A note on the algebra of operations for Hopf cohomology at odd primes

Let p be any prime, and let \({\mathcal B}(p)\) be the algebra of operations on the cohomology ring of any cocommutative \(\mathbb {F}_p\)-Hopf algebra. In this paper we show that when p is odd (and unlike the \(p=2\) case), \({\mathcal B}(p)\) cannot become an object in the Singer category of \(\mathbb {F}_p\)-algebras with coproducts, if we require that coproducts act on the generators of \({\mathcal B}(p)\) coherently with their nature of cohomology operations.

     

Commutativity of the centralizer of a subalgebra in a universal enveloping algebra

Let G be a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and let \(\mathfrak{h}\) be an algebraic subalgebra of the tangent Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) of G. We find all subalgebras \(\mathfrak{h}\) that have no nontrivial characters and whose centralizers \(\mathfrak{U}(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{h} \) and \(P(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{h} \) in the universal enveloping algebra \(\mathfrak{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) and in the associated graded algebra \(P(\mathfrak{g})\), respectively, are commutative. For all these subalgebras, we prove that \(\mathfrak{U}(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{h} = \mathfrak{U}(\mathfrak{h})^\mathfrak{h} \otimes \mathfrak{U}(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{g} \) and \(P(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{h} = P(\mathfrak{h})^\mathfrak{h} \otimes P(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{g} \). Furthermore, we obtain a criterion for the commutativity of \(\mathfrak{U}(\mathfrak{g})^\mathfrak{h} \) in terms of representation theory.     

Characterization of some derivations on von Neumann algebras via left centralizers

Let \(\mathfrak {M}\) be a von Neumann algebra, and let \(\mathfrak {T}:\mathfrak {M} \rightarrow \mathfrak {M}\) be a bounded linear map satisfying \(\mathfrak {T}(P^{2}) = \mathfrak {T}(P)P + \Psi (P,P)\) for each projection P of \(\mathfrak {M}\), where \(\Psi :\mathfrak {M} \times \mathfrak {M} \rightarrow \mathfrak {M}\) is a bi-linear map. If \(\Psi \) is a bounded l-semi Hochschild 2-cocycle, then \(\mathfrak {T}\) is a left centralizer associated with \(\Psi \). By applying this conclusion, we offer a characterization of left \(\sigma \)-centralizers, generalized derivations and generalized \(\sigma \)-derivations on von Neumann algebras. Moreover, it is proved that if \(\mathfrak {M}\) is a commutative von Neumann algebra and \(\sigma :\mathfrak {M} \rightarrow \mathfrak {M}\) is an endomorphism, then every bi-\(\sigma \)-derivation \(D:\mathfrak {M} \times \mathfrak {M} \rightarrow \mathfrak {M}\) is identically zero.     

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 \(Y_{\hbar }(\mathfrak{g})\).     

Isomorphisms between Jacobson graphs

Let \(R\) be a commutative ring with a non-zero identity and \(\mathfrak {J}_R\) be its Jacobson graph. We show that if \(R\) and \(R'\) are finite commutative rings, then \(\mathfrak {J}_R\cong \mathfrak {J}_{R'}\) if and only if \(|J(R)|=|J(R')|\) and \(R/J(R)\cong R'/J(R')\) . Also, for a Jacobson graph \(\mathfrak {J}_R\) , we obtain the structure of group \(\mathrm {Aut}(\mathfrak {J}_R)\) of all automorphisms of \(\mathfrak {J}_R\) and prove that under some conditions two semi-simple rings \(R\) and \(R'\) are isomorphic if and only if \(\mathrm {Aut}(\mathfrak {J}_R)\cong \mathrm {Aut}(\mathfrak {J}_{R'})\) .     

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).     

Some theoretical comparisons of refined Ritz vectors and Ritz vectors

Refined projection methods proposed by the author have received attention internationally. We are concerned with a conventional projection method and its refined counterpart for computing approximations to a simple eigenpair (λ, ϰ) of a large matrix A. Given a subspace W that contains an approximation to ϰ, these two methods compute approximations (μ\(\tilde x\)) and (μ\(\hat x\)) to (λ, ϰ), respectively. We establish three results. First, the refined eigenvector approximation or simply the refined Ritz vector \(\hat x\) is unique as the deviation of ϰ from W approaches zero if λ is simple. Second, in terms of residual norm of the refined approximate eigenpair (μ, \(\hat x\)), we derive lower and upper bounds for the sine of the angle between the Ritz vector \(\tilde x\) and the refined eigenvector approximation \(\hat x\), and we prove that \(\tilde x \ne \hat x\) unless \(\hat x = x\). Third, we establish relationships between the residual norm \(\left\| {A\tilde x - \mu \tilde x} \right\|\) of the conventional methods and the residual norm \(\left\| {A\hat x - \mu \hat x} \right\|\) of the refined methods, and we show that the latter is always smaller than the former if (μ, \(\hat x\)) is not an exact eigenpair of A, indicating that the refined projection method is superior to the corresponding conventional counterpart.

     

Maximal Operators in the Spherical Mean Setting

In this paper, we prove an existence result for \(\mathcal {L}^{\infty }\)-solutions for a class of semilinear delay evolution inclusions with measures and subjected to nonlocal initial conditions of the form

$$\begin{aligned} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle \mathrm{d}u(t)= \{Au(t)+f(t)\}\mathrm{d}t+\mathrm{d}h(t),&{}\quad t\in \mathbb {R}_+,\\ \displaystyle f(t)\in F(t,u_t),&{}\quad t\in \mathbb {R}_+,\\ \displaystyle u(t)=g(u)(t),&{}\quad t\in [\,-\tau ,0\,]. \end{array} \right. \end{aligned}$$

Here \(\tau \ge 0\), X is a Banach space, \(A:D(A)\subseteq X \rightarrow X \) is the infinitesimal generator of a \(C_0\)-semigroup, \(F:\mathbb {R}_+\times \mathcal {R}([\,-\tau ,0\,];X)\rightsquigarrow X\) is a u.s.c. multifunction with nonempty, convex and weakly compact values, \(h\in BV_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb {R}_+;X)\) and the function \(g:\mathcal {R}_{b}(\mathbb {R}_+;X)\rightarrow \mathcal {R}([\,-\tau ,0\,];X)\) is nonexpansive.

     

On Hecke groups,Schwarzian triangle functions and a class of hyper-elliptic functions

Let m be a positive integer \(\ge \)3 and \(\lambda =2\cos \frac{\pi }{m}\). The Hecke group \(\mathfrak {G}(\lambda )\) is generated by the fractional linear transformations \(\tau + \lambda \) and \(-\frac{1}{\tau }\) for \(\tau \) in the upper half plane \(\mathbb H\) of the complex plane \(\mathbb C\). We consider a set of functions \(\mathfrak {f}_0, \mathfrak {f}_i\) and \(\mathfrak {f}_{\infty }\) automorphic with respect to \(\mathfrak {G}(\lambda )\), constructed from the conformal mapping of the fundamental domain of \(\mathfrak {G}(\lambda )\) to the upper half plane \(\mathbb H\), and establish their connection with the Legendre functions and a class of hyper-elliptic functions. Many well-known classical identities associated with the cases of \(\lambda =1\) and 2 are preserved. As an application, we will establish a set of identities expressing the reciprocal of \(\pi \) in terms of the hypergeometric series.     

On the image,characterization, and automatic continuity of $$\varvec{(\sigma }, \varvec{\tau }$$ )-derivations

The first main theorem of this paper asserts that any \((\sigma , \tau )\)-derivation d, under certain conditions, either is a \(\sigma \)-derivation or is a scalar multiple of (\(\sigma - \tau \)), i.e. \(d = \lambda (\sigma - \tau )\) for some \(\lambda \in \mathbb {C} \backslash \{0\}\). By using this characterization, we achieve a result concerning the automatic continuity of \((\sigma , \tau \))-derivations on Banach algebras which reads as follows. Let \(\mathcal {A}\) be a unital, commutative, semi-simple Banach algebra, and let \(\sigma , \tau : \mathcal {A} \rightarrow \mathcal {A}\) be two distinct endomorphisms such that \(\varphi \sigma (\mathbf e )\) and \(\varphi \tau (\mathbf e )\) are non-zero complex numbers for all \(\varphi \in \Phi _\mathcal {A}\). If \(d : \mathcal {A} \rightarrow \mathcal {A}\) is a \((\sigma , \tau )\)-derivation such that \(\varphi d\) is a non-zero linear functional for every \(\varphi \in \Phi _\mathcal {A}\), then d is automatically continuous. As another objective of this research, we prove that if \(\mathfrak {M}\) is a commutative von Neumann algebra and \(\sigma :\mathfrak {M} \rightarrow \mathfrak {M}\) is an endomorphism, then every Jordan \(\sigma \)-derivation \(d:\mathfrak {M} \rightarrow \mathfrak {M}\) is identically zero.     

Integral Van Vleck’s and Kannappan’s functional equations on semigroups

In this paper we study the solutions of the integral Van Vleck’s functional equation for the sine

$$\begin{aligned} \int _{S}f(x\tau (y)t)d\mu (t)-\int _{S}f(xyt)d\mu (t) =2f(x)f(y),\; x,y\in S \end{aligned}$$

and the integral Kannappan’s functional equation

$$\begin{aligned} \int _{S}f(xyt)d\mu (t)+\int _{S}f(x\tau (y)t)d\mu (t) =2f(x)f(y),\; x,y\in S, \end{aligned}$$

where S is a semigroup, \(\tau \) is an involution of S and \(\mu \) is a measure that is a linear combination of Dirac measures \((\delta _{z_{i}})_{i\in I}\), such that for all \(i\in I\), \(z_{i}\) is contained in the center of S. We express the solutions of the first equation by means of multiplicative functions on S, and we prove that the solutions of the second equation are closely related to the solutions of d’Alembert’s classic functional equation with involution.

     

The Golod property of powers of the maximal ideal of a local ring

We identify minimal cases in which a power \(\mathfrak {m}^i\not =0\) of the maximal ideal of a local ring R is not Golod, i.e. the quotient ring \(R/\mathfrak {m}^i\) is not Golod. Complementary to a 2014 result by Rossi and ?ega, we prove that for a generic artinian Gorenstein local ring with \(\mathfrak {m}^4=0\ne \mathfrak {m}^3\), the quotient \(R/\mathfrak {m}^3\) is not Golod. This is provided that \(\mathfrak {m}\) is minimally generated by at least 3 elements. Indeed, we show that if \(\mathfrak {m}\) is 2-generated, then every power \(\mathfrak {m}^i\ne 0\) is Golod.     

Algebras of Convolution-Type Operators with Piecewise Slowly Oscillating Data on Weighted Lebesgue Spaces

Let \({\mathcal B}_{p,w}\) be the Banach algebra of all bounded linear operators acting on the weighted Lebesgue space \(L^p(\mathbb {R},w)\), where \(p\in (1,\infty )\) and w is a Muckenhoupt weight. We study the Banach subalgebra \(\mathfrak {A}_{p,w}\) of \({\mathcal B}_{p,w}\) generated by all multiplication operators aI (\(a\in \mathrm{PSO}^\diamond \)) and all convolution operators \(W^0(b)\) (\(b\in \mathrm{PSO}_{p,w}^\diamond \)), where \(\mathrm{PSO}^\diamond \subset L^\infty (\mathbb {R})\) and \(\mathrm{PSO}_{p,w}^\diamond \subset M_{p,w}\) are algebras of piecewise slowly oscillating functions that admit piecewise slowly oscillating discontinuities at arbitrary points of \(\mathbb {R}\cup \{\infty \}\), and \(M_{p,w}\) is the Banach algebra of Fourier multipliers on \(L^p(\mathbb {R},w)\). For any Muckenhoupt weight w, we study the Fredholmness in the Banach algebra \({\mathcal Z}_{p,w}\subset \mathfrak {A}_{p,w}\) generated by the operators \(aW^0(b)\) with slowly oscillating data \(a\in \mathrm{SO}^\diamond \) and \(b\in \mathrm{SO}^\diamond _{p,w}\). Then, under some condition on the weight w, we complete constructing a Fredholm symbol calculus for the Banach algebra \(\mathfrak {A}_{p,w}\) in comparison with Karlovich and Loreto Hernández (Integr. Equations Oper. Theory 74:377–415, 2012) and Karlovich and Loreto Hernández (Integr. Equations Oper. Theory 75:49–86, 2013) and establish a Fredholm criterion for the operators \(A\in \mathfrak {A}_{p,w}\) in terms of their symbols. A new approach to determine local spectra is found.     

A study of saturated tensor cone for symmetrizable Kac–Moody algebras

Let \(\mathfrak {g}\) be a symmetrizable Kac-Moody Lie algebra with the standard Cartan subalgebra \(\mathfrak {h}\) and the Weyl group \(W\) . Let \(P_+\) be the set of dominant integral weights. For \(\lambda \in P_+\) , let \(L(\lambda )\) be the integrable, highest weight (irreducible) representation of \(\mathfrak {g}\) with highest weight \(\lambda \) . For a positive integer \(s\) , define the saturated tensor semigroup as $$\begin{aligned} \Gamma _s:= \{(\lambda _1, \dots , \lambda _s,\mu )\in P_+^{s+1}: \exists \, N\ge 1 \,\text {with}\,L(N\mu )\subset L(N\lambda _1)\otimes \dots \otimes L(N\lambda _s)\}. \end{aligned}$$ The aim of this paper is to begin a systematic study of \(\Gamma _s\) in the infinite dimensional symmetrizable Kac-Moody case. In this paper, we produce a set of necessary inequalities satisfied by \(\Gamma _s\) . These inequalities are indexed by products in \(H^*(G^{\mathrm{min }}/B; \mathbb {Z})\) for \(B\) the standard Borel subgroup, where \(G^{\mathrm{min }}\) is the ‘minimal’ Kac-Moody group with Lie algebra \(\mathfrak {g}\) . The proof relies on the Kac-Moody analogue of the Borel-Weil theorem and Geometric Invariant Theory (specifically the Hilbert-Mumford index). In the case that \(\mathfrak {g}\) is affine of rank 2, we show that these inequalities are necessary and sufficient. We further prove that any integer \(d>0\) is a saturation factor for \(A^{(1)}_1\) and 4 is a saturation factor for \(A^{(2)}_2\) .     

Horizontal $$\bar \partial $$ -Laplacian on complex Finsler manifolds-Laplacian on complex Finsler manifolds

A horizontal\(\bar \partial \)-Laplacian is defined on strongly pseudoconvex complex Finsler manifolds, first for functions and then for horizontal differential forms of type (p, q). The principal part of the\(\bar \partial \)-Laplacian is computed in local coordinates. As an application, the\(\bar \partial \)-Laplacian on strongly Kähler Finsler manifold is obtained explicitly in terms of the horizontal covariant derivatives of the Chern-Finsler conncetion.

     

Semipositive matrices and their semipositive cones

The semipositive cone of \(A\in \mathbb {R}^{m\times n}, K_A = \{x\ge 0\,:\, Ax\ge 0\}\), is considered mainly under the assumption that for some \(x\in K_A, Ax>0\), namely, that A is a semipositive matrix. The duality of \(K_A\) is studied and it is shown that \(K_A\) is a proper polyhedral cone. The relation among semipositivity cones of two matrices is examined via generalized inverse positivity. Perturbations and intervals of semipositive matrices are discussed. Connections with certain matrix classes pertinent to linear complementarity theory are also studied.

     

Rotations by roots of unity and Diophantine approximation

For a fixed integer n, we study the question whether at least one of the numbers \(\mathfrak {R}X\omega ^k\), \(1\le k\le n\), is \(\varepsilon \)-close to an integer, for any possible value of \(X\in \mathbb {C}\), where \(\omega \) is a primitive nth root of unity. It turns out that there is always an X for which the above numbers are concentrated around \(1/2\,\mathrm{mod}\,1\). The shortest possible interval centered at 1 / 2 containing the fractional parts of all numbers \(\mathfrak {R}X\omega ^k\) depends only on the prime factors of n, rather than its magnitude. This is directly related to the so–called “pyjama” problem which was solved recently.     

Negative Ricci curvature on some non-solvable Lie groups

We show that for any non-trivial representation \((V, \pi )\) of \(\mathfrak {u}(2)\) with the center acting as multiples of the identity, the semidirect product \(\mathfrak {u}(2) \ltimes _\pi V\) admits a metric with negative Ricci curvature that can be explicitly obtained. It is proved that \(\mathfrak {u}(2) \ltimes _\pi V\) degenerates to a solvable Lie algebra that admits a metric with negative Ricci curvature. An n-dimensional Lie group with compact Levi factor \(\mathrm {SU}(2)\) admitting a left invariant metric with negative Ricci is therefore obtained for any \(n \ge 7\).