Torsion homology of arithmetic lattices and K2 of imaginary fields

We study upper bounds for the torsion in homology of nonuniform arithmetic lattices. Together with recent results of Calegari-Venkatesh, this can be used to obtain upper bounds on K2 of the ring of integers of totally imaginary fields.Comment: Version 2 is a major update. Result for S-integers added. This allows to show case d=2 (imaginary quadratic fields) and d=4 in Theorem 1.3, previously excluded. 12 pages (previously 6

Even unimodular Lorentzian lattices and hyperbolic volume

We compute the hyperbolic covolume of the automorphism group of each even unimodular Lorentzian lattice. The result is obtained as a consequence of a previous work with Belolipetsky, which uses Prasad's volume to compute the volumes of the smallest hyperbolic arithmetic orbifolds.Comment: minor modifications. To appear in J. Reine Angew. Mat

Proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1929. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

The Sound of the Crowd: Using Social Media to develop best practices for Open Access Workflows for Academic Librarians (OAWAL)

For the past nine months, Graham stone and Jill emery have been promotion OAWAL: Open Access Workflows for Academic Librarians on a blog site, through facebook, through Twitter, and at in-person events in both the US and UK to raise awareness of open access management in academic libraries and in an attempt to crowdsource best practices internationally. At the in-person meetings, we've used a technique known as the H Form which was developed by an independent consulting group known in the UK as "Peanut". This overview will outline the current project and focus on feedback received. It will also highlight some of the changes that have been made in response to the feedback given and future plans of this project

The Definition and Computation of a Metric on Plane Curves. The Meaning of a Face on a Geometric Model

Two topics in topology, the comparison of plane curves and faces on geometric models, are discussed. With regard to the first problem, a curve is defined to be a locus of points without any underlying parameterization. A metric on a class of plane curves is defined, a finite computation of this metric is given for the case of piecewise linear curves, and it is shown how to approximate curves that have bounded curvature by piecewise linear curves. In this way a bound on the distance between two curves can be computed. With regard to the second problem, the questions to be discussed are under what circumstances do geometrical faces make sense; how can they be explicity defined; and when are these geometrical faces homeomorphic to the realization of the abstract (topological) face

Avoided Critical Behavior in a Uniformly Frustrated System

We study the effects of weak long-ranged antiferromagnetic interactions of strength $Q$ on a spin model with predominant short-ranged ferromagnetic interactions. In three dimensions, this model exhibits an avoided critical point in the sense that the critical temperature $T_c(Q=0)$ is strictly greater than $\lim_{Q\to 0} T_c(Q)$. The behavior of this system at temperatures less than $T_c(Q=0)$ is controlled by the proximity to the avoided critical point. We also quantize the model in a novel way to study the interplay between charge-density wave and superconducting order.Comment: 32 page Latex file, figures available from authors by reques

Composite operators and form factors in N=4 SYM

We construct the most general composite operators of N = 4 SYM in Lorentz harmonic chiral ($\approx$ twistor) superspace. The operators are built from the SYM supercurvature which is nonpolynomial in the chiral gauge prepotentials. We reconstruct the full nonchiral dependence of the supercurvature. We compute all tree-level MHV form factors via the LSZ redcution procedure with on-shell states made of the same supercurvature.Comment: 32 page