Homology of GL<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>: injectivity conjecture for GL<Subscript>4</Subscript>

The homology of GL _n (R) and SL _n (R) is studied, where R is a commutative ‘ring with many units’. Our main theorem states that the natural map H ₄(GL₃(R), k) → H ₄(GL₄(R), k) is injective, where k is a field with char(k) ≠ 2, 3. For an algebraically closed field F, we prove a better result, namely, is injective. We will prove a similar result replacing GL by SL. This is used to investigate the indecomposable part of the K-group K ₄(R).     

Some Elements of Finite Order in K2Q

Let K2 be the Milnor functor and let Фn （x）∈ Q[X] be the n-th cyclotomic polynomial. Let Gn（Q） denote a subset consisting of elements of the form {a, Фn（a）}, where a ∈ Q^＊ and {, } denotes the Steinberg symbol in K2Q. J. Browkin proved that Gn（Q） is a subgroup of K2Q if n = 1,2, 3, 4 or 6 and conjectured that Gn（Q） is not a group for any other values of n. This conjecture was confirmed for n =2^T 3S or n = p^r, where p ≥ 5 is a prime number such that h（Q（ζp）） is not divisible by p. In this paper we confirm the conjecture for some n, where n is not of the above forms, more precisely, for n = 15, 21,33, 35, 60 or 105.     

Maximal subgroups of <Emphasis Type="Italic">GL</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis>) with finite conjugacy classes

Let D be an infinite division ring. A famous result due to Herstein says that every non-central element of D has infinitely many conjugates and so, if D ^* is an FC-group, then D is a field. Let M be a maximal subgroup of GL _n (D), where n ≥ 1. In this paper, we prove that if M is an FC-group, then it is the multiplicative group of some maximal subfield of M _n (D). Moreover, if M is algebraic over Z(D), then [D : Z(D)] < ∞.     

LOWER SEMICONTINUITY OF A CLASS OF FUNCTIONALS IN SBVH

In this paper lower semicontinuity of the functional I(u)=∫ _Ω f(x,u,Δ _Hu)dx is investigated for f being a Carathéodory function defined on H ⁿ × R × R²ⁿ and for u∈SBV _H (Ω), where H ⁿ is the Heisenberg group with dimension 2n+1, Ω∩H ⁿ is an open set and ∇ Hu denotes the approximate derivative of the absolute continuous part D ^a _Hu with respect to D _Hu. In addition, a Lusin type approximation theorem for a SBV _H function is proved.     

On the abelianizations of congruence subgroups of Aut(<Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>)

Let F _n be the free group of rank n, and let Aut⁺(F _n ) be its special automorphism group. For an epimorphism π : F _n → G of the free group F _n onto a finite group G we call the standard congruence subgroup of Aut⁺(F _n ) associated to G and π. In the case n = 2 we fully describe the abelianization of Γ⁺(G, π) for finite abelian groups G. Moreover, we show that if G is a finite non-perfect group, then Γ⁺(G, π) ≤ Aut⁺(F ₂) has infinite abelianization.     

On the modularity of the GL<Subscript>2</Subscript>-twisted spinor L-function

In modern number theory there are famous theorems on the modularity of Dirichlet series attached to geometric or arithmetic objects. There is Hecke’s converse theorem, Wiles proof of the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, and Fermat’s Last Theorem to name a few. In this article in the spirit of the Langlands philosophy we raise the question on the modularity of the GL₂-twisted spinor L-function Z _{G ⊗ h} (s) related to automorphic forms G,h on the symplectic group GSp₂ and GL₂. This leads to several promising results and finally culminates into a precise very general conjecture. This gives new insights into the Miyawaki conjecture on spinor L-functions of modular forms. We indicate how this topic is related to Ramakrishnan’s work on the modularity of the Rankin-Selberg L-series.     

Archimedean L -factors on GL ( n ) × GL ( n ) and generalized Barnes integrals

The Rankin-Selberg method associates, to each local factorL(s, π _v × π _v ^′ ) of an automorphicL-function onGL(n) ×GL(n), a certain local integral of Whittaker functions for π _v and _v ^′ . In this paper we show that, if ν is archimedean, and π _v and _v ^′ are spherical principal series representations with trivial central character, then the localL-factor and local integral are, in fact, equal. This result verifies a conjecture of Bump, which predicts that the archimedean situation should, in the present context, parallel the nonarchimedean one. We also derive, as prerequisite to the above result, some identities for generalized Barnes integrals. In particular, we deduce a new transformation formula for certain single Barnes integrals, and a multiple-integral analog of the classical Barnes’ Lemma.     

Coinvariants for a coadjoint action of quantum matrices

Let K be a (algebraically closed ) field. A morphism A ⟼ g ⁻¹ Ag, where A ∈ M(n) and g ∈ GL(n), defines an action of a general linear group GL(n) on an n × n-matrix space M(n), referred to as an adjoint action. In correspondence with the adjoint action is the coaction α: K[M(n)] → K[M(n)] ⊗ K[GL(n)] of a Hopf algebra K[GL(n)] on a coordinate algebra K[M(n)] of an n × n-matrix space, dual to the conjugation morphism. Such is called an adjoint coaction. We give coinvariants of an adjoint coaction for the case where K is a field of arbitrary characteristic and one of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) q is not a root of unity; (2) char K = 0 and q = ±1; (3) q is a primitive root of unity of odd degree. Also it is shown that under the conditions specified, the category of rational GL _q × GL _q -modules is a highest weight category.     

Invertible linear maps preserving {1}-inverses of matrices over PID

Let R be a PID,chR = 2,n > 1, M_n(R) be then xn full matrix algebra over R.f denotes any invertible linear map preserving {1}-inverses from M_n(R) to itself. In this paper, we have proven thatf is an invertible linear map on M_n(R) preserving {1}-inverses if and only iff satisfies any one of the following two conditions: (i) there exists a matrixP ? GL _n(R) such thatf(A) =PAP ^?1 for allA ? M _n(R), (ii) there exists a matrixP ? GL _n(R) such thatf(A) =PA ^t P^?1 forA ? M _n(R).     

Comparison of germ expansion¶on inner forms of GL(n)

We prove that the germ expansion of a discrete series representation π^′ on GL _n (D) where D is a division algebra over k of index m and the germ expansion of the representation π of GL _mn (k) associated to π^′ by the Deligne–Kazhdan–Vigneras correspondence are closely related, and therefore certain coefficients in the germ expansion of a discrete series representation of GL _mn (k) can be interpreted (and therefore sometimes calculated) in terms of the dimension of a certain space of (degenerate) Whittaker models on GL _n (D). Received: 30 September 1999 / Revised version: 11 February 2000     

On cuspidal representations of general linear groups over discrete valuation rings

We define a new notion of cuspidality for representations of GL _n over a finite quotient o _k of the ring of integers o of a non-Archimedean local field F using geometric and infinitesimal induction functors, which involve automorphism groups G _λ of torsion o-modules. When n is a prime, we show that this notion of cuspidality is equivalent to strong cuspidality, which arises in the construction of supercuspidal representations of GL _n (F). We show that strongly cuspidal representations share many features of cuspidal representations of finite general linear groups. In the function field case, we show that the construction of the representations of GL _n (o _k ) for k ≥ 2 for all n is equivalent to the construction of the representations of all the groups G _λ . A functional equation for zeta functions for representations of GL _n (o _k ) is established for representations which are not contained in an infinitesimally induced representation. All the cuspidal representations for GL₄(o₂) are constructed. Not all these representations are strongly cuspidal.     

The classification of irreducible admissible mod <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> representations of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-adic GL<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>

Let F be a finite extension of ℚ _p . Using the mod p Satake transform, we define what it means for an irreducible admissible smooth representation of an F-split p-adic reductive group over  [`( \mathbbF)]<sub>p</sub>\overline{ \mathbb{F}}_{p} to be supersingular. We then give the classification of irreducible admissible smooth GL <sub>n</sub> (F)-representations over  [`( \mathbbF)]_p\overline{ \mathbb{F}}_{p} in terms of supersingular representations. As a consequence we deduce that supersingular is the same as supercuspidal. These results generalise the work of Barthel–Livné for n=2. For general split reductive groups we obtain similar results under stronger hypotheses.     

On some extensions of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-restricted completely splittable GL(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>)-modules

In this paper, we calculate the space Ext _GL(n ¹ )(L _n (λ), L _n (μ)), where GL(n) is the general linear group of degree n over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic, L _n (λ) and L _n (μ) are rational irreducible GL(n)-modules with highest weights λ and μ, respectively, the restriction of L _n (λ) to any Levi subgroup of GL(n) is semisimple, λ is a p-restricted weight, and μ does not strictly dominate λ. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 219–226, 2005.     

Best approximation by ridge functions in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>-spaces

We study the approximation of the classes of functions by the manifold R _n formed by all possible linear combinations of n ridge functions of the form r(a · x)): It is proved that, for any 1 ≤ q ≤ p ≤ ∞, the deviation of the Sobolev class W ^r _p from the set R _n of ridge functions in the space L _q (B ^d ) satisfies the sharp order n ^-r/(d-1).     

Graded central polynomials for the algebra <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>)

Let M _n (K) be the algebra of all n × n matrices over an infinite field K. This algebra has a natural ℤ _n -grading and a natural ℤ-grading. Finite bases for its ℤ _n -graded identities and for its ℤ-graded identities are known. In this paper we describe finite generating sets for the ℤ _n -graded and for the ℤ-graded central polynomials for M _n (K) Partially supported by CNPq 620025/2006-9     

The centralizer algebra of the diagonal action of the group <Emphasis Type="Italic">GL</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>(ℂ) in a mixed tensor space

We consider the walled Brauer algebra Br _{k, l}(n) introduced by V. Turaev and K. Koike. We prove that it is a subalgebra of the Brauer algebra and that it is isomorphic, for sufficiently large n ∈ ℕ, to the centralizer algebra of the diagonal action of the group GL_n(ℂ) in a mixed tensor space. We also give the presentation of the algebra Br _{k, l}(n) by generators and relations. For a generic value of the parameter, the algebra is semisimple, and in this case we describe the Bratteli diagram for this family of algebras and give realizations for the irreducible representations. We also give a new, more natural proof of the formulas for the characters of the walled Brauer algebras. Bibliography: 29 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 331, 2006, pp. 170–198.     

Stability of unitary SK<Subscript>1</Subscript> of Azumaya algebras

For an Azumaya algebra A with center C of rank n ² and a unitary involution τ, we study the stability of the unitary SK₁ under reduction. We show that if R = C ^τ is a Henselian ring with maximal ideal \mathfrakm{\mathfrak{m}} and 2 and n are invertible in R then SK₁(A, t) @ SK₁(A/ \mathfrakm A, overline t){{{\rm SK}_1}(A, \tau) \cong {{\rm SK}_1}(A/ \mathfrak{m} A, overline \tau)}.     

On the Lower Tail Probabilities of Some Random Sequences in <Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>

We investigate the behaviour of the logarithmic small deviation probability of a sequence (σ _n θ _n ) in l _p , 0<p≤∞, where (θ _n ) are i.i.d. random variables and (σ _n ) is a decreasing sequence of positive numbers. In particular, the example σ _n ∼n ^−μ (1+log n)^−ν is studied thoroughly. Contrary to the existing results in the literature, the rate function and the small deviation constant are expressed expli- citly in the present treatment. The restrictions on the distribution of θ ₁ are kept to an absolute minimum. In particular, the usual variance assumption is removed. As an example, the results are applied to stable and Gamma-distributed random variables.