Splice diagram singularities and the universal abelian cover of graph orbifolds

Given a rational homology 3-sphere M whose splice diagram \(\varGamma (M)\) satisfies the semigroup condition, Neumann and Wahl define a complete intersection surface singularity called a splice diagram singularity. Under an additional hypothesis on M called the congruence condition they show that the link of this singularity is the universal abelian cover of M. They ask if this still holds if the congruence condition fails. In this article we generalize the congruence condition to orientable graph orbifolds. We show that under a small additional hypothesis this orbifold congruence condition implies that the link of the splice diagram singularity is the universal abelian cover. By showing that any two-node splice diagram satisfying the semigroup condition is the splice diagram of an orbifold satisfying the orbifold congruence condition, we answer the question of Neumann and Wahl affirmatively for two-node diagrams. However, examples show this approach to their question no longer works for three nodes.     

Connections on modules over singularities of finite CM representation type

Let A be a commutative k-algebra, where k is an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, and let M be an A-module. We consider the following question: Under what conditions is it possible to find a connection on M?We consider the maximal Cohen-Macaulay (MCM) modules over complete CM algebras that are isolated singularities, and usually assume that the singularities have finite CM representation type. It is known that any MCM module over a simple singularity of dimension d≤2 admits an integrable connection. We prove that an MCM module over a simple singularity of dimension d≥3 admits a connection if and only if it is free. Among singularities of finite CM representation type, we find examples of curves with MCM modules that do not admit connections, and threefolds with non-free MCM modules that admit connections.Let A be a singularity not necessarily of finite CM representation type, and consider the condition that A is a Gorenstein curve or a -Gorenstein singularity of dimension d≥2. We show that this condition is sufficient for the canonical module ω_A to admit an integrable connection, and conjecture that it is also necessary. In support of the conjecture, we show that if A is a monomial curve singularity, then the canonical module ω_A admits an integrable connection if and only if A is Gorenstein.     

Splice diagram determining singularity links and universal abelian covers

To a rational homology sphere graph manifold one can associate a weighted tree invariant called splice diagram. In this article we prove a sufficient numerical condition on the splice diagram for a graph manifold to be a singularity link. We also show that if two manifolds have the same splice diagram, then their universal abelian covers are homeomorphic. To prove the last theorem we have to generalize our notions to orbifolds.     

C^0-Sufficiency, Kuiper-Kuo and Thom Conditions for Non-isolated Singularity

In this paper, a criterion on the C^0-sufficiency for a function germ with non-isolated singularity is obtained analogously to that of Kuiper-Kuo for the case of isolated singularities. Moreover, the Kuiper Kuo condition and the Thom condition for an analytic function germ with non-isolated singularity are proved to be equivalent.     

The singularity of positive linear functionals

Our purpose is to show that the various concepts of singularity of representable positive functionals on ^?-algebras coincide, moreover to present a new characterization of singularity by means of Choquet theory of the state space. In the context of singularity, the paper includes an equivalent condition for a representable positive functional to be pure.     

Analyticity and smoothing effect for the Korteweg de Vries equation with a single point singularity

We show that a solution of the Cauchy problem for the KdV equation, has a drastic smoothing effect up to real analyticity if the initial data only have a single point singularity at x = 0. It is shown that for () data satisfying the condition the solution is analytic in both space and time variable. The above condition allows us to take as initial data the Dirac measure or the Cauchy principal value of 1/x. The argument is based on the recent progress on the well-posedness result by Bourgain [2] and Kenig-Ponce-Vega [20] and a systematic use of the dilation generator . Received 22 March 1999     

For the inf‐sup condition on mesh‐dependent norms on a nonconvex polygon

It is shown that the inf‐sup condition, called the Babuska–Brezzi condition, is valid for certain mesh‐dependent norms on a nonconvex polygonal domain. A bilinear form that is derived by inserting the corner singularity expansion into the Laplace equation is considered. A mesh‐dependent fractional norm related to the least order of the corner singularity at a concave vertex is considered. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2008     

Asymptotic Analysis of Reacting Materials with Saturated Explosion. I. Low-Frequency Waves

We derive and study asymptotic equations describing the behavior of low-frequency disturbances in a chemically reacting gas, whose amplitude is inversely proportional to the large activation energy of the reaction. We make an assumption of small heat release, so that fuel depletion is included in the model at leading order. For homogeneous combustion, introducing this assumption removes the thermal-runaway singularity which always forms in models previously used. We demonstrate that for spatially varying solutions, wave-propagation effects permit a singularity still to form, if the initial data has a step discontinuity with amplitude larger than a critical value. We suggest that appearance of this singularity in the model always signifies the birth of a detonation wave, and we describe the evolution of the wave beyond the singularity time.     

Riemann–Hilbert Problems,Matrix Orthogonal Polynomials and Discrete Matrix Equations with Singularity Confinement

In this paper, matrix orthogonal polynomials in the real line are described in terms of a Riemann–Hilbert problem. This approach provides an easy derivation of discrete equations for the corresponding matrix recursion coefficients. The discrete equation is explicitly derived in the matrix Freud case, associated with matrix quartic potentials. It is shown that, when the initial condition and the measure are simultaneously triangularizable, this matrix discrete equation possesses the singularity confinement property, independently if the solution under consideration is given by the recursion coefficients to quartic Freud matrix orthogonal polynomials or not.     

Unobstructed Lagrangian deformations

We prove that deformations of a Lagrangian singularity are unobstructed if the usual (flat) deformations are unobstructed and if a cohomological vanishing condition is satisfied. This gives another application to deformation theory of the Lagrangian de Rham complex introduced in Sevenheck and van Straten (Math. Ann. 327 (1) (2003) 79–102). To prove our theorem, we use the T¹-lifting criterion due to Ran, Kawamata and others. To cite this article: C. Sevenheck, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Bifurcation problems in nonlinear parametric programming

The nonlinear parametric programming problem is reformulated as a closed system of nonlinear equations so that numerical continuation and bifurcation techniques can be used to investigate the dependence of the optimal solution on the system parameters. This system, which is motivated by the Fritz John first-order necessary conditions, contains all Fritz John and all Karush-Kuhn-Tucker points as well as local minima and maxima, saddle points, feasible and nonfeasible critical points. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a singularity to occur in this system are characterized in terms of the loss of a complementarity condition, the linear dependence of the gradients of the active constraints, and the singularity of the Hessian of the Lagrangian on a tangent space. Any singularity can be placed in one of seven distinct classes depending upon which subset of these three conditions hold true at a solution. For problems with one parameter, we analyze simple and multiple bifurcation of critical points from a singularity arising from the loss of the complementarity condition, and then develop a set of conditions which guarantees the unique persistence of a minimum through this singularity. The research of this author was supported by National Science Foundation through NSF Grant DMS-85-10201 and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research through instrument number AFOSR-ISSA-85-00079.     

On singularity as a function of time of a conditional distribution of an exit time

We establish the singularity with respect to Lebesgue measure as a function of time of the conditional probability distribution that the sum of two one-dimensional Brownian motions will exit from the unit interval before time t, given the trajectory of the second Brownian motion up to the same time. On the way of doing so we show that if one solves the one-dimensional heat equation with zero condition on a trajectory of a one-dimensional Brownian motion, which is the lateral boundary, then for each moment of time with probability one the normal derivative of the solution is zero, provided that the diffusion of the Brownian motion is sufficiently large.     

Tropical curves with a singularity in a fixed point

In this paper, we study tropicalisations of families of plane curves with a singularity in a fixed point. The tropicalisation of such a family is a linear tropical variety. We describe its maximal dimensional cones using results about linear tropical varieties. We show that a singularity tropicalises either to a vertex of higher valence or of higher multiplicity, or to an edge of higher weight. We then classify maximal dimensional types of singular tropical curves. For those, the singularity is either a crossing of two edges, or a 3-valent vertex of multiplicity 3, or a point on an edge of weight 2 whose distances to the neighbouring vertices satisfy a certain metric condition. We also study generic singular tropical curves enhanced with refined tropical limits and construct canonical simple parameterisations for them, explaining the above metric condition.     

The initial value problem for cohomogeneity one Einstein metrics

The PDE Ric(g) = λ · g for a Riemannian Einstein metric g on a smooth manifold M becomes an ODE if we require g to be invariant under a Lie group G acting properly on M with principal orbits of codimension one. A singular orbit of the G-action gives a singularity of this ODE. Generically, an equation with such type of singularity has no smooth solution at the singularity. However, in our case, the very geometric nature of the equation makes it solvable. More precisely, we obtain a smooth G-invariant Einstein metric (with any Einstein constant λ) in a tubular neighbourhood around a singular orbit Q ⊂ M for any prescribed G-invariant metric g_Q and second fundamental form L_Q on Q, provided that the following technical condition is satisfied (which is very often the case): the representations of the principal isotropy group on the tangent and the normal space of the singular orbit Q have no common sub-representations. This Einstein metric is not uniquely determined by the initial data g_Q and L_Q; in fact, one may prescribe initial derivatives of higher degree, and examples show that this degree can be arbitrarily high. The proof involves a blend of ODE techniques and representation theory of the principal and singular isotropy groups.     

Finite Gorenstein representation type implies simple singularity

Let R be a commutative noetherian local ring and consider the set of isomorphism classes of indecomposable totally reflexive R-modules. We prove that if this set is finite, then either it has exactly one element, represented by the rank 1 free module, or R is Gorenstein and an isolated singularity (if R is complete, then it is even a simple hypersurface singularity). The crux of our proof is to argue that if the residue field has a totally reflexive cover, then R is Gorenstein or every totally reflexive R-module is free.     

Self-dual modules over local rings of curve singularities

Let C be a reduced curve singularity. C is called of finite self-dual type if there exist only finitely many isomorphism classes of indecomposable, self-dual, torsion-free modules over the local ring of C. In this paper it is shown that the singularities of finite self-dual type are those which dominate a simple plane singularity.     

On the singularities of Reissner–Nordström space–time

It is shown that if two Reissner–Nordström space–times, both with the same mass m and charge e, glued together in the singularities, then the light ray in black hole of the first space–time can go continuously through the singularity into black hole of the second. The behavior of tidal forces near the Reissner–Nordström space–time singularity is examined by considering what happens between two particles falling freely towards the singularity.     

Differential games of prescribed duration

A simple condition which assures the existence of the saddle point is derived for nonlinear differential games of prescribed duration. It is shown that this condition removes the possibility of a kind of singularity which is a source of many troublesome phenomena in differential games.     

The asymptotics of misspecified MLEs for some stochastic processes: a survey

This is a review of some recent results on parameter estimation by the continuous time observations for two models of observations. The first one is the so called signal in white Gaussian noise and the second is inhomogeneous Poisson process. The main question in all statements is: what are the properties of the MLE if there is a misspecification in the regularity conditions? We consider three types of regularity: smooth signals, signals with cusp-type singularity and discontinuous signals. We suppose that the statistician assumes one type of regularity/singularity, but the real observations contain signals with different type of singularity/regularity. For example, the theoretical (assumed) model has a discontinuous signal, but the real observed signal has cusp-type singularity. We describe the asymptotic behavior of the MLE in such situations.