<Emphasis Type="Italic">mth</Emphasis>-Root subgeometry partitions

New subgeometry partitions of PG(n − 1, q ^m ) by subgeometries isomorphic to PG(n − 1, q) are constructed.      

Symplectic semifield spreads of <Emphasis Type="Italic">PG</Emphasis>(5, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>) and the veronese surface

In this paper we show that starting from a symplectic semifield spread S{\mathcal{S}} of PG(5, q), q odd, another symplectic semifield spread of PG(5, q) can be obtained, called the symplectic dual of S{\mathcal{S}}, and we prove that the symplectic dual of a Desarguesian spread of PG(5, q) is the symplectic semifield spread arising from a generalized twisted field. Also, we construct a new symplectic semifield spread of PG(5, q) (q = s ², s odd), we describe the associated commutative semifield and deal with the isotopy issue for this example. Finally, we determine the nuclei of the commutative pre-semifields constructed by Zha et al. (Finite Fields Appl 15(2):125–133, 2009).     

Littlewood–Paley theorem on spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>)</Superscript>(ℝ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>)

We point out that if the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on the space L ^p(t)(ℝ), 1 < a ≤ p(t) ≤ b < ∞, t ∈ ℝ, then the well-known characterization of the spaces L ^p (ℝ), 1 < p < ∞, by the Littlewood–Paley theory extends to the space L ^p(t)(ℝ). We show that, for n > 1 , the Littlewood–Paley operator is bounded on L ^p(t) (ℝ ⁿ ), 1 < a ≤ p(t) ≤ b < ∞, t ∈ ℝ ⁿ , if and only if p(t) = const. Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 12, pp. 1709–1715, December, 2008.     

Distributions of Points in <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis> Dimensions and Large <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-Point Simplices

We consider a variant of Heilbronn’s triangle problem by investigating for a fixed dimension d≥2 and for integers k≥2 with k≤d distributions of n points in the d-dimensional unit cube [0,1] ^d , such that the minimum volume of the simplices, which are determined by (k+1) of these n points is as large as possible. Denoting by Δ _k,d (n), the supremum of this minimum volume over all distributions of n points in [0,1] ^d , we show that c _k,d ⋅(log n)^1/(d−k+1)/n ^k/(d−k+1)≤Δ _k,d (n)≤c _k,d ′/n ^k/d for fixed 2≤k≤d, and, moreover, for odd integers k≥1, we show the upper bound Δ _k,d (n)≤c _k,d ″/n ^{k/d+(k−1)/(2d(d−1))}, where c _k,d ,c _k,d ′,c _k,d ″>0 are constants. A preliminary version of this paper appeared in COCOON ’05.     

A note on <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-groups of order ≤ <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis><Superscript>4</Superscript>

In [1], we defined c(G), q(G) and p(G). In this paper we will show that if G is a p-group, where p is an odd prime and |G| ≤ p ⁴, then c(G) = q(G) = p(G). However, the question of whether or not there is a p-group G with strict inequality c(G) = q(G) < p(G) is still open.     

Some cyclic codes of length 2<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>

Explicit expressions for 4n + 2 primitive idempotents in the semi-simple group ring $R_{2p^{n}}\equiv \frac{GF(q)[x]}{p and q are distinct odd primes; n ≥ 1 is an integer and q has order \fracf(2pⁿ)2{\frac{\phi(2p^{n})}{2}} modulo 2p ⁿ . The generator polynomials, the dimension, the minimum distance of the minimal cyclic codes of length 2p ⁿ generated by these 4n + 2 primitive idempotents are discussed. For n = 1, the properties of some (2p, p) cyclic codes, containing the above minimal cyclic codes are analyzed in particular. The minimum weight of some subset of each of these (2p, p) codes are observed to satisfy a square root bound.     

On some extensions of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-restricted completely splittable GL(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>)-modules

In this paper, we calculate the space Ext _GL(n ¹ )(L _n (λ), L _n (μ)), where GL(n) is the general linear group of degree n over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic, L _n (λ) and L _n (μ) are rational irreducible GL(n)-modules with highest weights λ and μ, respectively, the restriction of L _n (λ) to any Levi subgroup of GL(n) is semisimple, λ is a p-restricted weight, and μ does not strictly dominate λ. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 219–226, 2005.     

Multiple blocking sets in finite projective spaces and improvements to the Griesmer bound for linear codes

Belov, Logachev and Sandimirov construct linear codes of minimum distance d for roughly 1/q ^k/2 of the values of d < q ^k-1. In this article we shall prove that, for q = p prime and roughly \frac38{\frac{3}{8}}-th’s of the values of d < q ^k-1, there is no linear code meeting the Griesmer bound. This result uses Blokhuis’ theorem on the size of a t-fold blocking set in PG(2, p), p prime, which we generalise to higher dimensions. We also give more general lower bounds on the size of a t-fold blocking set in PG(δ, q), for arbitrary q and δ ≥ 3. It is known that from a linear code of dimension k with minimum distance d < q ^k-1 that meets the Griesmer bound one can construct a t-fold blocking set of PG(k−1, q). Here, we calculate explicit formulas relating t and d. Finally we show, using the generalised version of Blokhuis’ theorem, that nearly all linear codes over \mathbb F_p{{\mathbb F}_p} of dimension k with minimum distance d < q ^k-1, which meet the Griesmer bound, have codewords of weight at least d + p in subcodes, which contain codewords satisfying certain hypotheses on their supports.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>-Cohomology and Normal Solvability

We consider some problems concerning the L _p,q -cohomology of Riemannian manifolds. In the first part, we study the question of the normal solvability of the operator of exterior derivation on a surface of revolution M considered as an unbounded linear operator acting from L_p^k (M) into L^k+1_q (M). In the second part, we prove that the first L _p,q-cohomology of the general Heisenberg group is nontrivial, provided that p < q. Received: 17 January 2006 Supported by INTAS (Grant 03–51–3251) and the State Maintenance Program for the Leading Scientific Schools of the Russian Federation (Grants NSh 311.2003.1, NSh 8526.2006.1).     

The Structure of the Closure of the Rational Functions in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Superscript>(μ)

Let K be a compact subset in the complex plane and let A(K) be the uniform closure of the functions continuous on K and analytic on K°. Let μ be a positive finite measure with its support contained in K. For 1 ≤ q < ∞, let A^q(K, μ) denote the closure of A(K) in L^q(μ). The aim of this work is to study the structure of the space A^q(K, μ). We seek a necessary and sufficient condition on K so that a Thomson-type structure theorem for A^q(K, μ) can be established. Our theorem deduces J. Thomson’s structure theorem for P^q(μ), the closure of polynomials in L^q(μ), as the special case when K is a closed disk containing the support of μ.     

Group invariance and <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-bounded operators

The Hilbert and Riesz transforms can be characterized up to scalar as the translation invariant operators that satisfy additionally certain relative invariance of conformal transformation groups. In this article, we initiate a systematic study of translation invariant operators from group theoretic viewpoints, and formalize a geometric condition that characterizes specific multiplier operators uniquely up to scalar by means of relative invariance of affine subgroups. After providing some interesting examples of multiplier operators having “large symmetry”, we classify which of these examples can be extended to continuous operators on L ^p (R ⁿ ) (1 < p < ∞). T. Kobayashi was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 18340037, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. A. Nilsson was partially supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.     

Theta lifting from elliptic cusp forms to automorphic forms on <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sp</Emphasis>(1, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)

Tsuneo Arakawa formulated a theta lifting from elliptic cusp forms to automorphic forms on Sp(1,q) in his unpublished note, which was inspired by “Kudla lifting”, i.e. a theta lifting from elliptic modular forms to holomorphic automorphic forms on SU(1,q). We prove that the images of Arakawa’s theta lifting belong to the space of bounded automorphic forms generating quaternionic discrete series, which are non-holomorphic forms. In the appendix we provide the construction of Eisenstein series and Poincaré series generating such discrete series. The author was partially supported by JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientist for April 2002 to March 2005. The results of this paper were obtained in this period.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>-Vectors of barycentric subdivisions

For a simplicial complex or more generally Boolean cell complex Δ we study the behavior of the f- and h-vector under barycentric subdivision. We show that if Δ has a non-negative h-vector then the h-polynomial of its barycentric subdivision has only simple and real zeros. As a consequence this implies a strong version of the Charney–Davis conjecture for spheres that are the subdivision of a Boolean cell complex or the subdivision of the boundary complex of a simple polytope. For a general (d − 1)-dimensional simplicial complex Δ the h-polynomial of its n-th iterated subdivision shows convergent behavior. More precisely, we show that among the zeros of this h-polynomial there is one converging to infinity and the other d − 1 converge to a set of d − 1 real numbers which only depends on d. F. Brenti and V. Welker are partially supported by EU Research Training Network “Algebraic Combinatorics in Europe”, grant HPRN-CT-2001-00272 and the program on “Algebraic Combinatorics” at the Mittag-Leffler Institut in Spring 2005.     

Generalization of the Kneser theorem on zeros of solutions of the equation <Emphasis Type="Italic">y</Emphasis>″ + <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>)<Emphasis Type="Italic">y</Emphasis> = 0

We establish conditions for the oscillation of solutions of the equation y″ + p(t)Ay = 0 in a Banach space, where A is a bounded linear operator and p: ℝ+ → ℝ+ is a continuous function. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 571–576, April, 2007.     

The quantum double of the Yangian of the Lie superalgebra <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">m,n</Emphasis>) and computation of the universal <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>-matrix

The Yangian double DY(A(m, n)) of the Lie superalgebra A(m, n) is described in terms of generators and defining relations. We prove the triangular decomposition for Yangian Y(A(m, n)) and its quantum double DY(A(m, n)) as a corollary of the PBW theorem. We introduce normally ordered bases in the Yangian and its dual Hopf superalgebra in the quantum double. We calculate the pairing formulas between the elements of these bases. We obtain the formula for the universal R-matrix of the Yangian double. The formula for the universal R-matrix of the Yangian, which was introduced by V. Drinfel’d, is also obtained. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 185–208, 2005.     

On the directions problem in <Emphasis Type="Italic">AG</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)

We prove that if q = p ^h , p a prime, do not exist sets U í AG(n,q){U {\subseteq} AG(n,q)}, with |U| = q ^k and 1 < k < n, determining N directions where

Some Elements of Finite Order in K2Q

Let K2 be the Milnor functor and let Фn （x）∈ Q[X] be the n-th cyclotomic polynomial. Let Gn（Q） denote a subset consisting of elements of the form {a, Фn（a）}, where a ∈ Q^＊ and {, } denotes the Steinberg symbol in K2Q. J. Browkin proved that Gn（Q） is a subgroup of K2Q if n = 1,2, 3, 4 or 6 and conjectured that Gn（Q） is not a group for any other values of n. This conjecture was confirmed for n =2^T 3S or n = p^r, where p ≥ 5 is a prime number such that h（Q（ζp）） is not divisible by p. In this paper we confirm the conjecture for some n, where n is not of the above forms, more precisely, for n = 15, 21,33, 35, 60 or 105.     

On the Theory of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>)-Banach Lattices

Given 1≤ p,q < ∞, let BL_pL_q be the class of all Banach lattices X such that X is isometrically lattice isomorphic to a band in some L_p(L_q)-Banach lattice. We show that the range of a positive contractive projection on any BL_pL_q-Banach lattice is itself in BL_pL_q. It is a consequence of this theorem and previous results that BL_pL_q is first-order axiomatizable in the language of Banach lattices. By studying the pavings of arbitrary BL_pL_q-Banach lattices by finite dimensional sublattices that are themselves in this class, we give an explicit set of axioms for BL_pL_q. We also consider the class of all sublattices of L_p(L_q)-Banach lattices; for this class (when p/q is not an integer) we give a set of axioms that are similar to Krivine’s well-known axioms for the subspaces of L_p-Banach spaces (when p/2 is not an integer). We also extend this result to the limiting case q = ∞.     

On the Lower Tail Probabilities of Some Random Sequences in <Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>

We investigate the behaviour of the logarithmic small deviation probability of a sequence (σ _n θ _n ) in l _p , 0<p≤∞, where (θ _n ) are i.i.d. random variables and (σ _n ) is a decreasing sequence of positive numbers. In particular, the example σ _n ∼n ^−μ (1+log n)^−ν is studied thoroughly. Contrary to the existing results in the literature, the rate function and the small deviation constant are expressed expli- citly in the present treatment. The restrictions on the distribution of θ ₁ are kept to an absolute minimum. In particular, the usual variance assumption is removed. As an example, the results are applied to stable and Gamma-distributed random variables.     

On the prime graph of <Emphasis Type="Italic">PSL</Emphasis>(2, <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>) where <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> > 3 is a prime number

Let G be a finite group. We define the prime graph Γ(G) as follows. The vertices of Γ(G) are the primes dividing the order of G and two distinct vertices p, q are joined by an edge if there is an element in G of order pq. Recently M. Hagie [5] determined finite groups G satisfying Γ(G) = Γ(S), where S is a sporadic simple group. Let p > 3 be a prime number. In this paper we determine finite groups G such that Γ(G) = Γ(PSL(2, p)). As a consequence of our results we prove that if p > 11 is a prime number and p ≢ 1 (mod 12), then PSL(2, p) is uniquely determined by its prime graph and so these groups are characterizable by their prime graph. The third author was supported in part by a grant from IPM (No. 84200024).