Une variante à la Coxeter du groupe de Steinberg

LetG _n ()be the semi-direct product of the symmetric groupS _n by the Steinberg groupSt _n ()of a ringWe first prove thatG _n ()has a Coxeter-type presentation. The canonical morphism St _n () GL _n ()extends to a group homo G_n() GL _n ()We next determine the kernel of for n = We also give an expression for the generator of the algebraic K group K ₂(Z)of the integers in terms of permutation matrices.     

Dimension Theory and Nonstable K1 of Quadratic Modules

Employing Bak's dimension theory, we investigate the nonstable quadratic K-group K _1,2n (A, ) = G _2n (A, )/E _2n (A, ), n 3, where G _2n (A, ) denotes the general quadratic group of rank n over a form ring (A, ) and E _2n (A, ) its elementary subgroup. Considering form rings as a category with dimension in the sense of Bak, we obtain a dimension filtration G _2n (A, ) G _2n ⁰(A, ) ; G _2n ¹(A, ) ... E _2n (A, ) of the general quadratic group G _2n (A, ) such that G _2n (A, )/G _2n ⁰(A, ) is Abelian, G _2n ⁰(A, ) G _2n ¹(A, ) ... is a descending central series, and G _2n ^d(A)(A, ) = E _2n (A, ) whenever d(A) = (Bass–Serre dimension of A) is finite. In particular K _1,2n (A, ) is solvable when d(A) < .     

Isomorphism of one-place functors Ext

Let be an associative ring with identity. One considers the category of left (unitary) -modules m and also the contravariant and the covariant functors Ext ¹ ( ,A) and Ext ¹ (A, ): M_z M. One proves the following results: (1) If the homomorphism of -modules A B induces an isomorphism Ext ¹ ( ,A)Ext ¹ ( ,B), then there exist injective -modules J₁ and J₂ such that AJ₁BJ₂. (2) Every functorial morphism Ext ¹ ( ,A)Ext ¹ ( ,B) induces a certain homomorphism of -modules AB. One also obtains a dual result.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 112, pp. 71–74, 1981.     

Harmonic analysis on tori

We consider measurable subsets {ofR}ⁿ with 0<m()<, and we assume that has a spectral set . (In the special case when is also assumed open, may be obtained as the joint spectrum of a family of commuting self-adjoint operators {H _k: 1kn} in L ² () such that each H _k is an extension of i(/x _k) on C _c (), k=1, ..., n.)It is known that is a fundamental domain for a lattice if is itself a lattice. In this paper, we consider a class of examples where is not assumed to be a lattice. Instead is assumed to have a certain inhomogeneous form, and we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for to be a fundamental domain for some lattice in {ofR}ⁿ. We are thus able to decide the question, fundamental domain or not, by considering only properties of the spectrum . Our criterion is obtained as a corollary to a theorem concerning partitions of sets which have a spectrum of inhomogeneous form.Work supported in part by the NSF.Work supported in part by the NSRC, Denmark.     

A Martingale Approach in the Study of Percolation Clusters on the Z d Lattice

Consider percolation on Z ^d with parameter p. Let K _n be the number of occupied clusters in [–n, n] ^d . Here we use a martingale method to show that if p0, 1, K _n satisfies the CLT for all d>1. Furthermore, we investigate the large deviations and concentration property for K _n . Besides K _n , we also consider the distribution of the number _n of such vertices connected by the infinite occupied cluster in a large box [–n, n] ^d . We show that _n satisfies the CLT and investigate the concentration property for _n , by using the martingale method in the supercritical phase.     

Large indecomposables over representation-infinite orders and algebras

Let R be a complete discrete valuation domain with quotient field K, and let be an R-order in a semisimple K-algebra. Butler, Campbell, and Kovács have shown that R-free -modules decompose into -lattices when is representation-finite. Using the theory of ladder functors, we prove the converse by constructing indecomposable R-free -modules of infinite rank if is not representation-finite.Received: 23 March 2004     

Estimates for the minimal width of polytopes inscribed in convex bodies

The paper deals with the problem of approximating point sets byn-point subsets with respect to the minimal widthw. Let, in particular, ^d denote the family of all convex bodies in Euclideand-space, letA ^d and letn be an integer greater thand. Then we ask for the greatest number = _n (A) such that everyA A contains a polytope withn vertices which has minimal width at least w(A). We give bounds for _n ( ^d ), for _n (2133; ^d ), and for _n (W ^d ), where 2133; ^d ,W ^d denote the families of centrally symmetric convex bodies and of bodies of constant width, respectively.Dedicated to Professor L. danzer on the occasion of his sixtieth birthdayResearch for this paper was conducted in the academic year 1986/87 while both authors were visiting the University of Washington, Seattle. P. Gritzmann was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.     

Perversité et variation

Let S be the spectrum of a strictly henselian discrete valuation ring with residue characteristic p and =/, where is a prime number p and is an integer 1. For a scheme X of finite type over S and smooth over S along the special fiber X _s outside a closed point x, we study the vanishing cycles complex R() and the tame variation , for in the tame inertia group I _t . In particular, we show that if X is regular, flat over S of relative dimension n1, and is a topological generator of I _t , then R ^q () _x =0 for qn and is an isomorphism. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):14F20, 14D05, 14D06     

Stabilization theorem for the Milnor K2-functor

Let be an associative ring. For every natural number n there is a canonical homomorphism _n: K_2,n()K₂(), where K₂ is the Milnor functor and K_2,n() the associated unstable K-group. Dennis and Vasershtein have proved that if n is larger than the stable rank of , _n is an epimorphism. It is proved in the article that if n – 1 is greater than the stable rank of , the homomorphism _n is an isomorphism.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 64, pp. 131–152, 1976.     

Stability for Quadratic K1

The general quadratic group GQ _2n and its elementary subgroup EQ _2n are analogs in the theory of quadratic forms of the general linear group GL _n and its elementary subgroup E _n . This article proves that the stabilization map GQ _2n /EQ _2n GQ _2(n+1) /EQ _2(n+1) is an isomorphism whenever n +1 and S denotes the -stable rank of rings with anti-involution. As a corollary, a result is obtained which has been anticipated since the late 1960s: over rings of finite Bass–Serre dimension d, the stabilization map is an isomorphism whenever n d + 2.     

The Green relations approach to congruences on completely regular semigroups

On the congruence lattice (2(5) of a completely regular semigroup S the following mappings are considered _p: P and _p: VP, whereP is any of the Green relationsH, L, R orD. The equivalence relationsP andP ^V induced by these maps represent the main object of study in the paper. The former is a complete -congruence whereas the latter is a complete congruence onC(S). In particularH ,H ^V,L ^V,R ^V coincide with the kernel, trace, left trace and right trace relations onC(S), respectively. All essential properties known for the latter relations carry over to the new relationsP andP ^V. In addition, some interesting interplays of these provide for more richness in the theory of congruences on completely regular than is the case for the kernel-trace approach to congruences on regular semigroups.     

On Series of Translates of Positive Functions

For , a discrete infinite set of nonnegative real numbers, and a nonnegative measurable function f: R R ⁺, consider . The sets naturally break into two types. Type 1 consists of such that either C = R almost everywhere or else C = Ø a.e., for every f. Type 2 consists of all the other . We introduce a notion of asymptotic density for and the complementary notion of asymptotic lacunarity. We demonstrate that is of type 2 if it is asymptotically lacunary or else is asymptotically dense and exhibits asymptotically large Q-independent sets. We also give some examples of sets of both types.     

On the existence of collisionless equivariant minimizers for the classical <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-body problem

We show that the minimization of the Lagrangian action functional on suitable classes of symmetric loops yields collisionless periodic orbits of the n-body problem, provided that some simple conditions on the symmetry group are satisfied. More precisely, we give a fairly general condition on symmetry groups G of the loop space for the n-body problem (with potential of homogeneous degree -, with >0) which ensures that the restriction of the Lagrangian action to the space ^G of G-equivariant loops is coercive and its minimizers are collisionless, without any strong force assumption. In proving that local minima of ^G are free of collisions we develop an averaging technique based on Marchals idea of replacing some of the point masses with suitable shapes (see [10]). As an application, several new orbits can be found with some appropriate choice of G. Furthermore, the result can be used to give a simplified and unitary proof of the existence of many already known minimizing periodic orbits. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 70F10, 70F16, 37C80, 70G75     

Symmetric balanced ternary designs with ϱ1 = 1 or 2

Summary We prove the following two non-existence theorems for symmetric balanced ternary designs. If ₁ = 1 and 0 (mod 4) then eitherV = + 1 or 4₂ – + 1 is a square and (4₂ – + 1) divides ² – 1. If ₁ = 2 thenV = ((m + 1)/2) ² + 2,K = (m ² + 7)/4 and = ((m – 1)/2)² + 1 wherem 3 (mod 4). An example belonging to the latter series withV = 18 is constructed.     

Best n-Term Approximations by Λ-Methods in the Spaces S ϕ p

We determine the exact values of the upper bounds of n-term approximations of q-ellipsoids by -methods in the spaces S ^q in the metrics of the spaces S ^p .     

Standard pseudo-Hermitian structure on manifolds and seifert fibration

A strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-Hermitian manifoldM admits a canonical Lorentz metric as well as a canonical Riemannian metric. Using these metrics, we can define a curvaturelike function onM. AsM supports a contact form, there exists a characteristic vector field dual to the contact structure. If induces a local one-parameter group ofCR transformations, then a strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-Hermitian manifoldM is said to be a standard pseudo-Hermitian manifold. We study topological and geometric properties of standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of positive curvature or of nonpositive curvature . By the definition, standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds are calledK-contact manifolds by Sasaki. In particular, standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of constant curvature turn out to be Sasakian space forms. It is well known that a conformally flat manifold contains a class of Riemannian manifolds of constant curvature. A sphericalCR manifold is aCR manifold whose Chern-Moser curvature form vanishes (equivalently, Weyl pseudo-conformal curvature tensor vanishes). In contrast, it is emphasized that a sphericalCR manifold contains a class of standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of constant curvature (i.e., Sasakian space forms). We shall classify those compact Sasakian space forms. When 0, standard pseudo-Hermitian closed aspherical manifolds are shown to be Seifert fiber spaces. We consider a deformation of standard pseudo-Hermitian structure preserving a sphericalCR structure.Dedicated to Professor Sasao Seiya for his sixtieth birthday     

The controllability of the equation x = ux

The equation x=uv, wherex R_n andu GM _n (M_n is the ring of all n × n real matrices), is considered. The equation is called weakly controllable if for arbitrary pointsa, b R ⁿ these exist pointsa and b' as near toa and b, respectively, as we like and a control transforming a into b. In this note algebraic criteria are given for the complete and the weak controllability of such equations in the case where the limiting set G is closed with respect to the operation of matrix multiplication and the G-module R_n is semisimple.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 253–259, February, 1978.     

Contraction of Exterior Powers in Characteristic 2 and the Spin Module

Let K be a field of characteristic 2 and letV be a vector space of dimension 2m over K. Let f be a non-degenerate alternating bilinear form defined on V × V. The symplectic group Sp(2m, K) acts on the exterior powers ^k V for 0 k. 2m There is a contraction map defined on the exterior algebra , which commutes with the Sp(2m, K) action and satisfies ² = 0 and ( ^k V) ^k–1 V We prove that ( ^k V)= ker ^k–1 V except when k=m+2. In the exceptional case, ( ^m+2 V) has codimension 2^m in ker ^m V and we show that the quotient module ker ^m V/ ^m+2 V is a spin module for Sp(2m,K). When K is algebraically closed, we show that this spin module occurs with multiplicity 1 in ^m V and multiplicity 0 in all other components of V.     

Minimal submanifolds in a Riemannian manifold with pinched positive curvature

In this paper, we prove the following result: LetM be ann-dimensional compact curvature-invariant minimal subinanifoid immersed in a(> 2n–2/5n–2)- pinched Riemannian manifoldN. Denote by the second fundamental form ofM. If ¦¦²<3/9((5n–2)–2(n–1)), thenM is totally geodesic. This result generalizes the Simons pinching theorem.Supported by the JSPS postdoctoral fellowship and NSF of China.     

Central limit theorem for stochastically continuous processes. Convergence to stable limit

LetX={X(t), t[0, 1]} be a stochastically continuous cadlag process. Assume that thek dimensional finite joint distributions ofX are in the domain of normal attraction of strictlyp-stable, 0<p<2, measure onR ^k for all 1k<. For functionsf, g such that _p (|X(x–X(u)|) >g(u–s) and _p (|X(s–X(t|)|X(t)–X(u|)>f(u–s), 0 s t u 1, conditions are found which imply that the distributions –(n ^–1/p (X ₁+···+X _n )),n1, converge weakly inD[0, 1] to the distribution of ap-stable process. HereX ₁,X ₂, ... are independent copies ofX and _p (Z)=sup _t<0 t ^pP{|Z|<t} denotes the weakpth moment of a random variable Z.