An upper bound for the minimum weight of dual codes of Figueroa planes

In this note we give an explicit construction for words of weight 2q³ - q² - q in the dual p-ary code of the Figueroa plane of order q³, where q > 2 is any power of the prime p. When p is odd this then allows us, for the Figueroa planes, to improve on the previously known upper bound of 2q³ for the minimum weight of the dual p-ary code of any plane of order q³. The construction is the same as one that applies to desarguesian planes of order q³ as described in [3].     

Lp-Computability

In this paper we investigate conditions for L^p-computability which are in accordance with the classical Grzegorczyk notion of computability for a continuous function. For a given computable real number p ≥ 1 and a compact computable rectangle I ? ?^q, we show that an L^p function f ∈ L^p(I) is L^P-computable if and only if (i) f is sequentially computable as a linear functional and (ii) the L^p-modulus function of f is effectively continuous at the origin of ?^q.     

Infinite families of 2- and 3-designs with parameters v = p + 1, k = (p − 1)/2i + 1, where p odd prime, 2e T (p − 1), e ≥ 2, 1 ≤ i ≤ e

Let p be an odd prime number such that p − 1 = 2^em for some odd m and e ≥ 2. In this article, by using the special linear fractional group PSL(2, p), for each i, 1 ≤ i ≤ e, except particular cases, we construct a 2-design with parameters v = p + 1, k = (p − 1)/2ⁱ + 1 and λ = ((p − 1)/2ⁱ+1)(p − 1)/2 = k(p − 1)/2, and in the case i = e we show that some of these 2-designs are 3-designs. Likewise, by using the linear fractional group PGL(2,p) we construct an infinite family of 3-designs with the same v k and λ = k(k − 2). These supplement a part of [4], in which we gave an infinite family of 3-designs with parameters v = q + 1, k = (q + 1)/2 = (q − 1)/2 + 1 and λ = (q + 1)(q − 3)/8 = k(k − 2)/2, where q is a prime power such that q − 1 = 2m for some odd m and q > 7. Some of the designs given in this article and in [4] fill in a few blanks in the table of Chee, Colbourn, and Kreher [2]. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The old subvariety ofJ 0(pq) and the Eisenstein kernel in Jacobians

Whenp, q are distinct odd primes, and γ:J ₀(p)²×J ₀(q)²→J ₀(pq) is the natural map defined by the degeneracy maps, Ribet [10] determined the odd part of the kernel of γ. We study the 2-primary part of this kernel through its intersection with the Eisenstein kernelJ ₀(p)[I _p )²×J ₀(q)[I _q ]². We determine this intersection forp≢1 mod 16,q≢1 mod 16, and also produce new elements of ker γ wheneverp≡9 mod 16 orq≡9 mod 16. These sharpen Ribet's results in [10].     

Small weight codewords in the codes arising from Desarguesian projective planes

We study codewords of small weight in the codes arising from Desarguesian projective planes. We first of all improve the results of K. Chouinard on codewords of small weight in the codes arising from PG(2, p), p prime. Chouinard characterized all the codewords up to weight 2p in these codes. Using a particular basis for this code, described by Moorhouse, we characterize all the codewords of weight up to 2p + (p−1)/2 if p ≥ 11. We then study the codes arising from . In particular, for q ₀ = p prime, p ≥ 7, we prove that the codes have no codewords with weight in the interval [q + 2, 2q − 1]. Finally, for the codes of PG(2, q), q = p ^h , p prime, h ≥ 4, we present a discrete spectrum for the weights of codewords with weights in the interval [q + 2, 2q − 1]. In particular, we exclude all weights in the interval [3q/2, 2q − 1]. Geertrui Van de Voorde research is supported by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen) Joost Winne was supported by the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Belgium).     

p-Helson sets, 1<p<2

Ap-Helson set is defined to be a closed subsetE of the circle groupT with the property that every continuous function onE can be extended to the full circle in such a way that this extension has its sequence of Fourier coefficients inl ^p. For 1<p<2, the union of two such sets is again ap-Helson set. It is shown that thep-Helson sets (p>1) differ from the Helson sets and also that the notion really depends on the indexp. An analogue of H. Helson’s result is given: ap-Helson set supports no nonzero measure with Fourier-Stieltjes transform inl ^q, 1/p+1/q=1.     

Hermitian varieties as codewords

We show that the incidence vector of any hermitian variety in the projective geometry PG _m–1(F _q ²), where q = p ^t , and p is a prime, is in the code over F _p of the symmetric design of points and hyperplanes of the geometry by using the theorem of Delsarte [8] that identifies this code with a nonprimitive generalized Reed-Muller code.     

Pseudo-Paley graphs and skew Hadamard difference sets from presemifields

Let (K, + ,*) be an odd order presemifield with commutative multiplication. We show that the set of nonzero squares of (K, *) is a skew Hadamard difference set or a Paley type partial difference set in (K, +) according as q is congruent to 3 modulo 4 or q is congruent to 1 modulo 4. Applying this result to the Coulter–Matthews presemifield and the Ding–Yuan variation of it, we recover a recent construction of skew Hadamard difference sets by Ding and Yuan [7]. On the other hand, applying this result to the known presemifields with commutative multiplication and having order q congruent to 1 modulo 4, we construct several families of pseudo-Paley graphs. We compute the p-ranks of these pseudo-Paley graphs when q = 3⁴, 3⁶, 3⁸, 3¹⁰, 5⁴, and 7⁴. The p-rank results indicate that these graphs seem to be new. Along the way, we also disprove a conjecture of René Peeters [17, p. 47] which says that the Paley graphs of nonprime order are uniquely determined by their parameters and the minimality of their relevant p-ranks. Dedicated to Dan Hughes on the occasion of his 80th birthday.     

A New Characterization of PSL(p,q)

Abstract

Order components of a finite group are introduced in Chen [Chen, G. Y. (1996c) On Thompson's conjecture. J. Algebra 185:184–193]. It was proved that PSL(3, q), where q is an odd prime power, is uniquely determined by its order components [Iranmanesh, A., Alavi, S. H., Khosravi, B. (2002a). A characterization of PSL(3, q) where q is an odd prime power. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 170(2–3): 243–254]. Also in Iranmanesh et al. [Iranmanesh, A., Alavi, S. H., Khosravi, B. (2002b). A characterization of PSL(3, q) where q = 2 ⁿ . Acta Math. Sinica, English Ser. 18(3):463–472] and [Iranmanesh, A., Alavi, S. H. (2002). A characterization of simple groups PSL(5, q). Bull. Austral. Math. Soc. 65:211–222] it was proved that PSL(3, q) for q = 2 ⁿ and PSL(5, q) are uniquely determined by their order components. In this paper we prove that PSL(p, q) can be uniquely determined by its order components, where p is an odd prime number. A main consequence of our results is the validity of Thompson's conjecture for the groups under consideration.     

Improving two theorems of bose on difference families

In [2] R. C. Bose gives a sufficient condition for the existence of a (q, 5, 1) difference family in (GF(q), +)—where q ≡ 1 mod 20 is a prime power — with the property that every base block is a coset of the 5th roots of unity. Similarly he gives a sufficient condition for the existence of a (q, 4, 1) difference family in (GF(q, +)—where q ≡ 1 mod 12 is a prime power — with the property that every base block is the union of a coset of the 3rd roots of unity with zero. In this article we replace the mentioned sufficient conditions with necessary and sufficient ones. As a consequence, we obtain new infinite classes of simple difference families and hence new Steiner 2-designs with block sizes 4 and 5. In particular, we get a (p^4α, 5, 1)-DF for any odd prime p ≡ 2, 3 (mod 5), and a (p^2α, 4, 1)-DF for any odd prime p ≡ 2 (mod 3). © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Optimal successive overrelaxation iterative methods for P-cyclic matrices

Summary We consider linear systems whose associated block Jacobi matricesJ _p are weakly cyclic of indexp. In a recent paper, Pierce, Hadjidimos and Plemmons [13] proved that the block two-cyclic successive overrelaxation (SOR) iterative method is numerically more effective than the blockq-cyclic SOR-method, 2<qp, if the eigenvalues ofJ _p ^p are either all non-negative or all non-positive. Based on the theory of stationaryp-step methods, we give an alternative proof of their theorem. We further determine the optimal relaxation parameter of thep-cyclic SOR method under the assumption that the eigenvalues ofJ _p ^p are contained in a real interval, thereby extending results due to Young [19] (for the casep=2) and Varga [15] (forp>2). Finally, as a counterpart to the result of Pierce, Hadjidimos and Plemmons, we show that, under this more general assumption, the two-cyclic SOR method is not always superior to theq-cyclic SOR method, 2<qp.Dedicated to R. S. Varga on the occasion of his 60th birthdayResearch supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

An inner product and orthonormalization inl p -spaces and solution of infinite systems of infinite linear equations

Let the rows of an infinite square matrixM be elements ofl ^p -space (p>1) andX be an infinite column vector of unknowns andC an infinite column vector of real numbers. To our knowledge the solvability ofMX=C has nowhere been satisfactorily studied in the literature. This is also true of Riesz’classical work [2]. A reason for this is that not until recently [1] an appropriate inner product and the corresponding orthonormalization forp≠2 has been introduced. In this paper, based on [1], it is shown thatMX=C has a solution which is an element ofl ^q if and only if upon our process of orthonormalization of the rows ofM the system yields an equivalent systemAX=K where the rows ofA form an orthonormal sequence (in our sense) of elements ofl ^p andK becomes an element ofl ^q withp ⁻¹+q ⁻¹=1. A solution is then given byX=(A ^(q) (AA ^(q) )⁻¹)K whereA ^(q) is ourq-transpose ofA. This solution is the solution of the minimall ^q -norm. Otherwise, the obvious dual concept of the best approximating solution inl ^q -norm is introduced and obtained. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 46C10, Secondary 15A06     

A Class of Imprimitive Association Schemes

From Burnside's p^αq^β-Theorem, it follows that any nonabelian group of order p^αq^β, where p and q are primes, cannot be simple. As a main result of this article, we state and prove an analog of the mentioned theorem for commutative association schemes.     

Recovery of band limited functions via cardinal splines

The main result of this paper asserts that if a function f is in the class B_π,p, 1 <p < ∞; that is, those p-integrable functions whose Fourier transforms are supported in the interval [ - π, π], then f and its derivatives f^(j) j = 1, 2, …, can be recovered from its sampling sequence{f(k)} via the cardinal interpolating spline of degree m in the metric ofL _q(ℝ)), 1 <p=q < ∞, or 11 <p=q < ⩽ ∞.     

An off-diagonal Marcinkiewicz interpolation theorem on Lorentz spaces

Let (X, μ) be a measure space. In this paper, using some ideas from Grafakos and Kalton, the authors establish an off-diagonal Marcinkiewicz interpolation theorem for a quasilinear operator T in Lorentz spaces L ^p,q (X) with p, q ∈ (0,∞], which is a corrected version of Theorem 1.4.19 in [Grafakos, L.: Classical Fourier Analysis, Second Edition, Graduate Texts in Math., No. 249, Springer, New York, 2008] and which, in the case that T is linear or nonnegative sublinear, p ∈ [1,∞) and q ∈ [1,∞), was obtained by Stein and Weiss [Introduction to Fourier Analysis on Euclidean Spaces, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1971].     

Some permutation groups of degreep=6q+1

Transitive permutation groups of degrees 43, 67, 79, 103 and 139 are classified.In this note we consider insoluble transitive permutation groups of degreeq = 6q+1 wherep andq are primes and summarise the computations whereby these groups have been classified for some small values ofq. The result which allows progress on this problem is due to McDonough [1]; he showed that if such a group has a Sylowp-normaliser of order 3p then it is isomorphic either toPSL(3, 3) orPAL(3, 5) (of degrees 13, 31 respectively). Using this theorem machine computations along the lines of those done by Parker, Nikolai and Appel [3, 2] for degreesp=2q+1 andp=4q+1 give the following     

The Oscillation of Elliptic Systems

Foliated differential forms were introduced in [7], [9], to study the cohomology on a RIEMANNian foliated manifold with coefficients in the sheaf of germs of foliated differential forms. In this paper the notion of DE RHAM like current of the type (p, q) is defined for a RIEMANNian foliated manifold and some properties of various differential operators acting on the spaces of currents are given. In particular, special DE RHAM like currents are considered namely the foliated ones. It turns out that the space of foliated p-forms is dense in the space of foliated p-currents with the usual topology. We get certain results concerning the cohomology on a RIEMANNian foliated manifold with coefficients in the sheaf of germs of foliated currents.     

On Hille-Tamarkin operators and Schatten classes

We determine the smallest Schatten class containing all integral operators with kernels inL _p(L_{p', q})^symm, where 2 <p∞ and 1≦q≦∞. In particular, we give a negative answer to a problem posed by Arazy, Fisher, Janson and Peetre in [1]. Supported in part by DGICYT (SAB-90-0033).     

A non‐existence result on Cameron–Liebler line classes

Cameron–Liebler line classes are sets of lines in PG(3, q) that contain a fixed number x of lines of every spread. Cameron and Liebler classified Cameron–Liebler line classes for x ∈ {0, 1, 2, q² ? 1, q², q² + 1} and conjectured that no others exist. This conjecture was disproven by Drudge for q = 3 [8] and his counterexample was generalized to a counterexample for any odd q by Bruen and Drudge [4]. A counterexample for q even was found by Govaerts and Penttila [9]. Non‐existence results on Cameron–Liebler line classes were found for different values of x. In this article, we improve the non‐existence results on Cameron–Liebler line classes of Govaerts and Storme [11], for q not a prime. We prove the non‐existence of Cameron–Liebler line classes for 3 ≤ x < q/2. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 16: 342–349, 2008     

Lacunary Series in Weighted Hyperholomorphic B p,q (G) Spaces

The goal of this article is two-fold. First, we consider a class of hyperholomorphic functions, the so called B ^{p, q} (G) space in ?³. Then, we use the B ^{p, q} (G) space to characterize the hyperholomorphic α-Bloch space. Second, we obtain characterizations of the weighted hyperholomorphic B ^{p, q} (G)-functions by the coefficients of certain lacunary series expansions in Clifford Analysis.