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Superrigidity for irreducible lattices and geometric splitting
We prove general superrigidity results for actions of irreducible lattices on
CAT(0) spaces; first, in terms of the ideal boundary, and then for the
intrinsic geometry (including for infinite-dimensional spaces). In particular,
one obtains a new and self-contained proof of Margulis' superrigidity theorem
for uniform irreducible lattices in non-simple groups. The proofs rely on
simple geometric arguments, including a splitting theorem which can be viewed
as an infinite-dimensional (and singular) generalization of the
Lawson-Yau/Gromoll-Wolf theorem.Comment: Improved version of earlier preprint. Definitions 3, 5 and proof of
Theorem 55 modifie
From microbial communities to cells
The eukraotic cell, the unit of structure of protoctists, plants, fungi, and animals, is not at all homologous to prokaryotic cells. Instead the eukaryotic cell is homologous to communities of microorganisms such as those of the sulfuretum. This research is based on the hypothesis that at least four different interacting community members entered the original associations that, when stabilized, led to the emergence of eukaryotic cells. These are: (1) host nucleocytoplasm (thermoplasma like archaebacteria); (2) mitochrondria (paracoccus or bdellovibryo like respiring bacteria; and (3) plastids (cyanobacteria) and undulipodia. Tubulin like protein was found in the free living spirochete Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis and in several other spirochetes. The amino acid sequence was to see if the spirochete protein is homologous to the tubulin of undulipodial and mitotic spindle microtubules
Back of the envelope estimates of environmental damage costs in Mexico
For developing countries, budget constraints help set the agenda on mitigating environmental damage, one of the indelible marks of our era. Political considerations often dictate the measures taken. There are no firm analytical formulas to help even environmentally conscious policymakers rank needs and remedies. A developing country such as Mexico - the focus of this paper - cannot afford an in-depth study of every environmental issue. Policymakers need to be provided with rough,"back-of-the envelope"estimates of the economic costs of various environmental problems. This allows them to rank the issues and act. In this paper the author applied existing methods to estimate the costs stemming from different environmental problems in Mexico. Although the examples are from Mexico, the method can be useful in other developing countries as well. The author how creative use of U.S. and other data can help provide simple estimates of the likely costs of soil erosion, air pollution, mining of underground waters, and estimates of the health effects of water and solid waste pollution, lack of sanitation, and the ingestion of food contaminated by polluted irrigation. The assumptions underlying all calculations are conservative. Some environmental damage issues, such as loss of biodiversity, were too complex to permit quantification.Water Conservation,Economic Theory&Research,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Pollution Management&Control
Flows on homogeneous spaces and Diophantine approximation on manifolds
We present a new approach to metric Diophantine approximation on manifolds
based on the correspondence between approximation properties of numbers and
orbit properties of certain flows on homogeneous spaces. This approach yields a
new proof of a conjecture of Mahler, originally settled by V. Sprindzhuk in
1964. We also prove several related hypotheses of A. Baker and V. Sprindzhuk
formulated in 1970s. The core of the proof is a theorem which generalizes and
sharpens earlier results on non-divergence of unipotent flows on the space of
lattices.Comment: 19 pages. To appear in Annals of Mathematic
Quantitative Version of the Oppenheim Conjecture for Inhomogeneous Quadratic Forms
A quantitative version of the Oppenheim conjecture for inhomogeneous
quadratic forms is proved. We also give an application to eigenvalue spacing on
flat 2-tori with Aharonov-Bohm flux
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