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- ItemCategoric aspects of authentication(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2012) Schillewaert, Jeroen; Thas, Koen[no abstract available]
- ItemGhost algebras of double Burnside algebras via Schur functors(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2012) Boltje, Robert; Danz, SusanneFor a finite group G, we introduce a multiplication on the Q-vector space with basis SG×G, the set of subgroups of G × G. The resulting Q-algebra A˜ can be considered as a ghost algebra for the double Burnside ring B(G,G) in the sense that the mark homomorphism from B(G,G) to A˜ is a ring homomorphism. Our approach interprets QB(G,G) as an algebra eAe, where A is a twisted monoid algebra and e is an idempotent in A. The monoid underlying the algebra A is again equal to SG×G with multiplication given by composition of relations (when a subgroup of G × G is interpreted as a relation between G and G). The algebras A and A˜ are isomorphic via Mo¨bius inversion in the poset SG×G. As an application we improve results by Bouc on the parametrization of simple modules of QB(G,G) and also of simple biset functors, by using results by Linckelmann and Stolorz on the parametrization of simple modules of finite category algebras. Finally, in the case where G is a cyclic group of order n, we give an explicit isomorphism between QB(G,G) and a direct product of matrix rings over group algebras of the automorphism groups of cyclic groups of order k, where k divides n.
- ItemEquidistribution of elements of norm 1 in cyclic extensions(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2014) Petersen, Kathleen L.; Sinclair, Christopher D.Upon quotienting by units, the elements of norm 1 in a number field K form a countable subset of a torus of dimension r1 + r2 - 1 where r1 and r2 are the numbers of real and pairs of complex embeddings. When K is Galois with cyclic Galois group we demonstrate that this countable set is equidistributed in this torus with respect to a natural partial ordering.
- ItemCalculating conjugacy classes in Sylow p-subgroups of finite Chevalley groups of rank six and seven(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2013) Goodwi, Simon M.; Mosch, Peter; Röhrle, GerhardLet G(q) be a finite Chevalley group, where q is a power of a good prime p, and let U(q) be a Sylow p-subgroup of G(q). Then a generalized version of a conjecture of Higman asserts that the number k(U(q)) of conjugacy classes in U(q) is given by a polynomial in q with integer coefficients. In [12], the first and the third authors developed an algorithm to calculate the values of k(U(q)). By implementing it into a computer program using GAP, they were able to calculate k(U(q)) for G of rank at most 5, thereby proving that for these cases k(U(q)) is given by a polynomial in q. In this paper we present some refinements and improvements of the algorithm that allow us to calculate the values of k(U(q)) for finite Chevalley groups of rank six and seven, except E7. We observe that k(U(q)) is a polynomial, so that the generalized Higman conjecture holds for these groups. Moreover, if we write k(U(q)) as a polynomial in q−1, then the coefficients are non-negative. Under the assumption that k(U(q)) is a polynomial in q−1, we also give an explicit formula for the coefficients of k(U(q)) of degrees zero, one and two.
- ItemOn reflection subgroups of finite Coxeter groups(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2011) Douglass, J. Matthew; Pfeiffer, Götz; Röhrle, GerhardLet W be a finite Coxeter group. We classify the reflection subgroups of W up to conjugacy and give necessary and sufficient conditions for the map that assigns to a reflection subgroup R of W the conjugacy class of its Coxeter elements to be injective, up to conjugacy.
- ItemOn the prediction of stationary functional time series(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2014) Aue, Alexander; Norinho, Diogo Dubart; Hörmann, SiegfriedThis paper addresses the prediction of stationary functional time series. Existing contributions to this problem have largely focused on the special case of first-order functional autoregressive processes because of their technical tractability and the current lack of advanced functional time series methodology. It is shown here how standard multivariate prediction techniques can be utilized in this context. The connection between functional and multivariate predictions is made precise for the important case of vector and functional autoregressions. The proposed method is easy to implement, making use of existing statistical software packages, and may therefore be attractive to a broader, possibly non-academic, audience. Its practical applicability is enhanced through the introduction of a novel functional final prediction error model selection criterion that allows for an automatic determination of the lag structure and the dimensionality of the model. The usefulness of the proposed methodology is demonstrated in a simulation study and an application to environmental data, namely the prediction of daily pollution curves describing the concentration of particulate matter in ambient air. It is found that the proposed prediction method often significantly outperforms existing methods.
- ItemUnconditional convergence of spectral decompositions of 1D Dirac operators with regular boundary conditions(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2010) Djakov, Plamen; Mityagin, Boris[no abstract available]
- ItemAn explicit formula for the Dirac multiplicities on lens spaces(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2014) Boldt, Sebastian; Lauret, Emilio A.We present a new description of the spectrum of the (spin-) Dirac operator D on lens spaces. Viewing a spin lens space L as a locally symmetric space n Spin(2m)= Spin(2m1) and exploiting the representation theory of the Spin groups, we obtain explicit formulas for the multiplicities of the eigenvalues of D in terms of finitely many integer operations. As a consequence, we present conditions for lens spaces to be Dirac isospectral. Tackling classic questions of spectral geometry, we prove with the tools developed that neither spin structures nor isometry classes of lens spaces are spectrally determined by giving infinite families of Dirac isospectral lens spaces. These results are complemented by examples found with the help of a computer.
- ItemOn conjugacy of MASAs and the outer automorphism aroup of the Cuntz algebra(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2013) Conti, Roberto; Hong, Jeong Hee; Szyma´nski, WojciechWe investigate the structure of the outer automorphism group of the Cuntz algebra and the closely related problem of conjugacy of MASAa in On. In particular, we exhibit an uncountable family of MASAs, conjugate to the standard MASA Dn via Bogolubov automorphisms, that are not inner conjugate to Dn.
- ItemAn inductive approach to Coxeter arrangements and Solomon’s descent algebra(Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2011) Douglass, J.Matthew; Pfeiffer, Götz; Röhrle, GerhardIn our recent paper [3], we claimed that both the group algebra of a finite Coxeter group W as well as the Orlik-Solomon algebra of W can be decomposed into a sum of induced one-dimensional representations of centralizers, one for each conjugacy class of elements of W, and gave a uniform proof of this claim for symmetric groups. In this note we outline an inductive approach to our conjecture. As an application of this method, we prove the inductive version of the conjecture for nite Coxeter groups of rank up to 2.