Quadrature Domains and p-Laplacian Growth

The classical Hele–Shaw (Laplacian-growth) problem is generalised to power-law fluids (satisfying the p-Laplace equation) and a number of results are established that are analogous to some of those involving null-quadrature domains in the former. The results are formal, but suggest a number of avenues warranting rigorous investigation; some of these are formulated as conjectures or open problems. Submitted: May 31, 2008. Accepted: July 20, 2008.     

On automorphisms of A-groups

Let G be an A-group (i.e. a group in which xx ^α  = x ^α x for all and let denote the subgroup of Aut(G) consisting of all automorphisms that leave invariant the centralizer of each element of G. The quotient is an elementary abelian 2-group and natural analogies exist to suggest that it might always be trivial. It is shown that, in fact, for any odd prime p and any positive integer r, there exist infinitely many finite pA-groups G for which has rank r. Received: 23 March 2008, Revised: 20 May 2008     

Reconstruction of Function Fields

For k an algebraic closure of the finite field , ℓ prime distinct from p and X a surface over k, we prove that the field of rational functions k(X) can be recovered from the maximal pro-ℓ-quotient of its absolute Galois group – in fact already from the second central descending series quotient of . Submitted: July 2004, Revision: October 2005, Final revision: February 2008, Accepted: February 2008     

Decay properties for the solutions of a partial differential equation with memory

Decay properties in energy norm for solutions of a class of partial differential equations with memory are studied by means of frequency domain methods. Our results are optimal for this class, as we are able to characterize polynomial as well as exponential decay rates. The results apply to models for viscoelastic materials. An extension to a semilinearly perturbed problem is also included. Received: 9 July 2008, Revised: 16 September 2008     

On δ-permutability of maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups of finite groups

In this paper, we get the main theorem: Let p be a prime dividing the order of G and , where and H is p ^′-Hall subgroup of G. Let δ be a complete set of Sylow subgroups of H. If G satisfies the following conditions: i) is a p-group; ii) for any maximal M of P, M is δ-permutable in H, then G is p-nilpotent. Some known results are generalized. Received: 12 September 2007, Revised: 28 February 2008     

Compact Hankel Forms on Planar Domains

A Hankel form on a Hilbert function space is a bounded, symmetric, bilinear form [., .] satisfying [fx, y] = [x, fy] for a class of multipliers f. We prove analogs of Weyl–Horn and Ky Fan inequalities for compact Hankel forms, and apply them to estimate the related eigenvalues, both for Hardy–Smirnov and Bergman spaces norms associated to multiply connected planar domains. In the case of the unit disk, we investigate the asymptotic of some measures constructed by eigenfunctions of Hankel operators with certain Markov functions as symbols. Submitted: May 2, 2008. Accepted: June 28, 2008.     

Minimax Problems Related to Cup Powers and Steenrod Squares

If F is a family of mod 2 k-cycles in the unit n-ball, we lower bound the maximal volume of any cycle in F in terms of the homology class of F in the space of all cycles. We give examples to show that these lower bounds are fairly sharp. Received: February 2007, Revision: January 2008, Accepted: January 2008     

Distances Between <Emphasis Type="Italic">σ</Emphasis>-Fields on a Probability Space

For a probability space (Ω,ℱ,P) and two sub-σ-fields we consider two natural distances: and . We investigate basic properties of these distances. In particular we show that if a distance (ρ or ) from ℬ to is small then there exists Z∈ℱ with small P(Z), such that for every B∈ℬ there exists such that B∖Z and A∖Z differ by a set of probability zero. This improves results of Neveu (Ann. Math. Stat. 43(4):1369–1371, [1972]), Jajte and Paszkiewicz (Probab. Math. Stat. 19(1):181–201, [1999]).      

The Aumann-Gould Integral

We introduce and study a multi-valued integral of Aumann-type where the selectors are Gould integrals of real functions with respect to finitely additive vector-valued measures. We also discuss the relationship between this kind of integral and the M-Gould set-valued integral with respect to a finitely additive multimeasure M. Received: November 17, 2006, Revised: September 17, 2007 and January, 8, 2008, Accepted: March 13, 2008.     

Pencils on double coverings of curves

Let X be a smooth curve of genus g. When and d ≥ π−2g+1 we show the existence of a double covering where C a smooth curve of genus π with a base-point-free pencil of degree d which is not the pull-back of a pencil on X. Received: 7 February 2007; Revised: 1 July 2008     

Ratios of Norms for Polynomials and Connected n-width Problems

Let be a bounded simply connected domain with boundary Γ and let be a regular compact set with connected complement. In this paper we investigate asymptotics of the extremal constants:

Operator Space Embedding of Schatten p-Classes Into Von Neumann Algebra Preduals

Let X₁ and X₂ be subspaces of quotients of R OH and C OH respectively. We use new free probability techniques to construct a completely isomorphic embedding of the Haagerup tensor product into the predual of a sufficiently large QWEP von Neumann algebra. As an immediate application, given any 1 < q ≤ 2, our result produces a completely isomorphic embedding of (equipped with its natural operator space structure) into with a QWEP von Neumann algebra. Received: June 2006, Revision: June 2007, Accepted: September 2007     

On the Converse of the Theory of Groups Acting on Trees with Inversions

In this paper we show that if G is a group acting on a graph X with inversions such that G has a presentation induced by a fundamental domain for the action of G on X, then X is a tree. Received: January 3, 2007., Revised: August 10, 2007 and May 3, 2008., Accepted: October 17, 2008.     

An exotic shuffle relation for multiple zeta values

In this short note we will provide a new proof of the following exotic shuffle relation of multiple zeta values: This was proved by Zagier when n = 0, by Broadhurst when m = 0, and by Borwein, Bradley, and Broadhurst when m = 1. In general this was proved by Bowman and Bradley. Our new idea is to use the method of Borwein et al. to reduce the above general relation to some families of combinatorial identities which can be verified by Zeilberger’s algorithm [9, 10] that is part of the WZ method. Received: 27 November 2007 Revised: 28 June 2008     

A Riemannian manifold with maximal L p spectrum

We give an example for a Riemannian manifold with maximal L ^p spectrum. Received: 16 February 2008     

Boolean Functions with small Spectral Norm

Let be a boolean function, and suppose that the spectral norm of f is at most M. Then where and each H _j is a subgroup of . This result may be regarded as a quantitative analogue of the Cohen-Helson-Rudin structure theorem for idempotent measures in locally compact abelian groups. Received: May 2006 Accepted: January 2007     

The Beckman-Quarles theorem for mappings from ℝ2 to $${\mathbb{F}}^2 $$ , where F is a subfield of a commutative field extending ℝ, where F is a subfield of a commutative field extending ℝ

Let F be a subfield of a commutative field extending ℝ. Let We say thatf : preserves distanced ≥ 0 if for eachx,y ∈ ℝ ∣x- y∣= d implies ϕ₂(f(x),f(y)) = d² . We prove that each unit-distance preserving mappingf : has a formI o (ρ,ρ), where is a field homomorphism and is an affine mapping with orthogonal linear part.     

Finding almost squares IV

In this paper, we continue the study of almost squares; these are integers n representable as n = a · b for some . We show that almost all (in the measure–theoretic sense) short intervals [x, x + (log x)¹²] contain at least one almost square, and we consider related questions. Moreover, a result of Erdős shows that the exponent 12 cannot be smaller than 0.086 .... Received: 26 June 2008; Revised: 22 December 2008     

Ortho and Causal Closure Operations in Ordered Vector Spaces

On a non-trivial partially ordered real vector space V the orthogonality relation is defined by incomparability and is a complete lattice of double orthoclosed sets. In an earlier paper we defined an integrally open ordered vector space V and proved orthomodularity of . We shall say that is an orthogonal set when for all with , we have . We consider two different closure operations and (ortho and causal closure) and prove: V is integrally open iff for every orthogonal set . Hence follows: if V is integrally open, then . Received July 6, 2007; accepted in final form July 31, 2007.     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>-quasinormal and <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>-normal subgroups of a finite group

Let be a saturated formation containing the class of supersolvable groups and let G be a finite group. The following theorems are presented: (1) G ∈ if and only if there is a normal subgroup H such that G/H ∈ and every maximal subgroup of all Sylow subgroups of H is either c-normal or S-quasinormally embedded in G. (2) G ∈ if and only if there is a normal subgroup H such that G/H ∈ and every maximal subgroup of all Sylow subgroups of F*(H), the generalized Fitting subgroup of H, is either c-normal or S-quasinormally embedded in G. (3) G ∈ if and only if there is a normal subgroup H such that G/H ∈ and every cyclic subgroup of F*(H) of prime order or order 4 is either c-normal or S-quasinormally embedded in G. Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Autonomous Region (No. 0249001). Corresponding author. Supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China (10571181), NSF of Guangdong Province (06023728) and ARF(GDEI).