Commutator Invariant Subgroups of Abelian Groups

We describe the commutator invariant subgroups of a nonreduced abelian group. We find out when all commutator invariant subgroups of a separable group and an algebraically compact torsion-free group are fully invariant and describe the E-centers and E-commutants of these and some other groups.     

Locally normal subgroups of simple locally compact groups

We announce various results concerning the structure of compactly generated simple locally compact groups. We introduce a local invariant, called the structure lattice, which consists of commensurability classes of compact subgroups with open normaliser, and show that its properties reflect the global structure of the ambient group.     

Geometric quantization for proper actions

We first introduce an invariant index for G-equivariant elliptic differential operators on a locally compact manifold M admitting a proper cocompact action of a locally compact group G. It generalizes the Kawasaki index for orbifolds to the case of proper cocompact actions. Our invariant index is used to show that an analog of the Guillemin-Sternberg geometric quantization conjecture holds if M is symplectic with a Hamiltonian action of G that is proper and cocompact. This essentially solves a conjecture of Hochs and Landsman.     

A Galois correspondence for compact group actions on C-algebras

In this paper, we prove a Galois correspondence for compact group actions on C^?-algebras in the presence of a commuting minimal action. Namely, we show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the C^?-subalgebras that are globally invariant under the compact action and the commuting minimal action, that in addition contain the fixed point algebra of the compact action and the closed, normal subgroups of the compact group.     

Existence of Hall normal subgroups in finite groups

We obtain a necessary and sufficient criterion for the existence of an invariant complement to a nilpotent subgroup contained as a direct factor in one of the maximal subgroups of a given group; we also find a condition for the p-closure of a group, all proper subgroups of which are p-closed, expressed in terms of the degree of one of its nonlinear irreducible characters.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 381–385, September, 1974.     

Entropy rigidity for semisimple group actions

We show for the standard actions of higher rank semisimple Lie groups and their discrete subgroups on compact manifolds that the entropy is invariant under small perturbations.     

Algebraic endomorphisms of LCA-groups that preserve closed subgroups

The object of this paper is the classification of those algebraic (i.e. not necessarily continuous) endomorphisms of a locally compact abelian group leaving invariant all closed subgroups. In a canonical way they turn out to form again a locally compact abelian group which can be determined up to isomorphism. If the group is totally disconnected or not periodic all endomorphisms with this property are continuous and form a topological ring.     

Proper holomorphic mappings and related automorphism groups

In this note we determine the automorphism group of complex manifolds which are proper images of a simply connected strictly pseudoconvex domain in ?ⁿ. We also investigate automorphisms of domains invariant under a compact subgroup of complex linear transformations. Furthermore, some regularity and rigidity properties of proper holomorphic mappings are established. In particular we solve a question raised by Hahn and Pflug regarding the nonexistence of proper holomorphic mappings between the euclidian ball and the complex minimal ball of ?ⁿ.     

A Compact Monothetic Semitopological Semigroup Whose Set of Idempotents Is Not Closed

For each monothetic unitary group without proper co-compact subgroups, we show the existence of a compact semitopological semigroup (affine) compactification in which the set of idempotents is not closed answering a question of Berglund.     

Flat rank of automorphism groups of buildings

The flat rank of a totally disconnected locally compact group G, denoted flat-rk(G), is an invariant of the topological group structure of G. It is defined thanks to a natural distance on the space of compact open subgroups of G. For a topological Kac-Moody group G with Weyl group W, we derive the inequalities alg-rk(W) ≤ flat-rk(G) ≤ rk(|W|₀). Here, alg-rk(W) is the maximal Z-rank of abelian subgroups of W, and rk(|W|₀) is the maximal dimension of isometrically embedded flats in the CAT0-realization |W|₀. We can prove these inequalities under weaker assumptions. We also show that for any integer n ≥ 1 there is a simple, compactly generated, locally compact, totally disconnected group G, with flat-rk(G) = n and which is not linear.     

Contraction groups and passage to subgroups and quotients for endomorphisms of totally disconnected locally compact groups

The concepts of the scale and tidy subgroups for an automorphism of a totally disconnected locally compact group were defined in seminal work by George A. Willis in the 1990s, and recently generalized to the case of endomorphisms (G. A.Willis, Math. Ann. 361 (2015), 403–442). We show that central facts concerning the scale, tidy subgroups, quotients, and contraction groups of automorphisms extend to the case of endomorphisms. In particular, we obtain results concerning the domain of attraction around an invariant closed subgroup.     

Quasinormalität in topologischen Gruppen

LetQ be a subgroup of the locally compact groupG. Q is called a topologically quasinormal subgroup ofG, ifQ is closed and for each closed subgroupA ofG. We prove: If the compact elements ofG form a proper subgroup, compact topologically quasinormal subgroups ofG are subnormal of defect 2. IfG is connected, compact topologically quasinormal subgroups ofG are normal. IfG/G ₀ is compact, connected topologically quasinormal subgroups ofG are normal.     

Behaviour approximated on subgroups

The recovery of behaviour from its approximation over substructures is fraught with pathology. Here the extent is considered to which the behaviour of a continuous function on a locally compact Abelian group can be approximated by its behaviour on proper closed subgroups. Known results are summarised when the behaviour concerns integrability and the group is the circle; then boundedness and other limiting behaviour ‘at infinity’ are considered for more general groups. It is shown that if a continuous function is bounded on each proper closed subgroup of a connected locally compact Abelian group then it is bounded on the whole group. As befits this Festschrift, the techniques are predominantly topological. In passing we reflect on criteria for the difficult problem of identifying ‘substructures’ in Computer Science.     

On projective invariant subgroups of Abelian groups

The properties of projective invariant subgroups are studied. The structure of these subgroups in nonreduced groups is described. The conditions under which projective invariant subgroups are fully invariant are considered.     

Fully Invariant Subgroups of Abelian p-Groups with Finite Ulm–Kaplansky Invariants

We study primary groups containing proper fully invariant subgroups isomorphie to the group. The admissable sequence of Ulm–Kaplansky invariants for primary groups is introduced. Using these sequences, If-groups are described in the classes of seperable and periodically complete groups.     

Solitary subgroups of Abelian groups

Since solitary subgroups of (infinite) Abelian groups are precisely the strictly invariant subgroups which are co-Hopfian (as groups), and strictly invariant subgroups turn out to be strongly invariant for large classes of Abelian groups we determine the solitary subgroups for these classes of groups.     

An integral invariant from the view point of locally conformally Kähler geometry

In this article we study an integral invariant which obstructs the existence on a compact complex manifold of a volume form with the determinant of its Ricci form proportional to itself, in particular obstructs the existence of a Kähler-Einstein metric, and has been studied since 1980s. We study this invariant from the view point of locally conformally Kähler geometry. We first see that we can define an integral invariant for coverings of compact complex manifolds with automorphic volume forms. This situation typically occurs for locally conformally Kähler manifolds. Secondly, we see that this invariant coincides with the former one. We also show that the invariant vanishes for any compact Vaisman manifold.     

The structure of ergodic measures for compact group extensions

In this paper, the structure of the set of invariant measures on a transformation group which is a free compact abelian group extension of another transformation group is studied from both the geometric and analytic viewpoints. It is shown in general that genuine ergodic decompositions are obtained in the non-metric setting for measures that project onto an ergodic measure. In addition, when all the spaces involved are metric, there is a structure theorem for all ergodic measures in terms of the ergodic measures on the base and naturally defined subgroups.     

Intermediately fully invariant subgroups of abelian groups

Describing intermediately fully invariant subgroups of divisible and torsion groups, we show that the intermediately fully invariant subgroups are direct summands in a completely decomposable group whose every homogeneous component is decomposable. For torsion groups, we find out when all their fully invariant subgroups are intermediately fully invariant; and for torsion-free groups, this question comes down to the reduced case. Also, in a torsion group that is the sum of cyclic subgroups, its subgroup is shown to be intermediately inert if and only if it is commensurable with some intermediately fully invariant subgroup.