Categories of partial algebras for critical points between varieties of algebras

We denote by Con_c A the ${(\vee, 0)}$ -semilattice of all finitely generated congruences of an algebra A. A lifting of a ${(\vee, 0)}$ -semilattice S is an algebra A such that ${S \cong {\rm Con}_{\rm c} A}$ . The assignment Conc can be extended to a functor. The notion of lifting is generalized to diagrams of ${(\vee, 0)}$ -semilattices. A gamp is a partial algebra endowed with a partial subalgebra together with a semilattice-valued distance; gamps form a category that lends itself to a universal algebraic-type study. The raison d’être of gamps is that any algebra can be approximated by its finite subgamps, even in case it is not locally finite. Let ${\mathcal{V}}$ and ${\mathcal{W}}$ be varieties of algebras (on finite, possibly distinct, similarity types). Let P be a finite lattice. We assume the existence of a combinatorial object, called an ${\aleph_0}$ -lifter of P, of infinite cardinality ${\lambda}$ . Let ${\vec{A}}$ be a P-indexed diagram of finite algebras in ${\mathcal{V}}$ . If ${{\rm Con}_{\rm c} \circ \vec{A}}$ has no partial lifting in the category of gamps of ${\mathcal{W}}$ , then there is an algebra ${A \in \mathcal{V}}$ of cardinality ${\lambda}$ such that Con_c A is not isomorphic to Con_c B for any ${B \in \mathcal{W}}$ . This makes it possible to generalize several known results. In particular, we prove the following theorem, without assuming that ${\mathcal{W}}$ is locally finite. Let ${\mathcal{V}}$ be locally finite and let ${\mathcal{W}}$ be congruence-proper (i.e., congruence lattices of infinite members of ${\mathcal{W}}$ are infinite). The following equivalence holds. Every countable ${(\vee, 0)}$ -semilattice with a lifting in ${\mathcal{V}}$ has a lifting in ${\mathcal{W}}$ if and only if every ${\omega}$ -indexed diagram of finite ${(\vee, 0)}$ -semilattices with a lifting in ${\mathcal{V}}$ has a lifting in ${\mathcal{W}}$ . Gamps are also applied to the study of congruence-preserving extensions. Let ${\mathcal{V}}$ be a non-semidistributive variety of lattices and let n ≥ 2 be an integer. There is a bounded lattice ${A \in \mathcal{V}}$ of cardinality ${\aleph_1}$ with no congruence n-permutable, congruence-preserving extension. The lattice A is constructed as a condensate of a square-indexed diagram of lattices.     

Rational preimages in families of dynamical systems

Let ${\phi}$ be a rational function of degree at least two defined over a number field k. Let ${a \in \mathbb{P}^1(k)}$ and let K be a number field containing k. We study the cardinality of the set of rational iterated preimages Preim ${(\phi, a, K) = \{x_{0} \in \mathbb{P}^1(K) | \phi^{N} (x_0) = a {\rm for some} N \geq 1\}}$ . We prove two new results (Theorems 2 and 4) bounding ${|{\rm Preim}(\phi, a, K)|}$ as ${\phi}$ varies in certain families of rational functions. Our proofs are based on unit equations and a method of Runge for effectively determining integral points on certain affine curves. We also formulate and state a uniform boundedness conjecture for Preim ${(\phi, a, K)}$ and prove that a version of this conjecture is implied by other well-known conjectures in arithmetic dynamics.     

Addition theorems for the Appell polynomials and the associated classes of polynomial expansions

Various interesting and potentially useful properties and relationships involving the Bernoulli, Euler and Genocchi polynomials have been investigated in the literature rather extensively. Recently, the present authors (Srivastava and Pinter in Appl Math Lett 17:375–380, 2004) obtained addition theorems and other relationships involving the generalized Bernoulli polynomials ${B_n^{(\alpha)}(x)}$ and the generalized Euler polynomials ${E_n^{(\alpha)}(x)}$ of order α and degree n in x. The main purpose of this sequel to some of the aforecited investigations is to give several addition formulas for a general class of Appell sequences. The addition formulas, which are derived in this paper, involve not only the generalized Bernoulli polynomials ${B_n^{(\alpha)}(x)}$ and the generalized Euler polynomials ${E_n^{(\alpha)}(x)}$ , but also the generalized Genocchi polynomials ${G_n^{(\alpha)}(x)}$ , the Srivastava polynomials ${\mathcal{S}_{n}^{N}\left( x\right)}$ , several general families of hypergeometric polynomials and such orthogonal polynomials as the Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials. Some umbral-calculus generalizations of the addition formulas are also investigated.     

On a conjectured inequality for the largest zero of Jacobi polynomials

P. Leopardi and the author recently investigated, among other things, the validity of the inequality $n\theta_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}\!<\! (n\!+\!1)\theta_{n+1}^{(\alpha,\beta)}$ between the largest zero $x_n\!=\!\cos\theta_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}$ and $x_{n+1}= \cos\theta_{n+1}^{(\alpha,\beta)}$ of the Jacobi polynomial $P_n^{(\alpha,\beta)}(x)$ resp. $P_{n+1}^{( \alpha,\beta)}(x)$ , α?>???1, β?>???1. The domain in the parameter space (α, β) in which the inequality holds for all n?≥?1, conjectured by us, is shown here to require a small adjustment—the deletion of a very narrow lens-shaped region in the square {???1?<?α?<???1/2, ???1/2?<?β?<?0}.     

Averaged Pointwise Bounds for Deformations of Schrödinger Eigenfunctions

Let (M,g) be an n-dimensional, compact Riemannian manifold and ${P_0(\hbar) = -\hbar{^2} \Delta_g + V(x)}$ be a semiclassical Schrödinger operator with ${\hbar \in (0,\hbar_0]}$ . Let ${E(\hbar) \in [E-o(1),E+o(1)]}$ and ${(\phi_{\hbar})_{\hbar \in (0,\hbar_0]}}$ be a family of L ²-normalized eigenfunctions of ${P_0(\hbar)}$ with ${P_0(\hbar) \phi_{\hbar} = E(\hbar) \phi_{\hbar}}$ . We consider magnetic deformations of ${P_0(\hbar)}$ of the form ${P_u(\hbar) = - \Delta_{\omega_u}(\hbar) + V(x)}$ , where ${\Delta_{\omega_u}(\hbar) = (\hbar d + i \omega_u(x))^*({\hbar}d + i \omega_u(x))}$ . Here, u is a k-dimensional parameter running over ${B^k(\epsilon)}$ (the ball of radius ${\epsilon}$ ), and the family of the magnetic potentials ${(w_u)_{u\in B^k(\epsilon)}}$ satisfies the admissibility condition given in Definition 1.1. This condition implies that k ≥ n and is generic under this assumption. Consider the corresponding family of deformations of ${(\phi_{\hbar})_{\hbar \in (0, \hbar_0]}}$ , given by ${(\phi^u_{\hbar})_{\hbar \in(0, \hbar_0]}}$ , where $$\phi_{\hbar}^{(u)}:= {\rm e}^{-it_0 P_u(\hbar)/\hbar}\phi_{\hbar}$$ for ${|t_0|\in (0,\epsilon)}$ ; the latter functions are themselves eigenfunctions of the ${\hbar}$ -elliptic operators ${Q_u(\hbar): ={\rm e}^{-it_0P_u(\hbar)/\hbar} P_0(\hbar) {\rm e}^{it_0 P_u(\hbar)/\hbar}}$ with eigenvalue ${E(\hbar)}$ and ${Q_0(\hbar) = P_{0}(\hbar)}$ . Our main result, Theorem1.2, states that for ${\epsilon >0 }$ small, there are constants ${C_j=C_j(M,V,\omega,\epsilon) > 0}$ with j = 1,2 such that $$C_{1}\leq \int\limits_{\mathcal{B}^k(\epsilon)} |\phi_{\hbar}^{(u)}(x)|^2 \, {\rm d}u \leq C_{2}$$ , uniformly for ${x \in M}$ and ${\hbar \in (0,h_0]}$ . We also give an application to eigenfunction restriction bounds in Theorem 1.3.     

Nielsen coincidence,fixed point and root theories of n-valued maps

Let ${(\phi, \psi)}$ be an (m, n)-valued pair of maps ${\phi, \psi : X \multimap Y}$ , where ${\phi}$ is an m-valued map and ${\psi}$ is n-valued, on connected finite polyhedra. A point ${x \in X}$ is a coincidence point of ${\phi}$ and ${\psi}$ if ${\phi(x) \cap \psi(x) \neq \emptyset}$ . We define a Nielsen coincidence number ${N(\phi : \psi)}$ which is a lower bound for the number of coincidence points of all (m, n)-valued pairs of maps homotopic to ${(\phi, \psi)}$ . We calculate ${N(\phi : \psi)}$ for all (m, n)-valued pairs of maps of the circle and show that ${N(\phi : \psi)}$ is a sharp lower bound in that setting. Specifically, if ${\phi}$ is of degree a and ${\psi}$ of degree b, then ${N(\phi : \psi) = \frac{|an - bm|}{\langle m, n \rangle}}$ , where ${\langle m, n \rangle}$ is the greatest common divisor of m and n. In order to carry out the calculation, we obtain results, of independent interest, for n-valued maps of compact connected Lie groups that relate the Nielsen fixed point number of Helga Schirmer to the Nielsen root number of Michael Brown.     

Strong tree properties for two successive cardinals

An inaccessible cardinal κ is supercompact when (κ, λ)-ITP holds for all λ?≥ κ. We prove that if there is a model of ZFC with two supercompact cardinals, then there is a model of ZFC where simultaneously ${(\aleph_2, \mu)}$ -ITP and ${(\aleph_3, \mu')}$ -ITP hold, for all ${\mu\geq \aleph_2}$ and ${\mu'\geq \aleph_3}$ .     

Deformation of extremal metrics, complex manifolds and the relative Futaki invariant

Let ${(\mathcal {X},\Omega)}$ be a closed polarized complex manifold, g be an extremal metric on ${\mathcal {X}}$ that represents the Kähler class Ω, and G be a compact connected subgroup of the isometry group Isom ${(\mathcal {X}, g)}$ . Assume that the Futaki invariant relative to G is nondegenerate at g. Consider a smooth family ${(\mathcal {M}\to B)}$ of polarized complex deformations of ${(\mathcal {X},\Omega)\simeq (\mathcal {M}_0,\Theta_0)}$ provided with a holomorphic action of G which is trivial on B. Then for every ${t\in B}$ sufficiently small, there exists an ${h^{1,1}(\mathcal {X})}$ -dimensional family of extremal Kähler metrics on ${\mathcal {M}_t}$ whose Kähler classes are arbitrarily close to Θ _t . We apply this deformation theory to show that certain complex deformations of the Mukai–Umemura 3-fold admit Kähler–Einstein metrics.