Optimal Subcodes of Second Order Reed-Muller Codes andMaximal Linear Spaces of Bivectors of Maximal Rank

There are exactlytwo non-equivalent [32,11,12]-codes in the binaryReed-Muller code which contain and have the weight set {0,12,16,20,32}. Alternatively,the 4-spaces in the projective space over the vector space for which all points have rank 4 fall into exactlytwo orbits under the natural action of PGL(5) on .     

On Complete Arcs Arising from Plane Curves

We point out an interplay between -Frobenius non-classical plane curves and complete -arcs in . A typical example that shows how this works is the one concerning an Hermitian curve. We present some other examples here which give rise to the existence of new complete -arcs with parameters and being a power of the characteristic. In addition, for q a square, new complete -arcs with either and or and are constructed by using certain reducible plane curves.     

Hyperplane Sections of Kantor's Unitary Ovoids

The projective plane is embedded as a variety of projective points in , where M is a nine dimensional -module for the groupG=GL(3,q ²). The hyperplane sections of thisvariety and their stabilizers in the group G aredetermined. When q 2 (mod 3) one such hyperplanesection is a member of the family of Kantor's unitary ovoids.We furtherdetermine all sections whereD has codimension two in M and demonstratethat these are never empty. Consequences are drawn for Kantor'sovoids.     

Orbits of Positive Operators from a Differentiable Viewpoint

Let be a unital C^*-algebra and G the group of units of . A geometrical study of the action of G over the set ⁺ of all positive elements of is presented. The orbits of elements with closed range by this action are provided with a structure of differentiable homogeneous space with a natural connection. The orbits are partitioned in 'components' which also have a rich geometrical structure.     

The Invariants of the Clifford Groups

The automorphism group of the Barnes-Wall lattice L _m in dimension 2 ^m (m ; 3) is a subgroup of index 2 in a certain Clifford group of structure 2 ₊ ^1+2m . O ⁺(2m,2). This group and its complex analogue of structure .Sp(2m, 2) have arisen in recent years in connection with the construction of orthogonal spreads, Kerdock sets, packings in Grassmannian spaces, quantum codes, Siegel modular forms and spherical designs. In this paper we give a simpler proof of Runge@apos;s 1996 result that the space of invariants for of degree 2k is spanned by the complete weight enumerators of the codes , where C ranges over all binary self-dual codes of length 2k; these are a basis if m k - 1. We also give new constructions for L _m and : let M be the -lattice with Gram matrix . Then L _m is the rational part of M ^m, and = Aut(M^m). Also, if C is a binary self-dual code not generated by vectors of weight 2, then is precisely the automorphism group of the complete weight enumerator of . There are analogues of all these results for the complex group , with doubly-even self-dual code instead of self-dual code.     

Characterizations of Translation Generalized Quadrangles

If x is a regular point of the generalizedquadrangle of order (s,t), s 1 t, then x defines a dual net . If contains a line L of regularpoints and if for at least one point x on Lthe automorphism group of the dual net satisfies certain transitivityproperties, then is a translation generalized quadrangle. Thisresult has many applications. We give one example. Ifs=t 1, then is a dual affine plane. Let be a generalizedquadrangle of orders,s odd and s 1, which contains a lineL of regular points. If for at least one pointx on L the plane is Desarguesian, then is isomorphic to the classical generalizedquadrangleW(s).     

Some Sets of Type (m,n) in Cubic Order Planes

A (4,9)-set of size 829 in (2,5³) is constructed, as is a (4,11)-set of size 3189 in (2,7³).     

Levi Classes Generated by Nilpotent Groups

Let be a class of all groups G for which the normal closure (x) ^G of every element x belongs to a class . is a Levi class generated by . Let and ₀ be classes of finitely generated nilpotent groups and of torsion-free, finitely generated, nilpotent groups, respectively. We prove that and , and so and . It is shown that quasivarieties and are closed under free products, and that each contains at most one maximal proper subquasivariety. It is also proved that is closed under free products if so is .     

Auxiliary Problem Principle and Proximal Point Methods

An extension of the auxiliary problem principle to variational inequalities with non-symmetric multi-valued operators in Hilbert spaces is studied. This extension concerns the case that the operator is split into the sum of a single-valued operator , possessing a kind of pseudo Dunn property, and a maximal monotone operator . The current auxiliary problem is k constructed by fixing at the previous iterate, whereas (or its single-valued approximation ^k) k is considered at a variable point. Using auxiliary operators of the form ^k+ , with _k>0, the standard for the auxiliary problem principle assumption of the strong convexity of the function h can be weakened exploiting mutual properties of and h. Convergence of the general scheme is analyzed and some applications are sketched briefly.     

On the Asymptotic Behaviour of General Partition Functions,II

Let = {a ₁, a ₂,...} be a set of positive integers and let p (n) and q (n) denote the number of partitions of n into a's, resp. distinct a's. In an earlier paper the authors studied large values of log(max (2,p (n)))/log(max(2,q (n))). In this paper the small values of the same quotient are studied.     

Minihypers and Linear Codes Meeting the Griesmer Bound: Improvements to Results of Hamada, Helleseth and Maekawa

This article improves results of Hamada, Helleseth and Maekawa on minihypers in projective spaces and linear codes meeting the Griesmer bound.In [10,12],it was shown that any -minihyper, with , where , is the disjoint union of points, lines,..., -dimensional subspaces. For q large, we improve on this result by increasing the upper bound on non-square, to non-square, square, , and (4) for square, p prime, p<3, to . In the case q non-square, the conclusion is the same as written above; the minihyper is the disjoint union of subspaces. When q is square however, the minihyper is either the disjoint union of subspaces, or the disjoint union of subspaces and one subgeometry . For the coding-theoretical problem, our results classify the corresponding codes meeting the Griesmer bound.     

A Theorem Concerning Nets Arising from Generalized Quadrangles with a Regular Point

Suppose is a generalized quadrangle (GQ) of order , with a regular point. Then there is a net which arises from this regular point. We prove that if such a net has a proper subnet with the same degree as the net, then it must be an affine plane of order t. Also, this affine plane induces a proper subquadrangle of order t containing the regular point, and we necessarily have that . This result has many applications, of which we give one example. Suppose is an elation generalized quadrangle (EGQ) of order , with elation point p. Then is called a skew translation generalized quadrangle (STGQ) with base-point p if there is a full group of symmetries about p of order t which is contained in the elation group. We show that a GQ of order s is an STGQ with base-point p if and only if p is an elation point which is regular.     

Equivariant K-Homology and Restriction to Finite Cyclic Subgroups

For a discrete group G, we prove that a G-map between proper G–CW-complexes induces an isomorphism in G-equivariant K-homology if it induces an isomorphism in C-equivariant K-homology for every finite cyclic subgroup C of G. As an application, we show that the source of the Baum–Connes assembly map, namely K _* ^G (E(G, in)), is isomorphic to K _* ^G (E(G, )), where E(G, ) denotes the classifying space for the family of finite cyclic subgroups of G. Letting be the family of virtually cyclic subgroups of G, we also establish that and related results.     

Annihilators in Normal Autometrized Algebras

The concepts of an annihilator and a relative annihilator in an autometrized l-algebra are introduced. It is shown that every relative annihilator in a normal autometrized l-algebra is an ideal of and every principal ideal of is an annihilator of . The set of all annihilators of forms a complete lattice. The concept of an I-polar is introduced for every ideal I of . The set of all I-polars is a complete lattice which becomes a two-element chain provided I is prime. The I-polars are characterized as pseudocomplements in the lattice of all ideals of containing I.     

Quasivariety Generated by Free Metabelian and 2-Nilpotent Groups

Let qG be a quasivariety generated by a group G and be a non-Abelian quasivariety of groups with a finite lattice of subquasivarieties. Suppose is contained in a quasivariety generated by the following two groups: a free 2-nilpotent group F₂( ₂) of rank 2 and a free metabelian (i.e., with an Abelian commutant) group F₂( ₂) of rank 2. It is proved that either = qF₂( ₂) or = qF₂( ₂) in this instance.__________Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 389–398, July–August, 2005.     

Primitive Rank 3 Groups on Symmetric Designs

We determine the symmetric designs which admit a group such that G has a nonabelian socle and is a primitiverank 3 group on points (and blocks).     

Incidence Structures of Type (p, n)

Every incidence structure (understood as a triple of sets (G, M, I), I G×M) admits for every positive integer p an incidence structure where G ^p (M ^p) consists of all independent p-element subsets in G (M) and I ^p is determined by some bijections. In the paper such incidence structures are investigated the 's of which have their incidence graphs of the simple join form. Some concrete illustrations are included with small sets G and M.     

Profinite and Continuous Higher K-Theory of Exact Categories, Orders, and Group Rings

Let be a rational prime, an exact category. In this article, we define and study for all , the profinite higher K-theory of , that is as well as , where is the -dimensional mod- Moore space. We study connections between and prove several -completeness results involving these and associated groups including the cases where is the category of finitely generated (resp. finitely generated projective) modules over orders in semi-simple algebras over number fields and p-adic fields. We also define and study continuous K-theory of orders in p-adic semi-simple algebras and show some connection between the profinite and continuous K-theory of .     

On nets of orderq 2 and degreeq+1 admitting GL(2,q)

In this paper we consider finite nets of orderq ² and degreeq + 1 which admit GL(2,q). Our main result says that if a net of orderq ² and degreeq + 1 admits a collineation group with a point-regular normal subgroupT such that /T GL(2,q), then is isomorphic to a regulus net, a twisted regulus net, a Hering net, or . Except in the last one, each of them corresponds to a surface in PG(3,q) obtained from a homogeneous polynomial in two variables.     

Spectral-Null Codes and Null Spaces of Hadamard Submatrices

Codes of length 2 ^m over {1, -1} are defined as null spaces of certain submatrices of Hadamard matrices. It is shown that the codewords of all have an rth order spectral null at zero frequency. Establishing the connection between and the parity-check matrix of Reed-Muller codes, the minimum distance of is obtained along with upper bounds on the redundancy of . An efficient algorithm is presented for encoding unconstrained binary sequences into .