Critical points of essential norms of singular integral operators in weighted spaces

We show that for any simple piecewise Ljapunov contour there exists a power weight such that the essential norm |S | in the spaceL ₂(, ) does not depend on the angles of the contour and it is given by formula (2). All such weights are described. For the union =₁₂ of two simple piecewise Lyapunov curves we prove that the essential norm |S | inL ₂() is minimal if both ₁ and ₂ are smooth in some neighborhoods of the common points. It is the case when the norm |S | in the spaceL ₂() as well as inL ₂(, ) does not depend on the values of the angles and it can be calculated by formula (5).     

Estimation of a sum along an algebraic curve

Let be an algebraic curve determined over a finite field k = [q]; e,x are subsidiary additive and multiplicative characters of the field k;, are functions in determined over k and satisfying some natural conditions. If P passes through the points of curve , rational over k, then where constant C depends only on the powers of ,,.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 373–380, March, 1969.     

On the removable singularities of CR functions given on a generic manifold

Summary In this paper we consider the problem of holomorphic continuation and removal of singularities of the CR functions given on K, where is a generic manifold with nondegenerate Levi form and K is a meromorphically p-convex compactum. We get some conditions on , relative to p-convexity and q-concavity, under which every integrable CR function given on K extends holomorphically in some domain \K, where is a wedge domain with edge . Our Results are local.Authors had a support of Russian Fund of Fundamental Investigations (grant 93-011-258).     

Bounding the diameter of a distance regular graph by a function ofk d

Let be a distance regular graph with diameterd, and _d () the set of vertices at distanced from. is said to be thin if the induced subgraph on _d () is a union of cliques for every vertex. We show that the diameterd is bounded above by a function depending only onk _d, which is the cardinality of _d (), if is not thin. We also investigate thin distance regular graphs witha _d 0.     

Die Automorphismengruppen hyperelliptischer Kurven

Let be a hyperelliptic curve over an algebraically closed field of characteristic O and G a group of automorphisms of that contains the canonical involution of . We describe the group-theoretical structure of G by means of the arithmetical structure of the morphism ^G.     

Continuous Quotients for Lattice Actions on Compact Spaces

Let < SL _n ( ) be a subgroup of finite index, where n 5. Suppose acts continuously on a manifold M, where ₁(M) = ⁿ , preserving a measure that is positive on open sets. Further assume that the induced action on H ¹(M) is non-trivial. We show there exists a finite index subgroup < and a equivariant continuous map : M ⁿ that induces an isomorphism on fundamental group. We prove more general results providing continuous quotients in cases where ₁(M) surjects onto a finitely generated torsion free nilpotent group. We also give some new examples of manifolds with actions.     

FG(2)-Expansions

Let be a finite geometry of rank n 2 with a selected type of elements, called'points'. Let m be the number of'points' of . Under some mild hypotheses on we can consider an affine expansion of to AG(m,2). We prove that the geometries obtained by applying this construction to matroids are simply connected. Then we exploit this result to study universal covers of certain geometries arising from hyperbolic quadrics and symplectic varieties over GF.     

Über Tuttes Cages

An undirected graph of valencyd and girth is called a (d, )-cage if its automorphism group acts transitively on the set of alls-paths in ands(+1)/2. We discuss an elementary construction of two known families of cages which allows us to prove easily some facts about their automorphism groups. We give, for example, a new proof of the fact that the automorphism group ofSp ₄(2 ⁿ ) contains elements which are not induced by Sp ₄(2 ⁿ ).     

The martin boundary for harmonic functions on groups of automorphisms of a homogeneous tree

Consider a closed subgroup of the automorphism group of a homogeneous treeT, and assume that acts transitively on the vertex set. Suppose that is a probability measure on which has continuous density with respect to Haar measure and whose support is compact open and generates as a closed semigroup. It is shown that the Martin boundary of with respect to the random walk with law coincides with the space of ends ofT. This extends known results for free groups and applies, for example, to the affine group over a non archimedean local field.     

Fuchsian groups,finite simple groups and representation varieties

Let be a Fuchsian group of genus at least 2 (at least 3 if is non-oriented). We study the spaces of homomorphisms from to finite simple groups G, and derive a number of applications concerning random generation and representation varieties. Precise asymptotic estimates for |Hom(,G)| are given, implying in particular that as the rank of G tends to infinity, this is of the form |G|^()+1+o(1), where () is the measure of . We then prove that a randomly chosen homomorphism from to G is surjective with probability tending to 1 as |G|. Combining our results with Lang-Weil estimates from algebraic geometry, we obtain the dimensions of the representation varieties , where is GL_n(K) or a simple algebraic group over K, an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. A key ingredient of our approach is character theory, involving the study of the zeta function ^G(s)=(1)^-s, where the sum is over all irreducible complex characters of G.     

On groups of polynomial subgroup growth

Summary Let be a finitely generated group anda _n ()=the number of its subgroups of indexn. We prove that, assuming is residually nilpotent (e.g., linear), thena _n () grows polynomially if and only if is solvable of finite rank. This answers a question of Segal. The proof uses a new characterization ofp-adic analytic groups, the theory of algebraic groups and the Prime Number Theorem. The method can be applied also to groups of polynomial word growth.Oblatum 1-VII-1989 & 7-VI-1990     

Bases for Splines on a Subdivided Domain

Let S^r() be the module of all splines of smoothness r on the rectilinear partition which subdivides some domain D. Further, let S^r() be the module of all splines of smoothness r on which also subdivides D, where is a finer subdivision of . We study the relationship between a generating set of S^r() and a generating set for S^r(). This paper gives an algorithm for extending a generating set for S^r() to one for for S^r(). This method is built on algebraic properties of splines and the Gröbner Basis Algorithm.     

Torsion in K‐Theory for Boundary Actions on Affine Buildings of Type ?n

Let be a torsionfree lattice in G=PGL(n+1, , where n 1 and is a nonArchimedean local field. Then acts on the Furstenberg boundary G/P, where P is a minimal parabolic subgroup of G. The identity element I in the crossedproduct C ^*algebra C(G/P) generates a class [I] in the K ₀ group of C(G/P) . It is shown that [I] is a torsion element of K ₀ and there is an explicit bound for the order of [I]. The result is proved more generally for groups acting on affine buildings of type à _n. For n=1, 2 the Euler–Poincaré characteristic () annihilates the class [I].     

Cohomology of Compact Locally Symmetric Spaces

We obtain a necessary condition for a cohomology class on a compact locally symmetric space S()=X (a quotient of a symmetric space X of the non-compact type by a cocompact arithmetic subgroup of isometries of X) to restrict non-trivially to a compact locally symmetric subspace S _H()=Y of X. The restriction is in a 'virtual' sense, i.e. it is the restriction of possibly a translate of the cohomology class under a Hecke correspondence. As a consequence we deduce that when X and Y are the unit balls in ⁿ and ^m , then low degree cohomology classes on the variety S() restrict non-trivially to the subvariety S _H (); this proves a conjecture of M. Harris and J-S. Li. We also deduce the non-vanishing of cup-products of cohomology classes for the variety S().     

On a Rank Five Geometry of Meixner for the Mathieu Group M12

We construct a rank five residually connected and firm geometry on which the Mathieu group M ₁₂ acts flag-transitively and residually weakly primitively (RWPRI). The group M ₁₂ is the group of automorphisms of and Aut(M ₁₂) is the correlation group of , in particular is self-dual. The diagram of is the following. Moreover satisfies the conditions (IP)₂ and (2T)₁. As a corollary, we obtain that the (RWPRI+(IP)₂)-rank of M ₁₂ is 5.     

The Kreîn-Langer problem for Hilbert space operator valued functions on the band

We deal with the Kreîn-Langer problem for -valued functions on the band (–2a, 2a)×, where is the algebra of continuous linear operators on a Hilbert space ,a a finite positive number and a topological Abelian group. We show that every weakly continuous -indefinite function admits a strongly continuous -indefinite continuation to × with the same indefiniteness index . We give a parametrization of the extensions in terms of operator-valued Schur functions.     

Almost Covers Of 2-Arc Transitive Graphs

Let be a G-symmetric graph whose vertex set admits a nontrivial G-invariant partition with block size v. Let be the quotient graph of relative to and [B,C] the bipartite subgraph of induced by adjacent blocks B,C of . In this paper we study such graphs for which is connected, (G, 2)-arc transitive and is almost covered by in the sense that [B,C] is a matching of v-1 2 edges. Such graphs arose as a natural extremal case in a previous study by the author with Li and Praeger. The case K _v+1 is covered by results of Gardiner and Praeger. We consider here the general case where K _v+1, and prove that, for some even integer n 4, is a near n-gonal graph with respect to a certain G-orbit on n-cycles of . Moreover, we prove that every (G, 2)-arc transitive near n-gonal graph with respect to a G-orbit on n-cycles arises as a quotient of a graph with these properties. (A near n-gonal graph is a connected graph of girth at least 4 together with a set of n-cycles of such that each 2-arc of is contained in a unique member of .)     

Optimal boundary regularity for minimal surfaces with a free boundary

Let x(w), w=u+iv B, be a minimal surface in ³ which is bounded by a configuration , S consisting of an arc and of a surface S with boundary. Suppose also that x(w) is area minimizing with respect to , S. Under appropriate regularity assumptions on and S, we can prove that the first derivatives of x(u, v) are Hölder continuous with the exponent =1/2 up to the free part of B which is mapped by x(w) into S. An example shows that this regularity result is optimal.     

Coupling of viscous and inviscid Stokes equations via a domain decomposition method for finite elements

Summary A generalized Stokes problem is addressed in the framework of a domain decomposition method, in which the physical computational domain is partitioned into two subdomains ₁ and ₂.Three different situations are covered. In the former, the viscous terms are kept in both subdomains. Then we consider the case in which viscosity is dropped out everywhere in . Finally, a hybrid situation in which viscosity is dropped out only in ₁ is addressed. The latter is motivated by physical applications.In all cases, correct transmission conditions across the interface between ₁ and ₂ are devised, and an iterative procedure involving the successive resolution of two subproblems is proposed.The numerical discretization is based upon appropriate finite elements, and stability and convergence analysis is carried out.We also prove that the iteration-by-subdomain algorithms which are associated with the various domain decomposition approaches converge with a rate independent of the finite element mesh size.This work was partially supported by CIRA S.p.A. under the contract Coupling of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations in hypersonic flowsDeceased