Linearity and Second Fundamental Forms for Proper Holomorphic Maps from \mathbb{B}^{n+1} to \mathbb{B}^{4n-3}

For a holomorphic proper map F from the ball $\mathbb{B}^{n+1}$ into $\mathbb{B}^{N+1}$ that is C ³ smooth up to the boundary, the image $M=F(\partial\mathbb{B}^{n})$ is an immersed CR submanifold in the sphere $\partial \mathbb{B}^{N+1}$ on which some second fundamental forms II _M and $\mathit{II}^{CR}_{M}$ can be defined. It is shown that when 4??n+1<N+1??4n?3, F is linear fractional if and only if $\mathit{II}_{M} - \mathit{II}_{M}^{CR} \equiv 0$ .     

The intersection map of subgroups and the classes {\mathcal {PST}_c}, {\mathcal {PT}_c} and {\mathcal {T}_c}

A group G is called a ${\mathcal {T}_{c}}$ -group if every cyclic subnormal subgroup of G is normal in G. Similarly, classes ${\mathcal {PT}_{c}}$ and ${\mathcal {PST}_{c}}$ are defined, by requiring cyclic subnormal subgroups to be permutable or S-permutable, respectively. A subgroup H of a group G is called normal (permutable or S-permutable) cyclic sensitive if whenever X is a normal (permutable or S-permutable) cyclic subgroup of H there is a normal (permutable or S-permutable) cyclic subgroup Y of G such that ${X=Y \cap H}$ . We analyze the behavior of a collection of cyclic normal, permutable and S-permutable subgroups under the intersection map into a fixed subgroup of a group. In particular, we tie the concept of normal, permutable and S-permutable cyclic sensitivity with that of ${\mathcal {T}_c}$ , ${\mathcal {PT}_c}$ and ${\mathcal {PST}_c}$ groups. In the process we provide another way of looking at Dedekind, Iwasawa and nilpotent groups.     

Uniqueness of \mathbb{C}^{ * } - and \mathbb{C}_{{\text{ + }}} -actions on Gizatullin Surfaces

A Gizatullin surface is a normal affine surface V over $ \mathbb{C} $ , which can be completed by a zigzag; that is, by a linear chain of smooth rational curves. In this paper we deal with the question of uniqueness of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -actions and $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations on such a surface V up to automorphisms. The latter fibrations are in one to one correspondence with $ \mathbb{C}_{{\text{ + }}} $ -actions on V considered up to a “speed change”. Non-Gizatullin surfaces are known to admit at most one $ \mathbb{A}^{1} $ -fibration V → S up to an isomorphism of the base S. Moreover, an effective $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -action on them, if it does exist, is unique up to conjugation and inversion t $ \mapsto $ t ^?1 of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ . Obviously, uniqueness of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -actions fails for affine toric surfaces. There is a further interesting family of nontoric Gizatullin surfaces, called the Danilov-Gizatullin surfaces, where there are in general several conjugacy classes of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -actions and $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations, see, e.g., [FKZ1]. In the present paper we obtain a criterion as to when $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations of Gizatullin surfaces are conjugate up to an automorphism of V and the base $ S \cong \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ . We exhibit as well large subclasses of Gizatullin $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -surfaces for which a $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -action is essentially unique and for which there are at most two conjugacy classes of $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations over $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ .     

Geometric complexity of embeddings in {\mathbb{R}^{d}}

Given a simplicial complex K, we consider several notions of geometric complexity of embeddings of K in a Euclidean space \({\mathbb{R}^d}\) : thickness, distortion, and refinement complexity (the minimal number of simplices needed for a PL embedding). We show that any n-complex with N simplices which topologically embeds in \({\mathbb{R}^{2n}, n > 2}\) , can be PL embedded in \({\mathbb{R}^{2n}}\) with refinement complexity \({O(e^{N^{4+{\epsilon}}})}\) . Families of simplicial n-complexes K are constructed such that any embedding of K into \({\mathbb{R}^{2n}}\) has an exponential lower bound on thickness and refinement complexity as a function of the number of simplices of K. This contrasts embeddings in the stable range, \({K\subset \mathbb{R}^{2n+k}, k > 0}\) , where all known bounds on geometric complexity functions are polynomial. In addition, we give a geometric argument for a bound on distortion of expander graphs in Euclidean spaces. Several related open problems are discussed, including questions about the growth rate of complexity functions of embeddings, and about the crossing number and the ropelength of classical links.     

On Quadratic Differentials and Twisted Normal Maps of Surfaces in {\mathbb{S}^{2} \times\mathbb{R}} and {\mathbb{H}^{2} \times\mathbb{R}}

Given a Lie group G with a bi-invariant metric and a compact Lie subgroup K, Bittencourt and Ripoll used the homogeneous structure of quotient spaces to define a Gauss map ${\mathcal{N}:M^{n}\rightarrow{\mathbb{S}}}$ on any hypersupersurface ${M^{n}\looparrowright G/K}$ , where ${{\mathbb{S}}}$ is the unit sphere of the Lie algebra of G. It is proved in Bittencourt and Ripoll (Pacific J Math 224:45–64, 2006) that M ⁿ having constant mean curvature (CMC) is equivalent to ${\mathcal{N}}$ being harmonic, a generalization of a Ruh–Vilms theorem for submanifolds in the Euclidean space. In particular, when n = 2, the induced quadratic differential ${\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}:=(\mathcal{N}^{\ast}g)^{2,0}}$ is holomorphic on CMC surfaces of G/K. In this paper, we take ${G/K={\mathbb{S}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ and compare ${\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ with the Abresch–Rosenberg differential ${\mathcal{Q}}$ , also holomorphic for CMC surfaces. It is proved that ${\mathcal{Q}=\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ , after showing that ${\mathcal{N}}$ is the twisted normal given by (1.5) herein. Then we define the twisted normal for surfaces in ${{\mathbb{H}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ and prove that ${\mathcal{Q}=\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ as well. Within the unified model for the two product spaces, we compute the tension field of ${\mathcal{N}}$ and extend to surfaces in ${{\mathbb{H}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ the equivalence between the CMC property and the harmonicity of ${\mathcal{N}.}$      

Conservative fragments of {{S}^{1}_{2}} and {{R}^{1}_{2}}

Conservative subtheories of ${{R}^{1}_{2}}$ and ${{S}^{1}_{2}}$ are presented. For ${{S}^{1}_{2}}$ , a slight tightening of Je?ábek??s result (Math Logic Q 52(6):613?C624, 2006) that ${T^{0}_{2} \preceq_{\forall \Sigma^{b}_{1}}S^{1}_{2}}$ is presented: It is shown that ${T^{0}_{2}}$ can be axiomatised as BASIC together with induction on sharply bounded formulas of one alternation. Within this ${\forall\Sigma^{b}_{1}}$ -theory, we define a ${\forall\Sigma^{b}_{0}}$ -theory, ${T^{-1}_{2}}$ , for the ${\forall\Sigma^{b}_{0}}$ -consequences of ${S^{1}_{2}}$ . We show ${T^{-1}_{2}}$ is weak by showing it cannot ${\Sigma^{b}_{0}}$ -define division by 3. We then consider what would be the analogous ${\forall\hat\Sigma^{b}_{1}}$ -conservative subtheory of ${R^{1}_{2}}$ based on Pollett (Ann Pure Appl Logic 100:189?C245, 1999. It is shown that this theory, ${{T}^{0,\left\{2^{(||\dot{id}||)}\right\}}_{2}}$ , also cannot ${\Sigma^{b}_{0}}$ -define division by 3. On the other hand, we show that ${{S}^{0}_{2}+open_{\{||id||\}}}$ -COMP is a ${\forall\hat\Sigma^{b}_{1}}$ -conservative subtheory of ${R^{1}_{2}}$ . Finally, we give a refinement of Johannsen and Pollett (Logic Colloquium?? 98, 262?C279, 2000) and show that ${\hat{C}^{0}_{2}}$ is ${\forall\hat\Sigma^{b}_{1}}$ -conservative over a theory based on open _cl-comprehension.     

On Zero-Sum {\mathbb{Z}_k} -Magic Labelings of 3-Regular Graphs

Let G =  (V, E) be a finite loopless graph and let (A, +) be an abelian group with identity 0. Then an A-magic labeling of G is a function ${\phi}$ from E into A ? {0} such that for some ${a \in A, \sum_{e \in E(v)} \phi(e) = a}$ for every ${v \in V}$ , where E(v) is the set of edges incident to v. If ${\phi}$ exists such that a =  0, then G is zero-sum A-magic. Let zim(G) denote the subset of ${\mathbb{N}}$ (the positive integers) such that ${1 \in zim(G)}$ if and only if G is zero-sum ${\mathbb{Z}}$ -magic and ${k \geq 2 \in zim(G)}$ if and only if G is zero-sum ${\mathbb{Z}_k}$ -magic. We establish that if G is 3-regular, then ${zim(G) = \mathbb{N} - \{2\}}$ or ${\mathbb{N} - \{2,4\}.}$      

Signature and Spectral Flow of J-Unitary {\mathbb{S}^1} -Fredholm Operators

Bijective operators conserving the indefinite scalar product on a Krein space ${(\mathcal{K}, J)}$ are called J-unitary. Such an operator T is defined to be ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ -Fredholm if T?z 1 is Fredholm for all z on the unit circle ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ , and essentially ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ -gapped if there is only discrete spectrum on ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ . For paths in the ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ -Fredholm operators an intersection index similar to the Conley–Zehnder index is introduced. The strict subclass of essentially ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ -gapped operators has a countable number of components which can be distinguished by a homotopy invariant given by the signature of J restricted to the eigenspace of all eigenvalues on ${\mathbb{S}^1}$ . These concepts are illustrated by several examples.     

\mathfrak{E} of topological spaces II

In this paper, we obtain analogues, in the situation of \(\mathfrak{E}\) -extensions, of Magill's theorem on lattices of compactifications. We define an epireflective subcategory of the categoryT 2 of all Hausdorff spaces to be admissive (respectively finitely admissive) if for any \(\mathfrak{E}\) -regular spaceX, every Hausdorff quotient of \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} X\) which is Urysohn on \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} X - X\) (respectively which is finitary on \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} X - X\) ) and which is identity onX, has \(\mathfrak{E}\) . We notice that there are many proper epireflective subcategories ofT 2 containing all compact spaces and which are admissive; there are many such which are not admissive but finitely admissive. We prove that when \(\mathfrak{E}\) is a finitely admissive epireflective subcategory ofT 2, then the lattices of finitary \(\mathfrak{E}\) -extensions of two spacesX andY are isomorphic if and only if \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} X - X\) and \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} Y - Y\) are homeomorphic. Further if \(\mathfrak{E}\) is admissive, then the lattices of Urysohn \(\mathfrak{E}\) -extensions ofX andY are isomorphic if and only if \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} X - X\) and \(\beta _\mathfrak{E} Y - Y\) are homeomorphic.     

Two Inner Sequences Based Invariant Subspaces in {{H}^{2} (\mathbb{D}^{2})}

Let M be a shift invariant subspace in the vector-valued Hardy space ${H_{E}^{2}(\mathbb{D})}$ H E 2 ( D ) . The Beurling–Lax–Halmos theorem says that M can be completely characterized by ${\mathcal{B}(E)}$ B ( E ) -valued inner function ${\Theta}$ Θ . When ${E = H^{2}(\mathbb{D}),\,H_{E}^{2}(\mathbb{D})}$ E = H 2 ( D ) , H E 2 ( D ) is the Hardy space on the bidisk ${H^{2}(\mathbb{D}^2)}$ H 2 ( D 2 ) . Recently, Qin and Yang (Proc Am Math Soc, 2013) determines the operator valued inner function ${\Theta(z)}$ Θ ( z ) for two well-known invariant subspaces in ${H^{2}(\mathbb{D}^{2})}$ H 2 ( D 2 ) . This paper generalizes the ${\Theta(z)}$ Θ ( z ) by Qin and Yang (Proc Am Math Soc, 2013) and deal with the structure of ${M = {\Theta}(z)H^{2}(\mathbb{D}^{2})}$ M = Θ ( z ) H 2 ( D 2 ) when M is an invariant subspace in ${H^{2}(\mathbb{D}^{2})}$ H 2 ( D 2 ) . Unitary equivalence, spectrum of the compression operator and core operator are studied in this paper.     

Maximum distance separable codes over {\mathbb{Z}_4} and {\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4}

Known upper bounds on the minimum distance of codes over rings are applied to the case of ${\mathbb Z_{2}\mathbb Z_{4}}$ -additive codes, that is subgroups of ${\mathbb Z_{2}^{\alpha}\mathbb Z_{4}^{\beta}}$ . Two kinds of maximum distance separable codes are studied. We determine all possible parameters of these codes and characterize the codes in certain cases. The main results are also valid when ?? = 0, namely for quaternary linear codes.     

Towards factoring in {SL(2,\,\mathbb{F}_{2^n})}

The security of many cryptographic protocols relies on the hardness of some computational problems. Besides discrete logarithm or integer factorization, other problems are regularly proposed as potential hard problems. The factorization problem in finite groups is one of them. Given a finite group G, a set of generators generators for this group and an element ${g\in G}$ , the factorization problem asks for a “short” representation of g as a product of the generators. The problem is related to a famous conjecture of Babai on the diameter of Cayley graphs. It is also motivated by the preimage security of Cayley hash functions, a particular kind of cryptographic hash functions. The problem has been solved for a few particular generator sets, but essentially nothing is known for generic generator sets. In this paper, we make significant steps towards a solution of the factorization problem in the group ${G:=\,SL(2,\,\mathbb{F}_{2^n})}$ , a particularly interesting group for cryptographic applications. To avoid considering all generator sets separately, we first give a new reduction tool that allows focusing on some generator sets with a “nice” special structure. We then identify classes of trapdoor matrices for these special generator sets, such that the factorization of a single one of these matrices would allow efficiently factoring any element in the group. Finally, we provide a heuristic subexponential time algorithm that can compute subexponential length factorizations of any element for any pair of generators of ${SL(2,\,\mathbb{F}_{2^n})}$ . Our results do not yet completely remove the factorization problem in ${SL(2,\,\mathbb{F}_{2^n})}$ from the list of potential hard problems useful for cryptography. However, we believe that each one of our individual results is a significant step towards a polynomial time algorithm for factoring in ${SL(2,\,\mathbb{F}_{2^n})}$ .     

The {\bar{\partial}} -Neumann problem on product domains in {\mathbb{C}^{n}}

Let ${\Omega=\Omega_{1}\times\cdots\times\Omega_{n}\subset\mathbb{C}^{n}}$ , where ${\Omega_{j}\subset\mathbb{C}}$ is a bounded domain with smooth boundary. We study the solution operator to the ${\overline\partial}$ -Neumann problem for (0,1)-forms on Ω. In particular, we construct singular functions which describe the singular behavior of the solution. As a corollary our results carry over to the ${\overline\partial}$ -Neumann problem for (0,q)-forms. Despite the singularities, we show that the canonical solution to the ${\overline\partial}$ -equation, obtained from the Neumann operator, does not exhibit singularities when given smooth data.     

The Idempotents of the TL n -Module {\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}2} in Terms of Elements of {{\rm U}_{q} \mathfrak{sl}_2}

The vector space \({\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}^2}\) upon which the XXZ Hamiltonian with n spins acts bears the structure of a module over both the Temperley–Lieb algebra \({{\rm TL}_{n}(\beta = q + q^{-1})}\) and the quantum algebra \({{\rm U}_{q} \mathfrak{sl}_2}\) . The decomposition of \({\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}^2}\) as a \({{\rm U}_{q} \mathfrak{sl}_2}\) -module was first described by Rosso (Commun Math Phys 117:581–593, 1988), Lusztig (Cont Math 82:58–77, 1989) and Pasquier and Saleur (Nucl Phys B 330:523–556, 1990) and that as a TL _n -module by Martin (Int J Mod Phys A 7:645–673, 1992) (see also Read and Saleur Nucl Phys B 777(3):316–351, 2007; Gainutdinov and Vasseur Nucl Phys B 868:223–270, 2013). For q generic, i.e. not a root of unity, the TL _n -module \({\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}^2}\) is known to be a sum of irreducible modules. We construct the projectors (idempotents of the algebra of endomorphisms of \({\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}^2}\) ) onto each of these irreducible modules as linear combinations of elements of \({{\rm U}_{q} \mathfrak{sl}_2}\) . When q = q _c is a root of unity, the TL _n -module \({\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}^2}\) (with n large enough) can be written as a direct sum of indecomposable modules that are not all irreducible. We also give the idempotents projecting onto these indecomposable modules. Their expression now involves some new generators, whose action on \({\otimes^{n}\mathbb{C}^2}\) is that of the divided powers \({(S^{\pm})^{(r)} = \lim_{q \rightarrow q_{c}} (S^{\pm})^r/[r]!}\) .     

Inequalities for the Volume of the Unit Ball in {\mathbb{R}^{n}}

The volume of the unit ball in ${\mathbb{R}^{n}}$ is defined by $$\Omega_{n} = \frac{\pi^{n/2}}{\Gamma(n/2+1)},\qquad n = 1,2,3,\ldots,$$ where Γ denotes the classical gamma function of Euler. In several recently published papers numerous authors studied properties of Ω _n . In particular, various inequalities involving Ω _n are given in the literature. In this paper, we continue the work on this subject and offer new inequalities. More precisely, we offer sharp upper and lower bounds for $$\frac{\Omega_{n}^{2}}{\Omega_{n-1} \Omega_{n+1}},\quad\frac{\Omega_{n}}{\Omega_{n-1}+\Omega_{n+1}} \quad {\rm and} \quad\Omega_{n}.$$      

Suitable families of boxes and kernels of staircase starshaped sets in {\mathbb{R}^d}

Let S be an orthogonal polytope in ${\mathbb{R}^d}$ . There exists a suitable family ${\mathcal{C}}$ of boxes with ${S = \cup \{C : C {\rm in} \mathcal{C}\}}$ such that the following properties hold:

The staircase kernel Ker S is a union of boxes in ${\mathcal{C}}$ . Let ${\mathcal{V}}$ be the family of vertices of boxes in ${\mathcal{C}}$ , and let ${v_o\, \epsilon \mathcal{V}}$ . Point v _o belongs to Ker S if and only if v _o sees via staircase paths in S every point w in ${\mathcal{V}}$ . Moreover, these staircase paths may be selected to consist of edges of boxes in ${\mathcal{C}}$ . Let B be a box in ${\mathcal{C}}$ with vertices of B in Ker S. Box B lies in Ker S if and only if, for some b in rel int B and for every translate H of a coordinate hyperplane at ${b, b \epsilon}$ Ker (H ∩ S). For point p in S, p belongs to Ker S if and only if, for every x in S, there exist some p ? x geodesic λ (p, x) and some corresponding ${\mathcal{C}}$ - chain D containing λ (p, x) such that D is staircase starshaped at p.

     

Zero-temperature Glauber dynamics on {\mathbb{Z}^d}

We study zero-temperature Glauber dynamics on ${\mathbb{Z}^d}$ , which is a dynamic version of the Ising model of ferromagnetism. Spins are initially chosen according to a Bernoulli distribution with density p, and then the states are continuously (and randomly) updated according to the majority rule. This corresponds to the sudden quenching of a ferromagnetic system at high temperature with an external field, to one at zero temperature with no external field. Define ${p_c(\mathbb{Z}^d)}$ to be the infimum over p such that the system fixates at ???+??? with probability 1. It is a folklore conjecture that ${p_c(\mathbb{Z}^d) = 1/2}$ for every ${2 \le d \in \mathbb{N}}$ . We prove that ${p_c(\mathbb{Z}^d) \to 1/2}$ as d ?? ??.     

On {\mathbb{F}_q} -Rational Structure of Nilpotent Orbits in the Witt Algebra

Let ${\mathfrak{g}=W_1}$ be the p-dimensional Witt algebra over an algebraically closed field ${k=\overline{\mathbb{F}}_q}$ , where p > 3 is a prime and q is a power of p. Let G be the automorphism group of ${\mathfrak{g}}$ . The Frobenius morphism F _G (resp. ${F_\mathfrak{g}}$ ) can be defined naturally on G (resp. ${\mathfrak{g}}$ ). In this paper, we determine the ${F_\mathfrak{g}}$ -stable G-orbits in ${\mathfrak{g}}$ . Furthermore, the number of ${\mathbb{F}_q}$ -rational points in each ${F_\mathfrak{g}}$ -stable orbit is precisely given. Consequently, we obtain the number of ${\mathbb{F}_q}$ -rational points in the nilpotent variety.