) whenever \(\mathbb {C}\) is an ascending set, and a Ritt characteristic set of \(\mathcal {I}\) can always be computed from \(\mathbb {C}\) with simple pseudo-division when \(\mathbb {C}\) is regular. We also prove that under certain variable ordering, either the W-characteristic set of \(\mathcal {I}\) is normal, or irregularity occurs for the jth, but not the \((j+1)\)th, elimination ideal of \(\mathcal {I}\) for some j. In the latter case, we provide explicit pseudo-divisibility relations, which lead to nontrivial factorizations of certain polynomials in the Buchberger–Gröbner basis and thus reveal the structure of such polynomials. The pseudo-divisibility relations may be used to devise an algorithm to decompose arbitrary polynomial sets into normal triangular sets based on Buchberger–Gröbner bases computation.     

Inflation of Finite Lattices Along All-or-nothing Sets

We introduce a new generalization of Alan Day’s doubling construction. For ordered sets \(\mathcal {L}\) and \(\mathcal {K}\) and a subset \(E \subseteq \ \leq _{\mathcal {L}}\) we define the ordered set \(\mathcal {L} \star _{E} \mathcal {K}\) arising from inflation of \(\mathcal {L}\) along E by \(\mathcal {K}\). Under the restriction that \(\mathcal {L}\) and \(\mathcal {K}\) are finite lattices, we find those subsets \(E \subseteq \ \leq _{\mathcal {L}}\) such that the ordered set \(\mathcal {L} \star _{E} \mathcal {K}\) is a lattice. Finite lattices that can be constructed in this way are classified in terms of their congruence lattices.A finite lattice is binary cut-through codable if and only if there exists a 0?1 spanning chain \(\left \{\theta _{i}\colon 0 \leq i \leq n \right \}\) in \(Con(\mathcal {L})\) such that the cardinality of the largest block of ?? _i /?? _i?1 is 2 for every i with 1≤i≤n. These are exactly the lattices that can be constructed by inflation from the 1-element lattice using only the 2-element lattice. We investigate the structure of binary cut-through codable lattices and describe an infinite class of lattices that generate binary cut-through codable varieties.     

Relative Projectivity and Transferability for Partial Lattices

A partial lattice P is ideal-projective, with respect to a class \(\mathcal {C}\) of lattices, if for every \(K\in \mathcal {C}\) and every homomorphism φ of partial lattices from P to the ideal lattice of K, there are arbitrarily large choice functions f:P→K for φ that are also homomorphisms of partial lattices. This extends the traditional concept of (sharp) transferability of a lattice with respect to \(\mathcal {C}\). We prove the following: (1) A finite lattice P, belonging to a variety \(\mathcal {V}\), is sharply transferable with respect to \(\mathcal {V}\) iff it is projective with respect to \(\mathcal {V}\) and weakly distributive lattice homomorphisms, iff it is ideal-projective with respect to \(\mathcal {V}\), (2) Every finite distributive lattice is sharply transferable with respect to the class \(\mathcal {R}_{\text {mod}}\) of all relatively complemented modular lattices, (3) The gluing D ₄ of two squares, the top of one being identified with the bottom of the other one, is sharply transferable with respect to a variety \(\mathcal {V}\) iff \(\mathcal {V}\) is contained in the variety \(\mathcal {M}_{\omega }\) generated by all lattices of length 2, (4) D ₄ is projective, but not ideal-projective, with respect to \(\mathcal {R}_{\text {mod}}\) , (5) D ₄ is transferable, but not sharply transferable, with respect to the variety \(\mathcal {M}\) of all modular lattices. This solves a 1978 problem of G. Grätzer, (6) We construct a modular lattice whose canonical embedding into its ideal lattice is not pure. This solves a 1974 problem of E. Nelson.     

Pure States on Cuntz Algebras Arising from Geometric Progressions

Let \(\mathcal {O}_{n}\) denote the Cuntz algebra for n ≥ 2. We introduce an embedding f of \(\mathcal {O}_{m}\) into \(\mathcal {O}_{n}\) arising from a geometric progression of Cuntz generaters of \(\mathcal {O}_{n}\). By identifying \(\mathcal {O}_{m}\) with \(f(\mathcal {O}_{m})\), we extend Cuntz states on \(\mathcal {O}_{m}\) to \(\mathcal {O}_{n}\). We show (i) a necessary and sufficient condition of the uniqueness of the extension, (ii) the complete classification of all such extensions up to unitary equivalence of their GNS representations, and (iii) the decomposition formula of a mixing state into a convex hull of pure states. The complete set of invariants of all GNS representations by such pure states is given as a certain set of complex unit vectors.     

The lattice of congruence lattices of algebras on a finite set

The congruence lattices of all algebras defined on a fixed finite set A ordered by inclusion form a finite atomistic lattice \(\mathcal {E}\). We describe the atoms and coatoms. Each meet-irreducible element of \(\mathcal {E}\) being determined by a single unary mapping on A, we characterize completely those which are determined by a permutation or by an acyclic mapping on the set A. Using these characterisations we deduce several properties of the lattice \(\mathcal {E}\); in particular, we prove that \(\mathcal {E}\) is tolerance-simple whenever \(|A|\ge 4\).     

An inequality concerning the growth bound of an evolution family and the norm of a convolution operator

Let \(\mathcal {U}=\{U(t,s)\}_{t\ge s\ge 0}\) be a strongly continuous and exponentially bounded evolution family acting on a complex Banach space X and let \(\mathcal {X}\) be a certain Banach function space of X-valued functions. We prove that the growth bound of the family \(\mathcal {U}\) is less than or equal to \(-\frac{1}{c(\mathcal {U}, \mathcal {X})}\) provided that the convolution operator \(f\mapsto \mathcal {U}*f\) acts on \(\mathcal {X}.\) It is well known that under the latter assumption, the convolution operator is bounded and then \(c(\mathcal {U}, \mathcal {X})\) denotes (ad-hoc) its norm in \(\mathcal {L}(\mathcal {X}).\) As a consequence, we prove that if \(\sup \nolimits _{s\ge 0}\int \nolimits _{s}^\infty \Vert U(t,s)\Vert dt=u_1(\mathcal {U})<\infty ,\) then \(\omega _0(\mathcal {U})u_1(\mathcal {U})\le -1.\) Finally, we give an example showing that the accuracy of the estimates may be quite accurate.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis>-Groups <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis>) in continuous logic

In the context of continuous logic, this paper axiomatizes both the class \(\mathcal {C}\) of lattice-ordered groups isomorphic to C(X) for X compact and the subclass \(\mathcal {C}^+\) of structures existentially closed in \(\mathcal {C}\); shows that the theory of \(\mathcal {C}^+\) is \(\aleph _0\)-categorical and admits elimination of quantifiers; establishes a Nullstellensatz for \(\mathcal {C}\) and \(\mathcal {C}^+\); shows that \(C(X)\in \mathcal {C}\) has a prime-model extension in \(\mathcal {C}^+\) just in case X is Boolean; and proves that in a sense relevant to continuous logic, positive formulas admit in \(\mathcal {C}^+\) elimination of quantifiers to positive formulas.     

On the additivity of block designs

We show that symmetric block designs \({\mathcal {D}}=({\mathcal {P}},{\mathcal {B}})\) can be embedded in a suitable commutative group \({\mathfrak {G}}_{\mathcal {D}}\) in such a way that the sum of the elements in each block is zero, whereas the only Steiner triple systems with this property are the point-line designs of \({\mathrm {PG}}(d,2)\) and \({\mathrm {AG}}(d,3)\). In both cases, the blocks can be characterized as the only k-subsets of \(\mathcal {P}\) whose elements sum to zero. It follows that the group of automorphisms of any such design \(\mathcal {D}\) is the group of automorphisms of \({\mathfrak {G}}_\mathcal {D}\) that leave \(\mathcal {P}\) invariant. In some special cases, the group \({\mathfrak {G}}_\mathcal {D}\) can be determined uniquely by the parameters of \(\mathcal {D}\). For instance, if \(\mathcal {D}\) is a 2-\((v,k,\lambda )\) symmetric design of prime order p not dividing k, then \({\mathfrak {G}}_\mathcal {D}\) is (essentially) isomorphic to \(({\mathbb {Z}}/p{\mathbb {Z}})^{\frac{v-1}{2}}\), and the embedding of the design in the group can be described explicitly. Moreover, in this case, the blocks of \(\mathcal {B}\) can be characterized also as the v intersections of \(\mathcal {P}\) with v suitable hyperplanes of \(({\mathbb {Z}}/p{\mathbb {Z}})^{\frac{v-1}{2}}\).     

Quadratic programs with hollows

Let \(\mathcal {F}\) be a quadratically constrained, possibly nonconvex, bounded set, and let \(\mathcal {E}_1, \ldots , \mathcal {E}_l\) denote ellipsoids contained in \(\mathcal {F}\) with non-intersecting interiors. We prove that minimizing an arbitrary quadratic \(q(\cdot )\) over \(\mathcal {G}:= \mathcal {F}{\setminus } \cup _{k=1}^\ell {{\mathrm{int}}}(\mathcal {E}_k)\) is no more difficult than minimizing \(q(\cdot )\) over \(\mathcal {F}\) in the following sense: if a given semidefinite-programming (SDP) relaxation for \(\min \{ q(x) : x \in \mathcal {F}\}\) is tight, then the addition of l linear constraints derived from \(\mathcal {E}_1, \ldots , \mathcal {E}_l\) yields a tight SDP relaxation for \(\min \{ q(x) : x \in \mathcal {G}\}\). We also prove that the convex hull of \(\{ (x,xx^T) : x \in \mathcal {G}\}\) equals the intersection of the convex hull of \(\{ (x,xx^T) : x \in \mathcal {F}\}\) with the same l linear constraints. Inspired by these results, we resolve a related question in a seemingly unrelated area, mixed-integer nonconvex quadratic programming.     

Sandwich semigroups in locally small categories II: transformations

Fix sets X and Y, and write \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}\) for the set of all partial functions \(X\rightarrow Y\). Fix a partial function \({a:Y\rightarrow X}\), and define the operation \(\star _a\) on \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}\) by \(f\star _ag=fag\) for \(f,g\in \mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}\). The sandwich semigroup \((\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY},\star _a)\) is denoted \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a\). We apply general results from Part I to thoroughly describe the structural and combinatorial properties of \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a\), as well as its regular and idempotent-generated subsemigroups, \({\text {Reg}}(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a)\) and \(\mathbb E(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a)\). After describing regularity, stability and Green’s relations and preorders, we exhibit \({\text {Reg}}(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a)\) as a pullback product of certain regular subsemigroups of the (non-sandwich) partial transformation semigroups \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_X\) and \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_Y\), and as a kind of “inflation” of \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_A\), where A is the image of the sandwich element a. We also calculate the rank (minimal size of a generating set) and, where appropriate, the idempotent rank (minimal size of an idempotent generating set) of \(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a\), \({\text {Reg}}(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a)\) and \(\mathbb E(\mathcal P\mathcal T_{XY}^a)\). The same program is also carried out for sandwich semigroups of totally defined functions and for injective partial functions. Several corollaries are obtained for various (non-sandwich) semigroups of (partial) transformations with restricted image, domain and/or kernel.     

rthogonality Property $$\mathcal {}$$ and Compact Perturbations

A bounded linear operator T acting on a Hilbert space is said to have orthogonality property \(\mathcal {O}\) if the subspaces \(\ker (T-\alpha )\) and \(\ker (T-\beta )\) are orthogonal for all \(\alpha , \beta \in \sigma _p(T)\) with \(\alpha \ne \beta \). In this paper, the authors investigate the compact perturbations of operators with orthogonality property \(\mathcal {O}\). We give a sufficient and necessary condition to determine when an operator T has the following property: for each \(\varepsilon >0\), there exists \(K\in \mathcal {K(H)}\) with \(\Vert K\Vert <\varepsilon \) such that \(T+K\) has orthogonality property \(\mathcal {O}\). Also, we study the stability of orthogonality property \(\mathcal {O}\) under small compact perturbations and analytic functional calculus.     

Irreducible Morphisms and Locally Finite Dimensional Representations

Let \(\mathcal {A}\) be a Hom-finite additive Krull-Schmidt k-category where k is an algebraically closed field. Let \(\text {mod}\mathcal {A}\) denote the category of locally finite dimensional \(\mathcal {A}\)-modules, that is, the category of covariant functors \(\mathcal {A} \to \text {mod}k\). We prove that an irreducible monomorphism in \(\text {mod}\mathcal {A}\) has a finitely generated cokernel, and that an irreducible epimorphism in \(\text {mod}\mathcal {A}\) has a finitely co-generated kernel. Using this, we get that an almost split sequence in \(\text {mod}\mathcal {A}\) has to start with a finitely co-presented module and end with a finitely presented one. Finally, we apply our results to the study of rep(Q), the category of locally finite dimensional representations of a strongly locally finite quiver. We describe all possible shapes of the Auslander-Reiten quiver of rep(Q).     

Representations of Currents Taking Values in a Totally Disconnected Group

Let \(G={\mathcal{A}ut(\mathcal{T})}\) be the group of all automorphisms of a homogeneous tree \(\mathcal{T}\) of degree q?+?1?≥?3 and (X, m) a compact metrizable measure space with a probability measure m. We assume that μ has no atoms. The group \(\mathcal{G}={\mathcal{A}ut(\mathcal{T})}^X=G^X\) of bounded measurable currents is the completion of the group of step functions \(f:X\to{\mathcal{A}ut(\mathcal{T})}\) with respect to a suitable metric. Continuos functions form a dense subgroup of \(\mathcal{G}\). Following the ideas of I.M. Gelfand, M.I. Graev and A.M. Vershik we shall construct an irreducible family of representations of \(\mathcal{G}\). The existence of such representations depends deeply from the nonvanisching of the first cohomology group \(H^1({\mathcal{A}ut(\mathcal{T})},\pi)\) for a suitable infinite dimensional π.     

Dual geometry of Cartan distribution

The paper is devoted to the study of intrinsic geometry of a Cartan distribution \(\mathcal{M}\) in projective space P_2m . We essentially use the hyperband distribution \(\mathcal{H}\) and P_2m associated with \(\mathcal{M}\). Using the duality theory, we construct, in the 4th differential neighborhood, a series of normalizations of \(\mathcal{M}\). We also consider dual affine connections \(\mathop \nabla \limits^1 \) and \(\mathop \nabla \limits^2 \) induced by the dual normalization of the Cartan distribution \(\mathcal{M}\).     

Local maximality for bounded plurifinely plurisubharmonic functions

In this paper, we prove that \(\mathcal {F}\)-maximality is an \(\mathcal {F}\)-local notion for bounded \(\mathcal {F}\)-plurisubharmonic functions.     

On the horizontal diameter of the unit sphere

For a singular Riemannian foliation \(\mathcal {F}\) on a Riemannian manifold M, a curve is called horizontal if it meets the leaves of \(\mathcal {F}\) perpendicularly. For a singular Riemannian foliation \(\mathcal {F}\) on a unit sphere \(\mathbb {S}^{n}\), we show that if \(\mathcal {F}\) satisfies some properties, then the horizontal diameter of \(\mathbb {S}^{n}\) is \(\pi \), i.e., any two points in \(\mathbb {S}^{n}\) can be connected by a horizontal curve of length \(\le \pi \).     

Frame completions with prescribed norms: local minimizers and applications

Let \(\mathcal {F}_{0}=\{f_{i}\}_{i\in \mathbb {I}_{n_{0}}}\) be a finite sequence of vectors in \(\mathbb {C}^{d}\) and let \(\mathbf {a}=(a_{i})_{i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}}\) be a finite sequence of positive numbers, where \(\mathbb {I}_{n}=\{1,\ldots , n\}\) for \(n\in \mathbb {N}\). We consider the completions of \(\mathcal {F}_{0}\) of the form \(\mathcal {F}=(\mathcal {F}_{0},\mathcal {G})\) obtained by appending a sequence \(\mathcal {G}=\{g_{i}\}_{i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}}\) of vectors in \(\mathbb {C}^{d}\) such that ∥g _i ∥² = a _i for \(i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}\), and endow the set of completions with the metric \(d(\mathcal {F},\tilde {\mathcal {F}}) =\max \{ \,\|g_{i}-\tilde {g}_{i}\|: \ i\in \mathbb {I}_{k}\}\) where \(\tilde {\mathcal {F}}=(\mathcal {F}_{0},\,\tilde {\mathcal {G}})\). In this context we show that local minimizers on the set of completions of a convex potential P _φ , induced by a strictly convex function φ, are also global minimizers. In case that φ(x) = x ² then P _φ is the so-called frame potential introduced by Benedetto and Fickus, and our work generalizes several well known results for this potential. We show that there is an intimate connection between frame completion problems with prescribed norms and frame operator distance (FOD) problems. We use this connection and our results to settle in the affirmative a generalized version of Strawn’s conjecture on the FOD.