The Algebra of {{\mathbf{SL}}_3}\left( \mathbb{C} \right) Conformal Blocks

We construct and study a family of toric degenerations of the Cox ring of the moduli of quasi-parabolic principal SL₃( $ \mathbb{C} $ ) bundles on a smooth, marked curve (C, $ \vec{p} $ ): Elements of this algebra have a well known interpretation as conformal blocks, from the Wess-Zumino-Witten model of conformal field theory. For the genus 0; 1 cases we find the level of conformal blocks necessary to generate the algebra. In the genus 0 case we also find bounds on the degrees of relations required to present the algebra. As a consequence we obtain a toric degeneration for the projective coordinate ring of an effective divisor on the moduli $ {{\mathcal{M}}_{{C,\vec{p}}}}\left( {\mathrm{S}{{\mathrm{L}}_3}\left( \mathbb{C} \right)} \right) $ of quasi-parabolic principal SL₃( $ \mathbb{C} $ ) bundles on (C, $ \vec{p} $ ). Along the way we recover positive polyhedral rules for counting conformal blocks.     

Approximations of some logarithms by numbers from the fields mathbb{Q} and mathbb{Q}left( {sqrt {d} } right)

Estimates for approximations to logarithms of rational numbers by rational numbers and quadratic irrationalities are established.     

A Difference Set in \left( {\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}} \right)^3 \times \mathbb{Z}/5\mathbb{Z}

We present a (320, 88, 24)-difference set in , the existence of which was previously open. This new difference set improves a theorem of Davis-Jedwab with the removal of the exceptional case. It also enables us to state a theorem of Schmidt on Davis-Jedwab difference sets more neatly.     

Maximal q-Plurisubharmonic Functions in {\mathbb{C}^{n}}

In this paper we will study maximal q-plurisubharmonic functions in ${\mathbb{C}^n}$ . At the same time, we define a notion above weakly q-plurisubharmonic functions and describe the relation between these functions and maximal q-plurisubharmonic functions.     

On real local isometric immersions of {\mathbb{C}Q^2_c} into {\mathbb{C} P^{3}}

We investigate real local isometric immersions of Kähler manifolds ${\mathbb{C}Q^2_c}$ of constant holomorphic curvature 4c into complex projective 3-space. Our main result is that the standard embedding of ${\mathbb{C}P^2}$ into ${\mathbb{C}P^3}$ has strong rigidity under the class of local isometric transformations. We also prove that there are no local isometric immersions of ${\mathbb{C}Q^2_c}$ into ${\mathbb{C}P^3}$ when they have different holomorphic curvature. An important method used is a study of the relationship between the complex structure of any locally isometric immersed ${\mathbb{C}Q^2_c}$ and the complex structure of the ambient space ${\mathbb{C}P^3}$ .     

Pointwise estimates for relative fundamental solutions of heat equations in $${\mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{C}}$$

Let be a subharmonic, nonharmonic polynomial and a parameter. Define , a closed, densely defined operator on . If and , we solve the heat equations , u(0,z) = f(z) and , . We write the solutions via heat semigroups and show that the solutions can be written as integrals against distributional kernels. We prove that the kernels are C ^∞ off of the diagonal {(s, z, w) : s = 0 and z = w} and find pointwise bounds for the kernels and their derivatives.      

Affine configurations of 4 lines in \mathbb{R}^{\text{3}}

We prove that affine configurations of 4 lines in are topologically and combinatorially homeomorphic to affine configurations of 6 points in Received: 14 July 2004; revised: 18 February 2005     

Classifying ACM sets of points in $${\mathbb{P}^{1} \times \mathbb{P}^{1}}$$ via separators

The purpose of this note is to give a new, short proof of a classification of ACM sets of points in in terms of separators.     

Uniqueness of \mathbb{C}^{ * } - and \mathbb{C}_{{\text{ + }}} -actions on Gizatullin Surfaces

A Gizatullin surface is a normal affine surface V over $ \mathbb{C} $ , which can be completed by a zigzag; that is, by a linear chain of smooth rational curves. In this paper we deal with the question of uniqueness of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -actions and $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations on such a surface V up to automorphisms. The latter fibrations are in one to one correspondence with $ \mathbb{C}_{{\text{ + }}} $ -actions on V considered up to a “speed change”. Non-Gizatullin surfaces are known to admit at most one $ \mathbb{A}^{1} $ -fibration V → S up to an isomorphism of the base S. Moreover, an effective $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -action on them, if it does exist, is unique up to conjugation and inversion t $ \mapsto $ t ^?1 of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ . Obviously, uniqueness of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -actions fails for affine toric surfaces. There is a further interesting family of nontoric Gizatullin surfaces, called the Danilov-Gizatullin surfaces, where there are in general several conjugacy classes of $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -actions and $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations, see, e.g., [FKZ1]. In the present paper we obtain a criterion as to when $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations of Gizatullin surfaces are conjugate up to an automorphism of V and the base $ S \cong \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ . We exhibit as well large subclasses of Gizatullin $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -surfaces for which a $ \mathbb{C}^{ * } $ -action is essentially unique and for which there are at most two conjugacy classes of $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ -fibrations over $ \mathbb{A}^{{\text{1}}} $ .     

{\left( {\mathfrak{V},\mathfrak{W}} \right)}{\text{-cotorsion pairs}}

Let R be a unital associative ring and two classes of left R-modules. In this paper we introduce the notion of a In analogy to classical cotorsion pairs as defined by Salce [10], a pair of subclasses and is called a if it is maximal with respect to the classes and the condition for all and Basic properties of are stated and several examples in the category of abelian groups are studied. Received: 17 March 2005     

On Quadratic Differentials and Twisted Normal Maps of Surfaces in {\mathbb{S}^{2} \times\mathbb{R}} and {\mathbb{H}^{2} \times\mathbb{R}}

Given a Lie group G with a bi-invariant metric and a compact Lie subgroup K, Bittencourt and Ripoll used the homogeneous structure of quotient spaces to define a Gauss map ${\mathcal{N}:M^{n}\rightarrow{\mathbb{S}}}$ on any hypersupersurface ${M^{n}\looparrowright G/K}$ , where ${{\mathbb{S}}}$ is the unit sphere of the Lie algebra of G. It is proved in Bittencourt and Ripoll (Pacific J Math 224:45–64, 2006) that M ⁿ having constant mean curvature (CMC) is equivalent to ${\mathcal{N}}$ being harmonic, a generalization of a Ruh–Vilms theorem for submanifolds in the Euclidean space. In particular, when n = 2, the induced quadratic differential ${\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}:=(\mathcal{N}^{\ast}g)^{2,0}}$ is holomorphic on CMC surfaces of G/K. In this paper, we take ${G/K={\mathbb{S}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ and compare ${\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ with the Abresch–Rosenberg differential ${\mathcal{Q}}$ , also holomorphic for CMC surfaces. It is proved that ${\mathcal{Q}=\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ , after showing that ${\mathcal{N}}$ is the twisted normal given by (1.5) herein. Then we define the twisted normal for surfaces in ${{\mathbb{H}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ and prove that ${\mathcal{Q}=\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ as well. Within the unified model for the two product spaces, we compute the tension field of ${\mathcal{N}}$ and extend to surfaces in ${{\mathbb{H}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ the equivalence between the CMC property and the harmonicity of ${\mathcal{N}.}$      

Finite determinacy and Whitney equisingularity of map germs from {\mathbb{C}^n} to {\mathbb{C}^{2n-1}}

We show that a holomorphic map germ ${f : (\mathbb{C}^n,0)\to(\mathbb{C}^{2n-1},0)}$ is finitely determined if and only if the double point scheme D(f) is a reduced curve. If n ≥ 3, we have that μ(D ²(f)) = 2μ(D ²(f)/S ₂)+C(f)?1, where D ²(f) is the lifting of the double point curve in ${(\mathbb{C}^n\times \mathbb{C}^n,0)}$ , μ(X) denotes the Milnor number of X and C(f) is the number of cross-caps that appear in a stable deformation of f. Moreover, we consider an unfolding F(t, x) = (t, f _t (x)) of f and show that if F is μ-constant, then it is excellent in the sense of Gaffney. Finally, we find a minimal set of invariants whose constancy in the family f _t is equivalent to the Whitney equisingularity of F. We also give an example of an unfolding which is topologically trivial, but it is not Whitney equisingular.     

Surfaces in $${\mathbb {P}^{4}}$$ fibered in cubics

Any algebraic surface in which is fibered in cubics, so that the generic fibre is a twisted cubic, gives rise to a curve Γ in a suitable compactification X of the space of smooth rational cubics of In this paper the case n = 4 is addressed and the corresponding space X is studied. We apply our results to complete the classification of smooth, rational surfaces in ruled in cubics. This work is within the framework of the national research project “Geometry on Algebraic Varieties” Cofin 2006 of MIUR.     

Open orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of {[mathbb{C}^3/mathbb{Z}_n]}: localization and mirror symmetry

We develop a mathematical framework for the computation of open orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of [mathbbC³/mathbbZ_n]{[mathbb{C}^3/mathbb{Z}_n]} and provide extensive checks with predictions from open string mirror symmetry. To this aim, we set up a computation of open string invariants in the spirit of Katz-Liu [23], defining them by localization. The orbifold is viewed as an open chart of a global quotient of the resolved conifold, and the Lagrangian as the fixed locus of an appropriate anti-holomorphic involution. We consider two main applications of the formalism. After warming up with the simpler example of [mathbbC³/mathbbZ₃]{[mathbb{C}^3/mathbb{Z}_3]} , where we verify physical predictions of Bouchard, Klemm, Mari?o and Pasquetti [4,5], the main object of our study is the richer case of [mathbbC³/mathbbZ₄]{[mathbb{C}^3/mathbb{Z}_4]} , where two different choices are allowed for the Lagrangian. For one choice, we make numerical checks to confirm the B-model predictions; for the other, we prove a mirror theorem for orbifold disc invariants, match a large number of annulus invariants, and give mirror symmetry predictions for open string invariants of genus ≤ 2.     

Polygons in Minkowski three space and parabolic Higgs bundles of rank 2 on \mathbb{C}{{\mathbb{P}}^1}

Consider the moduli space of parabolic Higgs bundles (E, Φ) of rank two on ??¹ such that the underlying holomorphic vector bundle for the parabolic vector bundle E is trivial. It is equipped with the natural involution defined by $ \left( {E,\varPhi } \right)\mapsto \left( {E,-\varPhi } \right) $ . We study the fixed point locus of this involution. In [GM], this moduli space with involution was identified with the moduli space of hyperpolygons equipped with a certain natural involution. Here we identify the fixed point locus with the moduli spaces of polygons in Minkowski 3-space. This identification yields information on the connected components of the fixed point locus.