Blow-up of regular submanifolds in Heisenberg groups and applications

We obtain a blow-up theorem for regular submanifolds in the Heisenberg group, where intrinsic dilations are used. Main consequence of this result is an explicit formula for the density of (p+1)-dimensional spherical Hausdorff measure restricted to a p-dimensional submanifold with respect to the Riemannian surface measure. We explicitly compute this formula in some simple examples and we present a lower semicontinuity result for the spherical Hausdorff measure with respect to the weak convergence of currents. Another application is the proof of an intrinsic coarea formula for vector-valued mappings on the Heisenberg group.     

Classification of Finite Factor Representations of the (2m+1)-Dimensional Heisenberg Group over a Countable Field of Finite Characteristic

For a field F that is the direct limit of an increasing chain of finite fields, we describe the Bratteli diagram, the finite complex factor representations, the Plancherel formula, and the projective modules of the corresponding Heisenberg group.     

HigherK′-groups of integral group rings

For any finite groupG, which is a split extension with a nilpotent group, we prove a splitting formula forK _q([G]). Applying it to the group of upper (3×3)-matrices over a finite field, we obtain the formula conjectured by Hambleton, Taylor and Williams.     

A simple counterexample to the Hambleton-Taylor-Williams conjecture

It is shown that the conjectured formula of Hambleton, Taylor, and Williams for theG-theory of the integral group ring of a finite group does not hold for the symmetric groupsS ₅.     

The Symmetric Genus of p-Groups

Let G be a finite group. The symmetric genus σ(G) is the minimum genus of any Riemann surface on which G acts. We show that a non-cyclic p-group G has symmetric genus not congruent to 1(mod p ³) if and only if G is in one of 10 families of groups. The genus formula for each of these 10 families of groups is determined. A consequence of this classification is that almost all positive integers that are the genus of a p-group are congruent to 1(mod p ³). Finally, the integers that occur as the symmetric genus of a p-group with Frattini-class 2 have density zero in the positive integers.     

On s-Semipermutable Maximal and Minimal Subgroups of Sylow p-Subgroups of Finite Groups

Let R be a Noetherian algebra over a field k. A formula is given for the Krull dimension of the ring R?_k k(X) in terms of the heights of simple modules with large endomorphism rings.     

Iterative character constructions for algebra groups

We construct a family of orthogonal characters of an algebra group which decompose the supercharacters defined by Diaconis and Isaacs (2008) [6]. Like supercharacters, these characters are given by nonnegative integer linear combinations of Kirillov functions and are induced from linear supercharacters of certain algebra subgroups. We derive a formula for these characters and give a condition for their irreducibility; generalizing a theorem of Otto (2010) [20], we also show that each such character has the same number of Kirillov functions and irreducible characters as constituents. In proving these results, we observe as an application how a recent computation by Evseev (2010) [7] implies that every irreducible character of the unitriangular group UTn(q) of unipotent n×n upper triangular matrices over a finite field with q elements is a Kirillov function if and only if n?12. As a further application, we discuss some more general conditions showing that Kirillov functions are characters, and describe some results related to counting the irreducible constituents of supercharacters.     

Combinatorial invariance of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials on intervals starting from the identity

We show that for Bruhat intervals starting from the identity in Coxeter groups the conjecture of Lusztig and Dyer holds, that is, the R-polynomials and the Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials defined on [e,u] only depend on the isomorphism type of [e,u]. To achieve this we use the purely poset-theoretic notion of special matching. Our approach is essentially a synthesis of the explicit formula for special matchings discovered by Brenti and the general special matching machinery developed by Du Cloux.     

Generalized Exponents and Forms

We consider generalized exponents of a finite reflection group acting on a real or complex vector space V. These integers are the degrees in which an irreducible representation of the group occurs in the coinvariant algebra. A basis for each isotypic component arises in a natural way from a basis of invariant generalized forms. We investigate twisted reflection representations (V tensor a linear character) using the theory of semi-invariant differential forms. Springer’s theory of regular numbers gives a formula when the group is generated by dim V reflections. Although our arguments are case-free, we also include explicit data and give a method (using differential operators) for computing semi-invariants and basic derivations. The data give bases for certain isotypic components of the coinvariant algebra.     

Autocommuting probability of a finite group

Let G be a finite group and Aut(G) the automorphism group of G. The autocommuting probability of G, denoted by Pr(G,Aut(G)), is the probability that a randomly chosen automorphism of G fixes a randomly chosen element of G. In this paper, we study Pr(G,Aut(G)) through a generalization. We obtain a computing formula, several bounds and characterizations of G through Pr(G,Aut(G)). We conclude the paper by showing that the generalized autocommuting probability of G remains unchanged under autoisoclinism.     

Multiplicity formulas for finite dimensional and generalized principal series representations

The article presents two results. (1) Let a be a reductive Lie algebra over ℂ and let b be a reductive subalgebra of a. The first result gives the formula for multiplicity with which a finite dimensional irreducible representation of b appears in a given finite dimensional irreducible representation of a in a general situation. This generalizes a known theorem due to Kostant in a special case. (2) LetG be a connected real semisimple Lie group andK a maximal compact subgroup ofG. The second result is a formula for multiplicity with which an irreducible representation ofK occurs in a generalized representation ofG arising not necessarily from fundamental Cartan subgroup ofG. This generalizes a result due to Enright and Wallach in a fundamental case.     

The permutation action of finite symplectic groups of odd characteristic on their standard modules

We study the space of functions on a finite-dimensional vector space over a field of odd order as a module for a symplectic group. We construct a basis of this module with the following special properties. Each submodule generated by a single basis element under the symplectic group action is spanned as a vector space by a subset of the basis and has a unique maximal submodule. From these properties, the dimension and composition factors of the submodule generated by any subset of the basis can be determined. These results apply to incidence geometry of the symplectic polar space, yielding the symplectic analogue of Hamada's additive formula for the p-ranks of the incidence matrices between points and flats. A special case leads to a closed formula for the p-rank of the incidence matrix between the points and lines of the symplectic generalized quadrangle over a field of odd order. Together with earlier results on the 2-ranks, this result completes the determination of the p-ranks for these quadrangles.     

On a minimal set of generators for the invariants of 3 × 3 matrices

Let K be a field of characteristic p > 0, let L be a restricted Lie algebra and let R be an associative K-algebra. It is shown that the various constructions in the literature of crossed product of R with u(L) are equivalent. We calculate explicit formulae relating the parameters involved and obtain a formula which hints at a noncommutative version of the Bell polynomials.     

The mean curvature of the influence surface of wave equation with sources on a moving surface

The mean curvature of the influence surface of the space–time point ( x , t) appears in linear supersonic propeller noise theory and in the Kirchhoff formula for a supersonic surface. Both these problems are governed by the linear wave equation with sources on a moving surface. The influence surface is also called the Σ‐surface in the aeroacoustic literature. This surface is the locus, in a frame fixed to the quiescent medium, of all the points of a radiating surface f( x , t)=0 whose acoustic signals arrive simultaneously to an observer at position x and at the time t. Mathematically, the Σ‐surface is produced by the intersection of the characteristic conoid of the space–time point ( x , t) and the moving surface. In this paper, we derive the expression for the local mean curvature of the Σ‐surface of the space–time point ( x , t) for a moving rigid or deformable surface f( x , t)=0. This expression is a complicated function of the geometric and kinematic parameters of the surface f( x , t)=0. Using the results of this paper, the solution of the governing wave equation of high‐speed propeller noise radiation as well as the Kirchhoff formula for a supersonic surface can be written as very compact analytic expressions. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

分组化验模型的优化研究

本文研究了血液的分组化验模型.利用概率和微分学基本理论证明了当血样呈阳性的概率在某一确定范围时,分组化验存在最佳分组方案,针对给定的血样阳性概率给出了最佳分组k值的确定方法,得出了分组化验最佳分组k值计算公式.     

The Bass-Heller-Swan formula for the equivariant topological Whitehead group

In the first part of this paper, a geometric definition of theK-theory equivariant nilpotent groups is given. For a finite groupG, the Nil-groups are defined as functors from the category ofG-spaces andG-homotopy classes ofG-maps to Abelian groups. In the nonequivariant case, these groups are isomorphic to the classical algebraic Nil-groups.In the second part, the Bass-Heller-Swan formula is proved for the equivariant topological Whitehead group. The main result of this work is that ifX is a compactG-ANR andG acts trivially onS ¹, then

Stability properties of Cauchy's surface area formula

Cauchy's surface area formula expresses the surface area of ad-dimensional convex body in terms of the mean value of the volume of its orthogonal projections onto (d–1)-dimensional linear subspaces. We consider here averages of the same kind as those in Cauchy's formula but with respect to some direction dependent density function and investigate the stability problem whether the density must be close to 1 if the formula produces approximately the correct surface area. It will be shown that this relationship between surface area and density is, in general, unstable; but if the density function satisfies suitable regularity conditions, then explicit stability estimates can be obtained.Dedicated to Professor Leopold Vietoris on the occasion of his one hundredth birthdaySupported by National Science Foundation Research Grant DMS 8922399.     

Embedding right-angled Artin groups into graph braid groups

We construct an embedding of any right-angled Artin group G(Δ) defined by a graph Δ into a graph braid group. The number of strands required for the braid group is equal to the chromatic number of Δ. This construction yields an example of a hyperbolic surface subgroup embedded in a two strand planar graph braid group.