Let X be a complete, geometrically irreducible, singular, algebraic curve defined over a field of characteristic p big enough. Given a local ring Op,x at a rational singular point P of X, we attached a universal zeta function which is a rational function and admits a functional equation if Op,x is Gorenstein. This universal zeta function specializes to other known zeta functions and Poincaré series attached to singular points of algebraic curves. In particular, for the local ring attached to a complex analytic function in two variables, our universal zeta function specializes to the generalized Poincaré series introduced by Campillo, Delgado, and Gusein-Zade.

It is proved that every holomorphically convex complex space endowed with an action of a compact Lie group K can be realized as an open K-stable subspace of a holomorphically convex space endowed with a holomorphic action of the complexified group KC. Similar results are obtained for holomorphic if-bundles over such spaces.

We construct a bounded plane domain which is Bergman complete but for which the Bergman kernel does not tend to infinity as the point approaches the boundary.

The concept of a local ring was introduced by Krull [2], who defined it as a Noetherian ring R (we say that a commutative ring R is Noetherian if every ideal in R has a finite basis and if R contains the identity) which has only one maximal ideal m. If the powers of m are defined as a system of neighbourhoods of zero, then R becomes a topological ring satisfying the first axiom of countability, And the notion was studied recently by C. Chevalley and I. S. Cohen. Cohen [1] proved the structure theorem for complete rings besides other properties of local rings.

For all n > 1, the characteristic function of the unit ball in ℝ2n is not the symbol of a bounded bilinear multiplier operator from Lp(ℝn) × Lq(ℝn) to Lr(ℝn) when 1/p + 1/q = 1/r and exactly one of p, q, or r′ = r/(r – 1) is less than 2.

Let Ω, I be open intervals in Rx = (— ∞ < x < ∞), Rt = (— ∞ < t < ∞) respectively. For a function a(x, t) ∈ C∞(Ω × I), consider the partial differential operator

(1.1) .

In [1] R. Brauer asked the following question: Let be a finite group, p a rational prime number, and B a p-block of with defect d and defect group . Is it true that is abelian if and only if every irreducible character in B has height 0 ? The present results on this problem are quite incomplete. If d-0, 1, 2 the conjecture was proved by Brauer and Feit, [4] Theorem 2. They also showed that if is cyclic, then no characters of positive height appear in B. If is normal in , the conjecture was proved by W. Reynolds and M. Suzuki, [12]. In this paper we shall show that for a solvable group , the conjecture is true for the largest prime divisor p of the order of . Actually, one half of this has already been proved in [7]. There it was shown that if is a p-solvable group, where p is any prime, and if is abelian, then the condition on the irreducible characters in B is satisfied.

In this paper, we proved a result that if two meromorphic functions f(z) and g(z) share five small functions aj(z) (j = 1,…,5) in the sense of (j = 1,…,5) (k ≥ 22), then we have f(z) ≡ g(z).

In the frame of the recent axiomatic theories of harmonic functions [2], [3], [1], it has been shown that the continuous bounded functions on the boundaries of relatively compact open sets are resolutive [5], [1]. The aim of the present paper is to substitute in these results the continuous functions by Borel-measurable functions and to leave out the restriction that the open sets are relatively compact. H. Bauer has replaced the axiom 3 of Brelot’s axiomatic by two weaker axioms: the axiom of separation (Trennungsaxiom) and the axiom K1. Since the axiom of separation is not fulfilled in some important cases (e.g. the compact Riemann surfaces) we shall weaken this axiom too, substituting it by one of its consequences: the minimum principle for hyperharmonic functions.

Let K be a field of characteristic zero, and let R = K[X1,… ,Xn]. Let An(K) = K⟨X1,… ,Xn,∂1,… ,∂n⟩ be the nth Weyl algebra over K. We consider the case when R and An(K) are graded by giving deg Xi = ωi and deg ∂i = –ωi for i = 1,…,n (here ωi are positive integers). Set . Let I be a graded ideal in R. By a result due to Lyubeznik the local cohomology modules are holonomic (An(K))-modules for each i≥0. In this article we prove that the de Rham cohomology modules are concentrated in degree —ω; that is, for j ≠ –ω. As an application when A = R/(f) is an isolated singularity, we relate to Hn-1(∂(f);A), the (n – 1)th Koszul cohomology of A with respect to ∂1(f),…, ∂n(f).

Let X(t) denote Brownian motion on the line 0 ≤ t < ∞, let and let 0 < α < 1. Orey and Taylor [5] have investigated the random set defined by the inequalities

and proved that P{dim Eα = 1 – α2} = 1. Here we prove two theorems on Eα that reflect more subtle properties of Eα than its Hausdorff dimension alone.

The generalized test ideals introduced in [HY] are related to multiplier ideals via reduction to characteristic p. In addition, they satisfy many of the subtle properties of the multiplier ideals, which in characteristic zero follow via vanishing theorems. In this note we give several examples to emphasize the different behavior of test ideals and multiplier ideals. Our main result is that every ideal in an F-finite regular local ring can be written as a generalized test ideal. We also prove the semicontinuity of F-pure thresholds (though the analogue of the Generic Restriction Theorem for multiplier ideals does not hold).

With respect to Teichmüller spaces, many beautiful results are obtained by TeichmüUer, Ahlfors, Bers, Maskit, Kra, Earle, Abikoff, and others. For example, the boundary consists of b-groups, and the augmented Teichmüller space is defined by attaching a part of the boundary to the Teichmüller space. By using the augmented Teichmüller space, a compactification of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces is accomplished (cf. Abikoff [1], Bers [2]).

We shall show that the spectrum of Laplacian depends continuously on the parameter for one parameter degeneration of projective algebraic manifolds.

A Hadamard matrix of order n is an n by n matrix of 1’s and − 1’s such that HHt − nI. In such a matrix n is necessarily 1, 2 or a multiple of 4. Two Hadamard matrices H1 and H2 are called equivalent if there exist monomial matrices P, Q with PH1Q = H2. An automorphism of a Hadamard matrix H is an equivalence of the matrix to itself, i.e. a pair (P, Q) of monomial matrices such that PHQ = H. In other words, an automorphism of H is a permutation of its rows followed by multiplication of some rows by − 1, which leads to reordering of its columns and multiplication of some columns by − 1. The set of all automorphisms form a group under composition called the automorphism group (Aut H) of H. For a detailed study of the basic properties and applications of Hadamard matrices see, e.g. [1], [7, Chap. 14], [8].

In the previous paper [3] we have studied the prolongations of G-structures to tangent bundles of higher order. The purpose of the present paper is to study the prolongations of connections to tangential fibre bundles of higher order, and to generalize the results due to S. Kobayashi [1] for the case of usual tangent bundle —— in fact, the arguments in [1] will be, in a sense, more or less simplified and clarified by using the notion of tangent bundles of higher order. In addition, as a consequence of our results, we shall obtain the prolongations of linear (affine) connections to tangent bundles of higher order.

It is not too much to say that the problem of finding a cause-and-effect relationship is a fascinating and eternal theme in both natural and social sciences. It is often difficult to decide whether one is the cause of another in two related phenomena, but it is an important problem. It is related to the internal structure of phenomena which generate deterministic or random changes as time passes. We note that the phenomena to be considered are often not deterministic but random. For example, in physical systems such as quantum mechanics or chaotic classical mechanics, it is well known that certain probabilistic reasonings are indispensable.

Let G be a permutation group on a set $\Omega $ of size t. We say that $\Lambda \subseteq \Omega $ is an independent set if its pointwise stabilizer is not equal to the pointwise stabilizer of any proper subset of $\Lambda $ . We define the height of G to be the maximum size of an independent set, and we denote this quantity $\textrm{H}(G)$ . In this paper, we study $\textrm{H}(G)$ for the case when G is primitive. Our main result asserts that either $\textrm{H}(G)< 9\log t$ or else G is in a particular well-studied family (the primitive large–base groups). An immediate corollary of this result is a characterization of primitive permutation groups with large relational complexity, the latter quantity being a statistic introduced by Cherlin in his study of the model theory of permutation groups. We also study $\textrm{I}(G)$ , the maximum length of an irredundant base of G, in which case we prove that if G is primitive, then either $\textrm{I}(G)<7\log t$ or else, again, G is in a particular family (which includes the primitive large–base groups as well as some others).

Let X = On/i be an analytic singularity where ṫ is an ideal of the C-algebra On of germs of analytic functions on (Cn, 0). Let denote the maximal ideal of X and A = Aut X its group of automorphisms. An abstract subgroup equipped with the structure of an algebraic group is called algebraic subgroup of A if the natural representations of G on all “higher cotangent spaces” are rational. Let π be the representation of A on the first cotangent space and A1 = π(A).

If one looks back the classical proof (cf. Carlitz [4]) of the reciprocity law for Dedekind sums in order to construct q-analogue of Dedekind sums which also have the reciprocity law, one can soon see that the following elementary equation is essential in the proof:

for any distinct complex numbers u and v, where means the generating function of Euler numbers associated to u. So we must extend the above equation to the generating function of q-Euler numbers for our purpose.