The unitary group over the integers of an unramified local field

Let L be a lattice over the integers of a local field F which has a nontrivial involution. Then U⁺(L) (the subgroup of rotations of the unitary group U(L)) is generated by unitary transvections and quasitransvections contained in U⁺(L) (Theorem 7.8). Let g be a tableau. Then the mixed commutator subgroup of U⁺(L) and U(g) (the congruence subgroup of U⁺(L) corresponding to g) equals E(g) (the subgroup generated by unitary transvections and quasitransvections with orders contained in g) (Theorem 7.7). Finally, let G be a subgroup of U⁺(L) with _o(G) = g, then G is a normal subgroup of U⁺(L) if and only if U(g) G E(g).     

Subgroups Determined by Certain Products of Augmentation Ideals

Let G be a group, ZG the integral group ring of G, and I(G) its augmentation ideal. Let H be a subgroup of G. It is proved that the subgroup of G determined by the product I(H)I(G)I(H) equals 3(H), i.e., the third term in the lower central series of H. Also, the subgroup determined by I(H)I(G)Iⁿ(H) (resp., Iⁿ(H)I(G)I(H)) for n > 1 equals D_n+2(H), the (n + 2)th dimension subgroup of H.Supported by the National Board for Higher Mathematics, India.1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20C05, 20C07     

A classification of graph capacity functions

Given two graphs G = (V(G), E(G)) and H = (V(H), E(H)), the sum of G and H, G + H, is the disjoint union of G and H. The product of G and H, G × H, is the graph with the vertex set V(G × H) that is the Cartesian product of V(G) and V(H), and two vertices (g₁, h₁), (g₂, h₂) are adjacent if and only if [g₁, g₂] (ELEMENT) E(G) and [h₁, h₂] (ELEMENT) E(H). Let G denote the set of all graphs. Given a graph G, the G-matching function, γ_G, assigns any graph H (ELEMENT) G to the maximum integer k such that kG is a subgraph of H. The graph capacity function for G, P_G: G → (RFRAKTUR), is defined as P_G(H) = lim_n→z[γ_G(Hⁿ)]^1/n, where Hⁿ denotes the n-fold product of H × H × … × H. Different graphs G may have different graph capacity functions, all of which are increasing. In this paper, we classify all graphs whose capacity functions are additive, multiplicative, and increasing; all graphs whose capacity functions are pseudo-additive, pseudo-multiplicative, and increasing; and all graphs whose capacity functions fall under neither of the above cases. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Geometric realization of Adams maps

Let G/P be a homogenous space with G a compact connected Lie group and P a connected subgroup of G of equal rank. As the rational cohomology ring of G/P is concentrated in even dimensions, for an integer k we can define the Adams map of type k to be l _k : H*(G/P, ℚ) → H*(G/P, ℚ), l _k (u) = k ⁱ u, u ∈ H ²ⁱ (G/P, ℚ). We show that if k is prime to the order of the Weyl group of G, then l _k can be induced by a self map of G/P. We also obtain results which imply the condition that k is prime to the order of the Weyl group of G is necessary.     

Bounded factorization property for Fréchet spaces

An operator T ∈ L(E, F) factors over G if T = RS for some S ∈ L(E, G) and R ∈ L(G, F); the set of such operators is denoted by L^G(E, F). A triple (E, G, F) satisfies bounded factorization property (shortly, (E, G, F) ∈ ???) if L^G(E, F) ? LB(E, F), where LB(E, F) is the set of all bounded linear operators from E to F. The relationship (E, G, F) ∈ ??? is characterized in the spirit of Vogt's characterisation of the relationship L(E, F) = LB(E, F) [23]. For triples of K?othe spaces the property ??? is characterized in terms of their K?othe matrices. As an application we prove that in certain cases the relations L(E, G₁) = LB(E, G₁) and L(G₂, F) = LB(G₂, F) imply (E, G, F) ∈ ??? where G is a tensor product of G₁ and G₂.     

On Groups with Finite Involution and Locally Finite 2-Isolated Subgroup of Even Period

A proper subgroup H of a group G is said to be strongly isolated if it contains the centralizer of any nonidentity element of H and 2-isolated if the conditions >C _G(g) H 1 and 2(C_G(g)) imply that C_G(g)H. An involution i in a group G is said to be finite if |ii ^g| < (for any g G). In the paper we study a group G with finite involution i and with a 2-isolated locally finite subgroup H containing an involution. It is proved that at least one of the following assertions holds:1) all 2-elements of the group G belong to H;2) (G,H) is a Frobenius pair, H coincides with the centralizer of the only involution in H, and all involutions in G are conjugate;3) G=FFC_G(i) is a locally finite Frobenius group with Abelian kernel F;4) H=V D is a Frobenius group with locally cyclic noninvariant factor D and a strongly isolated kernel V, U=O₂(V) is a Sylow 2-subgroup of the group G, and G is a Z-group of permutations of the set =U ^g g G.     

Existence of subgraph with orthogonal (g,f)-factorization

Simple graphs are considered. Let G be a graph andg(x) andf(x) integer-valued functions defined on V(G) withg(x)⩽f(x) for everyxɛV(G). For a subgraphH ofG and a factorizationF=|F ₁,F ₂,⃛,F ₁| ofG, if |E(H)∩E(F ₁)|=1,1⩽i⩽j, then we say thatF orthogonal toH. It is proved that for an (mg(x)+k,mf(x) -k)-graphG, there exists a subgraphR ofG such that for any subgraphH ofG with |E(H)|=k,R has a (g,f)-factorization orthogonal toH, where 1⩽k<m andg(x)⩾1 orf(x)⩾5 for everyxɛV(G). Project supported by the Chitia Postdoctoral Science Foundation and Chuang Xin Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.     

Free <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>-spaces and maximal equivariant compactifications

For a compact Lie group G we prove that every free (resp., semifree) G-space admits a based-free (resp., semifree) G-compactification. Examples of finite- and infinite-dimensional G-spaces are presented that do not admit a free or based-free G-compactification. We give several characterizations of the maximal G-compactification β_GX that are further applied to prove the formula (β_GX)/H=β_G/H(X/H) for arbitrary closed normal subgroup H⊂G. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 54H15, 54D35     

Polar actions on Hilbert space

An isometricH-action on a Riemannian manifoldX is calledpolar if there exists a closed submanifoldS ofX that meets everyH-orbit and always meets orbits orthogonally (S is called a section). LetG be a compact Lie group equipped with a biinvariant metric,H a closed subgroup ofG ×G, and letH act onG isometrically by (h ₁,h ₂) ·x = h ₁ xh ₂ ⁻¹ · LetP(G, H) denote the group ofH ¹-pathsg: [0, 1] →G such that (g(0),g (1)) ∈H, and letP(G, H) act on the Hilbert spaceV = H ⁰([0, 1], g) isometrically byg * u = gug ⁻¹ −g′g ⁻¹. We prove that if the action ofH onG is polar with a flat section then the action ofP(G, H) onV is polar. Principal orbits of polar actions onV are isoparametric submanifolds ofV and are infinite-dimensional generalized real or complex flag manifolds. We also note that the adjoint actions of affine Kac-Moody groups and the isotropy action corresponding to an involution of an affine Kac-Moody group are special examples ofP(G, H)-actions for suitable choice ofH andG. Work supported partially by NSF Grant DMS 8903237 and by The Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in Bonn.     

Mackey systems of monoidal categories and G-spectra

We construct an equivariant infinite loop space machine denned on certain class of monoidal O _G -categories which have built-in Mackey structure. Applications include the equivariant infinite delooping of the classifying space BF(G) for stable spherical G-fibrations and also the construction of an infinite loop G-space E(X, G) with ₀ ^HE (X, G) naturally isomorphic to the equivariant Whitehead groups Wh _H (X) of given G-space X.Dedicated to Professor Shôrô Araki on his sixtieth birthday     

The Virtual Poincaré Polynomials of Homogeneous Spaces

We factor the virtual Poincaré polynomial of every homogeneous space G/H, where G is a complex connected linear algebraic group and H is an algebraic subgroup, as t^2u (t²–1)^r Q_G/H(t²) for a polynomial Q_G/H with nonnegative integer coefficients. Moreover, we show that Q_G/H(t²) divides the virtual Poincaré polynomial of every regular embedding of G/H, if H is connected.     

Generalization of a criterion for semistable vector bundles

It is known that a vector bundle E on a smooth projective curve Y defined over an algebraically closed field is semistable if and only if there is a vector bundle F on Y such that both H⁰(X,EF) and H¹(X,EF) vanishes. We extend this criterion for semistability to vector bundles on curves defined over perfect fields. Let X be a geometrically irreducible smooth projective curve defined over a perfect field k, and let E be a vector bundle on X. We prove that E is semistable if and only if there is a vector bundle F on X such that Hⁱ(X,EF)=0 for all i. We also give an explicit bound for the rank of F.     

Orthogonal factorizations of digraphs

Let G be a digraph with vertex set V(G) and arc set E(G) and let g = (g ⁻, g ⁺) and ƒ = (ƒ ⁻, ƒ ⁺) be pairs of positive integer-valued functions defined on V(G) such that g ⁻(x) ⩽ ƒ ⁻(x) and g ⁺(x) ⩽ ƒ ⁺(x) for each x ∈ V(G). A (g, ƒ)-factor of G is a spanning subdigraph H of G such that g ⁻(x) ⩽ id _H (x) ⩽ ƒ ⁻(x) and g ⁺(x) ⩽ od _H (x) ⩽ ƒ ⁺(x) for each x ∈ V(H); a (g, ƒ)-factorization of G is a partition of E(G) into arc-disjoint (g, ƒ)-factors. Let = {F ₁, F ₂,…, F _m} and H be a factorization and a subdigraph of G, respectively. is called k-orthogonal to H if each F _i , 1 ⩽ i ⩽ m, has exactly k arcs in common with H. In this paper it is proved that every (mg+m−1,mƒ−m+1)-digraph has a (g, f)-factorization k-orthogonal to any given subdigraph with km arcs if k ⩽ min{g ⁻(x), g ⁺(x)} for any x ∈ V(G) and that every (mg, mf)-digraph has a (g, f)-factorization orthogonal to any given directed m-star if 0 ⩽ g(x) ⩽ f(x) for any x ∈ V(G). The results in this paper are in some sense best possible.      

Maximal Orders of Abelian Subgroups in Finite Chevalley Groups

In the present paper, for any finite group G of Lie type (except for ² F ₄(q)), the order a(G) of its large Abelian subgroup is either found or estimated from above and from below (the latter is done for the groups F ₄ (q), E ₆ (q), E ₇ (q), E ₈ (q), and ² E ₆(q ²)). In the groups for which the number a(G) has been found exactly, any large Abelian subgroup coincides with a large unipotent or a large semisimple Abelian subgroup. For the groups F ₄ (q), E ₆ (q), E ₇ (q), E ₈ (q), and ² E ₆(q ²)), it is shown that if an Abelian subgroup contains a noncentral semisimple element, then its order is less than the order of an Abelian unipotent group. Hence in these groups the large Abelian subgroups are unipotent, and in order to find the value of a(G) for them, it is necessary to find the orders of the large unipotent Abelian subgroups. Thus it is proved that in a finite group of Lie type (except for ² F ₄(q))) any large Abelian subgroup is either a large unipotent or a large semisimple Abelian subgroup.     

The Banach-Mazur distance between symmetric spaces

We show that the Banach-Mazur distance betweenN-dimensional symmetric spacesE andF satisfies , wherec is a numerical constant. IfE is a symmetric space, then max (M ⁽²⁾(E),M ₍₂₎(E)), whereM ⁽²⁾(E) (resp.M ₍₂₎(E)) denotes the 2-convexity (resp. the 2-concavity) constant ofE. We also give an example of a spaceF with an 1-unconditional basis and enough symmetries that satisfiesd(F, l ₂ ^dimF )=M ⁽²⁾(F)M ₍₂₎(F). Partially supported by NSF Grant MCS-8201044.     

Weakly normal subgroups of finite groups

A subgroup H of a group G is weakly normal in G if H ^g ≤ N _G (H) implies that g ∈ N _G (H). In this paper, we shall obtain some characterizations about the supersolvability and nilpotency of G by assuming that some subgroups of prime power order of G are weakly normal in G.     

Fitting Height of a Finite Group with a Metabelian Group of Automorphisms

Let M = FH be a finite group that is a product of a normal abelian subgroup F and an abelian subgroup H. Assume that all elements in M?F have prime order p, and F has at most one subgroup of order p. Examples of such groups are dihedral groups for p = 2 and the semidirect product of a cyclic group F by a group H of prime order p such that C _F (H) = 1 or |C _F (H)| =p and C _{F/C F (H)}(H) = 1. Suppose that M acts on a finite group G in such a manner that C _G (F) = 1. We prove that the Fitting height h(G) of G is at most h(C _G (H))+ 1. Moreover, the Fitting series of C _G (H) coincides with the intersection of C _G (H) with the Fitting series of G.     

Engel-type subgroups and length parameters of finite groups

Let g be an element of a finite group G. For a positive integer n, let E _n (g) be the subgroup generated by all commutators [...[[x, g], g],..., g] over x ∈ G, where g is repeated n times. By Baer’s theorem, if E _n (g) = 1, then g belongs to the Fitting subgroup F(G). We generalize this theorem in terms of certain length parameters of E _n (g). For soluble G we prove that if, for some n, the Fitting height of E _n (g) is equal to k, then g belongs to the (k+1)th Fitting subgroup F_k+1(G). For nonsoluble G the results are in terms of nonsoluble length and generalized Fitting height. The generalized Fitting height h*(H) of a finite group H is the least number h such that F_h* (H) = H, where F₀* (H) = 1, and F_i+1(H)* is the inverse image of the generalized Fitting subgroup F*(H/F*_i (H)). Let m be the number of prime factors of |g| counting multiplicities. It is proved that if, for some n, the generalized Fitting height of E _n (g) is equal to k, then g belongs to F*_f(k,m)(G), where f(k, m) depends only on k and m. The nonsoluble length λ(H) of a finite group H is defined as the minimum number of nonsoluble factors in a normal series each of whose factors either is soluble or is a direct product of nonabelian simple groups. It is proved that if λ(E _n (g)) = k, then g belongs to a normal subgroup whose nonsoluble length is bounded in terms of k and m. We also state conjectures of stronger results independent of m and show that these conjectures reduce to a certain question about automorphisms of direct products of finite simple groups.     

C*-index of observable algebras in <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>-spin model

In two-dimensional lattice spin systems in which the spins take values in a finite group G, one can define a field algebra F which carries an action of a Hopf algebra D(G), the double algebra of G and moreover, an action of D(G;H), which is a subalgebra of D(G) determined by a subgroup H of G, so that F becomes a modular algebra. The concrete construction of D(G;H)-invariant subspace A _H in F is given. By constructing the quasi-basis of conditional expectation γ _G of A _H onto A _G , the C*-index of γ _G is exactly the index of H in G.     

The projection theorem for spectral sets

LetG be a locally compact group with polynomial growth and symmetricL ¹-algebra andN a closed normal subgroup ofG. LetF be a closedG-invariant subset of Prim_* L ¹(N) andE={ker; with |N(k(F))=0}. We prove thatE is a spectral subset of Prim_* L ¹(G) ifF is spectral. Moreover we give the following application to the ideal theory ofL ¹(G). Suppose that, in addition,N is CCR andG/N is compact. Then all primary ideals inL ¹(G) are maximal, provided allG-orbits in Prim_* L ¹(N) are spectral.Dedicated to Professor Elmar Thoma on the occasion of his 60th birthday