Linearizing torsion classes in the Picard group of algebraic curves over finite fields

We address the problem of computing in the group of $\ell^k$-torsion rational points of the jacobian variety of algebraic curves over finite fields, with a view toward computing modular representations.Comment: To appear in Journal of Algebr

A_{n-1} singularities and nKdV hierarchies

According to a conjecture of E. Witten proved by M. Kontsevich, a certain generating function for intersection indices on the Deligne -- Mumford moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces coincides with a certain tau-function of the KdV hierarchy. The generating function is naturally generalized under the name the {\em total descendent potential} in the theory of Gromov -- Witten invariants of symplectic manifolds. The papers arXiv: math.AG/0108100 and arXive: math.DG/0108160 contain two equivalent constructions, motivated by some results in Gromov -- Witten theory, which associate a total descendent potential to any semisimple Frobenius structure. In this paper, we prove that in the case of K.Saito's Frobenius structure on the miniversal deformation of the $A_{n-1}$-singularity, the total descendent potential is a tau-function of the $n$KdV hierarchy. We derive this result from a more general construction for solutions of the $n$KdV hierarchy from $n-1$ solutions of the KdV hierarchy.Comment: 29 pages, to appear in Moscow Mathematical Journa

Invariant densities for random β\beta-expansions

Let $\beta >1$ be a non-integer. We consider expansions of the form $\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} d_i \beta^{-i}$, where the digits $(d_i)_{i \geq 1}$ are generated by means of a Borel map $K_{\beta}$ defined on $\{0,1\}^{\N}\times [ 0, \lfloor \beta \rfloor /(\beta -1)]$. We show existence and uniqueness of an absolutely continuous $K_{\beta}$-invariant probability measure w.r.t. $m_p \otimes \lambda$, where $m_p$ is the Bernoulli measure on $\{0,1\}^{\N}$ with parameter $p$ $(0 < p < 1)$ and $\lambda$ is the normalized Lebesgue measure on $[0 ,\lfloor \beta \rfloor /(\beta -1)]$. Furthermore, this measure is of the form $m_p \otimes \mu_{\beta,p}$, where $\mu_{\beta,p}$ is equivalent with $\lambda$. We establish the fact that the measure of maximal entropy and $m_p \otimes \lambda$ are mutually singular. In case the number 1 has a finite greedy expansion with positive coefficients, the measure $m_p \otimes \mu_{\beta,p}$ is Markov. In the last section we answer a question concerning the number of universal expansions, a notion introduced in [EK]

Relations among modular points on elliptic curves

Given a correspondence between a modular curve and an elliptic curve A we study the group of relations among the CM points of A. In particular we prove that the intersection of any finite rank subgroup of A with the set of CM points of A is finite. We also prove a local version of this global result with an effective bound valid also for certain infinite rank subgroups. We deduce the local result from a ``reciprocity'' theorem for CL (canonical lift) points on A. Furthermore we prove similar global and local results for intersections between subgroups of A and isogeny classes in A. Finally we prove Shimura curve analogues and, in some cases, higher-dimensional versions of these results.Comment: 48 page

1/N21/N^2 correction to free energy in hermitian two-matrix model

Using the loop equations we find an explicit expression for genus 1 correction in hermitian two-matrix model in terms of holomorphic objects associated to spectral curve arising in large N limit. Our result generalises known expression for $F^1$ in hermitian one-matrix model. We discuss the relationship between $F^1$, Bergmann tau-function on Hurwitz spaces, G-function of Frobenius manifolds and determinant of Laplacian over spectral curve

Kerr-de Sitter Quasinormal Modes via Accessory Parameter Expansion

Quasinormal modes are characteristic oscillatory modes that control the relaxation of a perturbed physical system back to its equilibrium state. In this work, we calculate QNM frequencies and angular eigenvalues of Kerr--de Sitter black holes using a novel method based on conformal field theory. The spin-field perturbation equations of this background spacetime essentially reduce to two Heun's equations, one for the radial part and one for the angular part. We use the accessory parameter expansion of Heun's equation, obtained via the isomonodromic $\tau$-function, in order to find analytic expansions for the QNM frequencies and angular eigenvalues. The expansion for the frequencies is given as a double series in the rotation parameter $a$ and the extremality parameter $\epsilon=(r_{C}-r_{+})/L$, where $L$ is the de Sitter radius and $r_{C}$ and $r_{+}$ are the radii of, respectively, the cosmological and event horizons. Specifically, we give the frequency expansion up to order $\epsilon^2$ for general $a$, and up to order $\epsilon^{3}$ with the coefficients expanded up to $(a/L)^{3}$. Similarly, the expansion for the angular eigenvalues is given as a series up to $(a\omega)^{3}$ with coefficients expanded for small $a/L$. We verify the new expansion for the frequencies via a numerical analysis and that the expansion for the angular eigenvalues agrees with results in the literature.Comment: 38+19 pages, 8 figures. v3: minor changes, matches published versio