Codes over rings of size four, Hermitian lattices, and corresponding theta functions

Let be an imaginary quadratic field with ring of integers , where is a square free integer such that , and let is a linear code defined over . The level theta function of is defined on the lattice , where is the natural projection. In this paper, we prove that:

i) for any such that , and have the same coefficients up to ,

ii) for , determines the code uniquely,

iii) for , there is a positive dimensional family of symmetrized weight enumerator polynomials corresponding to .

     

Finite rank Toeplitz operators on the Bergman space

Given a complex Borel measure with compact support in the complex plane the sesquilinear form defined on analytic polynomials and by , determines an operator from the space of such polynomials to the space of linear functionals on . This operator is called the Toeplitz operator with symbol . We show that has finite rank if and only if is a finite linear combination of point masses. Application to Toeplitz operators on the Bergman space is immediate.

     

Invariant decomposition of functions with respect to commuting invertible transformations

Consider arbitrary elements. We characterize those functions that decompose into the sum of -periodic functions, i.e., with . We show that has such a decomposition if and only if for all partitions with consisting of commensurable elements with least common multiples one has .

Actually, we prove a more general result for periodic decompositions of functions defined on an Abelian group ; in fact, we even consider invariant decompositions of functions with respect to commuting, invertible self-mappings of some abstract set .

We also extend our results to functions between torsion free Abelian groups. As a corollary we also obtain that on a torsion free Abelian group the existence of a real-valued periodic decomposition of an integer-valued function implies the existence of an integer-valued periodic decomposition with the same periods.

     

Homeomorphisms of the 3-sphere that preserve a Heegaard splitting of genus two

Let be the group of isotopy classes of orientation-preserving homeomorphisms of that preserve a Heegaard splitting of genus two. In this paper, we construct a tree in the barycentric subdivision of the disk complex of a handlebody of the splitting to obtain a finite presentation of .

     

A polarized partition relation for cardinals of countable cofinality

We prove that if and , then

for all . This polarized partition relation holds if for every partition either there are and with or there are and with .

     

Mean value of mixed exponential sums

For integers , , , with , and Dirichlet character , we define a mixed exponential sum

where , and denotes the summation over all with . The main purpose of this paper is to study the mean value of

and to give a related identity on the mean value of the general Kloosterman sum

where .

     

Convex solids with planar midsurfaces

We show that the boundary of an -dimensional closed convex set , possibly unbounded, is a convex quadric surface if and only if the middle points of every family of parallel chords of lie in a hyperplane. To prove this statement, we show that the boundary of is a convex quadric surface if and only if there is a point such that all sections of by 2-dimensional planes through are convex quadric curves. Generalizations of these statements that involve boundedly polyhedral sets are given.

     

Homogeneous Hilbert scheme

Let be a locally noetherian scheme and an -graded -algebra of finite type. We say that is a homogeneous variety over . In this paper we prove that the functor

is representable by an -scheme that is a disjoint union of locally projective schemes over . The proof is very simple, and it only makes use of the theory of graded modules and standard flatness criteria. From this, one obtains an elementary construction (which does not make use of cohomology) of the ordinary Hilbert scheme of a locally projective -scheme.

     

Projective normality of ruled surfaces

In this article we study normal generation of irrational ruled surfaces. When is a smooth curve of genus , Green and Lazarsfeld proved that a very ample line bundle    Pic with deg   Cliff is normally generated where Cliff denotes the Clifford index of the curve (Green and Lazarsfeld, 1986). We generalize this to line bundles on a ruled surface over .

     

A categorification of integral Specht modules

We suggest a simple definition for categorification of modules over rings and illustrate it by categorifying integral Specht modules over the symmetric group and its Hecke algebra via the action of translation functors on some subcategories of category for the Lie algebra .

     

Admissible metrics in the -Yamabe equation

In most previous works on the existence of solutions to the -Yamabe problem, one assumes that the initial metric is -admissible. This is a pointwise condition. In this paper we prove that this condition can be replaced by a weaker integral condition.

     

On the Pytkeev property in spaces of continuous functions

Answering a question of Sakai, we show that the minimal cardinality of a set of reals such that does not have the Pytkeev property is equal to the pseudo-intersection number . Our approach leads to a natural characterization of the Pytkeev property of by means of a covering property of , and to a similar result for the Reznichenko property of .

     

Rainbow decompositions

A rainbow coloring of a graph is a coloring of the edges with distinct colors. We prove the following extension of Wilson's Theorem. For every integer there exists an so that for all , if

then every properly edge-colored contains pairwise edge-disjoint rainbow copies of .

Our proof uses, as a main ingredient, a double application of the probabilistic method.

     

On the symplectic phase space of KdV

We prove that the Birkhoff map for KdV constructed on can be interpolated between and . In particular, the symplectic phase space can be described in terms of Birkhoff coordinates.

     

Monotonicity of the principal eigenvalue of the -Laplacian in an annulus

In this note we prove a monotonicity result related to the principal eigenvalue of the -Laplacian in an annulus in .

     

Convexity and the Exterior Inverse Problem of Potential Theory

Let and be bounded solid domains such that their associated volume potentials agree outside . Under the assumption that one of the domains is convex, it is deduced that .

     

On sums of powers of inverse complete quotients

For an irrational number , let denote its -th continued fraction inverse complete quotient, obtained by deleting the first partial quotients. For any positive real number , we establish the optimal linear bound on the sum of the -th powers of the first complete quotients. That is, we find the smallest constants such that for all and all irrationals .

     

Properly embedded least area planes in Gromov hyperbolic -spaces

Let be a Gromov hyperbolic -space with cocompact metric, and the sphere at infinity of . We show that for any simple closed curve in , there exists a properly embedded least area plane in spanning . This gives a positive answer to Gabai's conjecture from 1997. Soma has already proven this conjecture in 2004. Our technique here is simpler and more general, and it can be applied to many similar settings.

     

Limit cycles for cubic systems with a symmetry of order 4 and without infinite critical points

In this paper we study those cubic systems which are invariant under a rotation of radians. They are written as where is complex, the time is real, and , are complex parameters. When they have some critical points at infinity, i.e. , it is well-known that they can have at most one (hyperbolic) limit cycle which surrounds the origin. On the other hand when they have no critical points at infinity, i.e. there are examples exhibiting at least two limit cycles surrounding nine critical points. In this paper we give two criteria for proving in some cases uniqueness and hyperbolicity of the limit cycle that surrounds the origin. Our results apply to systems having a limit cycle that surrounds either 1, 5 or 9 critical points, the origin being one of these points. The key point of our approach is the use of Abel equations.

     

Pitt's inequality with sharp convolution estimates

Sharp extensions of Pitt's inequality expressed as a weighted Sobolev inequality are obtained using convolution estimates and Stein-Weiss potentials. Optimal constants are obtained for the full Stein-Weiss potential as a map from to itself which in turn yield semi-classical Rellich inequalities on . Additional results are obtained for Stein-Weiss potentials with gradient estimates and with mixed homogeneity. New proofs are given for the classical Pitt and Stein-Weiss estimates.