Stability theory, permutations of indiscernibles, and embedded finite models

We show that the expressive power of first-order logic over finite models embedded in a model is determined by stability-theoretic properties of . In particular, we show that if is stable, then every class of finite structures that can be defined by embedding the structures in , can be defined in pure first-order logic. We also show that if does not have the independence property, then any class of finite structures that can be defined by embedding the structures in , can be defined in first-order logic over a dense linear order. This extends known results on the definability of classes of finite structures and ordered finite structures in the setting of embedded finite models. These results depend on several results in infinite model theory. Let be a set of indiscernibles in a model and suppose is elementarily equivalent to where is -saturated. If is stable and is saturated, then every permutation of extends to an automorphism of and the theory of is stable. Let be a sequence of -indiscernibles in a model , which does not have the independence property, and suppose is elementarily equivalent to where is a complete dense linear order and is -saturated. Then -types over are order-definable and if is -saturated, every order preserving permutation of can be extended to a back-and-forth system.

     

Local differentiability of distance functions

Recently Clarke, Stern and Wolenski characterized, in a Hilbert space, the closed subsets for which the distance function is continuously differentiable everywhere on an open ``tube' of uniform thickness around . Here a corresponding local theory is developed for the property of being continuously differentiable outside of on some neighborhood of a point . This is shown to be equivalent to the prox-regularity of at , which is a condition on normal vectors that is commonly fulfilled in variational analysis and has the advantage of being verifiable by calculation. Additional characterizations are provided in terms of being locally of class or such that is convex around for some 0$">. Prox-regularity of at corresponds further to the normal cone mapping having a hypomonotone truncation around , and leads to a formula for by way of . The local theory also yields new insights on the global level of the Clarke-Stern-Wolenski results, and on a property of sets introduced by Shapiro, as well as on the concept of sets with positive reach considered by Federer in the finite dimensional setting.

     

Intersection theory on non-commutative surfaces

Consider a non-commutative algebraic surface, , and an effective divisor on , as defined by Van den Bergh. We show that the Riemann-Roch theorem, the genus formula, and the self intersection formula from classical algebraic geometry generalize to this setting.

We also apply our theory to some special cases, including the blow up of in a point, and show that the self intersection of the exceptional divisor is . This is used to give an example of a non-commutative surface with a commutative which cannot be blown down, because its self intersection is rather than . We also get some results on Hilbert polynomials of modules on .

     

Geometry of Banach spaces having shrinking approximations of the identity

Let and let be a compact set of scalars. We introduce property of Banach spaces by the requirement that whenever is a bounded net converging weak to in and . Using with 1$">, we characterize the existence of certain shrinking approximations of the identity (in particular, those related to -, -, and -ideals of compact or approximable operators). We also show that the existence of these approximations of the identity is separably determined.

     

Trees and valuation rings

A subring of a division algebra is called a valuation ring of if or holds for all nonzero in . The set of all valuation rings of is a partially ordered set with respect to inclusion, having as its maximal element. As a graph is a rooted tree (called the valuation tree of ), and in contrast to the commutative case, may have finitely many but more than one vertices. This paper is mainly concerned with the question of whether each finite, rooted tree can be realized as a valuation tree of a division algebra , and one main result here is a positive answer to this question where can be chosen as a quaternion division algebra over a commutative field.

     

Homology decompositions for classifying spaces of compact Lie groups

Let be a prime number and be a compact Lie group. A homology decomposition for the classifying space is a way of building up to mod homology as a homotopy colimit of classifying spaces of subgroups of . In this paper we develop techniques for constructing such homology decompositions. Jackowski, McClure and Oliver (Homotopy classification of self-maps of BG via -actions, Ann. of Math. 135 (1992), 183-270) construct a homology decomposition of by classifying spaces of -stubborn subgroups of . Their decomposition is based on the existence of a finite-dimensional mod acyclic --complex with restricted set of orbit types. We apply our techniques to give a parallel proof of the -stubborn decomposition of which does not use this geometric construction.

     

On the endomorphism monoids of (uniquely) complemented lattices

Let be a lattice with and . An endomorphism of is a -endomorphism, if it satisfies and . The -endomorphisms of form a monoid. In 1970, the authors proved that every monoid can be represented as the -endomorphism monoid of a suitable lattice with and . In this paper, we prove the stronger result that the lattice with a given -endomorphism monoid can be constructed as a uniquely complemented lattice; moreover, if is finite, then can be chosen as a finite complemented lattice.

     

Principal curvatures of isoparametric hypersurfaces in

Let be an isoparametric hypersurface in , and the inverse image of under the Hopf map. By using the relationship between the eigenvalues of the shape operators of and , we prove that is homogeneous if and only if either or is constant, where is the number of distinct principal curvatures of and is the number of non-horizontal eigenspaces of the shape operator on .

     

-theory of projective Stiefel manifolds

Using the Hodgkin spectral sequence we calculate , the complex -theory of the projective Stiefel manifold , for even. For odd, we are only able to calculate , but this is sufficient to determine the order of the complexified Hopf bundle over .

     

Specializations of Brauer classes over algebraic function fields

Let be either a number field or a field finitely generated of transcendence degree over a Hilbertian field of characteristic 0, let be the rational function field in one variable over , and let . It is known that there exist infinitely many such that the specialization induces a specialization , where has exponent equal to that of . Now let be a finite extension of and let . We give sufficient conditions on and for there to exist infinitely many such that the specialization has an extension to inducing a specialization , the residue field of , where has exponent equal to that of . We also give examples to show that, in general, such need not exist.

     

Steiner type formulae and weighted measures of singularities for semi-convex functions

For a given convex (semi-convex) function , defined on a nonempty open convex set , we establish a local Steiner type formula, the coefficients of which are nonnegative (signed) Borel measures. We also determine explicit integral representations for these coefficient measures, which are similar to the integral representations for the curvature measures of convex bodies (and, more generally, of sets with positive reach). We prove that, for , the -th coefficient measure of the local Steiner formula for , restricted to the set of -singular points of , is absolutely continuous with respect to the -dimensional Hausdorff measure, and that its density is the -dimensional Hausdorff measure of the subgradient of .

As an application, under the assumptions that is convex and Lipschitz, and is bounded, we get sharp estimates for certain weighted Hausdorff measures of the sets of -singular points of . Such estimates depend on the Lipschitz constant of and on the quermassintegrals of the topological closure of .

     

On syzygies of abelian varieties

In this paper we prove the following result: Let be a complex torus and a normally generated line bundle on ; then, for every , the line bundle satisfies Property of Green-Lazarsfeld.

     

Unipotent groups associated to reduced curves

Let be a curve defined over an algebraically closed field with 0$">. Assume that is reduced. In this paper we study the unipotent part of the Jacobian . In particular, we prove that if is large in terms of the dimension of , then is isomorphic to a product of additive groups .

     

Schauder estimates for equationswith fractional derivatives

The equation where and are fractional derivatives of order and is studied. It is shown that if , , and are Hölder-continuous and , then there is a solution such that and are Hölder-continuous as well. This is proved by first considering an abstract fractional evolution equation and then applying the results obtained to (). Finally the solution of () with is studied.     

Optimal factorization of Muckenhoupt weights

Peter Jones' theorem on the factorization of  weights is sharpened for weights with bounds near , allowing the factorization to be performed continuously near the limiting, unweighted case. When and is an  weight with bound , it is shown that there exist  weights  such that both the formula and the estimates hold. The square root in these estimates is also proven to be the correct asymptotic power as .

     

Local boundary rigidity of a compact Riemannian manifold with curvature bounded above

This paper considers the boundary rigidity problem for a compact convex Riemannian manifold with boundary whose curvature satisfies a general upper bound condition. This includes all nonpositively curved manifolds and all sufficiently small convex domains on any given Riemannian manifold. It is shown that in the space of metrics on there is a -neighborhood of such that is the unique metric with the given boundary distance-function (i.e. the function that assigns to any pair of boundary points their distance -- as measured in ). More precisely, given any metric in this neighborhood with the same boundary distance function there is diffeomorphism which is the identity on such that . There is also a sharp volume comparison result for metrics in this neighborhood in terms of the boundary distance-function.

     

Invariant foliations near normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds for semiflows

Let be a compact manifold which is invariant and normally hyperbolic with respect to a semiflow in a Banach space. Then in an -neighborhood of there exist local center-stable and center-unstable manifolds and , respectively. Here we show that and may each be decomposed into the disjoint union of submanifolds (leaves) in such a way that the semiflow takes leaves into leaves of the same collection. Furthermore, each leaf intersects in a single point which determines the asymptotic behavior of all points of that leaf in either forward or backward time.

     

Rigidity of Coxeter groups

Let be a Coxeter group acting properly discontinuously and cocompactly on manifolds and such that the fixed point sets of finite subgroups are contractible. Let be a -homotopy equivalence which restricts to a -homeomorphism on the boundary. Under an assumption on the three dimensional fixed point sets, we show that then is -homotopic to a -homeomorphism.     

Definably simple groups in o-minimal structures

Let be a group definable in an o-minimal structure . A subset of is -definable if is definable in the structure (while definable means definable in the structure ). Assume has no -definable proper subgroup of finite index. In this paper we prove that if has no nontrivial abelian normal subgroup, then is the direct product of -definable subgroups such that each is definably isomorphic to a semialgebraic linear group over a definable real closed field. As a corollary we obtain an o-minimal analogue of Cherlin's conjecture.