A characterization of 3-local geometry of M(24)

The largest Fischer 3-transposition group M(24) acts flag-transitively on a 3-local incidence geometry (M(24)) which is a c-extension of the dual polar space associated with the group O ₇(3). The action of the simple commutator subgroup M(24) is still flag-transitive. We show that (M(24)) is characterized by its diagram under the flag-transitivity assumption. The result implies in particular that (M(24)) is simply connected. The geometry (M(24)) appears as a subgeometry in the Buekenhout-Fischer 3-local geometry (F ₁) of the Monster group. The simple connectedness of (M(24)) has played a crucial role in the characterization of (F ₁), which has been achieved recently. When determining the possible structure of the parabolic subgroups we have used an unpublished pushing-up result by U. Meierfrankenfeld.Dedicated to Professor B. Fischer on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday     

A Helly-type theorem for simple polygons

Let be a family of simple polygons in the plane. If every three (not necessarily distinct) members of have a simply connected union and every two members of have a nonempty intersection, then {P:P in } . Applying the result to a finite family of orthogonally convex polygons, the set {C:C in } will be another orthogonally convex polygon, and, in certain circumstances, the dimension of this intersection can be determined.Supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9207019.     

Hypersurfaces of restricted type in Minkowski space

A submanifold M _n ^r of Minkowski space is said to be of restricted type if its shape operator with respect to the mean curvature vector is the restriction of a fixed linear transformation of to the tangent space of M _n ^r at every point of M _n ^r . In this paper we completely classify hypersurfaces of restricted type in . More precisely, we prove that a hypersurface of is of restricted type if and only if it is either a minimal hypersurface, or an open part of one of the following hypersurfaces: S ^k × , S _k ¹ × , H ^k × , S _n ¹ , H ⁿ , with 1kn–1, or an open part of a cylinder on a plane curve of restricted type.This work was done when the first and fourth authors were visiting Michigan State University.Aangesteld Navorser N.F.W.O., Belgium.     

Invariant differental forms on compact nilmanifolds

Let N=G/ be a compact nilmanifold, G a connected, simply connected, nilpotent Lie group with its discrete subgroup and Lie algebra . Let I* ( ) denote the invariant differential forms on .If I* ( ) H* ( ) is an injective map, then G is abelian and N is a torus. Furthermore, N has a formal minimal model. If N is an even-dimensional compact nilmanifold, it has a Kähler structure and invariant symplectic structure if and only if I* ( ) H* ( ) is injective.     

Operator inequalities and construction of Krein spaces

Let be a Hilbert space. A continuous positive operatorT on uniquely determines a Hilbert space which is continuously imbedded in and for which with the canonical imbedding . A Kreîn space version of this result, however, is not valid in general. This paper provides a necessary and sufficient condition for that a continuous selfadjoint operatorT uniquely determines a Kreîn space ( ) which is continuously imbedded in and for which with the canonical imbedding .     

A characterization of the line set of an odd-dimensional Baer subspace

Generalizing a theorem of Beutelspacher and Seeger, we consider line sets inP=PG(2t + 1,q),t IN, with the following properties: (1) any (t + 1)-dimensional subspace ofP contains at least one line of , (2) if a pointx ofP is incident with at least two lines of then the points in the factor geometryP/x which are induced by the lines of throughx form a blocking set of type (t, 1) inP/x, (3) any line of is coplanar with at least one further line of . We will show that the examples of minimal cardinality are exactly the line sets of Baer subspaces ofP.     

Notes on Brown-McCoy-radicals for Γ-near-rings

The Brown-McCoy radical is known to be an ideal-hereditary Kurosh-Amitsur radical in the variety of zerosymmetric near-rings. We define the Brown-McCoy and simplical radicals, and , respectively, for zerosymmetric -near-rings. Both and are ideal-hereditary Kurosh-Amitsur radicals in that variety. IfM is a zerosymmetric -near-ring with left operator near-ringL, it is shown that , with equality ifM has a strong left unity. is extended to the variety of arbitrary near-rings, and and are extended to the variety of arbitrary -near-rings, in a way that they remain Kurosh-Amitsur radicals. IfN is a near-ring andA N, then , with equality ifA if left invariant.     

Isometric representations of some quotients ofH ∞ of an annulus

Let denote an annulus,E a finite subset of with at least three elements, and the ideal of functions in which vanish at the points ofE. The quotient does not have a completely isometric representation on a finite dimensional Hilbert space. This complements a result of [11] which implies that the quotient has an isometric representation on a Hilbert space of dimension twice the cardinality ofE.     

Sylow subgroups of finitary linear groups

In this paper we describe the structure and the conjugacy classes of Sylow p-subgroups of FGL(V, ), the group of finitary -automorphisms of the -vector space V.The Author is member of the GNSAGA.     

Erdős–Szekeres-Type Theorems for Segments and Noncrossing Convex Sets

A family of convex sets is said to be in convex position, if none of its members is contained in the convex hull of the others. It is proved that there is a function N(n) with the following property. If is a family of at least N(n) plane convex sets with nonempty interiors, such that any two members of have at most two boundary points in common and any three are in convex position, then has n members in convex position. This result generalizes a theorem of T. Bisztriczky and G. Fejes Tóth. The statement does not remain true, if two members of may share four boundary points. This follows from the fact that there exist infinitely many straight-line segments such that any three are in convex position, but no four are. However, there is a function M(n) such that every family of at least M(n) segments, any four of which are in convex position, has n members in convex position.     

Towards a Characterization of Self-Similar Tilings in Terms of Derived Voronoï Tessellations

In this paper, a technique for analyzing levels of hierarchy in a tiling of Euclidean space is presented. Fixing a central configuration P of tiles in , a `derived Voronoï' tessellation _P is constructed based on the locations of copies of P in . A family of derived Voronoï tilings is formed by allowing the central configurations to vary through an infinite number of possibilities. The family will normally be an infinite one, but we show that for a self-similar tiling it is finite up to similarity. In addition, we show that if the family is finite up to similarity, then is pseudo-self-similar. The relationship between self-similarity and pseudo-self-similarity is not well understood, and this is the obstruction to a complete characterization of self-similarity via our method. A discussion and conjecture on the connection between the two forms of hierarchy for tilings is provided.     

A Remark on Subgroup Separability in the Class of Finite π-Groups

We prove that if a group G is residually , then for every -subgroup of the group G, the set of -roots from this subgroup is a -separable -subgroup.     

Compactness of minimal closed invariant sets of actions of unipotent groups

Let G be a connected Lie group, let Γ be a lattice in G, and let be a unipotent subgroup of G. It is proved that, for the natural action of on G/Γ, every minimal closed -invariant subset is compact. Dedicated to Professor Jacques Tits on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday     

Naturally reductive Riemannian homogeneous structures on some classes of generic submanifolds in complex space forms

We prove that the universal covering spaces of the generic submanifolds of C P _n and of C H _n are naturally reductive homogeneous spaces by determining explicitly tensor fields defining naturally reductive homogeneous structures on them.     

Commutator-finite orthomodular lattices

The class of orthomodular lattices which have only finitely many commutators is investigated. The following theorems are proved: contains the block-finite orthomodular lattices. Every irreducible element of is simple. Every element of is a direct product of a Boolean algebra and finitely many simple orthomodular lattices. The irreducible elements of which are modular, or are M-symmetric with at least one atom, have height two or less.     

s-Prime elements in multiplicative lattices

Let be aC-lattice which is strong join principally generated. In this paper, we consider prime elements of for which every semiprimary element is primary. We show, for example, that a compact nonmaximal primep with this property is principal. We also show that if every primepm has this property, then is either a one dimensional domain or a primary lattice. It follows that if every primep satisfies the property, and if there are only a finite number of minimal primes in , then is the finite direct product of one-dimensional domains and primary lattices.     

A structure theorem for weak buildings of spherical type

Following earlier work of Tits [8], this paper deals with the structure of buildings which are not necessarily thick; that is, possessing panels (faces of codimension 1) which are contained in two chambers, only. To every building , there is canonically associated a thick building whose Weyl group W( ) can be considered as a reflection subgroup of the Weyl group W() of . One can reconstruct from together with the embedding W( ) W(). Conversely, if is any thick building and W any reflection group containing W( ) as a reflection subgroup, there exists a weak building with Weyl group W and associated thick building .     

Isometric dilations in nest algebras

LetT be a contraction acting in a separable Hilbert space and leaving invariant a nest of subspaces of . We answer the question: when doesT have an isometric extension to which leaves invariant the nest = {N N :N ;}.     

Common invariant subspaces for collections of operators

Let be a collection of bounded operators on a Banach spaceX of dimension at least two. We say that is finitely quasinilpotent at a vectorx ₀X whenever for any finite subset of the joint spectral radius of atx ₀ is equal 0. If such collection contains a non-zero compact operator, then and its commutant have a common non-trivial invariant, subspace. If in addition, is a collection of positive operators on a Banach lattice, then has a common non-trivial closed ideal. This result and a recent remarkable theorem of Turovskii imply the following extension of the famous result of de Pagter to semigroups. Let be a multiplicative semigroup of quasinilpotent compact positive operators on a Banach lattice of dimension at least two. Then has a common non-trivial invariant closed ideal.This work was supported by the Research Ministry of Slovenia.     

Sechzehndimensionale lokalkompakte Translationsebenen,deren Kollineationsgruppe G2 enthält

New results of Salzmann and Hubig say that a 16-dimensional (locally) compact topological projective plane in which the group of continuous collineations has dimension 40 is a translation plane. It is therefore important to determine all 16-dimensional locally compact translation planes with dim 40. From previous work of the author ([10]), it is known that such a plane is either the classical octonion plane, or dim =40 and contains a subgroup isomorphic to the compact exceptional group G₂, but no larger compact simple subgroup. In the present paper, all planes satisfying the latter property more generally with dim 38 are explicitly determined. Together with the classification of all 16-dimensional locally compact translation planes in which contains Spin(7) given by the author in [8], one thus knows all 16-dimensional locally compact translation planes with containing G₂ and dim 38. Via suitable Baer subplanes, the classification makes use of analogous results for 8-dimensional planes ([7]).

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Meinem verehrten Lehrer Helmut Salzmann zum 60. Geburtstag