Pseudoautomorphisms of Bruck loops and their generalizations

We show that in a weak commutative inverse property loop, such as a Bruck loop, if $\alpha$ is a right [left] pseudoautomorphism with companion $c$, then $c$ [$c^2$] must lie in the left nucleus. In particular, for any such loop with trivial left nucleus, every right pseudoautomorphism is an automorphism and if the squaring map is a permutation, then every left pseudoautomorphism is an automorphism as well. We also show that every pseudoautomorphism of a commutative inverse property loop is an automorphism, generalizing a well-known result of Bruck.Comment: to appear in Comment. Math. Univ. Caroli

Broken translation invariance in quasifree fermionic correlations out of equilibrium

Using the C* algebraic scattering approach to study quasifree fermionic systems out of equilibrium in quantum statistical mechanics, we construct the nonequilibrium steady state in the isotropic XY chain whose translation invariance has been broken by a local magnetization and analyze the asymptotic behavior of the expectation value for a class of spatial correlation observables in this state. The effect of the breaking of translation invariance is twofold. Mathematically, the finite rank perturbation not only regularizes the scalar symbol of the invertible Toeplitz operator generating the leading order exponential decay but also gives rise to an additional trace class Hankel operator in the correlation determinant. Physically, in its decay rate, the nonequilibrium steady state exhibits a left mover--right mover structure affected by the scattering at the impurity.Comment: 30 pages, 4 figure

A characterization of the unitary and symplectic groups over finite fields of characteristic at least 55

The following characterization is obtained: THEOREM. Let G be a finite group generated by a conjugacy class D of subgroups of prime order p ^ 5, such that for any choice of distinct A and B in D, the subgroup generated by A and B is isomorphic to Zp x Zp, L2(pm) or SL2(pm), where m depends on A and B. Assume G has no nontrivial solvable normal subgroup. Then G is isomorphic to Spn(q) or Un(q) for some power q of p

The Status of the Classification of the Finite Simple Groups

The classification of the finite simple groups is one of the great theorems of recent mathematics. One of its principal participants reviews the result and current progress on understanding it

Finite groups acting on homology manifolds

In this paper we study homology manifolds T admitting the action of a finite group preserving the structure of a regular CW-complex on T. The CW-complex is parameterized by a poset and the topological properties of the manifold are translated into a combinatorial setting via the poset. We concentrate on n-manifolds which admit a fairly rigid group of automorphisms transitive on the n-cells of the complex. This allows us to make yet another translation from a combinatorial into a group theoretic setting. We close by using our machinery to construct representations on manifolds of the Monster, the largest sporadic group. Some of these manifolds are of dimension 24, and hence candidates for examples to Hirzebruch's Prize Question in [HBJ], but unfortunately closer inspection shows the A^-genus of these manifolds is 0 rather than 1, so none is a Hirzebruch manifold

A 2-local characterization of M(12)

A characterization of the Mathieu group M(12) is established; the characterization is used by Aschbacher and Smith in their classification of the quasithin finite simple groups

From the microscopic to the van Hove regime in the XY chain out of equilibrium

Using the framework of rigorous algebraic quantum statistical mechanics, we construct the unique nonequilibrium steady state in the isotropic XY chain in which a sample of arbitrary finite size is coupled by a bond coupling perturbation of arbitrary strength to two infinitely extended thermal reservoirs, and we prove that this state is thermodynamically nontrivial. Moreover, extracting the leading second order contribution to its microscopic entropy production and deriving its entropy production in the van Hove weak coupling regime, we prove that, in the mathematically and physically important XY chain, the van Hove regime reproduces the leading order contribution to the microscopic regime.Comment: 44 pages, 2 figure

A remark on the subleading order in the asymptotics of the nonequilibrium emptiness formation probability

We study the asymptotic behavior of the emptiness formation probability for large spin strings in a translation invariant quasifree nonequilibrium steady state of the isotropic XY chain. Besides the overall exponential decay, we prove that, out of equilibrium, the exponent of the subleading power law contribution to the asymptotics is nonvanishing and strictly positive due to the singularities in the density of the steady state.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figure