Moduli of metaplectic bundles on curves and Theta-sheaves

We give a geometric interpretation of the Weil representation of the metaplectic group, placing it in the framework of the geometric Langlands program.For a smooth projective curve X we introduce an algebraic stack of metaplectic bundles on X. It also has a local version , which is a gerbe over the affine Grassmanian of G. We define a categorical version of the (nonramified) Hecke algebra of the metaplectic group. This is a category of certain perverse sheaves on , which act on by Hecke operators. A version of the Satake equivalence is proved describing as a tensor category. Further, we construct a perverse sheaf on corresponding to the Weil representation and show that it is a Hecke eigen-sheaf with respect to .     

Vertex coloring acyclic digraphs and their corresponding hypergraphs

We consider vertex coloring of an acyclic digraph in such a way that two vertices which have a common ancestor in receive distinct colors. Such colorings arise in a natural way when bounding space for various genetic data for efficient analysis. We discuss the corresponding down-chromatic number and derive an upper bound as a function of , the maximum number of descendants of a given vertex, and the degeneracy of the corresponding hypergraph. Finally, we determine an asymptotically tight upper bound of the down-chromatic number in terms of the number of vertices of and .     

Pointlike sets with respect to R and J

We present an algorithm to compute the pointlike subsets of a finite semigroup with respect to the pseudovariety of all finite R-trivial semigroups. The algorithm is inspired by Henckell’s algorithm for computing the pointlike subsets with respect to the pseudovariety of all finite aperiodic semigroups. We also give an algorithm to compute -pointlike sets, where denotes the pseudovariety of all finite J-trivial semigroups. We finally show that, in contrast with the situation for , the natural adaptation of Henckell’s algorithm to computes pointlike sets, but not all of them.     

Simple braids for surface homeomorphisms

Let S be a compact, oriented surface with negative Euler characteristic and let be a homeomorphism isotopic to the identity. If there exists a periodic orbit with a non-zero rotation vector , then there exists a simple braid with the same rotation vector.     

Strong convergence of the empirical distribution of eigenvalues of sample covariance matrices with a perturbation matrix

Let , where is a random symmetric matrix, a random symmetric matrix, and with being independent real random variables. Suppose that , and are independent. It is proved that the empirical spectral distribution of the eigenvalues of random symmetric matrices converges almost surely to a non-random distribution.     

On a relation between certain cohomological invariants

Let G be a group, the supremum of the projective lengths of the injective ZG-modules and the supremum of the injective lengths of the projective ZG-modules. The invariants and were studied in [T.V. Gedrich, K.W. Gruenberg, Complete cohomological functors on groups, Topology Appl. 25 (1987) 203-223] in connection with the existence of complete cohomological functors. If is finite then [T.V. Gedrich, K.W. Gruenberg, Complete cohomological functors on groups, Topology Appl. 25 (1987) 203-223] and , where is the generalized cohomological dimension of G [B.M. Ikenaga, Homological dimension and Farrell cohomology, J. Algebra 87 (1984) 422-457]. Note that if G is of finite virtual cohomological dimension. It has been conjectured in [O. Talelli, On groups of type Φ, Arch. Math. 89 (1) (2007) 24-32] that if is finite then G admits a finite dimensional model for , the classifying space for proper actions.We conjecture that for any group G and we prove the conjecture for duality groups, fundamental groups of graphs of finite groups and fundamental groups of certain finite graphs of groups of type .     

Monoids with sub-log-exponential free spectra

A classic result from the 1960s states that the asymptotic growth of the free spectrum of a finite group is sub-log-exponential if and only if is nilpotent. Thus a monoid is sub-log-exponential implies , the pseudovariety of semigroups with nilpotent subgroups. Unfortunately, little more is known about the boundary between the sub-log-exponential and log-exponential monoids.The pseudovariety consists of those finite semigroups satisfying (x^ωy^ω)^ω(y^ωx^ω)^ω(x^ωy^ω)^ω≈(x^ωy^ω)^ω. Here it is shown that a monoid is sub-log-exponential implies . A quick application: a regular sub-log-exponential monoid is orthodox. It is conjectured that a finite monoid is sub-log-exponential if and only if it is , the finite monoids in having nilpotent subgroups. The forward direction of the conjecture is proved; moreover, the conjecture is proved for when is completely (0)-simple. In particular, the six-element Brandt monoid (the Perkins semigroup) is sub-log-exponential.     

Square roots of semihyponormal operators have scalar extensions

In this paper, we study some properties of , i.e., square roots of semihyponormal operators. In particular we show that an operator has a scalar extension, i.e., is similar to the restriction to an invariant subspace of a (generalized) scalar operator (in the sense of Colojoar?-Foia?). As a corollary, we obtain that an operator has a nontrivial invariant subspace if its spectrum has interior in the plane.