Holomorphic Functions of Exponential Growth on Abelian Coverings of a Projective Manifold

Let M be a projective manifold, p: M _G M a regular covering over M with a free Abelian transformation group G. We describe the holomorphic functions on M _G of an exponential growth with respect to the distance defined by a metric pulled back from M. As a corollary, we obtain Cartwright and Liouville-type theorems for such functions. Our approach brings together the L ₂ cohomology technique for holomorphic vector bundles on complete Kähler manifolds and the geometric properties of projective manifolds.     

Equivariant Reduction to Torus of a Principal Bundle

Let M be an irreducible projective variety, over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic zero, equipped with an action of a connected algebraic group S over k. Let E _G be a principal G-bundle over M equipped with a lift of the action of S on M, where G is a connected reductive linear algebraic group. Assume that E _G admits a reduction of structure group to a maximal torus TG. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a T-reduction of E _G which is left invariant by the action of S on E _G .     

Correspondences between constituents of projective characters

Let G be a finite p-solvable group. Let P ∈ Syl _p (G) and N = N _G (P). We prove that there exists a natural bijection between the irreducible constituents of p′-degree of the principal projective character of G and those of . Received: 2 May 2007, Revised: 17 September 2007     

Hyperplane Sections of Kantor's Unitary Ovoids

The projective plane is embedded as a variety of projective points in , where M is a nine dimensional -module for the groupG=GL(3,q ²). The hyperplane sections of thisvariety and their stabilizers in the group G aredetermined. When q 2 (mod 3) one such hyperplanesection is a member of the family of Kantor's unitary ovoids.We furtherdetermine all sections whereD has codimension two in M and demonstratethat these are never empty. Consequences are drawn for Kantor'sovoids.     

Linear spaces with many projective planes

We assume that in a linear space there is a non-empty set M of points with the property that every plane containing a point of M is a projective plane. In section 3 an example is given that in general is not a projective space. But if M can be completed by two points to a generating set of P, then is a projective space.     

On projective planes of type (4, m)

If a group G acts on a finite projective plane to make it a plane of type (4, m) and if G/K is the related 2-transitive representation of G then either G/K has a normal regular subgroup or PSL(2, q)G/KPL(2, q) for some prime power q.     

Eigenvalues of Finite Projective Planes with an Abelian Cartesian Group

Let M be an incidence matrix for a projective plane of order n. The eigenvalues of M are calculated in the Desarguesian case and a standard form for M is obtained under the hypothesis that the plane admits a (P,L)-transitivity G, |G| = n. The study of M is reduced to a principal submatrix A which is an incidence matrix for n ² lines of an associated affine plane. In this case, A is a generalized Hadamard matrix of order n for the Cayley permutation representation R(G). Under these conditions it is shown that G is a 2-group and n = 2^r when the eigenvalues of A are real. If G is abelian, the characteristic polynomial |xI – A| is the product of the n polynomials |x – (A)|, a linear character of G. This formula is used to prove n is a prime power under natural conditions on A and spectrum(A). It is conjectured that |xI – A| x ⁿ² mod p for each prime divisor p of n and the truth of the conjecture is shown to imply n = |G| is a prime power.     

Weinberg bounds over nonspherical graphs

Let Aut(G) and E(G) denote the automorphism group and the edge set of a graph G, respectively. Weinberg's Theorem states that 4 is a constant sharp upper bound on the ratio |Aut(G)|/|E(G)| over planar (or spherical) 3‐connected graphs G. We have obtained various analogues of this theorem for nonspherical graphs, introducing two Weinberg‐type bounds for an arbitrary closed surface Σ, namely: where supremum is taken over the polyhedral graphs G with respect to Σ for W_P(Σ) and over the graphs G triangulating Σ for W_T(Σ). We have proved that Weinberg bounds are finite for any surface; in particular: W_P = W_T = 48 for the projective plane, and W_T = 240 for the torus. We have also proved that the original Weinberg bound of 4 holds over the graphs G triangulating the projective plane with at least 8 vertices and, in general, for the graphs of sufficiently large order triangulating a fixed closed surface Σ. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 33: 220–236, 2000     

The Baer-invariant of a semidirect product

In 1972 K.I. Tahara [7,2, Theorem 2.2.5], using cohomological methods, showed that if a finite group is the semidirect product of a normal subgroup N and a subgroup T, then M(T) is a direct factor of M(G), where M(G) is the Schur-multiplicator of G and in the finite case, is the second cohomology group of G. In 1977 W. Haebich [1, Theorem 1.7] gave another proof using a different method for an arbitrary group G.In this paper we generalize the above theorem. We will show that scN_cM(T) is a direct factor of _cM(G), where _c[3, p. 102] is the variety of nilpotent groups of class at most c ≥ 1 and _cM(G) is the Baer-invariant of the group G with respect to the variety _c [3, p. 107].     

Collineation groups preserving a unital in a projective plane of even order

We investigate the structure of a collineation group G leaving invariant a unital U in a finite projective plane of even order n=m ². When G is transitive on the points of U and the socle of G has even order, then must be a Desarguesian plane, U a classical unital and PSU(3,m ²)GPU(3,m ²) — for m>2. The primitive case follows as an easy corollary.This research was supported by a grant from the M.P.I.     

Finite isometry groups of 4-manifolds with positive sectional curvature

Let M be an oriented compact Riemannian 4-manifold with positive sectional curvature. Let G be a finite subgroup of the isometry group of M. We prove that, if G is a finite group of order , then

Normal Rational Curves Over Prime Fields

It is shown that in the projective spaces PG(n,p),p prime, 2 n p-2, the normal rational curves are the only (p+1)-arcs fixed by a projective group G isomorphic to PSL(2,p).     

Mapping Class Groups of Hyperbolic Surfaces and Automorphism Groups of Graphs

Let M be a hyperbolic surface and (M) its extended mapping class group. We show that (M) is isomorphic to the automorphism group of the following graph G(M). The set of vertices of G(M) is the set S(M) of nonseparating simple closed geodesics of M. Two vertices u and v of S(M) are related by an edge if u and v intersect exactly once in M. The graph G(M) can be thought of as a combinatorial model for M.     

Integral varieties of the canonical cone structure on <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>

The canonical cone structure on a compact Hermitian symmetric space G/P is the fiber bundle where is the cone of the highest weight vectors under the action of the reductive part of P. It is known that the cone coincides with the cone of the vectors tangent to the lines in G/P passing through x, when we consider G/P as a projective variety under its homogeneous embedding into the projective space of the irreducible representation space V of G with highest weight associated to P. A subvariety X of G/P is said to be an integral variety of at all smooth points xG/P. Equivalently, an integral variety of is a subvariety of G/P whose embedded projective tangent space at each smooth point is a linear space We prove a kind of rigidity of the integral varieties under some dimension condition. After making a uniform setting to study the problem, we apply the theory of Lie algebra cohomology as a main tool. Finally we show that the dimension condition is necessary by constructing counterexamples.     

On collineation groups of a projective plane of prime order

Towards the study of finite projective plane of prime order, the following result is proved in this paper. Let be a projective plane of prime order p and let G be a collineation group of . If p¦|G|, then either is Desarguesian or the maximal maximal normal subgroup of G is not trivial. In particular, is Desarguesian if G does not leave invariant any point or line.Partially supported by NSERC A8460.Partially supported by CNPq.     

Loops mit distributiven und geometrischen Unterloopverbänden

The following facts are shown: A loop with a finite distributive subloop lattice is finite, monogenic and all its subloops are monogenic. Therefore, power-associative loops having finite distributive subloop lattices are cyclic groups. A loop G with its subloop lattice L(G) being a finite n-dimensional projective geometry is generated by at most n+1 elements. For all n IN, n4, there are power-associative loops whose subloop lattices are projective lines with n points. Furthermore, for a given projective planeP _n (desarguesian or non-desarguesian) of order n there exists a power-associative loopG with L(G) -P _n.     

Subfactors associated to compact Kac algebras

We construct inclusions of the form (B ₀P) ^G (B ₁P) ^G , whereG is a compact quantum group of Kac type acting on an inclusion of finite dimensional C^*-algebrasB ₀B ₁ and on aII ₁ factorP. Under suitable assumptions on the actions ofG, this is a subfactor, whose Jones tower and standard invariant can be computed by using techniques of A. Wassermann. The subfactors associated to subgroups of compact groups, to projective representations of compact groups, to finite quantum groups, to finitely generated discrete groups, to vertex models and to spin models are of this form.