Representations of rational Cherednik algebras of rank one in positive characteristic

In this paper, we classify the irreducible representations of the rational Cherednik algebras of rank 1 in characteristic p>0. There are two cases. One is the “quantum” case, where “Planck's constant” is nonzero and generic irreducible representations have dimension pr, where r is the order of the cyclic group contained in the algebra. The other is the “classical” case, where “Planck's constant” is zero and generic irreducible representations have dimension r.     

On F-inverse covers of inverse monoids

It is shown that each finite inverse monoid admits a finite F-inverse cover if and only if the same is true for each finite combinatorial strict inverse semigroup with an identity adjoined if and only if the same is true for the Margolis-Meakin expansion M(H) of each finite elementary abelian p-group H for some prime p. Additional equivalent conditions are given in terms of the existence of locally finite varieties of groups having certain properties. Ultimately, the problem of whether each finite inverse monoid admits a finite F-inverse cover, is reduced to a question concerning the Kostrikin-Zelmanov varieties K_n of all locally finite groups of exponent dividing n.     

Homological algebra for affine Hecke algebras

In this paper we study homological properties of modules over an affine Hecke algebra H. In particular we prove a comparison result for higher extensions of tempered modules when passing to the Schwartz algebra S, a certain topological completion of the affine Hecke algebra. The proof is self-contained and based on a direct construction of a bounded contraction of certain standard resolutions of H-modules.This construction applies for all positive parameters of the affine Hecke algebra. This is an important feature, since it is an ingredient to analyse how the irreducible discrete series representations of H arise in generic families over the parameter space of H. For irreducible non-simply laced affine Hecke algebras this will enable us to give a complete classification of the discrete series characters, for all positive parameters (we will report on this application in a separate article).     

Characterizations of Morita equivalent inverse semigroups

We prove that four different notions of Morita equivalence for inverse semigroups motivated by C^∗-algebra theory, topos theory, semigroup theory and the theory of ordered groupoids are equivalent. We also show that the category of unitary actions of an inverse semigroup is monadic over the category of étale actions. Consequently, the category of unitary actions of an inverse semigroup is equivalent to the category of presheaves on its Cauchy completion. More generally, we prove that the same is true for the category of closed actions, which is used to define the Morita theory in semigroup theory, of any semigroup with right local units.     

Largest subsemigroups of the full transformation monoid

In this paper we are concerned with the following question: for a semigroup S, what is the largest size of a subsemigroup T?S where T has a given property? The semigroups S that we consider are the full transformation semigroups; all mappings from a finite set to itself under composition of mappings. The subsemigroups T that we consider are of one of the following types: left zero, right zero, completely simple, or inverse. Furthermore, we find the largest size of such subsemigroups U where the least rank of an element in U is specified. Numerous examples are given.     

Ω-compact semigroups having congruence extension property

The congruence extension property (CEP) of semigroups has been extensively studied by a number of authors. We call a compact semigroup S an Ω-compact semigroup if the set of all regular elements of S forms an ideal of S. In this note, we characterize the Ω-compact semigroup having (CEP). Our result extends a recent result obtained by X.J. Guo on the congruence extension property of strong Ω-compact semigroups which is a semigroup containing precisely one regular D-class.     

Every finite semigroup is embeddable in a finite relatively free semigroup

The title result is proved by a Murskii-type embedding.Results on some related questions are also obtained. For instance, it is shown that every finitely generated semigroup satisfying an identity ξ^d=ξ^2d is embeddable in a relatively free semigroup satisfying such an identity, generally with a larger d; but that an uncountable semigroup may satisfy such an identity without being embeddable in any relatively free semigroup.It follows from known results that every finite group is embeddable in a finite relatively free group. It is deduced from this and the proof of the title result that a finite monoid S is embeddable by a monoid homomorphism in a finite (or arbitrary) relatively free monoid if and only if its group of invertible elements is either {e} or all of S.     

Congruence-simplicity of Steinberg algebras of non-Hausdorff ample groupoids over semifields

We investigate the algebra of an ample groupoid, introduced by Steinberg, over a semifield S. In particular, we obtain a complete characterization of congruence-simpleness for Steinberg algebras of second-countable ample groupoids, extending the well-known characterizations when S is a field. We apply our congruence-simplicity results to tight groupoids of inverse semigroup representations associated to self-similar graphs.     

Perverse coherent sheaves and the geometry of special pieces in the unipotent variety

Let X be a scheme of finite type over a Noetherian base scheme S admitting a dualizing complex, and let U⊂X be an open set whose complement has codimension at least 2. We extend the Deligne-Bezrukavnikov theory of perverse coherent sheaves by showing that a coherent intermediate extension (or intersection cohomology) functor from perverse sheaves on U to perverse sheaves on X may be defined for a much broader class of perversities than has previously been known. We also introduce a derived category version of the coherent intermediate extension functor.Under suitable hypotheses, we introduce a construction (called “S₂-extension”) in terms of perverse coherent sheaves of algebras on X that takes a finite morphism to U and extends it in a canonical way to a finite morphism to X. In particular, this construction gives a canonical “S₂-ification” of appropriate X. The construction also has applications to the “Macaulayfication” problem, and it is particularly well-behaved when X is Gorenstein.Our main goal, however, is to address a conjecture of Lusztig on the geometry of special pieces (certain subvarieties of the unipotent variety of a reductive algebraic group). The conjecture asserts in part that each special piece is the quotient of some variety (previously unknown for the exceptional groups and in positive characteristic) by the action of a certain finite group. We use S₂-extension to give a uniform construction of the desired variety.     

Vines and partial transformations

We introduce the partial vine monoid PVn. This monoid is related to the partial transformation semigroup PTn in the same way as the braid group Bn is related to the symmetric group Sn, and contains both the vine monoid [T.G. Lavers, The theory of vines, Comm. Algebra 25 (4) (1997) 1257-1284] and the inverse braid monoid [D. Easdown, T.G. Lavers, The inverse braid monoid, Adv. Math. 186 (2) (2004) 438-455]. We give a presentation for PVn in terms of generators and relations, as well as a faithful representation in a monoid of endomorphisms of a free group. We also derive a new presentation for PTn.     

Approximate amenability of certain inverse semigroup algebras

In this article, the approximate amenability of semigroup algebra ?¹(S) is investigated, where (S) is a uniformly locally finite inverse semigroup. Indeed, we show that for a uniformly locally finite inverse semigroup (S), the notions of amenability, approximate amenability and bounded approximate amenability of ?¹(S) are equivalent. We use this to give a direct proof of the approximate amenability of ?¹(S) for a Brandt semigroup (S). Moreover, we characterize the approximate amenability of ?¹(S), where S is a uniformly locally finite band semigroup.     

Almost disjoint large subsets of semigroups

There are several notions of largeness in a semigroup S that originated in topological dynamics. Among these are thick, central, syndetic and piecewise syndetic. Of these, central sets are especially interesting because they are partition regular and are guaranteed to contain substantial combinatorial structure. It is known that in (N,+) any central set may be partitioned into infinitely many pairwise disjoint central sets. We extend this result to a large class of semigroups (including (N,+)) by showing that if S is a semigroup in this class which has cardinality κ then any central set can be partitioned into κ many pairwise disjoint central sets. We also show that for this same class of semigroups, if there exists a collection of μ almost disjoint subsets of any member S, then any central subset of S contains a collection of μ almost disjoint central sets. The same statement applies if “central” is replaced by “thick”; and in the case that the semigroup is left cancellative, “central” may be replaced by “piecewise syndetic”. The situation with respect to syndetic sets is much more restrictive. For example, there does not exist an uncountable collection of almost disjoint syndetic subsets of N. We investigate the extent to which syndetic sets can be split into disjoint syndetic sets.     

Pseudogroups and their étale groupoids

A pseudogroup is a complete infinitely distributive inverse monoid. Such inverse monoids bear the same relationship to classical pseudogroups of transformations as frames do to topological spaces. The goal of this paper is to develop the theory of pseudogroups motivated by applications to group theory, C^∗$C^{\ast }$-algebras and aperiodic tilings. Our starting point is an adjunction between a category of pseudogroups and a category of étale groupoids from which we are able to set up a duality between spatial pseudogroups and sober étale groupoids. As a corollary to this duality, we deduce a non-commutative version of Stone duality involving what we call boolean inverse semigroups and boolean étale groupoids, as well as a generalization of this duality to distributive inverse semigroups. Non-commutative Stone duality has important applications in the theory of C^∗$C^{\ast }$-algebras: it is the basis for the construction of Cuntz and Cuntz–Krieger algebras and in the case of the Cuntz algebras it can also be used to construct the Thompson groups. We then define coverages on inverse semigroups and the resulting presentations of pseudogroups. As applications, we show that Paterson’s universal groupoid is an example of a booleanization, and reconcile Exel’s recent work on the theory of tight maps with the work of the second author.     

Nonnegative matrix semigroups with finite diagonals

Let S be a multiplicative semigroup of matrices with nonnegative entries. Assume that the diagonal entries of the members of S form a finite set. This paper is concerned with the following question: Under what circumstances can we deduce that S itself is finite?     

Semigroups that are factors of subdirectly irreducible semigroups by their monolith

Jeek and Kepka [4] proved that a universal algebra A with at least one at least binary operation is isomorphic to the factor of a subdirectly irreducible algebra B by its monolith if and only if the intersection of all of its (nonempty) ideals is nonempty, and that B may be chosen to be finite if A is finite. (By an ideal of A is meant a non-empty subset I of A such that f(a₁, . . . , a_n) I whenever f is an n-ary fundamental operation of A and a₁, . . . , a_n A are elements with a_i I for at least one index i.) In the present paper, we prove that if A is a semigroup, then B may be chosen also to be a semigroup, but that a finite semigroup need not be isomorphic to the factor of a finite subdirectly irreducible semigroup by its monolith.     

On character amenability of semigroup algebras

We study the character amenability of semigroup algebras. We work on general semigroups and certain semigroups such as inverse semigroups with a finite number of idempotents, inverse semigroups with uniformly locally finite idempotent set, Brandt and Rees semigroup and study the character amenability of the semigroup algebra l¹(S) in relation to the structures of the semigroup S. In particular, we show that for any semigroup S, if ?¹(S) is character amenable, then S is amenable and regular. We also show that the left character amenability of the semigroup algebra ?¹(S) on a Brandt semigroup S over a group G with index set J is equivalent to the amenability of G and J being finite. Finally, we show that for a Rees semigroup S with a zero over the group G, the left character amenability of ?¹(S) is equivalent to its amenability, this is in turn equivalent to G being amenable.     

Representations of trigonometric Cherednik algebras of rank one in positive characteristic

In this paper, we classify the irreducible representations of the trigonometric Cherednik algebras of rank 1 in characteristic p>0. There are two cases. One is the “quantum” case, where “Planck’s constant” is nonzero and generic irreducible representations have dimension 2p. In this case, smaller representations exist if and only if the “coupling constant” k is in ; namely, if k is an even integer such that 0≤k≤p−1, then there exist irreducible representations of dimensions p−k and p+k, and if k is an odd integer such that 1≤k≤p−2, then there exist irreducible representations of dimensions k and 2p−k. The other case is the “classical” case, where “Planck’s constant” is zero and generic irreducible representations have dimension 2. In that case, one-dimensional representations exist if and only if the “coupling constant” k is zero.     

Irreducible highest weight representations of the simple n-Lie algebra

A. Dzhumadil??daev classified all irreducible finite dimensional representations of the simple n-Lie algebra. Using a slightly different approach, we obtain in this paper a complete classification of all irreducible, highest weight modules, including the infinite-dimensional ones. As a corollary we find all primitive ideals of the universal enveloping algebra of this simple n-Lie algebra.