Scherk saddle towers of genus two in $${\mathbb R^3}$$

In 1996 Traizet obtained singly periodic minimal surfaces with Scherk ends of arbitrary genus by desingularizing a set of vertical planes at their intersections. However, in Traizet’s work it is not allowed that three or more planes intersect at the same line. In our paper, by a saddle-tower we call the desingularization of such “forbidden” planes into an embedded singly periodic minimal surface. We give explicit examples of genus two and discuss some advances regarding this problem. Moreover, our examples are the first ones containing Gaussian geodesics, and for the first time we prove embeddedness of the surfaces CSSCFF and CSSCCC from Callahan-Hoffman-Meeks-Wohlgemuth.     

Examples of area-minimizing surfaces in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group $${\mathbb{H}^1}$$ with low regularity

We give new examples of entire area-minimizing t-graphs in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group . They are locally Lipschitz in Euclidean sense. Some regular examples have prescribed singular set consisting of either a horizontal line or a finite number of horizontal halflines extending from a given point. Amongst them, a large family of area-minimizing cones is obtained. Research supported by MEC-Feder grant MTM2007-61919.     

$${\cal K}$$-Convexity1 in $$\Re^{n}$$

We generalize the concept of K-convexity to an n-dimensional Euclidean space. The resulting concept of -convexity is useful in addressing production and inventory problems where there are individual product setup costs and/or joint setup costs. We derive some basic properties of -convex functions. We conclude the paper with some suggestions for future research. Support from Columbia University and University of Texas at Dallas is gratefully acknowledged. Helpful comments from Qi Feng are appreciated.     

Compactified Picard stacks over $${\overline{\mathcal M}_g}$$

We study algebraic (Artin) stacks over [`(M)]<sub>g</sub>{\overline{\mathcal M}_{g}} giving a functorial way of compactifying the relative degree d Picard variety for families of stable curves. We also describe for every d the locus of genus g stable curves over which we get Deligne–Mumford stacks strongly representable over[`(M)]_g{\overline{\mathcal M}_{g}} .     

The upper bound of the $${{\rm L}_{\mu}^2}$$ spectrum

Let M be an n-dimensional complete non-compact Riemannian manifold, dμ = e ^h (x)dV(x) be the weighted measure and \triangle_m{\triangle_{\mu}} be the weighted Laplacian. In this article, we prove that when the m-dimensional Bakry–émery curvature is bounded from below by Ric _m ≥ −(m − 1)K, K ≥ 0, then the bottom of the L_m²{{\rm L}_{\mu}^2} spectrum λ₁(M) is bounded by

Intersecting subvarieties of $${G_m^n}$$ with algebraic subgroups

Let be an irreducible closed subvariety defined over . We bound the height of algebraic points on X that are in a certain sense close to the union of all algebraic subgroup of of dimension m < n/dim X. The bound we obtain is effective and will be expressed as a function of the height of X, the degree of X, and n. We then apply this bound to derive certain finiteness results if m is also strictly less than n − dim X.     

Beckman-Quarles type theorems for mappings from $$ \mathbb{R}^n $$ to $$ \mathbb{C}^n $$

Summary. Let We say that preserves the distance d 0 if for each implies Let A _n denote the set of all positive numbers d such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also distance d. Let D _n denote the set of all positive numbers d with the property: if and then there exists a finite set S _xy with such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also the distance between x and y. Obviously, We prove: (1) (2) for n 2 D _n is a dense subset of (2) implies that each mapping f from to (n 2) preserving unit distance preserves all distances, if f is continuous with respect to the product topologies on and      

Special canal surfaces of $$\mathbb{S}^3$$

Canal surfaces defined as envelopes of 1-parameter families of spheres, can be characterized by the vanishing of one of the conformal principal curvatures. We distinguish special canals which are characterized by the fact that the non-vanishing conformal principal curvature is constant along the characteristic circles and show that they are conformally equivalent to either surfaces of revolution, or to cones over plane curves, or to cylinders over plane curves, so they are isothermic.     

Yangians and $$\mathcal{W} $$ -Algebras

We present a connection between -algebras and Yangians in the case of gl(N) algebras, as well as for twisted Yangians and super-Yangians. We illustrate this connection, which allows constructing an R-matrix for the -algebras and classifying their finite-dimensional irreducible representations, in the framework of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in 1+1 dimensions.     

Amenability,tubularity, and embeddings into $$\mathcal{R}^{\omega}$$

Suppose M is a tracial von Neumann algebra embeddable into (the ultraproduct of the hyperfinite II₁-factor) and X is an n-tuple of selfadjoint generators for M. Denote by Γ(X; m, k, γ) the microstate space of X of order (m, k ,γ). We say that X is tubular if for any ε >  0 there exist and γ > 0 such that if then there exists a k × k unitary u satisfying for each 1 ≤  i ≤  n. We show that the following conditions are equivalent:

Three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$=4 superconformal superfield theories

We consider the map of three-dimensional N=4 superfields to the N=3 harmonic superspace. The left and right representations of the N=4 superconformal group are constructed on N=3 analytic superfields. These representations are convenient for describing N=4 superconformal couplings of Abelian gauge superfields to hypermultiplets. We investigate the N=4 invariance in the non-Abelian N=3 Yang-Mills theory.     

$$ \mathcal{I}_g $$-normal and $$ \mathcal{I}_g $$-regular spaces

$ \mathcal{I}_g $ \mathcal{I}_g -normal and $ \mathcal{I}_g $ \mathcal{I}_g -regular spaces are introduced and various characterizations and properties are given. Characterizations of normal, mildly normal, g-normal, regular and almost regular spaces are also given.     

Jumping conics on a smooth quadric in $${\mathbb {P}_3}$$

We investigate the jumping conics of stable vector bundles E of rank 2 on a smooth quadric surface Q with the first Chern class c₁ = O_Q(-1,-1){c_1= \mathcal{O}_Q(-1,-1)} with respect to the ample line bundle O_Q(1,1){\mathcal {O}_Q(1,1)} . We show that the set of jumping conics of E is a hypersurface of degree c ₂(E) − 1 in \mathbb P₃^*{\mathbb {P}_3^{*}} . Using these hypersurfaces, we describe moduli spaces of stable vector bundles of rank 2 on Q in the cases of lower c ₂(E).     

On the Rao modules of minimal curves in $${\mathbb{P}^N}$$

We study the Hartshorne-Rao modules M _C of minimal curves C in \mathbbP^N{\mathbb{P}^N} , with N ≥ 4, lying in the same liaison class of curves on a smooth rational scroll surface. We get a free minimal resolution of M _C for some of such curves and an upper bound for Betti numbers of M _C , for any C.     

$$ H^{p}_{w} - L^{p}_{w} $$ Boundedness of Marcinkiewicz Integral

The Marcinkiewicz integral is essentially a Littlewood-Paley g-function, which plays a very important role in harmonic analysis. In this paper we give weaker smoothness conditions assumed on Ω to imply the boundedness of the Marcinkiewicz integral operator μ_Ω, where w belongs to the Muckenhoupt weight class.     

On Albanese and Picard 1-motives with $${\mathbb{G}_a}$$ -factors

We construct Laumon-1-motives Pic⁺_a(X), Alb^-_a(X), Pic^-_a(X){{\rm Pic}^+_a(X), {\rm Alb}^-_a(X), {\rm Pic}^-_a(X)}, and Alb⁺_a(X){{\rm Alb}^+_a(X)} associated to an algebraic variety X with complete singular locus, whose associated étale (Deligne-)1-motives coincide with Picard and Albanese motives constructed by Barbieri Viale and Srinivas.     

$${{{\mathbb Z}_2}{{\mathbb Z}_4}}$$ -linear codes: generator matrices and duality

A code C{{\mathcal C}} is \mathbb Z₂\mathbb Z₄{{{\mathbb Z}_2}{{\mathbb Z}_4}} -additive if the set of coordinates can be partitioned into two subsets X and Y such that the punctured code of C{{\mathcal C}} by deleting the coordinates outside X (respectively, Y) is a binary linear code (respectively, a quaternary linear code). In this paper \mathbb Z₂\mathbb Z₄{{{\mathbb Z}_2}{{\mathbb Z}_4}} -additive codes are studied. Their corresponding binary images, via the Gray map, are \mathbb Z₂\mathbb Z₄{{{\mathbb Z}_2}{{\mathbb Z}_4}} -linear codes, which seem to be a very distinguished class of binary group codes. As for binary and quaternary linear codes, for these codes the fundamental parameters are found and standard forms for generator and parity-check matrices are given. In order to do this, the appropriate concept of duality for \mathbb Z₂\mathbb Z₄{{{\mathbb Z}_2}{{\mathbb Z}_4}} -additive codes is defined and the parameters of their dual codes are computed.     

Random embedding of $${\ell_p^n}$$ into $${\ell_r^N}$$

For any 0 < p < 2 and any natural numbers N > n, we give an explicit definition of a random operator \({S : \ell_p^n \to \mathbb{R}^N}\) such that for every 0 < r < p < 2 with r ≤ 1, the operator \({S_r = S : \ell_p^n \to \ell_r^N}\) satisfies with overwhelming probability that \({\|S_r\| \, \|(S_r)_{| {\rm Im}\, S}^{-1}\| \le C(p,r)^{n/(N-n)}}\), where C(p, r) > 0 is a real number depending only on p and r. One of the main tools that we develop is a new type of multidimensional Esseen inequality for studying small ball probabilities.     

Laguerre geometry of hypersurfaces in $$\mathbb{R}^{n}$$

Laguerre geometry of surfaces in is given in the book of Blaschke [Vorlesungen über Differentialgeometrie, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (1929)], and has been studied by Musso and Nicolodi [Trans. Am. Math. soc. 348, 4321–4337 (1996); Abh. Math. Sem. Univ. Hamburg 69, 123–138 (1999); Int. J. Math. 11(7), 911–924 (2000)], Palmer [Remarks on a variation problem in Laguerre geometry. Rendiconti di Mathematica, Serie VII, Roma, vol. 19, pp. 281–293 (1999)] and other authors. In this paper we study Laguerre differential geometry of hypersurfaces in . For any umbilical free hypersurface with non-zero principal curvatures we define a Laguerre invariant metric g on M and a Laguerre invariant self-adjoint operator : TM → TM, and show that is a complete Laguerre invariant system for hypersurfaces in with n≥ 4. We calculate the Euler–Lagrange equation for the Laguerre volume functional of Laguerre metric by using Laguerre invariants. Using the Euclidean space , the semi-Euclidean space and the degenerate space we define three Laguerre space forms , and and define the Laguerre embeddings and , analogously to what happens in the Moebius geometry where we have Moebius space forms S ⁿ , and (spaces of constant curvature) and conformal embeddings and [cf. Liu et al. in Tohoku Math. J. 53, 553–569 (2001) and Wang in Manuscr. Math. 96, 517–534 (1998)]. Using these Laguerre embeddings we can unify the Laguerre geometry of hypersurfaces in , and . As an example we show that minimal surfaces in or are Laguerre minimal in .C. Wang Partially supported by RFDP and Chuang-Xin-Qun-Ti of NSFC.     

Markov subshifts and partial representation of $$\mathbb{F}_{\text n}$$

In this paper we fix a set * of positive elements of the free group (e. g. the set of finite words occurring in a Markov subshift) as well as n partial isometries on a Hilbert space H. Based on these we define a map S : which we prove to be a partial representation of on H under certain conditions studied by Matsumoto.*Supported by Capes.