Stability of Discontinuous Groups Acting on Homogeneous Spaces

Suppose given a nilpotent connected simply connected Lie group G, a connected Lie subgroup H of G, and a discontinuous group Γ for the homogeneous space M = G/H. In this work we study the topological stability of the parameter space R(Γ,G,H) in the case where G is three-step. We prove a stability theorem for certain particular pairs (Γ,H). We also introduce the notion of strong stability on layers making use of an explicit layering of Hom(Γ,G) and study the case of Heisenberg groups.     

On weakly <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>Φ-supplemented subgroups of finite groups

Let G be a finite group. We say that a subgroup H of G is weakly SΦ-supplemented in G if G has a subgroup T such that G = HT and H∩T ≤ Φ(H)H_sG, where H_sG is the subgroup of H generated by all those subgroups of H that are s-permutable in G. In this paper, we investigate the influence of weakly SΦ-supplemented subgroups on the structure of finite groups. Some new characterizations of p-nilpotency and supersolubility of finite groups are obtained.     

Finite groups with given σ-embedded and σ-n-embedded subgroups

Let G be a finite group and σ = {σ _i |i∈I} be a partition of the set of all primes P. A set H of subgroups of G is said to be a complete Hall σ-set of G if every non-identity member of H is a Hall σ _i -subgroup of G and H contains exactly one Hall σ _i -subgroup of G for every σ _i ∈ σ(G). A subgroup H is said to be σ-permutable if G possesses a complete Hall σ-set H such that HA ^x = A ^x H for all A ∈ H and all x ∈ G. Let H be a subgroup of G. Then we say that: (1) H is σ-embedded in G if there exists a σ-permutable subgroup T of G such that HT = H ^σG and H ∩ T ≤ H _σG , where H _σG is the subgroup of H generated by all those subgroups of H which are σ-permutable in G, and H ^σG is the σ-permutable closure of H, that is, the intersection of all σ-permutable subgroups of G containing H. (2) H is σ-n-embedded in G if there exists a normal subgroup T of G such that HT = H ^G and H ∩ T ≤ H _σG . In this paper, we study the properties of the new embedding subgroups and use them to determine the structure of finite groups.     

On Generalized Derivations and Centralizers of Operator Algebras with Involution

Let B(H) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space H and A(H) ? B(H) be a standard operator algebra which is closed under the adjoint operation. Let F: A(H)→ B(H) be a linear mapping satisfying F(AA*A) = F(A)A*A + Ad(A*)A + AA*d(A) for all A ∈ A(H), where the associated linear mapping d: A(H) → B(H) satisfies the relation d(AA*A) = d(A)A*A + Ad(A*)A + AA*d(A) for all A ∈ A(H). Then F is of the form F(A) = SA ? AT for all A ∈ A(H) and some S, T ∈ B(H), that is, F is a generalized derivation. We also prove some results concerning centralizers on A(H) and semisimple H^*-algebras.     

Classifying anti-commuting pairs of Toeplitz and Hankel matrices

Conditions for commuting a Toeplitz matrix and a Hankel matrix were obtained relatively recently (in 2015). The solution to the problem of describing all anti-commuting pairs (T, H), where T is a Toeplitz matrix and H is a Hankel matrix, is sketched below.     

On Dominions of the Rationals in Nilpotent Groups

The dominion of a subgroup H of a group G in a class M is the set of all a ∈ G that have the same images under every pair of homomorphisms, coinciding on H from G to a group in M. A group H is n-closed in M if for every group G = gr(H, a₁,..., a_n) in M that includes H and is generated modulo H by some n elements, the dominion of H in G (in M) is equal to H. We prove that the additive group of the rationals is 2-closed in every quasivariety of torsion-free nilpotent groups of class at most 3.     

Subgroup normality degrees of finite groups I

In this paper, we introduce the probability that a subgroup H of a finite group G can be normal in G, the subgroup normality degree of H in G, as the ratio of the number of all pairs \({(h, g)\in H\times G}\) such that \({h^g\in H}\) by |H||G|. We give some upper and lower bounds for this probability and obtain the upper bound \({\frac{8}{15}}\) for nontrivial subgroups of finite simple groups. In addition, we obtain explicit formulas for subgroup normality degrees of some particular classes of finite groups.     

Finite groups in which Sylow normalizers have nilpotent Hall supplements

The normalizer of each Sylow subgroup of a finite group G has a nilpotent Hall supplement in G if and only if G is soluble and every tri-primary Hall subgroup H (if exists) of G satisfies either of the following two statements: (i) H has a nilpotent bi-primary Hall subgroup; (ii) Let π(H) = {p, q, r}. Then there exist Sylow p-, q-, r-subgroups H _p , H _q , and H _r of H such that H _q ? N _H (H _p ), H _r ? N _H (H _q ), and H _p ? N _H (H _r ).     

On lengths of <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>ℤ-localization towers

In this paper, the H?-length of different groups is studied. By definition, this is the length of the H?-localization tower or the length of the transfinite lower central series of H?-localization. It is proved that, for a free noncyclic group, its H?-length is ≥ ω+2. For a large class of ?[C]-modules M, where C is an infinite cyclic group, it is proved that the H?-length of the semi-direct product M ? C is ≤ ω + 1 and its H?-localization can be described as a central extension of its pro-nilpotent completion. In particular, this class covers modules M, such that M?C is finitely presented and H₂(M ? C) is finite.     

Finite <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-groups with a class of complemented normal subgroups

Assume G is a finite group and H a subgroup of G. If there exists a subgroup K of G such that G = HK and H ∩ K = 1, then K is said to be a complement to H in G. A finite p-group G is called an NC-group if all its proper normal subgroups not contained in Φ(G) have complements. In this paper, some properties of NC-groups are investigated and some classes of NC-groups are classified.     

On Excess-time Correlated Cumulative Processes

In this paper a class of correlated cumulative processes, B _s (t) = ∑^N(t)_i=1 H _s (X _i )X _i , is studied with excess level increments X _i ?s, where {N(t), t ?0} is the counting process generated by the renewal sequence T _n , T _n and X _n are correlated for given n, H _s (t) is the Heaviside function and s?0 is a given constant. Several useful results, for the distributions of B _s (t), and that of the number of excess (non-excess) increments on (0, t) and the corresponding means, are derived. First passage time problems are also discussed and various asymptotic properties of the processes are obtained. Transform results, by applying a flexible form for the joint distribution of correlated pairs (T _n , X _n ) are derived and inverted. The case of non-excess level increments, X _i < s, is also considered. Finally, applications to known stochastic shock and pro-rata warranty models are given.     

Joint spectrum and the infinite dihedral group

A subgroup H of a group G is called pronormal if, for any element g ∈ G, the subgroups H and H ^g are conjugate in the subgroup <H,H ^g >. We prove that, if a group G has a normal abelian subgroup V and a subgroup H such that G = HV, then H is pronormal in G if and only if U = N _U (H)[H,U] for any H-invariant subgroup U of V. Using this fact, we prove that the simple symplectic group PSp_6n (q) with q ≡ ±3 (mod 8) contains a nonpronormal subgroup of odd index. Hence, we disprove the conjecture on the pronormality of subgroups of odd indices in finite simple groups, which was formulated in 2012 by E.P. Vdovin and D.O. Revin and verified by the authors in 2015 for many families of simple finite groups.     

Finite Groups with Given Weakly <Emphasis Type="Italic">σ</Emphasis>-Permutable Subgroups

Let G be a finite group and let σ = {σ _i | i ∈ I} be a partition of the set of all primes P. A set ? of subgroups of G is said to be a complete Hall σ-set of G if each nonidentity member of ? is a Hall σ _i -subgroup of G and ? has exactly one Hall σ _i -subgroup of G for every σ _i ∈ σ(G). A subgroup H of G is said to be σ-permutable in G if G possesses a complete Hall σ-set ? such that HA ^x = A ^x H for all A ∈ ? and all x ∈ G. A subgroup H of G is said to be weakly σ-permutable in G if there exists a σ-subnormal subgroup T of G such that G = HT and H ∩ T ≤ H _σG , where H _σG is the subgroup of H generated by all those subgroups of H which are σ-permutable in G. We study the structure of G under the condition that some given subgroups of G are weakly σ-permutable in G. In particular, we give the conditions under which a normal subgroup of G is hypercyclically embedded. Some available results are generalized.     

Finite 2-groups whose length of chain of nonnormal subgroups is at most 2

Assume that G is a finite non-Dedekind p-group. D. S. Passman introduced the following concept: we say that H₁ < H₂ < ? < H_k is a chain of nonnormal subgroups of G if each H_i ? G and if |H_i : H_i?1| = p for i = 2, 3,…, k. k is called the length of the chain. chn(G) denotes the maximum of the lengths of the chains of nonnormal subgroups of G. In this paper, finite 2-groups G with chn(G) ? 2 are completely classified up to isomorphism.     

On 2-Closedness of the Rational Numbers in Quasivarieties of Nilpotent Groups

The dominion of a subgroup H of a group G in a class M is the set of all elements a ∈ G that have equal images under every pair of homomorphisms from G to a group of M coinciding on H. A group H is said to be n-closed in M if for every group G = gr(H, a₁,..., a _n ) of M that contains H and is generated modulo H by some n elements, the dominion of H in G (in M) is equal to H. We prove that the additive group of the rational numbers is 2-closed in every quasivariety M of torsion-free nilpotent groups of class at most 3 whenever every 2-generated group of M is relatively free.     

A Note on Generalized Lagrangians of Non-uniform Hypergraphs

Set \(A\subset {\mathbb N}\) is less than \(B\subset {\mathbb N}\) in the colex ordering if m a x(A△B)∈B. In 1980’s, Frankl and Füredi conjectured that the r-uniform graph with m edges consisting of the first m sets of \({\mathbb N}^{(r)}\) in the colex ordering has the largest Lagrangian among all r-uniform graphs with m edges. A result of Motzkin and Straus implies that this conjecture is true for r=2. This conjecture seems to be challenging even for r=3. For a hypergraph H=(V,E), the set T(H)={|e|:e∈E} is called the edge type of H. In this paper, we study non-uniform hypergraphs and define L(H) a generalized Lagrangian of a non-uniform hypergraph H in which edges of different types have different weights. We study the following two questions: 1. Let H be a hypergraph with m edges and edge type T. Let C _m,T denote the hypergraph with edge type T and m edges formed by taking the first m sets with cardinality in T in the colex ordering. Does L(H)≤L(C _m,T ) hold? If T={r}, then this question is the question by Frankl and Füredi. 2. Given a hypergraph H, find a minimum subhypergraph G of H such that L(G) = L(H). A result of Motzkin and Straus gave a complete answer to both questions if H is a graph. In this paper, we give a complete answer to both questions for {1,2}-hypergraphs. Regarding the first question, we give a result for {1,r ₁,r ₂,…,r _l }-hypergraph. We also show the connection between the generalized Lagrangian of {1,r ₁,r ₂,? ,r _l }-hypergraphs and {r ₁,r ₂,? ,r _l }-hypergraphs concerning the second question.     

On R-conjugate-permutability of sylow subgroups

A subgroup H of a finite group G is said to be conjugate-permutable if HH^g = H^gH for all g ∈ G. More generaly, if we limit the element g to a subgroup R of G, then we say that the subgroup H is R-conjugate-permutable. By means of the R-conjugatepermutable subgroups, we investigate the relationship between the nilpotence of G and the R-conjugate-permutability of the Sylow subgroups of A and B under the condition that G = AB, where A and B are subgroups of G. Some results known in the literature are improved and generalized in the paper.     

Finite groups with <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>-quasinormal subgroups

Consider some finite group G and a finite subgroup H of G. Say that H is c-quasinormal in G if G has a quasinormal subgroup T such that HT = G and T ∩ H is quasinormal in G. Given a noncyclic Sylow subgroup P of G, we fix some subgroup D such that 1 < |D| < | P| and study the structure of G under the assumption that all subgroups H of P of the same order as D, having no supersolvable supplement in G, are c-quasinormal in G.