On counting twists of a character appearing in its associated Weil representation

Consider an irreducible, admissible representation π of GL(2,F) whose restriction to GL(2,F)⁺ breaks up as a sum of two irreducible representations π ₊ + π −. If π = r _θ , the Weil representation of GL(2,F) attached to a character θ of K ^* does not factor through the norm map from K to F, then c ? [^(K^*)]\chi\in \widehat{K^*} with (c. q^-1)| _{F ^*} =w _K/F(\chi . \theta ^{-1})\vert _{ F^{ * }}=\omega _{ {K/F}} occurs in r _{θ  +} if and only if e(qc^-1,y₀)=e([`(q)]c^-1,y₀)=1\epsilon(\theta\chi^{-1},\psi_0)=\epsilon(\overline \theta\chi^{-1},\psi_0)=1 and in r _θ− if and only if both the epsilon factors are − 1. But given a conductor n, can we say precisely how many such χ will appear in π? We calculate the number of such characters at each given conductor n in this work.     

On thin-complete ideals of subsets of groups

Let F ì P_G \mathcal{F} \subset {\mathcal{P}_G} be a left-invariant lower family of subsets of a group G. A subset A ⊂ G is called F \mathcal{F} -thin if xA ?yA ? F xA \cap yA \in \mathcal{F} for any distinct elements x, y ∈ G. The family of all F \mathcal{F} -thin subsets of G is denoted by t( F ) \tau \left( \mathcal{F} \right) . If t( F ) = F \tau \left( \mathcal{F} \right) = \mathcal{F} , then F \mathcal{F} is called thin-complete. The thin-completion t^*( F ) {\tau^*}\left( \mathcal{F} \right) of F \mathcal{F} is the smallest thin-complete subfamily of P_G {\mathcal{P}_G} that contains F \mathcal{F} . Answering questions of Lutsenko and Protasov, we prove that a set A ⊂ G belongs to τ*(G) if and only if, for any sequence (g _n ) _n∈ω of nonzero elements of G, there is n ∈ ω such that

On the boundedness of one recurrent sequence in a banach space

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions under which a sequence x ₀ = y ₀ , x _n+1 = Ax _n  + y _n+1 , n ≥ 0, is bounded for each bounded sequence { y_n :n \geqslant 0 } ì { x ? è_{n = 1}^￥ D( Aⁿ ) |sup_{n \geqslant 0} || Aⁿ x || < ￥ }\left\{ {y_n :n \geqslant 0} \right\} \subset \left\{ {\left. {x \in \bigcup\nolimits_{n = 1}^\infty {D\left( {A^n } \right)} } \right|\sup _{n \geqslant 0} \left\| {A^n x} \right\| < \infty } \right\}, where A is a closed operator in a complex Banach space with domain of definition D(A) .     

On embeddings of some quotient algebras of free sums of Lie algebras

Let (B _i ) _i∈I be a set of Lie algebras; let X be a free Lie algebra; let * X be their free sum; let R be an ideal of F such that R ⋂ B _i = 1 (i ∈ I); let V be a variety of Lie algebras such that V(R) is an ideal of F. Under some restrictions, we construct an embedding of F/V(R) into the verbal wreath product of a free algebra of the variety V with F/R. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 235–241, 2004.     

The Birman-Murakami-Wenzl algebras of type E n

The Birman-Murakami-Wenzl algebras (BMW algebras) of type E _n for n = 6; 7; 8 are shown to be semisimple and free over the integral domain \mathbbZ[ d^±1,l^±1,m ]

Varieties for Modules of Quantum Elementary Abelian Groups

We define a rank variety for a module of a noncocommutative Hopf algebra A = L \rtimes GA = \Lambda \rtimes G where L = k[X₁, ..., X_m]/(X₁^l, ..., X_m^l), G = (\mathbbZ/l\mathbbZ)^m\Lambda = k[X_1, \dots, X_m]/(X_1^{\ell}, \dots, X_m^{\ell}), G = (\mathbb{Z}/\ell\mathbb{Z})^m and char k does not divide ℓ, in terms of certain subalgebras of A playing the role of “cyclic shifted subgroups”. We show that the rank variety of a finitely generated module M is homeomorphic to the support variety of M defined in terms of the action of the cohomology algebra of A. As an application we derive a theory of rank varieties for the algebra Λ. When ℓ=2, rank varieties for Λ-modules were constructed by Erdmann and Holloway using the representation theory of the Clifford algebra. We show that the rank varieties we obtain for Λ-modules coincide with those of Erdmann and Holloway.     

Extending the Torelli map to toroidal compactifications of Siegel space

It has been known since the 1970s that the Torelli map M  _g →A  _g , associating to a smooth curve its Jacobian, extends to a regular map from the Deligne–Mumford compactification [`(\operatorname M)]<sub>g</sub>\overline {\operatorname {M}}_{g} to the 2nd Voronoi compactification [`(\operatorname A)]_g^vor\overline {\operatorname {A}}_{g}^{\mathrm {vor}}. We prove that the extended Torelli map to the perfect cone (1st Voronoi) compactification [`(\operatorname A)]<sub>g</sub><sup>perf</sup>\overline {\operatorname {A}}_{g}^{\mathrm {perf}} is also regular, and moreover [`(\operatorname A)]_g^vor\overline {\operatorname {A}}_{g}^{\mathrm {vor}} and [`(\operatorname A)]<sub>g</sub><sup>perf</sup>\overline {\operatorname {A}}_{g}^{\mathrm {perf}} share a common Zariski open neighborhood of the image of [`(\operatorname M)]_g\overline {\operatorname {M}}_{g}. We also show that the map to the Igusa monoidal transform (central cone compactification) is not regular for g≥9; this disproves a 1973 conjecture of Namikawa.     

On invariants of modular free Lie algebras

Suppose that L(X) is a free Lie algebra of finite rank over a field of positive characteristic. Let G be a nontrivial finite group of homogeneous automorphisms of L(X). It is known that the subalgebra of invariants H = L ^G is infinitely generated. Our goal is to describe how big its free generating set is. Let Y = è_{n = 1}^￥ Y_n Y = \bigcup\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{Y_n}} be a homogeneous free generating set of H, where elements of Y _n are of degree n with respect to X. We describe the growth of the generating function of Y and prove that |Y _n | grow exponentially.     

Foliated Lie and Courant Algebroids

If A is a Lie algebroid over a foliated manifold (M, F){(M, {\mathcal {F}})}, a foliation of A is a Lie subalgebroid B with anchor image TF{T{\mathcal {F}}} and such that A/B is locally equivalent with Lie algebroids over the slice manifolds of F{\mathcal F}. We give several examples and, for foliated Lie algebroids, we discuss the following subjects: the dual Poisson structure and Vaintrob's supervector field, cohomology and deformations of the foliation, integration to a Lie groupoid. In the last section, we define a corresponding notion of a foliation of a Courant algebroid A as a bracket–closed, isotropic subbundle B with anchor image TF{T{\mathcal {F}}} and such that B ^{^} /B{B^{ \bot } /B} is locally equivalent with Courant algebroids over the slice manifolds of F{\mathcal F}. Examples that motivate the definition are given.     

The non-projective part of the Lie module for the symmetric group

The Lie module of the group algebra F\mathfrakS_n{{F\mathfrak{S}_n}} of the symmetric group is known to be not projective if and only if the characteristic p of F divides n. We show that in this case its non-projective summands belong to the principal block of F\mathfrakS_n{{F\mathfrak{S}_n}} . Let V be a vector space of dimension m over F, and let L ⁿ (V) be the n-th homogeneous part of the free Lie algebra on V; this is a polynomial representation of GL _m (F) of degree n, or equivalently, a module of the Schur algebra S(m, n). Our result implies that, when m ≥ n, every summand of L ⁿ (V) which is not a tilting module belongs to the principal block of S(m, n), by which we mean the block containing the n-th symmetric power of V.     

On the Generalized Enveloping Algebra of a Color Lie Algebra

Let G be an abelian group, ε an anti-bicharacter of G and L a G-graded ε Lie algebra (color Lie algebra) over a field of characteristic zero. We prove that for all G-graded, positively filtered A such that the associated graded algebra is isomorphic to the G-graded ε-symmetric algebra S(L), there is a G- graded ε-Lie algebra L and a G-graded scalar two cocycle , such that A is isomorphic to U _ω (L) the generalized enveloping algebra of L associated with ω. We also prove there is an isomorphism of graded spaces between the Hochschild cohomology of the generalized universal enveloping algebra U(L) and the generalized cohomology of the color Lie algebra L. Supported by the EC project Liegrits MCRTN 505078.     

On one class of extreme extensions of a measure

We consider a relationship between two sets of extensions of a finite finitely additive measure μ defined on an algebra \mathfrakB \mathfrak{B} of sets to a broader algebra \mathfrakA \mathfrak{A} . These sets are the set ex S _μ of all extreme extensions of the measure μ and the set H _μ of all extensions defined as l(A) = [^(m)]( h(A) ),   A ? \mathfrakA \lambda (A) = \hat{\mu }\left( {h(A)} \right),\,\,\,A \in \mathfrak{A} , where [^(m)] \hat{\mu } is a quotient measure on the algebra \mathfrakB

Differential operators and BV structures in noncommutative geometry

We introduce a new formalism of differential operators for a general associative algebra A. It replaces Grothendieck’s notion of differential operators on a commutative algebra in such a way that derivations of the commutative algebra are replaced by \mathbbDer(A){\mathbb{D}{\rm er}(A)}, the bimodule of double derivations. Our differential operators act not on the algebra A itself but rather on F(A){\mathcal{F}(A)}, a certain ‘Fock space’ associated to any noncommutative algebra A in a functorial way. The corresponding algebra D(F(A)){\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}(A))} of differential operators is filtered and gr D(F(A)){\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}(A))}, the associated graded algebra, is commutative in some ‘wheeled’ sense. The resulting ‘wheeled’ Poisson structure on gr D(F(A)){\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}(A))} is closely related to the double Poisson structure on T_A \mathbbDer(A){T_{A} \mathbb{D}{\rm er}(A)} introduced by Van den Bergh. Specifically, we prove that gr D(F(A)) @ F(T_A(\mathbbDer(A)),{\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}(A))\cong\mathcal{F}(T_{A}(\mathbb{D}{\rm er}(A)),} provided the algebra A is smooth. Our construction is based on replacing vector spaces by the new symmetric monoidal category of wheelspaces. The Fock space F(A){\mathcal{F}(A)} is a commutative algebra in this category (a “commutative wheelgebra”) which is a structure closely related to the notion of wheeled PROP. Similarly, we have Lie, Poisson, etc., wheelgebras. In this language, D(F(A)){\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}(A))} becomes the universal enveloping wheelgebra of a Lie wheelgebroid of double derivations. In the second part of the paper, we show, extending a classical construction of Koszul to the noncommutative setting, that any Ricci-flat, torsion-free bimodule connection on \mathbbDer(A){\mathbb{D}{\rm er}(A)} gives rise to a second-order (wheeled) differential operator, a noncommutative analogue of the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) operator, that makes F(T_A(\mathbbDer(A))){\mathcal{F}(T_{A}(\mathbb{D}{\rm er}(A)))} a BV wheelgebra. In the final section, we explain how the wheeled differential operators D(F(A)){\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}(A))} produce ordinary differential operators on the varieties of n-dimensional representations of A for all n ≥ 1.     

Invariants of free Lie algebras

Let k be a principal ideal domain with identity and characteristic zero. For a positive integer n, with n \geqq 2n \geqq 2, let H(n) be the group of all n x n matrices having determinant ±1\pm 1. Further, we write SL(n) for the special linear group. Let L be a free Lie algebra (over k) of finite rank n. We prove that the algebra of invariants L^B(n) of B(n), with B(n) ? { H(n), SL(n)}B(n) \in \{ H(n), {\rm SL}(n)\} , is not a finitely generated free Lie algebra. Let us assume that k is a field of characteristic zero and let áSem(n) ?\langle {\rm Sem}(n) \rangle be the Lie subalgebra of L generated by the semi-invariants (or Lie invariants) Sem(n). We prove that áSem(n) ?\langle {\rm Sem}(n) \rangle is not a finitely generated free Lie algebra which gives a positive answer to a question posed by M. Burrow [4].     

Quantization of Lie bialgebras and shuffle algebras of Lie algebras

To any field \Bbb K \Bbb K of characteristic zero, we associate a set (\mathbbK) (\mathbb{K}) and a group G₀(\Bbb K) {\cal G}_0(\Bbb K) . Elements of (\mathbbK) (\mathbb{K}) are equivalence classes of families of Lie polynomials subject to associativity relations. Elements of G₀(\Bbb K) {\cal G}_0(\Bbb K) are universal automorphisms of the adjoint representations of Lie bialgebras over \Bbb K \Bbb K . We construct a bijection between (\mathbbK)×G₀(\Bbb K) (\mathbb{K})\times{\cal G}_0(\Bbb K) and the set of quantization functors of Lie bialgebras over \Bbb K \Bbb K . This construction involves the following steps.? 1) To each element v \varpi of (\mathbbK) (\mathbb{K}) , we associate a functor \frak a?\operatornameSh^v(\frak a) \frak a\mapsto\operatorname{Sh}^\varpi(\frak a) from the category of Lie algebras to that of Hopf algebras; \operatornameSh^v(\frak a) \operatorname{Sh}^\varpi(\frak a) contains U\frak a U\frak a .? 2) When \frak a \frak a and \frak b \frak b are Lie algebras, and r_{\frak a\frak b} ? \frak a?\frak b r_{\frak a\frak b} \in\frak a\otimes\frak b , we construct an element ?^v (r_{\frak a\frak b}) {\cal R}^{\varpi} (r_{\frak a\frak b}) of \operatornameSh^v(\frak a)?\operatornameSh^v(\frak b) \operatorname{Sh}^\varpi(\frak a)\otimes\operatorname{Sh}^\varpi(\frak b) satisfying quasitriangularity identities; in particular, ?^v(r_{\frak a\frak b}) {\cal R}^\varpi(r_{\frak a\frak b}) defines a Hopf algebra morphism from \operatornameSh^v(\frak a)^* \operatorname{Sh}^\varpi(\frak a)^* to \operatornameSh^v(\frak b) \operatorname{Sh}^\varpi(\frak b) .? 3) When \frak a = \frak b \frak a = \frak b and r_\frak a ? \frak a?\frak a r_\frak a\in\frak a\otimes\frak a is a solution of CYBE, we construct a series r^v(r_\frak a) \rho^\varpi(r_\frak a) such that ?^v(r^v(r_\frak a)) {\cal R}^\varpi(\rho^\varpi(r_\frak a)) is a solution of QYBE. The expression of r^v(r_\frak a) \rho^\varpi(r_\frak a) in terms of r_\frak a r_\frak a involves Lie polynomials, and we show that this expression is unique at a universal level. This step relies on vanishing statements for cohomologies arising from universal algebras for the solutions of CYBE.? 4) We define the quantization of a Lie bialgebra \frak g \frak g as the image of the morphism defined by ?^v(r^v(r)) {\cal R}^\varpi(\rho^\varpi(r)) , where r ? \mathfrakg ?\mathfrakg^* r \in \mathfrak{g} \otimes \mathfrak{g}^* .<\P>     

On a Sharper Lower Bound for a Percentile of a Student’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis> Distribution with an Application

In this communication, we first compare z _α and t _ν,α , the upper 100α% points of a standard normal and a Student’s t _ν distributions respectively. We begin with a proof of a well-known result, namely, for every fixed 0 < a < \frac120<\alpha <\frac{1}{2} and the degree of freedom ν, one has t _ν,α  > z _α . Next, Theorem 3.1 provides a new and explicit expression b _ν ( > 1) such that for every fixed 0 < a < \frac120<\alpha < \frac{1}{2} and ν, we can conclude t _ν,α  > b _ν z _α . This is clearly a significant improvement over the result that is customarily quoted in nearly every textbook and elsewhere. A proof of Theorem 3.1 is surprisingly simple and pretty. We also extend Theorem 3.1 in the case of a non-central Student’s t distribution (Section 3.3). In the context of Stein’s (Ann Math Stat 16:243–258, 1945; Econometrica 17:77–78, 1949) 100(1 − α)% fixed-width confidence intervals for the mean of a normal distribution having an unknown variance, we have examined the oversampling rate on an average for a variety of choices of m, the pilot sample size. We ran simulations to investigate this issue. We have found that the oversampling rates are approximated well by t_n,a/2²z_a/2^-2t_{\nu ,\alpha /2}^{2}z_{\alpha /2}^{-2} for small and moderate values of m( ≤ 50) all across Table 2 where ν = m − 1. However, when m is chosen large (≥ 100), we find from Table 3 that the oversampling rates are not approximated by t_n,a/2²z_a/2^-2t_{\nu ,\alpha /2}^{2}z_{\alpha /2}^{-2} very well anymore in some cases, and in those cases the oversampling rates either exceed the new lower bound of t_n,a/2²z_a/2^-2,t_{\nu ,\alpha /2}^{2}z_{\alpha /2}^{-2}, namely b_n²,b_{\nu }^{2}, or comes incredibly close to b_n²b_{\nu }^{2} where ν = m − 1. That is, the new lower bound for a percentile of a Student’s t distribution may play an important role in order to come up with diagnostics in our understanding of simulated output under Stein’s fixed-width confidence interval method.     

On Li’s coefficients for the Rankin–Selberg <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-functions

We define a generalized Li coefficient for the L-functions attached to the Rankin–Selberg convolution of two cuspidal unitary automorphic representations π and π ^′ of GL_m(\mathbbA_F)GL_{m}(\mathbb{A}_{F}) and GL_m^￠(\mathbbA_F)GL_{m^{\prime }}(\mathbb{A}_{F}) . Using the explicit formula, we obtain an arithmetic representation of the n th Li coefficient l_p,p^￠(n)\lambda _{\pi ,\pi ^{\prime }}(n) attached to L(s,p_f×[(p)\tilde]_f^￠)L(s,\pi _{f}\times \widetilde{\pi}_{f}^{\prime }) . Then, we deduce a full asymptotic expansion of the archimedean contribution to l_p,p^￠(n)\lambda _{\pi ,\pi ^{\prime }}(n) and investigate the contribution of the finite (non-archimedean) term. Under the generalized Riemann hypothesis (GRH) on non-trivial zeros of L(s,p_f×[(p)\tilde]_f^￠)L(s,\pi _{f}\times \widetilde{\pi}_{f}^{\prime }) , the nth Li coefficient l_p,p^￠(n)\lambda _{\pi ,\pi ^{\prime }}(n) is evaluated in a different way and it is shown that GRH implies the bound towards a generalized Ramanujan conjecture for the archimedean Langlands parameters μ _π (v,j) of π. Namely, we prove that under GRH for L(s,p_f×[(p)\tilde]_f)L(s,\pi _{f}\times \widetilde{\pi}_{f}) one has |Rem_p(v,j)| ￡ \frac14|\mathop {\mathrm {Re}}\mu_{\pi}(v,j)|\leq \frac{1}{4} for all archimedean places v at which π is unramified and all j=1,…,m.     

Blow up of subcritical quantities at the first singular time of the mean curvature flow

Consider a family of smooth immersions F(·,t) : Mⁿ? \mathbbRⁿ⁺¹{F(\cdot,t)\,:\,{M^n\to \mathbb{R}^{n+1}}} of closed hypersurfaces in \mathbbRⁿ⁺¹{\mathbb{R}^{n+1}} moving by the mean curvature flow \frac?F(p,t)?t = -H(p,t)·n(p,t){\frac{\partial F(p,t)}{\partial t} = -H(p,t)\cdot \nu(p,t)}, for t ? [0,T){t\in [0,T)}. We show that at the first singular time of the mean curvature flow, certain subcritical quantities concerning the second fundamental form, for example ò₀^tò_Ms\frac|A|^{n + 2} log (2 + |A|) dmds,{\int_{0}^{t}\int_{M_{s}}\frac{{\vert{\it A}\vert}^{n + 2}}{ log (2 + {\vert{\it A}\vert})}} d\mu ds, blow up. Our result is a log improvement of recent results of Le-Sesum, Xu-Ye-Zhao where the scaling invariant quantities were considered.     

On Lie derivations of Lie ideals of prime algebras

LetF be a commutative ring with 1, letA, be a primeF-algebra with Martindale extended centroidC and with central closureA _c and letR be a noncentral Lie ideal of the algebraA generatingA. Further, letZ(R) be the center ofR, let be the factor Lie algebra and let δ: be a Lie derivation. Suppose that char(A) ≠ 2 andA does not satisfySt ₁₄, the standard identity of degree 14. We show thatR ΩC =Z(R) and there exists a derivation of algebrasD:A →A _c such that for allx∈R. Our result solves an old problem of Herstein.