双曲群,自动机群与群的Dehn函数

本文第一部分对组台群论的发展史作了一个简要的回顾．然后重点介绍近20年来组合群论领域中的三个热点课题：即双曲群，自动机群和群的Dehn函数的有关概念，并对相关的重要研究成果给予概述，其中包括作者本人在群的二阶Dehn函数的研究工作中的若干成果．最后提出9个公开问题。     

On the group of polynomial functions in a group

Let G be a group and let n be a positive integer. A polynomial function in G is a function from G ⁿ to G of the form , where f(x ₁, . . . , x _n ) is an element of the free product of G and the free group of rank n freely generated by x ₁, . . . , x _n . There is a natural definition for the product of two polynomial functions; equipped with this operation, the set of polynomial functions is a group. We prove that this group is polycyclic if and only if G is finitely generated, soluble, and nilpotent-by-finite. In particular, if the group of polynomial functions is polycyclic, then necessarily it is nilpotent-by-finite. Furthermore, we prove that G itself is polycyclic if and only if the subgroup of polynomial functions which send (1, . . . , 1) to 1 is finitely generated and soluble.      

Subcubic Growth of the Averaged Dehn Function for a Class 2 Nilpotent Group

We show that the averaged Dehn function with respect to each finite presentation of an arbitrary finitely generated class 2 nilpotent group is subcubic. For the finite rank 2 free class 2 nilpotent group this implies the subasymptoticity of the averaged Dehn function in the sense of M. Gromov, confirming his conjecture.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 Romankov V. A.The author was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 04-01-00489) and the Scientific Program Universities of Russia of the Ministry for Education of the Russian Federation (Grant 362-05).__________Translated from Sibirskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 663–672, May–June, 2005.     

Asymptotic growth of averaged Dehn functions for nilpotent groups

It is proved that in any finite representation of any finitely generated nilpotent group of nilpotency class l ⩾ 1, the averaged Dehn function σ(n) is subasymptotic w.r.t. the function n^l+1. As a consequence it is stated that in every finite representation of a free nilpotent group of nilpotency class l of finite rank r ⩾ 2, the Dehn function σ(n) is Gromov subasymptotic. Supported by RFBR grant No. 04-01-00489. __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 60–74, January–February, 2007.     

An Infinite Product Formula for the Elliptic Modular Function λ(τ)

We present an infinite product formula for the elliptic modular function λ(τ) of the following form:

基于李群方法的贝塞尔函数数学实现

基于李群的表示理论,首先讨论了欧拉群的表示及其性质;然后,从该群的表示理论出发,分别导出了第一类贝塞尔函数的积分形式和幂级数形式.该研究表明了群方法可以求解对称边界问题的解析波函数,并为用群方法求解电磁场问题创造了条件.     

凯莱-海森堡群上的格林函数

本文研究凯莱-海森保群上的格林函数.利用凯莱-海森堡群上热核的解析表达式,导出了一阶凯莱-海森堡群上的格林函数的有理分式表示的公式.     

The growth of H-harmonic functions on the Heisenberg group

We discuss the relationship between the frequency and the growth of H-harmonic functions on the Heisenberg group.Precisely,we prove that an H-harmonic function must be a polynomial if its frequency is globally bounded.Moreover,we show that a class of H-harmonic functions are homogeneous polynomials provided that the frequency of such a function is equal to some constant.     

函数空间不变余度量性质的一个推广

本文对函数空间在集开拓扑下的不变余度量性质进行了推广,给出了函数空间在紧开拓扑和点收敛拓扑下不变余度量化的充要条件．     

Scales for co-compact embeddings of virtually free groups

Let Γ be a group which is virtually free of rank at least 2 and let be the family of totally disconnected, locally compact groups containing Γ as a co-compact lattice. We prove that the values of the scale function with respect to groups in evaluated on the subset Γ have only finitely many prime divisors. This can be thought of as a uniform property of the family .      

Quasi-convex Functions in Carnot Groups

In this paper, the authors introduce the concept of h-quasiconvex functions on Carnot groups G. It is shown that the notions of h-quasiconvex functions and h-convex sets are equivalent and the L∞estimates of first derivatives of h-quasiconvex functions are given. For a Carnot group G of step two, it is proved that h-quasiconvex functions are locally bounded from above. Furthermore, the authors obtain that h-convex functions are locally Lipschitz continuous and that an h-convex function is twice differentiable almost everywhere.     

Lie-admissible algebras and generalized witt algebras ∗

The symmetric group 𝔖_n+1 of degree n + 1 admits an n-dimensional irreducible Q𝔖_n-module V corresponding to the hook partition (2, 1^n?1). By the work of Craig and Plesken, we know that there are σ(n + 1) many isomorphism classes of Z𝔖_n+1-lattices which are rationally equivalent to V, where σ denotes the divisor counting function. In the present article, we explicitly compute the Solomon zeta function of these lattices. As an application we obtain the Solomon zeta function of the Z𝔖_n+1-lattice defined by the Specht basis.     

Local Theory of Primitive Theta Functions

We study primitive theta functions, which were first introduced by Shintani, in a purely local setting. We investigate a metaplectic representation of U(1) acting on the space of local primitive theta functions and give its explicit irreducible decomposition. As a by-product, we give a new proof of epsilon dichotomy for (U(1),U(1)).     

Norm-Closed Intervals of Norm-Complete Ordered Abelian Groups

Let (G,u) be an Archimedean norm-complete dimension group with order-unit. Continuing a previous paper, we study intervals (i.e., nonempty upward directed lower subsets) of G which are closed with respect to the canonical norm of (G,u). In particular, we establish a canonical one-to-one correspondence between closed intervals of G and certain affine lower semicontinuous functions on the state space of (G,u), which allows us to solve several problems of K. R. Goodearl about inserting affine continuous functions between convex upper semicontinuous and concave lower semicontinuous functions. This yields in turn new results about analogues of multiplier groups for norm-closed intervals.     

Class groups of imaginary function fields: The inert case

Let be a finite field and a transcendental element over . An imaginary function field is defined to be a function field such that the prime at infinity is inert or totally ramified. For the totally imaginary case, in a recent paper the second author constructed infinitely many function fields of any fixed degree over in which the prime at infinity is totally ramified and with ideal class numbers divisible by any given positive integer greater than 1. In this paper, we complete the imaginary case by proving the corresponding result for function fields in which the prime at infinity is inert. Specifically, we show that for relatively prime integers and , there are infinitely many function fields of fixed degree such that the class group of contains a subgroup isomorphic to and the prime at infinity is inert.

     

On the Loewy Length and the Noetherian Dimension of Artinian Modules

The problem of computing the automorphism groups of an elementary Abelian Hadamard difference set or equivalently of a bent function seems to have attracted not much interest so far. We describe some series of such sets and compute their automorphism group. For some of these sets the construction is based on the nonvanishing of the degree 1-cohomology of certain Chevalley groups in characteristic two. We also classify bent functions f such that Aut(f) together with the translations from the underlying vector space induce a rank 3 group of automorphisms of the associated symmetric design. Finally, we discuss computational aspects associated with such questions.     

On the Monodromy of a Multivalued Function along Its Ramification Locus

We consider multivalued analytic functions in ⁿ) whose set of singular points occupies a very small part of ⁿ). Under a mapping of a topological space Y into ⁿ), such a function f can induce a multivalued function on Y. This is possible even if the image of Y entirely lies in the ramification set of f. We estimate the monodromy group of the induced function via the monodromy group of f.     

Noncommutative Symmetric Functions Iv: Quantum Linear Groups and Hecke Algebras at q = 0

We present representation theoretical interpretations ofquasi-symmetric functions and noncommutative symmetric functions in terms ofquantum linear groups and Hecke algebras at q = 0. We obtain inthis way a noncommutative realization of quasi-symmetric functions analogousto the plactic symmetric functions of Lascoux and Schützenberger. Thegeneric case leads to a notion of quantum Schur function.