Classification of cyclic codes over a non-Galois chain ring Zp[u]/〈u3〉

We explicitly determine generators of cyclic codes over a non-Galois finite chain ring ${\mathbb{Z}}_p[u]/〈u^3〉$ of length $p^k$, where p is a prime number and k is a positive integer. We completely classify that there are three types of principal ideals of ${\mathbb{Z}}_p[u]/〈u^3〉$ and four types of non-principal ideals of ${\mathbb{Z}}_p[u]/〈u^3〉$, which are associated with cyclic codes over ${\mathbb{Z}}_p[u]/〈u^3〉$ of length $p^k$. We then obtain a mass formula for cyclic codes over ${\mathbb{Z}}_p[u]/〈u^3〉$ of length $p^k$.     

Time-frequency analysis on the adeles over the rationals

We show that the construction of Gabor frames in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ with generators in ${\mathbf{S}}_0(\mathbb{R})$ and with respect to time-frequency shifts from a rectangular lattice $\alpha \mathbb{Z}\times \beta \mathbb{Z}$ is equivalent to the construction of certain Gabor frames for $L^2$ over the adeles over the rationals and the group $\mathbb{R}\times {\mathbb{Q}}_p$. Furthermore, we detail the connection between the construction of Gabor frames on the adeles and on $\mathbb{R}\times {\mathbb{Q}}_p$ with the construction of certain Heisenberg modules.     

The Z2-orbifold of the universal affine vertex algebra

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple, finite-dimensional complex Lie algebra, and let $V^k(\mathfrak{g})$ denote the universal affine vertex algebra associated to $\mathfrak{g}$ at level k. The Cartan involution on $\mathfrak{g}$ lifts to an involution on $V^k(\mathfrak{g})$, and we denote by $V^k{(\mathfrak{g})}^{{\mathbb{Z}}_2}$ the orbifold, or fixed-point subalgebra, under this involution. Our main result is an explicit minimal strong finite generating set for $V^k{(\mathfrak{g})}^{{\mathbb{Z}}_2}$ for generic values of k.     

The Hilbert series and a-invariant of circle invariants

Let V be a finite-dimensional representation of the complex circle ${\mathbb{C}}^{\times }$ determined by a weight vector $\mathit{a}\in {\mathbb{Z}}^n$. We study the Hilbert series ${\mathrm{Hilb}}_{\mathit{a}}(t)$ of the graded algebra $\mathbb{C}{[V]}^{{\mathbb{C}}_{\mathit{a}}^{\times }}$ of polynomial ${\mathbb{C}}^{\times }$-invariants in terms of the weight vector a of the ${\mathbb{C}}^{\times }$-action. In particular, we give explicit formulas for ${\mathrm{Hilb}}_{\mathit{a}}(t)$ as well as the first four coefficients of the Laurent expansion of ${\mathrm{Hilb}}_{\mathit{a}}(t)$ at $t=1$. The naive formulas for these coefficients have removable singularities when weights pairwise coincide. Identifying these cancelations, the Laurent coefficients are expressed using partial Schur polynomials that are independently symmetric in two sets of variables. We similarly give an explicit formula for the a-invariant of $\mathbb{C}{[V]}^{{\mathbb{C}}_{\mathit{a}}^{\times }}$ in the case that this algebra is Gorenstein. As an application, we give methods to identify weight vectors with Gorenstein and non-Gorenstein invariant algebras.     

Galois LCD codes over mixed alphabets

In this work we give a characterization of Galois Linear Complementary Dual codes and Galois-invariant codes over mixed alphabets of finite chain rings, which leads to the study of the Gray image of ${\mathbb{F}}_p{\mathbb{F}}_p[\theta ]$-linear codes, where $p\in \{2;3\}$ and $\theta \ne {\theta }^2=0$ that provides LCD codes over ${\mathbb{F}}_p$.     

The Whitehead group of (almost) extra-special p-groups with p odd

Let p be an odd prime number. We describe the Whitehead group of all extra-special and almost extra-special p-groups. For this we compute, for any finite p-group P, the subgroup $C{l}_1(\mathbb{Z}P)$ of $S{K}_1(\mathbb{Z}P)$, in terms of a genetic basis of P. We also introduce a deflation map $C{l}_1(\mathbb{Z}P)\to C{l}_1(\mathbb{Z}(P/N))$, for a normal subgroup N of P, and show that it is always surjective. Along the way, we give a new proof of the result describing the structure of $S{K}_1(\mathbb{Z}P)$, when P is an elementary abelian p-group.     

The Orlicz inequality for multilinear forms

The Orlicz $({?}_2,{?}_1)$-mixed inequality states that${\left(\sum _{j_1=1}^n{\left(\sum _{j_2=1}^n|A(e_{j_1},e_{j_2})|\right)}^2\right)}^{\frac{1}{2}}\le \sqrt{2}6A6$ for all bilinear forms $A:{\mathbb{K}}^n\times {\mathbb{K}}^n\to \mathbb{K}$ and all positive integers n, where ${\mathbb{K}}^n$ denotes ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ or ${\mathbb{C}}^n$ endowed with the supremum norm. In this paper we extend this inequality to multilinear forms, with ${\mathbb{K}}^n$ endowed with ${?}_p$ norms for all $p\in [1,\infty ]$.     

Vector-valued nonstationary Gabor frames

As an extension of Gabor frames, nonstationary Gabor (NSG) frames were recently introduced in adaptive signal analysis. They allow for efficient reconstruction with flexible sampling and varying window functions. In this paper we generalize the notion of NSG frames from $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ to the vector-valued Hilbert space $L^2(\mathbb{R},{\mathbb{C}}^L)$, and investigate the resulting vector-valued NSG frames. We derive a Walnut's representation of the mixed frame operator, and provide some necessary/sufficient conditions for a vector-valued NSG system to be a frame for $L^2(\mathbb{R},{\mathbb{C}}^L)$. Furthermore, we show the existence of painless vector-valued NSG frames, and of vector-valued NSG frames with fast decaying window functions.     

Anzahl theorems of matrices over the residue class ring modulo psqt and their applications

Let $h=p^s{q}^t$ be its decomposition into a product of powers of two distinct primes, and ${\mathbb{Z}}_h$ be the residue class ring modulo h. In this paper, we determine the Smith normal forms of matrices, compute the number of the orbits of $m\times n$ matrices under the action of the group $G{L}_m({\mathbb{Z}}_h)\times G{L}_n({\mathbb{Z}}_h)$ and the length of each orbit over ${\mathbb{Z}}_h$. As applications, we determine the clique number, the independence number and the chromatic number of the bilinear forms graph, construct a family of association schemes by using $1\times n$ matrices and compute the intersection numbers and the character table over ${\mathbb{Z}}_h$ for $s=t=1$.