Contributions to Algebra

List of contributors

Preface

Quadratic Modules Over Polynomial Rings

Introduction


1. Definitions, and Background of the Problem


2. Reduction by the Cancellation Theorem to Low Ranks


3. Quadratic Spaces of Low Rank


4. Proof of the Cancellation Theorem

References

The Action of the Universal Modular Group on Certain Boundary Points

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Differentially Closed Fields: A Model-Theoretic Tour

Introduction


1. Background


2. Model Completions


3. Main Results


4. Some Properties of Differential Closures and Some Immediate Consequences


5. Notes

Appendix: Details of Uniqueness Proof Filled in

References

On Finite Projective Groups


1. Introduction


2. Preliminaries


3. Finite Strongly Irreducible Linear Groups


4. Case I


5. Case II


6. Quasi-Primitive Linear Groups

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Unipotent Differential Algebraic Groups

Introduction of Subject Matter and Notation


1. The Structure of Unipotent Differential Algebraic Groups


2. Commutative Linear Unipotent Differential Algebraic Groups


3. Differential Rational Cohomology


4. Extensions of Differential Algebraic Groups


5. The Groups HΔ2(Ga, Ga) and Cent ExtΔ(Ga, Ga)

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Solutions in the General Solution


1. Introduction


2. Differentially Closed Places


3. Preliminary Criteria


4. Algebraic Extensions


5. Final Criteria


6. Several Indeterminates

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Folk Theorems on Elliptic Equations

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Limit Properties of Stochastic Matrices


1. Preliminaries


2. Shrinking Matrices


3. Analysis of Supports


4. The Case d = 1


5. The General Case

A Fixed-Point Characterization of Linearly Reductive Groups


1. Introduction


2. Proof of the Theorem

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Orthogonal and Unitary Invariants of Families of Subspaces


1. Pairs of Subspaces


2. Systems of Lines


3. Representations of H*-Algebras


4. Systems of Subspaces

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The Macdonald-Kac Formulas as a Consequence of the Euler-Poincare Principle

Introduction


1. The Lie Algebras of Kac and Moody


2. Quasisimple Modules


3. Homology Associated with F-parabolic Subalgebras


4. Combinatorial Identities

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The Characters of Reductive P-Adic Groups

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Basic Constructions in Group Extension Theory


1. Introduction


2. Preliminaries


3. Group Extensions


4. Crossed Homomorphisms


5. Transgression


6. Inflation


7. Abelian Kernels


8. Cohomology

On the Hyperalgebra of a Semisimple Algebraic Group


1. The Hyperalgebra


2. The Algebra u, and its Representations


3. Tensor Products


4. Completely Reducible G-Modules


5. Mumford's Conjecture

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A Notion of Regularity for Differential Local Algebras

Introduction


1. Some Preliminary Facts About Kahler Differentials


2. Regular Differential Algebras


3. A Sufficient Condition for Regularity


4. Regular Graded Modules


5. The Openness of the Set of Regular Points


6. Regularity for Δ-Fields

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The Engel-Kolchin Theorem Revisited


1. Introduction


2. A Second Unification of Kolchin's Theorem and Levitzki's Theorem


3. Two More Theorems


4. Lie and Jordan Analogues


5. The Infinite Case

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Prime Differential Ideals in Differential Rings


1. Special Differential Rings


2. The Prime Differential Spectrum of a Differential Ring

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Constrained Cohomology

Introduction

Notation


1. Constrained Cohomology Groups


2. Galois Cohomology


3. Change of Group


4. F-Cohomology


5. Change of Field


6. The Hochschild-Serre Sequence

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The Integrability Condition of Deformations of CR Structures

Introduction


1. The Integrability Condition of CR Structures


2. The Integrability Condition of Deformations

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Noetherian Rings with Many Derivations

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Hopf Maps and Quadratic Forms Over Z


1. Hurwitz Triple and the Map ƒ


2. The Map ƒ and the Map h


3. The Family se


4. Hopf Fibration S15 → S8 Over Z

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Families of Subgroup Schemes of Formal Groups


1. Strict Families of Finite Subgroup Schemes of Formal Groups


2. Liftability of Abelian Varieties

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An Effective Lower Bound on the "Diophantine" Approximation of Algebraic Functions by Rational Functions (II)

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On Elementary, Generalized Elementary, and Liouvillian Extension Fields

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Derivations and Valuation Rings

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On Theorems of Lie-Kolchin, Borel, and Lang

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A Differential-Algebraic Study of the Intrusion of Logarithms into Asymptotic Expansions

A. Introduction

B. Some Basic Notations, Procedures, and Lemmas for the Adjunction Rank-Rise Problem

C. Instability Ladders for Differential Polynomials of Class (V, r)

D. Instability Ladders for R-Normal Differential Polynomials

E. Instability Ladders for Asymptotically Nonsingular Differential Polynomials

F. Rank-Rise Results for the General First-Order Equation

G. Other Rank-Rise Results

Appendix

References

A "Theorem of Lie-Kolchin" for Trees

Introduction


1. Trees


2. Various Fixed-Point Properties


3. Solvable Groups


4. Algebraic Simple Groups of Relative Rank ≥ 2


5. The Rank 1 Case

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Regular Elements in Anisotropic Tori

Introduction


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3. Classical Groups


4. Anisotropic Tori in Classical Groups


5. Results for the classical Groups


6. Type 1Al


7. Type 1Bl


8. Type 1Cl


9. Type 1Dl


10. Type 2Al


11. Type 2Dl


12. The Suzuki Groups 2C2(q2)


13. Groups of Type 3D4


14. Conjugacy Classes in the Weyl Group of F4


15. Groups of Type 1F4


16. The Ree Groups 2F4


17. Groups of Type 1G2


18. Groups of Type 2G2


19. Endomorphisms σ with Cyclic Centralizer in W


20. Groups of Type 1E6


21. Groups of Type 2E6


22. Groups of Type 1Ε7


23. Groups of Type 1E8

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