Intersection cohomology of the circle actions

A classical result says that a free action of the circle S¹ on a topological space X is geometrically classified by the orbit space B and by a cohomological class e∈H²(B,Z), the Euler class. When the action is not free we have a difficult open question:

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“Is the space X determined by the orbit space B and the Euler class?”

The main result of this work is a step towards the understanding of the above question in the category of unfolded pseudomanifolds. We prove that the orbit space B and the Euler class determine:

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the intersection cohomology of X,

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the real homotopy type of X.

     

Extremal Bases for the Adjoint Representations of the Simple Lie Algebras

We construct n distinct weight bases, which we call extremal bases, for the adjoint representation of each simple Lie algebra 𝔤 of rank n: One construction for each simple root. We explicitly describe actions of the Chevalley generators on the basis elements. We show that these extremal bases are distinguished by their “supporting graphs” in three ways. (In general, the supporting graph of a weight basis for a representation of a semisimple Lie algebra is a directed graph with colored edges that describe the supports of the actions of the Chevalley generators on the elements of the basis.) We show that each extremal basis constructed is essentially the only basis with its supporting graph (i.e., each extremal basis is solitary), and that each supporting graph is a modular lattice. Each extremal basis is shown to be edge-minimizing: Its supporting graph has the minimum number of edges. The extremal bases are shown to be the only edge-minimizing as well as the only modular lattice weight bases (up to scalar multiples) for the adjoint representation of 𝔤. The supporting graph for an extremal basis is shown to be a distributive lattice if and only if the associated simple root corresponds to an end node for a “branchless” simple Lie algebra, i.e., type A, B, C, F, or G. For each extremal basis, basis elements for the Cartan subalgebra are explicitly expressed in terms of the h _i Chevalley generators.     

Hamiltonian and Path Integral Quantization of the Conformally Gauge-Fixed Polyakov D1 Brane Action in the Presence of a Scalar Dilation Field

The conformally gauge-fixed Polyakov D1 brane action in the presence of a scalar dilaton field is seen to be a constrained system in the sense of Dirac. In the present work we study its Hamiltonian and path integral quantization in the instant-form of dynamics using the equal world-sheet time framework.     

Abelian scalar theory at large global charge

We elaborate on Abelian complex scalar models, which are dictated by natural actions (all couplings are of order one), at fixed and large global U (1) charge in an arbitrary number of dimensions. The ground state is coherently constructed by the zero modes and the appearance of a centrifugal potential is quantum mechanically verified. Using the path integral formulation we systematically analyze the quantum fluctuations around in order to derive an effective action for the Goldstone mode, which becomes perturbatively meaningful when the charge is large. In this regime we explicitly show, by computing the first few loop corrections, that the whole construction is stable against quantum effects, in the sense that any higher derivative couplings to Goldstone's tree‐level action are suppressed by appropriate powers of the large charge.     

Actions of discrete groups on spheres and real projective spaces

In this paper, we first define discrete, smooth actions on , whose limit sets are Cantor sets wildly embedded in (Antoine's necklaces). Secondly, we define Schottky groups on real projective spaces of odd dimensions, . We lift these actions to (locally) projective actions on the sphere and consider the quotient space of the domain of discontinuity by the group to obtain new examples of manifolds with real projective structures. *This work was partially supported by PROMEP (SEP). **This work was partially supported by CONACyT (México), grant U1 55084, PAPIIT (UNAM) grant IN102108.     

Stable outer conjugacy and strong Morita equivalence of group actions on pro-C *-algebras

We show that two continuous inverse limit actions α and β of a locally compact group G on two pro-C ^*-algebras A and B are stably outer conjugate if and only if there is a full Hilbert A-module E and a continuous action u of G on E such that E and E ^*(the dual module of E) are countably generated in M(E)(the multiplier module of E), respectively M(E ^*) and the pair (E, u) implements a strong Morita equivalence between α and β. This is a generalization of a result of F. Combes [Proc. London Math. Soc. 49(1984), 289–306].      

Stably and almost complex structures on bounded flag manifolds

We study the enumeration problem of stably complex structures on bounded flag manifolds arising from omniorientations, and determine those induced by almost complex structures. We also enumerate the stably complex structures on these manifolds which bound, therefore representing zero in the complex cobordism ring .

     

A note on the crossed product $$ \mathcal{R}(\mathcal{A},\alpha ) $$ associated with PSL2(ℝ)

Given the hyperbolic measure dxdy/y ² on the upper half plane ℍ, the rational actions of PSL₂(ℝ) on ℍ induces a continuous unitary representation α of this group on the Hilbert space L ²(ℍ, dxdy/y ²). Supposing that = {M _f : f ∈ L ^∞ (ℍ, dxdy/y ²)}, we show that the crossed product is of type I. In fact, the crossed product is *-isomorphic to the von Neumann algebra , where is the abelian group von Neumann algebra generated by the left regular representation of K. This work was supported by the Youth Foundation of Sichuan Education Department of China (Grant No. 2003B017)