On generalized Ramanujan primes

Let \(\Delta = \sum _{m=0}^\infty q^{(2m+1)^2} \in \mathbf {F}_2[[q]]\) be the reduction mod 2 of the \(\Delta \) series. A modular form of level 1, \(f=\sum _{n\geqslant 0} c(n) \,q^n\), with integer coefficients, is congruent modulo \(2\) to a polynomial in \(\Delta \). Let us set \(W_f(x)=\sum _{n\leqslant x,\ c(n)\text { odd }} 1\), the number of odd Fourier coefficients of \(f\) of index \(\leqslant x\). The order of magnitude of \(W_f(x)\) (for \(x\rightarrow \infty \)) has been determined by Serre in the seventies. Here, we give an asymptotic equivalent for \(W_f(x)\). Let \(p(n)\) be the partition function and \(A_0(x)\) (resp. \(A_1(x)\)) be the number of \(n\leqslant x\) such that \(p(n)\) is even (resp. odd). In the preceding papers, the second-named author has shown that \(A_0(x)\geqslant 0.28 \sqrt{x\;\log \log x}\) for \(x\geqslant 3\) and \(A_1(x)>\frac{4.57 \sqrt{x}}{\log x}\) for \(x\geqslant 7\). Here, it is proved that \(A_0(x)\geqslant 0.069 \sqrt{x}\;\log \log x\) holds for \(x>1\) and that \(A_1(x) \geqslant \frac{0.037 \sqrt{x}}{(\log x)^{7/8}}\) holds for \(x\geqslant 2\). The main tools used to prove these results are the determination of the order of nilpotence of a modular form of level-\(1\) modulo \(2\), and of the structure of the space of those modular forms as a module over the Hecke algebra, which have been given in a recent work of Serre and the second-named author.     

Hilbert $$C^*$$-modules as a subcategory of operator systems and injectivity

In this paper, we study a category whose objects are Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules and whose morphisms are completely semi-\(\phi \)-maps. We give a characterization of injective objects in this category. In fact, we investigate extendability of completely semi-\(\phi \)-maps on Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules, leading to an analog of the Arveson’s extension theorem for completely semi-\(\phi \)-maps (in contrast with \(\phi \)-maps). This theorem together with previous results suggest that the completely semi-\(\phi \)-maps are proper generalizations of the completely positive maps.     

On the structure of modules of vector-valued modular forms

If \(\rho \) denotes a finite-dimensional complex representation of \(\mathbf {SL}_{2}(\mathbf {Z})\), then it is known that the module \(M(\rho )\) of vector-valued modular forms for \(\rho \) is free and of finite rank over the ring M of scalar modular forms of level one. This paper initiates a general study of the structure of \(M(\rho )\). Among our results are absolute upper and lower bounds, depending only on the dimension of \(\rho \), on the weights of generators for \(M(\rho )\), as well as upper bounds on the multiplicities of weights of generators of \(M(\rho )\). We provide evidence, both computational and theoretical, that a stronger three-term multiplicity bound might hold. An important step in establishing the multiplicity bounds is to show that there exists a free basis for \(M(\rho )\) in which the matrix of the modular derivative operator does not contain any copies of the Eisenstein series \(E_6\) of weight six.     

On nodal Enriques surfaces and quartic double solids

We consider the class of singular double coverings \(X \rightarrow {\mathbb {P}}^3\) ramified in the degeneration locus \(D\) of a family of 2-dimensional quadrics. These are precisely the quartic double solids constructed by Artin and Mumford as examples of unirational but nonrational conic bundles. With such a quartic surface \(D,\) one can associate an Enriques surface \(S\) which is the factor of the blowup of \(D\) by a natural involution acting without fixed points (such Enriques surfaces are known as nodal Enriques surfaces or Reye congruences). We show that the nontrivial part of the derived category of coherent sheaves on this Enriques surface \(S\) is equivalent to the nontrivial part of the derived category of a minimal resolution of singularities of \(X\).     

A modular-type formula for $$(x;q)_\infty $$

Let \(q=\text {e}^{2\pi i\tau }, \mathfrak {I}\tau >0\), \(x=\text {e}^{2\pi i{z}}\), \({z}\in \mathbb {C}\), and \((x;q)_\infty =\prod _{n\ge 0}(1-xq^n)\). Let \((q,x)\mapsto ({q_1},{x_1})\) be the classical modular substitution given by the relations \({q_1}=\text {e}^{-2\pi i/\tau }\) and \({x_1}=\text {e}^{2\pi i{z}/{\tau }}\). The main goal of this paper is to give a modular-type representation for the infinite product \((x;q)_\infty \), this means, to compare the function defined by \((x;q)_\infty \) with that given by \(({x_1};{q_1})_\infty \). Inspired by the work (Stieltjes in Collected Papers, Springer, New York, 1993) of Stieltjes on semi-convergent series, we are led to a “closed” analytic formula for the ratio \((x;q)_\infty /({x_1};{q_1})_\infty \) by means of the dilogarithm combined with a Laplace type integral, which admits a divergent series as Taylor expansion at \(\log q=0\). Thus, the function \((x;q)_\infty \) is linked with its modular transform \(({x_1};{q_1})_\infty \) in such an explicit manner that one can directly find the modular formulae known for Dedekind’s Eta function, Jacobi Theta function, and also for certain Lambert series. Moreover, one can remark that our results allow Ramanujan’s formula (Berndt in Ramanujan’s notebooks, Springer, New York, 1994, Entry 6’, p. 268) (see also Ramanujan in Notebook 2, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1957, p. 284) to be completed as a convergent expression for the infinite product \((x;q)_\infty \).     

The maximally symmetric surfaces in the 3-torus

Suppose an orientation-preserving action of a finite group G on the closed surface \(\Sigma _g\) of genus \(g>1\) extends over the 3-torus \(T^3\) for some embedding \(\Sigma _g\subset T^3\). Then \(|G|\le 12(g-1)\), and this upper bound \(12(g-1)\) can be achieved for \(g=n^2+1, 3n^2+1, 2n^3+1, 4n^3+1, 8n^3+1, n\in {\mathbb {Z}}_+\). The surfaces in \(T^3\) realizing a maximal symmetry can be either unknotted or knotted. Similar problems in the non-orientable category are also discussed. The connection with minimal surfaces in \(T^3\) is addressed and the situation when the maximally symmetric surfaces above can be realized by minimal surfaces is identified.     

Elimination of extremal index zeroes from generic paths of closed $$$$-forms

Let \( \alpha \) be a Morse closed \( 1 \)-form of a smooth \( n \)-dimensional manifold \( M \). The zeroes of \( \alpha \) of index \( 0 \) or \( n \) are called centers. It is known that every non-vanishing de Rham cohomology class \( u \) contains a Morse representative without centers. The result of this paper is the one-parameter analogue of the last statement: every generic path \( (\alpha _t)_{ t\in [0,1] }\) of closed \( 1 \)-forms in a fixed class \( u\ne 0 \) such that \( \alpha _0,\alpha _1 \) have no centers, can be modified relatively to its extremities to another such path \( (\beta _t)_{t \in [0,1]} \) having no center at all.     

Meromorphic tensor equivalence for Yangians and quantum loop algebras

Let \(\mathfrak{g}\) be a complex semisimple Lie algebra, and \(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g})\), \(U_{q}(L\mathfrak{g})\) the corresponding Yangian and quantum loop algebra, with deformation parameters related by \(q=e^{\pi \iota \hbar }\). When \(\hbar \) is not a rational number, we constructed in Gautam and Toledano Laredo (J. Am. Math. Soc. 29:775, 2016) a faithful functor \(\Gamma \) from the category of finite-dimensional representations of \(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g})\) to those of \(U_{q}(L \mathfrak{g})\). The functor \(\Gamma \) is governed by the additive difference equations defined by the commuting fields of the Yangian, and restricts to an equivalence on a subcategory of \(\operatorname{Rep}_{\operatorname{fd}}(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g}))\) defined by choosing a branch of the logarithm. In this paper, we construct a tensor structure on \(\Gamma \) and show that, if \(|q|\neq 1\), it yields an equivalence of meromorphic braided tensor categories, when \(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g})\) and \(U_{q}(L\mathfrak{g})\) are endowed with the deformed Drinfeld coproducts and the commutative part of their universal \(R\)-matrices. This proves in particular the Kohno–Drinfeld theorem for the abelian \(q\)KZ equations defined by \(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g})\). The tensor structure arises from the abelian \(q\)KZ equations defined by an appropriate regularisation of the commutative part of the \(R\)-matrix of \(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g})\).     

A Gelfand duality for compact pospaces

It is well known that the category of compact Hausdorff spaces is dually equivalent to the category of commutative \(C^\star \)-algebras. More generally, this duality can be seen as a part of a square of dualities and equivalences between compact Hausdorff spaces, \(C^\star \)-algebras, compact regular frames and de Vries algebras. Three of these equivalences have been extended to equivalences between compact pospaces, stably compact frames and proximity frames, the fourth part of what will be a second square being lacking. We propose the category of bounded Archimedean \(\ell \)-semi-algebras to complete the second square of equivalences and to extend the category of \(C^\star \)-algebras.     

Diagrammatic description for the categories of perverse sheaves on isotropic Grassmannians

For each integer \(k\ge 4\), we describe diagrammatically a positively graded Koszul algebra \(\mathbb {D}_k\) such that the category of finite dimensional \(\mathbb {D}_k\)-modules is equivalent to the category of perverse sheaves on the isotropic Grassmannian of type \(\mathrm{D}_k\) or \(\mathrm{B}_{k-1}\), constructible with respect to the Schubert stratification. The algebra is obtained by a (non-trivial) “folding” procedure from a generalized Khovanov arc algebra. Properties such as graded cellularity and explicit closed formulas for graded decomposition numbers are established by elementary tools.     

Associate space with respect to a locally $$\sigma $$-finite measure on a $$\delta $$δ-ring and applications to spaces of integrable functions defined by a vector measure

We show that for a locally \(\sigma \)-finite measure \(\mu \) defined on a \(\delta \)-ring, the associate space theory can be developed as in the \(\sigma \)-finite case, and corresponding properties are obtained. Given a saturated \(\sigma \)-order continuous \(\mu \)-Banach function space E, we prove that its dual space can be identified with the associate space \(E ^\times \) if, and only if, \(E^\times \) has the Fatou property. Applying the theory to the spaces \(L^p (\nu )\) and \(L_w^p (\nu )\), where \(\nu \) is a vector measure defined on a \(\delta \)-ring \(\mathcal {R}\) and \(1 \le p < \infty \), we establish results corresponding to those of the case when the vector measure is defined on a \(\sigma \)-algebra.     

On the gaps between non-zero Fourier coefficients of cusp forms of higher weight

We show that if a modular cuspidal eigenform f of weight 2k is 2-adically close to an elliptic curve \(E/\mathbb {Q}\), which has a cyclic rational 4-isogeny, then n-th Fourier coefficient of f is non-zero in the short interval \((X, X + cX^{\frac{1}{4}})\) for all \(X \gg 0\) and for some \(c > 0\). We use this fact to produce non-CM cuspidal eigenforms f of level \(N>1\) and weight \(k > 2\) such that \(i_f(n) \ll n^{\frac{1}{4}}\) for all \(n \gg 0\).     

Compact $$\lambda $$-translating Solitons with Boundary

A \(\lambda \)-translating soliton with density vector \(\mathbf {v}\) is a surface \(\varSigma \) in Euclidean space \(\mathbb {R}^3\) whose mean curvature H satisfies \(2H=2\lambda +\langle N,\mathbf {v}\rangle \), where N is the Gauss map of \(\varSigma \). In this article, we study the shape of a compact \(\lambda \)-translating soliton in terms of its boundary. If \(\varGamma \) is a given closed curve, we deduce under what conditions on \(\lambda \) there exists a compact \(\lambda \)-translating soliton \(\varSigma \) with boundary \(\varGamma \) and we provide estimates of the surface area depending on the height of \(\varSigma \). Finally, we study the shape of \(\varSigma \) related with the geometry of \(\varGamma \), in particular, we give conditions that assert that \(\varSigma \) inherits the symmetries of its boundary \(\varGamma \).     

On Locally Gabriel Geometric Graphs

Let \(P\) be a set of \(n\) points in the plane. A geometric graph \(G\) on \(P\) is said to be locally Gabriel if for every edge \((u,v)\) in \(G\), the Euclidean disk with the segment joining \(u\) and \(v\) as diameter does not contain any points of \(P\) that are neighbors of \(u\) or \(v\) in \(G\). A locally Gabriel graph(LGG) is a generalization of Gabriel graph and is motivated by applications in wireless networks. Unlike a Gabriel graph, there is no unique LGG on a given point set since no edge in a LGG is necessarily included or excluded. Thus the edge set of the graph can be customized to optimize certain network parameters depending on the application. The unit distance graph(UDG), introduced by Erdos, is also a LGG. In this paper, we show the following combinatorial bounds on edge complexity and independent sets of LGG: (i) For any \(n\), there exists LGG with \(\Omega (n^{5/4})\) edges. This improves upon the previous best bound of \(\Omega (n^{1+\frac{1}{\log \log n}})\). (ii) For various subclasses of convex point sets, we show tight linear bounds on the maximum edge complexity of LGG. (iii) For any LGG on any \(n\) point set, there exists an independent set of size \(\Omega (\sqrt{n}\log n)\).     

Pairs of Semisimple Lie Algebras and their Maximal Reductive Subalgebras

Let \(\mathfrak g\) be a semisimple Lie algebra over a field \(\mathbb K\), \(\text{char}\left( \mathbb{K} \right)=0\), and \(\mathfrak g_1\) a subalgebra reductive in \(\mathfrak g\). Suppose that the restriction of the Killing form B of \(\mathfrak g\) to \(\mathfrak g_1 \times \mathfrak g_1\) is nondegenerate. Consider the following statements: ( 1) For any Cartan subalgebra \(\mathfrak h_1\) of \(\mathfrak g_1\) there is a unique Cartan subalgebra \(\mathfrak h\) of \(\mathfrak g\) containing \(\mathfrak h_1\); ( 2) \(\mathfrak g_1\) is self-normalizing in \(\mathfrak g\); ( 3) The B-orthogonal \(\mathfrak p\) of \(\mathfrak g_1\) in \(\mathfrak g\) is simple as a \(\mathfrak g_1\)-module for the adjoint representation. We give some answers to this natural question: For which pairs \((\mathfrak g,\mathfrak g_1)\) do ( 1), ( 2) or ( 3) hold? We also study how \(\mathfrak p\) in general decomposes as a \(\mathfrak g_1\)-module, and when \(\mathfrak g_1\) is a maximal subalgebra of \(\mathfrak g\). In particular suppose \((\mathfrak g,\sigma )\) is a pair with \(\mathfrak g\) as above and σ its automorphism of order m. Assume that \(\mathbb K\) contains a primitive m-th root of unity. Define \(\mathfrak g_1:=\mathfrak g^{\sigma}\), the fixed point algebra for σ. We prove the following generalization of a well known result for symmetric Lie algebras, i.e., for m=2: (a) \((\mathfrak g,\mathfrak g_1)\) satisfies ( 1); (b) For m prime, \((\mathfrak g,\mathfrak g_1)\) satisfies ( 2).     

Coalescece ad Meetig Times o $$$$-Block Markov Chais

We consider finite-state, discrete-time, mixing Markov chains \((V,P)\), where \(V\) is the state space and \(P\) is the transition matrix. To each such chain \((V,P)\), we associate a sequence of chains \((V_n,P_n)\) by coding trajectories of \((V,P)\) according to their overlapping \(n\)-blocks. The chain \((V_n,P_n)\), called the \(n\)-block Markov chain associated with \((V,P)\), may be considered an alternate version of \((V,P)\) having memory of length \(n\). Along such a sequence of chains, we characterize the asymptotic behavior of coalescence times and meeting times as \(n\) tends to infinity. In particular, we define an algebraic quantity \(L(V,P)\) depending only on \((V,P)\), and we show that if the coalescence time on \((V_n,P_n)\) is denoted by \(C_n\), then the quantity \(\frac{1}{n} \log C_n\) converges in probability to \(L(V,P)\) with exponential rate. Furthermore, we fully characterize the relationship between \(L(V,P)\) and the entropy of \((V,P)\).     

Left annihilator of generalized derivations on Lie ideals in prime rings

Let \(R\) be a prime ring, \(L\) a noncentral Lie ideal of \(R\), \(F\) a generalized derivation with associated nonzero derivation \(d\) of \(R\). If \(a\in R\) such that \(a(d(u)^{l_1} F(u)^{l_2} d(u)^{l_3} F(u)^{l_4} \ldots F(u)^{l_k})^{n}=0\) for all \(u\in L\), where \(l_1,l_2,\ldots ,l_k\) are fixed non negative integers not all are zero and \(n\) is a fixed integer, then either \(a=0\) or \(R\) satisfies \(s_4\), the standard identity in four variables.     

On discrete universality of the Riemann zeta-function with respect to uniformly distributed shifts

The Voronin universality theorem asserts that a wide class of analytic functions can be approximated by shifts \(\zeta (s+i\tau )\), \(\tau \in \mathbb {R}\), of the Riemann zeta-function. In the paper, we obtain a universality theorem on the approximation of analytic functions by discrete shifts \(\zeta (s+ix_kh)\), \(k\in \mathbb {N}\), \(h>0\), where \(\{x_k\}\subset \mathbb {R}\) is such that the sequence \(\{ax_k\}\) with every real \(a\ne 0\) is uniformly distributed modulo 1, \(1\le x_k\le k\) for all \(k\in \mathbb {N}\) and, for \(1\le k\), \(m\le N\), \(k\ne m\), the inequality \(|x_k-x_m| \ge y^{-1}_N\) holds with \(y_N> 0\) satisfying \(y_Nx_N\ll N\).     

On a Characterization of Idempotent Distributions on Discrete Fields and on the Field of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Adic Numbers

We prove the following theorem. Let X be a discrete field, and \(\xi \) and \(\eta \) be independent identically distributed random variables with values in X and distribution \(\mu \). The random variables \(S=\xi +\eta \) and \(D=(\xi -\eta )^2\) are independent if and only if \(\mu \) is an idempotent distribution. A similar result is also proved in the case when \(\xi \) and \(\eta \) are independent identically distributed random variables with values in the field of p-adic numbers \({\mathbf {Q}}_p\), where \(p>2\), assuming that the distribution \(\mu \) has a continuous density.     

Reducibility of operator semigroups and values of vector states

Let \(\mathcal S\) be a multiplicative semigroup of bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\), and let \(\Omega \) be the range of a vector state on \(\mathcal S\) so that \(\Omega = \{ \langle S \xi , \xi \rangle \,{:}\,S \in \mathcal S\}\) for some fixed unit vector \(\xi \in \mathcal H\). We study the structure of sets \(\Omega \) of cardinality two coming from irreducible semigroups \(\mathcal S\). This leads us to sufficient conditions for reducibility and, in some cases, for the existence of common fixed points for \(\mathcal S\). This is made possible by a thorough investigation of the structure of maximal families \(\mathcal F\) of unit vectors in \(\mathcal H\) with the property that there exists a fixed constant \(\rho \in \mathbb C\) for which \(\langle x, y \rangle = \rho \) for all distinct pairs x and y in \(\mathcal F\).