Permutation representations in molecular symmetry

The reducible representations of the point groups are generally studied because of their relevance to molecular orbital and vibration theory. Triple correlations within the polyhedra are described by group-theoretical invariants that are related to the permutation representations and termed polyhedral isoscalar factors. These invariants are applied in theorems on matrix elements referring to the symmetry-adapted bases at different centres. Further invariants or geometrical weight factors inter-relate different types of reduced matrix elements of irreducible tensors (generalization of the Wigner-Eckart theorem to the polycentric case). As a demonstration a complete tabulation is given for the point group C ₄.     

Phase-fixed double-group 3-Γ symbols. IV. Real 3-Γ symbols and coupling coefficients for the group hierarchies T* ⊃ C 3 * and T* ⊃ C 2 *

We present sets of real 3- symbols which correspond to explicitly given irreducible matrix representations for the two double group hierarchies T* C ₃ ^* and T* C ₂ ^* . They fit into the formalism exposed in a previous paper [1] on the general theory of 3- symbols and coupling coefficients and illustrate much of the discussion in a subsequent one [2] treating the particular properties of the double groups.     

Functions averages over the roots of unity,cauchy problems and addition formulas

An averaging operator over the roots of unity is defined on a class of analytic functions and its algebraic and analytic properties are investigated. A Cauchy like integral formula for this is obtained. This operator and its properties are then employed to solve higher order Cauchy problems, to derive addition formulas for hypergeometric functions and to obtain integral representations for special classes of hypergeometric functions.     

Action of the Cremona group on a noncommutative ring

The Cremona group acts on the field of two independent commutative variables over complex numbers. We provide a noncommutative algebra that is an analog of a noncommutative field of two independent variables and prove that the Cremona group embeds in a group of outer automorphisms of this algebra. We give two proofs of it, the first proof is technical, the second one is conceptual and proceeds through a construction of a birational invariant of an algebraic variety from its bounded derived category of coherent sheaves.     

Zero Modes’ Fusion Ring and Braid Group Representations for the Extended Chiral <Emphasis Type="Italic">su</Emphasis>(2) WZNW Model

A zero modes’ Fock space is constructed for the extended chiral WZNW model. It gives room to a realization of the fusion ring of representations of the restricted quantum universal enveloping algebra at an even root of unity, and of its infinite dimensional extension by the Lusztig operators We provide a streamlined derivation of the characteristic equation for the Casimir invariant from the defining relations of A central result is the characterization of the Grothendieck ring of both and in Theorem 3.1. The properties of the fusion ring in are related to the braiding properties of correlation functions of primary fields of the conformal current algebra model.      

Use of Spectroscopic Representations in Student‐Generated Atomic Models

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to illustrate college students' levels of sophistication of their spectroscopic representations (SRs). For example, a photon is drawn as a wavy line, which might be used to enhance their atomic models (AMs). Study 1 was a quantitative study in which 70 students, enrolled in first semester general chemistry, drew or described their own model of the atom. Despite the fact that they had just completed a unit on atomic structure, only 30.6% of these students were classified as having a good understanding of the Bohr AM. Most of these students, 93.8%, incorporated SRs into their models. Conversely, only 41.2% of those who had a moderate AM understanding and only 5% of those with a poor AM understanding used SR in their AMs. Study 2 was a qualitative study in which 10 volunteers, enrolled in the same course but during a different semester, interacted with a multimedia instructional package and with a tutor. Interviews with two students were selected for in‐depth analyses. Each one enhanced their own AM by adding dynamic SR to their original AMs.     

Loop Groups and Twin Buildings

In these notes we describe some buildings related to complex Kac–Moody groups. First we describe the spherical building of SL_n() (i.e. the projective geometry PG(ⁿ)) and its Veronese representation. Next we recall the construction of the affine building associated to a discrete valuation on the rational function field (z). Then we describe the same building in terms of complex Laurent polynomials, and introduce the Veronese representation, which is an equivariant embedding of the building into an affine Kac–Moody algebra. Next, we introduce topological twin buildings. These buildings can be used for a proof which is a variant of the proof by Quillen and Mitchell, of Bott periodicity which uses only topological geometry. At the end we indicate very briefly that the whole process works also for affine real almost split Kac–Moody groups.Supported by a Heisenberg fellowship by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.     

An Exact Solution for an M(t)/M(t)/1 Queue with Time-Dependent Arrivals and Service

We consider an M/M/1 queue with a time dependent arrival rate (t) and service rate (t). For a special form of the traffic intensity, we obtain an exact, explicit expression for the probability p _n (t) that there are n customers at time t. If the service rate is constant (=), this corresponds to (t)=(t)/=(b–at)^–2. We also discuss the heavy traffic diffusion approximation to this model. We evaluate our results numerically.     

Schur indices of perfect groups

It has been noticed by many authors that the Schur indices of the irreducible characters of many quasi-simple finite groups are at most . A conjecture has emerged that the Schur indices of all irreducible characters of all quasi-simple finite groups are at most . We prove that this conjecture cannot be extended to the set of all finite perfect groups. Indeed, we prove that, given any positive integer , there exist irreducible characters of finite perfect groups of chief length which have Schur index .