Serre''s contribution to the development of algebraic topology

We describe in detail Serre's application of spectral sequence theory to the study of the relations between the homology of total space, base space and fibre in a Serre fibration; and we apply the results to establish that a 1-connected space X has homology groups (in positive dimension) in a Serre class C if and only if its homotopy groups are in C.

We include in this paper some personal reflections on the contact the author had with Serre during the decade of the 1950's when Serre's revolutionary work in homotopy theory was completely changing the face of algebraic topology.     

Generic section of a hyperplane arrangement and twisted Hurewicz maps

We consider a twisted version of the Hurewicz map on the complement of a hyperplane arrangement. The purpose of this paper is to prove surjectivity of the twisted Hurewicz map under some genericity conditions. As a corollary, we also prove that a generic section of the complement of a hyperplane arrangement has nontrivial homotopy groups.     

On the topology of isoparametric hypersurfaces with four distinct principal curvatures

Let be the pair of multiplicities of an isoparametric hypersurface in the unit sphere with four distinct principal curvatures -w.r.g., we assume that . In the present paper we prove that, in the case 4B2 of U. Abresch (Math. Ann. 264 (1983), 283-302) (i.e., where ), must be either 2 or 4. As a by-product, we prove that the focal manifold of an isoparametric hypersurface is homeomorphic to a bundle over if one of the following conditions holds: (1) and or ; (2) and . This generalizes partial results of Wang (1988) about the topology of Clifford type examples. Consequently, the hypersurface is homeomorphic to an iterated sphere bundle under the above condition.

     

On a class of integrable systems with a quartic first integral

We generalize, to some extent, the results on integrable geodesic flows on two dimensional manifolds with a quartic first integral in the framework laid down by Selivanova and Hadeler. The local structure is first determined by a direct integration of the differential system which expresses the conservation of the quartic observable and is seen to involve a finite number of parameters. The global structure is studied in some detail and leads to a class of models on the manifolds {ie394-1}², ?² or ?². As special cases we recover Kovalevskaya’s integrable system and a generalization of it due to Goryachev.     

Minimal number of singular fibers in a Lefschetz fibration

There exists a (relatively minimal) genus Lefschetz fibration with only one singular fiber over a closed (Riemann) surface of genus iff and . The singular fiber can be chosen to be reducible or irreducible. Other results are that every Dehn twist on a closed surface of genus at least three is a product of two commutators and no Dehn twist on any closed surface is equal to a single commutator.

     

On decomposing monomial algebras with the Lefschetz properties

We introduce a general technique for decomposing monomial algebras which we use to study the Lefschetz properties. In particular, we prove that Gorenstein codimension three algebras arising from numerical semigroups have the strong Lefschetz property, and we give partial results on monomial almost complete intersections. We also study the reverse of the decomposition process – a gluing operation – which gives a way to construct monomial algebras with the Lefschetz properties.     

On minimal subgroups of finite groups

In this paper, the minimal subgroups of a finite group G are studied. Using the normalizes of Sylow subgroups of G, we obtain some sufficient conditions for G to be p-milpotent and supersolvable, which ae extensions of the related results of Burnside, Ito, Buckley and Asaad.     

Social choice and topology a case of pure and applied mathematics

The existence of a social choice model on a preference space P is a topological, even homotopical problem. It has been solved 50 years ago, under different terminology, by the author and, a little later, jointly with T. Ganea and P.J. Hilton. P must be an H-space and either contractible or homotopy equivalent to a product of Eilenberg-MacLane spaces over the rationals.     

On the Cyclic Homology of an Algebra Associated with a Cyclic Quiver and a Monic Polynomial

In this article, we compute the Hochschild homology group of A = KΓ/(f(X ^s )), where KΓ is the path algebra of the cyclic quiver Γ with s vertices and s arrows over a commutative ring K, f(x) is a monic polynomial over K, and X is the sum of all arrows in KΓ. Moreover, we compute the cyclic homology group of A in the case f(x) = (x ? a) ^m , where a ∈ K, so that we can determine the cyclic homology of A in general when K is an algebraically closed field.     

On Suslin homology with integral coefficients in characteristic zero (with an appendix by Bruno Kahn)

We show that the Suslin homology group with integral coefficients of a scheme X separated of finite type over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 is a direct sum of a uniquely divisible group, finite copies of $\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$, and a finitely generated group. We also study the possible type of homomorphisms between such groups induced by the morphisms of schemes. An appendix written by Bruno Kahn is included, which simplifies the proofs and generalizes the results.     

On perturbations of matrix pencils with real spectra, a revisit

This paper continues earlier studies by Bhatia and Li on eigenvalue perturbation theory for diagonalizable matrix pencils having real spectra. A unifying framework for creating crucial perturbation equations is developed. With the help of a recent result on generalized commutators involving unitary matrices, new and much sharper bounds are obtained.

     

Closed sets which are not -critical

In this paper we first observe that the complement of a countable closed subset of an -dimensional manifold has large -homology group. In the last section we use this information to prove that, under some topological conditions on the given manifold, certain families of fibers, in the total space of a fibration over , are not critical sets for some special real or -valued functions.

     

Invariant algebraic curves and rational first integrals of holomorphic foliations in CP(2)

In this paper, using the tools of algebraic geometry we provide sufficient conditions for a holomor-phic foliation in CP(2) to have a rational first integral. Moreover, we obtain an upper bound of the degrees of invariant algebraic curves of a holomorphic foliation in CP(2). Then we use these results to prove that any holomorphic foliation of degree 2 does not have cubic limit cycles.     

On integral representation of Bessel function of the first kind

A first kind Fredholm integral equation with nondegenerate kernel is given, which particular solution is the Bessel function of the first kind. This equation is solved by means of Mellin transform pair.     

On the stability of equivariant foliations

We prove an equivariant version of the Reeb-Thurston stability theorem for foliations invariant under an action of a discrete group.

     

On the space of measurable functions and its topology determined by the Choquet integral

Let (X,A,μ) be a finite nonadditive measure space and M be the set of all finite measurable functions on X. The topology on M, which is determined by the Choquet integral with respect to μ, is investigated. The relationship between this topology and the one determined by the Sugeno integral is examined. Some interesting examples are included.