Parallelisms of $${{\rm PG}(3, {\mathbb R})}$$ composed of non-regular spreads

Any continuous strictly monotonic function \({F : {{\mathbb R}^{{\geq}0} \to {\mathbb R}}}\) with F(0) = 0 and F(t) → ∞ for t → ∞ gives rise to a topological rotational spread of \({{\rm PG}\,(3,{\mathbb R})}\); this spread is non-regular, if F is not linear. The action of the group \({SO_3({\mathbb R})}\) on this spread yields a topological parallelism of \({{\rm PG}\,(3,{\mathbb R})}\). The article also contains a short investigation on rotational spreads. Moreover, we construct a parallelism P ₇₂ of \({{\rm PG}\,(3,{\mathbb R})}\) which is composed of piecewise regular spreads each consisting of two segments which are tacked together along a common regulus. Using Klein’s correspondence of line geometry and the Thas–Walker construction we represent every parallel class of P ₇₂ via two parallel half-lines being non-interior to a given sphere in \({{\mathbb R}^3}\). The parallelism P ₇₂ contains exactly one regular spread, all other members of P ₇₂ are piecewise regular spreads with two segments. However, P ₇₂ is not topological.     

Spectral analysis on {{\rm SL}(2, \mathbb{R})}

Let G be the group ${{\rm SL}(2, \mathbb{R})}$ . For this group we prove a version of Schwartz’s theorem on spectral analysis for the group G. We find the sharp range of Lebesgue spaces L ^p (G) for which a smooth function is not mean periodic unless it is a cusp form. Failure of the Schwartz-like theorem is also proved when C ^∞(G) is replaced by L ^p (G) with suitable p. We show that the last result is linked with the failure of the Wiener-tauberian theorem for G.     

Einstein-Weyl Gravity from a Topological {{\rm SL}(5, \mathbb{R})} Gauge Invariant Action

A topological field theory of gravity in four-dimension is proposed which is finite after quantization. Since such ‘minimal’ BF type models for the high energy limit are physically not quite realistic, a tiny symmetry breaking is needed to recover standard Einsteinian gravity for the macroscopic metrical background.     

The $${{\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{C})}$$ McKay correspondence

In this paper we show that for any affine complete rational surface singularity the quiver of the reconstruction algebra can be determined combinatorially from the dual graph of the minimal resolution. As a consequence the derived category of the minimal resolution is equivalent to the derived category of an algebra whose quiver is determined by the dual graph. Also, for any finite subgroup G of GL(2,\mathbbC){{\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{C})}, it means that the endomorphism ring of the special CM \mathbbC{\mathbb{C}} [[x, y]] ^G -modules can be used to build the dual graph of the minimal resolution of \mathbbC²/G{\mathbb{C}^{2}/G}, extending McKay’s observation (McKay, Proc Symp Pure Math, 37:183–186, 1980) for finite subgroups of SL(2,\mathbbC){{\rm SL}(2,\mathbb{C})} to all finite subgroups of GL(2,\mathbbC){{\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{C})}.     

Complete bounded null curves immersed in {\mathbb {C}^3} and {\rm {SL}(2,\mathbb {C})}

We construct a simply connected complete bounded mean curvature one surface in the hyperbolic 3-space ${\mathcal {H}^3}$ . Such a surface in ${\mathcal {H}^3}$ can be lifted as a complete bounded null curve in ${\rm {SL}(2,\mathbb {C})}$ . Using a transformation between null curves in ${\mathbb {C}^3}$ and null curves in ${\rm {SL}(2,\mathbb {C})}$ , we are able to produce the first examples of complete bounded null curves in ${\mathbb {C}^3}$ . As an application, we can show the existence of a complete bounded minimal surface in ${\mathbb {R}^3}$ whose conjugate minimal surface is also bounded. Moreover, we can show the existence of a complete bounded immersed complex submanifold in ${\mathbb {C}^2}$ .     

Automorphisms of {{\rm M_{n}}(\mathbb{D})}, Partially Ordered by Rank Subtractivity Ordering

Let \({\mathbb{D}}\) be an arbitrary division ring and \({{\rm M_{n}}(\mathbb{D})}\) be the set of all n × n matrices over \({\mathbb{D}}\) . We define the rank subtractivity or minus partial order on \({{\rm M_{n}}(\mathbb{D})}\) as defined on \({{\rm M_{n}}(\mathbb{C})}\) , i.e., \({A \leqslant B}\) iff rank(B) = rank(A) + rank(B?A). We describe the structure of maps Φ on \({{\rm M_{n}}(\mathbb{D})}\) such that \({A\leqslant B}\) iff \({\Phi(A)\leqslant \Phi(B) (A, B\in {\rm M_{n}}(\mathbb{D}) )}\) .     

On commutators and hyperbolic groups in {PSL(2, \mathbb{R})}

A completion of Alan Beardon’s results on commutators and hyperbolic groups in \({PSL (2, \mathbb{R}})\) is given. It is proved geometrically that given \({g, h \in PSL(2,\mathbb{R})}\) , two transformations that do not share fixed points, the commutator is always hyperbolic, unless a constant (depending on the translation lengths and the angle of intersection of the axes) is smaller than or equal to one (Theorem 3.3). This result allows to show that the inequality proved by Beardon $${\sinh \frac 12 \rho (x, g(x)) \sinh \frac 1 2\rho (x,h(x))\geq 1,}$$ is indeed strict, where g, h generate a non elementary purely hyperbolic group (Theorem 4.2).     

A Hierarchy of Chains Embeddable into the Lexicographic Power \boldsymbol{({\mathbb{R}}^\omega,\prec_{\rm lex})}

A hierarchy of chains is a transfinite sequence of linear orderings such that each chain in the sequence order-embeds into all chains following it but not in those preceding it. We construct a c ^?+?-long hierarchy of chains that order-embed into the lexicographic power $({\mathbb{R}}^\omega,\prec_{\rm lex})$ . Each linear ordering L in this hierarchy is such that there exists a tree representation of L, which is an ?-branching tree with no infinite branches. The existence of such a hierarchy sheds some light on the hidden complexity of $({\mathbb{R}}^\omega,\prec_{\rm lex})$ .     

New complete embedded minimal surfaces in $${{\mathbb {H} ^2\times \mathbb {R}}}$$

We construct three kinds of complete embedded minimal surfaces in \({\mathbb {H}^2\times \mathbb {R}}\) . The first is a simply connected, singly periodic, infinite total curvature surface. The second is an annular finite total curvature surface. These two are conjugate surfaces just as the helicoid and the catenoid are in \({\mathbb {R}^3}\) . The third one is a finite total curvature surface which is conformal to \({\mathbb {S}^2\setminus\{p_1,\ldots,p_k\}, k\geq3.}\)     

Boundedness of Singular Integrals on Multiparameter Weighted Hardy Spaces \text{{\textit{H}}}^\text{{\textit{p}}}_{\text{{\textit{w}}}}\ (\mathbb{R}^{\text{{\textit{n}}}}\times \mathbb{R}^{\text{{\textit{m}}}})

We apply the discrete version of Calderón??s identity and Littlewood?CPaley?CStein theory with weights to derive the $(H^p_w, H^p_w)$ and $(H^p_w, L^p_w) (0<p\le 1)$ boundedness for multiparameter singular integral operators. It turns out that even in the one-parameter case, our results substantially improve the known ones in the literature where w????A ₁ was needed. Our results in the multiparameter setting can be regarded as a natural extension of $L^p_w$ boundedness for p?>?1 for w????A _p to the case of weighted Hardy spaces $H^p_w$ for p????1, but under a weaker assumption that w belongs to the class of product A _???? weights with respect to rectangles in product spaces.     

New Regular Parallelisms of PG(3, 5)

We construct all regular parallelisms of with automorphisms of order 3. Their number is 8. The two cyclic parallelisms found by Prince are among them. The other six ones are the first examples of noncyclic regular parallelisms and the first examples of regular parallelisms that do not belong to the infinite families of Penttila and Williams.     

Hausdorff measures of subgroups of \mathbb{R }/\mathbb{Z } and \mathbb{R }

For a sequence $\underline{u}=(u_n)_{n\in \mathbb{N }}$ of integers, let $t_{\underline{u}}(\mathbb{T })$ be the group of all topologically $\underline{u}$ -torsion elements of the circle group $\mathbb{T }:=\mathbb{R }/\mathbb{Z }$ . We show that for any $s\in ]0,1[$ and $m\in \{0,+\infty \}$ there exists $\underline{u}$ such that $t_{\underline{u}}(\mathbb{T })$ has Hausdorff dimension $s$ and $s$ -dimensional Hausdorff measure equal to $m$ (no other values for $m$ are possible). More generally, for dimension functions $f,g$ with $f(t)\prec g(t), f(t)\prec \!\!\!\prec t$ and $g(t)\prec \!\!\!\prec t$ we find $\underline{u}$ such that $t_{\underline{u}}(\mathbb{T })$ has at the same time infinite $f$ -measure and null $g$ -measure.     

Heat Flow and Perimeter in \boldsymbol{{\mathbb{R}}^m}

Let Ω be an open set in Euclidean space ? ^m with finite perimeter ${\mathcal{P}}(\Omega),$ and with m-dimensional Lebesgue measure |Ω|. It was shown by M. Preunkert that if T(t) is the heat semigroup on L ²(? ^m ) then $H_{\Omega}(t):=\int_{\Omega}T(t)\textbf{1}_{\Omega}(x)dx=|\Omega|-\pi^{-1/2}{\mathcal{P}}(\Omega)t^{1/2}+o(t^{1/2}), \ t\downarrow 0$ . H _Ω(t) represents the amount of heat in Ω if Ω is at initial temperature 1 and if ? ^m ???Ω is at initial temperature 0. In this paper we will compare the quantitative behaviour of H _Ω(t) with the usual heat content Q _Ω(t) associated to the Dirichlet heat semigroup on Ω. We analyse the heat content for horn-shaped open sets of the form Ω(α, Σ)?=?{(x, x′)?∈?? ^m : x′?∈?(1?+?x)^???α Σ, x?>?0}, where α?>?0, and where Σ is an open set in ? ^m???1 with finite perimeter in ? ^m???1, which is star-shaped with respect to 0. For m?≥?3 we find that there are four regimes with very different behaviour depending on α, and a further two limiting cases where logarithmic corrections appear.     

Simplicial volume of locally symmetric spaces covered by $${\rm SL}_{3}{\mathbb{R}}/{\rm SO}(3)$$

We give the first complete proof of the strict positivity of the simplicial volume of compact locally symmetric spaces covered by and show why the proof in [Savage RP, Trans Amer Math Soc 274(1):239–263, 1982] is incorrect.      

Multiplicity one theorem for ({\rm GL}_{n+1}({\mathbb{R}}), {\rm GL} _ {n} ({ \mathbb{R}}))

Let F be either or . Consider the standard embedding and the action of GL_n(F) on GL_n+1(F) by conjugation. We show that any GL_n(F)-invariant distribution on GL_n+1(F) is invariant with respect to transposition. We prove that this implies that for any irreducible admissible smooth Fréchet representations π of GL_n+1(F) and of GL_n(F),