In this paper, we prove an extension theorem for spheres of square radii in $mathbb{F}_q^d$, which improves a result obtained by Iosevich and Koh (2010). Our main tool is a new point-hyperplane incidence bound which will be derived via a cone restriction theorem. We also will study applications on distance problems.
Let k be a perfect field of positive characteristic, k(t)_{per} the perfect closure of k(t) and A=k[[X_1,...,X_n]]. We show that for any maximal ideal N of A=k(t)_{per}otimes_k A, the elements in hat{A_N} which are annihilated by the Taylor Hasse-Schmidt derivations with respect to the X_i form a coefficient field of hat{A_N}.
Let $mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field of order $q$. Given a set $S$ of oriented spheres in $mathbb{F}_q^d$, how many pairs of spheres can be in contact? In this paper, we provide a sharp result for this question by using discrete Fourier analysis. More precisely, we will show that if the size of $S$ is not too large, then the number of pairs of contacting spheres in $S$ is $O(|S|^{2-varepsilon})$ for some $varepsilon>0$.
We start with a curve over an algebraically closed ground field of positive characteristic $p>0$. By using specialization techniques, under suitable natural coprimality conditions, we prove a cohomological Simpson Correspondence between the moduli space of Higgs bundles and the one of connections on the curve. We also prove a new $p$-multiplicative periodicity concerning the cohomology rings of Dolbeault moduli spaces of degrees differing by a factor of $p$. By coupling this $p$-periodicity in characteristic $p$ with lifting/specialization techniques in mixed characteristic, we find, in arbitrary characteristic, cohomology ring isomorphisms between the cohomology rings of Dolbeault moduli spaces for different degrees coprime to the rank. It is interesting that this last result is proved as follows: we prove a weaker version in positive characteristic; we lift and strengthen the weaker version to the result in characteristic zero; finally, we specialize the result to positive characteristic. The moduli spaces we work with admit certain natural morphisms (Hitchin, de Rham-Hitchin, Hodge-Hitchin), and all the cohomology ring isomorphisms we find are filtered isomorphisms for the resulting perverse Leray filtrations.
We study the lower semicontinuity for functionals defined on compact sets in R^2 with a finite number of connected components and finite length which depend on their normal vector. We apply the result to the study of quasi-static growth of brittle fractures in linearly elastic inhomogeneous and anisotropic bodies.
The beautiful Beraha-Kahane-Weiss theorem has found many applications within graph theory, allowing for the determination of the limits of root of graph polynomials in settings as vast as chromatic polynomials, network reliability, and generating polynomials related to independence and domination. Here we extend the class of functions to which the BKW theorem can be applied, and provide some applications in combinatorics.