Real Hypersurfaces in Complex Two-plane Grassmannians with {\mathfrak{D}^{\bot}}-Parallel Shape Operator

In this paper we consider a new notion of ${\mathfrak{D}^{\bot}}$ -parallel shape operator for real hypersurfaces in complex two-plane Grassmannians ${G_2(\mathbb{C}^{m+2})}$ and give a non-existence theorem for a Hopf hypersurface in ${G_2(\mathbb{C}^{m+2})}$ with ${\mathfrak{D}^{\bot}}$ -parallel shape operator.     

A Construction of Generalized Harish-Chandra Modules for Locally Reductive Lie Algebras

We study cohomological induction for a pair $ {\left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{k}} \right)} $ , $ \mathfrak{g} $ being an infinitedimensional locally reductive Lie algebra and $ \mathfrak{k} \subset \mathfrak{g} $ being of the form $ \mathfrak{k}_{0} \subset C_{\mathfrak{g}} {\left( {\mathfrak{k}_{0} } \right)} $ , where $ \mathfrak{k}_{0} \subset \mathfrak{g} $ is a finite-dimensional reductive in $ \mathfrak{g} $ subalgebra and $ C_{\mathfrak{g}} {\left( {\mathfrak{k}_{0} } \right)} $ is the centralizer of $ \mathfrak{k}_{0} $ in $ \mathfrak{g} $ . We prove a general nonvanishing and $ \mathfrak{k} $ -finiteness theorem for the output. This yields, in particular, simple $ {\left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{k}} \right)} $ -modules of finite type over k which are analogs of the fundamental series of generalized Harish-Chandra modules constructed in [PZ1] and [PZ2]. We study explicit versions of the construction when $ \mathfrak{g} $ is a root-reductive or diagonal locally simple Lie algebra.     

Semi-parallelism of normal Jacobi operator for Hopf hypersurfaces in complex two-plane Grassmannians

It is proved the non-existence of Hopf hypersurfaces in $G_{2}({\mathbb{C }}^{m+2}), m\ge 3$ , whose normal Jacobi operator is semi-parallel, if the principal curvature of the Reeb vector field is non-vanishing and the component of the Reeb vector field in the maximal quaternionic subbundle $\mathfrak{D }$ or its orthogonal complement $\mathfrak{D } ^{\bot }$ is invariant by the shape operator.     

On Deformations of Lie Algebroids

For any Lie algebroid A, its 1-jet bundle ${\mathfrak{J} A}$ is a Lie algebroid naturally and there is a representation ${\pi:\mathfrak{J} A\longrightarrow\mathfrak{D} A}$ . Denote by ${{\rm d}_{\mathfrak{J}}}$ the corresponding coboundary operator. In this paper, we realize the deformation cohomology of a Lie algebroid A introduced by M. Crainic and I. Moerdijk as the cohomology of a subcomplex ${(\Gamma({\rm Hom}(\wedge^\bullet\mathfrak{J} A,A)_{{\mathfrak{D}} A}),{\rm d}_{\mathfrak{J}})}$ of the cochain complex ${(\Gamma({\rm Hom}(\wedge^\bullet\mathfrak{J} A, A)),{\rm d}_\mathfrak{J})}$ .     

Irregular and Singular Loci of Commuting Varieties

Let $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ be the commuting variety of the Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g} $ of a connected noncommutative reductive algebraic group G over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} $ be the singular locus of $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ and let $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} $ be the locus of points whose G-stabilizers have dimension > rk G. We prove that: (a) $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} $ is a nonempty subset of $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} $ ; (b) $ {\text{codim}}_{{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}} \,{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} = 5 - {\text{max}}\,l{\left( \mathfrak{a} \right)} $ where the maximum is taken over all simple ideals $ \mathfrak{a} $ of $ \mathfrak{g} $ and $ l{\left( \mathfrak{a} \right)} $ is the “lacety” of $ \mathfrak{a} $ ; and (c) if $ \mathfrak{t} $ is a Cartan subalgebra of $ \mathfrak{g} $ and $ \alpha \in \mathfrak{t}^{*} $ root of $ \mathfrak{g} $ with respect to $ \mathfrak{t} $ , then $ \overline{{G{\left( {{\text{Ker}}\,\alpha \times {\text{Ker }}\alpha } \right)}}} $ is an irreducible component of $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} $ of codimension 4 in $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ . This yields the bound $ {\text{codim}}_{{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}} \,{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} \geqslant 5 - {\text{max}}\,l{\left( \mathfrak{a} \right)} $ and, in particular, $ {\text{codim}}_{{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}} \,{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} \geqslant 2 $ . The latter may be regarded as an evidence in favor of the known longstanding conjecture that $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ is always normal. We also prove that the algebraic variety $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ is rational.     

Nikodym Maximal Functions Associated with Variable Planes in {\mathbb{R}^{3}}

Given a vector field ${\mathfrak{a}}$ on ${\mathbb{R}^3}$ , we consider a mapping ${x\mapsto \Pi_{\mathfrak{a}}(x)}$ that assigns to each ${x\in\mathbb{R}^3}$ , a plane ${\Pi_{\mathfrak{a}}(x)}$ containing x, whose normal vector is ${\mathfrak{a}(x)}$ . Associated with this mapping, we define a maximal operator ${\mathcal{M}^{\mathfrak{a}}_N}$ on ${L^1_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^3)}$ for each ${N\gg 1}$ by $$\mathcal{M}^{\mathfrak{a}}_Nf(x)=\sup_{x\in\tau} \frac{1}{|\tau|} \int_{\tau}|f(y)|\,dy$$ where the supremum is taken over all 1/N ×? 1/N?× 1 tubes τ whose axis is embedded in the plane ${\Pi_\mathfrak{a}(x)}$ . We study the behavior of ${\mathcal{M}^{\mathfrak{a}}_N}$ according to various vector fields ${\mathfrak{a}}$ . In particular, we classify the operator norms of ${\mathcal{M}^{\mathfrak{a}}_N}$ on ${L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)}$ when ${\mathfrak{a}(x)}$ is the linear function of the form (a ₁₁ x ₁?+?a ₂₁ x ₂, a ₁₂ x ₁?+?a ₂₂ x ₂, 1). The operator norm of ${\mathcal{M}^\mathfrak{a}_N}$ on ${L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)}$ is related with the number given by $$D=(a_{12}+a_{21})^2-4a_{11}a_{22}.$$      

On uniformly bounded spherical functions in Hilbert space

Let G be a commutative group, written additively, with a neutral element 0, and let K be a finite group. Suppose that K acts on G via group automorphisms ${G \ni a \mapsto ka \in G}$ , ${k \in K}$ . Let ${{\mathfrak{H}}}$ be a complex Hilbert space and let ${{\mathcal L}({\mathfrak{H}})}$ be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on ${{\mathfrak{H}}}$ . A mapping ${u \colon G \to {\mathcal L}({\mathfrak{H}})}$ is termed a K-spherical function if it satisfies (1) ${|K|^{-1} \sum_{k\in K} u (a+kb)=u (a) u (b)}$ for any ${a,b\in G}$ , where |K| denotes the cardinality of K, and (2) ${u (0) = {\rm id}_{\mathfrak {H}},}$ where ${{\rm id}_{\mathfrak {H}}}$ designates the identity operator on ${{\mathfrak{H}}}$ . The main result of the paper is that for each K-spherical function ${u \colon G \to {\mathcal {L}}({\mathfrak {H}})}$ such that ${\| u \|_{\infty} = \sup_{a\in G} \| u (a)\|_{{\mathcal L}({\mathfrak{H}})} < \infty,}$ there is an invertible operator S in ${{\mathcal L}({\mathfrak{H}})}$ with ${\| S \| \, \| S^{-1}\| \leq |K| \, \| u \|_{\infty}^2}$ such that the K-spherical function ${{\tilde{u}} \colon G \to {\mathcal L}({\mathfrak{H}})}$ defined by ${{\tilde{u}}(a) = S u (a) S^{-1},\,a \in G,}$ satisfies ${{\tilde{u}}(-a) = {\tilde{u}}(a)^*}$ for each ${a \in G}$ . It is shown that this last condition is equivalent to insisting that ${{\tilde{u}}(a)}$ be normal for each ${a \in G}$ .     

Categories of bounded \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{{\mathrm{S}}^2}V \oplus {{\mathrm{S}}^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) - and \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{\varLambda^2}V \oplus {\varLambda^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) -modules

Let $ \mathfrak{g} $ be a reductive Lie algebra over $ \mathbb{C} $ and $ \mathfrak{k} \subset \mathfrak{g} $ be a reductive in $ \mathfrak{g} $ subalgebra. We call a $ \mathfrak{g} $ -module M a $ \left( {\mathfrak{g}{\hbox{,}}\;\mathfrak{k}} \right) $ -module whenever M is a direct sum of finite-dimensional $ \mathfrak{k} $ -modules. We call a $ \left( {\mathfrak{g}{\hbox{,}}\;\mathfrak{k}} \right) $ -module M bounded if there exists $ {C_M} \in {\mathbb{Z}_{{ \geqslant 0}}} $ such that for any simple finite-dimensional $ \mathfrak{k} $ -module E the dimension of the E-isotypic component is not greater than C _M dim E. Bounded $ \left( {\mathfrak{g}{\hbox{,}}\;\mathfrak{k}} \right) $ -modules form a subcategory of the category of $ \mathfrak{g} $ -modules. Let V be a finite-dimensional vector space. We prove that the categories of bounded $ \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{{\mathrm{S}}^2}V \oplus {{\mathrm{S}}^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) $ - and $ \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{\varLambda^2}V \oplus {\varLambda^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) $ -modules are isomorphic to the direct sum of countably many copies of the category of representations of some explicitly described quiver with relations under some mild assumptions on the dimension of V .     

A commutant realization of Odake’s algebra

The bcβγ-system $ \mathcal{W} $ of rank 3 has an action of the affine vertex algebra $ {V_0}\left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right) $ , and the commutant vertex algebra $ \mathcal{C}=\mathrm{Com}\left( {{V_0}\left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right),\mathcal{W}} \right) $ contains copies of V _?3/2 $ \left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right) $ and Odake’s algebra $ \mathcal{O} $ . Odake’s algebra is an extension of the N = 2 super-conformal algebra with c = 9, and is generated by eight fields which close nonlinearly under operator product expansions. Our main result is that V _?3/2 $ \left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right) $ and $ \mathcal{O} $ form a Howe pair (i.e., a pair of mutual commutants) inside $ \mathcal{C} $ . More generally, any finite-dimensional representation of a Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g} $ gives rise to a similar Howe pair, and this example corresponds to the adjoint representation of $ \mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2} $ .     

Restrictions of generalized Verma modules to symmetric pairs

We initiate a new line of investigation on branching problems for generalized Verma modules with respect to reductive symmetric pairs $ \left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{g}'} \right) $ . In general, Verma modules may not contain any simple module when restricted to a reductive subalgebra. In this article we give a necessary and sufficient condition on the triple $ \left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{g}',\mathfrak{p}} \right) $ such that the restriction $ {\left. X \right|_{\mathfrak{g}'}} $ always contains simple $ \mathfrak{g}' $ -modules for any $ \mathfrak{g} $ -module X lying in the parabolic BGG category $ {\mathcal{O}^\mathfrak{p}} $ attached to a parabolic subalgebra $ \mathfrak{p} $ of $ \mathfrak{g} $ . Formulas are derived for the Gelfand?CKirillov dimension of any simple module occurring in a simple generalized Verma module. We then prove that the restriction $ {\left. X \right|_{\mathfrak{g}'}} $ is generically multiplicity-free for any $ \mathfrak{p} $ and any $ X \in {\mathcal{O}^\mathfrak{p}} $ if and only if $ \left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{g}'} \right) $ is isomorphic to (A _n , A _n-1), (B _n , D _n ), or (D _n+1, B _n ). Explicit branching laws are also presented.     

Conditional Reducibility of Certain Unbounded Nonnegative Hamiltonian Operator Functions

Let J and ${{\mathfrak{J}}}$ be operators on a Hilbert space ${{\mathcal{H}}}$ which are both self-adjoint and unitary and satisfy ${J{\mathfrak{J}}=-{\mathfrak{J}}J}$ . We consider an operator function ${{\mathfrak{A}}}$ on [0, 1] of the form ${{\mathfrak{A}}(t)={\mathfrak{S}}+{\mathfrak{B}}(t)}$ , ${t \in [0, 1]}$ , where ${\mathfrak{S}}$ is a closed densely defined Hamiltonian ( ${={\mathfrak{J}}}$ -skew-self-adjoint) operator on ${{\mathcal{H}}}$ with ${i {\mathbb{R}} \subset \rho ({\mathfrak{S}})}$ and ${{\mathfrak{B}}}$ is a function on [0, 1] whose values are bounded operators on ${{\mathcal{H}}}$ and which is continuous in the uniform operator topology. We assume that for each ${t \in [0,1] \,{\mathfrak{A}}(t)}$ is a closed densely defined nonnegative (=J-accretive) Hamiltonian operator with ${i {\mathbb{R}} \subset \rho({\mathfrak{A}}(t))}$ . In this paper we give sufficient conditions on ${{\mathfrak{S}}}$ under which ${{\mathfrak{A}}}$ is conditionally reducible, which means that, with respect to a natural decomposition of ${{\mathcal{H}}}$ , ${{\mathfrak{A}}}$ is diagonalizable in a 2×2 block operator matrix function such that the spectra of the two operator functions on the diagonal are contained in the right and left open half planes of the complex plane. The sufficient conditions involve bounds on the resolvent of ${{\mathfrak{S}}}$ and interpolation of Hilbert spaces.     

Extending structures for Lie algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g }$ be a Lie algebra, $E$ a vector space containing $\mathfrak{g }$ as a subspace. The paper is devoted to the extending structures problem which asks for the classification of all Lie algebra structures on $E$ such that $\mathfrak{g }$ is a Lie subalgebra of $E$ . A general product, called the unified product, is introduced as a tool for our approach. Let $V$ be a complement of $\mathfrak{g }$ in $E$ : the unified product $\mathfrak{g } \,\natural \, V$ is associated to a system $(\triangleleft , \, \triangleright , \, f, \{-, \, -\})$ consisting of two actions $\triangleleft $ and $\triangleright $ , a generalized cocycle $f$ and a twisted Jacobi bracket $\{-, \, -\}$ on $V$ . There exists a Lie algebra structure $[-,-]$ on $E$ containing $\mathfrak{g }$ as a Lie subalgebra if and only if there exists an isomorphism of Lie algebras $(E, [-,-]) \cong \mathfrak{g } \,\natural \, V$ . All such Lie algebra structures on $E$ are classified by two cohomological type objects which are explicitly constructed. The first one $\mathcal{H }^{2}_{\mathfrak{g }} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ will classify all Lie algebra structures on $E$ up to an isomorphism that stabilizes $\mathfrak{g }$ while the second object $\mathcal{H }^{2} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ provides the classification from the view point of the extension problem. Several examples that compute both classifying objects $\mathcal{H }^{2}_{\mathfrak{g }} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ and $\mathcal{H }^{2} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ are worked out in detail in the case of flag extending structures.     

The geometric meaning of Zhelobenko operators

Let $ \mathfrak{g} $ be the complex semisimple Lie algebra associated to a complex semisimple algebraic group G, $ \mathfrak{b} $ a Borel subalgebra of $ \mathfrak{g} $ , $ \mathfrak{h}\subset \mathfrak{b} $ the Cartan sublagebra, and N ? G the unipotent subgroup corresponding to the nilradical $ \mathfrak{n}\subset \mathfrak{b} $ . We show that the explicit formula for the extremal projection operator for $ \mathfrak{g} $ obtained by Asherova, Smirnov, and Tolstoy and similar formulas for Zhelobenko operators are related to the existence of a birational equivalence $ N\times \mathfrak{h}\to \mathfrak{b} $ given by the restriction of the adjoint action. Simple geometric proofs of formulas for the “classical” counterparts of the extremal projection operator and of Zhelobenko operators are also obtained.     

Lattice-theoretic characterizations of the group classes {\mathfrak{N}^{k-1}\mathfrak{A}} and {\mathfrak{N}^k} for k?�� 2

Let ${2\leq k\in \mathbb{N}}$ . Recently, Costantini and Zacher obtained a lattice-theoretic characterization of the classes ${\mathfrak{N}^k}$ of finite soluble groups with nilpotent length at most k. It is the aim of this paper to give a lattice-theoretic characterization of the classes ${\mathfrak{N}^{k-1}\mathfrak{A}}$ of finite groups with commutator subgroup in ${\mathfrak{N}^{k-1}}$ ; in addition, our method also yields a new characterization of the classes ${\mathfrak{N}^k}$ . The main idea of our approach is to use two well-known theorems of Gaschütz on the Frattini and Fitting subgroups of finite groups.     

An abstract setting for hamiltonian actions

In this paper we develop an abstract setup for hamiltonian group actions as follows: Starting with a continuous 2-cochain ω on a Lie algebra ${\mathfrak h}$ with values in an ${\mathfrak h}$ -module V, we associate subalgebras ${\mathfrak {sp}(\mathfrak h,\omega) \supseteq \mathfrak {ham}(\mathfrak h,\omega)}$ of symplectic, resp., hamiltonian elements. Then ${\mathfrak {ham}(\mathfrak h,\omega)}$ has a natural central extension which in turn is contained in a larger abelian extension of ${\mathfrak {sp}(\mathfrak h,\omega)}$ . In this setting, we study linear actions of a Lie group G on V which are compatible with a homomorphism ${\mathfrak g \to \mathfrak {ham}(\mathfrak h,\omega)}$ , i.e., abstract hamiltonian actions, corresponding central and abelian extensions of G and momentum maps ${J : \mathfrak g \to V}$ .     

On {\mathbb{F}_q} -Rational Structure of Nilpotent Orbits in the Witt Algebra

Let ${\mathfrak{g}=W_1}$ be the p-dimensional Witt algebra over an algebraically closed field ${k=\overline{\mathbb{F}}_q}$ , where p > 3 is a prime and q is a power of p. Let G be the automorphism group of ${\mathfrak{g}}$ . The Frobenius morphism F _G (resp. ${F_\mathfrak{g}}$ ) can be defined naturally on G (resp. ${\mathfrak{g}}$ ). In this paper, we determine the ${F_\mathfrak{g}}$ -stable G-orbits in ${\mathfrak{g}}$ . Furthermore, the number of ${\mathbb{F}_q}$ -rational points in each ${F_\mathfrak{g}}$ -stable orbit is precisely given. Consequently, we obtain the number of ${\mathbb{F}_q}$ -rational points in the nilpotent variety.     

Algebras of Convolution Type Operators with Piecewise Slowly Oscillating Data. I: Local and Structural Study

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 ( ${a \in PSO^{\diamond}}$ ) and all convolution operators W ⁰(b) ( ${b \in PSO_{p,w}^{\diamond}}$ ), where ${PSO^{\diamond} \subset L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R})}$ and ${PSO_{p,w}^{\diamond} \subset M_{p,w}}$ 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 ${L^{p}(\mathbb{R}, w)}$ . Under some conditions on the Muckenhoupt weight w, we construct a Fredholm symbol calculus for the Banach algebra ${\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}$ and establish a Fredholm criterion for the operators ${A \in \mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}$ in terms of their Fredholm symbols. To study the Banach algebra ${\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}$ we apply the theory of Mellin pseudodifferential operators, the Allan–Douglas local principle, the two idempotents theorem and the method of limit operators. The paper is divided in two parts. The first part deals with the local study of ${\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}$ and necessary tools for studying local algebras.     

Eta Cocycles, Relative Pairings and the Godbillon–Vey Index Theorem

We prove a Godbillon?CVey index formula for longitudinal Dirac operators on a foliated bundle with boundary ${(X,\mathcal{F})}$ ; in particular, we define a Godbillon?CVey eta invariant on ${(\partial X,\mathcal{F}_{\partial}),}$ that is, a secondary invariant for longitudinal Dirac operators on type III foliations. Moreover, employing the Godbillon?CVey index as a pivotal example, we explain a new approach to higher index theory on geometric structures with boundary. This is heavily based on the interplay between the absolute and relative pairings of K-theory and cyclic cohomology for an exact sequence of Banach algebras, which in the present context takes the form ${0 \to \mathbf{\mathfrak{J}} \to \mathbf{\mathfrak{A}} \to \mathbf{\mathfrak{B}} \to 0}$ with ${ \mathbf{\mathfrak{J}}}$ dense and holomorphically closed in ${C^* (X,\mathcal{F})}$ and ${ \mathbf{\mathfrak{B}}}$ depending only on boundary data. Of particular importance is the definition of a relative cyclic cocycle ${(\tau_{GV}^r,\sigma_{GV})}$ for the pair ${\mathbf{\mathfrak{A}} \to \mathbf{\mathfrak{B}}}$ ; ${\tau_{GV}^r}$ is a cyclic cochain on ${\mathbf{\mathfrak{A}}}$ defined through a regularization à la Melrose of the usual Godbillon?CVey cyclic cocycle ?? _GV ; ?? _GV is a cyclic cocycle on ${\mathbf{\mathfrak{B}}}$ , obtained through a suspension procedure involving ?? _GV and a specific 1-cyclic cocycle (Roe??s 1-cocycle). We call ?? _GV the eta cocycle associated to ?? _GV . The Atiyah?CPatodi?CSinger formula is obtained by defining a relative index class ${{\rm Ind} (D,D^\partial) \in K_* (\mathbf{\mathfrak{A}}, \mathbf{\mathfrak{B}})}$ and establishing the equality ${\langle {\rm Ind} (D), [\tau_{GV}] \rangle\,=\,\langle {\rm Ind} (D,D^\partial), [(\tau^r_{GV}, \sigma_{GV})] \rangle}$ . The Godbillon?CVey eta invariant ?? _GV is obtained through the eta cocycle ?? _GV .     

Height of a Superposition

We observe that, given a poset ${\left( {E,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}} \right)}$ and a finite covering ${\user1{\mathcal{R}}} = {\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{1} \cup \cdots \cup {\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{n} $ of its ordering, the height of the poset does not exceed the natural product of the heights of the corresponding sub-relations: $$\mathfrak{h}{\left( {E,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}} \right)} \leqslant \mathfrak{h}{\left( {E,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{1} } \right)} \otimes \cdots \otimes \mathfrak{h}{\left( {E,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{n} } \right)}.$$ Conversely for every finite sequence $(\xi_1,\cdots,\xi_n)$ of ordinals, every poset ${\left( {E,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}} \right)}$ of height at most $\xi_1\otimes\cdots\otimes\xi_n$ admits a partition ${\left( {{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{1} , \cdots ,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{n} } \right)}$ of its ordering ${\user1{\mathcal{R}}}$ such that each ${\left( {E,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{k} } \right)}$ has height at most $\xi_k$ . In particular for every finite sequence $(\xi_1,\cdots,\xi_n)$ of ordinals, the ordinal $$\xi _{1} \underline{ \otimes } \cdots \underline{ \otimes } \xi _{n} : = \sup {\left\{ {{\left( {\xi ^{\prime }_{1} \otimes \cdots \otimes \xi ^{\prime }_{n} } \right)} + 1:\xi ^{\prime }_{1} < \xi _{1} , \cdots ,\xi ^{\prime }_{n} < \xi _{n} } \right\}}$$ is the least $\xi$ for which the following partition relation holds $$\mathfrak{H}_{\xi } \to {\left( {\mathfrak{H}_{{\xi _{1} }} , \cdots ,\mathfrak{H}_{{\xi _{n} }} } \right)}^{2} $$ meaning: for every poset ${\left( {A,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}} \right)}$ of height at least $\xi$ and every finite covering ${\left( {{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{1} , \cdots ,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{n} } \right)}$ of its ordering ${\user1{\mathcal{R}}}$ , there is a $k$ for which the relation ${\left( {A,{\user1{\mathcal{R}}}_{k} } \right)}$ has height at least $\xi_k$ . The proof will rely on analogue properties of vertex coverings w.r.t. the natural sum.     

Yangians and quantum loop algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g }$ be a complex, semisimple Lie algebra. Drinfeld showed that the quantum loop algebra $U_\hbar (L\mathfrak g )$ of $\mathfrak{g }$ degenerates to the Yangian ${Y_\hbar (\mathfrak g )}$ . We strengthen this result by constructing an explicit algebra homomorphism $\Phi $ from $U_\hbar (L\mathfrak g )$ to the completion of ${Y_\hbar (\mathfrak g )}$ with respect to its grading. We show moreover that $\Phi $ becomes an isomorphism when ${U_\hbar (L\mathfrak g )}$ is completed with respect to its evaluation ideal. We construct a similar homomorphism for $\mathfrak{g }=\mathfrak{gl }_n$ and show that it intertwines the actions of $U_\hbar (L\mathfrak gl _{n})$ and $Y_\hbar (\mathfrak gl _{n})$ on the equivariant $K$ -theory and cohomology of the variety of $n$ -step flags in ${\mathbb{C }}^d$ constructed by Ginzburg–Vasserot.