Operations in A-theory

A construction for Segal operations for K-theory of categories with cofibrations, weak equivalences and a biexact pairing is given and coherence properties of the operations are studied. The model for K-theory, which is used, allows coherence to be studied by means of (symmetric) monoidal functors. In the case of Waldhausen A-theory it is shown how to recover the operations used in Waldhausen (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 967, Springer, Berlin, 1982, pp. 390-409) for the A-theory Kahn-Priddy theorem. The total Segal operation for A-theory, which assembles exterior power operations, is shown to carry a natural infinite loop map structure. The basic input is the un-delooped model for K-theory, which has been developed from a construction by Grayson and Gillet for exact categories in Gunnarsson et al. (J. Pure Appl. Algebra 79 (1992) 255), and Grayson's setup for operations in Grayson (K-theory (1989) 247). The relevant material from these sources is recollected followed by observations on equivariant objects and pairings. Grayson's conditions are then translated to the context of categories with cofibrations and weak equivalences. The power operations are shown to be well behaved w.r.t. suspension and are extended to algebraic K-theory of spaces. Staying close with the philosophy of Waldhausen (1982) Waldhausen's maps are found. The Kahn-Priddy theorem follows from splitting the “free part” off the equivariant theory. The treatment of coherence of the total operation in A-theory involves results from Laplaza (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 281, Springer, Berlin, 1972, pp. 29-65) and restriction to spherical objects in the source of the operation.     

On the finitistic dimension conjecture II: Related to finite global dimension

In this paper, we study the finitistic dimensions of artin algebras by establishing a relationship between the global dimensions of the given algebras, on the one hand, and the finitistic dimensions of their subalgebras, on the other hand. This is a continuation of the project in [J. Pure Appl. Algebra 193 (2004) 287-305]. For an artin algebra A we denote by gl.dim(A), fin.dim(A) and rep.dim(A) the global dimension, finitistic dimension and representation dimension of A, respectively. The Jacobson radical of A is denoted by rad(A). The main results in the paper are as follows: Let B be a subalgebra of an artin algebra A such that rad(B) is a left ideal in A. Then (1) if gl.dim(A)?4 and rad(A)=rad(B)A, then fin.dim(B)<∞. (2) If rep.dim(A)?3, then fin.dim(B)<∞. The results are applied to pullbacks of algebras over semi-simple algebras. Moreover, we have also the following dual statement: (3) Let ?:B?A be a surjective homomorphism between two algebras B and A. Suppose that the kernel of ? is contained in the socle of the right B-module B_B. If gl.dim(A)?4, or rep.dim(A)?3, then fin.dim(B)<∞. Finally, we provide a class of algebras with representation dimension at most three: (4) If A is stably hereditary and rad(B) is an ideal in A, then rep.dim(B)?3.     

Low upper bounds in the LR degrees

We say that A≤_LRB if every B-random real is A-random—in other words, if B has at least as much derandomization power as A. The LR reducibility is a natural weak reducibility in the context of randomness, and generalizes lowness for randomness. We study the existence and properties of upper bounds in the context of the LR degrees. In particular, we show that given two (or even finitely many) low sets, there is a low c.e. set which lies LR above both. This is very different from the situation in the Turing degrees, where Sacks’ splitting theorem shows that two low sets can join to 0^′.     

Some model-theoretic correspondences between dimension groups and AF algebras

If A⊆B are structures for a first-order language S, A is said to be algebraically (existentially) closed in B just in case every positive existential (existential) S_A-sentence true in B_A is true in A_A. In 1976 Elliott showed that unital AF (‘approximately finite-dimensional’) algebras are classified up to isomorphism by corresponding dimension groups with order unit. This paper shows that one dimension group with order unit is algebraically (existentially) closed in another just in case the corresponding AF algebras, viewed as metric structures, fall in the same relation.     

Rectangular products with ordinal factors

Let A and B be subspaces of an ordinal. It is proved that the product A×B is countably paracompact if and only if it is rectangular. Before this main result, we discuss several covering properties of products with one ordinal factor. In particular, for every paracompact space X, it is proved that the product X×A is paracompact if so is A.     

The countable Telescope Conjecture for module categories

By the Telescope Conjecture for Module Categories, we mean the following claim: “Let R be any ring and (A,B) be a hereditary cotorsion pair in Mod-R with A and B closed under direct limits. Then (A,B) is of finite type.”We prove a modification of this conjecture with the word ‘finite’ replaced by ‘countable.’ We show that a hereditary cotorsion pair (A,B) of modules over an arbitrary ring R is generated by a set of strongly countably presented modules provided that B is closed under unions of well-ordered chains. We also characterize the modules in B and the countably presented modules in A in terms of morphisms between finitely presented modules, and show that (A,B) is cogenerated by a single pure-injective module provided that A is closed under direct limits. Then we move our attention to strong analogies between cotorsion pairs in module categories and localizing pairs in compactly generated triangulated categories.     

Stability and the nonexistence of blowing-up solutions of nonlinear delay systems with linear parts defined by permutable matrices

Sufficient conditions for the exponential stability of the trivial solution of nonlinear differential equations with delay and with linear parts of the form Ax(t)+Bx(t−τ),τ>0, where AB=BA, are proved. A result on the nonexistence of blowing-up solutions is also proved.     

Isometric properties of elementary operators

We consider the elementary operator L, acting on the Hilbert-Schmidt Class C₂(H), given by L(T)=ATB, with A and B bounded operators on H. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions on A and B for L to be a 2-isometry or a 3-isometry. We derive sufficient conditions for L to be an n-isometry. We also give several illustrative examples involving the weighted shift operator on l₂ and the multiplication operator on the Dirichlet space.     

On D-Paracompact spaces

Following Pareek a topological space X is called D-paracompact if for every open cover $\text{A}$ of X there exists a continuous mapping f from X onto a developable T₁-space Y and an open cover $\text{B}$ of Y such that { f^-1[B]|B ∈ $\text{B}$ } refines $\text{A}$. It is shown that a space is D-paracompact if and only if it is subparacompact and D-expandable. Moreover, it is proved that D-paracompactness coincides with a covering property, called dissectability, which was introduced by the author in order to obtain a base characterization of developable spaces.     

Periodic resolutions and self-injective algebras of finite type

We say that an algebra A is periodic if it has a periodic projective resolution as an (A,A)-bimodule. We show that any self-injective algebra of finite representation type is periodic. To prove this, we first apply the theory of smash products to show that for a finite Galois covering B→A, B is periodic if and only if A is. In addition, when A has finite representation type, we build upon results of Buchweitz to show that periodicity passes between A and its stable Auslander algebra. Finally, we use Asashiba’s classification of the derived equivalence classes of self-injective algebras of finite type to compute bounds for the periods of these algebras, and give an application to stable Calabi-Yau dimensions.     

Norms of certain Jordan elementary operators

Let H be a complex Hilbert space and let B(H) denote the algebra of all bounded linear operators on H. For A,B∈B(H), the Jordan elementary operator UA,B is defined by UA,B(X)=AXB+BXA, ∀X∈B(H). In this short note, we discuss the norm of UA,B. We show that if dimH=2 and ‖UA,B‖=‖A‖‖B‖, then either AB^∗ or B^∗A is 0. We give some examples of Jordan elementary operators UA,B such that ‖UA,B‖=‖A‖‖B‖ but AB^∗≠0 and B^∗A≠0, which answer negatively a question posed by M. Boumazgour in [M. Boumazgour, Norm inequalities for sums of two basic elementary operators, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 342 (2008) 386-393].     

Generalized Specker lattice-ordered groups and two types of distributivity

Let A be a lattice-ordered group, B a generalized Boolean algebra. The Boolean extension A _B of A has been investigated in the literature; we will refer to A _B as a generalized Specker lattice-ordered group (namely, if A is the linearly ordered group of all integers, then A _B is a Specker lattice-ordered group). The paper establishes that some distributivity laws extend from A _B to both A and B, and (under certain circumstances) also conversely.     

Formally smooth bimodules

The notion of a formally smooth bimodule is introduced and its basic properties are analyzed. In particular it is proven that a B-A bimodule M which is a generator left B-module is formally smooth if and only if the M-Hochschild dimension of B is at most one. It is also shown that modules M which are generators in the category σ[M] of M-subgenerated modules provide natural examples of formally smooth bimodules.     

Lattice tensor products. II

G. Grätzer and F. Wehrung has recently introduced the lattice tensor product, A?B, of the lattices A and B. In this note, for a finite lattice A and an arbitrary lattice B, we compute the ideal lattice of A?B, obtaining the isomorphism Id(A?B)≌A?Id B. This generalizes an earlier result of G. Grätzer and F. Wehrung proving this isomorphism for A = M_3 and B n-modular. We prove this isomorphism by utilizing the coordinatization of A?B introduced in Part I of this paper.     

Lattice tensor products. III - Congruences

G. Grätzer and F. Wehrung introduced the lattice tensor product, A?B, of the lattices Aand B. In Part I of this paper, we showed that for any finite lattice A, we can "coordinatize" A?B, that is, represent A?,B as a subset A of B ^A, and provide an effective criteria to recognize the A-tuples of elements of B that occur in this representation. To show the utility of this coordinatization, we prove, for a finite lattice A and a bounded lattice B, the isomorphism Con A ≌ (Con A)B>, which is a special case of a recent result of G. Grätzer and F. Wehrung and a generalization of a 1981 result of G. Grätzer, H. Lakser, and R.W. Quackenbush.     

The number of meets between two subsets of a lattice

Let L be a lattice of divisors of an integer (isomorphically, a direct product of chains). We prove |A| |B| ? |L| |A ∧ B| for any A, B ? L, where |·| denotes cardinality and A ∧ B = {a ∧ b: a?A, b?B}. |A ∧ B| attains its minimum for fixed |A|, |B| when A and B are ideals. |·| can be replaced by certain other weight functions. When the n chains are of equal size k, the elements may be viewed as n-digit k-ary numbers. Then for fixed |A|, |B|, |A ∧ B| is minimized when A and B are the |A| and |B| smallest n-digit k-ary numbers written backwards and forwards, respectively. |A ∧ B| for these sets is determined and bounded. Related results are given, and conjectures are made.     

Gorenstein projective bimodules via monomorphism categories and filtration categories

We generalize the monomorphism category from quiver (with monomial relations) to arbitrary finite dimensional algebras by a homological definition. Given two finite dimension algebras A and B, we use the special monomorphism category $\mathsf{Mon}(B,A\text{-}\mathsf{Gproj})$ to describe some Gorenstein projective bimodules over the tensor product of A and B. If one of the two algebras is Gorenstein, we give a sufficient and necessary condition for $\mathsf{Mon}(B,A\text{-}\mathsf{Gproj})$ being the category of all Gorenstein projective bimodules. In addition, if both A and B are Gorenstein, we can describe the category of all Gorenstein projective bimodules via filtration categories. Similarly, in this case, we get the same result for infinitely generated Gorenstein projective bimodules.     

A measure-theoretic proof of Turing incomparability

We prove that if S is an ω-model of weak weak König’s lemma and , is incomputable, then there exists , such that A and B are Turing incomparable. This extends a recent result of Ku?era and Slaman who proved that if S₀ is a Scott set (i.e. an ω-model of weak König’s lemma) and A∈S₀, A⊆ω, is incomputable, then there exists B∈S₀, B⊆ω, such that A and B are Turing incomparable.