An elliptic hypergeometric integral with <Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>) symmetry

In this article we give a new transformation between elliptic hypergeometric beta integrals, which gives rise to a Weyl group symmetry of type F ₄. The transformation is a generalization of a series transformation discovered by Langer, Schlosser, and Warnaar (SIGMA 5:055, 2009). Moreover we consider various limits of this transformation to basic hypergeometric functions obtained by letting p tend to 0.     

Involutions in Weyl group of type <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>

Let W be the Weyl group of type F ₄: We explicitly describe a finite set of basic braid I _*-transformations and show that any two reduced I _*-expressions for a given involution in W can be transformed into each other through a series of basic braid I _*-transformations. Our main result extends the earlier work on the Weyl groups of classical types (i.e., A _n , B _n , and D _n ).     

Automorphisms of <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript> quadrangles

The goal of this article is to show that the automorphism group of a Moufang quadrangle of type F₄ is, up to field automorphisms, generated by the root groups. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):51E12, 15A63, 20E42The author is a Research Assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Belgium) (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen).     

Automorphisms of Coxeter groups of type <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>

A Coxeter system (W, S) is said to be of type K _n if the associated Coxeter graph Γ_S is complete on n vertices and has only odd edge labels. If W satisfies either of: (1) n = 3; (2) W is rigid; then the automorphism group of W is generated by the inner automorphisms of W and any automorphisms induced by Γ_S. Indeed, Aut(W) is the semidirect product of Inn(W) and the group of diagram automorphisms, and furthermore W is strongly rigid. We also show that if W is a Coxeter group of type K _n then W has exactly one conjugacy class of involutions and hence Aut(W) = Spec(W).     

Codimensions of Newton strata for <Emphasis Type="Italic">SL</Emphasis><Subscript>3</Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis>) in the Iwahori case

We study the Newton stratification on SL ₃(F), where F is a Laurent power series field. We provide a formula for the codimensions of the Newton strata inside each component of the affine Bruhat decomposition on SL ₃(F). These calculations are related to the study of certain affine Deligne–Lusztig varieties. In particular, we describe a method for determining which of these varieties is non-empty in the case of SL ₃(F).     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">h</Emphasis></Subscript>-supplemented subgroups of finite groups

Suppose that F is a formation of finite groups. We introduce the concept of F _h -supplemented subgroups and investigate the structure of finite groups on assuming that some maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups, maximal subgroups, minimal subgroups, and 2-maximal subgroup are F _h -supplemented, respectively. Some available results are generalized.     

Quasirecognition by prime graph of the simple group <Superscript>2</Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)

As the main result, we show that if G is a finite group such that Γ(G) = Γ(² F ₄(q)), where q = 2^2m+1 for some m ≧ 1, then G has a unique nonabelian composition factor isomorphic to ² F ₄(q). We also show that if G is a finite group satisfying |G| =|² F ₄(q)| and Γ(G) = Γ(² F ₄(q)), then G ≅ ² F ₄(q). As a consequence of our result we give a new proof for a conjecture of W. Shi and J. Bi for ² F ₄(q). The third author was supported in part by a grant from IPM (No. 87200022).     

On the Theory of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>)-Banach Lattices

Given 1≤ p,q < ∞, let BL_pL_q be the class of all Banach lattices X such that X is isometrically lattice isomorphic to a band in some L_p(L_q)-Banach lattice. We show that the range of a positive contractive projection on any BL_pL_q-Banach lattice is itself in BL_pL_q. It is a consequence of this theorem and previous results that BL_pL_q is first-order axiomatizable in the language of Banach lattices. By studying the pavings of arbitrary BL_pL_q-Banach lattices by finite dimensional sublattices that are themselves in this class, we give an explicit set of axioms for BL_pL_q. We also consider the class of all sublattices of L_p(L_q)-Banach lattices; for this class (when p/q is not an integer) we give a set of axioms that are similar to Krivine’s well-known axioms for the subspaces of L_p-Banach spaces (when p/2 is not an integer). We also extend this result to the limiting case q = ∞.     

Novikov superalgebras with <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript>0</Subscript> = <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript>

Novikov superalgebras are related to quadratic conformal superalgebras which correspond to the Hamiltonian pairs and play a fundamental role in completely integrable systems. In this note we show that the Novikov superalgebras with A ₀ = A ₁ A ₁ and dim A ₁ = 2 are of type N and give a class of Novikov superalgebras of type S with A ₀ = A ₁ A ₁.     

Characterization of finite simple group <Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>(2)

Let G be a finite group, and let π _e (G) be the spectrum of G, that is, the set of all element orders of G. In 1987, Shi Wujie put forward the following conjecture. If G is a finite group and M is a non-abelian simple group, then G ≅ M if and only if |G| = |M| and π _e (G) = π _e (M). In this short paper, we prove that if G is a finite group, then G ≅ M if and only if |G| = |M| and π _e (G) = π _e (M), where M = D _n (2) and n is even.     

Exponentially Many Monochromatic <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Matchings in <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript>3<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-1</Subscript>

Erdös et al and Gerencsér et al had shown that in any 2-edge-coloring of K _3n-1, there is a n-matching containing edges with the same color(we call such matching monochromatic matching). In this paper we show that for any 2-edge-coloring of K _3n-1 there exists a monochromatic subgraph H of K _3n-1 which contains exponentially many monochromatic n-matchings.     

Compact composition operators on BMOA(<Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>)

The paper gives some characterization theorems for the compact composition operator on some function spaces over the unit ball B _n in ℂ ⁿ . Especially, it gives a characterization for compact composition operators on BMOA(B _n ), which generalizes a result proved by Bourdon, Cima and Matheson for the case n = 1.     

Real elements in groups of type <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>4</Subscript>

Let G be a group. An element x ∈ G is called real if x is conjugate to x ^?1 in G. In this paper we study the structure of real elements in the compact connected Lie group of type F ₄ and algebraic groups of type F ₄ defined over an arbitrary field.     

Continuous <Emphasis Type="Italic">l</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>-symmetric distributions

For p > 0, the l _n,p -generalized surface measure on the l _n,p -unit sphere is studied and used for deriving a geometric measure representation for l _n,p -symmetric distributions having a density.     

Asymptotics of the Codimensions <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript> in the Algebra <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Superscript>(7)</Superscript>

The paper studies the additive structure of the algebra F⁽⁷⁾, i.e., a relatively free associative countably generated algebra with the identity [x₁,..., x₇] = 0 over an infinite field of characteristic ≠ 2, 3. First, the space of proper multilinear polynomials in this algebra is investigated. As an application, estimates for the codimensions c_n = dimF_n⁽⁷⁾ are obtained, where F_n⁽⁷⁾ stands for the subspace of multilinear polynomials of degree n in the algebra F⁽⁷⁾.     

The Exceptional Compact Symmetric Spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">SO</Emphasis>(4) as Tubes

In the present paper we discuss in detail the cohomogeneity one isometric actions of the Lie groups SU(3) × SU(3) and SU(3) on the exceptional compact symmetric spaces G₂ and G₂/SO(4), respectively. We show that the principal orbits coincide with the tubular hypersurfaces around the totally geodesic singular orbits, and the symmetric spaces G₂ and G₂/SO(4) can be thought of as compact tubes around SU(3) and P², respectively. Moreover, we determine the radii of these tubes and describe the shape operators of the principal orbits. Finally, we apply these results to compute the volumes of the two symmetric spaces.The author was partially supported by the Hungarian National Science and Research Foundation OTKA T032478.     

A new characterization of the simple group <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>)

The simple group A ₁(p ⁿ ) is proved to be uniquely determined by the set of the orders of the maximal abelian subgroups of A ₁(p ⁿ ).     

(<Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>)-bi-Koszul algebras

The paper focuses on the 1-generated positively graded algebras with non-pure resolutions and mainly discusses a new kind of algebras called(s,t,d)-bi-Koszul algebras as the generalization of bi-Koszul algebras. An(s,t,d)-bi-Koszul algebra can be obtained from two periodic algebras with pure resolutions. The generation of the Koszul dual of an(s,t,d)-bi-Koszul algebra is discussed. Based on it,the notion of strongly(s,t,d)-bi-Koszul algebras is raised and their homological properties are further discussed.     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis>-recognition by prime graph of <Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>(3) where <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> is an odd prime

Let G be a finite group. The prime graph Γ(G) of G is defined as follows. The vertices of Γ(G) are the primes dividing the order of G and two distinct vertices p and p′ are joined by an edge if there is an element in G of order pp′. We denote by k(Γ(G)) the number of isomorphism classes of finite groups H satisfying Γ(G) = Γ(H). Given a natural number r, a finite group G is called r-recognizable by prime graph if k(Γ(G)) =  r. In Shen et al. (Sib. Math. J. 51(2):244–254, 2010), it is proved that if p is an odd prime, then B _p (3) is recognizable by element orders. In this paper as the main result, we show that if G is a finite group such that Γ(G) = Γ(B _p (3)), where p > 3 is an odd prime, then \({G\cong B_p(3)}\) or C _p (3). Also if Γ(G) = Γ(B ₃(3)), then \({G\cong B_3(3), C_3(3), D_4(3)}\), or \({G/O_2(G)\cong {\rm Aut}(^2B_2(8))}\). As a corollary, the main result of the above paper is obtained.     

Graded central polynomials for the algebra <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>)

Let M _n (K) be the algebra of all n × n matrices over an infinite field K. This algebra has a natural ℤ _n -grading and a natural ℤ-grading. Finite bases for its ℤ _n -graded identities and for its ℤ-graded identities are known. In this paper we describe finite generating sets for the ℤ _n -graded and for the ℤ-graded central polynomials for M _n (K) Partially supported by CNPq 620025/2006-9