Levi Classes Generated by Nilpotent Groups

Let be a class of all groups G for which the normal closure (x) ^G of every element x belongs to a class . is a Levi class generated by . Let and ₀ be classes of finitely generated nilpotent groups and of torsion-free, finitely generated, nilpotent groups, respectively. We prove that and , and so and . It is shown that quasivarieties and are closed under free products, and that each contains at most one maximal proper subquasivariety. It is also proved that is closed under free products if so is .     

Soluble Groups and Varieties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis>-Groups

A sufficient condition is given under which factors of a system of normal convex subgroups of a linearly ordered (l.o.) group are Abelian. Also, a sufficient condition is specified subject to which factors of a system of normal convex subgroups of an l.o. group are contained in a group variety . In particular, for every soluble l.o. group G of solubility index n, n ⩾ 2, factors of a system of normal convex subgroups are soluble l.o. groups of solubility index at most n − 1. It is proved that the variety of all lattice-ordered groups, approximable by linearly ordered groups, does not coincide with a variety generated by all soluble l.o. groups. It is shown that if is any o-approximable variety of l-groups, and if every identity in the group signature is not identically true in , then contains free l.o. groups.Supported by FP “Universities of Russia” grant UR. 04. 01. 001.__________Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 355–367, May–June, 2005.     

The property of having independent basis in semigroup varieties

There exist independently based semigroup varieties and , , such that has no cover in the interval [ ; ].Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 81–96, January–February, 2005.     

The Lattice of Quasivarieties of Torsion-Free Metabelian Groups

Assume that a quasivariety of groups contains a non-Abelian free metabelian group and a non-Abelian free nilpotent group of class 2. It is proved that the lattice of quasivarieties contained in is infinite and non-modular.     

A New Cover of the 3-Local Geometry of Co1

The 3-local geometry of the sporadic simple group Co₁ has been known to have a cover with a flag-transitive automorphism group which is a nonsplit extension of an elementary Abelian 2-group of rank 24 (the Leech lattice modulo 2) by Co₁. It was conjectured that was simply connected. We disprove this conjecture by constructing a double cover of . The automorphism group of is of the shape . However, it is not isomorphic to the involution centralizer of the Monster sporadic simple group.     

Lattices of interpretability types of varieties

Let be the set of all primes, the field of all algebraic numbers, and Z the set of square-free natural numbers. We consider partially ordered sets of interpretability types such as , and , where AD is a variety of -divisible Abelian groups with unique taking of the pth root _p(x) for every p , is a variety of -modules over a normal field , contained in , and G_n is a variety of n-groupoids defined by a cyclic permutation (12 ...n). We prove that , and are distributive lattices, with and where ub and ub_f are lattices (w.r.t. inclusion) of all subsets of the set and of finite subsets of , respectively.Deceased.__________Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 198–210, March–April, 2005.     

Equational Theories for Classes of Finite Semigroups

It is proved that there exists an infinite sequence of finitely based semigroup varieties such that, for all i, an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is undecidable while an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is decidable. An infinite sequence of finitely based semigroup varieties is constructed so that, for all i, an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is decidable whicle an equational theory for and for the class of all finite semigroups in is not.     

Test Rank for Some Free Polynilpotent Groups

We prove a theorem on possible test rank values for groups of the form . It is shown that test rank of a free polynilpotent group is equal to or , for any and every collection of classes. Moreover, for and .     

Semilattices of Definable Subalgebras

In issues bearing on the structure of universal algebras , derived structures, such as automorphism groups Aut , subalgebra lattices Sub , congruence lattices Con , etc., play an important part. On the other hand, in studying universal algebras by the means of model theory, of crucial importance is the question asking which elements of the derived structures under examination are expressible by one or other formulas in the elementary language. Problems concerning the interrelationship of algebras and their derived structures are treated for subalgebras of universal algebras.Supported by RFBR grant No. 02-01-00258.__________Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 474–482, July–August, 2005.     

Topological and bornological characterisations of ideals in von Neumann algebras: I

Suppose is a von Neumann algebra on a Hilbert space and is any ideal in . We determine a topology on , for which the members of that are to norm continuous are exactly those in ; and a bornology on such that the elements of which map the unit ball to an element of , equivalently those members of that are norm to bounded, are exactly those in . This is achieved via analogues of the notions of injectivity and surjectivity in the theory of operator ideals on Banach spaces.     

Spin Models and Strongly Hyper-Self-Dual Bose-Mesner Algebras

We introduce the notion of hyper-self-duality for Bose-Mesner algebras as a strengthening of formal self-duality. Let denote a Bose-Mesner algebra on a finite nonempty set X. Fix p X, and let and denote respectively the dual Bose-Mesner algebra and the Terwilliger algebra of with respect to p. By a hyper-duality of , we mean an automorphism of such that for all ; and is a duality of . is said to be hyper-self-dual whenever there exists a hyper-duality of . We say that is strongly hyper-self-dual whenever there exists a hyper-duality of which can be expressed as conjugation by an invertible element of . We show that Bose-Mesner algebras which support a spin model are strongly hyper-self-dual, and we characterize strong hyper-self-duality via the module structure of the associated Terwilliger algebra.     

Operator inequalities and construction of Krein spaces

Let be a Hilbert space. A continuous positive operatorT on uniquely determines a Hilbert space which is continuously imbedded in and for which with the canonical imbedding . A Kreîn space version of this result, however, is not valid in general. This paper provides a necessary and sufficient condition for that a continuous selfadjoint operatorT uniquely determines a Kreîn space ( ) which is continuously imbedded in and for which with the canonical imbedding .     

Varieties Defined by Permutations

We continue to study interrelations between permutative varieties and the cyclic varieties defined by cycles of the form . A criterion is given determining whether a cyclic variety is interpretable in . For a permutation without fixed elements, it is stated that a set of primes for which is interpretable in in the lattice is finite. It is also proved that for distinct primes , the Helly number of a type in coincides with dimension of the dual type and equals .     

Determinants in Triangulated Categories

For a small triangulated category , Bass's K ₁ group is described, and the theorem of the heart is proved. We define the determinant map from to Neeman's , and we compute this map when is the derived category of an Abelian category .     

Symmetry of Sections in Fields of Formal Power Series and a Non-Standard Real Line

Let be a field of formal power series with real coefficients, whose supports are well ordered subsets of an Abelian group of cardinality strictly less than . For , we give criteria of a section being symmetric and of a symmetric section being Dedekind. It is proved that an -saturated non-standard real line is isomorphic to some field of the form . For , some consequences are inferred regarding symmetric sections, and the cofinality of banks of the sections.     

Degree Spectra of Relations on Boolean Algebras

We show that every computable relation on a computable Boolean algebra is either definable by a quantifier-free formula with constants from (in which case it is obviously intrinsically computable) or has infinite degree spectrum.     

Relatively Hyperimmune Relations on Structures

Let be a computable structure and let R be an additional relation on its domain. We establish a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of an isomorphic copy of such that the image of R is h-simple (h-immune) relative to .     

On the Existence of Relative Injective Covers

Let be a hereditary torsion theory for the category -mod of unital left -modules over an associative ring with an identity element. The purpose of this note is to prove that if the associated Gabriel filter consists of finitely presented left ideals, then every module has a -injective cover and if contains a cofinal subset of finitely presented left ideals, then every module has a -torsionfree -injective cover. The methods used working with pure submodules contained in ``large" submodules also allow to unify the proofs of some previously known results.     

A Geometric Characterization of Fischer's Baby Monster

The sporadic simple group F ₂ known as Fischer's Baby Monster acts flag-transitively on a rank 5 P-geometry . P-geometries are geometries with string diagrams, all of whose nonempty edges except one are projective planes of order 2 and one terminal edge is the geometry of the Petersen graph. Let be a flag-transitive P-geometry of rank 5. Suppose that each proper residue of is isomorphic to the corresponding residue in . We show that in this case is isomorphic to . This result realizes a step in classification of the flag-transitive P-geometries and also plays an important role in the characterization of the Fischer–Griess Monster in terms of its 2-local parabolic geometry.