Self{scaled barrier functions are fundamental objects in the theory of interior{point methods for linear optimization over symmetric cones, of which linear and semideenite programming are special cases. We are classifying all self{scaled barriers over irreducible symmetric cones and show that these functions are merely homothetic transformations of the universal barrier function. Together with ...

We present some observations on the block triangular form (btf) of structurally symmetric, square, sparse matrices. If the matrix is structurally rank deficient, its canonical btf has at least one underdetermined and one overdetermined block. We prove that these blocks are transposes of each other. We further prove that the square block of the canonical btf, if present, has a special fine struc...

Linear mappings are crucial components of symmetric ciphers. A special type of linear mappings are (0,1)-matrices which have been used in symmetric ciphers such as ARIA, E2 and Camellia as diffusion layers with efficient implementation. Bitwise linear maps are also used in symmetric ciphers such as SHA family of hash functions and HC family of stream ciphers. In this article, we investigate a s...

In our previous paper [10], we established a theta correspondence between vector-valued holomorphic Siegel modular forms and cohomology with local coefficients for local symmetric spaces attached to real orthogonal groups. This correspondence is realized via theta functions associated to explicitly constructed ”special” Schwartz forms. These forms give rise to relative Lie algebra cocycles for ...

We study generalized special cycles on Hermitian locally symmetric spaces $$\Gamma \backslash D$$ associated to the groups $$G={{\mathrm {U}}}(p,q)$$ , $${{\mathrm {Sp}}}(2n,{\mathbb {R}}) $$ and {O}}}^*(2n) . These are algebraic covered by subgroups of G which same type. show that Poincaré duals these can be viewed as Fourier coefficients a theta series. This gives new cases lifts from cohomol...

In [Rank-Width and Well-Quasi-Ordering of Skew-Symmetric or Symmetric Matrices, arXiv:1007.3807v1] Oum proved that, for a fixed finite field F, any infinite sequenceM1,M2, . . . of (skew) symmetric matrices over F of bounded F-rank-width has a pair i < j, such that Mi is isomorphic to a principal submatrix of a principal pivot transform of Mj . We generalise this result to σ-symmetric matrices ...

We introduce a Laplace-Beltrami type operator on the Fock space of symmetric functions and show that the Jack symmetric functions are the only family of eigenvectors of the differential operator, thus giving a new characterization of Jack polynomials. This was achieved by explicit computation of its action on generalized homogeneous symmetric functions. Using this new method we give a combinato...