Curves of genus 2 with group of automorphisms isomorphic to or

The classification of curves of genus 2 over an algebraically closed field was studied by Clebsch and Bolza using invariants of binary sextic forms, and completed by Igusa with the computation of the corresponding three-dimensional moduli variety . The locus of curves with group of automorphisms isomorphic to one of the dihedral groups or is a one-dimensional subvariety.

In this paper we classify these curves over an arbitrary perfect field of characteristic in the case and in the case. We first parameterize the -isomorphism classes of curves defined over by the -rational points of a quasi-affine one-dimensional subvariety of ; then, for every curve representing a point in that variety we compute all of its -twists, which is equivalent to the computation of the cohomology set .

The classification is always performed by explicitly describing the objects involved: the curves are given by hyperelliptic models and their groups of automorphisms represented as subgroups of . In particular, we give two generic hyperelliptic equations, depending on several parameters of , that by specialization produce all curves in every -isomorphism class.

     

Computational estimation of the constant

The paper describes a computational estimation of the constant characterizing the bounds of . It is known that as

with , while the truth of the Riemann hypothesis would also imply that . In the range , two sets of estimates of are computed, one for increasingly small minima and another for increasingly large maxima of . As increases, the estimates in the first set rapidly fall below and gradually reach values slightly below , while the estimates in the second set rapidly exceed and gradually reach values slightly above . The obtained numerical results are discussed and compared to the implications of recent theoretical work of Granville and Soundararajan.

     

A Fejér type theorem to determine jumps in terms of the Abel-Poisson mean of double Fourier series

We extend from single to double Fourier series a theorem of Zygmund to determine the generalized jumps of a periodic integrable function at a simple discontinuity point. As a by-product of the proof, we obtain an estimate of the fourth mixed partial derivative of the Abel-Poisson mean of any integrable function at such a point where is smooth. We also consider the extension of the Zygmund classes and to the two-dimensional torus .

     

Specialized Runge-Kutta methods for index differential-algebraic equations

We consider the numerical solution of systems of semi-explicit index differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) by methods based on Runge-Kutta (RK) coefficients. For nonstiffly accurate RK coefficients, such as Gauss and Radau IA coefficients, the standard application of implicit RK methods is generally not superconvergent. To reestablish superconvergence projected RK methods and partitioned RK methods have been proposed. In this paper we propose a simple alternative which does not require any extra projection step and does not use any additional internal stage. Moreover, symmetry of Gauss methods is preserved. The main idea is to replace the satisfaction of the constraints at the internal stages in the standard definition by enforcing specific linear combinations of the constraints at the numerical solution and at the internal stages to vanish. We call these methods specialized Runge-Kutta methods for index DAEs (SRK-DAE).

     

Local automorphisms and derivations on certain -algebras

It is shown that continuous -local derivations on -algebras are derivations and surjective -local *-automorphisms on prime -algebras or on -algebras such that the identity element is properly infinite are *-automorphisms.

     

Cardinal restrictions on some homogeneous compacta

We give restrictions on the cardinality of compact Hausdorff homogeneous spaces that do not use other cardinal invariants, but rather covering and separation properties. In particular, we show that it is consistent that every hereditarily normal homogeneous compactum is of cardinality . We introduce property wD(), intermediate between the properties of being weakly -collectionwise Hausdorff and strongly -collectionwise Hausdorff, and show that if is a compact Hausdorff homogeneous space in which every subspace has property wD( ), then is countably tight and hence of cardinality . As a corollary, it is consistent that such a space is first countable and hence of cardinality . A number of related results are shown and open problems presented.

     

A simple proof of Bailey's very-well-poised summation

We give elementary derivations of some classical summation formulae for bilateral (basic) hypergeometric series. In particular, we apply Gauß' summation and elementary series manipulations to give a simple proof of Dougall's summation. Similarly, we apply Rogers' nonterminating summation and elementary series manipulations to give a simple proof of Bailey's very-well-poised summation. Our method of proof extends M. Jackson's first elementary proof of Ramanujan's summation.

     

Simple quotients of hyperbolic 3-manifold groups

We show that hyperbolic -manifolds have residually simple fundamental group.

     

-bounding and -induction

Working in the base theory of , we show that for all , the bounding principle for -formulas ( ) is equivalent to the induction principle for -formulas ( ). This partially answers a question of J. Paris.

     

The sufficiency of arithmetic progressions for the Conjecture

Define by if is odd and if is even. The Conjecture states that the -orbit of every positive integer contains . A set of positive integers is said to be sufficient if the -orbit of every positive integer intersects the -orbit of an element of that set. Thus to prove the Conjecture it suffices to prove it on some sufficient set. Andaloro proved that the sets are sufficient for and asked if is also sufficient for larger values of . We answer this question in the affirmative by proving the stronger result that is sufficient for any nonnegative integers and with i.e. every nonconstant arithmetic sequence forms a sufficient set. We then prove analagous results for the Divergent Orbits Conjecture and Nontrivial Cycles Conjecture.

     

Wavelet bases in

Some years ago, compactly supported divergence-free wavelets were constructed which also gave rise to a stable (biorthogonal) wavelet splitting of . These bases have successfully been used both in the analysis and numerical treatment of the Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations. In this paper, we construct stable wavelet bases for the stream function spaces . Moreover, -free vector wavelets are constructed and analysed. The relationship between and are expressed in terms of these wavelets. We obtain discrete (orthogonal) Hodge decompositions.

Our construction works independently of the space dimension, but in terms of general assumptions on the underlying wavelet systems in that are used as building blocks. We give concrete examples of such bases for tensor product and certain more general domains . As an application, we obtain wavelet multilevel preconditioners in and .

     

Spectra of operators with Bishop's property

Let be a Banach space and let be the class that consists of all operators such that for every , the range of has a finite-codimension when it is closed. For an integer , we define the class as an extension of . We then study spectral properties of such operators, and we extend some known results of multi-cyclic operators with .

     

Symplectic tori in homotopy 's

This short note presents a simple construction of nonisotopic symplectic tori representing the same primitive homology class in the symplectic -manifold , obtained by knot surgery on the rational elliptic surface with the left-handed trefoil knot . has the simplest homotopy type among simply-connected symplectic -manifolds known to exhibit such a property.

     

The nonarchimedean theta correspondence for

In this paper we consider the theta correspondence between the sets and when is a nonarchimedean local field and . Our main theorem determines all the elements of that occur in the correspondence. The answer involves distinguished representations. As a corollary, we characterize all the elements of that occur in the theta correspondence between and . We also apply our main result to prove a case of a new conjecture of S.S. Kudla concerning the first occurrence of a representation in the theta correspondence.

     

Global properties of the lattice of classes

Let be the lattice of classes of reals. We show there are exactly two possible isomorphism types of end intervals, . Moreover, finiteness is first order definable in .

     

A ``nonlinear' proof of Pitt's compactness theorem

Using Stegall's variational principle, we present a simple proof of Pitt's theorem that bounded linear operators from into are compact for .

     

Constructive recognition of

Existing black box and other algorithms for explicitly recognising groups of Lie type over have asymptotic running times which are polynomial in , whereas the input size involves only . This has represented a serious obstruction to the efficient recognition of such groups. Recently, Brooksbank and Kantor devised new explicit recognition algorithms for classical groups; these run in time that is polynomial in the size of the input, given an oracle that recognises explicitly.

The present paper, in conjunction with an earlier paper by the first two authors, provides such an oracle. The earlier paper produced an algorithm for explicitly recognising in its natural representation in polynomial time, given a discrete logarithm oracle for . The algorithm presented here takes as input a generating set for a subgroup of that is isomorphic modulo scalars to , where is a finite field of the same characteristic as ; it returns the natural representation of modulo scalars. Since a faithful projective representation of in cross characteristic, or a faithful permutation representation of this group, is necessarily of size that is polynomial in rather than in , elementary algorithms will recognise explicitly in polynomial time in these cases. Given a discrete logarithm oracle for , our algorithm thus provides the required polynomial time oracle for recognising explicitly in the remaining case, namely for representations in the natural characteristic.

This leads to a partial solution of a question posed by Babai and Shalev: if is a matrix group in characteristic , determine in polynomial time whether or not is trivial.

     

A reduction theorem for the topological degree for mappings of class

The reduction theorem for the Leray-Schauder degree provides an efficient tool to calculate the value of the degree in a suitable invariant subspace. We shall prove how the calculation of the value of the topological degree for a mapping of class from a real separable reflexive Banach space into the dual space can be reduced into the calculation of degree of mapping from a closed subspace into Since the Leray-Schauder mappings are acting from to and we are dealing with mappings from to the standard `invariant subspace' condition must be replaced by a less obvious one.

     

A generalization of Furstenberg's Diophantine Theorem

We obtain a generalization of Furstenberg's Diophantine Theorem on non-lacunary multiplicative semigroups. For example we show that the sets of sums and are dense in the circle for all irrational , where are distinct pairs of multiplicatively independent integers for .

     

Products of images

Let be the \u{C}ech-Stone remainder . We show that there exists a large class of images of such that whenever is a subset of of cardinality at most the continuum, then is again an image of . The class contains all separable compact spaces, all compact spaces of weight at most and all perfectly normal compact spaces.