Conformal and Harmonic Measures on Laminations Associated with Rational Maps

Conformal and Harmonic Measures on Laminations Associated with Rational Maps
Author: Vadim A. Kaimanovich
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821836153

This book is dedicated to Dennis Sullivan on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The framework of affine and hyperbolic laminations provides a unifying foundation for many aspects of conformal dynamics and hyperbolic geometry. The central objects of this approach are an affine Riemann surface lamination $\mathcal A$ and the associated hyperbolic 3-lamination $\mathcal H$ endowed with an action of a discrete group of isomorphisms. This action is properly discontinuous on $\mathcal H$, which allows one to pass to the quotient hyperbolic lamination $\mathcal M$. Our work explores natural ``geometric'' measures on these laminations. We begin with a brief self-contained introduction to the measure theory on laminations by discussing the relationship between leafwise, transverse and global measures. The central themes of our study are: leafwise and transverse ``conformal streams'' on an affine lamination $\mathcal A$ (analogues of the Patterson-Sullivan conformal measures for Kleinian groups), harmonic and invariant measures on the corresponding hyperbolic lamination $\mathcal H$, the ``Anosov--Sinai cocycle'', the corresponding ``basic cohomology class'' on $\mathcal A$ (which provides an obstruction to flatness), and the Busemann cocycle on $\mathcal H$. A number of related geometric objects on laminations -- in particular, the backward and forward Poincare series and the associated critical exponents, the curvature forms and the Euler class, currents and transverse invariant measures, $\lambda$-harmonic functions and the leafwise Brownian motion -- are discussed along the lines. The main examples are provided by the laminations arising from the Kleinian and the rational dynamics. In the former case, $\mathcal M$ is a sublamination of the unit tangent bundle of a hyperbolic 3-manifold, its transversals can be identified with the limit set of the Kleinian group, and we show how the classical theory of Patterson-Sullivan measures can be recast in terms of our general approach. In the latter case, the laminations were recently constructed by Lyubich and Minsky in [LM97]. Assuming that they are locally compact, we construct a transverse $\delta$-conformal stream on $\mathcal A$ and the corresponding $\lambda$-harmonic measure on $\mathcal M$, where $\lambda=\delta(\delta-2)$. We prove that the exponent $\delta$ of the stream does not exceed 2 and that the affine laminations are never flat except for several explicit special cases (rational functions with parabolic Thurston orbifold).

Equivalences of Classifying Spaces Completed at the Prime Two

Equivalences of Classifying Spaces Completed at the Prime Two
Author: Robert Oliver
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2006
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821838288

We prove here the Martino-Priddy conjecture at the prime $2$: the $2$-completions of the classifying spaces of two finite groups $G$ and $G'$ are homotopy equivalent if and only if there is an isomorphism between their Sylow $2$-subgroups which preserves fusion. This is a consequence of a technical algebraic result, which says that for a finite group $G$, the second higher derived functor of the inverse limit vanishes for a certain functor $\mathcal{Z}_G$ on the $2$-subgroup orbit category of $G$. The proof of this result uses the classification theorem for finite simple groups.

Large Viscous Boundary Layers for Noncharacteristic Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems

Large Viscous Boundary Layers for Noncharacteristic Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems
Author: Guy Métivier
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821836498

Studies two types of integral transformation associated with fractional Brownian motion, that are applied to construct approximation schemes for fractional Brownian motion by polygonal approximation of standard Brownian motion. This approximation is the best in the sense that it minimizes the mean square error.

Hilbert Modular Forms: mod $p$ and $p$-Adic Aspects

Hilbert Modular Forms: mod $p$ and $p$-Adic Aspects
Author: Fabrizio Andreatta
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821836099

We study Hilbert modular forms in characteristic $p$ and over $p$-adic rings. In the characteristic $p$ theory we describe the kernel and image of the $q$-expansion map and prove the existence of filtration for Hilbert modular forms; we define operators $U$, $V$ and $\Theta_\chi$ and study the variation of the filtration under these operators. Our methods are geometric - comparing holomorphic Hilbert modular forms with rational functions on a moduli scheme with level-$p$ structure, whose poles are supported on the non-ordinary locus.In the $p$-adic theory we study congruences between Hilbert modular forms. This applies to the study of congruences between special values of zeta functions of totally real fields. It also allows us to define $p$-adic Hilbert modular forms 'a la Serre' as $p$-adic uniform limit of classical modular forms, and compare them with $p$-adic modular forms 'a la Katz' that are regular functions on a certain formal moduli scheme. We show that the two notions agree for cusp forms and for a suitable class of weights containing all the classical ones. We extend the operators $V$ and $\Theta_\chi$ to the $p$-adic setting.

Generative Complexity in Algebra

Generative Complexity in Algebra
Author: Joel Berman
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821837079

Considers the behavior of $\mathrm{G}_\mathcal{C}(k)$ when $\mathcal{C}$ is a locally finite equational class (variety) of algebras and $k$ is finite. This title looks at ways that algebraic properties of $\mathcal{C}$ lead to upper or lower bounds on generative complexity.

An Algebraic Structure for Moufang Quadrangles

An Algebraic Structure for Moufang Quadrangles
Author: Tom de Medts
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821836080

Features an article that intends to present a uniform algebraic structure for Moufang quadrangles, and to classify these structures without referring back to the original Moufang quadrangles from which they arise, thereby also giving a new proof for the classification of Moufang quadrangles, which does consist of the division into these 2 parts.

A Categorical Approach to Imprimitivity Theorems for $C^*$-Dynamical Systems

A Categorical Approach to Imprimitivity Theorems for $C^*$-Dynamical Systems
Author: Siegfried Echterhoff
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2006
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821838571

It has become apparent that studying the representation theory and structure of crossed-product C*-algebras requires imprimitivity theorems. This monograph shows that the imprimitivity theorem for reduced algebras, Green's imprimitivity theorem for actions of groups, and Mansfield's imprimitivity theorem for coactions of groups can all be understoo

Fermionic Expressions for Minimal Model Virasoro Characters

Fermionic Expressions for Minimal Model Virasoro Characters
Author: Trevor Alan Welsh
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821836560

Fermionic expressions for all minimal model Virasoro characters $\chi DEGREES{p, p'}_{r, s}$ are stated and proved. Each such expression is a sum of terms of fundamental fermionic f

Integral Transformations and Anticipative Calculus for Fractional Brownian Motions

Integral Transformations and Anticipative Calculus for Fractional Brownian Motions
Author: Yaozhong Hu
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821837044

A paper that studies two types of integral transformation associated with fractional Brownian motion. They are applied to construct approximation schemes for fractional Brownian motion by polygonal approximation of standard Brownian motion. This approximation is the best in the sense that it minimizes the mean square error.