401 research outputs found
Image of the Burau Representation at -th Roots of unity
We prove that the image of the Full braid group on strands
under the Burau representation, evaluated at a primitive -th root of unity
is arithmetic provided .Comment: To appear in Annals of Mathematics. arXiv admin note: text overlap
with arXiv:1204.477
Hierarchy of the Selberg zeta functions
We introduce a Selberg type zeta function of two variables which interpolates
several higher Selberg zeta functions. The analytic continuation, the
functional equation and the determinant expression of this function via the
Laplacian on a Riemann surface are obtained.Comment: 14 page
Cache-Oblivious Persistence
Partial persistence is a general transformation that takes a data structure
and allows queries to be executed on any past state of the structure. The
cache-oblivious model is the leading model of a modern multi-level memory
hierarchy.We present the first general transformation for making
cache-oblivious model data structures partially persistent
Improved Implementation of Point Location in General Two-Dimensional Subdivisions
We present a major revamp of the point-location data structure for general
two-dimensional subdivisions via randomized incremental construction,
implemented in CGAL, the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library. We can now
guarantee that the constructed directed acyclic graph G is of linear size and
provides logarithmic query time. Via the construction of the Voronoi diagram
for a given point set S of size n, this also enables nearest-neighbor queries
in guaranteed O(log n) time. Another major innovation is the support of general
unbounded subdivisions as well as subdivisions of two-dimensional parametric
surfaces such as spheres, tori, cylinders. The implementation is exact,
complete, and general, i.e., it can also handle non-linear subdivisions. Like
the previous version, the data structure supports modifications of the
subdivision, such as insertions and deletions of edges, after the initial
preprocessing. A major challenge is to retain the expected O(n log n)
preprocessing time while providing the above (deterministic) space and
query-time guarantees. We describe an efficient preprocessing algorithm, which
explicitly verifies the length L of the longest query path in O(n log n) time.
However, instead of using L, our implementation is based on the depth D of G.
Although we prove that the worst case ratio of D and L is Theta(n/log n), we
conjecture, based on our experimental results, that this solution achieves
expected O(n log n) preprocessing time.Comment: 21 page
Statistical properties of spectral fluctuations for a quantum system with infinitely many components
Extending the idea formulated in Makino {\it{et al}}[Phys.Rev.E
{\bf{67}},066205], that is based on the Berry--Robnik approach [M.V. Berry and
M. Robnik, J. Phys. A {\bf{17}}, 2413], we investigate the statistical
properties of a two-point spectral correlation for a classically integrable
quantum system. The eigenenergy sequence of this system is regarded as a
superposition of infinitely many independent components in the semiclassical
limit. We derive the level number variance (LNV) in the limit of infinitely
many components and discuss its deviations from Poisson statistics. The slope
of the limiting LNV is found to be larger than that of Poisson statistics when
the individual components have a certain accumulation. This property agrees
with the result from the semiclassical periodic-orbit theory that is applied to
a system with degenerate torus actions[D. Biswas, M.Azam,and S.V.Lawande, Phys.
Rev. A {\bf 43}, 5694].Comment: 6 figures, 10 page
Nodal domains of Maass forms I
This paper deals with some questions that have received a lot of attention
since they were raised by Hejhal and Rackner in their 1992 numerical
computations of Maass forms. We establish sharp upper and lower bounds for the
-restrictions of these forms to certain curves on the modular surface.
These results, together with the Lindelof Hypothesis and known subconvex
-bounds are applied to prove that locally the number of nodal domains
of such a form goes to infinity with its eigenvalue.Comment: To appear in GAF
Delocalization of slowly damped eigenmodes on Anosov manifolds
We look at the properties of high frequency eigenmodes for the damped wave
equation on a compact manifold with an Anosov geodesic flow. We study
eigenmodes with spectral parameters which are asymptotically close enough to
the real axis. We prove that such modes cannot be completely localized on
subsets satisfying a condition of negative topological pressure. As an
application, one can deduce the existence of a "strip" of logarithmic size
without eigenvalues below the real axis under this dynamical assumption on the
set of undamped trajectories.Comment: 28 pages; compared with version 1, minor modifications, add two
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Monodromy of Cyclic Coverings of the Projective Line
We show that the image of the pure braid group under the monodromy action on
the homology of a cyclic covering of degree d of the projective line is an
arithmetic group provided the number of branch points is sufficiently large
compared to the degree.Comment: 47 pages (to appear in Inventiones Mathematicae
Expansion in SL_d(Z/qZ), q arbitrary
Let S be a fixed finite symmetric subset of SL_d(Z), and assume that it
generates a Zariski-dense subgroup G. We show that the Cayley graphs of pi_q(G)
with respect to the generating set pi_q(S) form a family of expanders, where
pi_q is the projection map Z->Z/qZ
Level of kidney function as a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular outcomes in the community
AbstractObjectivesThe goal of this study was to determine whether the level of kidney function is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) outcomes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, a prospective cohort study of subjects aged 45 to 64 years.BackgroundThe level of kidney function is now recognized as a risk factor for ASCVD outcomes in patients at high risk for ASCVD, but it remains unknown whether the level of kidney function is a risk factor for ASCVD outcomes in the community.MethodsCox proportional-hazards regression was used to evaluate the association of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with ASCVD after adjustment for the major ASCVD risk factors in 15,350 subjects. We searched for nonlinear relationships between GFR and ASCVD.ResultsDuring a mean follow-up time of 6.2 years, 965 (6.3%) of subjects had ASCVD events. Subjects with GFR of 15 to 59 ml/min/1.73 m2(n = 444, hazard ratio 1.38 [1.02, 1.87]) and 60 to 89 ml/min/1.73 m2(n = 7,665, hazard ratio 1.16 [1.00, 1.34]) had an increased adjusted risk of ASCVD compared with subjects with GFR of 90 to 150 ml/min/1.73 m2. Each 10 ml/min/1.73 m2lower GFR was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.05 (1.02, 1.09), 1.07 (1.01, 1.12), and 1.06 (0.99, 1.13) for ASCVD, de novo ASCVD, and recurrent ASCVD, respectively. A nonlinear model did not fit the data better than a linear model.ConclusionsThe level of GFR is an independent risk factor for ASCVD and de novo ASCVD in the ARIC study
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