Transcendence degree one function fields over a finite field with many automorphisms

Let $\mathbb{K}$ be the algebraic closure of a finite field ${\mathbb{F}}_q$ of odd characteristic p. For a positive integer m prime to p, let $F=\mathbb{K}(x,y)$ be the transcendence degree 1 function field defined by $y^q+y=x^m+x^{?m}$. Let $t=x^{m(q?1)}$ and $H=\mathbb{K}(t)$. The extension $F|H$ is a non-Galois extension. Let K be the Galois closure of F with respect to H. By Stichtenoth [20], K has genus $\mathfrak{g}(K)=(qm?1)(q?1)$, p-rank (Hasse–Witt invariant) $\gamma (K)={(q?1)}^2$ and a $\mathbb{K}$-automorphism group of order at least $2q^{2}m(q?1)$. In this paper we prove that this subgroup is the full $\mathbb{K}$-automorphism group of K; more precisely ${\text{Aut}}_{\mathbb{K}}(K)=\mathrm{\Delta }?D$ where Δ is an elementary abelian p-group of order $q^2$ and D has an index 2 cyclic subgroup of order $m(q?1)$. In particular, $\sqrt{m}|{\text{Aut}}_{\mathbb{K}}(K)|>\mathfrak{g}{(K)}^{3/2}$, and if K is ordinary (i.e. $\mathfrak{g}(K)=\gamma (K)$) then $|{\text{Aut}}_{\mathbb{K}}(K)|>{\mathfrak{g}}^{3/2}$. On the other hand, if G is a solvable subgroup of the $\mathbb{K}$-automorphism group of an ordinary, transcendence degree 1 function field L of genus $\mathfrak{g}(L)\ge 2$ defined over $\mathbb{K}$, then $|{\text{Aut}}_{\mathbb{K}}(K)|\le 34{(\mathfrak{g}(L)+1)}^{3/2}<68\sqrt{2}\mathfrak{g}{(L)}^{3/2}$; see [15]. This shows that K hits this bound up to the constant $68\sqrt{2}$.Since ${\text{Aut}}_{\mathbb{K}}(K)$ has several subgroups, the fixed subfield $F^N$ of such a subgroup N may happen to have many automorphisms provided that the normalizer of N in ${\text{Aut}}_{\mathbb{K}}(K)$ is large enough. This possibility is worked out for subgroups of Δ.     

Neeman's characterization of K(R-Proj) via Bousfield localization

Let R be an associative ring with unit and denote by $K(\mathrm{R}\text{-}\mathrm{Proj})$ the homotopy category of complexes of projective left R-modules. Neeman proved the theorem that $K(\mathrm{R}\text{-}\mathrm{Proj})$ is ${\mathrm{?}}_1$-compactly generated, with the category $K^{+}(\mathrm{R}\text{-}\mathrm{proj})$ of left bounded complexes of finitely generated projective R-modules providing an essentially small class of such generators. Another proof of Neeman's theorem is explained, using recent ideas of Christensen and Holm, and Emmanouil. The strategy of the proof is to show that every complex in $K(\mathrm{R}\text{-}\mathrm{Proj})$ vanishes in the Bousfield localization $K(\mathrm{R}\text{-}\mathrm{Flat})/〈K^{+}(\mathrm{R}\text{-}\mathrm{proj})〉$.     

Sharp bounds for Hardy operators on product spaces

In this article, we obtain the sharp bounds from L^P$\left({\mathbb{G}}^n\right)$ to the space wL^P$\left({\mathbb{G}}^n\right)$ for Hardy operators on product spaces. More generally, the precise norms of Hardy operators on product spaces from L^P$\left({\mathbb{G}}^n\right)$ to the space L^P_I$\left({\mathbb{G}}^n\right)$ are obtained.     

The mod 2 cohomology of the mapping class group of the Klein bottle with marked points

The purpose of this article is to compute the mod 2 cohomology of ${\mathrm{\Gamma }}^q(\mathbb{K})$, the mapping class group of the Klein bottle with q marked points. We provide a concrete construction of Eilenberg–MacLane spaces $X_q=K({\mathrm{\Gamma }}^q(\mathbb{K}),1)$ and fiber bundles $F_q(\mathbb{K})/{\mathrm{\Sigma }}_q\to X_q\to B({\mathbb{Z}}_2\times O(2))$, where $F_q(\mathbb{K})/{\mathrm{\Sigma }}_q$ denotes the configuration space of unordered q-tuples of distinct points in $\mathbb{K}$ and $B({\mathbb{Z}}_2\times O(2))$ is the classifying space of the group ${\mathbb{Z}}_2\times O(2)$. Moreover, we show the mod 2 Serre spectral sequence of the bundle above collapses.     

On parabolic Kazhdan–Lusztig R-polynomials for the symmetric group

Parabolic R-polynomials were introduced by Deodhar as parabolic analogues of ordinary R-polynomials defined by Kazhdan and Lusztig. In this paper, we are concerned with the computation of parabolic R-polynomials for the symmetric group. Let $S_n$ be the symmetric group on $\{1,2,\dots ,n\}$, and let $S=\{s_i|1\le i\le n?1\}$ be the generating set of $S_n$, where for $1\le i\le n?1$, $s_i$ is the adjacent transposition. For a subset $J?S$, let ${(S_n)}_J$ be the parabolic subgroup generated by J, and let ${(S_n)}^J$ be the set of minimal coset representatives for $S_n/{(S_n)}_J$. For $u\le v\in {(S_n)}^J$ in the Bruhat order and $x\in \{q,?1\}$, let $R_{u,v}^{J,x}(q)$ denote the parabolic R-polynomial indexed by u and v. Brenti found a formula for $R_{u,v}^{J,x}(q)$ when $J=S?\{s_i\}$, and obtained an expression for $R_{u,v}^{J,x}(q)$ when $J=S?\{s_{i?1},s_i\}$. In this paper, we provide a formula for $R_{u,v}^{J,x}(q)$, where $J=S?\{s_{i?2},s_{i?1},s_i\}$ and i appears after $i?1$ in v. It should be noted that the condition that i appears after $i?1$ in v is equivalent to that v is a permutation in ${(S_n)}^{S?\{s_{i?2},s_i\}}$. We also pose a conjecture for $R_{u,v}^{J,x}(q)$, where $J=S?\{s_k,s_{k+1},\dots ,s_i\}$ with $1\le k\le i\le n?1$ and v is a permutation in ${(S_n)}^{S?\{s_k,s_i\}}$.     

Domination and upper domination of direct product graphs

Let $X_{\mathbb{Z}∕n\mathbb{Z}}$ denote the unitary Cayley graph of $\mathbb{Z}∕n\mathbb{Z}$. We present results on the tightness of the known inequality $\gamma \left(X_{\mathbb{Z}∕n\mathbb{Z}}\right)\le {\gamma }_t\left(X_{\mathbb{Z}∕n\mathbb{Z}}\right)\le g\left(n\right)$, where $\gamma$ and${\gamma }_t$ denote the domination number and total domination number, respectively, and $g$ is the arithmetic function known as Jacobsthal’s function. In particular, we construct integers $n$ with arbitrarily many distinct prime factors such that $\gamma \left(X_{\mathbb{Z}∕n\mathbb{Z}}\right)\le {\gamma }_t\left(X_{\mathbb{Z}∕n\mathbb{Z}}\right)\le g\left(n\right)?1$. We give lower bounds for the domination numbers of direct products of complete graphs and present a conjecture for the exact values of the upper domination numbers of direct products of balanced, complete multipartite graphs.