On the Automorphism Group of a Smooth Schubert Variety

Let G be a simple algebraic group of adjoint type over the field \(\mathbb {C}\) of complex numbers. Let B be a Borel subgroup of G containing a maximal torus T of G. Let w be an element of the Weyl group W and let X(w) be the Schubert variety in G/B corresponding to w. Let α ₀ denote the highest root of G with respect to T and B. Let P be the stabiliser of X(w) in G. In this paper, we prove that if G is simply laced and X(w) is smooth, then the connected component of the automorphism group of X(w) containing the identity automorphism equals P if and only if w ^?1(α ₀) is a negative root (see Theorem 4.2). We prove a partial result in the non simply laced case (see Theorem 6.6).     

DISTINGUISHED PRE-NICHOLS ALGEBRAS

We formally define and study the distinguished pre-Nichols algebra \( \tilde{B} \)(V) of a braided vector space of diagonal type V with finite-dimensional Nichols algebra B(V). The algebra \( \tilde{B} \)(V) is presented by fewer relations than B(V), so it is intermediate between the tensor algebra T(V) and B(V). Prominent examples of distinguished pre-Nichols algebras are the positive parts of quantized enveloping (super)algebras and their multiparametric versions. We prove that these algebras give rise to new examples of Noetherian pointed Hopf algebras of finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension. We investigate the kernel (in the sense of Hopf algebras) of the projection from \( \tilde{B} \)(V) to B(V), generalizing results of De Concini and Procesi on quantum groups at roots of unity.     

Connecting orbits of Lagrangian systems in a nonstationary force field

We study connecting orbits of a natural Lagrangian system defined on a complete Riemannian manifold subjected to the action of a nonstationary force field with potential U(q, t) = f(t)V(q). It is assumed that the factor f(t) tends to ∞ as t→±∞ and vanishes at a unique point t ₀ ∈ ?. Let X ₊, X _? denote the sets of isolated critical points of V (x) at which U(x, t) as a function of x distinguishes its maximum for any fixed t > t ₀ and t < t ₀, respectively. Under nondegeneracy conditions on points of X _± we prove the existence of infinitely many doubly asymptotic trajectories connecting X _? and X ₊.     

Generic elements in isometry groups of Polish ultrametric spaces

This paper presents a study of generic elements in full isometry groups of Polish ultrametric spaces. We obtain a complete characterization of Polish ultrametric spaces X whose isometry group Iso(X) has a neighborhood basis at the identity consisting of open subgroups with ample generics. It also gives a characterization of the existence of an open subgroup in Iso(X) with a comeager conjugacy class.We also study the transfinite sequence defined by the projection of a Polish ultrametric space X on the ultrametric space of orbits of X under the action of Iso(X).     

The SL(<Emphasis Type="Italic">V</Emphasis>)-ample cone of product of flag varieties

Let k be an algebraically closed field, and V be a vector space of dimension n over k. For a set ω = (\(\vec d\)(1), ..., \(\vec d\)(m)) of sequences of positive integers, denote by L _ω the ample line bundle corresponding to the polarization on the product X = Π _i=1 ^m Flag(V, \(\vec n\)(i)) of flag varieties of type \(\vec n\)(i) determined by ω. We study the SL(V)-linearization of the diagonal action of SL(V) on X with respect to L _ω. We give a sufficient and necessary condition on ω such that X ^ss (L _ω) ≠ \(\not 0\) (resp., X ^s (L _ω) ≠ \(\not 0\)). As a consequence, we characterize the SL(V)-ample cone (for the diagonal action of SL(V) on X), which turns out to be a polyhedral convex cone.     

Demicompactness Results for Strongly Continuous Semigroups,Generators and Resolvents

Let \((U(t))_ {t\ge 0}\) be a strongly continuous semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space X and B be a bounded operator on X. In this paper, we develop some aspects of the theory of semigroup for which U(t)B (respectively, BU(t), BU(t)B) is demicompact for some (respectively, every) \(t>0\). In addition, we study the demicompactness of similar, subspace and product semigroups. We also investigate the demicompactness of the resolvent. We close this paper by giving some conditions guaranteeing the demicompactness of a generator of a strongly continuous semigroup in a Hilbert space.     

Valuation ideals and primary <Emphasis Type="Italic">w</Emphasis>-ideals

Let D be an integral domain, V (D) (resp., t-V (D)) be the set of all valuation (resp., t-valuation) ideals of D, and w-P(D) be the set of primary w-ideals of D. Let D[X] be the polynomial ring over D, c(f) be the ideal of D generated by the coefficients of f ∈ D[X], and N _v = {f ∈ D[X] | c(f) _v = D}. In this paper, we study integral domains D in which w-P(D) ? t-V (D), t-V (D) ? w-P(D), or t-V (D) = w-P(D). We also study the relationship between t-V (D) and \(V\left( {D{{\left[ X \right]}_{{N_v}}}} \right)\), and characterize when t-V (A + XB[X]) ? w-P(A + XB[X]) holds for a proper extension A ? B of integral domains.     

A note on transitively <Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis>-spaces

In this note, we show that if for any transitive neighborhood assignment φ for X there is a point-countable refinement ? such that for any non-closed subset A of X there is some V ∈ ? such that |V ∩ A| ? ω, then X is transitively D. As a corollary, if X is a sequential space and has a point-countable wcs*-network then X is transitively D, and hence if X is a Hausdorff k-space and has a point-countable k-network, then X is transitively D. We prove that if X is a countably compact sequential space and has a pointcountable wcs*-network, then X is compact. We point out that every discretely Lindelöf space is transitively D. Let (X, τ) be a space and let (X, ?) be a butterfly space over (X, τ). If (X, τ) is Fréchet and has a point-countable wcs*-network (or is a hereditarily meta-Lindelöf space), then (X, ?) is a transitively D-space.     

To the Spectral Theory of One-Dimensional Matrix Dirac Operators with Point Matrix Interactions

We investigate one-dimensional (2p × 2p)-matrix Dirac operators D_X,α and D_X,β with point matrix interactions on a discrete set X. Several results of [4] are generalized to the case of (p × p)-matrix interactions with p > 1. It is shown that a number of properties of the operators D_X,α and D_X,β (self-adjointness, discreteness of the spectrum, etc.) are identical to the corresponding properties of some Jacobi matrices B_X,α and B_X,β with (p × p)-matrix entries. The relationship found is used to describe these properties as well as conditions of continuity and absolute continuity of the spectra of the operators D_X,α and D_X,β. Also the non-relativistic limit at the velocity of light c → ∞ is studied.     

Local properties of Richardson varieties in the Grassmannian via a bounded Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence

The Richardson variety X _α ^γ in the Grassmannian is defined to be the intersection of the Schubert variety X ^γ and opposite Schubert variety X _α . We give an explicit Gröbner basis for the ideal of the tangent cone at any T-fixed point of X _α ^γ , thus generalizing a result of Kodiyalam-Raghavan (J. Algebra 270(1):28–54, 2003) and Kreiman-Lakshmibai (Algebra, Arithmetic and Geometry with Applications, 2004). Our proof is based on a generalization of the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth (RSK) correspondence, which we call the bounded RSK (BRSK). We use the Gröbner basis result to deduce a formula which computes the multiplicity of X _α ^γ at any T-fixed point by counting families of nonintersecting lattice paths, thus generalizing a result first proved by Krattenthaler (Sém. Lothar. Comb. 45:B45c, 2000/2001; J. Algebr. Comb. 22:273–288, 2005).     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>-rigid surfaces

Rigid algebraic varieties form an important class of complex varieties that exhibit interesting geometric phenomena. In this paper we propose a natural extension of rigidity to complex projective varieties with a finite group action (G-varieties) and focus on the first nontrivial case, namely, on G-rigid surfaces that can be represented as desingularizations of Galois coverings of the projective plane with Galois group G. We obtain local and global G-rigidity criteria for these G-surfaces and present several series of such surfaces that are rigid with respect to the action of the deck transformation group.     

Monotone weak Lindelöfness

The definition of monotone weak Lindelöfness is similar to monotone versions of other covering properties: X is monotonically weakly Lindelöf if there is an operator r that assigns to every open cover U a family of open sets r(U) so that (1) ∪r(U) is dense in X, (2) r(U) refines U, and (3) r(U) refines r(V) whenever U refines V. Some examples and counterexamples of monotonically weakly Lindelöf spaces are given and some basic properties such as the behavior with respect to products and subspaces are discussed.     

General Hausdorff functions,and the notion of one-sided measure and dimension

The main facts about Hausdorff and packing measures and dimensions of a Borel set E are revisited, using determining set functions \(\phi_\alpha\colon\mathcal{B}_E\to(0,\infty)\), where \(\mathcal{B}_E\) is the family of all balls centred on E and α is a real parameter. With mild assumptions on φ_α, we verify that the main density results hold, as well as the basic properties of the corresponding box dimension. Given a bounded open set V in ? ^D , these notions are used to introduce the interior and exterior measures and dimensions of any Borel subset of ?V. We stress that these dimensions depend on the choice of φ_α. Two determining functions are considered, φ_α(B)=Vol _D (B∩V)diam(B)^α-D and φ_α(B)=Vol _D (B∩V)^α/D , where Vol _D denotes the D-dimensional volume.     

Connecting orbits near the adiabatic limit of Lagrangian systems with turning points

We consider a natural Lagrangian system defined on a complete Riemannian manifold being subjected to action of a time-periodic force field with potential U(q, t, ε) = f(εt)V(q) depending slowly on time. It is assumed that the factor f(τ) is periodic and vanishes at least at one point on the period. Let X _c denote a set of isolated critical points of V(x) at which V(x) distinguishes its maximum or minimum. In the adiabatic limit ε → 0 we prove the existence of a set E _h such that the system possesses a rich class of doubly asymptotic trajectories connecting points of X _c for ε ∈ E _h .     

Local reconstruction for sampling in shift-invariant spaces

The local reconstruction from samples is one of most desirable properties for many applications in signal processing, but it has not been given as much attention. In this paper, we will consider the local reconstruction problem for signals in a shift-invariant space. In particular, we consider finding sampling sets X such that signals in a shift-invariant space can be locally reconstructed from their samples on X. For a locally finite-dimensional shift-invariant space V we show that signals in V can be locally reconstructed from its samples on any sampling set with sufficiently large density. For a shift-invariant space V(? ₁, ..., ? _N ) generated by finitely many compactly supported functions ? ₁, ..., ? _N , we characterize all periodic nonuniform sampling sets X such that signals in that shift-invariant space V(? ₁, ..., ? _N ) can be locally reconstructed from the samples taken from X. For a refinable shift-invariant space V(?) generated by a compactly supported refinable function ?, we prove that for almost all \((x_0, x_1)\in [0,1]^2\), any signal in V(?) can be locally reconstructed from its samples from \(\{x_0, x_1\}+{\mathbb Z}\) with oversampling rate 2. The proofs of our results on the local sampling and reconstruction in the refinable shift-invariant space V(?) depend heavily on the linear independent shifts of a refinable function on measurable sets with positive Lebesgue measure and the almost ripplet property for a refinable function, which are new and interesting by themselves.     

Applications of balanced pairs

Let (X, Y) be a balanced pair in an abelian category. We first introduce the notion of cotorsion pairs relative to (X, Y), and then give some equivalent characterizations when a relative cotorsion pair is hereditary or perfect. We prove that if the X-resolution dimension of Y (resp. Y-coresolution dimension of X) is finite, then the bounded homotopy category of Y (resp. X) is contained in that of X (resp. Y). As a consequence, we get that the right X-singularity category coincides with the left Y-singularity category if the X-resolution dimension of Y and the Y-coresolution dimension of X are finite.     

Structure of Abelian rings

Let R be a ring with identity. We use J(R); G(R); and X(R) to denote the Jacobson radical, the group of all units, and the set of all nonzero nonunits in R; respectively. A ring is said to be Abelian if every idempotent is central. It is shown, for an Abelian ring R and an idempotent-lifting ideal N ? J(R) of R; that R has a complete set of primitive idempotents if and only if R/N has a complete set of primitive idempotents. The structure of an Abelian ring R is completely determined in relation with the local property when X(R) is a union of 2; 3; 4; and 5 orbits under the left regular action on X(R) by G(R): For a semiperfect ring R which is not local, it is shown that if G(R) is a cyclic group with 2 ∈ G(R); then R is finite. We lastly consider two sorts of conditions for G(R) to be an Abelian group.     

A modified large-scale structure-preserving doubling algorithm for a large-scale Riccati equation from transport theory

A large scale nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation XCX ? XE ? AX + B = 0 arising in transport theory is considered, where the n × n coefficient matrices B,C are symmetric and low-ranked and A, E are rank one updates of nonsingular diagonal matrices. By introducing a balancing strategy and setting appropriate initial matrices carefully, we can simplify the large-scale structure-preserving doubling algorithm (SDA_ls) for this special equation. We give modified large-scale structure-preserving doubling algorithm, which can reduce the flop count of original SDA_ls by half. Numerical experiments illustrate the effectiveness of our method.     

Parametric AE-solution sets to the parametric linear systems with multiple right-hand sides and parametric matrix equation A(p)X = B(p)

In this paper, the parametric matrix equation A(p)X = B(p) whose elements are linear functions of uncertain parameters varying within intervals are considered. In this matrix equation A(p) and B(p) are known m-by-m and m-by-n matrices respectively, and X is the m-by-n unknown matrix. We discuss the so-called AE-solution sets for such systems and give some analytical characterizations for the AE-solution sets and a sufficient condition under which these solution sets are bounded. We then propose a modification of Krawczyk operator for parametric systems which causes reduction of the computational complexity of obtaining an outer estimation for the parametric united solution set, considerably. Then we give a generalization of the Bauer-Skeel and the Hansen-Bliek-Rohn bounds for enclosing the parametric united solution set which also enables us to reduce the computational complexity, significantly. Also some numerical approaches based on Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Seidel methods to find outer estimations for the parametric united solution set are given. Finally, some numerical experiments are given to illustrate the performance of the proposed methods.