On the existence of spines for ${\mathbb{Q}}${\mathbb{Q}}-rank 1 groups

Let X = Γ \G/ K be an arithmetic quotient of a symmetric space of non-compact type. In the case that G has -rank 1, we construct Γ-equivariant deformation retractions of D = G/K onto a set D₀. We prove that D₀ is a spine, having dimension equal to the virtual cohomological dimension of Γ. In fact, there is a (k − 1)-parameter family of such deformation retractions, where k is the number of Γ -conjugacy classes of rational parabolic subgroups of G. The construction of the spine also gives a way to construct an exact fundamental domain for Γ.     

The 2-primary torsion on elliptic curves in the Z p -extensions of Q

Let E be an elliptic curve over Q and p a prime number. Denote by Q_p,∞ the Z_p-extension of Q. In this paper, we show that if p≠3, then where E(Q_p,∞)₍₂₎ is the 2-primary part of the group E(Q_p,∞) of Q_p,∞-rational points on E. More precisely, in case p=2, we completely classify E(Q_2,∞)₍₂₎ in terms of E(Q)₍₂₎; in case p≥5 (or in case p=3 and E(Q)₍₂₎≠{O}), we show that E(Q_p,∞)₍₂₎=E(Q)₍₂₎.     

Codescente en K-théorie étale et corps de nombres

In this paper, we give a codescent criterion for the higher tame kernelK _2i ^−2/ét O _E for a Galoisp-extensionE/F of algebraic number fields (p odd). As an application, we give fori∈ℤ a “going-up” theorem for certain property called (p, i)-regularity, which allows us in particular to construct examples of number fields verifying “twisted” Leopoldt conjectures.      

Q-curves of degree 5 and jacobian surfaces of GL2-type

We construct a parametric family {E ^(±)(s,t,u)} of minimal Q-curves of degree 5 over the quadratic fields Q , and the family {C(s,t,u)} of genus two curves over Q covering E ^{(+)(s,t,u) whose jacobians are abelian surfaces of GL₂-type. We also discuss the modularity for them and the sign change between E ^{(+)(s,t,u) and its twist E ⁽⁻⁾(s,t,u), which correspond by modularity to cusp forms of trivial and non-trivial Neben type characters, respectively. We find in {C(s,t,u)} concrete equations of curves over Q whose jacobians are isogenous over cyclic quartic fields to Shimura's abelian surfaces A _f attached to cusp forms of Neben type character of level N= 29, 229, 349, 461, and 509. Received: 23 September 1997 / Revised version: 26 May 1998     

Multidimensional version of M. A. Krasnoseľskii’s generalized contraction principle

Let M be a complete K-metric space with n-dimensional metric ρ(x, y): M × M → R ⁿ , where K is the cone of nonnegative vectors in R ⁿ . A mapping F: M → M is called a Q-contraction if ρ (Fx,Fy) ⩽ Qρ (x,y), where Q: K → K is a semi-additive absolutely stable mapping. A Q-contraction always has a unique fixed point x* in M, and ρ(x*,a) ⩽ (I - Q)^-1 ρ(Fa, a) for every point a in M. The point x* can be obtained by the successive approximation method x _k = Fx _k-1, k = 1, 2,..., starting from an arbitrary point x ₀ in M, and the following error estimates hold: ρ (x*, x _k ) ⩽ Q ^k (I - Q)^-1ρ(x ₁, _x ⁰) ⩽ (I - Q)^-1 Q ^k ρ(x ₁, x ₀), k = 1, 2,.... Generally the mappings (I - Q)^-1 and Q ^k do not commute. For n = 1, the result is close to M. A. Krasnosel’skii’s generalized contraction principle.     

Generalized Mukai conjecture for special Fano varieties

Let X be a Fano variety of dimension n, pseudoindex i _X and Picard number ρ_X. A generalization of a conjecture of Mukai says that ρ_X(i _X −1)≤n. We prove that the conjecture holds for a variety X of pseudoindex i _X ≥n+3/3 if X admits an unsplit covering family of rational curves; we also prove that this condition is satisfied if ρ_X> and either X has a fiber type extremal contraction or has not small extremal contractions. Finally we prove that the conjecture holds if X has dimension five.     

The maximum of the conformal radius in the families of domains satifying additional conditions

We solve the problems on the maximum of the conformal radius R(D,1) in the family D(R₀) of all simply connected domains D ⊃ ℂ containing the points 0 and 1 and having a fixed value of the conformal radius R(D,0)=R₀, and in the family D(R₀, ρ) of domains from D(R₀) with given hyperbolic distance ρ=ρ_D(0,1) between 0 and 1. Analogs of the mentioned problems for doubly-connected domains with given conformal module are considered. Solution of the above problems is based on results of general character in the theory of problems of extremal decomposition and related module problems. Bibliography: 7 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 226, 1996, pp. 93–108.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-adic interpolation of Taylor coefficients of modular forms

In this paper we show that the Taylor coefficients of a Hecke eigenform at a CM-point, suitably modified, form a sequence of algebraic numbers that satisfy the Kubota–Leopoldt generalization of the Kummer congruences for primes that split in the imaginary quadratic field associated with a CM-point. More generally, we show that these numbers are moments of a certain p-adic measure. In addition, we write down explicitly the “Euler factor” at p in terms of the p th Hecke eigenvalue of the modular form in question and certain data of the CM-point. P. Guerzhoy is supported by NSF grant DMS-0700933.     

Potential Analysis on Carnot Groups，Part II：Relationship between Hausdorff Measures and Capacities

Abstract In this paper, we establish the relationship between Hausdorff measures and Bessel capacities on any nilpotent stratified Lie group (i. e., Carnot group). In particular, as a special corollary of our much more general results, we have the following theorem (see Theorems A and E in Section 1): Let Q be the homogeneous dimension of . Given any set E ⊂ , B _α,p (E) = 0 implies ℋ ^{Q−αp+ ε}(E) = 0 for all ε > 0. On the other hand, ℋ ^Q−αp (E) < ∞ implies B _α,p (E) = 0. Consequently, given any set E ⊂ of Hausdorff dimension Q − d, where 0 < d < Q, B _α,p (E) = 0 holds if and only if αp ≤ d. A version of O. Frostman’s theorem concerning Hausdorff measures on any homogeneous space is also established using the dyadic decomposition on such a space (see Theorem 4.4 in Section 4). Research supported partly by the U. S. National Science Foundation Grant No. DMS99–70352     

The intrinsic dimensionality of graphs

We resolve the following conjecture raised by Levin together with Linial, London, and Rabinovich [Combinatorica, 1995]. For a graph G, let dim(G) be the smallest d such that G occurs as a (not necessarily induced) subgraph of ℤ_∞ ^d , the infinite graph with vertex set ℤ ^d and an edge (u, v) whenever ∥u − v∥_∞ = 1. The growth rate of G, denoted ρ _G , is the minimum ρ such that every ball of radius r > 1 in G contains at most r ^ρ vertices. By simple volume arguments, dim(G) = Ω(ρ _G ). Levin conjectured that this lower bound is tight, i.e., that dim(G) = O(ρ _G ) for every graph G. Previously, it was unknown whether dim(G) could be bounded above by any function of ρ _G . We show that a weaker form of Levin’s conjecture holds by proving that dim(G) = O(ρ _G log ρ _G ) for any graph G. We disprove, however, the specific bound of the conjecture and show that our upper bound is tight by exhibiting graphs for which dim(G) = Ω(ρ _G log ρ _G ). For several special families of graphs (e.g., planar graphs), we salvage the strong form, showing that dim(G) = O(ρ _G ). Our results extend to a variant of the conjecture for finite-dimensional Euclidean spaces posed by Linial and independently by Benjamini and Schramm. Supported by NSF grant CCR-0121555 and by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.     

On simultaneous non-vanishing of modular <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-functions

For i = 1, , r, let f _i be newforms of weight 2k _i for Γ₀(N _i ) with trivial character. We consider the simultaneous non-vanishing problem for the central values of twisted L-functions of f _i . By using the Shimura correspondence, we give a certain relation between this problem and the kernel fields of 2-adic Galois representations associated to modular forms. Received: 28 January 2006     

A refined conjecture of Mazur-Tate type for Heegner points

Summary In [MT1], Mazur and Tate present a refined conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer type for a modular elliptic curveE. This conjecture relates congruences for certain integral homology cycles onE(C) (the modular symbols) to the arithmetic ofE overQ. In this paper we formulate an analogous conjecture forE over a suitable imaginary quadratic fieldK, in which the role of the modular symbols is played by Heegner points. A large part of this conjecture can be proved, thanks to the ideas of Kolyvagin on the Euler system of Heegner points. In effect the main result of this paper can be viewed as a generalization of Kolyvagin's result relating the structure of the Selmer group ofE overK to the Heegner points defined in the Mordell-Weil groups ofE over ring class fields ofK. An explicit application of our method to the Galois module structure of Heegner points is given in Sect. 2.2.Oblatum 19-XII-1991, & 25-II-1992     

Density of positive rank fibers in elliptic fibrations

A question of Mazur asks whether for any non-constant elliptic fibration {Er}_r∈Q, the set {r∈Q:rank(Er(Q))>0}, if infinite, is dense in R (with respect to the Euclidean topology). This has been proved to be true for the family of quadratic twists of a fixed elliptic curve by a quadratic or a cubic polynomial. Here we settle Mazur's question affirmatively for the general quadratic and cubic fibrations. Moreover we show that our method works when Q is replaced by any real number field.     

Gorenstein injective modules and Auslander categories

In this paper, we study Gorenstein injective modules over a local Noetherian ring R. For an R-module M, we show that M is Gorenstein injective if and only if Hom _R (Ȓ,M) belongs to Auslander category B(Ȓ), M is cotorsion and Ext ⁱ _R (E,M) = 0 for all injective R-modules E and all i > 0. Received: 24 August 2006 Revised: 30 October 2006     

The quotient field as a torsion-free covering module

R will denote a commutative integral domain with quotient fieldQ. A torsion-free cover of a moduleM is a torsion-free moduleF and anR-epimorphism σ:F→M such that given any torsion-free moduleG and λ∈Hom _R (G, M) there exists μ∈Hom _R (G,F) such that σμ=λ. It is known that ifM is a maximal ideal ofR, R→R/M is a torsion-free cover if and only ifR is a maximal valuation ring. LetE denote the injective hull ofR/M thenR→R/M extends to a homomorphismQ→E. We give necessary and sufficient conditions forQ→E to be a torsion-free cover.     

On a class of valuation fields introduced by A. Robinson

It is shown that the nonarchimedean valuation fields^ρ R introduced by A. Robinson are not only complete but are also spherically complete. Further-more, it is shown that to every normed linear space over the reals there exists a nonarchimedean normed linear space^ρ E over^ρ R in the sense of Monna which is spherically complete and extendsE. Dedicated to the memory of A. Robinson. Work on this paper was supported in part by NSF Grant MPS 74-17845     

Special cohomology classes for modular Galois representations

Building on ideas of Vatsal [Uniform distribution of Heegner points, Invent. Math. 148(1) (2002) 1-46], Cornut [Mazur's conjecture on higher Heegner points, Invent. Math. 148(3) (2002) 495-523] proved a conjecture of Mazur asserting the generic nonvanishing of Heegner points on an elliptic curve E_/Q as one ascends the anticyclotomic Z_p-extension of a quadratic imaginary extension K/Q. In the present article, Cornut's result is extended by replacing the elliptic curve E with the Galois cohomology of Deligne's two-dimensional ?-adic representation attached to a modular form of weight 2k>2, and replacing the family of Heegner points with an analogous family of special cohomology classes.     

Cycles for Rational Maps of Good Reduction Outside a Prescribed Set

Let K be a number field and S a fixed finite set of places of K containing all the archimedean ones. Let R _S be the ring of S-integers of K. In the present paper we study the cycles in for rational maps of degree ≥2 with good reduction outside S. We say that two ordered n-tuples (P ₀, P ₁,… ,P _n−1) and (Q ₀, Q ₁,… ,Q _n−1) of points of are equivalent if there exists an automorphism A ∈ PGL₂(R _S ) such that P _i = A(Q _i ) for every index i∈{0,1,… ,n−1}. We prove that if we fix two points , then the number of inequivalent cycles for rational maps of degree ≥2 with good reduction outside S which admit P ₀, P ₁ as consecutive points is finite and depends only on S and K. We also prove that this result is in a sense best possible.