The Schur functor on tensor powers

Let M be a left module for the Schur algebra S(n, r), and let \({s \in \mathbb{Z}^+}\) . Then \({M^{\otimes s}}\) is a \({(S(n,\,rs), F{\mathfrak{S}_{s}})}\) -bimodule, where the symmetric group \({{\mathfrak{S}_s}}\) on s letters acts on the right by place permutations. We show that the Schur functor f _rs sends \({M^{\otimes s}}\) to the \({(F{\mathfrak{S}_{rs}},F{\mathfrak{S}_s})}\) -bimodule \({F\mathfrak{S}_{rs}\otimes_{F(\mathfrak{S}_{r}\wr{\mathfrak{S}_s})} ((f_rM)^{\otimes s}\otimes_{F} F{\mathfrak{S}_s})}\) . As a corollary, we obtain the image under the Schur functor of the Lie power L ^s (M), exterior power \({\bigwedge^s(M)}\) of M and symmetric power S ^s (M).     

When the Schur functor induces a triangle-equivalence between Gorenstein defect categories

Science China Mathematics - Let R be an Artin algebra and e be an idempotent of R. Assume that Tor (Re, G) = 0 for any G ∈ Gproj eRe and i sufficiently large. Necessary and sufficient...     

On an adjoint functor to the Thom functor

We construct a right adjoint functor to the Thom functor, i.e., to the functor which assigns the Thom space to a vector bundle .

     

The functor A min on p-local spaces

In a previous paper, the authors gave the finest functorial decomposition of the loop suspension of a p-torsion suspension. The purpose of this paper is to generalize this theorem to the loop suspension of arbitrary p-local path connected spaces. The authors are grateful for support from National Sciences Engineering Research Council of Canada and National University of Singapore.     

Computing lannesT functor

We compute the value of the functorT of Lannes on a certain class of algebras over the Steenrod algebra which includes polynomial algebras.     

Multiplicity Free Schur, Skew Schur, and Quasisymmetric Schur Functions

In this paper we classify all Schur functions and skew Schur functions that are multiplicity free when expanded in the basis of fundamental quasisymmetric functions, termed F-multiplicity free. Combinatorially, this is equivalent to classifying all skew shapes whose standard Young tableaux have distinct descent sets. We then generalize our setting, and classify all F-multiplicity free quasisymmetric Schur functions with one or two terms in the expansion, or one or two parts in the indexing composition. This identifies composition shapes such that all standard composition tableaux of that shape have distinct descent sets. We conclude by providing such a classification for quasisymmetric Schur function families, giving a classification of Schur functions that are in some sense almost F-multiplicity free.     

Schur dynamics of the Schur processes

We construct discrete time Markov chains that preserve the class of Schur processes on partitions and signatures.One application is a simple exact sampling algorithm for qvolume-distributed skew plane partitions with an arbitrary back wall. Another application is a construction of Markov chains on infinite Gelfand–Tsetlin schemes that represent deterministic flows on the space of extreme characters of the infinite-dimensional unitary group.     

The differentiable chain functor is not homotopy equivalent to the continuous chain functor

Let S_∗ and be the functors of continuous and differentiable singular chains on the category of differentiable manifolds. We prove that the natural transformation , which induces homology equivalences over each manifold, is not a natural homotopy equivalence.     

A matrix inequality on Schur complements

We investigate a matrix inequality on Schur complements defined by {1}-generalized inverses, and obtain simultaneously a necessary and sufficient condition under which the inequality turns into an equality. This extends two existing matrix inequalities on Schur complements defined respectively by inverses and Moore-Penrose generalized inverses (see Wang et. al. [Lin. Alg. Appl., 302–303 (1999) 163–172] and Liu and Wang [Lin. Alg. Appl., 293(1999) 233–241]). Moreover, the non-uniqueness of {1}-generalized inverses yields the complicatedness of the extension.     

A uniqueness result concerning Schur ideals

A subset of the set of all positive semi-definite matrices of a given size which is invariant under Schur (componentwise) multiplication by an arbitrary positive semi-definite matrix is said to be a Schur ideal. A subset of -dimensional complex space is said to be if it arises as the set of possible values arising from restricting contractive elements from some uniform algebra to a finite set in the domain. When the uniform algebra is the disk algebra, the hyperconvex set is said to be a Pick body. Motivated by the classical Pick interpolation theorem, Paulsen has introduced a natural notion of duality between Schur ideals and hyperconvex sets. By using some recently developed results in operator algebras (matricial Schur ideals), we show that each Pick body has a unique affiliated Schur ideal.

     

A Schur decomposition for Hamiltonian matrices

A Schur-type decomposition for Hamiltonian matrices is given that relies on unitary symplectic similarity transformations. These transformations preserve the Hamiltonian structure and are numerically stable, making them ideal for analysis and computation. Using this decomposition and a special singular-value decomposition for unitary symplectic matrices, a canonical reduction of the algebraic Riccati equation is obtained which sheds light on the sensitivity of the nonnegative definite solution. After presenting some real decompositions for real Hamiltonian matrices, we look into the possibility of an orthogonal symplectic version of the QR algorithm suitable for Hamiltonian matrices. A finite-step initial reduction to a Hessenberg-type canonical form is presented. However, no extension of the Francis implicit-shift technique was found, and reasons for the difficulty are given.