Laplace Invariants of Two-Dimensional Open Toda Lattices

We show that Toda lattices with the Cartan matrices A _n , B _n , C _n , and D _n are Liouville-type systems. For these systems of equations, we obtain explicit formulas for the invariants and generalized Laplace invariants. We show how they can be used to construct conservation laws (x and y integrals) and higher symmetries.     

Conjugacy Classes and Invariant Subrings of R-Automorphisms of R[x]

We consider the group G of R-automorphisms of the polynomial ring R[x] in the case where the ring R has nonzero nilpotent elements. Little is known about G in this case, and because of the importance of G in understanding questions involving the polynomial ring R[x], we initiate here several lines of investigation. We do this by examining in detail examples involving the ring of integers modulo n. If R is a local ring with maximal ideal m such that R/m = ?₂ and m ² = (0), we describe more explicitly the structure of G and determine all rings of invariants of R[x] with respect to subgroups of G.     

Robin spectral rigidity of nearly circular domains with a reflectional symmetry

This is a note on a paper of De Simoi–Kaloshin–Wei. We show that by combining their techniques with the wave trace invariants of Guillemin–Melrose and the heat trace invariants of Zayed for the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions, one can extend the Dirichlet/Neumann spectral rigidity results of De Simoi–Kaloshin–Wei to the case of Robin boundary conditions. We will consider the same generic subset as did by De Simoi–Kaloshin–Wei of smooth strictly convex ?₂-symmetric planar domains sufficiently close to a circle, however we pair them with arbitrary ?₂-symmetric smooth Robin functions on the boundary and of course allow deformations of Robin functions as well.     

Defining Relations for the Algebra of Invariants of 2×2 Matrices

We obtain defining relations of the algebra of invariants of the classical subgroups of GL ₂(C) acting by simultaneous conjugation on m-tuples of 2×2 complex matrices. The sets of defining relations look uniformly for all m2 and are derived by translation of classical results on invariant theory of orthogonal groups in the language of 2×2 matrix invariants, combined with arguments of representation theory of the general linear group GL _m (C) and ideas coming from the theory of algebras with polynomial identities.     

Rankin-Cohen Brackets and Invariant Theory

Using maps due to Ozeki and Broué-Enguehard between graded spaces of invariants for certain finite groups and the algebra of modular forms of even weight we equip these invariants spaces with a differential operator which gives them the structure of a Rankin-Cohen algebra. A direct interpretation of the Rankin-Cohen bracket in terms of transvectant for the group SL(2, C) is given.     

Hamiltonian Gromov–Witten invariants on ℂ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>+1</Superscript> with <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript>-action

Consider a Hamiltonian action of S1 on (C ⁿ⁺¹, ω _std), we shown that the Hamiltonian Gromov–Witten invariants of it are well-defined. After computing the Hamiltonian Gromov–Witten invariants of it, we construct a ring homomorphism from \(H_{{S^1},CR}^*\left( {X,R} \right)\) to the small orbifold quantum cohomology of X// _τ S ¹ and obtain a simpler formula of the Gromov–Witten invariants for weighted projective space.     

Polynomial Lie Algebras

We introduce and study a special class of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras that are finite-dimensional modules over a ring of polynomials. The Lie algebras of this class are said to be polynomial. Some classification results are obtained. An associative co-algebra structure on the rings k[x ₁,...,x _n]/(f ₁,...,f _n) is introduced and, on its basis, an explicit expression for convolution matrices of invariants for isolated singularities of functions is found. The structure polynomials of moving frames defined by convolution matrices are constructed for simple singularities of the types A,B,C, D, and E ₆.     

For a fixed Turaev shadow Jones-Vassiliev invariants depend polynomially on the gleams

We use Turaev's technique of shadows and gleams to parametrize the set of all knots in S ³ with the same Hopf projection. We show that the Vassiliev invariants arising from the Jones polynomial J _t (K) are polynomials in the gleams, i.e., for , the n-th order Vassiliev invariant u _n , defined by , is a polynomial of degree 2n in the gleams. Received: April 30, 1996     

Analogue of the Cayley–Sylvester formula and the Poincaré series for the algebra of invariants of n-ary form

The number of linearly independent homogeneous invariants of degree k for the n-ary form of order d is calculated. Also, a formula for the Poincaré series for the algebra of invariants of the n-ary form is found.     

Column Invariants Over Cohen–Macaulay Local Rings

Abstract

We define some numerical invariants over Cohen–Macaulay local rings. These invariants are related to columns of the presenting matrices of maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules and syzygy modules without free summands. We study the relationship between these invariants, and the invariant col(A).

     

On locally trivial G a -actions

If the additive group of complex numbers acts algebraically on a normal affine variety, then the associated ring of invariants need not be finitely generated, but is an ideal transform of some normal affine algebra (Theorem 1). We investigate such normal affine algebras in the case of a locally trivial action on a factorial variety. If the variety is a complex affine space and the ring of invariants is isomorphic to a polynomial ring, then the action is conjugate to a translation (Theorem 3). Equivalently, ifC ⁿ , is the total space for a principalG _a -bundle over some open subset ofC ^n–1 then the bundle is trivial. On the other hand, there is a locally trivialG _a -action on a normal affine variety with nonfinitely generated ring of invariants (Theorem 2).Supported in part by NSA Grant No. MDA904-96-1-0069     

Some Boolean Algebras with Finitely Many Distinguished Ideals I

We consider the theory Th_prin of Boolean algebras with a principal ideal, the theory Th_max of Boolean algebras with a maximal ideal, the theory Th_ac of atomic Boolean algebras with an ideal where the supremum of the ideal exists, and the theory Th_sa of atomless Boolean algebras with an ideal where the supremum of the ideal exists. First, we find elementary invariants for Th_prin and Th_sa. If T is a theory in a first order language and α is a linear order with least element, then we let Sentalg(T) be the Lindenbaum-Tarski algebra with respect to T, and we let intalg(α) be the interval algebra of α. Using rank diagrams, we show that Sentalg(Th_prin) ? intalg(ω⁴), Sentalg(Th_max) ? intalg(ω³) ? Sentalg(Th_ac), and Sentalg(Th_sa) ? intalg(ω² + ω²). For Th_max and Th_ac we use Ershov's elementary invariants of these theories. We also show that the algebra of formulas of the theory Tx of Boolean algebras with finitely many ideals is atomic.     

2-Weierstrass points of genus 3 hyperelliptic curves with extra involutions

We consider families of curves with extra automorphisms in ?₃, the moduli space of smooth hyperelliptic curves of genus g = 3. Such families of curves are explicitly determined in terms of the absolute invariants of binary octavics. For each family of positive dimension where |Aut (C)|>4, we determine the possible distributions of weights of 2-Weierstrass points.     

Actions of Lie Superalgebras on Reduced Rings

In this paper, we look at the question of whether the subring of invariants is always nontrivial when a finite dimensional Hopf algebra acts on a reduced ring. Affirmative answers where given by Kharchenko for group algebras and by Beidar and Grzeszczuk for finite dimensional restricted Lie algebras. Our main result is Theorem 13 If R is a graded-reduced ring of characteristic p > 2 acted on by a finitely generated restricted K-Lie superalgebra L, then . We can then use Theorem 13 to prove Corollary 15 Let R be a reduced algebra over a field K of characteristic p > 2 acted on by a finite dimensional restricted K-Lie superalgebra L and let H = u(L)#G, where G is the group of order 2 with the natural action on L. If R ^H satisfies a polynomial identity of degree d, then R satisfies a polynomial identity of degree dN, where N is the dimension of H. Presented by Donald S. Passman.     

Milnor numbers, spanning trees, and the Alexander–Conway polynomial

We study relations between the Alexander–Conway polynomial _L and Milnor higher linking numbers of links from the point of view of finite-type (Vassiliev) invariants. We give a formula for the first non-vanishing coefficient of _L of an m-component link L all of whose Milnor numbers μ_i1…ip vanish for pn. We express this coefficient as a polynomial in Milnor numbers of L. Depending on whether the parity of n is odd or even, the terms in this polynomial correspond either to spanning trees in certain graphs or to decompositions of certain 3-graphs into pairs of spanning trees. Our results complement determinantal formulas of Traldi and Levine obtained by geometric methods.     

The Poincaré series of the algebras of simultaneous invariants and covariants of two binary forms

Let ? _{d 1, d 2} and 𝒞 _{d 1, d 2} be the algebras of simultaneous invariants and simultaneous covariants of the two binary forms of degrees d ₁ and d ₂. Formulas for computation of the Poincaré series 𝒫? _{d 1, d 2} (z), 𝒫𝒞 _{d 1, d 2} (z) of the algebras are found. By using these formulas, we have computed the series for d ₁, d ₂ ≤ 20.     

ADDITIVE FAMILIES OF INVARIANTS OF SKEWSYMMETRIC TENSORS

Abstract

Let d be a positive integer and F be a field of characteristic 0. Suppose that for each positive integer n, I _n is a polynomial invariant of the usual action of GL_n (F) on Λ^d(Fⁿ), such that for t ? Λ^d(F ^k) and s ? Λ^d(F ^l), I _{k + l} (t l s) = I _k(t)I _t (s), where t ⊥ s is defined in §1.4. Then we say that {I_n} is an additive family of invariants of the skewsymmetric tensors of degree d, or, briefly, an additive family of invariants. If not all the I_n are constant we say that the family is non-trivial. We show that in each even degree d there is a non-trivial additive family of invariants, but that this is not so for any odd d. These results are analogous to those in our paper [3] for symmetric tensors. Our proofs rely on the symbolic method for representing invariants of skewsymmetric tensors. To keep this paper self-contained we expound some of that theory, but for the proofs we refer to the book [2] of Grosshans, Rota and Stein.