Rademacher Inequalities with Applications

For symmetric operators B _i (B _i = ^d ?B _i ) and positive operators $A_{i}\succeq\tilde{A}_{i}$ , we compare moments of $\|B_{1}A_{1}^{p}+\cdots+B_{n}A_{n}^{p}\|$ and $\|B_{1}\tilde{A}_{1}^{p}+\cdots +B_{n}\tilde{A}_{n}^{p}\|$ .     

Categories of bounded \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{{\mathrm{S}}^2}V \oplus {{\mathrm{S}}^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) - and \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{\varLambda^2}V \oplus {\varLambda^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) -modules

Let $ \mathfrak{g} $ be a reductive Lie algebra over $ \mathbb{C} $ and $ \mathfrak{k} \subset \mathfrak{g} $ be a reductive in $ \mathfrak{g} $ subalgebra. We call a $ \mathfrak{g} $ -module M a $ \left( {\mathfrak{g}{\hbox{,}}\;\mathfrak{k}} \right) $ -module whenever M is a direct sum of finite-dimensional $ \mathfrak{k} $ -modules. We call a $ \left( {\mathfrak{g}{\hbox{,}}\;\mathfrak{k}} \right) $ -module M bounded if there exists $ {C_M} \in {\mathbb{Z}_{{ \geqslant 0}}} $ such that for any simple finite-dimensional $ \mathfrak{k} $ -module E the dimension of the E-isotypic component is not greater than C _M dim E. Bounded $ \left( {\mathfrak{g}{\hbox{,}}\;\mathfrak{k}} \right) $ -modules form a subcategory of the category of $ \mathfrak{g} $ -modules. Let V be a finite-dimensional vector space. We prove that the categories of bounded $ \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{{\mathrm{S}}^2}V \oplus {{\mathrm{S}}^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) $ - and $ \left( {\mathfrak{sp}\left( {{\varLambda^2}V \oplus {\varLambda^2}{V^{*}}} \right),\;\mathfrak{gl}(V)} \right) $ -modules are isomorphic to the direct sum of countably many copies of the category of representations of some explicitly described quiver with relations under some mild assumptions on the dimension of V .     

On the cohomology of the orthosymplectic superalgebra

Let $\mathfrak{F}_{\lambda}^{n}$ be the $\mathop {\mathfrak {osp}}\nolimits \,(n|2)$ -module of weighted densities on ?^1|n of weight ??. We compute the cohomology spaces $\mathrm{H}^{k}_{\mathrm{diff}}\left(\mathop {\mathfrak {osp}}\nolimits \,(n|2),\mathfrak{F}_{\lambda}^{n}\right)$ , where k=1 and n=0,1,2 or k=2 and n=0,1. We explicitly give cocycles spanning these cohomology spaces.     

Lower bounds on Ricci curvature and quantitative behavior of singular sets

Let Y ⁿ denote the Gromov-Hausdorff limit $M^{n}_{i}\stackrel{d_{\mathrm{GH}}}{\longrightarrow} Y^{n}$ of v-noncollapsed Riemannian manifolds with ${\mathrm{Ric}}_{M^{n}_{i}}\geq-(n-1)$ . The singular set $\mathcal {S}\subset Y$ has a stratification $\mathcal {S}^{0}\subset \mathcal {S}^{1}\subset\cdots\subset \mathcal {S}$ , where $y\in \mathcal {S}^{k}$ if no tangent cone at y splits off a factor ? ^k+1 isometrically. Here, we define for all η>0, 0<r≤1, the k-th effective singular stratum $\mathcal {S}^{k}_{\eta,r}$ satisfying $\bigcup_{\eta}\bigcap_{r} \,\mathcal {S}^{k}_{\eta,r}= \mathcal {S}^{k}$ . Sharpening the known Hausdorff dimension bound $\dim\, \mathcal {S}^{k}\leq k$ , we prove that for all y, the volume of the r-tubular neighborhood of $\mathcal {S}^{k}_{\eta,r}$ satisfies ${\mathrm {Vol}}(T_{r}(\mathcal {S}^{k}_{\eta,r})\cap B_{\frac{1}{2}}(y))\leq c(n,{\mathrm {v}},\eta)r^{n-k-\eta}$ . The proof involves a quantitative differentiation argument. This result has applications to Einstein manifolds. Let $\mathcal {B}_{r}$ denote the set of points at which the C ²-harmonic radius is ≤r. If also the $M^{n}_{i}$ are Kähler-Einstein with L ₂ curvature bound, $\| Rm\|_{L_{2}}\leq C$ , then ${\mathrm {Vol}}( \mathcal {B}_{r}\cap B_{\frac{1}{2}}(y))\leq c(n,{\mathrm {v}},C)r^{4}$ for all y. In the Kähler-Einstein case, without assuming any integral curvature bound on the $M^{n}_{i}$ , we obtain a slightly weaker volume bound on $\mathcal {B}_{r}$ which yields an a priori L _p curvature bound for all p<2. The methodology developed in this paper is new and is applicable in many other contexts. These include harmonic maps, minimal hypersurfaces, mean curvature flow and critical sets of solutions to elliptic equations.     

CR-quadrics with a symmetry property

For non-degenerate CR-quadrics ${Q \subset \mathbb{C}^{n}}$ it is well known that the real Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{hol}(Q)}$ of all infinitesimal CR-automorphisms has a canonical grading ${\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{g}^{-2} \oplus\mathfrak{g}^{-1} \oplus\mathfrak{g}^{0} \oplus\mathfrak{g}^{1} \oplus\mathfrak{g}^{2}}$ . While the first three spaces in this grading, responsible for the affine automorphisms of Q, are always easy to describe this is not the case for the last two. In general, it is even difficult to determine the dimensions of ${\mathfrak{g}^{1}}$ and ${\mathfrak{g}^{2}}$ . Here we consider a class of quadrics with a certain symmetry property for which ${\mathfrak{g}^{1}, \mathfrak{g}^{2}}$ can be determined explicitly. The task then is to verify that there exist enough interesting examples. By generalizing the ?ilov boundaries of irreducible bounded symmetric domains of non-tube type we get a collection of basic examples. Further examples are obtained by ‘tensoring’ any quadric having the symmetry property with an arbitrary commutative (associative) unital *-algebra A (of finite dimension). For certain quadrics this also works if A is not necessarily commutative.     

Step Refinable Functions and Orthogonal MRA on Vilenkin Groups

We find necessary and sufficient conditions on refinable step function under which this function generates an orthogonal MRA in the $L_{2}(\mathfrak{G})$ -spaces on Vilenkin group $\mathfrak{G}$ . We consider a class of refinable step functions for which the mask m ₀(χ) is constant on cosets $\mathfrak{G}_{-1}^{\bot}\chi$ and its modulus |m ₀(χ)| has two values only: 0 and 1. We prove that any refinable step function φ from this class that generates an orthogonal MRA on Vilenkin group $\mathfrak{G}$ has Fourier transform with condition $\operatorname{supp}\hat{\varphi}(\chi)\subset\mathfrak{G}_{p-2}^{\bot}$ . We show the sharpness of this result, too.     

The geometric meaning of Zhelobenko operators

Let $ \mathfrak{g} $ be the complex semisimple Lie algebra associated to a complex semisimple algebraic group G, $ \mathfrak{b} $ a Borel subalgebra of $ \mathfrak{g} $ , $ \mathfrak{h}\subset \mathfrak{b} $ the Cartan sublagebra, and N ? G the unipotent subgroup corresponding to the nilradical $ \mathfrak{n}\subset \mathfrak{b} $ . We show that the explicit formula for the extremal projection operator for $ \mathfrak{g} $ obtained by Asherova, Smirnov, and Tolstoy and similar formulas for Zhelobenko operators are related to the existence of a birational equivalence $ N\times \mathfrak{h}\to \mathfrak{b} $ given by the restriction of the adjoint action. Simple geometric proofs of formulas for the “classical” counterparts of the extremal projection operator and of Zhelobenko operators are also obtained.     

Poisson kernel and Cauchy formula of a non-symmetric transitive domain

In 1965, Lu Yu-Qian discovered that the Poisson kernel of the homogenous domain S m,p,q={Z∈Cm×m, Z1∈Cm×p,Z2 ∈Cq×m|2i1( Z-Z+)-Z1Z1′-Z2′Z20} does not satisfy the Laplace-Beltrami equation associated with the Bergman metric when S m,p,q is not symmetric. However the map T0:Z→Z, Z1→Z1 , Z2→Z2 transforms S m,p,q into a domain S I (m, m + p + q) which can be mapped by the Cayley transformation into the classical domains R I (m, m + p + q). The pull back of the Bergman metric of R I (m, m + p + q) to S m,p,q is a Riemann metric ds 2 which is not a Khler metric and even not a Hermitian metric in general. It is proved that the Laplace-Beltrami operator associated with the metric ds 2 when it acts on the Poisson kernel of S m,p,q equals 0. Consequently, the Cauchy formula of S m,p,q can be obtained from the Poisson formula.     

Good gradings of basic Lie superalgebras

We classify good ?-gradings of basic Lie superalgebras over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{F}$ of characteristic zero. Good ?-gradings are used in quantum Hamiltonian reduction for affine Lie superalgebras, where they play a role in the construction of super W-algebras. We also describe the centralizer of a nilpotent even element and of an $\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}_2$ -triple in $\mathfrak{g}\mathfrak{l}\left( {\left. m \right|n} \right)$ and $\mathfrak{o}\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{p}\left( {\left. m \right|2n} \right)$ .     

Gamma-convergence of nonlocal perimeter functionals

Given ${\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}}$ open, connected and with Lipschitz boundary, and ${s\in (0, 1)}$ , we consider the functional $$\mathcal{J}_s(E,\Omega)\,=\, \int_{E\cap \Omega}\int_{E^c\cap\Omega}\frac{dxdy}{|x-y|^{n+s}}+\int_{E\cap \Omega}\int_{E^c\cap \Omega^c}\frac{dxdy}{|x-y|^{n+s}}\,+ \int_{E\cap \Omega^c}\int_{E^c\cap \Omega}\frac{dxdy}{|x-y|^{n+s}},$$ where ${E\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}}$ is an arbitrary measurable set. We prove that the functionals ${(1-s)\mathcal{J}_s(\cdot, \Omega)}$ are equi-coercive in ${L^1_{\rm loc}(\Omega)}$ as ${s\uparrow 1}$ and that $$\Gamma-\lim_{s\uparrow 1}(1-s)\mathcal{J}_s(E,\Omega)=\omega_{n-1}P(E,\Omega),\quad \text{for every }E\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}\,{\rm measurable}$$ where P(E, ??) denotes the perimeter of E in ?? in the sense of De Giorgi. We also prove that as ${s\uparrow 1}$ limit points of local minimizers of ${(1-s)\mathcal{J}_s(\cdot,\Omega)}$ are local minimizers of P(·, ??).     

A commutant realization of Odake’s algebra

The bcβγ-system $ \mathcal{W} $ of rank 3 has an action of the affine vertex algebra $ {V_0}\left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right) $ , and the commutant vertex algebra $ \mathcal{C}=\mathrm{Com}\left( {{V_0}\left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right),\mathcal{W}} \right) $ contains copies of V _?3/2 $ \left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right) $ and Odake’s algebra $ \mathcal{O} $ . Odake’s algebra is an extension of the N = 2 super-conformal algebra with c = 9, and is generated by eight fields which close nonlinearly under operator product expansions. Our main result is that V _?3/2 $ \left( {\mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2}} \right) $ and $ \mathcal{O} $ form a Howe pair (i.e., a pair of mutual commutants) inside $ \mathcal{C} $ . More generally, any finite-dimensional representation of a Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g} $ gives rise to a similar Howe pair, and this example corresponds to the adjoint representation of $ \mathfrak{s}{{\mathfrak{l}}_2} $ .     

Irregular and Singular Loci of Commuting Varieties

Let $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ be the commuting variety of the Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g} $ of a connected noncommutative reductive algebraic group G over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} $ be the singular locus of $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ and let $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} $ be the locus of points whose G-stabilizers have dimension > rk G. We prove that: (a) $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} $ is a nonempty subset of $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} $ ; (b) $ {\text{codim}}_{{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}} \,{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} = 5 - {\text{max}}\,l{\left( \mathfrak{a} \right)} $ where the maximum is taken over all simple ideals $ \mathfrak{a} $ of $ \mathfrak{g} $ and $ l{\left( \mathfrak{a} \right)} $ is the “lacety” of $ \mathfrak{a} $ ; and (c) if $ \mathfrak{t} $ is a Cartan subalgebra of $ \mathfrak{g} $ and $ \alpha \in \mathfrak{t}^{*} $ root of $ \mathfrak{g} $ with respect to $ \mathfrak{t} $ , then $ \overline{{G{\left( {{\text{Ker}}\,\alpha \times {\text{Ker }}\alpha } \right)}}} $ is an irreducible component of $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{irr}}}} $ of codimension 4 in $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ . This yields the bound $ {\text{codim}}_{{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}} \,{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} \geqslant 5 - {\text{max}}\,l{\left( \mathfrak{a} \right)} $ and, in particular, $ {\text{codim}}_{{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}} \,{\user1{\mathcal{C}}}^{{{\text{sing}}}} \geqslant 2 $ . The latter may be regarded as an evidence in favor of the known longstanding conjecture that $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ is always normal. We also prove that the algebraic variety $ {\user1{\mathcal{C}}} $ is rational.     

On the generalization of Faltings’ Annihilator Theorem

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring, and let n be a non-negative integer. In this article, by using the theory of Gorenstein dimensions, it is shown that whenever R is a homomorphic image of a Noetherian Gorenstein ring, then the invariants ${\inf\{i \in \mathbb{N}_0|\, \rm{dim\, Supp}(\mathfrak{b}^t H_{\mathfrak{a}}^i(M)) \geq n\, \rm{for\, all}\, t \in \mathbb{N}_0\}}$ and ${\inf\{\lambda_{\mathfrak{a} R_{\mathfrak{p}}}^{\mathfrak{b} R_{\mathfrak{p}}}(M_{\mathfrak{p}})|\, \mathfrak{p} \in {\rm Spec} \, R\, \rm{and\, dim}\, R/ \mathfrak{p} \geq n\}}$ are equal, for every finitely generated R-module M and for all ideals ${\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{b}}$ of R with ${\mathfrak{b}\subseteq \mathfrak{a}}$ . This generalizes Faltings’ Annihilator Theorem (see [6]).     

Restrictions of generalized Verma modules to symmetric pairs

We initiate a new line of investigation on branching problems for generalized Verma modules with respect to reductive symmetric pairs $ \left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{g}'} \right) $ . In general, Verma modules may not contain any simple module when restricted to a reductive subalgebra. In this article we give a necessary and sufficient condition on the triple $ \left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{g}',\mathfrak{p}} \right) $ such that the restriction $ {\left. X \right|_{\mathfrak{g}'}} $ always contains simple $ \mathfrak{g}' $ -modules for any $ \mathfrak{g} $ -module X lying in the parabolic BGG category $ {\mathcal{O}^\mathfrak{p}} $ attached to a parabolic subalgebra $ \mathfrak{p} $ of $ \mathfrak{g} $ . Formulas are derived for the Gelfand?CKirillov dimension of any simple module occurring in a simple generalized Verma module. We then prove that the restriction $ {\left. X \right|_{\mathfrak{g}'}} $ is generically multiplicity-free for any $ \mathfrak{p} $ and any $ X \in {\mathcal{O}^\mathfrak{p}} $ if and only if $ \left( {\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{g}'} \right) $ is isomorphic to (A _n , A _n-1), (B _n , D _n ), or (D _n+1, B _n ). Explicit branching laws are also presented.     

Metrization of Weighted Graphs

We find a set of necessary and sufficient conditions under which the weight ${w: E \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}}$ on the graph G = (V, E) can be extended to a pseudometric ${d : V \times V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}}$ . We describe the structure of graphs G for which the set ${\mathfrak{M}_{w}}$ of all such extensions contains a metric whenever w is strictly positive. Ordering ${\mathfrak{M}_{w}}$ by the pointwise order, we have found that the posets $({\mathfrak{M}_{w}, \leqslant)}$ contain the least elements ρ _0,w if and only if G is a complete k-partite graph with ${k \, \geqslant \, 2}$ . In this case the symmetric functions ${f : V \times V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}}$ , lying between ρ _0,w and the shortest-path pseudometric, belong to ${\mathfrak{M}_{w}}$ for every metrizable w if and only if the cardinality of all parts in the partition of V is at most two.     

Cartan Invariants in the Category of Restricted Representation for gl（m｜n）

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic p 〉 2, and gl（m｜n） be the general linear Lie superalgebra over k. The Cartan invariants for the restricted supermodule category for gl（m｜n） are presented.     

On a problem due to Littlewood concerning polynomials with unimodular coefficients

Littlewood raised the question of how slowly $\lVert f_{n}\rVert_{4}^{4}-\lVert f_{n}\rVert_{2}^{4}$ (where $\lVert.\rVert _{r}$ denotes the L ^r norm on the unit circle) can grow for a sequence of polynomials f _n with unimodular coefficients and increasing degree. The results of this paper are the following. For $$g_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}e^{\pi ik^2/n} z^k $$ the limit of $(\lVert g_{n}\rVert_{4}^{4}-\lVert g_{n}\rVert_{2}^{4})/\lVert g_{n}\rVert_{2}^{3}$ is 2/π, which resolves a mystery due to Littlewood. This is however not the best answer to Littlewood’s question: for the polynomials $$h_n(z)=\sum_{j=0}^{n-1}\sum _{k=0}^{n-1} e^{2\pi ijk/n} z^{nj+k} $$ the limit of $(\lVert h_{n}\rVert_{4}^{4}-\lVert h_{n}\rVert_{2}^{4})/\lVert h_{n}\rVert_{2}^{3}$ is shown to be 4/π ². No sequence of polynomials with unimodular coefficients is known that gives a better answer to Littlewood’s question. It is an open question as to whether such a sequence of polynomials exists.     

Bethe subalgebras of the group algebra of the symmetric group

We introduce families $ \mathcal{B}_n^S\left( {{z_1},\ldots,{z_n}} \right) $ and $ \mathcal{B}_{{n,\hbar}}^S\left( {{z_1},\ldots,{z_n}} \right) $ of maximal commutative subalgebras, called Bethe subalgebras, of the group algebra $ \mathbb{C}\left[ {\mathfrak{S}n} \right] $ of the symmetric group. Bethe subalgebras are deformations of the Gelfand?Zetlin subalgebra of $ \mathbb{C}\left[ {\mathfrak{S}n} \right] $ . We describe various properties of Bethe subalgebras.