Degree 3 Cohomological Invariants of Groups that are Neither Simply Connected nor Adjoint

In a recent paper A. Merkurjev constructed an exact sequence which includes as one of the terms the group of degree 3 normalized cohomological invariants of a semisimple algebraic group G, greatly extending results of M. Rost for simply connected quasi-simple groups. Furthermore, in the aforementioned paper, Merkurjev uses his exact sequence to determine the groups of invariants for all semisimple adjoint groups of inner type. The goal of this paper is to use Merkurjev's sequence to compute the group of invariants for the remaining split cases, namely groups of types A and D that are neither simply connected nor adjoint. This description not only demonstrates the existence of many previously unstudied invariants but also allows us to extend several known results which relate these invariants to the Rost invariant and algebras with involution

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Complex solutions to Painleve IV equation through supersymmetric quantum mechanics

In this work, supersymmetric quantum mechanics will be used to obtain complex solutions to Painleve IV equation with real parameters. We will also focus on the properties of the associated Hamiltonians, i.e. the algebraic structure, the eigenfunctions and the energy spectra.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Talk given at the Advanced Summer School 2011, Cinvestav (Mexico City), July 201

Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and Painlev\'e IV Equation

As it has been proven, the determination of general one-dimensional Schr\"odinger Hamiltonians having third-order differential ladder operators requires to solve the Painlev\'e IV equation. In this work, it will be shown that some specific subsets of the higher-order supersymmetric partners of the harmonic oscillator possess third-order differential ladder operators. This allows us to introduce a simple technique for generating solutions of the Painlev\'e IV equation. Finally, we classify these solutions into three relevant hierarchies.Comment: Proceedings of the Workshop 'Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and Spectral Design' (July 18-30, 2010, Benasque, Spain